GIS Day 2012: Discovering the World Through GIS
November 14, 2012
Location: University of Maryland, College Park
GIS Day 2012: Discovering the World Through GIS
On November 14, 2012 join in the worldwide celebration of GIS Day, the annual salute to geospatial technology and its power to transform and better our lives. GIS Day provides an international forum for users of geographic information systems (GIS) technology to demonstrate real-world applications that are making a difference in our society.
What is GIS? Watch UMD's GIS Day 2012 video HERE.
The Department of Geographical Sciences is sponsoring and hosting a day of activites, lectures and 'open houses' designed to showcase how faculty and researchers are using geographic information systems (GIS) technology to change, and save, our world.
GIS technology is used in a very wide range of industries, research and fields - including mobile technology, public health, mapping, emergency management, transportation and solar energy. Below is a listing of the events scheduled for GIS Day 2012 at the University of Maryland. We encourage you to attend as many activites as possible to learn about how this amazing technology is utilized!
9: 30am - Opening
Remarks - Stamp Atrium
Dr.
Christopher Justice
Chairman,
Department of Geographical Sciences
10:00am to 4:00 pm - Geospatial
Technology in Action - Stamp
Atrium
Check out the Demonstrations by Businesses,
Organizations, Graduate students and UMD Departments and Centers
10:00am to 4:00pm - Open House: Got Maps? - 4th Floor, McKeldin Library
1:00pm - Anupam Anand - Stamp's Grand Ballroom Lounge
Talk:
GIS for Energy Conservation: An Analysis of Rooftop Solar Energy Potential of University of Maryland
1:30pm - Giuseppe Molinario & Alice Altstatt - Stamp's Grand
Ballroom Lounge
Talk:
Mapping, Monitoring and Planning for Conservation: Land Cover and Land
Use Change in the Congo Basin
2:00pm - Dr.
Itamar Katz - Grand Ballroom Lounge
Talk:
Mapping Quality and Accessibility of Health Services: Applying GIS in a Large Scale Survey of Health Services in
Nigeria
3:00pm - Tiffany
Hill-Holland - Grand Ballroom Lounge
Talk:
Anthrax and Water Bottles: Real Examples of GIS for Emergency Management
3:30pm - Jim Cannistra - Grand Ballroom Lounge
Talk: An Introduction to Maryland State Geographic
Information Committee and an update on statewide GIS Activities
Click HERE to view the GIS Day 2012 Flyer
To visit the global GIS Day website and to learn more about geographic information systems, click HERE.
Want to watch UMD's GIS Day 2012 video?! Click HERE
