We uploaded photos to the IGIC Facebook Group (https://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/groups/IowaGIS/) during the conference, but here is a collection of photos taken at the 2013 IGIC Conference at The Hotel at Kirkwood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Thank you to the Conference Committee for a fantastic conference!
I apologize for the quality of these photos – the lighting wasn’t that great during dinner and I was using a camera phone.
The minutes for the two past quarterly IGIC meeetings are now available on the IGIC website. I apologize for not getting them to the group sooner. Click the links below to view the minutes in PDF format. 2013-01-16 IGIC Quarterly Meeting Minutes 2013-04-02 IGIC Quarterly Meeting Minutes The IGIC Summer Quarterly Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 17, 2013. IGIC Board
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Norman Miller, the Survey manager for the office of Design at Iowa DOT, has announced that the LDP Request for Proposal has been posted at http://www.prof-tech-consultant.dot.state.ia.us/asp/openRFP/proposal_detail.asp?RFPid=231 Submission deadline is Feb. 28. The review and selection will begin in early March. This brings Iowa one step closer to getting designs for a set of Low Distortion Projections for our state.
Minutes to the last Geodetic Committee meeting may be found at the following link. Our focus was the RFP to design new Low Distortion Projections for the state of Iowa. We did discuss other geodetic issues as well. Geodetic Committee 11/19/2012 Lawrence Hartpence
The Biennial IGIC conference is organized by the Iowa Geographic Information Council as an opportunity for GIS users across the state of Iowa and the Midwest to network with other GIS’ers and learn more about geospatial technologies! Click here to learn more and register. (http://conference NULL.iowagic NULL.org)
The Iowa Geographic Information Council (IGIC) is pleased to announce the release of their revises website. The site, created collaboration of organization members, is aimed at allowing easy access to key information regarding Iowa geospatial information, initiatives, data sources, and policy advisory. Key elements of the new site include: Revised navigation schemes (see above navbar) Centralized meeting minutes & meeting
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IGI and Related GIS Activities Status October 19, 2011 Due to state budget cuts this past spring, many IGI projects were delayed while we sorted out the impact. Several DNR contract workers have been moved to positions at ISU’s GIS Facility, including Zeb Squires and Jesse Soukup (geocoding) and Cody Hackney (historical orthos). Thanks to Kevin Kane and Robin McNeeley
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IGIC Newsletter Oct 10, 2011 Next IGIC Quarterly Meeting Oct 19 at 10am – 3pm, Johnston Public Library Socializing begins at 930am. Flood Imagery of Dubuque after Heavy Rains Joshua McNary ( jmcnary@aerialservicesinc.com) Aerial Services Inc, has two articles about “flood” imagery taken by ASI after the 12-15” rain in Dubuque County last summer: http://www.asi-gis.com/blog/2011/07/aerial-services-acquires-flood-imagery-after-15-overnight-rain-in-dubuque-iowa-shares-with-city-coun.html (http://www NULL.asi-gis NULL.com/blog/2011/07/aerial-services-acquires-flood-imagery-after-15-overnight-rain-in-dubuque-iowa-shares-with-city-coun NULL.html) Related
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(http://1 NULL.bp NULL.blogspot NULL.com/-AjCKizY2gIU/TadBbGQDteI/AAAAAAAAAJY/SR3yThfub5I/s1600/IMG_7677 NULL.JPG) Stephen Cooper – City of Cedar Rapids (http://4 NULL.bp NULL.blogspot NULL.com/-QP7h1lk7cHs/TadA_qAoYxI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/cUvUYBEI9B0/s1600/IMG_7673 NULL.JPG) Casey Kohrt – Iowa DNR (http://1 NULL.bp NULL.blogspot NULL.com/-bARTycvBESA/TadAlwEQrQI/AAAAAAAAAJI/kTFJYRbDUxs/s1600/IMG_7671 NULL.JPG) Dave Croll – City of Johnston (http://4 NULL.bp NULL.blogspot NULL.com/-L43R19QJ_yc/TadAAqlomwI/AAAAAAAAAJA/JASoM4yUPco/s1600/IMG_7667 NULL.JPG)Matt Rohlf – IDOT (http://1 NULL.bp NULL.blogspot NULL.com/-VwIFu2J3d_Y/TaYRL3Vdc7I/AAAAAAAAAH4/a0qcopxmOos/s1600/IMG_7621 NULL.JPG) Chris Kahle, Iowa DNR – Iowa Floodplain Mapping