PRINTER'S NO. 2
No. 4 Special Session No. 1 of 2007-2008
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, BRENNAN, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN,
DiGIROLAMO, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GOODMAN,
HERSHEY, JAMES, KENNEY, MANTZ, MILLARD, MUSTIO, PALLONE,
PARKER, RAMALEY, ROSS, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SHIMKUS,
SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STEIL, VULAKOVICH AND WAGNER,
SEPTEMBER 24, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, SEPTEMBER 24, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the week of November 11 through 17, 2007, as
2 "National Geography Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania and
3 designating November 14, 2007, as "Pennsylvania GIS Day."
4 WHEREAS, A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer
5 system of application capable of capturing, storing, analyzing
6 and displaying geographically referenced information; and
7 WHEREAS, The information in GIS applications can include
8 street addresses, municipal boundaries, streams and watersheds,
9 labor markets, land use zones, property boundaries, public
10 utilities, census tracts, transportation networks, oil and gas
11 well locations, wildlife management areas and more; and
12 WHEREAS, GIS applications are used for business management,
13 homeland security, public health, land use planning, labor
14 market analysis, transportation, environmental protection,
15 agriculture, law enforcement and economic development; and
16 WHEREAS, GIS applications relay information in a spatial
1 context, allowing users to analyze complex spatial
2 relationships; and
3 WHEREAS, GIS is an objective decision-making tool which is
4 becoming increasingly useful for private industry and
5 governmental entities; and
6 WHEREAS, The United States Department of Labor has identified
7 geospatial technology, including GIS, as one of the three
8 technologies with the greatest potential for growth and job
9 creation; and
10 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is a leader in geospatial technology
11 research and training and possesses many of the leading
12 geospatial technology firms in the United States; and
13 WHEREAS, Investment in geospatial technology by government,
14 private industry and academia will keep this Commonwealth in the
15 forefront of the industry; therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
17 week of November 11 through 17, 2007, as "National Geography
18 Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania and designate November 14, 2007,
19 as "Pennsylvania GIS Day."
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