Geospatial Connection, the Center for GIS Newsletter, July 2012

www.towson.edu/cgis | cgis@towson.edu | July 2012

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The Center for GIS contributes to Towson University's outreach blog, People.Partners.Projects.

Meet CGIS

According to Missy Valentino, GISP, being part of the diverse and excellent CGIS team has enabled her to grow as a GIS professional and push the limits of GIS. Learn more about the ways she helps the team develop solutions for current and future needs of clients.

Learn more about Missy

MTA and CGIS earn recognition for using GIS to improve our world

The Maryland Transit Administration and CGIS received a Special Achievement in GIS award in the Transportation category at the recent Esri International User Conference for developing the Maryland Bus Accident Mapping Application. The award recognizes significant contributions and advancements through geography.

Read the description of the MTA/CGIS award.

Implementing GIS for Public Safety
at MEMA, Maryland's Emergency Management Agency

CGIS helps MEMA build and maintain a GIS technology toolkit

When Hurricane Isabel was about to make landfall in Maryland in September 2003, CGIS voluntarily offered GIS staff and expertise at the state's emergency operations center to help create on-the-ground situational awareness during all phases of the storm. Since then CGIS has been helping Maryland's emergency managers use the power of GIS to prepare for, assess, respond to, and recover from emergency events. Because many of the problems that natural and manmade disaster events cause are inherently spatial, GIS technology has become a vital component of emergency management's science and technology toolkit.

Read more about GIS use for public safety >

Launch the OSPREY map >

Learn about other CGIS projects >

CGIS supports MEMA with an onsite GIS Specialist

Every work day, Lionell Sewell, GISP, truly uses GIS to protect and help his fellow citizens by delivering a range of GIS services to the Maryland Emergency Management Agency. Despite a hectic schedule due to recent weather events, Lionell took some time to answer a few questions about his work.

Read the rest of the interview online >

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Visit the new Maryland Broadband Map Website

Maryland's broadband mapping team invites you to discover high-speed, always-on Internet across Maryland by visiting the new Maryland Broadband Map website! We've made it easier than ever for you to find broadband in your area, take the speedtest, and learn why broadband matters to everyone. Explore mdbroadbandmap.org now, and be sure to check out the new Share Your Story feature.

CGIS, Out and About

Here's where we were

Maryland Municipal League Convention, June 24-27 in Ocean City, Maryland
National Telecommunications Information Administration & Schools, Health, & Libraries Broadband Coalition Conference, May 22-24 in Arlington, Virginia. "Creating Sustainable Broadband Solutions for Communities and Anchor Institutions"
Maryland State Geographic Information Committee Quarterly meeting, July 16, at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland

Here's where we're going

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) Summer Conference, August 15-18 in Ocean City, Maryland