Listing of Titles of Past Published Articles in URISA-Ontario Newsletters

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- Hamilton Manages Infrastructure with Complete Geospatial Integration By David Monaghan

- Mind Maps: Are They Accurate? By Ashleigh Harris

- Improving Community Service though a Web-Based Child Care Waiting List Solution By Sam Henderson & Chuck Shannon

 

- International Disaster Management by Holly Harten, GIS Team Leader, Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre;

- City of Airdrie Implements a Secure, Real-Time and Virtually Paperless Online Census by Amanda Graff, Communications Specialist, ESRI Canada;

- Close up on the Street, by Lee Toop, reprinted from Government Buyer, Volume 5, Number 5, September/October 2009 with permission;

- - The Role of Global Air Travel in the Spread of Infectious Diseases by Amanda Gaff, Communications Specialist, ESRI Canada;

- Investigating Youth Crime in Sault Ste. Marie Using GIS by Kristen Hoffman, GIS Technician/Analyst, Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre.

 

- URISA's GISCORP by Shoreh Elhami, GSP, GISCorps Co-founder, GIS Director, Delaware County GIS Division;

- LIO Coordinates Second Imagery Acquisition Project for SW Ontario by Mike Robertson, LIO, MNR; 

- From Greater Good to Great, Using Geodemographic data for Performance Benchmarking by Rupen Seoni, Vice President, Environics Analytics;

- Fall Program - Imagery: 101 Notice of Nov 24 event;

- Microsoft Bing Maps for Enterprise by Mike Pastushak, Sales Manager, Microsoft;

- Using GIS Viewshed and Line of Sight Analyses to Test Wireless Smart Meter Transmission by Steve Zuppa, GIS Technician/Analyst, Salt Ste. Marie Innovation Centre's Community Geomatics Centre.

 

- Managing Geographic Data Dissemination, Part 2 by Jury Konga, Town of Richmond Hill, Gordon Plunkett, ESRI Canada Inc., Kara John, DMTI Spatial Inc. Gordon Garrard, GeoConnections, NRCan/ESS;
- Applying GIS Within A Building by Chris Sambol, Manager Health and Human Services, CGC;
- Pictometry®, Intelligent Images by Laurelle Santana;
- GISCorps - Be Spatial Keynote Speaker - Shoreh Elhami, GISP
GISCorps Co-founder, GIS Director, Delaware County GIS Division by Lorraine Rice;
- Providing Transit Information in Google Maps:
A Spatial Approach to Passenger Information by Tony D’Alessandro, M.E. Des;
- Be Spatial Awards Catherine Baldelli, President, presented the awards on behalf of the URISA - Ontario Chapter Board of Directors;
- Timiskaming District EMS Mapping Project by Holly Harten, Health and Human Services, CGC.

 

- Managing Geographic Data Dissemination by Jury Konga, Town of Richmond Hill, Gordon Plunkett, ESRI Canada Inc., Kara John, DMTI Spatial Inc. Gordon Garrard, GeoConnections, NRCan/ESS;
- Mapping Socioeconomic Data for Economic Development by genevieve Rancourt and Jon Sookocheff;
- PMO Corner by Frank Di Palma, PMP, City of Vaughan;
- Mississippi Valley Conservation Manages Community Forests with the help of GIS by Alex Broadbent, MVC;
- Waterloo Region and Integraph Work Together to Build a Field-based Road Conditions Reporting System by Fatjon Ukanji and Wayne Smith, Intergraph Corporation;
- Integrated Land Planning Technologies Program (ILPT) by Ben Billings, RRP, Fanshawe College;
- Geography is... by Greg Babinski, GISP, King County GIS Centre in Seattle;
- Bits and Bytes: Data Management: How to Make it More Effective by Stephanie Schappert, DTZ Barnicke Limited.

 

- Dog Registry Project by Jason Morrison, GIS/IT Manager and Chris Wray, CAO/Clerk/Treasurer, Municipality of WAWA;
- A Call for Spatial Literacy by Iain Greensmith, GIS Analyst, Schools and Libraries program, ESRI Canada;
- GIS Professional Certification by Kristen Hoffman, GIS Technician/Analyst, Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre's Community Geomatics Centre;
- Keeping Track of Problem Bears by Holly Harten, GIS Technician/Analyst, Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre's Community Geomatics Centre;
- The Four Streams of IT Program Dollars by Greg Duffy, Principal Consultant with Woodfield Consulting;
- GeoWarehouse Online: A Great Tool for the Private and Public Sectors by Stephanie Schappert, Research Assistant for DTZ Barnicke Limited;
- Is What You See What You Get? by Linda Gerull & Paul Fly, Pierce County GIS.

 

- Just Grin by Zoe Green, Geomatics Applications and Development Specialist and Graham Smith, Geomatics Co-ordinator, GRCA;
- Audible Pedestrian Signal Project by Angela Piaskoski, GIS Technician/Analyst and Chris Sambol, Manager of Health and Human Services, Community Geomatics Centre (CGC), Sault Ste. Marie;
- Ontario Trail Network (OTN) by Carol Anne Albertson, Project Manager, Land Information Ontario;
- City Building Using 3D GIS Models by Lorrain Rice;
- Then and Now: Be Spatial 2005 Speaker and Young Philanthropist Continues Work, (reproduction with permission) by Patrick Mangion, Staff Writer, The Era Banner, Aurora;
- Site Plan Digital Submission Requirements by Dianne Adams, GIS Supervisor, IT and Mike Elliott, Mapping Technologist, City of Kitchener;
- Zoning Bylaw Mapping: Using Toronto's Geospatial Data & Tool Set by Carolyn Humphreys and Richard Ng, City of Toronto.

