GIS Day is November 20, 2002 and is part of the Geography Awareness Week (November 18 - 22, 2002).

The National Geographic Society has sponsored Geography Awareness Week, founded in 1987, to promote geographic literacy in schools, communities, and organizations, with a focus on the education of children.

Geography is a science that enables us to find answers to questions about the world around us, about where things are and how and why they got there.

The Natonal Park Service uses geographical or georeferenced information to study parks and the parts that make up a park, over time and space. The NPS has over 200 sites using GIS to map and analyze geographic information. GIS is an abreviation for Geographic Information Systems.

• GIS Day Site (ESRI)
• NPS GIS Project Gallery

GIS Day in the Parks

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