The Association for Geographic Information (AGI), the membership group for organisations and individuals working in the geospatial sector, has announced, for the first time, the appointment of Co-Chairs as it celebrates a year of success and change. Following a change in the AGI’s Articles of Association, voted for by members of the at the Annual AGM, Fergus Craig of NV5 … Read More
AGI Scotland Annual Conference 2024
AGI Scotland goes from strength to strength, delivering another fantastic annual event in Glasgow on 27th February, with more than 160 people attending. The theme was “Maximising the use Data and Technology”, and an enthusiastic audience heard keynotes from Steven Ramage from the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites and Charles Kennelly from ESRI on spatial data ethics. Other speakers came … Read More
AGI Northern Ireland Conference – Registration Open!
The AGI Northern Ireland Conference returns on 13 June 2024 at 9am at the Riddel Hall, Queen’s University Belfast. Registration is now open for the event and early bird tickets are available until midnight Tuesday 7 May 2024. Read More and Register This years theme is ‘Sustainable Futures: Geospatial Innovations and Impacts’. We are living through rapidly changing times and working within … Read More
AGI Awards Geospatial Excellence 2024 Deadline for Submission Extended
We are pleased to confirm that the deadline for submission for the AGI Awards is now Friday 19th April 2024. Entries for the awards are being sought from organisations and individuals, working in or with geospatial, who want to showcase innovation, achievements and best practice. The AGI 2024 Awards Categories are the ‘Chairperson’s Award for Outstanding Service to the Geospatial Community’, ‘Geospatial … Read More
AGI Launch Awards for Geospatial Excellence
The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) has re-launched its highly popular awards for excellence within the geospatial sector. Entries for the awards are being sought from organisations and individuals, working in or with geospatial, who want to showcase innovation, achievements and best practice. The AGI 2024 Awards Categories are the ‘Chairperson’s Award for Outstanding Service to the Geospatial Community’, ‘Geospatial … Read More
AGI and GGP to Work Together to Secure Geography at the Heart of Government Decision Making
The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) and the Government Geography Profession (GGP) have agreed to work together to combine their experience, expertise and outreach to further the impact of geospatial data and technology within the public sector. By working together, they will help grow the geospatial community, and will build on recent activities such as the AGI’s Skills Roundtable. “The … Read More
‘It’s not all about the money’ for Early Careers Professionals Concludes AGI / RGS Report
The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) and Royal Geographical Society, with IBG, (RGS-IBG) have released the results of their survey into the values of early career professionals within the geospatial sector. Published by the AGI, the report concludes that opportunities for learning and development are particularly important to those in their early and mid-careers whilst employee wellbeing, job security and … Read More
AGI Early Careers Report 2023
‘It’s not all about the money: What do early career professionals in the geospatial sector value from their employers?’ In 2022 the AGI Early Careers Network in collaboration with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) surveyed geospatial professionals to understand the relative importance of organisational values and employee terms and conditions to early career professionals and how these change as … Read More
AGI Early Careers Network 2023 Round-Up
AGI GeoCom: ECN Networking Session The ECN held a successful lunchtime networking session at this year’s GeoCom providing young professionals an informal opportunity to find out more about the various paths to geospatial accreditation. Thanks to all those who attended, including the representatives from RGS-IBG, RICS and CICES who gave up their time to be on hand to answer any … Read More
Gemini 2023 Round-Up
The AGI Gemini Working Group has been hard at work in 2023 modernising the way that we publish and maintain the metadata standard. Gemini was adopted as one of the first standards to be included in the UK Geospatial Data Standards Register in 2022, and since then we’ve ensured that the membership and governance of the group is as open … Read More