Library of Congress offers GIS demo

The Library of Congress will kick off Geography Awareness Week Nov. 19 with a demonstration of uses for geospatial information systems from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Geography and Map Reading Room in the basement of the James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E. in Washington.

The program’s GIS Day presentations will focus on mapping technology applications to resolve geographic conflict in historic maps and charts. John Hessler, a senior reference librarian in the geography and maps division, will discuss computer modeling and the statistical research that he has been conducting on medieval charts of the Mediterranean Sea from 1250 A.D. to 1600 A.D.

Source: Government Computer News

See also: Library of Congress To Celebrate GIS Day on Nov. 19 (LC press release)

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