Geospatial: Organizations

This state website talks about the people, data, technology, news and other documents related to California GIS.

Centralized GIS organization for the California State University system. Appears to be a good model of coordination across a large distributed campus system.

A California non-profit, statewide association.

This webpage from the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) lists over 200 universities and colleges offering GIS education in some form or another in addition to information about the GIS field in general, the GIS professional certification program, career opportunities and much more.

The metadata and standards agency for the United States for spatial data. Don't forget about the metadata - it is critical!! The FGDC also publishes a newsletter which can be found on the Library section of their website.

GITA is a professional association and is focused on infrastructure, utilities, the public sector and the telecom industry.

A good portal to find out information about the geospatial industry for students, educators and those interested in or in the industry.

The most talented researchers and educators are ever more dispersed globally. Capitalizing on this, WUN brings together major universities that sit in widely diverse geographical and cultural contexts, and which in partnership provide an unparalleled richness of talent and resources that are brought to bear on major research problems.

"The National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis is an independent research consortium dedicated to basic research and education in geographic information science and its related technologies, including geographic information systems (GIS)."

This organization helps support teachers and educators about how to incorporate a geographic component into their work.

This UNESCO site was compiled in 2000 but gives a good start on how to contact national mapping agencies worldwide.

This national organization is dedicated to GIS advocacy and the adoption of geospatial information technologies.

The OGC is a "non-profit, international, voluntary consensus standards organization that is leading the development of standards for geospatial and location based services." They have listed standards, a newsletter, events and more.

This organization is specifically positioned to "support and build the highest-quality open source geospatial software".

Excellent site for free GIS data specific to San Diego County. Also created some new visualizations using GIS data that are interesting to see. To get to the Data Warehouse, go to the left side navigation under "Resources" and choose "Demographics and Other Data".

Self-described as a "non-profit organization that builds community, provides knowledge and supports individuals using GIS and science for the conservation of natural resources and cultural heritage."

This organization is focused on fostering multidisciplinary research and education, promote GIScience and analysis, and speak for the geographic information science research community.

The US organization that manages The National Map, FGDC, geodata.gov, National Atlas.gov, US Board on Geographic Names, CEGIS, and emergency operations GIS.