A More Formal COGO Announcement

The URISA Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) page now features a formal announcement of the "officialization" of COGO. The announcement includes a more complete list of founding member organizations and founding advisory organizations and a word from NSGIC president (and COGO Chair) Cy Smith, of Oregon:

"I know I speak for all organizations that have joined this coalition when I say that we are excited and optimistic about the potential to accelerate the advancement of a variety of national geospatial issues."

NSGIC is among the founding members, so we'll keep an eye on, and link to, COGO developements as they occur.

What's Going on at the URISA Conference?

Adena Schutzberg, of All Points Blog, is providing running commentary and updates from the 2007 URISA Annual Conference of , in Washington DC.

Today, for example, she offers an idea of the themes she sees developing at this event:

1. "...a need to grab onto and hold tight the idea of a geospatial discipline."
2. "...URISA is redefining itself around policy and more management/leadership education."
3. "The topics of the conference are not cutting edge..."

Adena is a keen observer and intelligent reporter. We can't all attend all the conferences and meetings there are in the geospatial world. But when someone is doing a good job blogging them, and Adena does, it pays to read along from afar.