Minnesota Geospatial Advisory Council Committees and Workgroups

If you are interested in the development of GIS in Minnesota and its application to real world issues, the Minnesota Geospatial Advisory Council invites you to participate on one or more of the following groups.

Committees are formed to address on-going issues and continue as long as needed
Workgroups are formed to address specific issues and then they sunset

Meetings are open to the public. You do NOT need to be an advisory council member to join a committee or workgroup.

For each group's quarterly activity reports, see the agenda packets for Geospatial Advisory Council meetings.

Active Committees and Related Workgroups

3D Geomatics
Awards
Emergency Preparedness

Critical Infrastructure Assessment Workgroup
Underground Utilities Mapping Workgroup
Geospatial Assistance Workgroup

K-12 Education
Outreach

Open Data Subcommittee
Geospatial Success Stories Workgroup

Parcels and Land Records (formerly Digital Cadastral Data)

Boundary Alignment Subcommittee
PLSS Remonumentation Legislation Subcommittee

PLSS Preservation
Standards

Active Standalone Workgroups

Contributing to Nationwide and Commercial Data Assets

Sunset Committees and Workgroups

In order by sunset date, most recent to oldest.

Open Parcel Data Subcommittee
Archiving Imagery Workgroup
Criminal Justice Information Services Workgroup
Metadata Workgroup
Digital Elevation Committee and associated LiDAR Research and Education Subcommittee
Hydrography Committee
Geocoding Workgroup
Geospatial Commons Workgroup

On-Hold Committees and Workgroups

Image Service Sustainability Committee

Information for Committee and Workgroup Members

Committee and Workgroup Guide
Report templates

Charter: PDF or Word
Workplan: PDF or Word
Meeting minutes: PDF or Word
Status report: PDF or Word
Deliverable announcement: PDF or Word
Final report: PDF or Word

Archive of committee and workgroup reports