Did you know that November 19 was GIS day? GIS Day is an educational event created by the company Esri. GIS stands for geographic information systems. Esri provides opportunities on this day for schools and businesses around the globe to showcase the real-world applications of GIS.
In recognition of GIS day, Jordan Bates and Rohini Swaninathan from the Wise branch of the NASA DEVELOP Project came and spoke in Mrs.Carter's and Mr.William's earth science classes to present information about GIS day. They explained about how they use GIS data for NASA DEVELOP, and they also explained how GIS is used by Wise County. They also went over mapping, latitude, longitude and elevation which are all parts of the earth science Standards of Learning, so this was a good review for the science classes. Students participated by asking questions and putting their home address in the search engine as a target.
There is a website you can visit to learn more about GIS in Wise County. You can visit this website: www.wisecounty.org/gis
You can also discover more about GIS day by clicking here: http://www.gisday.com/