Spring is prime time for numerous URISA chapter-sponsored conferences and events. Peruse the industry calendar and take special note of these events happening through May:
URISA Ontario's Be Spatial April 28: University of Guelph
2014 Washington GIS Conference May 12-14:Tacoma, WA
Louisiana Remote Sensing and GIS Workshop May 13-14: New Orleans
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GIS-Pro 2014 Conference Details Published
URISA is pleased to announce the details for GIS-Pro 2014 taking place September 8-11, 2014 in New Orleans. Join us for exceptional education and discussions focused on Leveraging Spatial Technology in Support of Sustainable and Resilient Communities.
Take advantage of a number of full and half-day workshops, meaningful keynotes and more than two dozen sessions and panel discussions covering 'Improving Coastal Resilience", "Foundations of Successful Transit Systems", "Managing and Exchanging Open and Crowd Sourced Data", and much more. Review the extensive list of speakers and instructors who are generously sharing their ideas and good work.
Sign up for Monday's Community Project where participants will collect important data in the Black Pearl neighborhood to support revitalization efforts. An afternoon workshop working with data sets collected for the Treme neighborhood will focus on generating recommendations for community redevelopment.
Visit the conference website today and review the abundance of educational content, registration, sponsorship opportunities and details about GIS-Pro 2014.
GIS Hall of Fame Nominations
- May 1 Deadline
URISA is now accepting nominations for its GIS Hall of Fame. Nominations are due by May 1, 2014.
URISA's GIS Hall of Fame honors persons and organizations that have made significant and original contributions to the development and application of GIS concepts, tools, or resources, or to the GIS profession.
Anyone may nominate a person or organization for induction to URISA's GIS Hall of Fame. To make a nomination, submit a written statement to URISA describing:
The nominee's achievements, emphasizing significant and original contributions to the development or application of GIS concepts, tools, or resources, or to the GIS profession; and
The significance of the nominee's contributions, in terms of their enduring impact on the GIS field or profession, and their social benefit.
Hall of Fame laureates are expected to exemplify vision, leadership, perseverance, community-mindedness, professional involvement, and ethical behavior.
The nomination statement may be of any length, but it must be preceded by a one-page stand-alone summary. Nomination statements should be emailed to [email protected] by May 1. A committee of past URISA Presidents will review all nominations and make recommendations to the URISA Board of Directors by mid-June. Recipients will be honored during GIS-Pro 2014: URISA's 52nd Annual Conference in New Orleans taking place September 8-11. This honor may not be given every year, and in some years there may be multiple recipients.
Submit an Abstract for Caribbean GIS Conference - May 5 Deadline
The conference, the premier educational and professional development event for GIS professionals in the Caribbean, will take place at the Santa Barbara Resort in Curacao, October 27-30, 2014.
The Call for Presentation Proposals has been announced and abstract submissions are due by May 5, 2014! For details and an online submission form, click here.
URISA Publishes GIS Management Institute Discussion Paper
URISA has published the first in what is intended to be a series of occasional GIS Management Institute� discussion papers. These papers are intended to stimulate thought and open discussion about issues related to GIS management that are important to the GIS community. The paper, titled "A Distributed Model for Effective National Geospatial Data Management: Building a National Data Sharing Infrastructure" is available online.
Jim Sparks (State of Indiana GIO), Philip Worrall (Indiana Geographic Information Council Executive Director), and Kevin Mickey (Indiana University Polis Center Geospatial Education Director) are authors of the paper.
Addressing: 3-Part Virtual Workshop in August
URISA has announced the next 8-hour Certified Workshop to be presented virtually over three days:
Building an Address Repository using the FGDC Standard: Implementing Quality and Data Sharing
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 1:00- 4:00 pm Eastern Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 1:00- 4:00 pm Eastern Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 1:00- 3:00 pm Eastern
Certified Instructor: Martha Wells, GISP, Spatial Focus, Inc.
Earn GISP Education credit (8 hours of EDU-2) without leaving the office.
Hopefully the outlook will continue to improve with more GIS professionals in demand. Check out the variety of positions across North America. If your organization is hiring, be sure to post the job on URISA's site!