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GIS Day 2009 Celebration at the American University of Armenia
Discover the world through GIS! November 18 was International GIS Day, and the Acopian Center for the Environment invited interested parties to celebrate this important technology with them at the American University of Armenia .
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are highly sophisticated computer programs which are used to analyze and store spatial data, produce maps, and make prognoses. They are being applied in a wide range of sectors from land and urban planning, resource management, pollution monitoring and of course environmental conservation.
The GIS Day 2009 Celebration was a great opportunity to present this technology, learn about new applications in Armenia and meet providers and users of GIS and related services. Over fifty participants from private companies, state agencies, universities, major NGOs and international organizations took part in the celebration. The program covered a poster presentation showing the work of major organizations applying GIS in Armenia, interactive computer stations to learn more about GIS first-hand, a quiz and lottery, and a special GIS Day cake. It was already the second time that GIS stakeholders from Armenia met over such an event following the first GIS and Remote Sensing Conference which was hosted by the Acopian Center for the Environment and Geocom in December 2008. And again it was a great success and a great opportunity for improved cooperation among institutions working in the same field. We are looking forward to next year's celebration!
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The audience at the GIS Day 2009 Celebration Opening Speech |
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Meike Schaefer ( Acopian Center for the Environment) delivering the opening speech at the GIS Day 2009 Conference |
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Hovsep Petrosyan ( Center of Geodesy and Cartography) during his presentation |
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Meike Schaefer cutting the GIS Day Cake |
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Tigran Melkumyan from WWF discussing his poster with interested participants |
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Learning about GIS at the interactive computer station |
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Discussions and interactions during GIS Day 2009 Celebration |
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