The Connecticut GIS Council will host an event to celebrate GIS DAY at the Capital office building in Hartford. The Event will show case new and seasoned users, some of the latest capabilities of Geographic Information System.

This years program will consist of speakers from various GIS Discipline, table demonstrations and displays, also various Map displays along the Capital concourse. The event will be concluded with the monthly GIS Council meeting.

 

EVENT SCHEDULE

•10:00 – 10:30: Jane Cullinane, CT State Library, The History of Connecticut’s Aerial Photography

•10:30 – 11:00: Peter Kyem, CCSU, Web-Based GIS & The Future of Public Participatory GIS

Applications

•11:00 – 11:30: Megan McGaffin, Town of Milford, GIS & The Milford Sewer System Project

•11:30 – 12:00: E. S. R. I., Carl Nylen, Connecticut GIS: State of the State

•12:00 to 1:00: BREAK

•1:00 – 1:30: Steve Anderson, Applied Geographics, Connecticut G.E. M. S. Project

•1:30 – 2:00: Jesse Wanzer, Trinity College, Helping Hartford Area Families Make Smart Choices:

A Digital Guide to Public School Choice

•2:00 – 2:30: Jason Parent, CLEAR, Storm Water Management: Direct Nonpoint Source Pollution

Mitigation Efforts in the Eaglebrook Watershed

•2:30 – 3:30: The CT Geospatial Council Meeting – Public Welcome

Honorary Geography Spelling Bee Winner To Receive Certificate From Council

 

U.S. Coast Guard Academy:   Geospatail science Program