GIS Day 2009

Delaware County's GIS team has been a GIS Day participant since this event started in 1999. In previous years, the event was held at the JVS North in 1999, from 2000 to 2006 at Dempsey Middle School, in 2007 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and in 2008 at County's Hayes Service Administration Building. To view the photos for 1999 to 2008 click on the links below:

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This is the 11th year that Delaware County is celebrating the Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day.

The Geography Awareness Week is sponsored by the National Geographic Society, the American Association of Geographers (AAG), Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), and the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS). 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. This event was intended to promote the understanding of geography in schools around the world.

From 1999 to 2007, Delaware County GIS team has been visiting various schools within Delaware County educating students of various ages about GIS, Geography and GIS Day. In 2008 and 2009, the GIS office held an open house, a map gallery, and several informational slide shows and games in the County's Hayes Service Administration Building. Over 250 students from Schultz Elementary School and Willis Middle School participated in the event. Volunteers from several other entities such as Delaware County EMA, City of Dublin, City of Upper Arlington and ESRI Gahanna Office attended and/or presented.

The 2009 GIS story was showcased in Delaware's daily newspaper, the Delaware Gazette, on November 19th. To view the article click here.

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