Abstract
View PresentationIncorporating GIS Practitioners into the Arizona Professional Land Surveyors Association
Track: Implementing GIS II
Author(s): Jack Avis, PLS, GISP
Beginning in 2002, the Arizona Professional Land Surveyors Association (APLS) held a series of workshops and discussions that focused on the integration of GIS practitioners within the APLS organization. The sessions and a vote from APLS general members led to a temporary membership category for geospatial professionals, which gave GIS practitioners status as professional-level members with all the rights and privileges of registered land surveyor members. After a trial period and an increase of GIS technicians becoming APLS Geospatial Professionals, the Geospatial Professional membership category was unanimously voted as a permanent change at the July 2006 APLS board meeting. This presentation will overview the history of the APLS Geospatial Professional Initiative and its benefits to Arizona's mapping communities.
Jack L. Avis, PLS
GIS Director
11555 W Civic Center Drive
Marana, AZ 85653
US
Phone: 512-260-3700, extension 560
E-mail: javis@marana.com