State of TN Now Offering Statewide Imagery for Purchase or Download

The State of TN Office for Information Resources (OIR), GIS Services Division are now making statewide imagery available for purchase or download. Anyone can now purchase the raw .TIF digital orthophotos and digital terrain models (DTMs) developed from the Tennessee Basemapping Program on a per sheet basis. More details about the nature, format and cost of [...]

Getting G into IS

Kim McDonough, GIS Coordinator, Information Technology Division, of Tennessee DOT, and a long-time active member of the GIS community in the state, wrote a great article for ESRI ArcNews about Managing GIS within the infrastructure of the IT/IS department. Kim explains the importance of GIS working within the confines of the IT organization.
The computers [...]

TNGIC 2008 GEOcaching Event Winners

The TN Geographic Information Council (TNGIC) Conference was a huge success last week in beautiful downtown Chattanooga, TN. We would like to thank everyone that participated this year and throw out a “special thank you” to everyone involved in organizing the event. I think everyone would agree that this year’s Conference Committees did an outstanding [...]

TNGIC Wednesday kicks off

We got the GEO-Jobe booth setup.  Stop by if you have a minute.   Looks like a lot of people here this year.  We’ll have some pictures up soon.

TNGIC Geocaching Info

Here is the latest Geocaching info for next week’s TNGIC event. You can download the PDF here.
Here’s the scoop:

Date: Tuesday, March 25th
Time: Noon – 3 pm
Location: Chattanooga Convention Center
Teams: should be 4-6 people
Equipment Needed:
- GPS receiver (Bring your own. GEO-Jobe will provide up to 4 Trimble GPS Units)

- Good walking shoes
- Downloaded data/map files [...]

TNGIC Update - its next week?

So where does the time go that it’s almost TNGIC time again? It’s going to be a great event this year with some folks you are familiar with organizing it again - and doing a great job I might add. GEO-Jobe is heading up the Geo-cache event and Cliff is out capturing a [...]

Upcoming ESRI training with GEO-Jobe

GEO-Jobe GIS provides Intro to ArcGIS I and Intro to ArcGIS II classes at our corporate training center in Nashville and at select locations throughout the state of TN.  If you are interested in putting together a group of 8 or more, we will come onsite and provide training at your location. Call us for [...]

McMinn County GEOpowered Site To Go Live Next Thursday

McMinn County, TN will soon join the list of GEOpowered mapping sites in TN. Spearheaded by Assessor of Property Don Cowart and GIS Manager Jeremy Brack, McMinn will soon provide an essential service to its County employees and also to the public within and around the County. The McMinn interactive GEOpowered mapping site [...]

TNGIC Releases Draft of 2008 Conference Agenda

On Tuesday, the Tennessee Geographic Information Council (TNGIC)Conference Committee released a draft of the upcoming 2008 TNGIC Conference to be held in Chattanooga, TN. The conference is only 5 weeks away, so check out the (draft) agenda and start making your reservations today. Early bird registration ends on March 1st so to receive the savings [...]

ESRI to Roll Out New GIS Courses with Release of ArcGIS 9.3

ESRI recently announced they will be rolling out three new GIS courses following the release of ArcGIS 9.3 later this year. Per the ATP (Authorized Training Program) announcement sent out last Friday, the new ArcGIS courses will be replacing the Learning GIS using ArcGIS, Introduction to ArcGIS I and Introduction to ArcGIS II courses. All of [...]