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Hot Off the Press - Dare to be Disruptive... GIS in Poland... much more!
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 If you have not yet renewed your 2012 URISA membership dues, please do so today! |
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Important URISA Deadlines to Note
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URISA Workshops at the Alaska Surveying & Mapping Conference
February 13-17, 2012
An Introduction to Public Participation GIS: Using GIS to Support Community Decision Making
Dr. Laxmi Ramasubramanian, PhD, AICP
Transportation Spatial Database Design
Al Butler, AICP, GISP, CMS
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Did you know?
Contributions to URISA - a 501(c) (3) organization - are tax deductible in the U.S. All contributions will be used to further the mission of URISA through the delivery of existing programs and the development of new programs.
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| GISCorps Continues to Impact the World
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URISA is pleased to announce that 25 GISCorps volunteers have recently been deployed to 9 new missions in 7 countries.
- Volunteers assisting in data cleansing of health facilities in Libya
- Eleven volunteers deployed to an OSM/HOT project in Indonesia
- Volunteers assist in three phases of a disaster simulation in Samoa
- Geo-coding locations of NGOs in Sierra Leone
- GISCorps volunteers testing an application for a non profit organization
- Two remote sensing specialists are deployed to a project with UNOSAT
- Mission with South Luangwa Conservation Society - Zambia
For details about this great work, click here.
With these efforts, GISCorps has had a total of 88 projects in 42 countries with 272 deployed volunteers.
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| Call for Presentations - Share your ideas and experiences - Participate!
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Upcoming URISA Connect Webinar Events
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GIS as Time Machine - February 29, 2012
Presenter: Peirce Eichelberger
Flood Hazards: GIS Applied in the Collection and Dissemination of Spatial Data - March 27, 2012
Presenter: Diana Maties (new Vanguard Cabinet member!)
Have an interest in webinars?
The URISA Connect Committee is looking for volunteers to help indentify, review, and moderate URISA Connect educational webinars. Members of the URISA Connect Committee will be responsible for identifying topics and subject matter experts for monthly webinars. Occasionally, committee members will be responsible for moderating the live text chat portion of the webinar and may act as technical support for attendees. The committee will also be responsible for reviewing presentation content to ensure that the information is appropriate for the audience, engaging, and vendor-neutral. The committee conducts monthly conference calls and schedules at least one webinar each month. If you have additional questions or would like to join the committee, please contact URISA Education Manager, Jeni Griffith, at jgriffith@urisa.org.
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| Announcing a New Publication in Progress
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Foundations of Urban and Regional Information Systems and Geographic Information Systems and Science
Barry Wellar, member of the GIS Hall of Fame and recipient of the Horwood Award and the Anderson Medal, is the Guest Editor of a new book celebrating URISA's 50th anniversary conference. The book is sponsored by URISA past presidents.
"URISA conference programs, workshops, and publications are responsible for numerous original research, education, training, and applications activities in urban and regional information systems and geographic information systems and science.
The 50th annual conference is a timely opportunity to once again take stock of the field's progress, and to reflect upon the significant contributions made by URISA and its members to the foundations of urban and regional information systems and geographic information systems and science.
I am very pleased that so many people with outstanding credentials are signing on to assist in preparing what I believe will be a must-read publication for decades to come."
Barry Wellar, Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa
Principal, Wellar Consulting Inc.
Information about titles of papers and names of contributors will be posted on a regular basis on the URISA website. |
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Take some time to meet the next group of URISA leaders!
The 2012 members of the Vanguard Cabinet were recently announced:
Ryan Elizabeth Bowe - Lexington, Kentucky
Bill Craft - Gardner, Kansas
Erik Endrulat - Salem, Oregon
Lou Manglass - Winterville, Georgia
Diana Maties - Chicago, Illinois
Reed Tomlinson - Chattanooga, Tennessee
Congratulations and welcome aboard! Get to know the VC here.
We've recently updated our online Sponsor Directory. Take some time to learn more about these great organizations! (And if your favorite company isn't listed... encourage them to join!)
We started an online list of college and university GIS programs many years ago (all suggested by members) and the list has gotten incredibly long. Lately, we've had inquiries about online programs in particular, so we added that column to the table. Take a look when you have time and suggest updates/corrections if you have them!
Sincerely,
Wendy Nelson
Executive Director, URISA
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