GIS Day Watch - April 2009
In This Issue
- New GIS Day Video
- New Logo
- Online Resources for Your Event
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hosts Virtual GIS Day Event
New GIS Day Video
Watch GIS Day participants and attendees share their experiences. This video provides a snapshot of GIS Day events including an open house organized for local business professionals, an educational event for K–12 students, and a museum exhibit for community members. We hope it inspires you to celebrate GIS Day 2009 on Wednesday, November 18. View the video.
GIS Day YouTube Channel
The 2009 video and past GIS Day videos are available on the GIS Day YouTube Channel. We hope you will add your GIS Day footage to YouTube. Send us a link at gisdayvideos@esri.com.
New Logo
As the GIS industry continues to evolve, so has the GIS Day logo. Download the new logo. Stay tuned as updates are made to the Web site and corresponding materials. This means new items such as mouse pads, pencils, and T-shirts.
Online Resources for Your Event
My World GIS™ is a GIS designed specifically for use in middle school through college classrooms. It offers easy-to-use tools to perform investigation and analysis as students explore critical issues about the environment, geography, geology, demography, history, and much more.
Essays on Geography and GIS [PDF] - Download this free offering from the ESRI GIS Best Practices series and gain access to a collection of essays written by many of the top academics in the fields of geography and GIS technology. Pick your favorites and incorporate them into your next event to provide real-life examples of how GIS is used.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hosts Virtual GIS Day Event
GIS Projects and CorpsMap Utility Shared Agency-wide
Like many GIS Day participants, Will Rogers, regional geospatial program manager, North Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was faced with several obstacles when planning a 2008 GIS Day event. As part of a national geospatial team, he wanted to share GIS initiatives in a cost-effective way from many locations throughout the agency to a large group of geospatial colleagues located across three continents. His solution was to organize an agency-wide virtual GIS Day webcast event. Read more.
Participant Spotlight
The Office of Surface Mining Celebrates GIS Day [PDF]
New GIS Day Materials