Monday, November 26, 2007

NYC Dept of Finance Handheld Device Presentation Now Available

Steve Romalewski (CUNY Mapping Service) Michael Ufer (dev408) and Herb Stratton's (NYC Dept of Finance) presentation on "Handheld mapping and data connectivity for NYC Dept of Finance" is now available for download:

handheld_presentation_to_GISMO_11-14-07.pdf

And for fun, David LaShell presented ESRI's very own robot, SARA. SARA was created for ESRI by Penobscot Bay Media. Their Robotic Solutions business unit focuses on developing cutting edge solutions at the crossroads of GIS and the very best of the robotics world.

Find out more about SARA at: http://sara.spatialrobotics.com/labels/ESRI.html

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

New Jersey GIS Groups

Ken Reid recommends two New Jersey GIS resources:

New Jersey Geospatial Forum (NJGF) and NJMunicipalGIS at yahoogroups as GIS resource for NJ. NJGF is an umbrella organization for NJ and NJMunicipalGIS has over 160 members.

https://njgin.state.nj.us/OIT_NJGF/njgf_organization.jsp

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NJMunicipalGIS/?yguid=89749886

Monday, November 05, 2007

GIS Day Event Roundup and GISMO General Meeting

November 14 is GIS Day. GISMO will be holding its General Meeting on Nov 14 at the Fund for the City of New York.

Some other events of note:

The NYS Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene is offering a map gallery and workshop
125 Worth Street
(212) 788-2221

New Jersey Institute of Technology plans panel discussions and demos by faculty involved in teaching/research in "Information Technology and GIS" to promote interdisciplinary collaborations.


Visit http://www.gisday.com/ for more November 14 events .