NMGIC

The NMGIC Fall 2018 Workshop will take place at the UNM Rotunda on Thursday, November 8, 2018 from 1:00-4:30pm. We hope to see you there!

More information is available here:
NMGIC Fall 2018 workshop flyer

The 2018 National Tribal GIS™ Conference is seeking speakers and sponsors. This annual conference will be held on November 5th – 9th, 2018 at SIPI in Albuquerque, NM. If you are interested, please contact:

LETISHA COUCH
CONFERENCE/EVENT COMMITTEE CHAIR
918-937-4487 EXT. 801
EVENTS@TRIBALGIS.COM

More information is available at N.T.G.I.S.C – 2018 Conference

We are excited to announce the NMGIC Fall Conference! Preliminary Information is as follows:

Meeting Theme: Living, Breathing, GIS – A look at our natural resources.

Workshop Theme: TBD

Dates: Thursday November 8 (Workshop) and Friday November 9 (Conference)

Location: UNM Rotunda , 801 University Blvd, SE. Albuquerque NM

We are putting together an exciting agenda and will forward more information soon!

Ready to Serve the GIS Community?
Enjoy the GIS Spring and Fall Meetings and Workshops?
Now you can get involved in the process!

NMGIC is seeking Nominations for the Board of Directors.

Self-Nominations are accepted and encouraged!

Nominees for the Board of Directors must be general NMGIC members in good standing; legal residents of the State of New Mexico; willing to serve at least two years; and supportive of NMGIC’s mission, goals, and objectives.

We are now accepting nominations (including self-nominations) for candidates to serve on New Mexico’s premier organization representing the geospatial community.
A nomination should include a brief bio (one or two paragraphs) to introduce the candidate to the general membership.

Please email nominee information to:
NMGIC Elections Coordinator, Theresa Watson, treewatson@gmail.com
Deadline: October 5th, 2018

Hello NMGIC Members,

The agenda for the Spring Meeting can be found HERE.

Regarding parking, here are some instructions:

Parking at the UNM Rotunda will require a validation code.
How to use the validation code: 817345
1. Park in any numbered stall
2. Proceed to nearest pay station
3. Enter stall number
4. Select “STP Visitor” from the screen display
5. Enter code number
6. Collect Receipt
There is no need to return to your vehicle to display the receipt. The pay station will track the validation by the stall number.

We look forward to seeing you there!

We are excited to announce our NMGIC Spring 2018 Workshop!

Space is limited and pre-registration is required.  To register, please contact Joe Zebrowski at 505-426-2146 or jpzebrowski@nmhu.edu

 

We are excited to announce the NMGIC Spring Meeting! Preliminary Information is as follows:

Meeting Theme: GIS and the Environment

Workshop Theme: Landsat 8 & Sentinel 2 – The dynamic duo of earth imaging.

Dates: Thursday April 19 (Workshop) and Friday April 20 (Meeting)

Location: UNM Rotunda , 801 University Blvd, SE. Albuquerque NM

We are putting together an exciting agenda and will have more information soon!

PECORA Awards

NMGIC sponsored student awards at the 2017 Pecora conference in Sioux Falls, SD this year. The NMGIC board would like to thank Amy Budge and PECORA for bringing our two organizations together to have a positive impact on the field of geospatial technology, and giving students a chance to showcase their work!

Here are the finalists:

For the papers…..

• First place went to Paulo Arevalo from Boston University.  His paper title is “Using Time Series and Statistical Inference Methods to Estimate Unbiased Land Cover Change Areas in the Colombian Amazon”.
• Second place went to Eric Bullock from Boston University.  His paper title is “Monitoring Tropical Forest Degradation Using Time Series Analysis of Landsat Data”.
• Third place went to Samara Calcado do Azevedo from Sao Paulo State University in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  Her paper title is “Shadow Removal in High Resolution Remote Sensing Images Using Local Inpainting Strategy”.

For the posters…..

• First place went to Jill Derwin from Virginia Tech.  Her poster title is “ Estimating Percent Tree Canopy Cover Using Landsat Time-Series”.
• Second place went to Lan Nguyen from South Dakota State University.  His poster title is “Detecting Land Change Using Land Surface Phenology Modeling: An Application to the Dynamic Northern Great Plains”.
• Third place went to Yenni Vetrita from South Dakota State University.  Her poster title is “Assessing Three Satellite-derived Burned Area Products and Combining with Medium Resolution Data for Characterizing Peatland Fires”.