Past Events
MapChat - Seeing is believing! An alternate route to the coast
20 April 2022 5:30pm
For our April MapChat, we'll be joined by John Brisbin! John will present some simple approaches to laying out a new route from the coast to the Tablelands.
FunGIS MapChat - Tackling Marine Debris with Data!
9 March 2022 5:30pm
Join us at our favourite local, The Bluewater, to hear from Project Officer, Mathilde Gordon, who will tell us how Tangaroa Blue is charging forward to tackle the global problem of marine debris head on - with data! Meet us in the bistro at 5:30 for a 6pm start.
Happy 30th birthday FunGIS!
18 November 2021 to 19 November 2021
This year FunGIS turns 30. That's 30 years of active information-sharing, collaboration, and learning by GIS users in the Far North. To celebrate this milestone, we're planning an extra-special annual conference in November 2021! Keep an eye on this space!
MapChat - Kimberley Fire Management: GIS and Remote Sensing
31 March 2021
At this MapChat we'll hear from Senior Field Ecologist, Dave Nelson, who will talk about the pivotal role of GIS and remote sensing in managing fires in the Kimberley.
FREE MapChat - QGIS tips and tricks!
10 February 2021 5:20pm
New to QGIS? keen to learn some handy hints around navigating this free and open source software? Jump online to hear from David Cini about his user experience! From his favourite plugins, sources for further learning and creating a project, developing a map atlas to print a hard copy map book based on themes and a map index.
FOSS4G and Georabble are coming to Cairns!
20 November 2020 8:45am to 5:00pm
FunGIS and OSGeo (the Open Source Geospatial Foundation) are teaming up to bring the FOSS4G Oceania 2020 conference to Cairns. This will be a 1 day hybrid event with exciting speakers from a range of GIS fields presenting in-person at James Cook University's Idea Lab, and videolinked speakers from other FOSS4G events across Oceania.
Monthly MapChats
21 October 2020 7:00pm
FunGIS is proud to bring you a monthly roster of new and engaging presentations from GIS leaders in the Far North. Due to COVID-restrictions presentations are currently online-only, but will move to a hybrid in-person and online model soon.
MapChat Cartography in Action
16 September 2020 5:00pm to 6:00pm
2020 AGM and Presentation
19 August 2020 5:40pm to 8:00pm
MapChat - On the Spectrum
26 February 2020 5:30pm
Taking an outdated and overworked web mapping platform into the modern day with SQL Server 2019 and Spectrum Spatial Analyst
Triumphs and Challenges of Mobile Data Collection
11 December 2019 5:30pm
Mobile data collection is here and it's here to stay! Join us at The Bluewater as Gareth Humpheys from WTMA walks us through the challenges and triumphs of setting up a mobile data collection app.
Leveraging 360° Digital Data
11 September 2019 5:30pm
Remotely Sensing Grazing Sustainability
14 August 2019 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Mapchat - 3D from UAV
17 July 2019 5:30pm
MapChat - Mapping for Moggies: Mahogany Glider Habitat Enhancement
12 June 2019 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Join us as we hear from Terrain NRM’s Gary Searle discuss a current project focusing on the critically endangered Mahogany Glider and the mapping techniques and approaches used to help the project team in their decision making.
FunGIS 2019 Conference - Dealing with Data - It's Everywhere
16 May 2019 to 17 May 2019
The 2019 FunGIS Conference, 16-17 May, will feature speakers from across the spatial spectrum. With government, academic, private and not-for-profit organisations all presenting on a wide-range of topics from RTK and drone surveying, drone data processing, virtual reality, remote sensing, crowd sourced GIS and 'big data' management.
MapChat - Digital field data collection on the cheap
6 March 2019 5:30pm
Join FunGIS members at the Bluewater for a talk and review of various field data collection programs and processes, presented by Andrew Mitchell.
World GIS Day MapChat – Yellow Crazy Ants
14 November 2018
Desiree Gowell presents - Mapping Yellow Crazy Eradication - as part of a special MapChat coinciding with World GIS Day.
2018 FunGIS Conference
17 May 2018 to 18 May 2018
Themed Spatial Technologies of the Future to be held at DoubleTree by Hilton in the heart of Cairns on Thursday 17 and Friday 18 May 2018