{"id":1805420,"date":"2021-11-16T18:32:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T23:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1805420"},"modified":"2021-11-16T18:32:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T23:32:02","slug":"geography-awareness-week-gis-day-and-the-2020-u-s-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/11\/geography-awareness-week-gis-day-and-the-2020-u-s-census\/","title":{"rendered":"Geography Awareness Week, GIS Day, and the 2020 U.S. Census"},"content":{"rendered":"

In raising-public-awareness news, the third week of November is Geography Awareness Week<\/a>, and since 1999 the Wednesday of that week is GIS Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For this year\u2019s GIS Day, the Library of Congress is holding a virtual event focusing on the 2020 Census<\/a>, featuring a keynote by Census Bureau geography chief Deirdre Bishop as well as three technical papers. The program will be (or was, depending on when you read this) streamed on the Library of Congress\u2019s website and on their YouTube channel<\/a> on Wednesday, 17 November 2021 at 1 p.m. EST<\/abbr>, and will be available for later viewing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In raising-public-awareness news, the third week of November is Geography Awareness Week, and since 1999 the Wednesday of that week is GIS Day. 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