Events

GISTIC organized a workshop
GISTIC organized a workshop on developing mobile applications and web applications using the Esri GIS platform, February 2014.

GISTIC participated in the 9 National Symposium
GISTIC participated in the 9th National Symposium for GIS, Eastern Province, April 2014.

GISTIC launches its Innovation Incubator
GISTIC launches its Innovation Incubator for GIS,
April 2012

GISTIC and Ministry of Hajj
GISTIC and Ministry of Hajj agree to develop a system for live monitoring of pilgrim movements from Arafat to Muzdalifa,
May 2014

GISTIC participated in the ARAMCO GIS Show
GISTIC participated in the ARAMCO GIS Show,
December 2013

GISTIC organized a training course
GISTIC organized a training course on using ArcGIS,
January 2014

GISTIC participated in the KAUST career day
GISTIC participated in the KAUST career day,
October 2014.

GISTIC with Boeing, Inc.
GISTIC discussed opportunities for collaboration with Boeing, Inc., November 2012.

GISTIC signs inaugural innovation projects
GISTIC signs inaugural innovation projects,
October 2013

GISTIC and Ministry of Hajj
GISTIC and Ministry of Hajj agree to exchange spatial information for the holy sites, February 2013.

GISTIC was visited by HH Prince
GISTIC was visited by HH Prince Dr. Turki Bin Saud Bin Mohammad Al-Saud, KACST Vice President for Research Institutes, February 2014.

GISTIC honors Jack Dangermond
GISTIC honors Jack Dangermond, Esri founder and president, for his support to the center. Esri is considered the biggest supplier of Geographic Information System (GIS) software, December 2012

GISTIC discussed ways of using GIS
GISTIC discussed ways of using GIS with a delegation from the Faculty of Public Health Informatics, February 2014

GISTIC with Dammam Municipality
GISTIC discussed opportunities for collaboration with Dammam Municipality, March 2014

GISTIC with Saudi Post
GISTIC discussed opportunities for collaboration with Saudi Post, February 2014
Achievements

GISTIC research wins best poster award
GISTIC research wins best poster award for “TAREEG: A MapReduce-Based System for Extracting Spatial Data from OpenStreetMap”, November 2014

GISTIC research wins best demo award
GISTIC research wins best demo award for “A GIS-based Serious Game Interface for Therapy Monitoring”,
November 2014
(e-Health care application)

GISTIC research wins best paper award
GISTIC research wins best paper award for “Towards a Mobile and Context-Aware Framework from Crowd Sourced Data”, November 2014