๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐†๐ˆ๐’ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ

The first formal GIS Day took place in 1999. ๐„๐ฌ๐ซ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ and cofounder ๐‰๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ credits ๐‘๐š๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ก ๐๐š๐๐ž๐ซ with being the person ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ˆ๐’ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ. Nader considered GIS Day a good initiative for people to ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ž๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ˆ๐’. He wanted GIS Day to be a grassroots effort and open to everyone to participate. The event traditionally is held the ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ during Geography Awareness Week, a geographic literacy initiative sponsored by the National Geographic Society.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐†๐ˆ๐’ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ?GIS Day is a worldwide event that celebrates the technology of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Ralph Nader inspired GIS Day as a day for geography awareness.The first-ever GIS Day was held on November 19, 1999, during Geography Awareness Week from November 14-20, 1999.But it was actually the National Geographic Society, Association of American Geographers (AAG), and Esri, who really put the day into action on November 19, 1999.

๐†๐ž๐จ-๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐†๐ˆ๐’ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘In short, GIS is the technology that best understands โ€˜whereโ€™. In other words, GIS can capture, display, and analyze location data to help make powerful decisions. #GIS #GISDay #Esri

About kelvin

Kelvin Kang Wee, TANG received his B. Eng. (Geomatic) (Hons.) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Master of Remote Sensing & GIS from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He completed his Ph.D (Hydrography) from UTM in April 2021. Apparently, he is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, UTM. His area of interest is in marine positioning, hydrographic surveying, hydrospatial management and imagery-derive bathymetry using satellite remote sensing approach.
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