May 21, 2008 – the IMAGIS Board today voted to accept VISRE as an Associate Participant.  VISRE is a firm that collects street-level photos, and provides them to realtors and appraisers.  They have a mission planned to collect photos in Indianapolis this Summer.  The IMAGIS Board also voted to establish a taskforce to review parcel maintenance activities in Marion County, with a goal of determining if duplicate efforts can be avoided and if there are efficiencies to be found.

May 15, 2008 – the IMAGIS Technical Committee announced today that they have received Morgan County GIS data.  This makes data sharing complete for the 9 counties neighboring Marion County.  Our appreciation to Ms. Brenda Brittain, Morgan County Assessor, and Mr. Kenny Hale, Morgan County E-911 Coordinator.  We also thank Anna Radue, Indiana University UITS, for her help contacting Morgan County officials.  The Technical Committee also saw a demo of webmap tools from 39-Degrees North.  Thanks Randy Smith.

May 8, 2008 – the Indiana Chapter of the American Institute of Architecture announced today that they received a 3D Buildings Model of downtown Indianapolis.  As a legacy to celebrate 150 years of service in Indianapolis, the AIA contracted with Pictometry & Precision Light Works to build a 3D model of 5 sq. km. of the central city.  This product complements the 3D model built for the IUPUI campus as part of a campus master plan.  Both products are available to government agencies, and architectural firms.

April 17, 2008 – the IGIC Board announced today the start of a pilot project to assemble address data from 15 to 20 counties into a seamless layer of the IndianaMap.  The process includes data capture from web feature services where available, standardizing the data using Safe Software's Feature Manipulation Engine, and display of the data on the IndianaMap web viewer.  IMAGIS staff have agreed to assist with data for this important effort.

April 10, 2008 – the IMAGIS Technical Committee announced that all aerial photography capture has been completed, with the exception of Camp Atterbury in Johnson County, where access has been temporarily denied.  It was also noted that the 2007 Summer NAIP imagery is now available and can be accessed through Indiana University.

March 19, 2008 – the IMAGIS Board decided today to have staff develop processes to edit the 3D Buildings Model of downtown.  This will involve some new hardware, software and training.  The Board also voted to old meetings every two months until further notice.

February 18, 2008 -- the IGIC Board held its annual business meeting today.  Most of the meeting involved discussing the benefits and issues of data sharing.  New officers are: Bill Holder (Kosciusko Co. GIS) is President, Steve Hook (Noble Co. GIS) is Vice President, Matt Riggs (Cripe) is Secretary, and Shaun Scholer (Wayne Co. GIS) is Treasurer.  IMAGIS members of the IGIC Board include Anna Radue (UITS at IU), Charline Avey (Violia Water) and Kevin Mickey (Polis Center at IUPUI).

February 14, 2008 -- the IMAGIS Technical Committee announced today that they have received Spring 2007 orthophotos from Hamilton and Hendricks counties.  Hamilton is in MrSID v2 tiles; Hendricks is in TIFF tiles and MrSID v2 township mosaics.  Also, Pinnacle Mapping delivered the color infrared imagery for Boone, Morgan, Shelby, Johnson an Hancock counties, and redelivered those few natural color tiles which had issues.

January 16, 2008 -- the IMAGIS Board voted today for officers.  Elected were Chairman: Andrew Swenson (DMD/MPO), Vice Chairman: Milton Keys (Violia Water), and Secretary: David Coats (Polis/IUPUI).

December 19, 2007 -- the IMAGIS Board voted today to accept Boundary Solutions' request to become an Associate Member of the consortium.  This was Bob Cockrum's last IMAGIS Board meeting (at least while he is Council President).  Click here to see Bob (left) receiving a token of appreciation from the Board.

December 13, 2007 -- the IMAGIS Technical Committee announced today that all of the true color orthophotos for the 5-county area have been received.  Staff are in the process of reviewing them, and they look really good.

November 14, 2007 -- the IMAGIS Board voted today to accept Pitney Bowes Group1 Software's request to become an Associate Member of the consortium.

November 14, 2007 -- IMAGIS staff announced today they have finished with the planimetric update project.  These tasks included updating pavement, parking, and hydrography layers from 2006 Pictometry nadir mosaics.  Our appreciation to Kevin Kastner, IMAGIS GIS Technician, for his hard work.  The Board voted to proceed with a planimetric project from the 2007 orthophotos.  This new project will also include building footprints.

November 14, 2007 -- GIS Day.  Several celebrations and recognitions occurred around the state, including Indiana U, where Gilbert Rochon (Purdue) gave the keynote address entitled, "The Evolution, Applications and Convergence of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Satellite Remote Sensing".  The presentation is available by podcast:  http://podcast.iu.edu/

November 12, 2007 -- City-County Councilor Bob Cockrum has been chosen by the majority caucus to become Council President in 2008.  Bob has been on the IMAGIS Board for over a decade, and Chairman since 2002.  IMAGIS staff feel the caucus could not have chosen better.  Congratulations Bob!

November 8, 2007 -- the Indiana Chapter of the American Institutes of Architects is celebrating their 150th anniversary.  In commemoration, they chose to provide a public-domain 3D computer model of downtown Indianapolis.  Progress is underway to define specifications, select a vendor, and determine how to distribute the model.

October 29, 2007 -- the State of Indiana's first Geographic Information Officer started work today.  Jim Sparks was selected from a national search.  He is widely respected for his GIS expertise, sense of humor and consensus-building skills.  “Having a dedicated GIS expert in Indiana government pushes our capabilities to the next level,” said State CIO Gerry Weaver. “Working with the state’s current GIS talent, Sparks will create a consistent framework of statewide public maps and data for all levels of government that will help save lives and money and improve government efficiency.”  Of his many contributions, Jim managed the first digital cadastral conversion for the IMAGIS project, and represented IUPUI on the IMAGIS Board.  He helped establish the GIS for INDOT.  He also served on the IGIC Board.  IMAGIS looks forward to working closely with Jim.

October 17, 2007 -- the IMAGIS Board announced today that the IMAGIS Participants' Service Agreement has been signed by all parties.  The term of the contract began January 1, 2006 and runs through December 2009.  Chairman Bob Cockrum expressed his appreciation to all of the members and staff who worked on this for more than 2 years.

