Long Island GIS (LIGIS)

Professional Association

Long Island GIS (LIGIS)

Professional Association

The Long Island GIS Professional Association is an organization representing the interests of the Long Island GIS community. It was formed in 1987 to foster communications and cooperation among GIS professionals on Long Island. The organization encourages members to develop standards and procedures to facilitate the sharing of geodata. It is user-oriented, run on a completely volunteer basis by its members. Members are from the government, private, utility, and educational sectors. There is an elected Steering Committee that is consists of individuals from these various sectors. LIGIS has neither a formal budget nor a formal mandate from any organization or branch of government. We are supported by the labor and services donated by our members and the organizations that employ them. LIGIS strives to provide a forum for information exchange, education and uniform GIS data development on Long Island. In the spring of 2014, LIGIS and the NYS GIS Association signed a Memorandum of Understanding to align both organizations. In this MOU, both parties pledged to assist one another in supporting collective goals and objectives as well as encouraging participation by the respective members in one another’s organizations.

The Long Island GIS Professional Association hosts 2 User Conferences per year.

Any questions can be emailed to LIGISchairman@gmail.com.

http://www.ligis.org/

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