1. GTAQ 2015 conference Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia Presenter John McCormack Senior Spatial Information Officer

2. Topics Interest in Maps and Children’s mapping competition Mapping resources and data downloads GIS mapping applications GIS in education

3. International Map Year 2015-2016

4. The International Map Year (IMY) is a worldwide celebration of maps and their unique role in our world. Supported by the United Nations, IMY provides opportunities to demonstrate, follow, and get involved in the art, science and technology of making and using maps and geographic information.Supported by the United Nations Why an International Map Year? The purposes of the International Map Year are … making maps visible to citizens and school children in a global context, demonstrating how maps and atlases can be used in society, showing how information technology can be used in getting geographic information and producing one’s own maps, displaying different types of maps and map production, showing the technical development of mapping and atlas production, showing the necessity of a sustainable development of geographic information infrastructures, increasing the recruitment of students to cartography and cartography-related disciplines. The International Map Year shall become a trademark for mapping. It shall also boost the identity of the ICA to highlight its mission in an international context. It is also an opportunity to give ICA affiliate members a possibility to advertise their services in mapping. Hopefully, IMY will make maps and its implications on our lives more obvious to the society.highlight its missionICA affiliate members

5. Who is the International Map Year targeted at? Target groups for IMY are … the general public, school children, professionals and government employees. When does the International Map Year take place? International Map Year will be officially opened at the ICA conference in Rio de Janeiro in August, 2015 and then continue until December 2016. Of course, preparation has to start earlier, especially activities to get national contributions for the Barbara Petchenik Competition or encouraging contributions to the ICA Map Exhibition.ICA conference in Rio de Janeiro in August, 2015Barbara Petchenik CompetitionICA Map Exhibition The Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia is the Australian representative member of the International Cartographic Association.

6. Useful web links We love maps www.mapyear.org/about-international-map-year/ International Cartographic Association www.icaci.org/ Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia www.mappingsciences.org.au/international-map-competition- 2015/

7. School childrens map competition

8. 6 to 8 year category

9. 9 to 12 year category

10. 13 to 15 year category

11. Free Spatial Data Resource In Queensland we have available many geo spatial datasets that can be downloaded from our Qspatial data delivery service and used freely by the user. The Queensland Spatial Catalogue - QSpatial link is http://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalog ue/custom/index.page

12. The Qspatial Home page

13. Other open data sites Commonwealth government www.data.gov.au Queensland government www.data.qld.gov.au www.data.qld.gov.au ACT site www.data.act.gov.au www.data.act.gov.au South Australian government www.dpti.sa.gov.au/open_data_portal

14. Queensland state library www.slq.qld.gov.au/about-us/corporate/open-data New South Wales government www.data.nsw.gov.au/links Western Australia government www.integratedplanning.dlg.wa.gov.au/Content/.../OpenData. www.integratedplanning.dlg.wa.gov.au/Content/.../OpenData

15. Free Training Resources International Cartographic Association provides a free on line training resource. Resources for Cartography http://lazarus.elte.hu/cet/resource/vol- 2012.pdf http://lazarus.elte.hu/cet/resource/vol- 2012.pdf

16. International Cartographic Association Free GIS Course http://lazarus.elte.hu/cet/

17. Free course under Cartographic Resources

18. The Value of GIS in Education

19. What is GIS A geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of spatial or geographical data

20. Five benefits that demonstrate the value of GIS in education 1. GIS provides students with an interactive way to learn about the world 2. GIS can be used across the curriculum to provide a holistic view of how the world works. 3. GIS brings learning out of the classroom and into the real world

21. 4. GIS teaches valuable technology skills 5. GIS empowers learners with skills that are in-demand in the workforce

22. ESRI, MAPINFO and QGIS Esri have been a long-time supporter, through technology donation and mentoring, of the national Spatial Technology in Schools (STIS) competition. A powerful GIS system. Mapinfo is a popular GIS for smaller business which performs well. QGIS is a free open source GIS which performs well and has a lot of community support.

23. GIS technology GIS technology was very much the domain of Cartographers, spatial data research, surveyors, land management agencies and the military The private sector are adopting GIS technology solutions to bring a fresh perspective to their business information

24. The Queensland globe This is a very useful application which displays a considerable amount of government data in its spatial context very similar to a Geographic Information System. The globe only displays the data it cannot be further manipulated but layers can be turned on and off.

25. The Queensland Globe

26. This is the Roads and Railway centrelines layer in the Queensland globe

27. Categories in the Queensland globe

28. QGIS GIS software QGIS is a free open source GIS software program which is quite powerful. www.qgis.org QGIS tutorials www.qgistutorials.com/en/