October 11, 2007 -- Sadly, Nonie Krauss died in an accident a couple weeks ago.  She was the beloved wife of former IMAGIS Board Chairman, John Krauss.

September 19, 2007 -- the IMAGIS Board announced today that IndyGIS has received their 2007 orthophotos of Marion County from Woolpert.

September 13, 2007 -- the IMAGIS Technical Committee announced today it has received a copy of the USGS national hydrography dataset for watersheds in 9 central Indiana counties.  It has also received the USGS National Elevation Dataset (based on the DEM from the 2005 statewide orthophotography project), as well as a shaded relief map of Indiana.

August 15, 2007 -- the IMAGIS Board announced today, it has received parcels and street data from Boone County.  Our appreciation to Eric Goodnight with GUTS, for helping make this happen.

August 9, 2007 -- the IMAGIS Technical Committee announced today, it has received TeleAtlas data for 11 central Indiana counties.  It has also received parcel data from Johnson County.  Thanks to Mike Sudac and Aaron Shaw for their help with this request.

July 18, 2007 -- The IMAGIS Board announced today that a sidewalk routing layer has been completed for the Regional Center in downtown Indianapolis.  This layer will prove valuable for transit and pedestrian transportation studies.  Also announced today was that IMAGIS received from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) a layer depicting electric utility service territories in Indiana.

July 1, 2007 -- Today the additions to Indiana Code 4-23-7 officially go into effect.  This law, the result of SEA461, establishes the position of State Geographic Information Officer, defines the statewide basemap, creates a non-reverting fund for GIS activities, identifies IGIC as an advisory body to the GIO, and assigns responsibilities for building and maintaining the statewide map and for being Indiana's Geographic Names Authority.

June 20, 2007 -- The IMAGIS Board announced today that mosaics of the 2006 Pictometry nadir photos are completed for Marion County.  They are available by political township and as a full county in MrSID v2 and v3 formats.

June 7, 2007 -- TeleAtlas signed a contract renewal to swap data with IMAGIS.  This deal provides TeleAtlas with accurate up-to-date Indianapolis data in exchange for Dynamap data for central Indiana.

May 16, 2007 -- today the IMAGIS Board held a retreat to discuss the mission and needs of the IMAGIS program.  Thanks to Peter Beering, J.D. for facilitating this useful process.

May 9, 2007 -- Governor Mitch Daniels signed today the statewide GIS bill: Senate Enrolled Act 461.  The bill establishes the position of State Geographic Information Officer, defines the statewide basemap, creates a non-reverting fund for GIS activities, identifies IGIC as an advisory body to the GIO, and assigns responsibilities for building and maintaining the statewide map and for being Indiana's Geographic Names Authority.  The bill passed unanimously out of both houses.  Our sincere appreciation to Senator David Ford and Representative Scott Reske for their hard work over several years to make this happen.  Click here for a PDF copy of SEA461.

May 1, 2007 -- Signature sheets for the 2006-2009 IMAGIS Service Contract were sent to participants today.  The contract has been under negotiation for a couple years.

March 21, 2007 -- Jim Stout presented a guest lecture to Leah McConaghy's World Geography class at IVY Tech.  The topic was local government GIS, LiDAR, and statewide GIS coordination.

March 13-14 -- IGIC held its annual conference at the Crowne Plaza in Indy.  Thanks to Carol Rogers (IBRC) for her keynote speech about the significant business impact of GIS in Indiana.  Several IMAGIS members presented:
Fred Baltrusis (IndyGIS) presented An Enterprise Approach to Using Oblique Photography.
Rick Hammond (Woolpert) and Jim Stout (IMAGIS) presented Using ArcGIS Data to Assist in Planimetric Update Process.
Chuck Carufel (IndyGIS) and Joe LaCombe (Woolpert) presented Automated Map Generation in Indianapolis.
Anna Radue (IU) presented Accessing Indiana's 2005 Elevation (DEM & DSM) Datasets.
Cheryl Spencer (IndyGIS) and Joe LaCombe (Woolpert) presented Bringing GIS to the Public: Indianapolis' My Neighborhood Portal.
Dave Coats (Polis) and John Buechler (Polis) presented IU Research: GIS Webservice Integration and Caching.

March 12, 2007 -- the IGIC Board held its annual business meeting today.  New officers are: Larry Stout (Hamilton Co. GIS) is President, Jim Sparks (Cripe) is Vice President, Becky McKinley (Hammond Sanitary) is Secretary, and Shaun Scholer (Wayne Co. GIS) is Treasurer.  IMAGIS members of the IGIC Board include Anna Radue (UITS at IU), Charline Avey (Violia Water), Kevin Mickey (Polis Center at IUPUI), and Jim Stout (IMAGIS staff).

January 17, 2007 -- the IMAGIS Board approved selection of Pinnacle Mapping to perform the 5-county (Boone, Hancock, Shelby, Johnson and Morgan) orthophoto project.  The scope includes 6-inch pixel photos in the urbanized areas and 1-foot photos in rural areas.  Pinnacle will use their new DiMAC digital frame camera.  Funding will come from the MPO, the USGS, Johnson and Hancock counties.  Other central Indiana ortho projects (all 6-inch) include: Marion County will have Woolpert fly; Hamilton County will use Kucera;  and Hendricks County selected GRW.

January 11, 2007 -- Today, State Senator David Ford introduced bill SB461 into the Indiana General Assembly which will establish a State GIS Officer, define statewide GIS framework layers for the IndianaMap, and create a non-reverting GIS fund.  Representative Scott Reske will sponsor the bill in the Indiana House of Representatives.

December 18, 2006 -- The IMAGIS Board today approved a project to build photo mosaics from the 2006 Pictometry orthogonal (straight-down) photos.  The products will be 10,000-ft square tiles and township mosaics.

December 4, 2006 -- IMAGIS and the MPO released a Request-For-Quote for Spring orthophotos in five central Indian counties: Boone, Hancock, Shelby, Johnson and Morgan.  Marion, Hendricks and Hamilton counties each have separate ortho projects, so all 8 counties will have 2007 orthophotos.

November 15, 2006 -- GIS Day.  State Senator David Ford gave a presentation about his views of technology needs in Indiana.  The event was held in Bloomington on the Indiana University campus.  During the ceremony, he presented an award to Anna Radue recognizing her heroic efforts to post the 2005 aerial photography to the IU webserver.

