SDI Magazine spoke to Past-President Dr. Abbas Rajabifard during the 13th GSDI Conference held in Quebec City, Canada on 14-17 May 2012. Dr Rajabifard provided insight into GSDI during his past 3-year term as President. Read the article here.

The Societal Impacts Committee of the GSDI Association will provide a free training opportunity for up to three candidates from Latin America to attend the ICLPST (International Center for Land Policy Studies and Training) training Seminar on Geographical Information Systems and Land Management in Taipei. The training seminar will begin on September 12, 2012 and conclude on September 25, 2012.

Chinese Taipei is the sponsor of the training program that entrusts ICLPST to carry out the project. Each candidate must satisfy the following guidelines:

The SDI Regional Newsletters for June 2012 are now posted on the GSDI home page at http://www.gsdi.org

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Users from Many Sectors Explain the Benefits Gained from SDI

Redlands, California—May 07, 2012—Government, commercial businesses, community leaders, nongovernmental organizations, and the academic community will gain an understanding of the breadth of geographic information system (GIS) solutions available for implementing a spatial data infrastructure (SDI) at the Global Geospatial Conference 2012 (GSDI 13) being held May 14–17, 2012, in Québec City, Canada.

The SDI Regional Newsletters for May 2012 are now posted on the GSDI home page at http://www.gsdi.org .  

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SDI-Latin America and Caribbean Newsletter

The joint organizers of Global Geospatial Conference 2012 are delighted to announce Dr. Gilberto Camara (Brazil), Dr. Prashant Shukle (Canada), Dr. Michael Goodchild (US) and Dr. Abbas Rajabifard (Australia) as featured keynote speakers at the upcoming May conference.

The SDI Regional Newsletters for April 2012 are now posted on the GSDI home page at http://www.gsdi.org

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The SDI Regional Newsletters for March 2012 are now posted on the GSDI home page at http://www.gsdi.org

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Dear Geospatial Community Friends,

The GSDI World Conference (GSDI 13), 14th GEOIDE Annual Scientific Conference, Canadian Geomatics Conference (CGC 2012) and the 7th 3D GeoInfo Conference will be jointly held as the Global Geospatial Conference 2012 to take place at the Québec City Convention Center from May 14-17, 2012.

The early registration deadline offering substantial fee discounts is only two weeks away!

The joint organizing committee of the Global Geospatial Conference 2012 is delighted to announce that the Gouvernement du Quebec, Natural Resources Canada (GeoConnections), North West Geomatics Ltd., Boréalis, Hydro-Québec, Intergraph, VIASAT GeoTechnologies and OpenGeo have joined TECTERRA and Esri / Esri Canada as sponsors for the Global Geospatial Conference 2012.