Georgia's Geospatial Landscape 2008 - Strategic Planning

Danielle Ayan, GISP, Georgia Tech Research Scientist, 2008 Outgoing Chair of the Georgia GIS Coordinating Committee, identifies the Geospatial Landscape in Georgia in an effort to elicit stakeholder input for a statewide Geospatial Strategic Plan. This is a Cooperative Agreement Project (CAP) funded by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) via the Fifty States Initiative. This introdouctory session highlights the following:

* Georgia's current investment in geospatial technology
* The strong geospatial community and expertise in Georgia
* The ties between geospatial solutions and a Healthy, Safe, Growing, Educated, Best Managed Georgia
* Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) regarding Geospatial coordination at the state, regional and local levels
* Solicits input from stakeholders for establishing an effective, enterprise Geospatial Program in Georgia

20-mins
November 2008

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• 2008
• georgia
• GIS
• geospatial technology
• NSGIC
• URISA
• best managed state
• coordination
• USGS CAP Grant
• Fifty States Initiative
• Georgia Tech
• Danielle Ayan