November 9, 2006 -- IMAGIS staff finished planimetric compilation of pavement in the Metropolitan Planning Organization service area.  They also completed a count of trucks on the Interstate highways, an update of airport runways/taxiways/ramps, and traffic signals on thoroughfares.

October 18, 2006 -- The IMAGIS Board voted today to accept NAVTEQ's request to become an Associate Member of the consortium.

October 12, 2006 -- IndyGIS confirmed they will have Woolpert capture spring 2007 aerial photos of Marion County, and build orthos.  Woolpert will use their ADS40 camera system.

September 22, 2006 -- SAVI held its second annual conference.  The program was on the IUPUI campus.

September 19, 2006 -- IMAGIS staff completed planimetric updates in Marion County from 2005 aerial photos.  The data includes pavement, parking, buildings, railroads, and hydrography; and is available to participants.

September 14, 2006 -- The Boone County Commission agreed to share GIS data with Indy waterworks.

August 25, 2006 -- IGIC convened a forum of GIS users to discuss statewide priorities for programs related to "addresses & roads" and "waters".  Thanks again to Farm Bureau for hosting these events.

August 16, 2006 -- the Johnson County Commission agreed in principal to share data with the IMAGIS consortium members.

August 16, 2006 -- the IMAGIS Board today saw a demonstration by Facet Technologies of their Camera Van project.  Facet Technologies will be driving 4,000 street-miles in Marion County and taking photos every 4-meters.  At the end of the project, the data will be available for license for $20/mile plus a viewing extension. www.facet-tech.com

August 10, 2006 -- All photo and elevation deliverables including reflights for the 2005 statewide orthophoto project have been shipped, packaged and delivered.

July 28, 2006 -- IGIC convened a forum of GIS users to discuss statewide priorities for an on-going orthophotography program.  Thanks to Farm Bureau who hosted the group.

July 19, 2006 -- the IMAGIS Board today voted to purchase a copy of GeoExpress software.  This package will be used to build photo mosaics, to translate between versions of compressed file formats, and to move photos into different map projections.

July 13, 2006 -- Erdal Yilmaz, Ph.D. with the IUPUI Lab for Computational Fluid Dynamics announced a project to study wind flow around Indy's high-rise buildings.  They will use IMAGIS LiDAR data, as well as wireframe models build by the Indy Department of Metropolitan Development.

June 27, 2006 -- the Lt. Governor's office issued a press release regarding the 2005 statewide ortho project.  In part:  “It is safe to say that few have ever seen Indiana the way it appears on these maps,” said Lt. Governor Skillman, who serves as chair of the Indiana Counter-Terrorism and Security Council.  “The mapping technology will be invaluable to governments and businesses across the state for everything from economic development and environmental planning to emergency response and demographic studies.  The information that can be layered onto the maps is limitless, and so is the potential to use this tool.”   The day after the Lt. Governor’s press release, the Indiana University spatial data website had 23,000 visitors; for July, there were 2.2 million hits.

June 21, 2006 -- Earthdata, Dewberry and Pinnacle Mapping finished delivery of infrared orthos, digital elevation models, and digital surface models to all 92 counties from the 2005 statewide project.  Reflight color orthos have been shipped and are under quality review.

June 8, 2006 -- Pictometry delivered the low altitude (neighborhood) oblique photos for Marion County and the Metropolitan Planning Organization area.

May 10, 2006 -- Pinnacle Mapping finished packaging and delivery of color orthos to all 92 counties from the 2005 statewide project.

April 18, 2006 -- IMAGIS received the Marion County photos from the 2005 statewide project.

April 12, 2006 -- Matt McCormack (IMAGIS) conducted a seminar on collecting and updating planimetrics.  This was part of the IGIC seminar series.

March 22, 2006 -- Earthdata delivered the final delivery of statewide aerial photos to Pinnacle Mapping.  Pinnacle has packaged and made deliveries to 53/92 counties.

March 20, 2006 -- Jim Stout (IMAGIS) presented a guest lecture at Indiana State University.  The topic was the statewide orthophoto project.

March 15, 2006 -- The IMAGIS Board announced that both Hendricks and Johnson Counties agreed to fund Pictometry flights for the areas of their counties not covered by the MPO project.

March 6-8, 2006 -- IGIC held their 2006 GIS conference.  Our appreciation to Karl Browning (State CIO) for discussing the goals of the State's GIS Center of Excellence.  A special thanks to keynote speaker, Bob Ader, for his inspirational slideshow about mountain climbing and teamwork.  The Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development won a 2006 GIS Award in the Economic Development category for their online IndySiteFinder.  IMAGIS members and staff made ten presentations, including:
Jim Stout (IMAGIS) gave the President's Address at the Plenary Session.
Jill Saligoe-Simmel  (IGIC) and Jim Stout (IMAGIS) presented Indiana 2005 Statewide Color Orthophotography Project.
Rick Petrecca (IndyGIS) spoke about emerging GIS technologies in the session GIS 201.
Anna Radue (IU) presented Managing Indiana's 2005 Orthophotography in a Geodatabase.
Roger Koelpin (INDHS) presented Emerging Technologies for Emergency Operation Centers in Indiana.
Fred Baltrusis (IndyGIS) presented Showcase Value, Not Technology when going after Critical Datasets.
Ryan Johnson (IndyGIS) presented Indianapolis/Marion Co GIS & DigSmart.
Rick Petrecca (IndyGIS) and Joe LaCombe (Woolpert) presented Enterprise GIS in Indianapolis: An Evolving, Cutting-edge Solution.
Theresa Thompson (IU)  presented IU Case Study: Migrating from AutoCAD Map to an SDE Geodatabase.
Cheryl Spencer (IndyGIS) and Rick Petrecca (IndyGIS) presented Minimize Miscommunication with Good Documentation.
IGIC posts all slideshows at their website: http://www.in.gov/igic/class/pres.html

March 6, 2006 -- The IGIC Board held its annual business meeting.  The Board voted to renew the contract for Jill Saligoe-Simmel as Executive Director.  Charline Avey (Violia Water) was elected to the Board to replace Jerry King (IPL).  Jim Stout (IMAGIS) was elected President, Larry Stout (Hamilton Co.) is Vice President, Shaun Scholer is Treasurer, and Becky McKinley (Hammond Sanitary Dist.) is Secretary.  Alex Wernher (Allen Co.) was past President, and will fill the at-large position on the Executive Committee.  Thanks for your extraordinary service, Alex !

February 15, 2006 -- the IMAGIS Board decided today, that since the 2004 and 2005 aerial photos are public domain, the 2002 and 2003 photos may be made available by Indiana University on their unrestricted access website.

January 18, 2006 -- the IMAGIS Board announced the start of a planimetric update project from 2005 aerial photos as soon as they are delivered.  The Board voted to share the cost of a Pictometry flight with the MPO.  The coverage area will be urbanized parts of Boone, Hendricks, Morgan, Johnson, Shelby and Hancock Cos.  The IMAGIS 2005 annual report has been distributed to the City-County Council and agency directors.  It is available on-line at:
http://www6.indygov.org/imagis/docs/docs-2005/IMAGIS_Annual_Report_2005.pdf

January 12, 2006 -- the IMAGIS Technical committee announced the completion of a sidewalk layer for Marion County.  Kevin Kastner rocks!

December 14, 2005 -- today the IMAGIS Board welcomed the State of Indiana as a full IMAGIS Participant.  Irv Goldblatt (DNR and GIS Center of Excellence) will serve as the Board representative.  Our appreciation to Roger Koelpin (INDHS) for his hard work to make this happen.

November 29, 2005 -- IGIC hosted a seminar on uses of orthophotos.  Matt McCormack (IMAGIS) spoke about planimetric conversion.  Jim Stout (IMAGIS) presented an update on the statewide orthophoto project.

November 16, 2005 -- GIS Day.

November 10, 2005 -- the IMAGIS Technical Committee discussed today the work with Evansville, Warrick Co., Pinnacle Mapping, Woolpert and EarthData to get preliminary photos for recovery activities for the November 6 tornado.

October 24, 2005 -- the first County deliverables of orthophotos were made today to Sullivan County.  Processing and delivery can be tracked on the Dewberry-Pinnacle webmap: http://207.67.95.250/indiana/

October 19, 2005 -- the IMAGIS Board announced today that the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) will fund up to $100,000 worth of GIS projects in 2006 in partnership with IMAGIS, if IMAGIS can provide at least 20% matching funds.  The MPO will also be assisting Hamilton County fund their 2006 aerial photography.  The Marion County Information Services Agency (ISA) announced they will be contracting for a spring Pictometry flight for Marion County.  Health & Hospital announced the retirement of Craig Carey.  Craig was instrumental in founding the GIS at the Health Department, and has been active in the GIS community for years.  Best of luck, Craig.

October 5-7, 2005 -- several consortium staff attended the Midwest Arc Users Group conference in Bloomington, IN.  Layne Young (Marion Co. ISA) was the Special Guest Speaker.  Jill Saligoe-Simmel (IGIC) and Jim Stout (IMAGIS) spoke about he 2005 statewide ortho project.  Theresa Thompson (IU) spoke about CAD migration.

September 8, 2005 -- the IMAGIS technical Committee discussed today the response and assistance of members to the Katrina hurricane disaster.

August 30, 2005 -- EarthData began the first of its weekly photo shipments to Dewberry.

August 22, 2005 -- Dewberry conducted its quality assurance kick-off meeting with the State.

August 4, 2005 -- the State announced today the selection of the Dewberry/Pinnacle/Major team as the quality assurance vendor for the statewide orthophoto project.  They will review all 70,000 photo tiles for accuracy and aesthetics, and will package and make deliveries to the counties.

July 28, 2005 -- the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) began discussions to have IMAGIS help provide information needed for their traffic and transportation planning needs.

July 20, 2005 -- the IMAGIS Board announced today the completion of planimetric updates from the 2004 aerial photography.  These layers include buildings, pavement, parking and hydrography for all of Marion County.

July 15, 2005 -- IMAGIS staff delivered a pilot project report to the State and EarthData.  The report discussed how photos and DEMs would be evaluated for warping.  A request was made to brighten the colors and remove the "muddy" appearance.

July 1, 2005 -- the State announced it will no longer support a position of State Agency GIS Coordinator.  It is envisioned that some of these responsibilities will be assumed by the State GIS Center of Excellence.

June 16, 2005 -- IMAGIS staff received 34 photo tiles and corresponding digital elevation models from EarthData.  These will be reviewed as a pilot.  Early review shows they look crisp, but are a little "muddy", and there may be issues with the DEMs.

May 19, 2005 -- the IGIC Board met at the State Library.  As an alternative to the organization defined in SB493, IGIC presented a draft Strategic Plan and a Business Plan defining how IGIC can fill many of the activities anticipated of the State GIS Office.  The State Office of Homeland Security stated they would not continue with the existing contract with IGIC, but were willing to discuss a new contract with a revised scope.

April 29, 2005 -- We heard today from Senator David Ford, that SB493 (the Statewide GIS Office bill) did not pass out of conference committee.  IMAGIS wants to thank Sen. Ford, Rep. Bill Ruppel and the other sponsors and conferees for their hard work.  We especially thank Jill Saligoe-Simmel, IGIC Executive Director, Alex Wernher, IGIC President, and Dave Coats with the Polis Center, for their testimony and assistance to the legislative process.

April 23, 2005 -- FEMA posted an article about "Indiana’s Partnership Approach to Implementing HAZUS-MH" and the important leadership by the Polis Center at IUPUI.  http://www.fema.gov/hazus/polis_news.shtm

April 19-21, 2005 -- FEMA held a 3-day workshop in Indianapolis, "Building Partnerships to Reduce Hazard Risks".  Dave Coats, Polis Center, spoke about the "University GIS Consortium"; Kevin Mickey, Polis, spoke about HAZUS; Jim Stout, IMAGIS, spoke about "Why Bother with Local Communities".

April 18, 2005 -- IMAGIS staff, Matt McCormack and Jim Stout, presented a guest lecture at Indiana State University's monthly geography seminar series.  They spoke about the "LiDAR Project in Indianapolis".

April 15, 2005 -- EarthData notified the State today that it had completed the aerial photography acquisition phase of the statewide orthophoto project.

April 15, 2005 -- Joan Keene made a presentation today at the IU GIScience meeting.  She discussed GIS Applications for the Marion County Health Department.

