2015 GIS Day Nov.18 at the Gulf Gate Public Library

Sarasota County will participate in GIS Day on Nov. 18, in conjunction with Geography Awareness Week (Nov. 15-21) The free, public event will be from 1-5 p.m. at the new Gulf Gate Library in Sarasota.
On a national scale, GIS Day provides an international forum for users of geographic information systems (GIS) technology to demonstrate real-world applications that are making a difference in our society. More than 80 countries will participate in holding local events such as corporate open houses, hands-on workshops, community expos, school assemblies and more.
GIS Day is principally sponsored by the National Geographic Society, the Association of American Geographers, and University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, the United States Geological Survey, The Library of Congress, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard and ESRI.