GIS Day

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GIS Day 2001
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Welcome to GIS Day 2002

• GIS Day is part of a celebration of Geography
  Awareness Week
• and is sponsored by the following organizations.
• Principal Sponsors
• National Geographic Society
• The Association of American Geographers (AAG)
  
• University Consortium for Geographic Information
  Science (UCGIS)
• The Library of Congress
• The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
• Sun Microsystems
• ESRI
• Associate Sponsors
• (Fill in your company/organization
  name)

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Purpose of GIS Day

• Educate children and/or adults about how
  geography and GIS make a difference in their
  lives.

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What Is aGeographicInformationSystem?
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Smart Maps!
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Graphics and Data Combined Together!
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But Why?

• GIS is about finding patterns.
• Lots of data coming from different sources. You
  will want to consider all of it to make better
  decisions.
• Answer the questions of location such as where,
  why, and how.
• Solve problems and make decisions.
• See patterns and trends that spreadsheets alone
  wont portray.

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Where Are the Toxic Release Sites in My Community?
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Bus Lines and Drive Timefor Figuring Out Who Can
Come to My Mall!
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This is where you do A Day in Your Life with
Geography and GIS demonstration. Demonstrate
how your organization uses GIS and how it impacts
the students. Or give the software demonstration
entitled A day in your life with Geography and
GIS. Data and ArcView data project file found on
this CD in the GIS Day demo folder. You can also
use one of the Interactive Activity ideas found
in the Hosting a Successful GIS Day Event white
paper or one of the activities in the activities
folder on the CD.
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Thank you for coming!

• I think you will agree that Geography Matters to
  all of us!