GIS Day looks at technology, its use in multiple fields Students and members from the community participated in the 20th annual Coastal Bend GIS Day at the Center for Economic Development. GIS has to do with mapping and the geomatics portion of it is land surveying, or as instructor John Nelson, explains “it’s a science of where.” Geospatial technology is like a big umbrella and GIS is a part of geographic information system, an application used in many fields from archaeology, anthropology, geology, surveying, construction trades and others such as emergency management. “The goal is to inform students, faculty and…