Friday, September 3rd, 2010
A panel of five independent judges will evaluate projects submitted in the MAPPS 2010 Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards competition. The MAPPS awards competition recognizes the professionalism, value, integrity and achievement that member firms have demonstrated in their projects and technology developments over the previous year. Learn More
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the association of private geospatial firms, has announced that it will host its fourth annual Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards competition, recognizing the professionalism, value, integrity and achievement that member firms have demonstrated in their projects and technology developments over the previous year. Read More
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Legislation to establish a statewide geospatial coordination council, in Pennsylvania, was introduced June 8 by Rep. Russ Fairchild (R-85). The bill, HB 2300, was introduced with 59 cosponsors and referred to the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness committee. Pennsylvania is one of only three states that do not have a geospatial coordination council. Such a
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Forces affecting the private geospatial profession such as government insourcing, sensor fusion, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), IVHS, consumer “apps”, ethics, and cloud computing will be discussed during the MAPPS Summer Conference July 29 – August 2 in Lake Tahoe, NV. Learn More
Friday, June 11th, 2010
MAPPS President Jeff Lovin CP, PS, urged West Virginia geospatial practitioners to become more politically active, calling on the community “to be active, rather than passive”, in order for the United States “to realize the full potential of GIS”. In the keynote address, “On the Map: Building a Better America Through Increased Use of Geospatial
Monday, June 7th, 2010
FGDC will be holding a briefing and discussion on Tuesday, June 8, from 1:30 – 3:00 PM EDT about two current FGDC activities: 1) the next round of nominations and appointments to the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC), and 2) the development of the Geospatial Platform initiative. The briefing will take place as part of
Friday, May 21st, 2010
MAPPS, a national association of mapping and geospatial firms, applauded the inclusion of a parcel geocoding provision providing for an ‘early warning system’ in S. 3217, the “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010,” that passed the U.S. Senate today by a vote of 59-39. The bill makes amendments to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Monday, May 10th, 2010
Pennsylvania is one of only three states that do not have a geospatial coordination council. Such a council would benefit the citizens of the Commonwealth by providing an advisory panel from the public, private, non-profit and academic communities that provide critical geospatial data, services, products, technologies and applications to the Commonwealth. PA-MAPPS gained 55 bi-partisan