April 14, 2005 -- the IMAGIS Technical Committee viewed a web seminar today by Lawton Graphics, Marietta, GA.  They sell a package, Map2PDF, which creates a georeferenced, intelligent Adobe Acrobat PDF (GeoPDF).  http://www.layton-graphics.com/geopdf.html

March 16, 2005 -- IMAGIS released today a brochure describing the project and some of the value of a GIS coalition.   A PDF version is available IMAGIS-Brochure-2005

March 12, 2005 -- Bob Cockrum, Chairman of the IMAGIS Board accepted a 2005 Engineering Excellence Honor Award for our LiDAR/Contour project.  An awards banquet at the Indianapolis Westin Hotel was hosted by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), Indiana Chapter.  Thanks again to GRW for nominating our project.

March 9-10, 2005 -- The annual Indiana GIS Initiative conference was a great success, with 340 attendees.  Thanks to Lt. Governor Becky Skillman for her opening remarks about the statewide orthophoto project and the value of GIS; and thanks to Morton Marcus for his pointed, irreverent, and humorous keynote address about GIS, decision-making and public access.  IMAGIS partners made presentations at 18 sessions, and additionally there were 2 sessions using our GIS information.

March 8, 2005 -- The IGIC Board held its annual meeting today.  Alex Wernher, Allen Co. GIS, was reelected IGIC President; Jim Stout, IMAGIS, was reelected Vice President; Jeff Corns, Schneider Corp., was reelected Treasurer, Larry Stout, Hamilton Co. GIS, was elected Officer at-large.  Roger Koelpin. State Agency GIS Coordinator, remains Secretary.

March 8, 2005 -- The State of Indiana announced it has posted a request for proposals for quality assurance services related to the statewide orthophoto project.  Proposals are due before 3:00 PM, April 15.

March 3, 2005 -- The City of Indianapolis today announced the availability of its Pictometry imagery database on-line for purchase.  Go to: http://images.pictometry.com/Glass/Promotions/demoacct_indy/index.php

March 2, 2005 -- A Memorandum of Understanding was signed today to form the University GIS Coalition.  The MOU between Indiana, Purdue, Southern Indiana, Vincennes, and Indiana State defines a relationship to cooperate for research, education and outreach activities.

February 25, 2005 -- The keynote presentation "Health and the Built Environment: The Effects of Where We Live, Work and Play" by Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., Ph.D., from the 7th Annual UNC SPH Minority Health Conference is available as a Real Player stream archive:
http://video.indiana.edu:8080/ramgen/vic/minority_health_20050225.rm

February 16, 2005 -- The IMAGIS Board voted today to reduce the price structure for the Data Now product line.  Details are available from Innovative Mapping at http://www.inn-map.com/datanow.php?type=datanow

February 15, 2005 -- Today, SB493 unanimously (48-0) passed the Indiana Senate.  The House now has a sponsor, Rep. William Ruppel, and cosponsors Reps. Koch, Austin and Pierce.

February 10, 2005 -- IMAGIS Technical Committee announced today it has received the complete set of 2-foot contours for Marion County, as well as a 25-foot grid DEM for orthophoto processing and watershed studies, and a 10-foot grid DEM for generating contours.

February 8, 2005 -- The State announced today that it has an executed contract with EarthData to capture color aerial orthophotos for all of Indiana this Spring.

February 7, 2005 -- Today, SB493 unanimously (8-0) passed the Indiana Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technology.

January 19, 2005 -- IMAGIS released its Annual Report for 2004.  It is available on-line at:
http://www6.indygov.org/imagis/docs/docs-2004/IMAGIS Annual Report for FY2004.doc

January 18, 2005 -- Senator David Ford introduced a Bill (SB493) to establish a State Office of GIS, an advisory council, and to recognize a coalition of State universities to help with outreach.

January 13, 2005 -- The IMAGIS Technical Committee began a study of the effort to convert all consortium data from International feet to US Survey feet.  The group hopes to be finished in time to receive the 2005 photos form the State.

January 13, 2005 -- IMAGIS announced today that it has received all deliverables for the Spring 2004 aerial orthophotos.  These are public domain, thanks to a generous grant by the USGS.

January 6, 2005 -- INGISI announced today its call for GIS award nominations.  Awards are available for small and large communities, utilities, education and business.  Nominations are due February 8.  For details go to:  http://www.in.gov/ingisi/2005Conference/2005Awards.htm

January 5, 2005 -- INGISI announced today that it is taking conference registrations for the 2005 Conference (March 9-10).  Registration is $170 until February 8.  http://www.in.gov/ingisi/2005Conference/2005Registration.htm

January 3, 2005 -- "Indianapolis LiDAR Project -- A Follow-Up" article made the cover of Indiana Public Works News, Vol. 5, No. 4.

December 20, 2004 -- IMAGIS learned today it won the 2005 Engineering Excellence Honor Award for our LiDAR/Contour project.  The award is sponsored by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), Indiana Chapter.  Thanks to GRW for nominating our project.

December 15, 2004 -- The IMAGIS Board announced today that it will begin a project to update planimetric layers based on the 2004 color orthophotos.  The project will be done in-house.

December 10, 2004 -- John Buechler's presentation about the IN Water Quality Atlas, made at this month's GIScience seminar, is available on-line: http://www.indiana.edu/~gis/projects.htm .

December 9, 2004 -- The IGIC Board met today to discuss progress on a variety of projects and grants.  It was noted that a bill has been drafted regarding the State Geographic Information Office and Advisory Committee -- based on IGIC's "GIS Technology Strategy" document.

December 9, 2004 -- The IMAGIS Technical committee announced today that the completed 2004 color orthophotography (6-inch pixel ground resolution) for Marion County is available for release in TIFF tiles.

November 29, 2004 -- The IMAGIS Board announced today that it welcomes the State of Indiana as the newest IMAGIS participant.  In special session, the Board voted unanimously to accept the State as a member, beginning in 2005.

November 29, 2004 -- The State of Indiana announced today that it has selected to begin contract negotiations with EarthData to be the acquisition vendor team for the 2005 statewide orthophoto project.

November 19, 2004 -- IGIC released today its "GIS Technology Strategy for Indiana".  The strategy is designed for legislators and state decision-makers, and describes the need for a State GIS Office in Indiana, Advisory Council, and university consortium.  It represents a consensus built over the past year between IGIC, the universities, State agencies, and the private sector.

November 18, 2004 -- The IMAGIS Board today voted to work with the statewide 2005 orthophotography program, and to "buy-up" to 6-inch pixel resolution.  The buy-up cost will not exceed $83,689, which is about 1/2 price of the previous photo contract.

