Geographic Data Committee (GDC) Membership Advantages:
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Cooperatively purchase data with other organizations and agencies at significantly reduced costs.
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Work closely with local public agencies in finding and sharing data with one another.
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Stay up to date on local events and activities affecting GIS and data in the Houston Metropolitan area.
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Help specify and choose standards for GIS data that is either cooperatively purchased or developed internally by GDC members.
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Opportunity to network and meet individuals with local public agencies as well as private organizations who are responsible for developing and implementing GIS within their organizations.
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Forum for open communication between public agencies and private organizations on GIS data availability and use.
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Forum to discuss GIS data issues and problems as well as solutions.
Why join the Geographic Data Committee?
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Save money with joint purchases of data, aerial imagery, regional road network
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Have a vote on how GIS is used in the community
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Direct access to a network of GIS users and technology support
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Know first hand what is happening in GIS in the region
Becoming a member of the Geographic Data Commitee
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The first step in becoming a member is to sign the "Authorization for Participation" form and mail it back to us.
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The GDC meets the 1st Wednesday of every month at H-GAC, 2nd floor, Conference Room A, at 9:30 AM.
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Minutes of the last meeting and agenda for the next meeting will be posted on this web site one week before the next GDC meeting
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GDC membership is $1,000 per year. As new member, you will recieve an FTP account to download a copy of our current release of STAR*MAP which regularly costs $500 and access to our GDC ftp server for other GIS data.