Mark Lierman Memorial Scholarship Award
HIGICC is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the
2010 Mark Lierman Memorial Scholarship, a $1,000 scholarship that recognizes a deserving student who shows an appreciation for and understanding of geography and geographic information systems (GIS).
Applications must be postmarked on or before
April 5, 2010. Please
click here for eligibility criteria and to download an application form.
[Mark Lierman (pictured at left) was a GIS professional with the City and County of Honolulu for many years and a tireless advocate for and enthusiastic promoter of GIS technology.]
Call for Volunteers - Data Committee
Craig Clouet and
Susan Vogt, co-chairs of the
Data Inventory and Assessment Committee (Data Committee), are looking for volunteers to commit their valuable time to become part of the Data Committee Working Groups. The Working groups are designed to fulfill the goals of the Data Committee.
The
Data Committee will form 5 Working Groups, which are a meld of items outlined in the HIGICC’s recently completed Business Plan. Three of these – the Continuous Working Groups - would be focused on developing recommendations and procedures that would apply to all framework data layers. The other two – the Phased Working Groups - will begin by focusing specifically on the two priority framework layers of imagery and elevation. Templates and workflows from the first two themes, imagery and elevation, can then be applied to the other data categories.
Continuous Working Groups- Data standards and metadata
- Data maintenance
- Distribution
Phased Working GroupsIf you are interested in becoming involved in the work of the Working Groups, please contact Craig or Susan (
cclouet[at]esri.com or
svogt[at]geocgi.com). The Chairs would like to have the members of the Working Groups assigned in the next week and will be calling a full meeting of the Data Committee in early January to get things started.
Strategic and Business Plans approved by Board
Both plans have been approved and adopted by the Board and implementation has already begun. We hope you'll help with some of the activities planned for this year and participate in one of the newly-formed committees.
Click here to learn more about where HIGICC is heading, and about these activities and committees in the Strategic and Business Plans.
HIGICC is a private non-profit organization of professionals and students from the federal, state, county, education, and private sectors of Hawai'i's GIS community. Our goal is to provide coordination of GIS activities among a wide range of GIS users in order to avoid duplication of effort, promote data sharing, and maintain data standards throughout the state.
HIGICC strives to bring together and continue to build the geographic community into a cohesive, recognized coordinating body that facilitates the use, development, sharing, and management of geographic data and communicates the value of geographic information to citizens and decision-makers. In the State of Hawaii, GIS is recognized and effectively used as an invaluable tool by the government, business and the citizens for understanding and managing our aina (environment). The Hawaii GICC is a shared mechanism for the diverse community to identify, explore, and solve problems using geospatial technology and information.