*City to celebrate technology at 11th Annual GIS Day* ** Geography Awareness Week is here and Mr. GIS is ready to make his appearance at this year’s celebration of geospatial and mapping technologies. Complete with its own mascot and theme song, the 11th Annual City of Austin GIS Day kicks off at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18 at Austin City Hall.
The daylong interactive celebration, which celebrates Geographic Information Systems technology, seeks to educate and inform through an entertaining, light-hearted approach. This year’s event will include the return of the Map Gallery, which now includes 3D and Interactive Mapping, GIS Challenge and Map Contest Awards, City department booths, GIS presentations and hands-on demonstrations. It will also feature a fresh approach on a GIS Game Show in which participants will attempt to stump some of the brightest minds in GIS and a demonstration by the Watershed Protection Department’s new Development Viewer using Silverlight technology. In an effort to inform the public on how we are all affected and “Tied Together with GIS” (which happens to be this year’s theme), the City is offering in-school presentations on GIS technology at 13 local schools. On Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 16 and 17, presenters from various City of Austin departments, including Public Works, Watershed Protection, Planning and Development Review, Communications and Technology Management, Austin Police and Austin Water Utility, will address over 1,500 students ranging from 1st to 12th grade on the benefits, usages and opportunities associated with Geographic Information Systems. GIS Day began in 1998 when a small troop of City of Austin geographers and cartographers, armed with their newly developed GIS technology, converged on the Austin Children’s Museum displaying maps and setting up one computer to show high-resolution black and white aerials. Today, more than 15 City of Austin departments utilize the technology to solve everyday problems and strategically plan for the future. The event is open to the public and parking at City Hall is free with validation. Proof of attendance is available for students. For more information, visit http://www.cityofaustin.org/gis/gis_day/gisday09.htm or you can visit the Austin City Connection Web site and search GIS. Contacts: Sara Smith, GIS Analyst, (512) 974-6445; Martha Morales, Office of Communications and Public Information, (512) 974-9738 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