 

- Wind Energy: Spatial Tools for Spatial Problems by Nathan Badger, GIS/GPS Coordinator, Natural Resource Solutions Inc.;
- The Benefits of GIS and Data Sharing Partnerships in Addressing Lead in Drinking Water by Paul Beach, Program Manager, Community Geomatics Centre, Sault Ste. Marie;
- Three-dimensional Building Modeling: Future Challenges by Dr. Gunho Sohn, Director of GeoICT and Costas Armenakis, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, York University;
- From Silos to the CDGI in a Decade: What happens now? by Sam Bacharach, Executive Director, Open Geospatial Consortium;
- Individual Privacy vs. the Public Right to Know? - Summary of Panel Discussion at Be Spatial'08;;
- PRISM-GIS and PRISM 9-1-1: Keeping You Informed and Safe by Edward Woods, Manager of Planning, IT & GIS Services, City of Quinte West.

 

- The Time for Open Source GIS is Now by Regie Alam, GIS Data Analyst, Terrapoint Canada Inc.;
- Out of the Office - Innovative and Ingenious Wireless and Mobile Solutons by Shaaron Lewis;
- Walk a Mile in Your Inspector's Shoes by Nigel Leith, PhD, CSDC Systems Inc.;
-  GeoMedia Road Patrol: Meeting Municipal Standards in the Region of Waterloo by Andrea Buckley, Senior Project Manager;
- What happened on GIS Day 2007;
- URISA-OC commits to Education by offering Student Bursary

 

- Engineering a Vision - Tomorrow's Tools for Today's City Planners by Chris Moore, CIO, City of Brampton;
- What is the Most Important Component of Every Technological Initiative? by Al Little, Acting Director, ITS, City of Hamilton;
- Mapping Out A Niche by Chris Sorenson, Business Reporter - Toronto Star;
- Technology vs. the Human Mind by Rahim Jiwani, Student, Wilfred Laurier University;
- Peek into the Future - theme message of Summer Progtam Event by Alison Munro, URISA-OC Program Chair;
- Go GREEN - Share your Success Story Call by Communications Committee.

 

- Are you ready to change the way you do business? by Lorraine Rice;
- How does GIS Fit in with PSAB 3150? (What our members had to say);
- CRM and GIS are Paradigms by Greg Duffy, Principal Consultant, Woodfield Consulting;
- Who Killed King Tut? Be Spatial'07 Keynote Address, Michael King;
- Disaster Planning Risk Assessment and Management: Legal Risks and Solutions by Lou Milrad, Partner, Gardiner Roberts LLP..

 Spring 2007
-Hydro One Achieves Advance in Use of GIS To Meet Emergencies by Lawrence Moule;
-Be Spatial 2007 Marks 20 Years for URISA-OC;
-Hamilton Answers Asset-Management Questions - GIS is a Key Technology in Achieving the Goal of Sustainable Development by John Murray, City of Hamilton;
-Innovation Solutions Makes Historical Images Instantly Accessible on Toronto Web Site by Kevin Tierney, City of Toronto;
-Lucky Discovery: GIS Project Reveals Unseen Threat from West Nile Virus by Paul Beach, Sault Ste Marie Innovation Centre;
-Presentations At URISA-OC Event show The Value of GIS To Planning Departments.Winter 2007
-Growing Role Seen For GIS Technologies in Emergency Planning by Lawrence Moule;
-GIS and the Fire Department: A Partnership You Should Consider by Jeff Ham, City of Kitchener;
-City of Vaughan Gains New Technology To Improve Responses to Chemical Emergencies bu Alison Munro and Sharon Walker, City of Vaughan;
-Deriving Best Value From GIS Projects Means Planning Them Within a Strategy by John Rampal, The Regional Municipality of Peel;
-Town of Richmond Hill Establishes Unique GIS Portal
-Whitby Adapts Asset-Management System To Improve Service Delivery to Citizens by Jason Kittle and Stephanie Mazer, Town of Whitby;

