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GIS Cartography Workshop for Beginners

In conjunction with the exhibition "500 Dams: Art, Ecology, and Radical Care at Anaya Springs" learn all about geographic information system. Bring a laptop. Registration required.

When and Where

Date and Time

Friday, Nov 6, 2026
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Address

The Tang Museum, 815 N. Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Cost

FREE ADMISSION
An overhead view of a desert area with small dots and blue lines. Charlie Bettigole and Aimee Stewart, Interactive Maps of Anaya Springs (screenshot), 2025-2026, ArcGIS Experience Builder, courtesy of the artists and Survival Kit Collective

About this event

Join us on Friday, November 6, at 11 am, for a geographic information system (GIS) workshop led by Charlie Bettigole, Survival Kit Collective member, Director of Experiential GIS, and Teaching Fellow at Middlebury College, and former Director of the GIS Center for Interdisciplinary Research at Skidmore College.

Please register for the workshop via a Google form accessible at https://tang.skidmore.edu/calendar/3008-gis-cartography-workshop-for-beginners. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop to use during this workshop, which is free and open to the public. No experience is required.

About Charlie Bettigole

Charlie Bettigole is a Lecturer and the Director of Applied GIS (Geographic Information Systems) in the Geography Department at Middlebury College. He was previously the Director of GIS at Skidmore. His research and teaching focus on using geospatial science to solve pressing environmental problems. His work ranges from individual land parcels to regional landscapes and the entire continent. While he specializes in landscape and wildlife ecology, his interests also include archaeology, forestry, and the intersection of art/science in visual storytelling. When Bettigole’s not making maps, he can usually be found in the mountains with his family, map in hand.

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