Business Plan Development for Regional Resource Centers in Idaho

Geographic Information Systems in eastern Idaho has been developing at a steady rate over the last several years. Pockets of GIS infrastructure exist throughout the region. Idaho’s GIS business plan identifies an organizational component of Idaho Spatial Data Infrastructure known as a Regional Resource Center (RRC) which is intended, in part, to anchor state SDI objectives regionally. However, the exact mix of services and capabilities of each RRC was left for interested groups to define. Four groups of GIS practitioners in Idaho submitted a proposals for an RRC to the Geospatial Information Office in September of 2009.  These proposals were the beginnings of moving this initiative forward. They identified geographic regions, preliminary overviews of GIS resources, and GIS practitioners within their respective regions that are associated with each RRC. This project will  transform the conceptual proposals into business implementation plans.

Idaho State University Project Web Site

Idaho State University GIS Training and Research Center

Contacts:

Keith T. Weber, GISP
208-282-3606
webekeit@isu.edu

Eric J. Smith
208-351-5472
ericsmithgis@gmail.com

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