GIS Day 2023 event

City of Raleigh IT hosts 2023 GIS Day activities

The City of Raleigh’s Information Technology Department hosted GIS Day activities at the Raleigh Union Station on Nov. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Visitors were able to view examples of how GIS is used by our state and local governments with hands-on learning opportunities using GIS technologies.

Thank you to all who participated with information tables, presentations, entering the map contest, and utilizing networking opportunities.

Thank you to the Morning Presenters

Thank you to our following morning presenters

Mark Wittenberg, City of Raleigh CIO
G.D. Mundy, Kernersville Police Department
Bill Shroyer, Wake County
Ryan Cooper, WCPSS

Thank you to Table Participants

4-H Youth Development
City of Raleigh Engineering Services, Stormwater
City of Raleigh Housing and Neighborhoods
City of Raleigh Information Technology
City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation
City of Raleigh Planning and Development
City of Raleigh Public Utilities
NC Department of Transportation Rail Division
NC Department of Information Technology Center for Geographic Information & Analysis
Raleigh Department of Transportation
UNC Geography Department
Wake County Community Services
Wake County GIS
Wake County Public Schools

2023 Map Contest Winners

This year’s GIS Day celebration at the City of Raleigh included an original map competition.

Congratulations to the 2023 winners

Professional map winner - "Welcome to Raleigh - Reimagining Pedestrian Wayfinding" by Dylan Bruchhaus

Student map winner - "Researching car-dependency and land use patterns in Raleigh, NC" by Brandon Estevez

To be eligible, map submission had to be an original work and contain elements generated using GIS-based methods.

Map entries were displayed at Raleigh Union Station during the GIS Day celebration on Nov. 7. The winner of the map contest received the highest number of votes from GIS Day attendees who voted on the quality, content and creativity of the map entries.