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Green Map System will be demonstrating the OpenGreenMap.org participatory website-in-progress and sharing the potential of this new new tool for inclusive participation in sustainable community development. Presenters include Thomas Turnbull, lead developer (using Drupal, Google Map and more), Carlos Martinez, Latin America Coordinator (managing interface translations and social network outreach) and Wendy Brawer, founding director. Now involving 500 diverse communities in 54 countries, the locally-led global Green Map movement continues to expand and impact our city and our world.

For more on the origins of Green Map & an interview with Wendy see: http://www.grist.org/advice/books/2006/04/18/sprinkle/

NYC Office of Emergency Management
Geographic Information System (GIS) Unit

Position: GIS Intern
The GIS unit seeks a self-motivated intern to carry out activities
relating to application and web map programming, map production, and
database design. Familiarity with programming language such as C# or
Java is required. Also knowledge of GIS software packages such as
ArcMap is preferred.

Responsibilities
General:

Thanks to GISMO member & project contributor John Emerson for bringing An Atlas of Radical Cartography to our attention. September

Dom Elefante and Eric Yadlovski of the New Jersey Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute (MERI) will present a functional overview of ERIS, a customized Emergency Response GIS Tool that integrates critical information from easily-queried, right-to-know databases, developed under a regional initiative to share GIS resources among local governments. ERIS data is displayed using available online mapping services and standalone laptops which have been provided to emergency town officials. It has been deployed on emergency vehicles and on Interactive Mapping Services (IMS) as well as a Google Earth-based application designed to be Web accessible.

http://meri.njmeadowlands.gov/GIS/eris.php

http://www.meadowlands.state.nj.us/municipal/gis.html

Thanks to Dom for agreeing to reprise this session, which MERI offered at GITA

Steve Romalewski (CUNY Mapping Service) Michael Ufer (dev408) and Herb Stratton’s (NYC Dept of Finance) presentation on “Handheld mapping and data connectivity for NYC Dept of Finance” is now available for download:

handheld_presentation_to_GISMO_11-14-07.pdf

And for fun, David LaShell presented ESRI’s very own robot, SARA. SARA was created for ESRI by Penobscot Bay Media. Their Robotic Solutions business unit focuses on developing cutting edge solutions at the crossroads of GIS and the very best of the robotics world.

Find out more about SARA at: http://sara.spatialrobotics.com/labels/ESRI.html

Ken Reid recommends two New Jersey GIS resources:

New Jersey Geospatial Forum (NJGF) and NJMunicipalGIS at yahoogroups as GIS resource for NJ. NJGF is an umbrella organization for NJ and NJMunicipalGIS has over 160 members.

https://njgin.state.nj.us/OIT_NJGF/njgf_organization.jsp

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NJMunicipalGIS/?yguid=89749886

November 14 is GIS Day. GISMO will be holding its General Meeting on Nov 14 at the Fund for the City of New York.

Some other events of note:

The NYS Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene is offering a map gallery and workshop
125 Worth Street
(212) 788-2221

New Jersey Institute of Technology plans panel discussions and demos by faculty involved in teaching/research in “Information Technology and GIS” to promote interdisciplinary collaborations.

Visit http://www.gisday.com/ for more November 14 events .

The next GISMO General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept 19, 2007 at the Fund for the City of New York, 121 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY. For details, please visit the GISMO website.

The 2007 North East Map Organization (NEMO) Map Design Awards have been annouced. The competition has been established both to honor mapmakers in the Northeast and to promote map making and best practices. Categories have been established to honor professional and amateur mapmakers and those in high school, undergraduate and graduate programs. Groups composed of up to four students may submit collaborative projects.

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