Welcome to URISA-AL! Your site for GIS in Alabama.
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The Alabama Chapter of URISA developed as a consortium of GIS professionals, agencies, and corporations driven to help build GIS programs and standards in Alabama, and to provide the best geospatial information and services. URISA-AL is organized to help develop the Alabama geospatial community and improve professional development and certification.

This group is focused on becoming a strong professional organization by encouraging more of the GIS community to become certified Geographic Information Systems Professionals (GISPs), increasing membership, and creating an environment for better networking and information sharing through committees for Outreach and Communications, these committees are intended to better serve our membership and to encourage increased participation in URISA-AL.

As a recognized Chapter of National URISA, we enjoy cooperation and sponsorship from URISA and the other State and Regional Chapters. Look for more information on the URISA.org web site.

Alabama Chapter of URISA remains dedicated to the following goals:

• Continued focus on low-cost certified workshops.
• Create certified instructors from the Alabama Chapter.
• Develop stronger relationships with our sister chapters.
• Develop sponsorships from companies and other organizations.
• Work with other professional groups.
• Share information and technology such as web applications with other chapters.
• Develop a student outreach program to develop long-term URISA members.
• Create regions in the state to better serve the potential members.
• Increase the board membership to provide more representation for the regions and assist in supporting the chapter.
• Create a social wing of Alabama URISA for a non-structured method of networking and information sharing