User Groups & GIS Organizations

Vendor Sponsored GIS Users Groups

AutoDesk Users Groups:

• Northern California MapGuide Users Group
• Marin Autodesk Users Group (contact Martin Sweet)
• Monterey Bay Autodesk Users Group (contact Aaron Becker)
• Napa Autodesk Users Group (contact Michael Westfall)
• Northern California Autodesk Users Group
• Sacramento Autodesk Users Group
• San Francisco Autodesk Users Group
• Silicon Valley Autodesk Users Group
• Sonoma County Autodesk Users Group

ESRI GIS Users Groups:

• San Francisco Bay Area ArcGIS Users Group
• CA/HI/NV/GUAM ESRI Regional Users Group
• Monterey ESRI User Group (contact Charles Lerable)
• Sacramento ArcView Users Group
• North Bay Users Group
• Silicon Valley ArcView Users Group (contact Richard Rapacchietta)
• Other ESRI GIS Users Groups

Intergraph GIS Users Group:

• Northern California Intergraph GeoSpatial Users Community (NCIGUC)
• Intergraph GeoSpatial Users Community (IGUC)

MapInfo GIS Users Group:

Contact Tracy Walklet
TerraNOVA International
3675 Nordstrom Lane
Lafayette, CA 94549
925-299-6833

Other Organization Links:

• URISA
• Southern California Chapter of URISA
• Northern California Chapter of URISA
• Central California Chapter of URISA
• Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
• Calif. Land Surveyors Association
• California Geographic Information Association
• GITA (formerly AM/FM)
• Bay Area HAZUS User Group (BAHUG)
• Northern Section, California Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA)
• Open GIS Consortium (OGIS)
• Web 2.0 Mapping and Social Networks Group (WebMapSocial)