Press Releases

URISA seeks to encourage students in a variety of academic settings and disciplines to write and publish papers and projects for the URISA membership and others in the spatial technologies industry. To promote this objective URISA has established a student competition.

Every other month since the 1970's, URISA members have been receiving their copy of URISA News, the association's newsletter covering industry trends and news. 2010 brings a new and improved publication, as URISA debuts THE GIS PROFESSIONAL.

URISA is seeking nominations for it’s GIS Hall of Fame which recognizes and honors the best in GIS. Introduced in 2005, the URISA GIS Hall of Fame documents the contributions made by key individuals. URISA welcomes nominations from any profession and is not restricted to those having a past or current relationship with URISA. This award is not given every year, and in some years there may be multiple recipients.

The selection criteria for this honor are:

The King County (Washington) GIS Center and URISA have partnered to launch a new Pacific Northwest Education Center and have announced a full week of URISA-certified workshops, May 3-7, 2010. The five courses were selected from URISA’s portfolio of 24 day-long, GIS-related workshops. URISA-certified workshops are developed, reviewed and maintained by subject matter experts and provide vendor-independent education for GIS professionals and users.

Workshops being presented at the Education Center, May 3-7, include:

Since 1963, URISA members and friends have convened annually to learn about, share and discuss all things geospatial. And now the name of URISA’s annual conference has been updated to better reflect that focus. URISA is pleased to announce GIS-Pro 2010: URISA’s 48th Annual Conference for GIS Professionals.  The first conference under the new banner will take place September 28-October 1, 2010 in Orlando, Florida.

January 14, 2010 (Des Plaines, IL) - The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) has recently posted the 2010 application materials for its prestigious Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Awards. The awards recognize exceptional achievements in the application of geospatial information technology that have improved the delivery and quality of government services.

Previous ESIG Winners encourage GIS Professionals to participate:

URISA Grants a One Year Complimentary Membership to All New GISPs

Ten years after announcing that electronic copies of the URISA Journal would be made freely available to teachers and learners everywhere via the World Wide Web, the Journal’s electronic archives have become one of the richest collections of open educational resources in the geospatial field.

As of December 2009 there are 196 peer-reviewed articles in 40 issues of the URISA Journal freely available at http://www.urisa.org/journal_archives.

December 1, 2009 (Des Plaines, IL) – URISA and the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) have announced the Fourteenth Annual GIS/CAMA Technologies Conference, “Leveraging Technology to Do More With Less... Big Value in Little Rock,” taking place in Little Rock, Arkansas, March 8-11, 2010. Registration and program details are now available: http://www.urisa.org/conferences/2010gis_cama

September 15, 2009 (PARK RIDGE, IL) - The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) established the GIS Hall of Fame in 2005 to recognize and honor the most esteemed leaders of the geospatial community. To be considered for the GIS Hall of Fame, an individual’s or an organization’s record of contribution to the advancement of the industry demonstrates creative thinking and actions, vision and innovation, inspiring leadership, perseverance, and community mindedness. In addition, nominees must serve as a role model for those who follow.