Membership Categories, Benefits & Dues
For Individuals:
Includes subscriptions to THE GIS Professional, URISA Journal, URISA Digest, online publications library and online community benefits, along with conference registration fee discounts.
- Professional Membership (annual dues $175)
- Student Membership (annual dues $20): Full-time students (applies to only those students who are currently enrolled as graduate students and have 9 credit hours or more or are undergrads and have 12 credit hours or more of courses).
If you are retired or currently unemployed, contact URISA for discounted dues rates.
URISA International Member Benefits Include:
- URISA Journal – one of the top ranked peer-reviewed journals in the geospatial industry, published biannually (a $295 value)
- The GIS Professional – URISA’s bimonthly publication with member-contributed articles on technology, trends, case studies and more (a $60 value)
- Publications - online publications library with dozens of electronic publications and conference proceedings ($3,000 value)
- Advocacy – national level advocacy in multiple nations for local interests based on a collaboratively-developed advocacy agenda (priceless)
- Affiliation with an International organization active in advocacy on behalf of members and the profession (priceless)
- Best Practices – consensus and publication of best practices on a wide variety of processes and procedures (priceless)
- Contribution Opportunities for GISPs – conference speaking & attendance; publication of articles; opportunities for involvement (priceless)
- Leadership Development – opportunities to develop or improve leadership skills within URISA committees and work groups (priceless)
- Numerous Educational Opportunities – webinars, conferences, workshops ($200 value)
- GIS-Pro Annual Conference registration savings ($150 value)
- Specialty Conference registration savings – GIS/CAMA Technologies, URISA/NENA Addressing, GIS in Public Health, GIS in Transit, URISA's Caribbean GIS Conference and more ($375 value)
- URISA Leadership Academy registration savings ($200 value)
- URISA Digest – updates on URISA activities, announcements, and industry news ($40 value)
- Job Opportunities/Postings – access to comprehensive listings of job openings ($250 value)
- Build Your Professional Network – with members beyond your own local area and in a variety of disciplines (priceless)
Total it up and URISA membership is worth considerably more than the annual dues rate!
For Federal Government Agencies: A federal government agency member shall be an organization that is an administrative unit of federal government as opposed to individuals.
Membership benefits for Federal Government Agency members include:
- Membership for up to 10 individuals (valued at $1,750/year)
- Up to 5 complimentary annual conference registrations (approx $2,500)
- Discounted booth fee of $500 at the annual conference…which includes an additional two complimentary conference registrations (the regular fee to exhibit for nonmembers is $2,000).
For Companies:
Includes numerous opportunities to increase your visibility among and access to GIS Professionals. Intended for companies marketing a product or service to this industry.
For more information about URISA Partner Packages, click here.
For Educators: An Educational Institution membership available to faculty and staff at colleges and universities. This option includes membership for two individuals and a Journal subscription for your library or institution. For $500(total value of $645), institutions will receive:
- Membership for up to two individuals (valued at $350 per year)
- An additional URISA Journal subscription for the institution or library($295 per year)
Download Educational Institution Membership Form
Note: if you wish to have an organizational/institutional membership for your department or jurisdiction, please contact URISA. We will prepare a special invoice based upon the number of individual members you wish to hold URISA membership.
URISA Membership Dues Schedule:
Applies to new members only.
| Applications Received | Payment |
| January 1 - March 31 | 75% of current annual dues fee (professional: $131.25, student: $15, federal agency:$3,000) |
| April 1 - June 30 | 50% of current annual dues fee (professional: $87.50, student: $10, federal agency $2,000) |
| July 1 - September 30 | 25% for current year plus 100% dues for following year (professional: $218.75, student: $25, federal agency $5,000) |
| October 1 - December 31 | Free for remainder of current year, 100% of dues pre-paid for following year (professional: $175, student: $20, federal agency $4,000) |
Download Membership Application Form or click the link below to join online.
