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January 2009

Call for Papers:  Call for Papers Research and Education Track of ESRI 2009 Business GIS Summit, May 4-6
Deadline:
1/9/2009   Denver, Colorado
You are invited to participate in the Research and Education Track of the 2009 ESRI Business GIS Summit to be held at the Westin Tabor Center, Denver, Colorado, May 4-6, 2009. The Research and Educat...more information

Other:  Call for Submissions: Places & Spaces Mapping Science Exhibit
Deadline:
1/9/2009   USA, Canada, Chiina and Germany
The Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit was created to inspire cross-disciplinary discussion on how to best track and communicate human activity and scientific progress on a global scale. It has ...more information

Request for Applications:  CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CaGIS SCHOLARSHIPS ($500 and $1000)
Deadline:
1/15/2009    
Each year, the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) sponsors two scholarships to students whose research and accomplishments support the mission of CaGIS. The scholarships recognize ...more information

Call for Papers:  ICC Santiago abstract due date
Deadline:
1/16/2009   Santiago, Chile
Abstracts and full papers for referee are due to the International Cartographic Conference in Santiago, Chile (http://www.icc2009.cl/) on January 16, 2009....more information

March 2009
Call for Papers:  First Announcement COSIT 2009
Deadline:
3/2/2009   Aber Wrac'h, France
First announcement for 9th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory COSIT'09 September 21-25, 2009, Aber Wrac'h, France ...more information

Call for Papers:  Call for paper: Special sessions for AAG on population estimation using remote sensing and GIS technologies
Deadline:
3/27/2009   Las Vegas, Nevada
The estimation (projection) of population in an inter-censal year is essential, in particularly in rapid growth areas, for public and private section planning. Traditionally, population in a non-censa
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Other:  2009 National Geographic Award in Mapping
Deadline:
3/27/2009   AAG in Las Vegas, Nevada
Undergraduate students and master's-degree candidates are invited to apply for the National Geographic Award in Mapping. ...more information

Call for Papers:  Call for Papers – International Journal of Geographical Information Science: Special Issue
Deadline:
3/31/2009   not applicable
Manuscripts are invited for a special issue of International Journal of geographical Information Science focusing on the theme of *Information Semantics and its Implications for Geographical Analysis
...more information

April 2009
Call for Papers:  IJGIS special issue on Temporal GIS
Deadline:
4/15/2009   International Journal of Geographic Information Science
Temporal GIS research has prospered since the late 1980s, particularly since the year of 1988 when Gail Langran and Nicholas Chrisman published their paper on A framework for temporal geographic infor...more information

September 2009
Call for Papers:  First Announcement COSIT 2009
Deadline:
9/25/2009   Aber Wrac'h, France
First announcement for 9th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory COSIT'09 September 21-25, 2009, Aber Wrac'h, France ...more information

News

Integrating HSD Goals into Core SBE Programs
Arlington, VA, Dec 9, 2008 Following the innovations of the recently ended Human and Social Dynamics (HSD) priority area, the Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (SBE) now encourages submission of research proposals to the regular SBE programs covering three areas.  There will be new funds available in the Divisions to support these activities where they differ in scope or scale from the traditional core of the programs.  ...more

UCGIS Endorsement of California Data Access Amicus Brief
Santa Clara County, CA, May 7, 2008 UCGIS has endorsed an Amicus Brief filed in California involving questions of geographic information access.  ...more

 UCGIS President Named to National Geospatial Advisory Committee
Washington DC, Feb 01, 2008 Sean Ahearn, President of UCGIS, has been appointed to the National Geospatial Advisory Committee by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne ...more

UCGIS President Robert McMaster, chair of the department of geography at the University of Minnesota, has been appointed Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education by the Provost and Board of Regents.  ...more

MAPPS Loses in Federal Court
Washington DC, Jun 19, 2007 The United States District Court in Alexandria, Virginia has reached a decision in the MAPPS (Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors) litigation, ruling last week that MAPPS lacks legal standing. A press release describing the decision  and the full decision  provide further detail. UCGIS was one of the first organizations to agree to join in an amicus brief opposing the MAPPS claims. ...more


Support Top Graduate Students  With a Tax Deductible Contribution -
UCGIS provides on-line payment systems to make a donation.

UCGIS joins the GIS Certification Institute as a Member Organization

UCGIS Establishes a GISc Resource Link for Hurricane Katrina

Jobs Recently Posted

2008

12/15 Associate Director, Institute for Geographic Information Science
at San Francisco State University

12/2 Systems Administration & Systems Programming at University of Iowa

12/2 GIS Instructional Laboratory Administrator at University of Iowa

11/12 Assistant Professor, tenure track at Hunter College, CUNY

10/30 Chair of the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

10/28 GIS faculty position at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

10/24 Assistant Professor - GIScience at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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01/01/2009

Call for Papers:  Ontology for The National Map
Deadline 12/24/2008

Feb 5-6, 2009
UCGIS Winter Meeting

June 22-23, 2009
UCGIS Summer Assembly

Oct - Nov - Dec 2008
Neogeography seminar
 

UCGIS 2008 Awards

Research Award

Dr. Mike Worboys

Education Award
Dr. Michael Phoenix
Dr. Michael Phoenix

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08/1/07: Slide Show & Photos of Summer Assembly

07/14/07: Summer 2007  Assembly Highlights

UCGIS Position on MAPPS v. United States

Amicus brief in support of government in MAPPS et.al., v. United States

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GISc Resources for Hurricane Katrina

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