Geographic Data Committee (GDC) Membership Advantages:
Cooperatively purchase data with other organizations and agencies at significantly reduced costs.
Work closely with local public agencies in finding and sharing data with one another.
Stay up to date on local events and activities affecting GIS and data in the Houston Metropolitan area.
Help specify and choose standards for GIS data that is either cooperatively purchased or developed internally by GDC members.
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.
Forum for open communication between public agencies and private organizations on GIS data availability and use.
Forum to discuss GIS data issues and problems as well as solutions.
Why join the Geographic Data Committee?
Save money with joint purchases of data, aerial imagery, regional road network
Have a vote on how GIS is used in the community
Direct access to a network of GIS users and technology support
Know first hand what is happening in GIS in the region
Becoming a member of the Geographic Data Commitee
The first step in becoming a member is to sign the "Authorization for Participation" form and mail it back to us.
The GDC meets the 1st Wednesday of every month at H-GAC, 2nd floor, Conference Room A, at 9:30 AM.
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
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.