Each year, the Mississippi Association for Spatial Technologies awards the Mike Miller Memorial Scholarship to students who win the poster competition at the Mississippi Geospatial Conference. Attendance for this conference is free for students – though they must register. This year, the conference will be Thursday, October 10th and Friday, October 11th. It will take place at the University of Southern Mississippi’s...Continue Reading

There is still time to nominate someone to be part of the board for MAST! This year, MAST will have elections for the following positions: President Vice President 5 Board Members To nominate someone for a position, please e-mail leadership@mastgis.org. Elections will take place at the Mississippi Geospatial Conference on October 10th and 11th.  Nominations will be...Continue Reading

Please join us in Honoring2023 Lifetime Achievement Award recipientKevin Schultz Kevin has more than 37 years of experience in the geospatial information technologies industry and more than 20 years of experience in conducting business analysis and developing software requirements. He is a founding member of the Mississippi Association for Spatial Technologies (MAST), a Certified GIS...Continue Reading

Greetings, spatialists! The Mississippi Geospatial Conference is in three weeks! This year, the conference will be held on Thursday, October 10th and Friday, October 11th in Long Beach, Mississippi. If you would like to register, you can do so on the conference registration page. As a reminder, students who register are also eligible for the Mike Miller Memorial Scholarship. Scholarships will be awarded to...Continue Reading

Thursday, October 10, 2024 Vendor set-up will begin at 9:00 AM Registration will begin at 9:00 AM Conference Sessions will begin at 10:00 AM Lunch will be served at 12:00 PM Afternoon Sessions will resume at 1:30 PM Dismiss at 5:00 PM – Social to Follow Offsite Friday, October 11, 2024 Breakfast will be served...Continue Reading

Attendees Courtney Menikheim Karen Clark Charlie Dexter Rebecca Powell Heather Nicholson David Holt Paul Barnes Haley Feather Sandi Stroud Scott Trapolino Robert Winkler Jim Steil Sean Hodges Simon Tipton Will Grayson Steve Walker George Raber Brian Sherwood Robert Gruba Kristyn Gunter Hema Goplan Presentation Why GIS data quality, aggregation & integrity is more important than...Continue Reading

The August General Meeting is slated to be in the Jackson area. During that same week, SCAUG will be hosting their first ever MSSCAUG Annual User Group Meeting. Since these events are both set to be in the same area and have a wide overlap in interested parties, we will be combining them. The MSSCAUG...Continue Reading

Greetings, spatialists! The time has come again for the annual Mississippi Geospatial Conference! This year, the conference will be held on Thursday, October 12th and Friday, October 13th in Long Beach, Mississippi. If you would like to register, you can do so on the conference registration page. If you would like to present at the conference, you may submit the title...Continue Reading

Attendees Brian MitchellCourtney MenikheimDavid HoltGeorge RaberHeather NicholsonHema GoplanIke KieferJim SteilJohnathan J. SimonKaren Clark Kayla StanKelly WegmannKerri EliseKristyn GunterLaTashee McLaurinLillian VictoryPreston WhiteRobert WinklerSean HodgesSteve Walker Presentation Spatial Distribution of the Belief in Climate Change in the United States by Kelly Wegmann of the University of Southern Mississippi Board Announcements GEO Jobe taking over NORRIS contract to...Continue Reading

Greetings, Spatialists – As the year comes to a close, we wanted to reach out and update you on some news. The Mississippi GIS Council Meeting is working with the state to establish a 911 toolkit for four-point addressing. This needs to be done by July. If you would like more information or to share...Continue Reading

Greetings, spatialists – The time is fast approaching for the tenth annual Mississippi Geospatial Conference. This year, the conference will be held on Thursday, October 20th and Friday, October 21st in Long Beach, Mississippi. If you would like to register, you can do so on the conference registration page. If you would like to present at the...Continue Reading

Greetings, Spatialists – Our next general meeting is coming up on Friday, June 10th at 12:30 PM CST.If you are attending in person, please RSVP to Courtney Menikheim (cmenikheim@geo-jobe.com) to ensure an accurate headcount for the food order. The physical meeting will take place at:200 Country Pl PkwyPearl, MS 39208 If you are attending virtually, you...Continue Reading

