Next Meeting of the Willamette Valley GIS Users Group

Fall 2025 Quarterly Meeting (Corvallis)

Thursday, November 6th, 2025
1:00-4:00pm
Western Building, Oregon State University
850 SW 35th St.
Corvallis, OR

Virtual attendance available via  Zoom

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Phone Dial-In Information
        +1 971 247 1195 US (Portland)
        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)

Meeting ID: 986 0107 6720

Agenda

1:00 - 1:15  Introductions

1:15 - 1:25 General Business Announcements

1:25 - 1:45  Teamwork in Project-Based Learning in GIS Education: What do Students Tell Us? - Professor John Lowry, Oregon State University

1:45 - 2:05  Embracing the "No Free Lunch" Theorem: Automated Ensemble-Based Mapping of a Mangrove Forest Using Google Earth Engine, Ashraful Islam, OSU PhD Student

2:05 - 2:30  Geospatial Technology in Natural Resource Management, Cat Schooley, OSU Graduate Student

2:30 - 2:45 Break

2:45 - 3:15  Historical Resources in Benton County and Benton County's Community and Development's Riparian Monitoring Project for 2025, Andreas Khefche, GIS Technician, Benton County 

3:15 - 3:30 Wrap up/Discussion

Parking Information

Limited parking available at building for $1 per hour or $5 per day.  Permits can be purchased in advance here: https://transportation.oregonstate.edu/parking/visitors

Additional parking available adjacent to Reser Stadium for the same cost (approximately 10-15 minute walk or a free ride on the Beaver Bus shuttle). Please be aware that road construction is occurring on 35th and Western so traffic may be temporarily rerouted. Please see map here. Western102.pdf

If you have any questions about this meeting, please contact Karina Miziolek at kmiziolek@outlook.com