GIS Day 2007
GIS Day (www.gisday.com) is a global event where thousands of users of geographic information system (GIS) technology open their doors to schools, businesses, and the general public to showcase real-world applications of this exciting technology.
This year, Northwestern’s Geographic Data in Education (GEODE) Initiative developer team joined the University Library to promote their software, My World GIS (http://www.myworldgis.org/)
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Time: 10am to 5pm
Place: Main University Library, level 1, near the entrance
Schedule of Events:
- Live software demonstration: My World GIS, 11am - 3pm
- Live software demonstration: ESRI ArcGIS9, 11am - 5pm
- Geography/Map challenge: 10am - 5pm
- GIS project poster presentations: 10am - 5pm
Poster Presenters:
- Kate Kanne (Anthropology) Pivotal Ponies: horses in bronze age Hungary
- Kristin De Lucia (Anthropology) The Classic to Postclassic Transition in Xaltocan, Mexico: Incorporating GIS
- Lisa Overholtzer (Anthropology) Aztec Figurines from Xaltocan, Mexico
Special thanks to Professor John Hudson (Geography), Professor Juan Onésimo Sandoval (Sociology), GEODE Initiative (Education), Dr. Doug Bolender (now at Buffalo Univ.) and Ms. Caitlyn Mitchell (ESRI, GIS Day coordinator).
