GIS Day
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
will be hosting a GIS Day event on
Wednesday November 18, 2009
from 1pm to 6pm in the Richard A. Henson Center.
This event is FREE and open to the public. Please come join us for this event.
GIS Day is an international event celebrating geographic applications in over 80 countries. Geographic Information System (GIS) users and vendors around the world are asked to open their doors to schools, businesses, and the general public to showcase
GIS applications in education, research, the workplace and everyday life.
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Geospatial Information Technology (GeoTech) Lab is hosting GIS Day on November 18, 2009. The event will be held in the Henson Center on the campus of UMES from 1 pm – 6 pm. Activities include booth
presentations, equipment demonstrations and a map gallery. Displays will focus on the use of GIS on the Eastern Shore.
Exhibitors
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Types of Exhibits
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UMES Faculty, Staff and Students
Somerset County Planning and Zoning
Somerset County Emergency Management
Somerset County Economic Development
Somerset County Health Department
Town of Ocean City
ESRGC - Salisbury University
Maryland
Department of Natural Resources
NASA
USDA/NRCS
Spatial System Associates
Dicarlo Precision Instruments |
Precision Agriculture
County Mapping
Emergency Management - 911
Locating new businesses
Municipal Boundaries
Use of GPS in GIS Mapping
Forestry
Soils
Geocaching
Use of kites for airborne observation |
| Door Prizes |
Flyers for GIS Day |
Click on image to get full size map |
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Grand Prize:
Win a 2ft x 3ft aerial picture of your house .jpg "Aerial of Houses")
Plus many other prizes given away throughout the day
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Click here for Flyer 1
Click here for Flyer 2
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.jpg "UMES map Henson Center 2008") |
If you have any questions, please contact:
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