From jbsmith@u.washington.edu Wed Nov 19 08:46:40 2003 Received: from mxu5.u.washington.edu (mxu5.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.164]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.10+UW03.09/8.12.10+UW03.09) with ESMTP id hAJGkcuL026358; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:46:38 -0800 Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mxu5.u.washington.edu (8.12.10+UW03.09/8.12.10+UW03.09) with ESMTP id hAJGdTV1026736 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:46:37 -0800 Received: from mailhost2.u.washington.edu (mailhost2.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.2]) by mxout5.cac.washington.edu (8.12.10+UW03.09/8.12.10+UW03.09) with ESMTP id hAJGYQMk026426; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:34:26 -0800 Received: from D-128-208-254-229.dhcp4.washington.edu (D-128-208-254-229.dhcp4.washington.edu [128.208.254.229]) by mailhost2.u.washington.edu (8.12.10+UW03.09/8.12.10+UW03.09) with ESMTP id hAJGYQYS032123; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:34:26 -0800 Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:34:25 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time) From: Julia Smith To: uwtline@u.washington.edu, uwt-urban@u.washington.edu Subject: GIS Day 2003 (TODAY!) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-X-Sender: jbsmith@mailer25.u.washington.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=III, Probability=3%, Report='EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION, INVALID_DATE, IN_REP_TO, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, TO_HAS_SPACES, __CT, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN, __HAS_MSGID, __IN_REP_TO, __MIME_VERSION, __SANE_MSGID, __TO_MALFORMED_2, __USER_AGENT_PINE' Reminder.... GIS DAY 2003 University of Washington, Tacoma November 19th, 8:30-12:00 Dougan Building, UWT campus Schedule of events: http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/urban_studies/GIS%20day%202003.pdf On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Shellie Jo White wrote: > > I just wanted to invite students to a GIS Day event we will be holding > on campus, this Wed, November 19, from 8:30 am to 12pm in Dougan 280 > and 101. GIS Day is held every year during Geography Awareness Week > (November 17- 21). > > GIS Day is a grassroots event that formalizes the practice of > geographic information systems (GIS) users and vendors of opening > their doors to schools, businesses, and the general public to showcase > real-world applications of this important technology. The event is > principally sponsored by the National Geographic Society, the > Association of American Geographers, University Consortium for > Geographic Information Science, the United States Geological Survey, > The Library of Congress, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and ESRI. > > We have been fortunate enough to be able to partner with Pierce County > GIS and to get a good many speakers with a variety of topics lined up > for the morning. If you have been or might be curious about what GIS > is and what it can do please come to one or more of the 20 minute > sessions we will have. There is a UWT press release with a GIS Day > agenda attached so you can look over the various presentation topics > and find one that might interest you. > > There will be many GIS maps and posters from various local agencies > and firms hanging in the hallway and entryway of Dougan for you to > see. There will also be a contest where you can view aerial > photographs of Pierce County, guess the location and win prizes, and > also importantly, snacks! > > If you have questions, please contact me. If not, hope to see some of > you there! > > Tom Carlson, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor > Geographic Information Systems > Urban Studies Program > University of Washington > 1900 Commerce St. > Tacoma, WA 98402-3100 > office: 253-692-4679 > fax: 253-692-5612 > > ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* > > Shellie Jo White > Manager, Office of Student Life & Childcare Assistance Program > > 1900 Commerce - Box 358407 > Tacoma, Washington 98402 > > Office:253.692.4481 & Fax:253.692.4675 > Email: uwtlife@u.washington.edu > Visit our Web-site: www.uwtlife.com > > ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* > > > > > > .