2013 Conference on April 19, 2013 at Brookhaven National Lab in Berkner Hall (Bldg 488) Special Note: Please bring ID as you must sign in at the front gate and get a visitors pass. Agenda 9:00 – 9:45 Registration and Networking – Please sign in. 9:45 – 10:00 Introduction And Opening Remarks – Michael Naughton, LIGIS Chairperson 10:00…
Downstate GIS Leaders, Hello and Happy New Year. Some of you may not know that I was recently elected President of the NYS GIS Association. This email is to simply say hi and to encourage you to consider becoming more active in your State’s organization. I would also very much…
During the early part of our clean-up efforts from Hurricane Sandy we realized the enormity of the event with regard to the amount of storm debris. We needed an easy way to get information to our residents and we needed this information to be publicly available. …
Trimble Positions is the smart way to ensure your mobile GIS is only populated with the best quality data. Whether you are working with Esri ArcGIS for Windows Mobile, or a custom application based on the same Esri mobile technology, Trimble® Positions™ software suite provides a complete streamlined workflow to…
To LIGIS members with public safety, emergency management and disaster response responsibilities. This is to invite you to a LIGIS sponsored Webinar set for Thursday, July 26th between 10:00am and 11:15am. The main speaker at the Webinar will be Alan Leidner who currently works for the Department of Homeland Security, Division…
GIS Cloud just released a free extension for Esri ArcMap which enables you to easily push your maps from desktop to GIS Cloud. This tool will publish maps together with their data and symbology making the end result look the same as in your desktop software. The extension has been…
On May 11th we held our annual conference at Brookhaven National Lab. We had four very informative sessions. Jim Daly from Suffolk County IT explained how their Suffolk iMap web mapping application has matured. He expressed that in the future they may move into a Java/HTML 5 setup. This seemed…
New York State has signed an agreement with Esri to provide GIS licenses for the K-12 environment. The New York State GIS Association is in the final stages of addressing the administrative details of this agreement which will run through July 31, 2014. Through this agreement, GIS software will be…
By: Thomas J. Marquardt, A.I.C.P. (member of LIGIS Steering Committee) Remember; it is not shameful to be lazy. Use all of the tools whether they are simple or complicated; but get the job done with the least amount of effort.…
