November 19, 2008 was the tenth anniversary of GIS Day, which is celebrated each year around the world as part of Geography Awareness Week.

This year, the NCSU Campus GIS Users Group hosted a poster and information session at DH Hill Library. In addition, a contest was held to identify the location of 10 aerial and satellite images.

• Original Aerial/Satellite Image ID Quiz
• Quiz Answers
• Thanks to Carolina URISA for sponsoring the $50 prize!

Participants

• McKim and Creed - Raleigh office (Centennial Campus)
• NCSU Center for Earth Observation
• NCSU Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA) - (Google SketchUp Campus 3D Team)
• NCSU Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) - (GIS Program)
• NCSU Transportation

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Having fun

A new webpage has been created to assist with finding NCSU campus GIS data.

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis/ncsucampus.html

Sources for weather and climate data have been updated, with detailed instructions on how to use the National Climatic Data Center website and the Oregon State PRISM dataset.

See http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis/noaaclim.html.

A new webpage has been created that lists various GIS resources related to energy. It's http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis/energy.html.

If you know of anything to add, please email Data Services.

A new blog is up for posting local student internships and jobs that require GIS expertise.

http://blogs.lib.ncsu.edu/page/GISij

To submit an announcement or request one be removed, send an email to jeff_essic at ncsu.edu.