The 2026 GISSIG Annual Conference (April 14, 2026, at the RIT Inn) Call for Presentations form is up and available at https://forms.gle/BYNZ21m7bRk4zqtp7. Presenting is a great way to show your work and also get GISP points. We hope you consider submitting a presentation.
Author: Justin Cole
Save the Date 2026 Conference!
Our 2026 GISSIG Conference will be at the RIT Inn and Conference Center on April 14, 2026. More information to follow!
GIS Day 2025 Mapathon
Join GIS/SIG for a free GIS Day Event on November 19th at RIT in the College of Science Gosnell Hall Atrium/Lobby from 5:30-8pm.
We will have guest speaker presentations including EagleView’s Cody Cottrell speaking about the company’s Disaster Response Program and the role Geomatics plays in it and RIT’s Brian Tomaszewski speaking about his and other RIT students’ work mapping and quantifying the natural disaster resilience of displaced people in Rwanda. We will also talk about the importance of crisis mapping and host a mapathon using OSM technology.
When: Wednesday, November 19th, 2024, 5:30 PM to 8 PM
Where: Rochester Institute of Technology College of Science Atrium/Lobby Dr, 1102 Gosnell Hall 84, Rochester, NY 14623 – Parking is in the S-Lot, and there is no need for a visitor permit. – What3Words Location https://w3w.co/generations.docking.larger
Save the Date for the 2026 Annual Conference
Our Annual Conference will be at the RIT Inn and Conference Center on April 14, 2026.
More information coming soon.
Mappy Hour Farewell to ArcMap
The 2025 Summer Program for the Genesee River Finger Lakes GIS/SIG is a “Mappy” Hour on August 19, 2025 from 4-6 at the Lock 32 Brewing Company in Pittsford. We will bid farewell to ArcMap, with tributes, reflections, cursing/cheering, and a modified Viking Funeral. Come join us and drown your sorrows and/or toast the future.
Cost is $5 and we will be providing pizza and other appetizers. Please register using the following link:
10 SCHOEN PLACE
PITTSFORD NY 14534
585-500-8844
2025 Day of Conference Links
Here are the Important Links for the Day of the Conference. We are no longer printing out many of the old paper forms and documents to save resources and streamline many of our processes.
Thank you to our sponsors
2025 Conference Agenda is Now Available
The 2025 Conference Agenda is available on the conference webpage 2025 Conference and also for download. The Abstracts will be available later this week.
2025 Conference Keynote, Save the Date, and Call for Papers
We are happy to have the 2025 GISSIG in person this April 8, 2025, at the RIT Inn and Conference Center.
We are pleased to announce that Song Gao and Joseph Kerski will be our two keynote speakers this year, discussing the impacts of Geo AI. Check out the conference webpage for the most up-to-date information.
Our call for papers is now open and you can submit your presentation using this link
Statewide Community Air Monitoring Initiative
The Genesee Finger Lakes GIS/SIG Fall Program will take place on October 22, 2024 from 12-1 at the Monroe County/City of Rochester Public Safety Training Facility. We will be serving pizza and drinks. Cost is $5.
When: Tuesday, October 22, 2023, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Where: Monroe County Emergency Operations Center – 1190 Scottsville Rd, Rochester, NY 14624
Cost: $5 (Pay at the door)
Registration: Click Here
Presenter
Our speaker is Dr. Joseph Marto, Research Scientist with the NYS DEC Division of Air Resources, Air Toxics Division. Dr. Marto will be discussing the methodology used in the creation of the Storymap Case Studies from the recently released Phase 1 results of the Statewide Community Air Monitoring Initiative.
Here is a link to the CAM initiative – dec.ny.gov/envir…iative.
Here is a link to the Rochester case study Storymap – https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/b39806cbc7ea4b139b79713720dab25f?item=10
Abstract
As part of New York State’s 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) contracted a climate tech company, Aclima, to perform a year of community air monitoring for 2022-2023. Ten disadvantaged communities across the state, including the city of Rochester, were selected for mobile monitoring using vehicles equipped with a suite of quick response
(1-second) air pollution sensors, which drove every publicly accessible road within the study area. DEC scientists analyzed the 1-second data and combined results from three analysis methods with Aclima’s modeled annual pollutant levels to generate an interactive air quality report as a series of ArcGIS Story Maps. Results from the monitoring combined with community input are being used to inform air pollution mitigation strategies across the state.
Location
The Monroe County/City of Rochester Public Safety Training Facility is located at 1190 Scottsville Road, Rochester, NY 14624 (across from the back side of the airport). We are on the second floor in suite 200.
General directions – We are off 390, just one exit from the Airport. We are on Scottsville Road (Route 383) off 390 , Exit # 17. When you arrive at 1190 Scottsville Road, facing the building from the street, the main entrance is a one-way drive on the left side of the building. You can park anywhere you find a spot and enter on that side of the building by the glass atrium. Once inside, proceed up the stairs, turn left and you will see our offices. Please feel free to call 585-753-3810 if you have any questions.
Following is a google map location/photo of the building, if helpful!
How Climate Change is Impacting Wine Production and Wine Culture in the Region Around Würzburg, Germany (Rochester’s Sister City)
The Finger Lakes Region GIS/SIG invites you to our annual summer program and BBQ lunch on July 9 (12-1:30) at the Susan R. Holliday Center, Room 12-4050, in the Saunders College of Business, RIT (Parking is in the S Lot in non-reserved spots).
When: Tuesday, July 9th, 2024, 12 PM to 1:30 PM
Where: Rochester Institute of Technology College of Business Events Space – Susan R. Holliday Center, Room 12-4050 – 105 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY 14623 – Parking is in the S-Lot in the non-reserved spots (there are lots in the summer), and there is no need for a visitor permit. – What3Words Location https://w3w.co/segmented.amphibious.gadget
Cost: $10 (Pay at the door) with food provided by Sticky Lips BBQ (vegetarian options will be available).
Registration: Click Here
Professors Karl Korfmacher and Lorraine Hems, Rochester Institute of Technology, will be discussing how climate change is impacting wine production and wine culture in the region around Würzburg, Germany (Rochester’s Sister City), what steps the Germans are taking to address these issues, and how these actions may inform resiliency efforts in the Finger Lakes wine region.
Following the presentation, Professor Hems will be conducting a wine tasting for those interested in sampling a typical Frankonian wine (2022 Silvaner from the Winegut Hans Wirsching – https://www.wirsching.de/en/). Participation in the wine tasting is entirely at the discretion of the participant.