Today (Tuesday) 700 students from secondary schools, 7th grade through high school, attended the GIS Day Event at the Salt Lake Community College Miller Campus. These schools came from areas around the Salt Lake County and as far away as Saratoga Springs and Ogden. Other activities are taking place elsewhere in the state too including another event for school kids at the Utah County Administration building, hosted by the Utah Valley GIS Users Group and a whole week of activities at the University of Utah Geography Department.
Tomorrow (GIS Day) we are expecting 1200 3rd grade through 6th grade students. These students are from elementary schools from around the Salt Lake Valley. The schools include public and private schools. Both days, the students are able to enjoy learning about the geospatial technology through the generous bus grants from the Utah Geographic Information Council (UGIC).
Connections to the new State Geographic Information Database ArcSDE 9.3 Geodatabase Server are now available. The 9.3 SGID Geodatabase has been reorganized to improve the usability of data category and feature class names. The new category names attempt to balance the desire to use ISO Topic Category names, where possible, with basic usability for Utah GIS users.
Say goodbye to SGID.U024.Administration.CountyBoundaries...
Say hello to SGID93.Boundaries.Counties.
As of July 7th, 2pm MST, all shapefile and geodatabase download files now carry the new SGID93 name and category conventions.
Connections to the new State Geographic Information Database ArcSDE 9.3 Geodatabase Server are now available. The 9.3 SGID Geodatabase has been reorganized to improve the usability of data category and feature class names. The new category names attempt to balance the desire to use ISO Topic Category names, where possible, with basic usability for Utah GIS users. 
