GIS4944 - GIS Day Event

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For this class, we were asked to do anything we want for GIS Day, so I decided to host my own little information session with my family at home. I realized that even though I tell my family the gist of what I do and want to do in the future, they didn't actually understand the extent. From their words "I make maps about the ocean" which I thought was extremely funny. I thought it might be meaningful to share some of the GIS work I’ve been doing in my courses and Internship so I can really show with them what I really want to do in the future (and also to have a nice little dinner out of it). 

The event was all informal with using my laptop connected to the TV showing ArcPro software and my blogposts. I made part of the event to my sister who is a police officer, by showing the crime analysis work I recently completed for my GIS4048 class and how these techniques could help police departments identify patterns and predict areas of high crime risk which she thought was genuinely interesting. 

I also shared some of my recent GIS work from my internship that was more marine based, where I worked with boating data to map vessel activity. I explained how we processed marine traffic data to identify areas of high use. My family and especially my mawmaw were surprised  to see how I was able to use GIS for two entirely different fields of work. It was rewarding to see my family learn a little bit more about GIS and also made me feel like we all become more connected.

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