The conference was opened by ESRI's president Jack who highlighted some of the success stories of implementing GIS to solve real-life problems, from disaster management to humanitarian reliefs, hospital tracking systems to . I was much fascinated by a demonstration of a picture camera that has an onboard GPS, that captures an image and geographic co-ordinates that can be used in an online mapping systems. They is so much development in technology that is readily available through the web provided by ArcGIS online Explorer, Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth...and these three are looking at co-operating to create seamless online maps.
I was also impressed by the keynote speaker Prof. Maathia from Kenya, the founder and president of GreenBelt Movement (a Non-Governmental Organisation that plants trees and creating economic livelihood from rural women in Kenya). She was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize from her contribution to the environment and contributing to peace efforts (especially fighting for the rights of women and the environment). She has personally planted 3 million trees through her programme. She believes that for every person who lives today, 10 trees need to be planted to offset carbon (carbon sequestration). She challenged everyone to do their best as long as they live to make this world better for our generation and future generations.
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