November 18, 2004 -- GIS Day.  Numerous activities are taking place this week around Indiana to celebrate GIS Day, including presentations at Indiana University, a Health Conference, and demos at Indianapolis Power & Light and at the Marion County Health Department.

November 18, 2004 -- Today, INGISI announced its website for the Huck Finn project, celebrating youth though fun and creative learning experiences that kids can really "own".  Through a series of lesson plans and activities related to the statewide color orthophotography project, Indiana schools are invited to learn about art, geography, weather, literature, math, science, government, history and their community while developing creative artworks to be captured in the "IndianaMap".  The Huck Finn project is sponsored by the INGISI, IGIC, GENI, IndianaView, Indiana Geological Survey, Access Indiana, the Geography Department at IUPUI, and IUPUI University Library.  www.huckfinn.in.gov

November 11, 2004 -- It was announced today at the IMAGIS Technical Committee, that a complete Marion County coverage of the 2-foot contours and spot elevations (based on the LiDAR mission) is available in MicroStation DGN file format.

November 4, 2004 -- IndyGIS conducted its annual strategic planning retreat today; reviewing accomplishments, setting priorities for 2005, and discussing how IndyGIS fits into the new ISA organizational structure.

October 20, 2004 -- The IMAGIS Board announced today that the planimetric update of buildings, pavement, hydrology and other visible features is completed and available.

October 18, 2004 -- Pictometry published a press release today describing the project and oblique aerial photography deliverables for Indianapolis.  Press release.

September 23, 2004 -- Directions Magazine ( http://www.directionsmag.com ) published today a compilation of the statewide GIS activities occurring around the US.  The data came from the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) http://www.nsgic.org/ .   For all of the state's reports go to: http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=663  Indiana's report came from Jill Saligoe-Simmel, IGIC Executive Director: Indiana-Report-to-NSGIC-2004

September 17, 2004 -- The state procurement office released today a Request for Proposals for statewide color orthophotography project in Spring 2005.  The RFP asks for vendor prices for 1-foot pixels; with buy-up options for Counties to get 6-inch pixels.  proposals are due Oct. 26.

September 15, 2004 -- The Legislative Interim Study Committee on Technology Issues met today on the IUPUI campus in Indianapolis.  Dr. William Plater (IUPUI Executive Vice Chancellor & Dean of Faculty) hosted a tour of the new Informatics Building, including a demo by Dr. Polly Baker of the Visualization & Interactive Spaces Lab.  In the afternoon session, GIS technology presentations were made by Judy Sharp, Monroe County Assessor; by Alex Wernher, IGIC President; and by Dave Coats & John Buechler, Polis Center at IUPUI.  The committee, co-chaired by Senator David Ford and Representative Matt Pierce, is charged with studying funding issues for a statewide GIS.  This will be the last meeting of the group.  The Co-chairs asked IGIC to help with options for structuring an office of geographic information within state government.

Alex's presentation to the Study Committee included a consensus statement from IGIC:

1. GIS is a powerful and mature technology that has the potential to enhance the development of the State of Indiana economically, environmentally, socially, and improve public safety and quality of life.

2. Coordinating and sharing of data between agencies and jurisdictions is critical for effective GIS applications and to eliminate duplication of effort.

3. In order to provide effective coordination, consistent funding and requisite authority is required.  Our view is that a structure including the following principles be adopted:

1. There should be a high level GIS Advisory Board chaired by the Lieutenant Government to provide policy for statewide GIS Coordination.

2. There should be a state office charged with the GIS development and coordination.  It should have the responsibility and capability to work with the federal government and with local jurisdictions, and should enhance current state coordination efforts.

3. Many parts of an Indiana coordinated GIS program might best be provided by agencies outside state government.  Current capacity exists in Indiana's state universities, private contactors, and non-profit organizations.

September 15, 2004 -- The IMAGIS Board announced today that the Data Now distribution product is available to the public.  The product provides a data viewer, aerial photography and more than 50 vector GIS layers at a very reasonable price.  To order, contact Innovative Mapping at: 317-631-0208 email: datanow@inn-map.com

September 7, 2004 -- INGISI today released its call for abstracts for the 2005 conference.  The annual conference "Managing Change" will be held March 9-10 in downtown Indianapolis at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.  Abstracts are due December 6.  Conference details can be found at:  http://www.in.gov/ingisi/2005Conference/index.html

August 19, 2004 -- The IGIC Board voted today to proceed with the Huck Finn project.  This effort teams with the Geographic Educators Network of Indiana (GENI) to produce an elementary school curriculum in conjunction with the statewide 2005 orthophotography project.  One component is to encourage students to paint large maps on their school parking lot.

August 3, 2004 -- IMAGIS announced today the availability of updated GDT data for 11 central Indiana counties.  Data is in Lat-Lon and IN-State-Plane East.  Counties included are Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan, Owen, Putnam, and Shelby.

July 22, 2004 -- The Legislative Interim Study Committee on Technology Issues met today in Terre Haute to hear GIS technology presentations from Indiana State University and Rose Hulman.  The committee, co-chaired by Senator David Ford and Representative Matt Pierce, is charged with studying funding issues for a statewide GIS.  The next meeting is scheduled for August 19, at Ball State U.

July 16, 2004 -- The central states HAZUS user group "CHUG" met today.  Thanks to Kevin Mickey, Polis Center, and Jim Stout, IMAGIS Program Manager, for their presentations.  Also thanks to FEMA and SEMA for putting this together.

July 15, 2004 -- The Indiana Geographic Information Council (IGIC) announced today that it has been awarded $50,000 from the USGS to to begin development of the IndianaMap web portal.  This effort will be Indiana's web contribution to the National Map.

July 8, 2004 -- The IMAGIS Technical Committee announced today that the GPS Basestation is now feeding to a live FTP site.  Data is available in DAT and RINEX, in 5-second intervals.  Hit the GPS Basestation button on the IMAGIS webpage.

July 7, 2004 -- IndyGIS announced today that it has received new leaf-on high-altitude "community" Pictometry photos of Marion County, taken in May.  In addition, Pictometry provided about 300 photos of the May 30 tornado damage.

June 29, 2004 -- The ESRI Health User Group held their inaugural meeting today.  Thanks to Karl Kincaid, and the other speakers for making this a success.  There is discussion of making this a quarterly meeting.

