Press Releases

June 15, 2010 (Des Plaines, IL) – URISA - The Association for GIS Professionals - is pleased to announce the Third URISA GIS in Public Health Conference, taking place June 27-30, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference program is developed through a Call for Presentations which will be issued shortly.

For Immediate Release

May 18, 2010 (Des Plaines, IL) – URISA is pleased to announce that Marcus Z. Rouhani, Airport GIS Program Manager for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, will provide the  Keynote Address at this year’s URISA Leadership Academy (ULA). The ULA will be presented in Baltimore, Maryland, June 14-18, 2010.  

For Immediate Release: URISA’s GISCorps has launched its 60th Mission!

May 5, 2010 (Des Plaines, IL) – In April 2010, GISCorps, a program of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), received a request for a volunteer from one of its long-time partners, the Information Management and Mine Action Program (iMMAP). This project was GISCorps’ 60th mission!

May 5, 2010 (Des Plaines, IL) – URISA and the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) have announced the 2010 URISA/NENA Addressing Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, August 16-18, 2010. Registration and program details are now available: http://www.urisa.org/addressing/2010charlotte

The conference features full-day workshops:

The current Chair of the Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) announced today that the Coalition has selected as the 2011 Coalition Chair Ms. Geney Terry, Urban Regional Information Systems Association Delegate to COGO.  Curt Sumner, 2010 Chair of COGO and the Executive Director of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping indicated that Ms. Terry’s selection was made by unanimous consent of the Coalition.

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.

(SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 10)

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: