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2021 GIS Applications Award: terrain | Landscape Visualizations in R and Unity
Aidan Ackerman, Assistant Professor (left), Colin Beier, Associate Professor (middle), Michael Mahoney, Ph.D. Student (right) As geospatial analysis becomes increasingly important across fields, analysts are regularly expected to perform large-scale reproducible...
eSpatially – NYC H2O: Advocating Cleaner Water through StoryMaps
The latest post from NYS GIS Association member Sam Wear, “NYC H2O: Advocating Cleaner Water through StoryMaps", posted November 16, 2021, is available on his website eSpatially New York. "The city maintains 14 sewage treatment plants covering the five boroughs....
Fall Annual Meeting Recording Available!
Fall Annual Meeting Recording Available If you missed the NYS GIS Association's Fall Annual Meeting on September 21st, the recording is now available at: https://www.nysgis.net/activities/conferences/nys-gis-association-2021-annual-meeting/
October Newsletter is Available!
The NYS GIS Association October Newsletter is available! The Communications Committee sends the Newsletter to current members via email almost every month and posts a copy to the website. See what's new!
New A.A.S. degree in GIST!
Hi All! Wanted to share this with anyone looking to build on their educational background -- in addition to the new 9-credit micro-credential for those of us working in the field already, Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY now has an Associates in Applied...
Loss of Dr. Herrington, GIS Pioneer
The NYS GIS Association Mourns the Loss of Dr. Lee Herrington The NYS GIS Association mourns the loss of one of its pioneers, Dr. Lee Herrington. Dr. Herrington died on September 19th at the age of 88. His influence on the development of GIS in New York State cannot...
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