Grand Hall hosts free GIS Day mapping open house Nov. 18

MOUNT HOLLY - The Grand Hall will host GIS Day, a free open house on mapping and geographic information systems, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the City of Mount Holly's events calendar. Families and residents may drop in at any time during those hours, the listing says.

The city lists this year's theme as "Celebrating America 250 with historic maps and modern GIS," pairing archived maps with current mapping technology. Exhibitors from area towns, cities and counties are scheduled to show how they use GIS in their daily work.

Gaston County's calendar describes the event as a look at how mapmaking grew from early hand methods into today's GIS, aimed at students, professionals and community members, with mapping professionals from the tri-county area on hand. The county notes that the Grand Hall occupies the historic mill first known as the Mount Holly Knitting Company, founded in 1888.

The Grand Hall is at 400 E. Central Ave.

Source: City of Mount Holly calendar, GIS Day - Maps at the Mill; Gaston County calendar, GIS Day