Geographic Information Systems or GIS, many people use it, but very few actually understand the technicalities.
Every time you consult Google or Bing Maps, look at a map of Belize City, or consult the GPS on your smart phone, you are using a form of GIS.
And the authorities on the topic in Belize are trying to promote the commercial use of GIS, as well as increasing awareness of GIS in industrial use.
YESTERDAY was day one of Belize's 3rd Annual GIS conference, and 7News stopped in to get a preliminary look.
Here's what one of the coordinators told us:
Loretta Palacio - Managing Director, TBSL
"This is our 3rd annual GIS conference here at the Biltmore, it's going to be for 2 days and we are bringing together everyone; individuals, professionals, leaders, decision makers, NGOs and everybody to come and learn, explore, discuss, share our experience with GIS. We have a pack agenda. We have this morning our keynote Mrs. Blake from the United Nations in New York; she is the former GIS manager in Jamaica. We have our international partners presenting on GIS, we have our local presenters, we have statistical institute of Belize presenting, we have BEL, and we have land information center and the NSDI. We have Healthy Reefs; we have quite a number of presenters; Frank Tench from Meteorological center, businesses, senior executives and everyone. There is a topic for everyone and so we are here for two days so that we can cover enough ground."
The two day conference concluded today.
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