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Article: Grassroots Event to Promote Geography and GIS Technology; National Geographic Society, Association of American Geographers, and ESRI Announce GIS Day 1999.
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- April 6, 1999
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REDLANDS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1999--Get ready to learn more about geographic information systems (GIS) and geography.
The National Geographic Society, Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. (ESRI), and the Association of American Geographers (AAG) are announcing the first annual GIS Day, to be held Nov. 19, 1999. GIS Day will be a global event where users of GIS technology open their doors to schools, businesses, and the general public to showcase real-world applications of this exciting technology that uses geography.
Since 1987 the National Geographic Society has organized Geography Awareness Week each November to promote geographic ...