Rhode Island GIS News

I have some very exciting news for everyone in the RIGIS user community! I AM HAPPY TO DEBUT THE NEW (AND MODERN) RIGIS WEBSITE! WE HAVE A NEW URL – HTTP://WWW.RIGIS.ORG – AND WILL BE PHASIN...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2016/04/introducing-new-rigis-website.html

Historically, access to the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) has been restricted to applicants meeting a variety of criteria, such as working for a federal government agency,...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2016/02/homeland-infrastructure-foundation.html

These data were developed by the Shoreline Change SAMP Team and the URI Graduate School of Oceanography as the result of recent coastal storms, such as Superstorm Sandy (October 2012), which reve...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2016/02/new-data-derived-inundation-surfaces.html

Over the past three months we have added a multitude of updated and new datasets to the RIGIS website. Please find a complete list below. WHAT'S NEW:  - QUAD NEATLINES, 2014: These new neatl...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2015/12/data-update-summary.html

As you may have seen via Shane's listserv blast earlier today, updated US Topos are available for Rhode Island.  These 2015 US Topo maps contain an updated symbology, enhanced railroad informat...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2015/07/new-us-topo-maps-for-rhode-island.html

As promised, here is the first post of the RIGIS blog revival! Over the past month, RIGIS has seen quite a few exciting new datasets, and a few big changes that I want to draw your attention to.�...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2015/07/reviving-rigis-blog.html

Over the last several days, a number of new and updated datasets were posted to the RIGIS data distribution clearinghouse . What’s new: - Land Use (2011) (contributed by RIDEM and the RI Stat...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2014/03/rigis-data-update-summary-for-march.html

A new dataset representing impervious surfaces in Spring 2011 is now available from RIGIS  - look for the new "Impervious Surfaces" record under the "Environment and Conservation" data download ...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2013/11/new-2011-impervious-surfaces-dataset.html

The Airports dataset available from RIGIS has been tweaked, with the introduction of a new field that helps to distinguish runways and taxiways from other interior polygon features.  The spatial...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2013/11/updated-airports-and-rhode-island-e-911.html

A new point dataset representing Hurricane Sandy coastal storm surge heights at a number of locations throughout southern Rhode Island has been published by RIGIS.  Of particular note are the at...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2013/11/new-hurricane-sandy-storm-surge-dataset.html

ESRI: "SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS" SEMINAR ON 10/24/13 TO REGISTER, PLEASE EMAIL NORA SAUTER (ESRI) DIRECTLY AT NSAUTER@ESRI.COM.  There is no need to copy anyone else on your email to Nora.   The ...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2013/10/two-upcoming-events-in-ri-esri-sharpen.html

The Rhode Island Enhanced 911 Uniform Emergency Telephone System has contributed four updated datasets to RIGIS : Sites (aka addressed structures, categorized under Facilities & Structure), Road...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2013/05/updated-rhode-island-e-911-data-now.html

The download packages for the following datasets have been updated with reports from the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program.  The reports describe these data in more detail, including why and how ...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2013/05/selected-rigis-distributed-datasets.html

New submerged aquatic vegetation and habitat data are now available from RIGIS.  Contributed by the Rhode Island Eelgrass Mapping Task Force, these data hail from the summers of 2006, 2009, and ...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2013/05/new-submerged-aquatic-vegetation-and.html

As a result of introductory discussions between Rhode Island Geographic Information System (RIGIS) and Rhode Island Geographic Education Alliance (RIGEA), both organizations have decided to hold...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2013/03/save-date-joint-rigis-user-group-rigea.html

As a member of URISA, a NEURISA Board member, and your RIGIS Coordinator, if you haven't already done so, I urge you to seriously consider submitting an abstract to the largest professional GIS c...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2013/03/gis-pro-2013-presentation-deadline.html

Just a quick reminder that Tuesday from 9am until noon is our first ever RI Parcel Symposium.  We have lined up 9 total speakers from GIS consulting firms, a regional water utility, a surveying ...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2013/02/reminder-ri-parcel-symposium-tuesday.html

GIS-Pro is coming to New England in 2013 (Providence, RI)!  Please mark the date (September 16-19, 2013). GIS-Pro is URISA's Annual Conference for GIS Professionals. URISA is a multi-disciplina...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2013/02/gis-pro-2013-coming-to-ri-call-for.html

Please mark your calendars for a joint meeting of the RIGIS User Group and the RI Municipal User Group on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH  FROM 9:00AM UNTIL NOON. Thanks to Maria Giarrusso at the City...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2013/01/ri-parcel-symposium-february-20th-save_29.html

Happy New Year everyone.   Just a quick reminder that URI is holding two GIS training courses this month and there is still space available in each one, so you are not too late to sign up!  ...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2013/01/uri-gis-training-its-not-too-late.html

RI NEMO is spreading the word about the upcoming RI APA Brown Bag Lunch: RI Community Resource Maps - January 24, 2013 12 - 2 PM Community Room behind Louttit Library 274 Victory Hwy/Rt. 102 We...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2012/12/ri-community-resource-maps-ri-apa-brown.html

source: http://www.northeastarc.org/index.html Sunday, September 29 - Wednesday, October 2, 2013 The Radisson Hotel, Nashua, NH The 2013 NEARC conference will feature keynote sessions, vendor ...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2012/12/fall-nearc-2013-save-date.html

I wanted to let you know that I have just finished updating the RIGIS Event Calendar for 2013.    As with last year, this calendar includes all regional state, cultural and major religious ho...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2012/12/rigis-event-calendar-updated-for-2013.html

It's official!  This half-day seminar *is* happening.  Online registration is now available for Esri's "ArcGIS 10.1: Transform Your Organization" seminar.  You can expect a solid introduction ...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2012/11/registration-open-for-esri-101.html

Hello everyone.  Just a quick announcement that due to multiple competing priorities, for the first time since we resumed regular RIGIS User Group meetings in August 2009, we will not be holding...

http://rigisnews.blogspot.com/2012/10/announcements-rigis-user-group-meeting.html