Professional Organizations

Any of these organizations are excellent for research exposure or grant funding. Some of the organizations below are regionally based or subject specific. All of them deal with GIS or spatial analysis in some way.

• American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
• American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• Association of American Geographers (AAG)
• ESRI Conservation Program
• Federal Geographic Data Committee
• Geospatial Information and Technology Association
• GIS Certification Institute
• Illinois Geographic Information Systems Association (ILGISA)
• National States Geographic Information Council
• National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA)
• Open GIS Consortium
• The Society for Conservation GIS
• University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)
• Urban Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)