GIS Day Keeps Austin Spatial

The City of Austin is hosting GIS Day from 9am to 3pm today at Austin City Hall. Short for Geographic Information System Services, Austin GIS collates and reinterprets "geographic knowledge" in order to create location-based analysis to serve various public purposes, such as: our computer-aided 911 dispatch system; automated vehicle location tracking; generating three-dimensional, interactive aerial images; and preserving endangered species in the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve.

As Prentiss Riddle points out over at aprendiz de todo, John Cook, the winner of GIS Day in 2004, created a nifty plot of Austin Wierdness by "heat mapping" the addresses of the Chronicle's Best of Austin winners and members of the Austin Independent Business Alliance. You can check out equally awesome applications of GIS technology at City Hall today.

GIS Day: "Keep Austin spatial"
Wednesday, November 8th
Austin City Hall
9am-3pm
Free Parking in City Hall garage (Lavaca, between Cesar Chavez and Second Street)

Image by John Cook, uploaded by Prentiss Riddle on flickr