GIS Day
teaches
program
benefits
The Knight Library will
host lectures on Geographic
Information Systems' uses
BY EVA SYLWESTER
SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Displays and lectures at the Knight
Library today will honor Geographic
Information Systems Day.
GIS Day is observed around the
world as part of Geography Awareness
Week, which is principally sponsored
by the National Geographic Society.
The goal of the event is for GIS
users and vendors to show applica
tions of this technology to schools,
businesses and the general public,
according to www.gisday.com.
GIS technology allows for the rap
id update of maps and is the reason
why most modern maps are com
puterized rather than hand-drawn,
said Jon Jablonski, the University’s
MAP/GIS Librarian.
GIS technology has been in exis
tence for about 25 years, Jablonski
said, but came into public aware
ness recently with programs such as
Google Earth and MapQuest.
“Ten years ago it would have
been an army of GTFs and five or
six journal articles. Now it’s all
free,” Jablonski said.
On campus, departments such as
landscape architecture, geology and
geography use GIS technology, Jablon
ski said. He added that introductory
level geography classes explaining the
use of GIS are very popular.
The library’s sole computer work
station with GIS data is used at least
30 hours per week, and Jablonski
said librarians are looking for ways
to add GIS data to other computers.
“The demand just keeps increas
ing,” Jablonski said.
Ron Renchler, communications di
rector for University libraries, wrote
in an e-mail that the following events
will take place in the Knight Library
Browsing Room today:
Students, researchers and local
government agencies will present
posters describing GIS applications
from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The
posters and maps will remain on
display until 9 p.m.
At 3:30 p.m., University of British
Columbia geography professor
Daniel Hiebert will speak on the use
of GIS in human migration studies.
At 6:30 p.m., there will be a panel
discussion about using GIS to plan
for natural disasters.
Jablonski said the panel will in
clude representatives to speak on
the following topics: the Eugene
Water and Electric Board’s mobile
GIS system, which facilitates re
sponse to chemical spills and other
emergencies; the use of GIS maps to
plan for wildfires and how they may
affect people living near the urban
wildland interface; and a plan to
find out about tsunamis in advance
using GIS and deliver automated
phone warnings to people living in
affected areas.
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and technology reporter at
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a genuine like for everybody,”
Reese said.
In high school, Grillo and his
friends passed around fliers for par
ties they would throw, he said.
Since his freshman year of col
lege, Grillo was “madly in love”
with his girlfriend Alexis Saria.
They were probably going to marry,
Reese said.
“She was definitely a big part of
his life,” he said.
Grillo was also “a great host,”
Reese said. “He was more than hap
py to have friends come down to
Eugene and make breakfast for
everyone in the morning.”
At Grillo’s home in Hillsboro, peo
ple would come over to their house,
sniff the air and ask what’s cooking,
Ordall said.
Grillo, who took a gourmet cooking
class in high school, watched the
Emeril Live cooking show and
downloaded recipes, Ordall said.
The first dish Grillo learned how to
make was lemon chicken, Ordall said.
He asked his mother how to cook the
meal in high school when he was
trying to impress a girl.
Grillo’s favorite meal was portobello
mushroom stuffed shells, Ordall said.
“He loved them so much he could
eat them for breakfast,” Reese said.
Grillo was really passionate about
roller blading, Reese said.
In middle school, he created a
three-dimensional model of a skate
park and presented it to the city,
Ordall said. He helped people
understand what would make a
good park.
The park was built in 2002. Grillo
joked that it was finally built after
he had left Hillsboro for Eugene,
Ordall said. Ordall said the Charles
H. Lundquist College of Business
plans to hold a memorial service for
Grillo before winter break.
“The outpouring of support has
been tremendous,” she said. “It’s been
more helpful than you can imagine. ”
Contact the crime, health
and safety reporter at
kgagnon@ dailyemerald, com
Paul Grillo, (left), and John Grillo play in shaving cream at a neighbor’s house in Hillsboro
in 1992. Paul Grillo died in Eugene Nov. 7 of a wound inflicted by John Grillo, police said.
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