June 22, 2004 -- The Indiana Geographic Information Council (IGIC) announced today that its status as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit has been approved.

May 19, 2004 -- The Indiana Geographic Information Council (IGIC) announced today that it won a NASA/IAGT grant to obtain multispectral imagery for Marion County.  The grant is worth $25,000.

May 14, 2004 -- GIScience archived web streams (RealPlayer)
    LUCI: Land Use in Central Indiana Model, John Ottensman:
    http://video.indiana.edu:8080/ramgen/vic/giscience_20040514.rm?start=00:38:17&end=00:57:10
    Integrated Modeling with LUCI, Andrei Kirilenko:
    http://video.indiana.edu:8080/ramgen/vic/giscience_20040514.rm?start=00:57:29&end=01:19:34
    Presentation Q&A:
    http://video.indiana.edu:8080/ramgen/vic/giscience_20040514.rm?start=01:19:42&end=01:34:37
    Business Items:
    http://video.indiana.edu:8080/ramgen/vic/giscience_20040514.rm?start=01:40:42&end=01:59:40

April 15, 2004 -- IGIC Board meeting at the Indiana Board of Realtors.  The State Emergency Management Agency announced today that it plans to capture Spring 2005 orthophotography for the entire state of Indiana.  Information can be found at the INGISI web site: www.state.in.us/ingisi/

April 14, 2004 -- The IMAGIS Board voted today to contract with Innovative Mapping Solutions for their Data Now, GIS distribution product.   www.inn-map.com

April 8, 2004 -- IMAGIS announced today that the Pictometry oblique aerial photos have been delivered (both Community and Neighborhood levels).  Training will be scheduled in a couple of weeks.

March 17, 2004 -- the IMAGIS Board voted today to partner with the US Geological Survey for 2004 digital orthophotography.

March 5, 2004 -- GIScience archived web streams (RealPlayer)
    Business Items:
    http://video.indiana.edu:8080/ramgen/vic/gi_science_20040305.rm?start=01:09:49&end=01:21:51
    Integrating Five Decades of Archaeological Survey Using GIS at the Angel Mounds Site, Indiana by Staffan Peterson:
    http://video.indiana.edu:8080/ramgen/vic/gi_science_20040305.rm?start=01:22:22&end=01:48:16
    IU's role in state GIS initiatives and the promotion of GIS on campus:
    http://video.indiana.edu:8080/ramgen/vic/gi_science_20040305.rm?start=01:48:50&end=02:30:03

March 1, 2004 -- Indy ScienTech Club.  IMAGIS staff presents The Indianapolis LiDAR Project.

February 25-26, 2004 -- INGISI Conference in Indianapolis.  Presentations by IMAGIS partners:
    Planning for Disaster Using HAZUS-MH - Kevin Mickey, POLIS Center
    Getting the Big Picture of GIS - Layne Young, Indy GIS, Rick Hammond, Woolpert
    Web Applications - Jim Sparks, Innovative Mapping (moderator), Andy Swenson, DMD
    Mobile Computing - Todd Lynch, IndyGIS (moderator), Charlene Avey, US Filter, Mark Nieman, IndyGIS, Doug Burris MECA, Tony Scott, IPD, Andrew Mertz, IndyParks
    Deploying Server- Based GIS Functionality to Your Enterprise - Rick Petrecca, IndyGIS, John Downey, Woolpert
    Developing a Web Replacement for Low-end ArcView Users - Cheryl Spencer, IndyGIS, Aralola Akinmade, Woolpert
    Image Compression - MrSID, GeoJP2 & ECW - Anna Radue, IU
    The Biophysical Skin of Viewscapes: Integrating Environmental Remote Sensing and Visibility Analysis in GIS - Jeff Wilson, IUPUI, Stephen Cox, IUPUI
    Geocoding of Self – finding your place in new environments - Fred Baltrusis, IndyGIS
    Developing A GIS-Based Economic Development Web Site” - Bob Glenn, DMD, Rick Petrecca, IndyGIS, Andy Swenson, DMD
    The Indianapolis LiDAR Project - Jim Stout, IMAGIS
    Use of GIS in Comprehensive Planning - Russell McClure, DMD
    Indiana Water Quality Atlas - Neil Devadasan, POLIS Center, John Buechler, POLIS Center
    Tackling the burden of Vacant Housing using ArcPad - Todd Lynch, IndyGIS
    Indianapolis Integrates ArcGIS and Master Address Database - Chuck Carufel, IndyGIS, Jeremy Jobe, Woolpert
     City of Indianapolis/Marion County GIS Labor Day Flood Response - Dave Surina, IndyGIS, Matt McCormack, IMAGIS
    The City of Indianapolis Model for Street Centerlines - Mark Bradley, IndyGIS

February 24, 2004 -- IGIC annual meeting.   IGIC announced that it has entered into a contract with the Indiana Counter-Terrorism and Security Council (C-TASC) to support statewide mapping.  The contract is for $130,000 for 18 months.  In other news, Alex Wernher (Allen Co. GIS) was elected IGIC President; Jeff Corns (Schneider Corp.) was elected Treasurer.  Jill Saligoe-Simmel was selected to be Executive Director.  IMAGIS partners elected to the Board are Jerry King, Indianapolis Power & Light, and David Lewis, IUPUI Library.  Jim Stout (IMAGIS) was elected IGIC Vice President.

February 18, 2004 -- the IMAGIS Board agreed today to proceed with a 2004 digital six-inch pixel color orthophotography project.  GRW will be the contractor.

February 18, 2004 -- IMAGIS announced today that it is beginning a project to update planimetric buildings, pavement, parking and hydrology for Marion County.  The updates will be compiled in-house from 2003 aerial photos.

February 12, 2004 -- IMAGIS announces planimetric update of buildings for Marion County is completed.  These are compiled from 2002 aerial photos.  There were 16,407 new buildings between 2001 and 2002.

January 30, 2004 -- IMAGIS received today a set of GDT Dynamap Transportation data for 11 counties in central Indiana.  The data is part of a data-sharing agreement in exchange for IMAGIS street centerlines and aerial photography.

January 15, 2004 -- ISA voted today to proceed with a project to obtain oblique aerial photography for Marion County.  Pictometry will be the contractor.

