Celebrate geographic information system (GIS) technology on November 20, 2024, by hosting your own GIS Day event, or find an event near you.

Resources

GIS Day resources for event hosts

November 20, 2024

Promotional Resources

Use these resources to help promote and build awareness of your event. You can personalize your event promotions using our GIS Day templates—just click on the card to access.

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GIS Day activities

Choose activities based on age so everyone has something fun to do. Click on each title to review and download the corresponding activity.

  • Children

    Activities for pre-kindergarten to grade 5, ages 4–11

    GIS With Kids: Mapping Favorite Color
    GIS With Kids: Explore Your Neighborhood
    GIS With Kids: Map Detectives
    GIS With Kids: Garbage Day
    GIS Day Comic/Coloring book
    Coloring sheets
    National Geographic Mapmaker

  • Teens

    Activities for grades 5–8, ages 7–12

    An introduction to maps
    Explore cool maps
    Explore 40 years of imagery from around the world
    Explore population patterns and changes
    Racing cars!

  • Adults

    Activities for late teens and adults

    Our Food Story
    "Addressing the Climate Crisis" story
    Explore ArcGIS StoryMaps: Living in the Age of Humans
    National Geographic Explorer stories
    "GIS for Racial Equity & Social Justice" story
    The top five skills you need for a successful career in GIS
    "The GIS community responds to the COVID-19 crisis" story
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Additional Resources

  • GIS Day in the Classroom: An Implementation Guide

    Use our guide to help students and professionals discover the world through GIS.

    Get the guide

  • ArcGIS tutorials

    Browse a gallery of tutorials on learning to use ArcGIS.

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Digital Swag

Take your GIS Day celebration to the next level with Esri’s downloadable swag. Get activities for all ages and ideas from previous events.

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Discover more about GIS and GIS Day

Explore our curated collection of videos, ebooks, and blogs—and meet some GIS heroes.

  • Coming Soon: GIS Day informational videos

  • Ebooks about GIS

    Mapping the Nation 2024: Creating the World We Want to See
    Mapping the Nation 2023: Taking Climate Action

  • Coming Soon: Blogs

  • Coming Soon: GIS heroes

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