Welcome to NMGIC

Welcome to the New Mexico Geographic Information Council, Inc. (NMGIC), a non-profit dedicated to things geospatial: education, information sharing, technology advancement, and collaboration in the state of New Mexico.

NMGIC has several hundred paid members drawn from people in all walks of life - public, private, NGOs, corporate, educational institutions - professionals and students. We joined NMGIC to learn from each other. Please join us, too! Registration Form

PNM Awardees Honor NMGIC

PNM employees Larry Rose, Gathen Garcia, and Randy Duran, recent recipients of the 2010 PNM Robert M. Price Innovation Award, have honored NMGIC, Inc. with by choosing to direct the $1000.00 Award donation to the New Mexico Geographic Information Council, Inc. (NMGIC). (more ...)

Three Awarded SWUG Scholarships

NMGIC awarded three NM students with SWUG Scholarships for 2010: Kate Lenzer, Peggy Allison, and Drew Ignizio (pictured L to R above). the three gave presentations at both the 2010 SWUG and NMGIC Spring Meetings. (more ...)

Patterson Awarded JRM Scholarship

NMGIC awarded the 2010 Jesse Rossbach Memorial Scholarship to NMSU graduate student Anna Patterson, for her M.S. work on an arid-environment geomorphological rapid assessment model (more ...)

NMGIC Honors Three for Service & Achievement

Dr. Stanley A. Morain, Dr. Bobby J. Creel, and Rich Friedman, three people long associated with the geospatial community in New Mexico, were presented with service & achievement awards during the NMGIC Spring 2010 Meeting on May 7th, 2010 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (full story here)

Bobby Creel

Bobby Creel, Associate Director of the New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI), passed away on February 15th, 2010. The NM geospatial community, the WRRI, NMSU, and the state in general, lost a good friend, who was a truly helpful "do anything for you" kind of guy, as well as a skilled researcher and manager. He will be greatly missed. (more ...)

NMGIC 2010 Meeting
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NMGIC's Spring 2010 Meeting was held Friday, May 7th, in Albuquerque at the Rotunda. The theme was "Integrating Imagery and LiDAR", with many presentations by leading technology vendors (and door prizes!). In addition, there was a no-fee-to-attend Workshop the previous day (8am-12pm on May 6th) on "Mapping with 3D LiDAR" at the same location.