Spatial Thinking for Rookies
Spatial Thinking for Rookies
Did you know that approximately 80% of an organization’s data has a location component?
Everyone is a GIS user whether you know it or not. As long as you’re looking for a place - you’re already a GIS user. When you take this simple concept and apply it to different patterns of use, you will find that people have been using GIS a lot longer than you have even thought of.
Join us to understand the growing importance of spatial thinking and why it’s helping people see the world in a new dimension.
Highlights
- Hear perspectives on what spatial thinking really is and where it starts.
- Discover how thinking spatially can help us look at our data in fresh and more meaningful ways.
- Understand the benefits of spatial thinking and GIS to education and business organisations.
- Hear the challenges of promoting spatial thinking.
Speakers
Azharudin Ismail
GeoWorks
Pathfinder, GeoSpatial Industry Engagement & Development
Azharudin Ismail has been in the tech industry for more than 20 years with roles in technology, sales and business development.
Noah Zhang
Sengkang Secondary School, Singapore
Geography Teacher
An alumnus of the NTU-NIE Teaching Scholars Programme, Noah is an advocate for using information and communications technology to enhance spatial thinking, having authored peer-reviewed articles on this topic.
Xu Yuting
Boustead-Esri Geospatial Scholar