2006

Fall 2006
-Water Quality Legislatin Brings GIS to the Fore by Chris Wilkinson, Conservation Ontario;
-Geographic Information Systems Transform a Conservation Authority by Marnie Guindon, Crowe Valley Conservation Authority;
-Innovative Sault Ste. Marie Organization Creates GIS Solution for Entire Community by Sarah Watson, SSM Innovation Centre;
-County of Lambton Leads Collaborative Project Bringing Orthophotography to Soutwestern Ontario;
-Applying Best Practices to the Management of GIS Projects - Balancing the Constraints by John Rampal, The Regional Municipality of Peel;
-Presentations at URISA-OC Golf Day Show Advances in GIS Data Integration by Lawrence Moule; Summer 2006
- Educational Events Display Creativity of GIS Organizations by Lawrence Moule;
- Land Information Ontario Eliminates OGDE membership FeesAnnouncement;
- Be Spatial 2006 Provides a Showcase for GIS Innovations of Many Kinds;
- Fast-Growing Regions Depend on GIS to Keep Accurate Records of Properties, Program Event Report;
- Land Securement Application Supports Strategy in York Region to Protect Lands from Encroachment by Andrew Satterthwaite and Diane Pomeroy, York Region;
- Large, Diverse Audience Comes to Kingston for Inaugural Eastern Section Event, Program Event Report;
- New Portal Aims to Give Competitive Edge to Communities in Eastern Ontario by Eric McSweeney, McSweeney & Associates Management Consultants;
- Assessing Business Needs is the First Step to Success when Implementing AVL Systems by Dave Astolfo, Cuesta Systems Inc.Spring 2006
- Newmarket Evolution Shows Value of GIS to Service Delivery by Lawrence Moule;
- How an Enterprise GIS changed a City (profile: the City of Kingston) by Shawn Croisier;
- GeoConnections Setting Out to Expand use of Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure by Graham Young and Philip Dawe, NRCan;
- GIS Technologies Help Hamilton Improve Emergency Preparedness for Water Systems by Bert Posedowski, City of Hamilton;
- Net Effects - Wondering About Value by Jamie McLean, Manager of Digital Technologies and Communications, Gartner Lee Limited.Winter 2006
- URISA-OC Event Shows Diversity of Benefits from GIS Technologies by Lawrence Moule
- Associations Campaign for Improvements in Underground Utility Data Management by Wally Kowalenko on behalf of Ontario Land Surveyors and Regional Public Works Commissioners of Ontario
- Region of Waterloo Depends on GIS in Implementing New Transit Technologies by Neil Malcolm, Nigel Roberts and Blair Allen, Region of Waterloo
- Net Effects- Pay As You Go by Jamie McLean, Manager of Digital Technologies and Communications, Gartner Lee Limited
- Toronto Public Health Protects Sensitive Data by Sandra Crutcher and Eugene Boulis, Toronto Public Health
- Land Information Ontario Brings Geomatics Organizations Together for Discussion by LIO
- URISA 43rd Conference Proves an Inspirational Event by Tim Hu, president U-OC

2005

Fall 2005
- Ontario Parcel Now Provides Single Information Source for Land Data in Province by Lawrence Moule
- URISA-OC Executive Regrets discontinuance of GeoSmart
- Golf day Audience hears New Examples of GIS Innovations to Improve Efficiency
- Geoportal - Powering the Digital Enterprise for the Ontario Realty Corporation by James Storozuk, general manager, surveys and geomatcs, ORC, and Darko Poletto, president, SKE Inc.
- City of Kitchener Takes GIS on the Road by Yogesh Shah, City of Kitchener
- URISA President from Alberta looks Back on Fulfilling Year by Dianne Healy, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, URISA International president, 2004-2005
- Brampton Receives Awards in Toronto and Kansas City
- Net Effects- Deja Vu, All Over Again by Jamie McLean, Manager of Digital Technologies and Communications, Gartner Lee Limited
- Documet Indexing and Search System Saves Engineers Time and Headaches by Denny Boskovski, City of Vaughan Summer 2005
- City of Brampton Develops Unique Tool to Integrate GIS with City's Call Centre by Lawrence Moule
- Town of Oakville's Enterprise GIS gives users their choice of tools by Steve Czajka
- Be Spatial report - GIS and Disaster Aid
- Funds raised for GISCorps at Be Spatial
- GeoSmart receives URISA-OC award
- City of Kitchener Wins Two Awards in Be Spatial 2005 Competition
- Net Effects- How Much Choice Do We Really Have? by Jamie McLean, Manager of Digital Technologies and Communications, Gartner Lee Limited
- Profile of Ontario Road Network by Land Information OntarioSpring 2005
- URISA Supports Efforts to Aid Tsunami Victims Using GIS Technology by Lawrence Moule, Managing Editor, URISA-OC.
- Integrated Mapping Solutions Enhance The Value of Geospatial Information by Michael Schlosser, Autodesk Canada.
- Greater Sudbury's GeoSmart Project Helps Build a Connected Community by Jody Cameron, Project Manager, e-sudbury.com
- Be Spatial'05 - Building Better Enterprises
- Net Effects- Data: Where It's All At? by Jamie McLean, Manager of Digital Technologies and Communications, Gartner Lee Limited.
- Measuring the True Value of GIS Investments by Greg Duffy, Woodfield Consulting.
- GIS Moves into Public - Works Departments Program Event Report.
- City of Kingston to Implement Enterprise GISWinter 2005
- Pollution Probe Project Could Revolutionize Methods to Manage Watersheds by Lawrence Moule, Managing Editor, URISA-OC.
- Web GIS Portals - Becoming a Core Technology by Chris North, ESRI Canada.
- Geomatics Leadership Aims to Help Make Federal Data More Available contributed by the Geomatics Directorate, Public Works and Government Services Canada.
- Future of Geospatial Technology Lies in Managing Enterprises: Intergraph by David Holmes, Director of Worldwide Product Stratgey.
- Geospatial Solutions Win Gold Medals for City of Hamilton, Canadian Forces and MNR.
- Toronto Police Find Innovative Ways to Better Organize Emergency Services by Lawrence Moule, Managing Editor, URISA-OC.
- Net Effects- Get Them While They're Young II by Jamie McLean, Manager of Digital Technologies and Communications, Gartner Lee Limited.
- GIS Seen as Tool for Economic Development, Program Event Report.
- Federal Government Provides Funds for Expanded Use of CGDI in Ontario.

