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Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 14:46:22 -0500
From: Martin von Wyss <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Harvard Map Collection announces GIS Day 1999
Sender: Martin von Wyss <[log in to unmask]>
Please pardon the crossposting.
Press Information For Immediate Publication
David Cobb November 9 1999
Harvard Map Collection
617-495-2417
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"Reaching Out to the Community"
Harvard Map Collection Sponsors GIS Day Celebration
Cambridge, MA - The Harvard Map Collection of the Harvard College Library
announces an open house series of presentations on GIS Day, November 19,
1999. Sessions will be organized to introduce people to GIS applications
for a number of different fields and to acquaint them with the Geographic
Information Services and related data provided at the Harvard Map
Collection. Also, GIS specialists from across Harvard University will be
present to share details on a variety of activities.
GIS Day will be held November 19, the last day of Geography Awareness
Week (November 15-19), and is sponsored by the National Geographic
Society, the Association of American Geographers and the Environmental
Systems Research Institute. Since 1987, the National Geographic Society
has sponsored Geography Awareness Week to promote geographic literacy in
schools, communities, and organizations, with a focus on the education of
children. The GIS Day celebration is a grassroots event that formalizes
the practice of GIS users and vendors opening their doors to schools,
businesses, and the general public to showcase real-world applications.
There are currently about half a million GIS users in the world, but most
of the public is unaware of this growing technology. Used to solve
problems in such areas as environmental protection, pollution, health
care, land use, natural resources, conservation, business efficiency,
education, and social inequities, GIS provides a unifying framework for
analyzing and understanding the world around us.
Colleges, universities, K-12 schools, cities, and private industries are
participating in GIS Day, giving the general public an opportunity to see
how GIS technology is applied in many interesting and exciting ways. The
Harvard Map Collection is in good company as they join hundreds of GIS
Day sites worldwide.
The Harvard Map Collection is located in Pusey Library, in Harvard Yard.
GIS Day activities will be on going between 9:30 AM and 4 PM. For more
information, please call the Harvard Map Collection at 617-495-2417 or
email [log in to unmask]
<italic>GIS Day Schedule
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9:30 to 9:50 Introduction to G.I.S. for Librarians
what is a G.I.S.?
basic functionality such as address matching, buffering, queries
data sources
10:00 to 10:20 Using Census Data in G.I.S.
U.S. Census demographic data
potential applications in research
Geolytics products
how to integrate other data for comparison
11:00 to 11:30 G.I.S. Data for Designers and Planners
data sets, particularly data of the Boston area
their applications in the design and planning fields
1:00 to 1:30 Raster G.I.S. and Satellite Remote Sensing
introduction to raster G.I.S. and satellite remote sensing
sample application
1:45 to 2:15 Proper Use and Symbolization of Data
avoiding potential pitfalls of G.I.S. mapping: scale, resolution, data
source
applying cartographic conventions to G.I.S. maps
2:15 to 2:45 Case Studies at the Harvard Map Collection
The Massachusetts Electronic Atlas
The Boston Children and Families Database
3:00 to 4:00 G.I.S. at Harvard
presentations from researchers using G.I.S. at Harvard
Thomas Rammin, Design School
Jonathan French, School of Public Health
others to be announced
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