GIS Day 2009

GIS Day is principally sponsored by the National Geographic Society, the Association of American Geographers, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, the United States Geological Survey, The Library of Congress, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and ESRI. GIS Day is part of the National Geographic Society's Geography Action, a year-long initiative encompassing key educational achievements such as GIS Day and Geography Awareness Week Nov 15-21, 2009.

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GIS Day 2008

GIS Day 2008 - the 10th Anniversary of GIS Day - is November 19, 2008.

HAZUS.org wants to help document any activities on GIS Day that were built around HAZUS ... help us help you to get the word out ...

GIS Day Flyer, DOWNLOAD

EMForum.org hosted “The USGS Geospatial Information Response Team (GIRT) - A Program Observing GIS Day 2008” on November 19, 2008. To see the archive of this presentation visit the EMForum web site.

Florida Creates Plan for Statewide Coordination of Geospatial Data

Geographic information systems (GIS) technology has been used for years across Florida. The unprecedented hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005 brought to light the unequal access to and usage of this technology. Those events also accentuated many of the quality, interoperability,
and accessibility issues associated with Florida’s geographic data. These include inconsistency from location to location, duplication across many levels of government, and lack of availability when needed. To address these issues a consortium of Florida state, local, and federal GIS managers have developed Florida’s Strategic Plan for Statewide Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Coordination. READ MORE

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