Celebrate Your Place in the World on GIS Day
“Celebrate Your Place in the World on GIS Day!”is a free, public event on Nov. 18, featuring exhibits, map galleries and demonstrations of how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) help address local and global issues every day. Wake County, City of Raleigh and State of North Carolina GIS offices will host the open house and map gallery on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at One Exchange Plaza, Suite 100 (corner of One Exchange Plz. and S Wilmington St.), downtown Raleigh.
Visitors to the colorful map gallery can vote for their favorite display and be eligible to win Carolina Hurricanes tickets. Creators of the winning maps will also receive prizes.
Participants will learn about and interact with GIS tools, including:
- Electoral Systems Used to Populate National Legislatures
- N.C. Economic Development Intelligence System (EDIS)
- Landslide Mapping Program for Watauga County, NC
- Natural Heritage Program’s Conservation Planning Tool
- Public health maps showing diseases and related health outcomes statewide
- Raleigh Police Department Crime Analysis
- Raleigh Damage Assessment Application
- Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) and In-Vehicle Navigation (IVN) used by Wake EMS, Wake GIS and Raleigh-Wake 911 Center and
- Wake County Sheriff’s Office GIS Web site.
Centennial Campus Middle School students will also present their own GIS project. Individuals will have an opportunity to explore geographic features of their own property, communities and surrounding environment.
GIS Day is a global event held in more than 80 countries. The purpose of GIS Day is to educate children and adults about geography and the technology of GIS around the world. The National Geographic Society sponsors GIS Day, held during Geography Awareness Week. For more information about GIS Day visit www.gisday.com.
For More Information Contact:
Wayne Brewer
Planning Technician
1 Exchange Plaza Suite 807
Raleigh, NC
919-516-2524
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