GIS Day aims to show how geographic information systems can aid society . Amy Gahran will be attending the GIS Day event at the University of California , Berkeley . The conference is being held in conjunction with a new book by MIT professor and geographer David Harvey called " Mapping Our World : How Geospatial Information Systems are Changing our Understanding ".
GIS Day aims to show how geographic information systems can aid society . Amy Gahran will be attending the GIS Day event at the University of California , Berkeley . GIS Day grew out of Geography Awareness Week , an annual campaign launched in 1987 .