Central Pennsylvania
GIS Day 2024

 

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Central PA GIS Day will be happening on November 20, 2024! For the fifth year in a row, this event will be hosted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Harrisburg University. GIS Day is an excellent opportunity to participate in an international celebration of GIS technology. We welcome you to spend this exciting day with us!

Keynote Speaker

James Whitacre

GIS Services Division Chief, Pennsylvania Game Commission

James Whitacre is Chief of the GIS Services Division of the Pennsylvania Game Commission where he leads, manages, and provides vision for the Agency’s geospatial and mapping program. Formerly, Whitacre was the GIS Research Scientist for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History where he managed the GIS Lab at Powdermill Nature Reserve and was the GIS Specialist for the Main Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Whitacre holds a Bachelor of Arts in Zoology from Ohio Wesleyan University and a Master of Science in Geography, concentrating in GIS and cartography, from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

GIS in the Wild

For over 20 years, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has used geospatial technologies to help manage and protect wildlife and their habitats while promoting hunting and trapping for current and future generations. GIS has become mission critical to everyday operations within the last five years, and over 300 users throughout the agency now employ the technology. James Whitacre, chief of the Game Commission’s GIS Services Division, will explain how an enterprise approach to GIS is transforming the Game Commission’s daily operations. He’ll also share the path that led him to GIS and the Game Commission and how the GIS Services Division is striving to be a leader in conservation and natural resource GIS.

 

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