News
Nordic GIS Conference in Stockholm
The Nordic GIS Conference will be arranged by ULI, in cooperation with GI Norden, 24th-25th September 2009. The conference is an event for people with interests in the growing field of geographic information (GI) and GI technology.
National Conferences
There will be national GI conferences in some of the Nordic countries this autumn.
Henning Sten Hansen - a GIS pioneer
ESRI has appointed Henning Sten Hansen, Denmark's First Professor in Geoinformatics, as a GIS pioneer.
ScanGIS 2009 is cancelled
ScanGIS 2009 is cancelled due to lack of papers. The plan was to arrange ScanGIS parallel to the GI Norden Conference. With only 4 papers and 4 extended abstracts left it's not possible to arrange ScanGIS 2009.
Nordic Address Forum 2009 in Iceland
The Nordic Address Forum was arranged at Hotel Reynihlíð, Mývatn, on 10th - 11th June 2009.
Þorbjörg Kr. Kjartansdottir new president of GI Norden
Þorbjörg Kr. Kjartansdottir from Iceland was elected new president of GI Norden at the annual meeting at Sollentuna in Sweden 27th May 2009. Paula Ahonen-Rainio has been president for the last two years and left the board. Þorbjörg Kr. Kjartansdottir has been vice-president for the last four years.
Nordic Course in Cartography 2009
GI Norden are running a Nordic Course in Cartography in Norway, in cooperation with the Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority and GeoForum. The course will be held in Stavanger 31st August - 3rd September 2009. The course has now got 43 registered partcipants.
Johanna Runarson, ULI, elected member of EUROGI's Executive Committee
Johanna Runarson, Secretary General of ULI in Sweden, was elected member of EUROGI's Executive Committee in the EUROGI meeting in Brussels in March.
Ralph Monö acting Secretary General at ULI
Ralph Monö will be acting as Secretary General at ULI the upcoming year. He started the work in the middle of March.
EUROGI opens for all GI Organisations
EUROGI has decided to let all types of European GI Organisations become member.
