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(GISP and CEU Credits available for Professionals and Teachers!)
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. Internationally, the event is principally sponsored by the National Geographic Society, the Association of American Geographers, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, the USGS, the Library of Congress, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and the Environmental Systems Research Institute. Join industry professionals and the public to see how GIS technology affects you every day and is helping to make better business decisions, educate our children and improve the overall quality of life in Charlotte-Mecklenburg and surrounding counties.
GIS Day 2011 Expo Events and Venues
- Complimentary Breakfast Cafe for Attendees (morning Session)
- GIS Exhibitors Hall – Spirit Square Atrium (All Day)
- K-12(School) and College GIS Project Presentations - McGlohon Theater (Morning Session)
- National Geographic's Giant Traveling Map Exhibit! – All Day on the 2nd Floor Spirit Square
- GIS Internet Applications Workshop- Middleton Gallery (Morning Session)
- ESRI ArcGIS 10 Software Solutions Showcase - McGlohon Theater (Afternoon Session)
- GIS In the Schools Workshop (For Teachers)- Middleton Gallery (Afternoon Session)
- Go Geocaching Uptown! – BB&T Room (Morning and Afternoon Sessions)
GIS DAY 2010 Expo Materials for Organizing Your Day at the Event.
GIS Day 2011 Expo Concurrent Program Schedule including Presentation and Workshop Details Available Here
GIS Day Morning Plenary Welcome
John McGillicuddy is a General Manager for Mecklenburg County government, the largest and most urban county in North Carolina. In this role, John's primary accountability is achieving the organization's goals for efficiency and effectiveness.
John has been with Mecklenburg County since 1991, joining the Public Information Department (PS&I) as a public information specialist. He was promoted to PS&I Director in 1994. In October 2000 he was named Interim Assistant County Manager. He then served as Executive Assistant to the County Manager from December 2000 to November 2002. He was appointed to his current position as General Manager in November 2002.
John is a native of Massachusetts and earned a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He also holds a Master's degree in Organizational Change and Leadership (MSL) from Pfeiffer University. He is a Fellow of the American Leadership Forum in Charlotte (Class V) and a graduate of Leadership Charlotte (Class XX). John has lived in Charlotte since 1980, and is married with two children.
GIS DAY 2011 Expo Special Performance (Morning Session)
Love music? Hate cancer? Then come early for the inaugural GIS Day debut of Charlotte’s own drumStrong team. Cancer affects half of all men and a third of all women in the US alone- this is a global issue. DrumsForCures produces DRUMSTRONG™, the multicultural, musical, charity events showcasing available resources that support people with cancer and those who love them. Drums are the perfect communicator as rhythm welcomes and embraces all who participate. Music truly engages all ages, wages and stages of health. Drumstrong gathers folks to rhythm (drum for crazy long periods of time), focusing on individual and community health drumming in honor of, in memory of and working for cancer solutions.
GIS in the Schools Project Showcase (Morning Session)
Many schools and education groups in our community are adopting GIS Technology into their curriculum. GIS is helping our students to become better thinkers and more creative in solving both community and environmental problems. It is a technology tool that they can learn from and grow their knowledge academically for future professions.
The Morning Session of the GIS Day Expo will highlight local education groups and their GIS Projects that they have worked on.
ESRI ArcGIS 10 Technology Showcase (Afternoon Session)
Are you looking for an efficient way to share your data with internal and external users? Are you struggling to organize your map services or layer packages? Are you interested in mashing up your services in an easy to use interface? Do you want to open the same web map in Desktop, Web and Mobile devices? Have you visited ArcGIS.com lately? ArcGIS.com is your answer! We’ll begin with a brief tour of ArcGIS.com, followed by a tutorial on building an intelligent web map from multiple data sources, and finish with a demonstration of how you can use groups to collaborate with other users, all with free tools on ArcGIS.com.
National Geographic's Giant Traveling Map On-Site Exhibit (North America)
National Geographic's Giant Traveling Maps tour the country's schools, bringing hands and feet-on geography education to tens of thousands of students each year. Designed to combat geographic illiteracy by igniting students' interest in geography, the maps and accompanying activities incorporate physical movement and games to teach students place name geography, physical geography, and cultural geography as well as map reading skills. National Geographic is loaning its map of North America to Mecklenburg County GIS. The map will tour Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, after-school programs and will be on display during GIS Day. For more information, please contact 704-336-4442.
Technology Workshops at the GIS Day Expo 2011
“GIS Internet Applications” Workshop (Morning Session)
Come to the Middleton Gallery at Spirit Square and learn how the City and County’s Geographic Internet Applications can help you do a better job in finding answers to your business questions!
Sign up for a Free 3 Hour Morning GIS Internet Applications Technology Workshop for Commercial and Residential Business Professionals
“GIS in the Schools” Workshop (Afternoon Session For Teachers Grades 8th – 12th)
This afternoon workshop will introduce teachers on the basics of GIS from an introduction to applying it in your classroom’s curriculum as a new learning tool to familiarize your students with geography and available mapping technology resources.
Sign-Up for a Free Afternoon “GIS In The Schools” Workshop for Teachers Grades 8-12
Geocaching Workshops (BB&T Meeting Room: Morning and Afternoon Sessions)
Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. The basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors and then share your experiences online. Geocaching is enjoyed by people from all age groups, with a strong sense of community and support for the environment. A group will venture out on the streets of Charlotte to look for some map caches.
See: http://www.geocaching.com/
GIS Day 2011 Sponsors
GIS Day 2011 Expo Program Committee
GIS Day 2011 Expo Exhibitors
Professionals showing how they use GIS Technology to do their business
Mecklenburg County GIS
ESRI
Avioimage
Sustain Charlotte
Woolpert
Pictometry
Jr. Geography Detective Squad
Central Piedmont Community College
US Census Bureau
Charlotte Fire Department
Charlotte Area Transit System
Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities
Charlotte Mecklenburg Planning Department
Charlotte Mecklenburg Storm Water Services
City of Charlotte Engineering and Property Management/Survey, Mapping, GIS
Charlotte Department of Transportation
Parking Options
- Spirit Square Parking Lot, 345 N. College St. $5
- Park for Free at the Hal Marshall County Services Center and walk down two blocks to Spirit Square (700 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC)
- Discovery Place Parking Deck on Church and 6th St. $7 for the day.
- 7th St. Station Parking Deck. 90min free; $2 each ½ hour ($15 max)
- Ride the GoldRush Trolley
- Ride Lightrail Lynx to 7th Street Station and walk 1 block
Bus Parking Options:
- Buses are instructed to let students off in front of Spirit Square at either the Tryon St. entrance or College St. entrance.
- McGill Rose Garden (McGill Garden Way & Alexander St.)
- Small buses may park on the flat lots surrounding ImaginOn. $5 fee
- CMS buses may park in the CMS bus depot or return to campus if it isn't too far from Uptown.
Questions, please call 704-336-4442
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