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DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE / November 9, 2007

Boise State Hosts Ada County Day Events Nov. 14 in Interactive Learning Center

Boise State University’s Department of Geosciences and its Geospatial Research Facility will host Ada County GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Day events on Nov. 14 in the university’s new Interactive Learning Center.

The annual event is held in conjunction with National GIS Day and Geography Awareness Week activities across the country. This year’s event theme is “A World Without Boundaries,” and will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second floor of the ILC. It is open to the public free of charge.

Scott Dorval, chief meteorologist for KIVI-TV, Ch. 6, will deliver the keynote address at 11:40 a.m. in the ILC’s main floor auditorium. Several live demonstrations and activities will show how GIS technology is used in activities such as parcel mapping, mosquito abatement, crime analysis, transportation routing, and others.

Ada County GIS Day is coordinated by a group of public and private GIS experts in the valley to educate people about and promote GIS technology and the benefits it offers to the public. For more information go to www.boisegisday.com.


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Media Contact: Mike Journee, University Communications, (208) 426-1517, mikejournee@boisestate.edu

For the 10th time in the last 11 years, Boise State University has set an all-time record for Idaho higher education institutions with an enrollment of 19,540 – an overall increase of 3.5 percent. A record freshman class of 2,280 students is also the most academically talented group ever to enter Boise State, including 12 National Merit finalists.


 

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Last reviewed on Friday, November 09, 2007