NYS GIS Association News
Say Hello To The 2019 NYGeoCon Keynote Speaker!
Mark Wheeler, GISP, AICP CIO of the City of Philadelphia Mark Wheeler, GISP, AICP, is the CIO of the City of Philadelphia leading the Office of Innovation & Technology. Prior to becoming CIO, he was the Chief Geographic Information Officer for the City of...
Updates from the NYS GIS Program Office
Updated NYS Civil Boundaries The New York State GIS Program Office (GPO) has published updated NYS Civil Boundaries data. Data can be downloaded from http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/inventories/details.cfm?DSID=927 Data is available in ESRI geodatabase and shapefile formats...
eSpatiallyNewYork BuildingFootprintUSA: Setting the Foundation in Albany
The latest post from NYS GIS Association member Sam Wear, “BuildingFootprintUSA: Setting the Foundation in Albany.”, posted July 8, 2019, is available on his website eSpatially New York. "Case in point, in 2016 four ex-MapInfo colleagues, each with over 25-years of...
An Important Message from Your Captain!
Please return your seats to their fully upright positions and place all items into the overhead compartment. The ride could be a little bumpy. The NYS GIS Association could really use your help; like seriously, I mean it this time. The Professional Development...
Drone Bill in NYS Assembly
The NYS GIS Association Legislative Committee wants to make you aware of NYS Assembly Bill A00280 which has currently been referred to the Governmental Operations Committee. The bill primarily relates to the prohibition of drone use by NYS law enforcement entities for...
eSpatially New York 10 Questions: Christine Gayron, Gayron de Bruin Land Surveying and Engineering
The latest post from NYS GIS Association member Sam Wear, “10 Questions: Christine Gayron, Gayron de Bruin Land Surveying and Engineering, PC”, posted June 12, 2019, is available on his website eSpatially New York. "Christine Gayron currently serves as President of...
eSpatiallyNewYork 2019 Westchester GIS User Group Meeting
The latest post from NYS GIS Association member Sam Wear, “2019 Westchester GIS User Group Meeting.”, posted May 30, 2019, is available on his website eSpatially New York. "Making it the largest annual event to date, nearly 200 individuals attended the 2019...
Geogames: The Intersection of Geospatial and Games
The latest post from NYS GIS Association member Sam Wear, “Geogames: The Intersection of Geospatial and Games”, posted May 21, 2019, is available on his website eSpatially New York. "Behind the scenes in the various worlds of films, games, science, military,...
Imagery – it is what it is, well, not always
The latest post from Joseph Kerski, “Imagery - it is what it is, well, not always”, posted May 12, 2019, is available on his website Spatial Reserves. "Being critical of all data, including geospatial data, is a chief theme of this blog and our book: Use it wisely. ...
eSpatiallyNewYork Geospatial Business Spotlight: EagleHawk One, Inc.
The latest post from NYS GIS Association member Sam Wear, “Geospatial Business Spotlight: EagleHawk One, Inc.”, posted May 2, 2019, is available on his website eSpatially New York. "EagleHawk was founded in 2016 by Willard Schulmeister and Patrick Walsh in Buffalo,...
Open Source GIS
- Notebooks in QGIS 01/10/2026
- QGIS to (Geo)Pandas – part 3 12/03/2025
- QGIS to (Geo)Pandas follow-up 10/31/2025