City and County of Denver, CO

11/08/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/08/2024 08:45

Denver to celebrate GIS Day with event on November 20

Denver to celebrate GIS Day with event on November 20

Published on November 08, 2024

Denver's Department of Technology Services plays the pivotal role of implementing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the city. To recognize these efforts, Technology Services, in partnership with other city agency GIS professionals and regional partners, will hold its 23rd annual GIS Day celebration on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building (201 W. Colfax Ave.).

This year's event will focus on GIS use and real-world application within the city, showcasing a wide range of GIS products, tools, and applications. Throughout the day there will be vendor displays, exhibits, a map gallery, food, and a raffle. This event is free and open to the public. Note: Exhibits will be on display from Nov. 18 to Nov. 22 in honor of Geography Awareness Week.

Keynote (10:30 a.m.)

  • The Evolution of Imagery in Mapping and GIS - this presentation will focus on the transformative capabilities of computer vision techniques, AI, and Machine Learning.

Student Map Awards and Lightning Talks (beginning at 11 a.m.)

  • Survey123 Power Up: Unlocking Repeating Map Questions for Community Engagement
  • Supporting Our Unsheltered Neighbors: Detecting Encampments in Aerial Imagery
  • Establishing a City-wide Drone Program
  • Solid Waste Route Load Balancing for Optimal Efficiency
  • Using Attribute Rules to Build Quality GIS Data
  • Denver Open Data Catalog: Bringing Data to the People!
  • Visualizing Denver Open Data in Power BI

View the full event schedule online at denvergov.org/GISDay.

GIS maps and analyzes data to understand our world and effectively make decisions. Through strategic data visualization and analysis, the City and County of Denver strives to continue fostering an environment that is fair, accessible, transparent, and safe for all. GIS Day is an international event that recognizes geography's importance, advances in GIS technology, and how it enables spatial intelligence, visualization, and analytics to serve the needs of the world.