2004

Fall 2004
- Economic Development an Increasing Focus of URISA Members by Lawrence Moule, Managing Editor, U-OC
- URISA International President-Elect Sends a Greeting from Alberta by Dianne Haley.
- New GIS Applications Enhance Decision Making Program Event Report.
- Net Effects- Loose Connections Up North by Jamie McLean, Manager of Digital Technologies and Communications, Gartner Lee Limited.
- GeoConnections Helps Geomatics Students and professionals Map Successful Career by Chris Noyes, GeoSkills Program Leader.
- Precision Projections: City of Kingston uses MicroDemographic Projections in Urban Growth Study by Phil Healey, City of Kingston and Wesley Stevens, TeraTrends Inc.
- Web-based Tool Helps Businesses Make Decisions in Newmarket by Dianne Lara, Town of Newmarket.
- Ontario Carries on with GeoSmart Program by Derek Landry, Manager, GeoSmart. Summer 2004
- Future of GIS Technologies Lies in Integration by Lawrence Moule, URISA-OC Editor.
- MPAC Plans to Add GIS Tools ti its Municipal Connect Solution by Candice Foster and TIna Newsham, MPAC
- Municipal Group to Work Together on GIS Issues the Municipal Geospatial Coordinating Committee brings together several municipal associations with coordinating focus.
- Net Effects- What Goes Around Comes Around by Jamie McLean, Manager of Digital Technologies and Communications, Gartner Lee Limited.
- IT Department heads See More Prominence for GIS
- Annual Conference Focuses on Knowledge Management, Innovative Technologies
- GIS Tool Attracts Business, Saves Time for Chatham-Kent by Jeff Ham, Municipality of Chatham-Kent.
- How Interoperability is Transforming Geospatial Technology and Services by Raphael Sussman, Manager, Land Information Ontario.
- Land-based Mapping Revisited, new Technology Gathers Data that Satellites Can't by Frank A. Artes and Manfred D.M. Sever, Applanix Corporation.Spring 2004
- The Brave new World of Interoperability by Raphael Sussman, Manager, Land Information Ontario.
- New GIS Technologies Help Change Town of Newmarket's Service Delivery by Marcu Stavis.
- Net Effects- Get 'em While They Are Young by Jamie McLean, Manager of Digital Technologies and Communications, Gartner Lee Limited.
- Presentations Show the Importance of GIS to Public Safety Management by Tim Hu.
- Toronto's Incident management System Helps Agencies Work Together in Crises by Eugene Kelly, Toronto Public Health.
- Calculating the Return on GIS Investments, part 2 of 2 by Nancy Lerner, Managing Partner, EMA, Inc.
- Web GIS Services Gives Advantages to MunicipalitiesWinter 2004
- Calculating the Return on GIS Investments, part 1 of 2 by Nancy Lerner, Managing Partner, EMA, Inc.
- President's Report by Catherine Baldelli, Town of Milton
- URISA International Presents Ontario Chapter with 2003 Outstanding Chapter Award by Nigel Roberts, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Director URISA International
- Professional Certification Program Now Available from URISA International by Scott Grams
- Call for Papers/Presentations, Be Spatial 2004
- GIS Day Becomes a Celebration in Cornwall by Jennifer DeBruin, Lincien College
- Durham Region's Enterprise GIS Improves Delivery of Many Services contributed by ESRI Canada
- Net Effects- Christmas (and Budgets) Come But Once a Year by Jamie McLean
- Getting Buy-in for GIS Projects by Shawn Crosier, City of Kingston
- GIS: Giving International Service by Shoreh Elhami
- Conferences Provide Value You Can't Get at the Office by Greg Duffy, Woodfield Consulting
- Ontario Plans to Release Base Data Free of Charge, Program Update

