CUAHSI-HIS News: Hands-on Training! Kansas HIS Workshop Held March 24th & 25th

On March 24-25, 2009, Dr. Tim Whiteaker of the HIS team presented a workshop to key personnel in state agencies and universities of Kansas, including faculty, research staff, students, technical experts, and geo/hydro data specialists. This 1.5-day workshop introduced participants to the CUAHSI Hydrologic Information System (HIS). In the morning of the first day, participants learned what HIS is, why it is useful, how to use it, and who is using it. During the remainder of the workshop, participants played the role of a data publisher with hands-on training on how to load raw data into HIS, publish the data online in a standard way with web services, and register their service with HIS Central so that others can discover their data. Participants walked away with an understanding of how HIS works and what it takes to publish data with HIS, along with ideas for how to move forward in implementing HIS for Kansas. For more information and downloads of all of the workshop materials, see the workshop web page.