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What is GIS?

Geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical data. The acronym GIS is sometimes used for geographical information science or geospatial information studies to refer to the academic discipline or career of working with geographic information systems.[1] In the simplest terms, GIS is the merging of cartography, statistical analysis, and database technology.

A GIS can be thought of as a system—it digitally creates and "manipulates" spatial areas that may be jurisdictional, purpose, or application-oriented. Generally, a GIS is custom-designed for an organization. Hence, a GIS developed for an application, jurisdiction, enterprise, or purpose may not be necessarily interoperable or compatible with a GIS that has been developed for some other application, jurisdiction, enterprise, or purpose. What goes beyond a GIS is a spatial data infrastructure, a concept that has no such restrictive boundaries.

In a general sense, the term describes any information system that integrates, stores, edits, analyzes, shares, and displays geographic information for informing decision making. GIS applications are tools that allow users to create interactive queries (user-created searches), analyze spatial information, edit data in maps, and present the results of all these operations.[2] Geographic information science is the science underlying geographic concepts, applications, and systems.[3]

GIS Source Definition from Wikipedia.com

GIS Education Resources

Following are a collection of links gathered by various IMAGIN members in an effort to share with you from the community of GIS knowledge.  While IMAGIN makes every attempt to review content, the links that follow here are for reference and the content contained on these links may not reflect the views of IMAGIN.

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Resume Bank

Looking for employment? Post your resume on the IMAGIN Resume Bank and get noticed. Resumes will be posted for 6 months.

Send your resume to website@imagin.org .

Job Opportunities

Job opportunities from IMAGIN members and others from around the state.

If you would like to post a job opportunity, please e-mail all related information to website@imagin.org.

Training Opportunities

Several IMAGIN organizations and others offer GIS training through out the state. When notified, IMAGIN will post training opportunities on this page. Additionally, other classes and training opportunities may be listed on the websites listed below.

To submit another organization that offers training, please e-mail website@imagin.org.

Organizations Offering GIS Training in Michigan

Center for Statistical Consultation and Research (CSCAR)

Training Location: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Website: http://www.umich.edu/~cscar/gis/

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

Training Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing and Livonia

Website: http://www.esri.com/

InfoGeographics, Inc.

Training Location: Traverse City

Website: http://www.infogeographics.com

Institute for Geospatial Research and Education (IGRE)

Training Location: Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti

Website: http://ceita.acad.emich.edu/

Land Information Access Association (LIAA)

Training Location: Traverse City

Website: http://www.liaa.org/

Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services (RS&GIS)

Training Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing

Website: http://www.rsgis.msu.edu/

White Papers and Presentations

This section of our website is new and under development.  Come back soon to view strategic GIS white papers and presentations. 

Request for Proposals - Active RFP's and RFP Samples

Request for Proposals Template (.doc file, 585 kb)
     Courtesy of Nikki White, Land Applications Supervisor Oakland County, MI

If you know of or would like to submit a RFP, please e-mail website@imagin.org.

IMAGIN News

E-News

Welcome to the IMAGIN E-News web page! The IMAGIN E-News has been designed to deliver monthly news about IMAGIN, IMAGIN members and GIS in Michigan. We intend to keep the newsletter small and concise with links to related information so that it will be an easy, quick read for all the busy GIS professionals in Michigan.

This newsletter is for non IMAGIN members as well as IMAGIN members, so please feel free to forward your copy of E-News on to anyone you know who may be interested in GIS in Michigan. If you would like to subscribe or unsubscribe from E-News, send email to enews@imagin.org. Note: for your security, we can only accept requests from the email account that you want to subscribe or unsubscribe, thanks. We encourage everyone to send in their suggestions for the upcoming issues of E-News. Please send your suggestions to enews@imagin.org.

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IMAGIN, Inc.
2277 Science Parkway, 4A
Okemos, MI 48864
Phone: 517.338.3035 x 709
Fax:     866.298.2115
E-mail: info@imagin.org