2003

Fall 2003
- Local Government Information Sharing: A Public and Private Alliance by Susan Giannou, DMTI Spatial.
- President's Report by Catherine Baldelli.
- Eastern Section Program Event Shows Value of Census Data by Phil Healey, City of Kingston.
- Web-based GIS Innovation Wins Accolades for Hamilton by Stephanie Schappert, Student, Ryerson University.
- Richmond Hill Implements Interactive Mapping Feature.
- GIS Standards - Not Just for GIS Departments Anymore by Candice Foster, The Regional Municipality of Durham.
- ITIL - First Step toward Creating Standards in IT Management by Patrick Kenny, Public Health IT, City of Toronto.
- Net Effect "Wotz Worth Worrying "Bout" by Jamie McLean, Gartner Lee Limited.
- Orion Aids GIS Project in Middle East
- URISA-OC Board gives Support to Research Grant Application.
- Vendors Urge that GIS Applications should come 'Out of the Box' by Kevin Aide, Intergraph; John Tarantino, Marmak and Chris North, ESRI Canada.
- New System Speeds Delivery of Ontario Mining Claim Maps contributed by ESRI Canada.
- Industry Bits & Bytes by Tim Hu, Teranet Inc.
- ESRI Canada presents Awards of Excellence
- GeoTec Event Coming to Toronto March 28-31, 2004
- 32 Municipalities receive Funds from GeoSmart
- Chatham-Kent Wins Award from URISA International at Annual conference in Atlanta, GA October 11-15, 2003
- Canadian, Dianne Haley, Alberta Chapter In Line to Lead URISA International. Summer 2003
- GeoSpatial Data Maintenance - A common Sense Business Model by Mike MacLean, Administrator, LIS, City of Peterborough
- Be Spatial 2003 Conference Reveals Issues that Sizzle, AGM Report by Lawrence Moule, Managing Editor, URISA-Ontario Chapter
- Two Regions' GIS Initiatives help combat West Nile Virus- Applications Highlighs by Lawrence Moule
- Industry Bits & Bytes by Timothy Hu, Technical Analyst, Teranet Enterprises Inc.
- Net Effects by Jamie McLean, Manager of Digital technologies and Communications, Gartner Lee Limited.
- Ontario Parcel Data - Here's What You Will Find by Timothy Hu, Technical Analyst, Teranet Enterprises Inc.Spring 2003
- Infrastructure Database Enhancement by Robert Rishchynski and Dan Lymer, Land Information Toronto;
- Emergency Management Reform in Ontario by Bruce Hunter, Emergency Measures Officer, Region of Waterloo;
Net Effect - Whose Risk is it, Anyways? by Jamie McLean, Gartner Lee Ltd.;
- Debate Heats up over Database Initiatives March4/03 Program Event;
- GeoSmart Announces New Funding Guidelines by Sarah Mainprize, Communications Coordinator, GeoSmart;
- URISA-OC Enhances Web Services by Sandra Crutcher, Executive Director, U-OC;
- Queen's University offers Course on 2001 Census by Phil Healey, Vice-President, URISA-OC Eastern Section.Winter 2003
- A new Way of Selling Real Estate Real Estate GIS - Private/Public Data Integration and a Study in Consumer-Based GIS by Harold Miller, CRA and Nigel Roberts, Region of Waterloo;
- GIS Event in Chatham a Success by Catherine Baldelli;
- Net Effect: Remote Action by Jamie McLean, Gartner Lee Limited;
- Speakers at GTA Program Event present the Latest GIS Solutions by Tim Hu;
- Chatham-Kent Introduces Interactive Mapping in Portal

2002

Winter 2002
- Addresses in the City of Toronto by Valerie Higgin;
- MPAC: An Update on Municipal Connect;
- Net Effect: Hand Held or Held Up aka "Be Palmed" or Be Calmed by Jamie McLean;
- Be Spatial 2002 Announcement;
- GIS in the Not-So-Mainstream Program Update by Catherine Baldelli. Spring 2002
- Digital Data -Practical Legal Considerations by David Greer, Ridout & Maybee LLP;
- President Report 2001-2002 by Nigel Roberts;
- Be Spatial 2002 URISA's AGM Event;
- Introducing URISA-Ontario Chapter's Board of Directors 2002-03.Fall 2002
- Technology Changes the Future of Assessment - Ontario municipalities will be able to gain real-time access to assessment information by the end of 2002 by Cathy Ranieri Sweenie, MPAC;
- President's Report by Nigel Roberts;
- Net Effect - Hiring a Redundant ISP:Need a Belt and Braces, Too? by Jamie McLean;
- Broadband Community Network in Ontario Conference - URISA-Ontario Chapter hosts a GIS Update Session at this event by Catherine Baldelli;
- Case Study - Thunder Bay: Managing City Street Signs with GIS/GPS provided with permission by Heather Adams, Communications Specialist with ESRI Canada;
- Directors Report:
- URISA-OC Board Moves Back into Standards Arena;
- Chapter President Joins URISA International Board;
- Tim Hu becomes Secretary-Treasurer.

2001

Winter 2001
- Geospatial Metadata: Lessons Learned by Robert Rishchynski;
- Applying CORS Base Station Data to Kinematic GPS by Robin Fleguel;
- Geodata Policy & Standards - SLoP: Cleaning up the Mess of Mobile Spatial Location by Antoni Wisniowski;
- Net Effect - We are going quickly crazy... 10,9,8,7,6,5,4... a.k.a. Now is the Winter of their Discontent by Jamie McLean;
- Spatial Solutions: GIS Applications for Today, Program Review by Catherine Baldelli;
- Eye on Education Region of Peel Planning Educated Students about Geography and GIS. Spring 2001
- GIS and Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), A Public Safety Application by Michael Richard, City of Fredericton;
- Net Effect, Smart Politics = Smart Economy ( A Lament for Al Gore) by Mark Hoel;
- Policy Perspectives - GeoConnections Moves Forward by Jury Konga;
- Land Information Ontario: Ontario Road Network - Project Update by Barry Costello.Summer 2001
- Access Anytime, Anywhere, By Anyone - the City of Toronto's Plan for e-Services by Sandra Crutcher;
- Net Effect: Where can I get Bandwidth by Jamie McLean;
- Be Spatial 2001 Program Update.Fall 2001
- The City of Toronto Corporate Geospatial Environment - A Land Information Toronto Perspective by Andy McGhie;
- Net Effect: Sensing a Place by Mark Hoel;
- Spacewatch: Aerial Triangulation - Is this Process Obsolete? by Anthony P. Sani.

