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Portage County GIS Day Event

Reed Memorial Library and Portage County are partnering to host the County's 3rd GIS Day Event!

Date:                November 19, 2008

Time:                9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Location:           Reed Memorial Library
                         167 East Main Street
                         Ravenna, OH 
                          http://www.reed.lib.oh.us

Agenda

Morning Session for Portage County Communities

   9:00-10:00 a.m. "What is GIS Day and GIS", LBRS (Location Based Response System) Addressing and the Parcel Conversion
       15 minute break
   10:15-11:00 a.m. Demonstration on using the new GIS Map Viewer and Accuglobe Desktop GIS

   9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Open House and Map Gallery

   12:00-1:00 p.m. Break for Lunch

Afternoon Session for Portage County Officials and Managers

   1:00-2:00 p.m. "What is GIS Day and GIS", LBRS (Location Based Response System) Addressing and the Parcel Conversion
       15 minute break
   2:15-3:00 p.m. Demonstration on using the new GIS Map Viewer and Accuglobe Desktop GIS

For More            Joe Reichlin, Portage County GIS Coordinator
Info:                  Phone: 330-297-3510       E-Mail: jreichlin@portageco.com

Come join us as we celebrate GIS Day 2008!
Who should attend? Anyone who would like to learn more about GIS and County GIS Projects underway. The theme this year is GIS for the Public Sector.

See Portage County GIS presentations and a map gallery. Learn about what's going on in Portage County related to GIS!

What is GIS Day?
GIS Day 2008 will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, as part of the National Geographic Society's Geography Awareness Week GIS Day is a grassroots event that formalizes the practice of geographic information system (GIS) users and vendors opening their doors to schools, businesses, and the general public to showcase real-world applications of this important technology.

What is GIS?
GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems. It is a computer-based tool used to map and analyze objects and events. It combines the power of a database with the visualization capabilities offered by maps. This helps analysts discover relationships between and among sets of computer-readable, geographically referenced data that they could not see or understand easily without the aid of this technology. More than half a million people in the world use GIS to solve problems in areas such as environmental protection, pollution, health care, land use, asset deployment and routing, natural resources, conservation, business efficiency, education and social inequities