Geographic Information Systems

A delegation from the Arab American University visited the Minister of Local Government, Eng. Majdi Al-Saleh, in his office in Ramallah. During the visit, the delegation presented a framework plan for the establishment of GIS units in local government institutions classified (A and B), as a continuation of a decision announced by the Minister of Local Government in a scientific symposium organized At the University last June, in partnership with the Ministry, under the title "Palestinian Municipalities in Light of Modern Geographical Technologies: Where To?".

Under collaboration with the Palestinian universities in the West Bank and Gaza, activities of the International Day of Geographic Information System were organized in Hebron University and the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology took part in these activities.

Under the auspices of Professor Ali Zeidan Abu Zuhri- the University president, Arab American University organized a scientific day about Geographic Information System (GIS) under the name: “Smart Solutions Using Geographic Information System”. Activities of this scientific day included a conference, a fair for the students’ projects and finally presentations for some research papers of this field’s experts.