URISA Alabama Chapter

General

Welcome to the Alabama Chapter of URISA!

The Alabama Chapter of URISA developed in the Birmingham regional area as a consortium of GIS professionals, agencies, and corporations driven to help build GIS programs and standards in Alabama, and to provide the best geospatial information and services.

URISA-AL is organized to help develop the Alabama geospatial community and improve professional development and certification.

Contact Information:

Chapter Leader: Mike Vanhook

Chapter Website: www.urisa-al.org

Upcoming Events:

Visit URISA-AL's website for information about membership and upcoming events!

Rocket City Geospatial Conference

Social Media Links:

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2195722
Blogger: http://urisa-al.blogspot.com/

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Recent Blog Entries

Open Street Map

Jul 28, 2010

From URISA Board Member, Carl Anderson... As some of you are aware, OpenStreetMap is having its US State of the Map (SOTM-US) conference in Atlanta...

Competency Model Released

Jul 08, 2010

This is a big deal... US Department of Labor announces release of Geospatial Technology Competency Model

GISCI Thinking about Changes?

Jul 08, 2010

Got a press release from Sheila Wilson at GISCI this afternoon. Seems that GISCI is considering making changes. Will definitely keep my ears open for...

Recent Forum Topics

Cost to develop master address respositories

Jul 13, 2010

What are examples of how much has been spent on implementations of address repository solutions?

-rogerewers@sbcglobal.net

Feb 15, 2010

On behalf of the URISA Board of Directors, the Address Standards Working Group (ASWG) has submitted this draft standard to the FGDC. You can read the...

-hilary.perkins@gmail.com

GIS Hall of Fame

Feb 01, 2010

Who should be inducted into the URISA GIS Hall of Fame this year? Nominations are due by May 1. Whomever it will be...they will join some very fine...

-Wendy Nelson