Blue Marble Geographics announces its participation in National GIS Day, November 18th 2009. Employees will go to local schools and present a demonstration on how GIS is a part of our every day life.
Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts at software companies, universities, oil and gas companies, civil engineering, surveying, technology, enterprise GIS groups, government and military organizations.
Blue Marble has volunteered to present a GIS discussion to three high schools in the Augusta Maine region to promote geographic awareness in Maine. GIS Day provides an international forum for users of GIS technology to demonstrate real-world applications that are making a difference in society.
More than 80 countries will participate in holding local events. Blue Marble will lead an open discussion with the students on how GIS is a part of their everyday lives. The presentation will include a classroom exercise in which students will apply GIS tools and analysis to the question of where to construct a hypothetical wind farm in a given Maine location, taking into accounts the interests of local residents and environmental impact.
For more information please visit www.bluemarblegeo.com