2000

Winter 2000
- Into the New Millennium - Where are we Headed? by Jury Konga;
- New Millennium, New Look Newsletter... and a New Team by Jury Konga;
- Spacewatch- Rules of Engagement for IKONOS Data by Anthony P. Sani;
- Testing Metre-Level WADGPS Services in Ontario by Robin Fleguel;
- NetEffect - Cafe Lattes and Cyberspace by Mark Hoel;
- Geodata Policy & Standards: Rationalizing Ontario's Property Information - The RPC Planning Data Standards Report by Antoni Wisniowski;
- Eye on Education: London's Fanshawe's College Launches GIS in the Urban & Regional Planning Technology Program, by Laverne Kirkness;
- Shuttle Mission Begins its Ambitious Map of the World by Philip Chien;
- Web Enabling your GIS Program Event Summary by Nigel Roberts;
- Open GIS Standards Enables Automatic Web Map Overlays by Lance McKee. Spring 2000
- Connect Ontario - A Bold Step Forward by Ron Jaros;
- GPS and Gravity - Overcoming the Height Problem by Robin Poot;
- Implementing the Ultimate GIS, City of Kitchener by Mike Hausser;
- Net Effect - To ADSL or T1, that is the Bandwidth Question... by Jamie McLean;
- Eye on Education: McMaster University/Mohawk College GIS Specialist Certificate Program, by Deane Maynard;
- Surveyors take new direction and recognize Geographic Information Managers as professionals by Carl J. Rooth, OLS, AOLS.Fall 2000
- Internet GIS and the Future of Mapping by Kevin Boyer;
- Net Effect - Geography is the Network by Mark Hoel;
- Governments Online: Acronyms and Achievements G2B by Jay Thatcher;
- Spacewatch - Obtaining Information from Multispectral Imagery by Anthony P. Sani.

1999

Winter 1999
- The Canadian Geospatial Dream - On the Road to Reality by Jury Konga;
- The Federal Budget - GeoConnections Receives 5 Year Funding by Jury Konga;
- Practical GPS - In Search for the Right Handheld GPS Data Collector by Sabina Kerschowski;
- Spacewatch - New Hardware Accelerates Image Processing by Anthony P. Sani;
- Geodata Policy & Standards - SQL/MM: Structured Query Language Goes Spatial by Antoni Wisniowski. Spring 1999
- Land Information Ontario - Part 1: An Overview by Jury Konga;
- Practical GPS - GPS Integrated Cameras and Video by Sabina Kerschowski;
- Spacewatch - Pavement Evaluation- An Application for High Resolution Imagery by Anthony P. Sani;
- Geodata Policy & Standards - Bill C-54: The New "Private" Sector by Antoni Wisniowski;
- Net Effect: Get Smart-Building Smart Communities by Mark Hoel.Summer 1999
- Y2K Contingency Plan Guidelines Excerpt from Mitre Corp. Document, published on Industry Canada SOS.2000 Website;
- Net Effect: So You Wanna Build A Website- Part 1 by Jamie McLean;
- Spacewatch - Getting Ready for IKONOS by Anthony P. Sani;
- Geodata Policy & Standards - SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics, The Future of Web GIS by Antoni Wisniowski.Fall 1999
- Land Information Ontario, Part 2 - A Status Report;
- Net Effect: So You Wanna Build A Website- Part 2 by Jamie McLean;
- Spacewatch - IKONOS in Space by Anthony P. Sani;
- GIS Day, November 19;
- Geodata Policy & Standards - "Clickwrap" - A Protocol for On-line Data Licensing by Antoni Wisniowski;
- GPS Observations: Kinematic GPS and Datum Compatibility by Robin Poot.

1998

Winter 1998
- Geographic Information Systems and the New City of Toronto by Raphael Sussman, Antoni Wisniowski & Steve Dynes;
- Practical GPS - Real-Time Differential by Paul Mrstik and Sabina Kerschowski;
- Net Effect by John Motherwell;
- Spacewatch - Could Municipalities Benefit from an Environmental Prediction Decision Support System? by Anthony P. Sani;
- The Municipal Reference Model Briefing - MRM Grows into Municipal Performance Improvement Initiatives by Doug Wilson;
- Hints for your Next Conversion - Seeing the Humour of it all! by Glenda Best;
- Geodata Policy & Standards - A Few Short Stories by Jury Konga;
- URISA-Ontario Chapter and Association of Ontario Land Surveyors (AOLS) sign memorandum of Understanding;
Program Reviews by Nigel Roberts
- A Practical Guide for Metadata Implementation for GIS/LIS Professionals: A National Satellite Video Conference;
- Implementing Web-based GIS Solutions. Spring 1998
- Y2K - Year 2000-A Call to Action an Excerpt from Industry Canada Strategis website;
- URISA-Ontario Chapter and Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG) sign memorandum of Understanding;
- Practical GPS - Absolute and Relative Positioning by Paul Mrstik and Sabina Kerschowski;
- Net Effect - Those S-l-o-w Days on the Internet by John Motherwell;
- Spacewatch - Are Softcopy Photogrammetric Systems providing the software tools municipal managers require for maintaining municipal datasets? by Anthony P. Sani;
- Geodata Policy & Standards - Standards Initiatives by Jury Konga.Summer 1998
- The Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastruture by Mark Corey, Chair - The Inter-Agency Comittee on Geomatics;
- The InfoEconomy Index - Observations and Directions by Jury Konga;
- Spacewatch - Spatial Modelling Increases Productivity by Anthony P. Sani;
- Practical GPS - Coordinate Systems, Datums, and Errors from Transforming Between Them by Paul Mrstik and Sabina Kerschowski;
- Net Effect - Extranets - Bringing the Outside in Safely by John Motherwell;
- Geodata Policy & Standards - What's Happening Locally? by Jury Konga;
- Transportation Data Management using GIS Solutions Seminar Summary by Nigel Roberts.Fall 1998
- Preparing for 2001 Census Geography by Sheila Rambeau, Statistics Canada;
- Practical GPS - Laser DEM Profiling by Paul Mrstik and Sabina Kerschowski;
- Spacewatch - Resolution Merge Gaining Importance by Anthony P. Sani;
- Geodata Policy & Standards - Turning Standards into Products by Antoni Wisniowski.

