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IMAGIN E-News - March, 2007
Current News
IMAGIN Award Entries & Nominations - The deadline for submitting entries and nominations for the IMAGIN awards is Friday, March 23, 2007. The awards are as follows:
  • The Jim Living Geospatial Achievement Award is presented to an IMAGIN member in recognition of exceptional career-long dedication and commitment in the field of GIS/Geospatial Sciences.
  • The GIS for Everyone Award is given to an organization that does an outstanding job of making GIS data or analysis available to either organizations or to the public.
  • GIS Education and Outreach Award is presented to an individual or group that promotes an innovative GIS activity or educational project using GIS/Geospatial Sciences. Recipients will be recognized at the 2007 IMAGIN Conference awards banquet.
For more information, please contact Sarah AcMoody at acmoodys@msu.edu or see the awards page at: http://www.imagin.org/awards/
IMAGIN Online Registration Available - You can now register for the IMAGIN 2007 Conference online. Sign up early to register for your FREE half-day workshop. The online sign up allows you to sign up for IMAGIN membership to get discount pricing on your conference. You can also request to be contacted for hotel reservations and you can sign up for the golf outing on Sunday. To view conference information and register online, see the conference web page at: http://www.imagin.org/conference/
Early Conference Registration Deadline is March 31st - Hurry and get the early rate for the IMAGIN 2007 Conference registration and signup for your FREE workshop by March 31st. See the conference web page at: http://www.imagin.org/conference/
2007 MDOT Interactive Road Map Online - The Michigan Department of Transportation has created a Flash-player based viewer for the state's official 2007 road map. The application includes the ability to view individual city road map insets and zoom into any area across the state with the interactive slide bar or wheel-mouse. Please visit the application (Flash version 8 required) at http://mdotwas1.mdot.state.mi.us/public/statemap/statemap.cfm
Call for IMAGIN Board Candidates - The IMAGIN Nominating/Governance Committee is looking for candidates to serve on the IMAGIN Board of Directors. This is an exciting opportunity for members to participate in the leadership of IMAGIN and to set its course for the future. Eight of the fifteen Board seats are open for election, each of which will serve a two-year term. Board meetings are held the third Friday of every other month, along with the Annual Meeting which is held at the Conference. You may nominate yourself or someone else that you believe has leadership qualities. Please submit a few paragraphs listing qualifications, background, and any other information you would like posted in the candidate write-up. Nominations will be accepted until April 13th. If you are interested or would like to nominate someone, please contact Bill Rowe, Chair of the Nominating/Governance Committee at (906)-225-8170 or by email at: BRowe@mqtcty.org.
MSU Map Library Online Collection of Michigan's Road Map History - The Map Library at Michigan State University recently unveiled its online exhibit, "Footpath to Freeway, The Evolution of Michigan Roadmaps." The exhibit traces the history of road map development and distribution across the state of Michigan with maps and items from the library's archives. Many of the exhibit's items are also on display at the main library in East Lansing. Please visit the online exhibit at: http://maps.lib.msu.edu/miroadmaps/index.html
Monthly Theme
This month's theme is "GIS in County Government".
Michigan County GIS Web Sites Grow - Over the years, GIS has grown steadily at the county level and county GIS web sites contain more information than ever before. These web sites often contain data from other departments within the county government that are connected to the base map information such as parcels. We have probably missed some county web sites, but here are some that we found that show you first hand what the state of County GIS is in Michigan.
Allegan | Antrim | Barry | Berrien | Branch | Calhoun | Charlevoix | Clinton | Genesee | Grand Traverse | Hillsdale | Ingham | Livingston | Mackinac | Macomb | Midland | Monroe | Newaygo | Oakland | Saginaw | St. Clair | Van Buren | Washtenaw | Wayne
Genesee & Jackson County Imagery on live.local.com - Pictometry Aerial Photos for Genesee and Jackson county now available via Microsoft's http://Local.Live.com/ website. Microsoft recently added birds-eye photography for all of Genesee and Jackson counties, adding more than 1,300 square miles of coverage for the oblique angle aerial imagery. The two counties are now the third county in Michigan behind Wayne County that flew Pictometry in 2005. The photos are available at http://local.live.com.
Quick, Printable County Basemaps available from CGI - The Michigan Center for Geographic Information (CGI) has printable county basemaps available in PDF format for quick display and printing. http://www.michigan.gov/cgi/0,1607,7-158--118145--,00.html
New E-News Theme! - In addition to our permanent 'GIS in Michigan' coverage, we will begin having an additional theme for each monthly issue. This theme will not limit the E-News articles to only this theme, but rather it will provide an additional focus for some of the articles.
The theme for the April 2007 issue of E-News is "GIS in State Government".
Send any ideas you have relating to the general 'GIS in Michigan' theme of the E-News or the special theme for next month to enews@imagin.org.
