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    <h2 class="section-title"><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/attending">Venue</a></h2>
    <p class="section-excerpt">Located in Boston's Seaport Innovation District, the <a href="http://www.seaportboston.com/" target="_blank">Seaport Hotel &amp; World Trade Center</a> overlooks the Boston Harbor and is central to many attractions.</p>
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    <h2 class="section-title"><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/call-for-presentations">Program</a></h2>
    <p class="section-excerpt">With a robust schedule of keynote speakers, paper sessions, and talks, this event has great opportunities for learning and networking.</p>
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    <h2 class="section-title"><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/workshops">Workshops</a></h2>
    <p class="section-excerpt">Two days of conference workshops will be held prior to the main conference at <a href="http://gis.harvard.edu/" target="_blank">Harvard University</a> with hands on sessions for both new and experienced users.</p>
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    <h2 class="section-title"><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/attending">Social Events</a></h2>
    <p class="section-excerpt">Many evening events are planned, including a Icebreaker at <a href="https://www.harpoonbrewery.com/" target="_blank">Harpoon Brewery</a>, a Social at the <a href="http://www.seaportboston.com/" target="_blank">Seaport Hotel</a>, and a Gala at the
      <a href="http://www.neaq.org/" target="_blank">New England Aquarium</a>.</p>
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        are performed using desktop GUI tools. In this talk I'll espouse a different workflow, where the tasks of importing, analyzing, visualizing, and reporting with geospatial data all begin and end with writing code. In this worldview, the primary
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