Geographic Information Sharing / Special Interest Group
The student GIS club at RIT is teaming up with GIS/SIG and Waypoint Technologies for a Students/Faculty/Professional Pizza Mixer on Nov. 4 from 6-8 at RIT. Come join us for pizza, conversations, GPS demonstrations, and networking.
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/gissig-tigir-waypoint-tech-event
Qualification and Application details will be posted in the coming months.
Please join us on Sept.2, 2026 from 4-6 (or beyond) for a Late Summer Early Fall Mappy Hour at the Lock 32 Brewing Company, 10 Schoen Pl, Pittsford, NY 14534. We will be providing pizza and conversations, beverages are your choice.
Here is the registration link for the event – hope to see you there!
https://forms.gle/aeZm4S6dhQt7GL1q6
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.
Our 2026 GISSIG Conference will be at the RIT Inn and Conference Center on April 14, 2026. More information to follow!
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
Our Annual Conference will be at the RIT Inn and Conference Center on April 14, 2026.
More information coming soon.
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
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