Upcoming Events
  • March 31, 2007: IMAGIN 2007 Conference Early Registration Deadline
  • April 15-18, 2007: URISA Geospatial Integration for Public Safety Conf., New Orleans, LA
  • April 23-25, 2007: 2007 ESRI Business GeoInfo Summit, Dallas, TX
  • May 6, 2007: IMAGIN 2007 Conference Golf Outing, Kalamazoo, MI
  • May 6, 2007: IMAGIN 2007 Conference Speaker Appreciation Reception, Kalamazoo, MI
  • May 7-9, 2007: IMAGIN 2007 Conference, Radisson Plaza Hotel, Kalamazoo, MI
  • May 6-7, 2007: MapInfo 2007 Global DevSummit, Seattle, WA
  • May 8-10, 2007: MapInfo 2007 Global User Conference, Seattle, WA
  • May 23, 2007: Macomb County GIS Users Group Meeting, Mt. Clemens, MI
  • June 11-13, 2007: GPS World Conference & Expo, Rosemont, IL
  • June 14, 2007: SEMCOG GIS User Group Meeting, Detroit, MI
  • June 16-19, 2007: 2007 ESRI Survey & Engineering GIS Summit, San Diego, CA
  • June 16-19, 2007: 2007 ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego, CA
  • June 18-22, 2007: 2007 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA
  • July, 2007: ESRI Northern Michigan User Group Meeting
  • August 20-23, 2007: URISA Annual Conference & Exhibition, Washington, DC
  • September 12-14, 2007: MiCAMP Fall County GIS Conference, Boyne Mountain Resort, MI
  • For more events, see the IMAGIN Calendar of Events
    • Training
    Date(s) D Organization City Description
    April 11-13, 2007   ESRI E. Lansing Building Geodatabases (9.2)
    April 16-18, 2007   ESRI E. Lansing Introduction to ArcGIS for the DIHSLE Communities (9.1)
    April 23-24, 2007 Y MSU RS&GIS E. Lansing Introduction to ArcGIS
    May 21-22, 2007   ESRI Livonia Introduction to ArcGIS I (9.x)
    May 23-25, 2007   ESRI Livonia Introduction to ArcGIS II (9.x)
    For links to Michigan GIS training facilities visit the IMAGIN training page.
    To include your Michigan GIS training in this list, send the details to: enews@imagin.org
    D = IMAGIN Members get a 10% discount on this training.
    Spotlight on Supporting Organizations
    Air-Land Surveys, Inc.
    Air-Land Surveys, Inc. - Air-Land Surveys (ALS) is a full-service digital mapping company. Founded in 1967, ALS became a division of Rowe Incorporated in 2003. ALS has successfully completed projects for local, national, and international clients, from our office at Flint Bishop International Airport in Michigan.
    For more information regarding Air-Land Surveys services, please visit our web site at: http://www.airlandsurveys.com/
    Emmet County Department of Equalization and GIS
    		 Emmet County Department of Equalization and GIS - The Geographic Information System (GIS) was established in 1996. Prior to the establishment of our GIS Department, the County-wide tax mapping was handled by the Equalization Department. In 1987, Emmet County went to a permanent parcel numbering system. Since that time, the GIS Department is charged with the responsibility of assigning permanent parcel numbers, maintaining property descriptions and updating all mapping layers for the 27,000 parcels of real property in Emmet County. The Department assists local assessing officers and taxpayers in the development and maintenance of property descriptions.
    For more information please see our web site at: http://www.co.emmet.mi.us/equalization/
    Each month, this section will highlight one or two of our supporting organizations. If your organization would like to be in the spotlight, please contact IMAGIN headquarters about becoming a supporting organization.
    Web Mapping Site of the Month
    Newaygo County - Since the late 90's GIS has evolved in Newaygo County and has become an integral part of county functions. The GIS system started out with the conversion of paper parcel maps into applications that are used by a wide range of township, city, county, state, and federal agencies and departments.  In addition since 2005 we have also had a free public mapping area and a more advanced subscription mapping area available.
    The link to our public map viewer application is available on our GIS home page at: http://www.countyofnewaygo.com/gis/GISHome.htm
    Employment
    Job Openings
    Organization Title
    Northville Township GIS Coordinator
    Consulting Engineering Associates Senior Analyst Programmer (GIS)
    Livingston County GIS Application Developer
    Charter Township of Grand Blanc GIS Technician
    Commonwealth Associates, Inc. Cartographer/GIS
    InfoGeographics, Inc. GIS Application Developer
    New Hires/Promotions/GISP's
    Organization Title Name
    To include your job openings, new hires, promotions or GISP certifications in this section, please send the information to enews@imagin.org. Please include the URL for your organization also. Check the IMAGIN jobs page for other openings.
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    Editor - Tara Maguire, GIS Coordinator, City of Birmingham
    Editor - Matt Malone, GIS Coordinator, City of Farmington Hills
    Editor - Brian Buckley, Senior GIS Specialist, Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc.
    Publication Date: March 22, 2007
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