Glynn County’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) office will host a public GIS Day on Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the county library, GIS staff told viewers on the Golden Isles TV program Good News Glenn. "GIS day is, gonna be at the library from 10 to 2 on the nineteenth," Andrew Strickland said.

The county consolidated GIS team of eight staff manages address and road naming, parcel records review, GPS surveying, drone operations and map production, Strickland said. "We do the analysis. We make maps for any and everything," he said, describing the office as a single hub that supports permitting, site plans and public requests.

Staff emphasized public‑facing tools the county maintains. Billie Jean Gooch said the office will display applications such as the county’s property‑search site (QPublic), contour maps and flood maps. Strickland added the GIS office runs an EMA dashboard that consolidates live hazard data — traffic hazards, water over roads and power outages — and now includes a Brunswick weather station for near‑real‑time local readings.

The GIS drone program began in 2017 under the county’s IT office, Strickland said; pilots complete the FAA Part 107 remote pilot certification. The team now focuses on construction and project imagery and helped other agencies stand up their own drone programs. "We mostly do pictures of...construction projects," he said.

Staff said they will bring drone equipment and software demonstrations to GIS Day and distribute evacuation and reentry maps (zones A, B and C) used during hurricane evacuations. Strickland encouraged residents to use the county website or call the GIS office for help: "We're not one of those departments that doesn't pick up the phone. There's always somebody here to answer the phone or help you at the counter."

The event is free and open to the public; attendees can view live demonstrations, ask staff about mapping tools and obtain printed evacuation maps for households and schools.