URISA GISCorps Volunteer Positions Filled

URISA GISCorps got a good response to their call for GIS volunteers. All volunteer positions are now filled. Volunteers will be going to Jackson, Mississippi. "Seven of the volunteers are map production experts. There is a lab in Jackson where they can start their work with hardware and software ready to use. They have some data and more is coming. The second group of volunteers will be in the field with GPS equipment. The group in Jackson will be mapping the field data as soon as they can and hand it over to the emergency personnel."

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September 2, 2005, 7:19 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @legalaidtech

URISA GISCorps got a good response to their call for GIS volunteers. All volunteer positions are now filled. Volunteers will be going to Jackson, Mississippi.

"Seven of the volunteers are map production experts. There is a lab in Jackson where they can start

their work with hardware and software ready to use. They have some data and more is coming. The

second group of volunteers will be in the field with GPS equipment. The group in Jackson will be

mapping the field data as soon as they can and hand it over to the emergency personnel."

Abhijeet Chavan

Abhijeet Chavan is the co-founder and former co-editor-in-chief of Planetizen and the executive producer of Planetizen Courses. He was also the chief technology officer of Urban Insight, Inc., the technology consulting firm that operates Planetizen. Abhijeet Chavan has over 20 years of technology consulting experience working with government, higher education, legal services, and non-profit clients.

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