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URISA Digest
June 15, 2015
Recent URISA Publications
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 STUDENTS
The top 5 finalists win an all-expenses paid trip to GIS-Pro & NWGIS 2015 in Spokane! **Deadline has been extended to June 19, 2015**.


 Read the latest
URISA GISCorps project news!  
  
Take a brief survey to measure certification acceptance within the GIS industry. This will be the third year Tripp Corbin has conducted this survey and he will share the results at the URISA GIS-Pro conference as well as at other conferences. 
   Still Need Some Workshop Reviewers
These workshops will be presented at GIS-Pro & NWGIS 2015 in Spokane this October and they all need to be peer-reviewed in July:
  • Emergency Preparedness for GIS
  • Next-Gen 911
  • GIS Strategic Planning
  • Introduction to Public Participation GIS
  • Business Intelligence and Data Integration for the GIS Professional
  • Cartography and Map Design
  • Deploying Mobile Solutions
Reviews typically take 5-10 hours of time. If you would like to volunteer, please email wnelson@urisa.org with the workshop topic(s) you are interested in, along with a statement of qualification. Thank you in advance for your help!
Write an Article or Submit a Case Study for THE GIS PROFESSIONAL
Share your successes and lessons learned with your peers and earn Contributions Points!

Articles are typically 1,500-3,500 words in length and high-resolution images/graphics are encouraged. Interested? Email Wendy.

Starting making your plans for
GIS-Pro & NWGIS 2015 in Spokane this October 18-22! 

  In just about four months, we'll be gathering in Spokane to re-energize and find solutions to our GIS challenges! The Online Conference Program details the pre-conference workshops, educational sessions, meetings, networking events and keynote addresses. Review the abstract submissions and speaker biographies. Connect with your fellow attendees!


Conference Registration is open and the Grand Hotel is taking reservations for sleeping rooms. Early registration discounts until July 27. (The hotel has its Grand Opening this week and it is a perfect venue, modern and beautiful, on the Spokane River.) 

Exhibit and sponsorship opportunities are detailed and available. Exhibit space discounts through today, June 15. Reserve your booth!
Contribute to a National Address Status Map
The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) hosted the National Address Database (NAD) Summit in April. The objective of the Summit was to identify the possible alternatives for developing a NAD with the pros and cons of each alternative based on real case examples that are currently in-place. In order to better inventory publicly available address data, the map-in-progress  shows what is available by state, county, and tribal lands. 

Details and the status map are available here:  
Register for your county/state/tribal land and indicate: 
  • Yes: Have address data and it is publicly available
  • In-Progress: Address data is in-progress and your organization is willing to share it
  • No: Your organization does not have address data or your organization is not willing to share it

 
More Education News

Next week is the URISA Leadership Academy in Denver. The response was tremendous. We sold out a couple of months ago! We'll announce next year's ULA dates and location before GIS-Pro.

 

GIS in Transit Conference 
September 1-3. 2015 - Washington, DC
The committee will have a detailed program later this week (opening keynote speaker from WAZE.) The workshops are set and all-inclusive sponsorship opportunities are available. Register early!
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GIS/CAMA Technologies Conference

February 22-25, 2016 - Savannah, Georgia

Abstract submissions due September 21  

  

Pencil in these dates on your 2016 calendars
(contracts pending):
URISA Caribbean GIS - September 5-8, 2016 in Barbados
GIS-Pro 2016 - October 31-November 3, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario
Dedication to URISA & the Profession

URISA's Leadership Development Committee recently presented its recommended slate of candidates to the URISA Board of Directors. The Board approved the slate, listed below, for its 2015 election. 

FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT:
  • Tripp Corbin, GISP (eGIS Associates, Inc - Dacula, Georgia)
  • Kim McDonough, GISP (Tennessee Department of Transportation - Nashville, Tennessee)
FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS-(to fill 3 positions):
  • Stephen Berry, GISP (Clark County Consortium for GIS - Winchester, KY)
  • Keri Brennan, GISP (The Schneider Corporation - Indianapolis, Indiana)
  • Corey Halford, GISP (City of Airdrie - Alberta Canada)
  • Alex Hepp (EagleView/Pictometry - Rochester, New York)
  • Brent Jones (Esri - Vienna, Virginia)
  • Donna Phillips, GISP (City of Hayden, Idaho)
The ballots will be distributed to the entire URISA membership in mid-July. Candidates will provide a profile of their professional experience and a statement about their ideas for URISA's future. Those elected will begin their three-year Board terms following GIS-Pro & NWGIS 2015 in Spokane, Washington in October. 

We are so lucky that these individuals are dedicated to moving our organization forward!
 
Wendy Nelson
URISA Executive Director

Go Hawks!