1997

Winter/Spring 1997
- Ontario's Geospatial Metadata Standard - What, Where, How Good is Your Geospatial Data? by Joe Paige, Ministry of Natural Resources and Jury Konga, GEOSYS Consulting;
- The Municipal Reference Model, MRM Program Update by Alan Mitchell;
- Municipal Update, Status Reports on New and Integrated System Development by Al Little;
- Remote Sensing, The Future of Digital Photogrammetry in Municipal Applications by Jessica Sheils with Mike Pastushak;
- Seminar highlights on Information Systems for Water Resources by Mark Paoli;
- Geodata Policy & Standards, Real Life Policy Drama by Jury Konga;
- Practical GPS, An Introduction by Paul Mrstik. Spring/Summer 1997
- URISA'97 - Toronto July 19-24, An Opportunity Not to be Missed by Sandra Crutcher, Conference Co-chair;
- So you Wanna Build a Web Site, Eh!
- GPS, A Primer Workshop, a Synopsis by David Salter;
- Practical GPS, DGPS Demystified by Paul Mrstik;
- Geodata Policy & Standards, Real Life Policy Drama by Jury Konga.Summer/Fall 1997
- URISA'97, 2000+ Make Conference A Huge Success...in many ways by Sandra Crutcher, Conference Co-chair;
- Practical GPS, 10 Years of Change by Paul Mrstik;
- Net Effects, Beginnigs by John Motherwell;
- The InfoEconomy Index, Our Changing Environment by Jury Konga;
- The Municipal Reference Model, Applying the Model by Alan Mitchell;
- Geodata Policy & Standards, A look Back and Forward by Jury Konga;
- Remote Sensing, PCI Celebrates 15th Anniversary by Jessica Shields.

1996

Winter 1996
- Ontario's Implementation of the North American Datum 1983 (NAD 83) by Tom Malone, MNR;
- Teraview: The Future of Land Title Search and Registration in Ontario by Maria Borkowski;
- A Little Humour.. An Important Part of Life in the GIS Fast-Lane by Hilary Perkins. Spring 1996
- Ottawa-Carleton Municipal GIS Applications Partnership by David Johnston;
- Ontario's Implementation of the North American Datum 1983 (NAD 83) - Part 2 of a Series by Tom Malone, MNR.Summer/Fall 1996
- Municipal GIS Use Across the Grand River Watershed;
- Remote Sensing - An Introduction to the Technology by Mike Pastushak;
- The Municipal Reference Model - Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow! by Alan Mitchell;
- Meeting the Challenge of Change by Caroline Rowan;
- A Case Study: The Municipality of Metro Toronto-The Metro Business Framework by Catherine McKay;
- Geodata Policy & Standards, A commentary on Current Scenario by Jury Konga.

1995

Winter/Spring 1995
- Re-Inventing Government'93; Re-Engineering the Corporation'94; Re-Visiting GIS in Ontario'95 by Jury Konga, OLS;
- Systems for Emergency Preparedness Seminar Update by Alan Little and Mark Paoli;
- Keir Consultants Inc. in Kuala Lumpur;
- The Information Highway ....Shaping Our Future by Zeinab Zaalouk. Spring/Summer 1995
- GIS Expo'95, A success with over 200 Participants by Jury Konga;
- Ontario's Information Technology Directions - the Next Generation by Trevor Moon, Management Board Secretariat;
- LRIS Ontario - Moving Forward Together by Jury Konga;
- GIS/Spatial Data Standards InfoForum Update by Steve Dynes and Garry McGonigal;
- Policy InfoForum Notes by Jury Konga;
- Internet InfoForum by Harold Miller;
- Ontario Land Information Services --the Dialogue Begins by John Houweling, Dan Bulger, Doug Obright and Hugh Williams;
- URISA-Ontario Chapter Welcomes New Northern Section.Summer/Fall 1995
- Ontario Land Information Services --The Partnership Comes Together by Hugh Williams, ONLIS Project;
- URISA International Leadership Award presented to Sandra Crutcher;
- Data for GIS: Some Theoretical and Institutional Perspectives by Anthony Lea;
- Teranet: the Partnership Approach to Managing Government Information by Aris Kaplanis;
- Introduction of new feature Industry..Bits and Bytes by Jury Konga;
- Northern Section News.

