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.
2008 Photos
McLean County (MC) Regional GIS Consortium and ISU-GEOMAP GIS Day 2008 Team in Normal, Illinois, took time to pose with their GIS Day posters, balloons, badges, buttons, etc. They hosted events all day long and had 2 cakes. Pictured left to right are: Phil Dick-MC B&Z, Bill Jackson-MCRPC, Sarah Franks-ETSB/911, Lt. Brent Wick-MC Sheriff, Leah Sweeney-MC IT, Melissa O'Hara-MCRPC, Cassidy Killian TON, John Kostelnick-ISU, Khalid Hasan-MCRPC, David Johnston-MC Supervisor of Assessments, Troy Olson-COB Engineering, Justin Nettleton-MC IT, Scott Fowler-MCRPC, Gretchen Knapp-ISU, Dagmar Budikova-ISU, and Nick Peters-MC IT. Read more about their events. Submitted by Khalid Hasan.
The GIS Services Department from Forsyth County, Georgia. "Because of budget cuts this year, we could not purchase new T-shirts, so we had great fun wearing shirts from GIS Day celebrations from years past." Left to right: Top row: Al Luthringer, Jason Clemis; 4th row: Rob Thomas, Wynette Flannigan, Michael Hoff; 3rd row: Jihoon Son, John M. Kilgore (Director), Mary Jo Black Enderby; 2nd row: Mando Silverleaf, Joyce McNut; 1st Row Dawn Hamby, Cindy Macon, Ronald Reagan. Submitted by Mary Jo Black Enderby.
City of O'Fallon, Illinois, Open House GIS Day celebration. Ryan Fuesting (left), GIS intern, City of O'Fallon, and Sharie Heller, GIS Specialist, City of O'Fallon. Read more about their event. Submitted by Sharie Heller.
The GIS shop of ENTRIX, Inc. in Vancouver, Washington celebrated GIS Day with the 2nd grade classes at Union Ridge Elementary School. Sarah Jenniges, Kyla Larson, and Kevin Gable are pictured above. Read more about their event. Submitted by Kyla Larson.
GIS staff at the District of Saanich, Canada GIS Day celebration. Left to right: Denise Mathie, Doug Griffith, Gerry Powell, Nicola Parfett, Paul Brend. Read more about their event. Submitted by Nicola Parfett, GISP, Geomatics Technologist, District of Saanich.
Instituto Tecnológico de Las Américas (ITLA) in the Dominican Republic celebrated GIS Day with an open house and workshop. Read more. Left to right are: Charliz Pérez, Juan Lebrón, Quinta Ana Pérez, Luis Sosa, Francisco De Oleo, Jonal Vallejo, and Richard Encarnación. Submitted by Quinta Ana Pérez S., Docente Investigadora GIS del Centro Internacional de Investigación en Alta Tecnología (CREA), ITLA.
"Last year we joined the celebration of GIS Day for the first time. For the celebration on 19th of November 2008 we prepared the GIS Day cake and GIS Day T-shirts decorated with the special logo which we created for GIS Day in our company. This logo represents Earth in the mouth because our motto for this year was 'Celebrate GIS Day 2008 with the smile'." Read more about their event. Submitted by Tereza Koudelkova and Michaela Hola (Mostecka uhelna a.s. - MUS).
GIS is transforming secondary social studies education at Bangor High. Now in its third year, it is composed of an energetic group of eager students of mixed ages, abilities, and computer skills. From left to right are: Marissa Grandchamp, Kendra Lenz, Sarah MacDonald, Kim Jordan, Monique Laplante, Zea Jones, Jon Breen, Hillary Throckmorton, Caroline Hetterman, Jacob Dorr, Josh Bishop, Parker Michael, Cameron Roy, and Cote Vanidestine. Read more about their event. Submitted by Margaret Shaw Chernosky, Teacher, Bangor High School, Maine.
Bermuda's GIS Day 2008 event was a great success. Some of our GIS Day team is shown here with our first GIS Day cake! Pictured are John Arthur, Mapping Officer; John Halkett, Land Surveyor; Alison Copeland, Bermuda Biodiversity Action Plan Coordinator; Mandy Shailer, GIS/Research Officer; Peter Hopkin, Senior Land Surveyor; and Richard Lowry, Planner. Submitted by Mandy Shailer MSc, GIS/Research Officer, Bermuda Government, Department of Conservation Services.
Six agencies from Union County, North Carolina, collaborated to celebrate GIS Day with various demonstrations and an extensive map gallery. Bottom Row: (L to R) Carlene Herrin, Union County; Ezgi Bilici, Union County; Cynthia Mabry, Union County; Deanna O'Neill, City of Monroe.
Top Row: (L to R) Anthony Merrell, Union County; Luke Fawcett, Town of Indian Trail; Jason Sanford, Union County; Gus Nichols, Union County; Jo Anne Manley, City of Monroe; Katie Ross, Town of Waxhaw; Shannon Martel, Town of Stallings; Amy Nicholson, Union County; and Timothy Hales, Union County Public Schools.
Submitted by Cynthia Mabry, Union County GIS Department.
The Department of Geography and Environment, Jahangirnagar University, in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh celebrated GIS Day with a rally behind this banner with everyone wearing their GIS Day t-shirts. After circulating the campus, the rally came back to the Department where several presentations were given and a nice GIS Day cake was enjoyed by all. Read more about their event. Submitted by Jamail Basir, Convener, Department of Geography and Environment.
The City of Burlington, Ontario, Canada, used their t-shirt photo to create this poster for GIS Day. Their GIS Day included demonstrations of new applications from the past year and also posters and map books that had been created recently. They hold GIS Day every year to bring more awareness to how GIS is being used throughout the corporation and to hopefully get more people involved. Their event was held on the 2nd floor, so that is why they are pointing up. Submitted by Ann Evans, GISP, GIS Application Analyst.
T-shirt Archives
Where to Send in Photos
Mail a photograph to Caitlyn Mitchell, 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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