2014 GIS In Action Conference - April 16 & 17

April 16th & 17th, 2014
(Workshops April 15th)


Early Registration is NOW OPEN!  Click HERE to register.

Eight weeks until the Premier GIS conference in Oregon. 

Please mark your calendars for the TWENTY-SECOND  Annual GIS In Action Conference, hosted by the Columbia River Region of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) and the Oregon-Southwest Washington Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA). This year, we are back at Portland State University! Each year ASPRS and URISA collaborate to hold this informational conference on current issues in the Geospatial Information Community. Join us for what will surely be another successful opportunity to meet with colleagues in the geospatial industries and organizations, to learn about emerging topics and recent advances in GIS applications, and to discuss our problems and solutions together. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to meet and network with GIS professionals from the region. Find out who is doing what, and how.

Preliminary Conference Program coming soon!

We have a new conference only web site.

Register now for the upcoming GIS in Action conference April 16 & 17, 2014 held at Portland State University. 

There are several pre-conference workshops being held on Tuesday, April 15th, the day before the conference. These workshops are all offered at a discount to conference attendees.  

Here is the list of workshops with detailed descriptions on the web site.

• Working with Real-Time high precision GPS/GNSS in ESRI's mobile software (ArcPad and ArcGIS for Mobile)
• Working with ModelBuilder
• Programming ArcGIS 10.1 with Python
• Cartographic Design in GIS
• Working with US Census data

Call for posters!
Poetical Poster Contestants, 

Participants at the 2014 GIS in Action conference will have the opportunity to present a poster and engage in a competition, which includes prizes in different poster categories. Anyone going to the conference can enter to display their poster. Details for entry to the competition are below. You can enter a digital and/or paper version. The deadline to enter is the beginning of the conference.   

Voting will happen on all posters and winners will receive $50 REI gift certificates  for first place and $25 certificate for second place for five categories. 

If you plan to enter a poster please send an e-mail to [email protected].  

More information about the Posters is on the Program tab on our new web site.

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