Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
During GIS-Pro 2013, URISA’s 51st Annual Conference in Providence, Rhode Island last month, a number of deserving individuals were recognized with association awards.
Thursday, October 10th, 2013
The GIS Management Institute has published the URISA GIS Capability Maturity Model, culminating a two-year effort. The GISCMM provides a first-ever framework for assessing not only the capability of an enterprise GIS operation, but also the process maturity of those who manage and operate the GIS.
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
URISA is pleased to announce the Second Edition of its publication, “Model GIS Job Descriptions” as an electronic publication. The publication provides valuable information for individuals who hire GIS staff. The publication, authored by J. Allison Butler, provides guidance to GIS managers in how to draft job descriptions and to human resource professionals by describing
Monday, October 7th, 2013
Each year the four URISA chapters in California, along with the California Geographic Information Association, come together to present the California GIS Conference. In 2014, the conference will celebrate the milestone 20th annual event in Monterey, California, April 14-16, 2014. The conference committee invites submissions of presentation proposals until December 15. For details and presentation
Thursday, September 26th, 2013
URISA and the National Emergency Numbering Association (NENA) have once again partnered to present the preeminent conference about addressing in North America. Since 1996, addresses have been the leading theme of this annual conference, tackling important topics such as Census programs, address standards, legal issues with addresses and, most recently, NextGen9-1-1 and the importance of
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
2013 is a milestone year for URISA’s GISCorps. Ten years ago during URISA’s 2003 Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, GISCorps was officially adopted as a URISA program to coordinate short-term, volunteer-based GIS expertise and support to underprivileged communities worldwide. Volunteers provide their GIS expertise remotely or on-site and have been involved in a variety of
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
URISA is pleased to announce the Second Edition of its publication, “Model GIS Job Descriptions” as an electronic publication. The publication provides valuable information for individuals who hire GIS staff. The publication, authored by J. Allison Butler, provides guidance to GIS managers in how to draft job descriptions and to human resource professionals by describing
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
URISA is pleased to announce a GIS-Pro 2013 Virtual Conference for those who cannot make it to GIS-Pro 2013 in Providence, RI next week. URISA is building on the success of previous live events at GIS-Pro to offer a virtual conference experience. Take the opportunity to attend alone or better yet, gather your whole staff,
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
In just two weeks, the GIS community will convene at GIS-Pro 2013: URISA’s 51st Annual Conference for GIS Professionals (September 16-19). They will share ideas about GIS leadership and management, ROI, strategic planning, collaboration and best practices, and learn about BI technologies, HTML 5 and REST, overcoming web mapping application challenges, and GIS in the
Wednesday, August 28th, 2013
Fifty years ago today in Washington, DC, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” Speech. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. On
