Lower Adirondack GIS Users Group

The Lower Adirondack GIS Users Group (LAGIS) meets several times a year, providing an arena for GIS knowledge exchange for users in the southern Adirondack Park. A map below shows the approximate area covered by LAGIS, as well as the other regional GIS user groups in New York State. The LAGIS is jointly coordinated by the Warren County GIS Coordinator, Sheri Norton, and the Washington County GIS Specialist, Heather Baker.

If you would like to be added to the mailing list, click here to complete the membership form. Note: There is no cost to belong to the LAGIS users group.

PREVIOUS MEETING

Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Location: Skidmore College (Harder Hall, Room 108
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Agenda:

1. Welcome and Announcements
2. Tour of Skidmore's Interdisciplinary GIS Lab (Alex Chaucer)
3. Multiple Speakers, GIS in Education, including:
4. Paul Rooney, ESRI: K-12 and 4H programs
5. Fred Piper, The Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology
6. Girk Cakmak, Bowne Management Systems
7. Annoucements

UPCOMING MEETINGS IN 2010

• SEPTEMBER - Date and time TBA - Warren County Human Resources Building - Environmental and Cultural Resource Protection
• DECEMBER - Data and time TBA - tentatively at Saratoga County Municipal Center - TBA, resume review

Directions:

Click here for directions to the Warren County Municipal Center. Once at the Municipal Center, come in the front door under the seal of Joseph Warren. Turn right. Follow the hall as it jogs to the left. Room 6-103 is on your right halfway down the hall. If you get to DMV, you've gone too far.

DID YOU KNOW...

The LAGIS is part of a larger organization, the NYS GIS Association. Advantages of membership include:

1. Keeping abreast of the latest GIS events
2. Network with other geospatial professionals
3. Promote professionalism and certification within the GIS Community
4. Expand the use of GIS in other sectors
5. Impact legislation and other issues affecting GIS in NYS

For more information, please visit the NYSGISA's website (www.nysgis.org).

Warren County Planning and Community Development Department - GIS Program

19 Glen Lake Road, Room 3028, Lake George, NY 12845
518-761-6410 phone / 518-761-6411 fax