Maps in Our Lives May 11, 2010
Washington, District of Columbia 20003
The Library of Congress presents 'Maps in Our Lives,' an exhibition in recognition of a thirty-year partnership between the Library's Geography and Map Division and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM), the nation's primary professional organization dedicated to surveying and mapping activities. This exhibition explores four constituent professions represented by the ACSM - surveying, cartography, geodesy, and geographic information systems (GIS) - and draws on both the Library's historic map collections and the ACSM collection in the Library of Congress. The exhibit also features a video that provides a historical and spatial comparison of the surveying maps featured in this exhibit. These maps are overlaid with contemporary GIS data of the same area and show the power of GIS in presenting and interpreting landscape over time.
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Comments
kerm52
This was absolutely the best event it could have been last year - I made so many great connections, and I realized that I wasn't alone in blog land. The dinners and happy hours are really great too. All worth it.
You know it's great because of the spirit of the event and the type of people it attracts. Great facilities too.
And wow look at the list of discussion leaders!
OK, end gushing.
iwilker
I still have some serious negotiations with my wife ahead, but I hope to be drivin' or flyin' in from Asheville NC for this -- I'm a social-web-for-nonprofits guy, and there are lots of speakers (http://urltea.com/1dys) coming who are daily reads for me and I'd love to meet in person....