January 15, 2004 -- The IMAGIS Technical Committee today announced the availability of a 25-foot grid digital terrain  model (DTM) for Marion County.

January 7, 2004 -- IMAGIS gets cover article in Indiana Public Works News Vol. 4 No. 5, Indianapolis LiDAR Project Collects Countywide Data by Michael P. Neufeld.

December 18, 2003 -- INGISI/IGIC meeting in Carmel.

December 17, 2003 -- the Marion County Surveyor announces that all tie sheets on the webpage have been converted to .PDF format   www6.indygov.org/imagis/i_sec_corner.htm

December 12, 2003 -- GIScience archived web stream (RealPlayer)
    Public Health and Medical Research:
    http://video.indiana.edu:8080/ramgen/vic/gi_science_20031212.rm?start=00:53:48&end=02:22:00

December 9, 2003 -- the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) photos for Indiana have been released.  These are Summer 2003, color, 1-meter pixel, UTM, MrSID of each county.
    www.indiana.edu/~gisdata/naip2003.htm

November 20, 2003 -- IGIC Board meeting at Cinergy in Plainfield.

September 4, 2003 -- IndyGIS contracted for aerial photography for the Labor Day flood.  There are 81 exposures along White River, from Noblesville to Martinsville.

October 22, 2003 -- Indiana APWA Conference in Indianapolis.  IMAGIS staff presents Orthophoto Technologies for Facility Basemaps

October 16, 2003 -- IGIC Retreat at Innovative Mapping.

October 3, 2003 -- GIScience meeting.

August 21, 2003 -- INGISI/IGIC at Cumberland Town Hall.

July 16, 2003 -- IMAGIS announces that it will begin a project to update building planimetrics from the 2002 aerial photos.  Work will be done in-house.

May 14, 2003 -- the IMAGIS GIS Board announced today that it has set up a data-sharing arrangement with Hancock County, and signed a data-sharing Memorandum of Understanding with Shelby County, IN.

March 17, 2003 -- IMAGIS announces that a Trimble GPS Base Station is installed and running.  The Station is located at the Indianapolis Water Company.

February 27–28, 2003 -- INGISI Conference in Indianapolis.  IMAGIS partners won 3 Achievement Awards in GIS:
    Large Community -- DPW for their stormwater utility impervious surface project.
    County -- DMD & IndyGIS for their response to the 20-Sep-2002 tornado.
    Business -- IPL for their Outage Management System.

February 26, 2003 -- IMAGIS staff facilitate a remote sensing workshop.  Thanks to NASA and the Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology.

February 19, 2003 -- the IMAGIS Board agreed today to proceed with a LiDAR mission for a new digital elevation model and 2-foot contours.  The contractors will be GRW and LMSI.

February 19, 2003 -- the IMAGIS Board agreed today to proceed with a 2003 digital orthophotography project.  GRW will be the contractor.

February 14, 2003 -- the Marion County Surveyor's section corner tie sheets have been migrated to the IMAGIS website.  www6.indygov.org/imagis/i_sec_corner.htm

February 12, 2003 -- IUPUI announced it has submitted a grant proposal the National Science Foundation to study cross-jurisdiction GIS sharing for emergency management.  If successful, IUPUI will partner with the Open GIS Consortium and IMAGIS.

January 28, 2003 -- IMAGIS announced that it held a kick-off meeting with FEMA, SEMA, Hamilton County emergency management and Marion County emergency management to explore ways to load regional data into HAZUS software.

January 15, 2003 -- the IMAGIS Board announced today that it has signed a data-sharing Memorandum of Understanding with Hamilton County, IN.

December 31, 2002 -- IMAGIS released a Request for Quote today for LiDAR services for a new digital elevation model and 2-foot contours.  Quotes are due by 10:00 a.m. EST, on Tuesday, January 14, 2003.

December 31, 2002 -- IPL announced that its Outage Management System went live.

November 22, 2002 -- INGISI/IGIC meeting in Franklin, IN

November 20, 2002 -- GIS Day.

November 1, 2002 -- IMAGIS released a Request for Information today for LiDAR services for a new digital elevation model and 2-foot contours.  Responses are due 9:00 a.m. Monday, November 25, 2002.

October 22, 2002 -- the ISA Board voted today to approve a 2-year contract with Woolpert for GIS applications and support services.

October 16, 2002 -- IMAGIS announced today that it will set up a GPS Base Station to be located at the Indianapolis Water Company.

October 16, 2002 -- The IMAGIS Board announced today that it has signed a data-sharing Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Lawrence, IN, and also with the Town of Cumberland.

October 26-30, 2002 -- URISA Conference in Chicago.

October 16, 2002 -- IMAGIS announces that it has received final delivery of 2002 color, 6-inch pixel, digital orthophotography from GRW.

October 16, 2002 -- The IMAGIS Board announced today that it has signed a data-sharing Memorandum of Understanding with the Town of Fishers, IN.

September 18, 2002 -- IMAGIS announces that it has received final delivery of the planimetric updates based on 2001 photography.  The contractor was 3Di.

August 21, 2002 -- IMAGIS announces it will begin a project to update the rights-of-way layers on the GIS and coordinate processes to keep this important layer up-to-date.

August 21, 2002 -- The IMAGIS Board voted today to amend the Participant's Agreement to provide a voting membership for the Marion County Chief Information Officer, and a second voting membership to the Dept. of Public Works to recognize their contributions to the consortium.

August 13-14, 2002 -- Indiana-Kentucky-Ohio Conference in Cincinnati.

July 22, 2002 -- IMAGIS is please to announce that Kevin Kastner has joined the consortium as a full-time GIS Technician.  Kevin has been a part-time employee for IMAGIS since November 2001.  He has a Geography degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, where he specialized in Environmental Geography and GIS.  He has held positions with GIS and environmental firms and IUPUI.

July 12, 2002 -- IMAGIS announces the opening of its website.  The site discusses IMAGIS mission and history, lists partner contact information, provides easy access to Board and Technical Committee documents, and links to important community, government and GIS-related sites.  www6.indygov.org/imagis

May 1, 2002 -- IMAGIS is pleased to announce that Jim Stout has joined the consortium staff as Program Manager.  Jim previously worked with IMAGIS in his role as GIS Manager in the Dept. of Metropolitan Development in the early years of the project.  In the interim he has been a GIS project manager and consultant with engineering and GIS firms and at IUPUI.