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  • GIS Day 2023 at Ball State
    December 14, 2023 by

    GIS Day was celebrated around the world on Wednesday, November 15, 2023.  GIS Day is a day to celebrate geographic information systems (GIS) based technology.  GIS based technology ranges from basic, freely accessible applications such as Google Maps that provide locations and directions, to advanced software such as ArcGIS that allows users to visualize and […]

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    University Libraries Celebrate GIS Day 2022
    December 14, 2022 by

    Celebrating GIS Day has become an annual tradition at Ball State University. For nearly 20 years, we have celebrated the day by having student poster competitions, guest speakers, faculty and staff presentations, hands-on workshops and Map-a-thons.  This year we decided to show case the work that our faculty, staff and students are conducting by creating […]

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    Students, Faculty Address Humanitarian Concerns through GIS Day Map-a-thon
    November 25, 2019 by

    On Wednesday, November 13, over 50 Ball State University students, staff members, and faculty volunteered to contribute to the Missing Maps Project by meaningfully updating online digital maps using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology at Bracken Library’s Schwartz Digital Complex. As part of the global GIS Day every November, the Missing Maps Project Map-a-thon coordinates […]

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