GIS Day is an international day of education about Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Geography. At the UW-Madison GIS Day Expo, Wednesday, November 7 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., at the Memorial Union, over 40 agencies, departments and businesses will showcase a how GIS is being used in a wide-array of fields and applications, including:

• Agriculture
• Archeology
• Conservation
• Education
• Public Health & Safety
• Engineering
• Marketing
• Natural Resource Management
• Economic Development
• Emergency Management
• Transportation
• Urban Planning
• and more!

Attractions include exhibits, hand-on demos, speakers, map gallery, kid’s activities and door prizes!

This event is free and open to the public! For more information, including a list of participating organizations and a schedule of talks, visit www.geography.wisc.edu/GISDay

Sponsored by the Department of Geography

Co-sponsored by the

• City of Fitchburg
• National Consortium for Rural Geospatial Innovations
• United States Geological Survey (USGS)
• UW Environmental Remote Sensing Center
• UW Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility
• UW Spatial Information & Analysis Consortium
• UW Sea Grant Institute
• WI State Cartographer’s Office