The next GISMO meeting is tomorrow, May 11th from 12:00pm-2:30pm at the Fund for the City of New York, 121 Sixth Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY. Michael Schill of the NYU Furman (Real Estate) Center will discuss the NY Times 2/6 Exposure of New Web site www.nychanis.com. Anyone interested in geographic information systems software … Read more
I just posted a bunch of upcoming meetings to the GISMO website. Additional details are in the GISMO calendar. Events through May: Thursday, April 29, 5:00pm: GGSA Spring Lecture SeriesHunter College, North Building in room 1022, New York, NY“Lost Geographies and Failed Globalization: From Versailles to Iraq”Neil Smith, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center … Read more
I recently wrote in my blog welcome message about a book project on the use of mapping technology in 9/11 rescue & recovery efforts. I’m moving this off the welcome message because I am going to start to write it. There are a lot of great resources on the mapping efforts at Pier 92 in … Read more
Here is a new initiative I am working on with the Municipal Art Society. The Community Information Technology Initiative at http://www.myciti.org/ is an online mapping program being used by five pilot New York City Community Boards to aid in community planning, development and emergency management. I am having a great time with this project! In … Read more