The AGI are busy making plans to bring this years’ annual conference, GeoCom 2022, and are excited to host the event at the Royal Geographic Society in London on the 11 October 2022. Leading the team for this event will be new AGI Council member Fergus Craig. We would like to encourage a variety of AGI members to volunteer to … Read More
AGI Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Working Group
The AGI Council believe that Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) are vitally important to our industry, workplaces and community, and as such we have chosen them as an area of focus in 2022/23. We are establishing an Action Working Group (AWG) to consider how AGI could work to improve DEI within the Council, our members, and within the wider geospatial … Read More
EEO-AGI Scotland Professional Seminars
Edinburgh Earth Observatory Seminars offer a series of seminar presenting topics in the broad areas of geographical information and remote sensing. This prestigious series combines research seminars with talks of professional interest and is open to students and staff across the University and beyond, together with professionals in the field. Organised by the Edinburgh Earth Observatory and supported by the … Read More
AGI appoints Adam Burke as Council Chair
Adam Burke from Natural Resources Wales has been appointed as the new Chair of the Association for Geographic Information (AGI). Under his leadership, the Association will focus on connecting the UK geocommunity and demonstrating its contribution to post-Covid recovery, climate action and a sustainable future. Commenting on the year ahead, Adam said: “With a return to face-to-face events in 2022, … Read More
AGI Scotland Annual Conference 2022 – Register Now!
Join us virtually this year – 23-24 February 2022 (Mornings Only) We are pleased to announce that this year’s AGI-Scotland annual conference will take place during the mornings of Wednesday, 23rd and Thursday, 24th February 2022. Due to the ongoing uncertainty around Covid-19 and in the spirit of making this event accessible to a wide audience, this year’s conference will once … Read More
AGI Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Working Group
The AGI Council believe that Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) are vitally important to our industry, workplaces and community, and as such we have chosen them as an area of focus in 2022/23. We are establishing an Action Working Group (AWG) to consider how AGI could work to improve DEI within the Council, our members, and within the wider geospatial … Read More
Mapping the Future
In a recent article published by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (reproduced here with thanks to RSGS -[ rsgs.org]), Bruce Gittings, AGI Scotland Chair and colleague Tom Armitage, reflect on the origins of the GIS industry in Scotland. The article concisely summarises a little history that provides an apposite contextualisation for the forthcoming AGI Scotland Annual Event on the theme … Read More
Volunteered Geographic Information (ECN Virtual Networking Event) Registrations Open!
It’s 2022 and the Early Careers Network is back. We are starting the conversation this year by talking about Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI). VGI is about crowd sourcing data and usually involves empowering the public to collect data on your behalf. There are heaps of benefits to this approach but also a few things that need some serious thinking about … Read More
Mark you Calendar – AGI Scotland Annual Conference 2022
Join us virtually this year – 23-24 February 2022 (Mornings Only) We are pleased to announce that this year’s AGI-Scotland annual conference will take place during the mornings of Wednesday, 23rd and Thursday, 24th February 2022. Due to the ongoing uncertainty around Covid-19 and in the spirit of making this event accessible to a wide audience, this year’s conference will once … Read More
Early Careers Network – Latest News
ECN is delighted to welcome a number of new committee members to keep up the momentum and drive the network forward next year:- Emma Chown – Committee supporting role Emma Scott – Social Media and Publicity officer Jody Shaw – Event Coordinator Laura Gribble – Secretary Thanks to everyone that took the time to apply for committee positions. COP26 Networking … Read More