On November 20, 2002, the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wetlands Research Center, John E. Chance & Associates, UL Lafayette/NASA Regional Application Center, and C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates sponsored “Discovering Acadiana through GIS”, a GIS Day open house event. The event included a map gallery, GIS presentations, demonstrations/booths. About fifteen agencies/organizations representing federal, state, and local governments, private industry and academia from the Lafayette region participated. The open house attracted over a hundred and fifty guests and lasted for four hours.

Participants of GIS Day November 20, 2002:

• John E. Chance & Associates
• UL at Lafayette/NASA Regional Application Center
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Lafayette Consolidated Government Public Works
• Lafayette Consolidated Government Utilities
• Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
• Lafayette Economic Development Authority
• U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
• C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Navigation Electronics, Inc
• U.S. Geological Survey, National Mapping Division
• Camp Maps
• Louisiana National Gaurd
• Environmental Systems Research Institute