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GIS Day

Annual geographic information systems public outreach day

Field	Value
holiday_name	GIS Day
type	International
image	File:ALPS_Globe.jpg
caption	NOAA Earth System image, a GIS example
nickname	Geographic Information Systems Day
observedby	Worldwide
frequency	Annual
scheduling	third Wednesday in November
duration	1 day
week_ordinal	third
weekday	Wednesday
month	November
celebrations	Educational workshops and seminars, map exhibitions and competitions, community mapping projects, guest lectures and panel discussions, interactive demonstrations, etc.
significance	To promote awareness and understanding of Geographic Information Systems technology and its application.
firsttime	November 1999
relatedto	Geography Awareness Week

GIS Day is an annual event celebrating geographic information systems (GIS) based technologies on the third Wednesday of November. The event first took place in 1999. It was initiated by spatial analytics software provider Esri. Esri president and co-founder Jack Dangermond credits Ralph Nader with being the person who inspired the creation of GIS Day. He considered the event a good initiative for people to learn about geography and the many uses of GIS. He wanted GIS Day to be a grassroots effort and open to everyone to participate.

Today, the event provides an international forum for users of GIS technology from across the GIS industry to demonstrate real-world applications that are making a difference in society. Originally the Canada Geographic Information System developed in the 1960s by Roger Tomlinson, it is now used worldwide.

Original sponsors of GIS Day included the following organizations:

National Geographic Society
American Association of Geographers (AAG), formerly Association of American Geographers
University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Library of Congress
Sun Microsystems
Hewlett-Packard
Esri
King Saud University

Additional resources

GeoMentors Program

References

Esri. "History of GIS".
(2014). "Discovering the World on GIS Day".
Esri. "GIS Day {{!}} Mapping Minds, Shaping the World".

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