The NYS GIS Association conducted the first geospatial lunchtime chat on Tuesday, June 26, 2012.  We had an enthusiastic group of attendees who shared many different ways of keeping up with technology.  You can find the worksheet with ideas here.  You can also find all information about geospatial chats under the Activites > Geospatial Chats [...]

Authored By: Amy Work, Board Member and Chair of the Education Committee, NYS GIS Assocation This blog post  provides information about the implications of the recent budget passed by the House of Representatives. The Appropriations Bill eliminates the Economic Census, which measures the health of our economy. It terminates the American Community Survey, which produces [...]

Authored by:  Benjamin H. Houston, P.E., GISP, PMP, and NYS GIS Association Legislative Committee Member As the newly proposed bill supported by NYSAPLS and the NYSGISA makes its way through the formal legislative and public participation process, the NYS Department of Education will have the opportunity to make its own recommendations on the language moving [...]

Authored by:  Benjamin H. Houston, P.E., GISP, PMP, and NYS GIS Association Legislative Committee Member For the past few years, the New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors (NYSAPLS), has been working to gain support to update Article 145 of NYS Education Law which, among other things, defines the practice of Professional Engineering and [...]