Greetings, Spatialists –For those of you who could not attend our April 2022 General Meeting, here are some notes on what was covered. Welcome Presentation Research Applications at USM’s Gulf Coast Geospatial Center by Greg Carter and Michael Amelunke of to Gulf Coast Geospatial CenterPresentation was well-recieved Board Announcements 2022 Conference  – Will be the 10th...Continue Reading

Good afternoon, spatialists – A technical issue was recently identified on the MAST website that caused information from the forms for the MS GIS Conference to not be processed correctly. This includes conference registration, vendor registration, presentations, and student conference registration. The issue has been corrected, and forms are now functioning properly. If you filled...Continue Reading

Greetings, spatialists – The time has come for MAST’s August General Meeting. On Friday, August 12th we will be meeting at the Mississippi 811 building at 12 PM. Food and drinks will be provided. (For this reason, please RSVP by emailing Courtney Menikheim (cmenikheim@geo-jobe.com) to provide a head count for ordering food.) The address is:200 Country Place PkwyPearl, MS 39208Attendees...Continue Reading

Remembering Mike Miller To all MAST members – It is with a heavy heart that we acknowledge the passing of Mike Miller last week. Mike was one of the charter members of MAST. He wrote the by-laws and did research on how to get MAST officially recognized as a non-profit. He worked as a GIS analyst...Continue Reading

Greetings, spatialists!The time has come again for our bi-monthly MAST meeting. This time, we have some very exciting news! We will be doing a hybrid meeting on Friday, June 11th at 12:00 PM. Edit: The meeting has been rescheduled to June 18th at 12:00 PM. For attendees who prefer to join us virtually, you can use this link: meet.google.com/gxw-bjxx-erc For...Continue Reading

The time has come for our April 2021 General Meeting. On Friday, April 9th at 12PM, you can join the meeting via this link. Call to OrderPresentation: Assisting Providing Rural Water Systems with GIS AssistanceAnnouncements from the Board911 Association is trying to move forward with GIS addressing standardConsidering hybrid approach for MAST’s June General MeetingPotential...Continue Reading

The December General Meeting will be held virtually tomorrow, December 11th at 12PM. You can join us via Zoom. When you join, you will be placed in a waiting room before being admitted to the meeting. This is to prevent bots or random spam from joining the meeting. The agenda is as follows: – MGC...Continue Reading

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Attendees Paul BarnesJim SteilDavid HoltKaren ClarkGeorge HeleineJonathan SimonMike Miller MGC Announcements The Mississippi Geospatial Conference is scheduled for October 15th and 16th with virtual and in-person attendance options.USM will be open for the Fall semester with health protocols in place.Research is being done into Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and WebEx to determine what the best options...Continue Reading

The time for the August 2020 MAST meeting has come! Please join us this Friday, August 14th for our meeting. The agenda will be as follows: Presentation on the World Political Handbook versus the CIA World Factbook by Dr. David HoltAnnouncements from the BoardGeneral Discussion. This meeting will be held virtually at 11:00 AM CST...Continue Reading

Due to current events, the June 2020 MAST meeting will be held virtually. The meeting will commence at 12:30 PM CST on this Friday, June 12th. You can join the meeting directly by clicking on this link. The agenda will be as follows: – Presentation by Talbot Brooks: How Cognitive Biases Sneak Into Geographic Analysis...Continue Reading

Due to current travel restrictions and widespread concerns regarding COVID-19, we have decided to cancel the April 2020 MAST meeting. We fill this is in the best interest of the safety of our members, and is in line with recommendations from the CDC and WHO. MAST Board members can still be reached here if any...Continue Reading

This meeting took place in Jackson, MS. There were 16 attendees. Review MAST Board Meeting Minutes from 10 Jan 2020 MAST members expressed support for awarding Walter the Lifetime Achievement Award.MAST members expressed support of MAST moving to become a non-profit. Discussion of Legislative Bills House Bill 566 This bill would amend state boundaries to...Continue Reading