Your T-shirt Photos
Wear a GIS Day T-shirt at a GIS Day event or in a unique location, and we'll publish your photo here! See below for where to send. Don't forget that photos of minor children require a signed parental permission form. T-shirts and other GIS Day items can be purchased at The Store.
2009 Photos
Vi-Agroforestry in Kisumu, Kenya, celebrated GIS Day by planting suitable trees. Vi-Agroforestry works in a number of project areas in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda, all around Lake Victoria. The programme reaches over one million people and more than 3,000 groups. Submitted by John Owuor.
Students from Myford Elementary School in Irvine, California, were treated to their 7th GIS Day of activities. These students sat at the winning table in the GIS Jeopardy game. Pictured from left to right are: Anika, Lexis, and Serena. Read more about their event. Submitted by Suzanne Timani Takieddine.
Haywood County, North Carolina, celebrated while wearing these t-shirts. Submitted by Stephanie Parkins.
McLean County, Illinois, Regional Planning Commission celebrated GIS Day in Bloomington with a day-long open house event, their GIS Day cake, and this group t-shirt photo. Read more about their event. Submitted by Khalid Hasan, GISP.
GIS students from the University of Richmond in front of their GIS Day cake contest submissions. Pictured from left to right are Prof. Kim Klinker, Matt Blevins, Ralph Robinson, Matt Trent, Dan Letovsky, Jim Parker, Carly Vendegna, Taylor Hotchkiss, Fritz Hoogakker, and Adrian Bellomo. Submitted by Adrian Bellomo.
GIS Day at the University of Malta. From left to right are Andrea Pace, Rachel Abela, Professor Juanito Camilleri (Rector of the University), Dr. Maria Attard (Lecturer in Geography), Daniel Zahra, Colette Caruana, Antoniette Grima, and Larkin Zahra. Read more about their event. Submitted by Dr. Maria Attard.
Professor David A. Padgett held a GIS Day event at Pearl-Cohn 9th Grade Academy for students enrolled in his Weather & Climate course in a service learning community outreach activity. Read more about his event. Submitted by Professor David A. Padgett.
Mohamad Obeid, Senior GIS Analyst in GIS Section - Roads & Transport Authority (Dubai), giving a GIS Day presentation. Submitted by Mohamad Obeid.
This was from the GIS Day event at Idaho State University's GIS Center. Pictured from left to right are Robert Beazer, Darci Hansen, Susan Norman, Ericka Weissenbuehler, Nicole Ferrin, Amy Commendador-Dudgeon, Coral Moser, Adam Clegg, Tim Funderberg, Keith Weber, Mansoor Raza, Fang Chen, Heather Studley, and Joe Sheffield. These are some of the event staff that helped at GIS Day; there were 21 in total, and we had over 200 visitors. Submitted by Keith Weber, GIS Director.
Giving presentations at the event in Bergen, Germany were (left to right): Mauricio Munera, Keshav Paudel, Virginia Antonijevic, Camilla Ilmoni, and Pablo Dourojeanni. Read more about their event. Submitted by Virginia Antonijevic, PLAN Project - Research Assistant, Department of Geography.
Thurrock Council in Essex, England celebrated GIS Day 2009 by holding an open day. They showcased their work, had live demonstrations, and held a couple of competitions. They also had a great cake made especially by one of their colleagues. The event was very successful with over 80 people dropping in. Pictured left to right are Halil Siddique, Harriet McQuade, Sandra Bain, and Elise Madle. Submitted by Sandra Bain, GIS Manager.
Jahangirnagar University in Savar, Bangladesh held a long rally/march with each participant wearing a GIS Day T-shirt; the group was preceded by a GIS Day Banner. This is their group picture after the march at the Shahid Minar monument. Submitted by Jamail Basir.
Wade Oehmichen was caught wearing his GIS Day t-shirt while on a fishing trip to Alaska. He also caught this Coho Salmon in Elfin Cove (about 60 miles west of Juneau). "Great fishing, but glad to have the GPS, doesn't get much more remote than that." Submitted by Wade T. Oehmichen, Wildlife Biologist, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources.
Abraham Tesfamichael, wearing his "Texas orange" GIS Day t-shirt, gives a GIS Day presentation on June 3 in Asama, Eritrea. Submitted by Abraham Tesfamichael.
T-shirt Archives
Where to Send in Photos
Mail a photograph to Rania Hamdy, GIS Day Coordinator, T-Shirt Feature, c/o ESRI, 380 New York Street, Redlands, California 92373-8100, USA. OR, digital photos can be sent by e-mail to gisday-tshirts@esri.com. Be sure to include the names of the people in the photo (from left to right), a description of the GIS Day event you attended (host, city, state, country, type of event) or the unusual location you are in (vacation, trek, etc.), and how you heard about GIS Day.
All minors must have the written permission of a parent or guardian to have their photo published on the Web. If you're giving a school presentation and plan on taking photos, we suggest giving the forms to the school teacher or principal prior to the event; ask them to send the forms home with students who then bring them back in the day of your event. Or, alternatively, take the forms in with you, send them home with students, and pick them up the next day or leave a SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope) for them to be mailed to you.
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