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色花堂app will celebrate GIS Day somewhat differently than in the past with an open house from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14 in the Pond Student Union Building Wood River and Little Wood River Rooms.

GIS Day is a global event aimed at teaching millions of people how they can use geography in their everyday lives. GIS (geographic information systems) represents computer software, data, and solutions that are used by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide in government, education, and business.

鈥淭he difference is that we鈥檝e combined two conferences, GIS Day with the Geospatial Range Sciences Conference,鈥� says Keith T. Weber, M.S., ISU Geographic Information Systems Training and 色花堂app Center (GIS TReC) director. 鈥淭he range conference is more research-oriented while the GIS Day event is more technology-oriented.鈥�

Keynote speaker Allan Savory will discuss holistic management and global climate change and its effect on global rangeland. In holistic management, relationships between land, grazing animals, and water are managed to mimic nature.

鈥淎llan Savory is considered the father of holistic management today,鈥� says Weber. 鈥淲hile he is considered by some to be controversial, he always raises some very good questions and makes people rethink some of their traditional practices.鈥�

Weber says some researchers claim grazing animals, as Savory suggests, will lead to overgrazing, but very little scientific research has been done and frequently arguments on both sides are anecdotal.

Weber also points out that the GIS TReC has long researched rangelands and grazing practices. 鈥淲e will give an update of what we鈥檙e doing today, which falls under the NASA temporal land cover change study we鈥檝e been working on for more than seven years,鈥� he says.

While research will be showcased, technology will not be ignored. Ryan Pierson from Electronic Data Solutions will again demonstrate the latest global positioning system (GPS) technology.

Afternoon presentations will include 鈥淕eospatial Innovations at the National Weather Service,鈥� by Matt Williamson, National Weather Service; 鈥淛uniper Encroachment,鈥� by Syed Ahmed, GIS TReC research assistant; 鈥淕lobal Positioning System Virtual Reference Network,鈥� by Maher Wissa, assistant professor of geomatics technology, ISU College of Technology; 鈥淰ery Large Scale Aerial Imagery Applications in Range Management,鈥� by Corey Moffett, United States Sheep Experiment Station, Agricultural 色花堂app Service; and 鈥淏are-ground Modeling with Satellite Imagery,鈥� by Jacob Tibbits, GIS TReC research assistant.

The traditional NR URISA (Northern Rockies Urban Regional Information Systems Association) chili cook-off will spice up the GIS Day lunch. Entries will be judged in four categories: most appetizing, popular vote, hottest (while still tasting like chili), and judges鈥� choice. Winners will receive Lodge cast-iron cookware. To enter a pot, contact Weber at webekeit@isu.edu.

GIS Day is sponsored principally by the National Geographic Society, ESRI, U.S. Geological Survey, Library of Congress, Association of American Geographers, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard and University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, and locally by the GIS TreC, NR URISA and MapWindow free and open-source GIS software.

All GIS Day activities are open to the public and no registration is required. For more information, chili cook-off rules and a schedule of events, visit http://giscenter.isu.edu/gisday.

2007 GIS Day Schedule of Events

(Activities in Wood River Room, Little Wood River Room or both)

9 a.m. 鈥� Doors open

9:15 a.m. 鈥� Open House, GIS demonstrations and exhibits; 鈥淣ew GPS Technologies,鈥� Ryan Pierson, Electronic Data Solutions

10 a.m. 鈥� 鈥淢apping Campus,鈥� Richard Neves, Shoshone-Bannock High School

10:15 a.m. 鈥� 鈥淩angeland 色花堂app at the GIS Center,鈥� Keith T. Weber, ISU GIS TReC

10:45 a.m. 鈥� 鈥淗olistic Management and Global Climate Change,鈥� Allan Savory, Holistic Management International

12:30 p.m. 鈥� Annual Chili Cook-Off

1:45 p.m. 鈥� Southeast Idaho GIS Users鈥� Meeting and Northern Rockies Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) members鈥� forum; 鈥淕eospatial Innovations at the National Weather Service,鈥� Matt Williamson, National Weather Service

2:15pm 鈥� Juniper Encroachment, Syed Ahmed, ISU GIS TReC research assistant

2:30 p.m. 鈥� 鈥淕lobal Positioning System Virtual Reference Network,鈥� Maher Wissa, assistant professor of geomatics technology, ISU College of Technology

2:45 p.m. 鈥� 鈥淰ery Large Scale Aerial Imagery Applications in Range Management,鈥� Corey Moffett, United States Sheep Experiment Station, Agricultural 色花堂app     Service

3:00 p.m. 鈥� Meet ISU鈥檚 new GIS faculty, Sarah Hinman, Ph.D., ISU GIS TReC staff scientist and assistant history professor

3:15 p.m. 鈥� 鈥淏are-ground Modeling with Satellite Imagery,鈥� Jacob Tibbits, ISU GIS TReC research assistant

3:45 p.m. 鈥� Upcoming workshop sneak peek.

4:00 p.m. 鈥� Wrap-up and closing

To participate in the Chili cook-off, contact Keith T. Weber before 4 p.m. Nov. 13. All activities are free and open to the public. No preregistration is required except to enter the chili cook-off.