Welcome to the event site for URISA’s 2019 Caribbean GIS Conference in Trinidad! Use this site to design your agenda, review presentations in-depth, and network with your peers. Start reviewing the comprehensive workshop and training opportunities, the keynote addresses, professional development and networking events, and the abundance of concurrent breakout sessions in several focused program tracks:
Environmental Applications using Geospatial Technologies
Managing How Humans Impact the Community
Technological Advances in GIS
Governance, Education and the Future of GIS
Business Intelligence
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This Town Hall Meeting will focus on the Caribbean Geospatial Development Initiative (CGDI). The CGDI will build on efforts by the UNGGIM Americas, the Government of Mexico, and other regional organisations, and will use the ESRI and CARICOM agreement as a platform to develop strategies for improving Spatial Data Infrastructures in Caribbean countries.
First, an overview of the global environment will be provided along with a review of previous SDI developments efforts in the Caribbean. Notwithstanding these efforts, the current situation requires additional efforts. The objectives and expected results will be described.
The floor will then be opened for comments, questions and suggestions to improve the proposed initiative. This town hall meeting promises to provide great insights into the work being done in Geospatial Data Infrastructure at the international and regional levels and how the Caribbean is likely to benefit from these developments.
