Going Public

Every November, GIS Day  is a celebration of the innovative applications of GIS! GIS, short for geographic information systems, are databases that help you store, visualize, and analyze spatial data (data with locational information). Today, most of this work is done through digital databases that can incorporate mobile apps for data collection and user interfaces online for viewing and sharing data. GIS is a field in and of itself, but it also an important toolkit that has been incorporated into many fields of study, industry, and commercial ventures.  I (Emily Jane) have recently been working on a graduate certificate in GIS to do more with archaeological and heritage data at FPAN. But I'm by no means the only person using these skills in our organization! To celebrate, I thought I'd sit down with our resident expert, HMS Florida Database manager Kassie Kemp, to talk about all the cool ways GIS helps us do our work. ~~~~~~~~~ Emily Jane (EmJay): Happy GIS Day, Kassie! Kassie