World GIS Day听is an event that celebrates the achievements in the technological world of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and sensitize people about the importance of听Geospatial Science听补苍诲听Earth Observation Technology. ESRI the global giant of spatial tools calls it the 鈥�Science of Where鈥�. The GIS day is globally celebrated annually on the third week of November and bring together GIS community, students and professionals to showcase the application of the spatial technology in solving global problems.
吃瓜头条 has since 2013 celebrated GIS Day leading to significant exposure of her spatial community. The university was the first in Eastern Africa to be awarded Esri 100 Africa University鈥檚 Site license and has a reference account that runs to date. The University was honored with the Esri Special Achievement in GIS Award (SAG Award 鈥� 2015) and a number of her students have made significant impression in industry from the spatial applications for problem solving.
This year,听吃瓜头条 community of geospatial knowledge users and researchers听颈苍惫颈迟别蝉听you听to join us in the听Virtual event听辞苍听17th听November 2021听蹿谤辞尘听9:00 am鈥� 12:30 pm听as we mark the annual听World GIS Day听Celebrations.听 The theme of this year鈥檚 KU-GIS Day is听鈥淕IS in Research and Tourism Management鈥�.
Featuring will be听Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) Eastern Africa Satellite node, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), IGAD/ICPAC听补苍诲听Joint Research Commission for European Union听(JRC-EU)听among others. Some of the key topics that will be covered during the event includes;听demonstration of impact tool box for forest monitoring,听mapping and managing tourism resources in the country, the geographical dilemma surrounding Kenya鈥檚 Rift Valley lakes, and mapping women livelihood in Tharaka Nithi County听among others.
Make a choice to听Join, Listen and Participate听to get enlightened. Kindly register here:
Also here is the Google meet link for the Wednesday 17th听Event:听