1994

Winter 1994
- National Spatial Data Infrastructure - Data Sharing via the Information Superhighway by Jury Konga, OLS;
- Update on "Building a Map in a GIS Environment" Seminar;
- School Charts a Course for the Future with New Mapping Specialist Programs by Anthony Bonnici;
- GIS Program at the Department of Geography, Carleton University by Doug King;
- Teranet Gains Ground by Brian Scrivens;
- Municipal Model Project by Keith Hall. Spring 1994
- Internet - An Opportunity for Enhanced Chapter Services? by Jury Konga;
- Chapter Strategic Planning by Jury Konga;
- Chapter Task Force Meets in Tempe, Arizona by Sandra Crutcher;
- Markham Redistricting Project Reduces Workloadsby Lorna Fast;
- Creative Strategies Workshop by Donna Edwards.Summer 1994
- Annual Members Survey by John Hopkins;
- GIS Expo'94 and Annual Meeting Update;
- GIS in Transition - the Desktop Revolution by Alex Miller, ESRI Canada;
- GIS Implementation - Focus on Partnership by Wayne Crann, Bell Ontario;
- GIS in Transition at Mississauga by Debbie Barrett;
- GIS as the Key Enabler to New Management Processesby Ron Vrancart, MNR.Fall 1994
- User-Defined Mapping Application (UMAP) by Raphael Sussman, City of Scarborough;
- GIS in the GTA - An Overview by Doug Banting, Ryerson University;
- Update on the Municipal Reference Model (MRM) by Wayne Wood, City of Brantford.

1993

Winter 1993
- Human Resources & Work Systems Re-Designby Elizabeth Bourns;
- GIS Data Modelling Workshop: Its Role in GIS Implementations by Doug Banting, Ryerson;
- Digital Orthoimagery: the Base Map of the Future, Part Three- the Benefits by John H. Michael;
- Alternatives for GIS Informating by Chris Carver;
- The Evolving Generic Municipal Model-Update by Alan Mitchell. Summer 1993
- URISA International Announces Toronto as Conference Site for 1997;
- Towards Coordinated Land Information Management in Ontario by Jury Konga, OLS;
- Update in Municipal Workshops'93;
- Member Survey Results.Fall 1993
- Ontario's Privacy Commissioner Compels Disclosure of Records by Lou Milrad;
- Role of URISA Chapter Task Force by Sandra Crutcher;
- Update: Municipal Model Project by Keith Hall;
- GIS in the 90's Update by John Connolly, MOEE;
- GIS in Etobicoke by Bill Crosland;
- Metro Toronto Information System II (MTIS-II) by John Barr.

1992

February 1992
- President's Message by Sandra Crutcher;
- GIS News from the Educational Field by Roland Tinline, Queen's University;
- Applying Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to a GIS Environment, Part I of III by James Ferguson, OLS;
- Data Sharing-Data Sources Workshop. April 1992
- Municipal Update - Guelph Flys City Using MEIS by Pam Ross;
- Back to Basics: Part 3 - GIS Implementation, An Overview of Issues by Jury Konga, OLS;
- Environmental Information Systems by Steve Roberts;
- Environmental Information Systems (EIS) Workshop Update;
- Information Commissioner Determines that Computer Program Constitutes a Record under the Access to Information Act" by Lou Milrad and Margaret Ann Wilkinson.Summer 1992
- Member Survey Results;
- Scarborough GIS - Functionality in Latvia by Tom Galley;
- GIS Update: The City of Scarborugh's IRIS Project - the Good, the Bad AND... by Glenda Best;
- Digital orthoimagery: the Base Map of the Future by John H. Michael.Fall 1992
- Accuracy: Program Meeting Update;
- Joint Venture (Ontario Municipal Reference Model Project) by Keith Hall;
- Digitial Orthoimagery: the Base Map of the Future, Part 2 by John H. Michael.

1991

January 1991
- Provincial Feedom of Information Act and the Municipal Feedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 1989 came into effect. February 1991
- MCCR Announces Strategic AllianceMarch 1991
- Joint Conference on Municipal Information Technology by Alan Mitchell
- Back to Basics, Part 1 - GIS and Information Management by Jury Konga, OLS;
- The DOs and DON'T of GIS Development and Implementation by Darko Poletto;
- GIS Update:Region of Hamilton-Wentworth PaRCIL Project by Alan Little.August 1991
- Q & A with New President, Sandra Crutcher;
- Back to Basics, Part 2 - Evaluating GIS Needs and Feasibility by Jury Konga, OLS;
- Joint Conference on Municipal Information Technology Update by Alan Mitchell;
- MISA/URISA GIS Day by Ralph Smith.November 1991
- GIS News from the Educational Field by Douglas Banting, School of Applied Geography, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute;
- Multi-Participant Projects Presentation by Allan Levinsohn;
- Update on MISA/URISA Day by Ralph Smith and Sandra Crutcher.

1990

June 1990
- President's Message'90 by Lou Milrad;
- GIS in Municipal Government by Barry Wellar, Past President of URISA International;
- Geographic Information Systems vs. Corporate Information Systems... Where is the Connection? by Darko Poletto;
- Managing Technological Change Summary of presentation by Dr. Vic Murray of York University. September 1990
- Executive Update;
- Corporate vs. Departmental GIS Initiatives by Alan Mitchell;
- Tribute to Ralph Smith, OLS, CLS on his retirement for his accomplishments and contributions to the fields of surveying and GIS during his career.

1989

May 1989
- Meet your New Executive;
- Municipal GIS Activities;
- GIS World Focuses on Two Chapter Members:
- County of Oxford and the City of Mississauga. August 1989
Announcement of Program Series:
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) on a Shoestring in Kingston and London, Ontario; and, publication of
- Executive Report and Membership Listing.