GIS Management Resources
URISA supports organizations and the individuals who manage their GIS.
- Sign up for a URISA Government Agency Membership so your entire staff is on the same page!
- GIS Leadership Academy - respected five day GIS leadership and management training program, currently taught three times a year in various locations.
- GIS Management Handbook
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New, Free Resource
URISA 2019 GIS MANAGEMENT SURVEY: SUMMARY OF RESULTS
This report summarizes the results of a broad survey of GIS program management practices conducted by URISA in 2019. The original purpose of the survey was to support work of the URISA GIS Management Institute (GMI), a URISA Committee whose responsibilities now fall under URISA’s Professional Education Committee. The original idea for the survey was proposed during business meetings at the 2018 URISA GIS-Pro Conference (October 2018). Professional literature includes useful descriptions of the management practices of individual GIS programs and some good studies comparing a small number of GIS programs. But there is no existing source of detailed information about a large sample of GIS programs. This lack of a comprehensive “knowledge base” on GIS management practices was a key reason for undertaking this survey.
Other Resources:
Geospatial Management Competency Model (GMCM): The Geospatial Management Competency Model (GMCM) identifies 74 competencies within 18 competency areas for GIS Management. It is a tier of the Geospatial Technical Competency Model, the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration’s (DOLETA’s) Competency Modeling Initiative.
URISA is working on several more initiatives to help organizations with their GIS management operations. These include:
- Development of GIS Management Best Practices and Body of Knowledge
- GIS Management-related professional education
- Expansion of GIS Management information dissemination
- Promotion of awareness and adoption of GIS management best practices by organizations and GIS professionals
GIS&T Body of Knowledge: This Body of Knowledge documents the domain of geographic information science and its associated technologies (GIS&T). By providing this content in a new digital format, UCGIS aims to continue supporting the GIS&T higher education community and its connections with the practitioners, employers, and clients who comprise the increasingly diverse collection of GIS&T professionals.