MAGIC represents a community of GIS professionals, students, and end-users who, through our knowledge and work, provide the maps, analysis, data, and applications to make much of this possible. It is our mission to share this technology and experience through pertinent training, scholarship opportunities, and general GIS advocacy.
Upcoming Events
The Memphis Area Geographic Information Council hosts bi-monthly informational meetings and workshops for MAGIC members and non-members interested in GIS related topics. Learn about what is happening in our community, new GIS technology, and best practices while networking with your GIS peers from diverse agencies and companies.
News
We are pleased to welcome all geospatially-inclined students and faculty in the greater Memphis area to participate in the inaugural Memphis Area Collegiate Geospatial Showcase!
When: Friday, April 12 from 2:30 - 5:00 PM
Where: University of Memphis - Johnson Hall
This showcase event offers an opportunity for college undergraduate and graduate students to demonstrate their GIS proficiency to an audience of GIS professionals in order to earn financial assistance towards their education and/or research, thanks to our generous members and sponsors. In this year’s event, MAGIC will grant $2,000 in scholarships and/or awards (depending on the student’s eligibility) in a competition open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Students from any college or university in the greater Memphis area will be welcome to participate, and participants will give a 15-minute presentation on a GIS-related project they’re working on.
We are delighted to announce the election of our officers for 2024 as well as the election of four new members and two student ambassadors to the board.
MAGIC officers for this year will be:
President: Lee Owens
Vice President/President-Elect: David Branson
Secretary: Mary Dubose
Treasurer: Shawn Anderson
Newly elected to the MAGIC Board of Directors for a three-year term are:
Carrie Baker
Haley Feather
Jessica Wallace
Lesley Rakestraw
Rounding out the MAGIC Board of Directors will be veteran board members:
Lauren Patterson
Rob Winkler
Scott Trapolino
Uday Bhanu Burrey
Finally, we've added two Student Ambassadors to the board:
Alyssa Huffman (University of Memphis)
Andrew Humphreys (Delta State University)
Best wishes to everyone for the year ahead!
- The MAGIC Board of Directors
Go ahead and mark your calendars for the 22nd Annual MAGIC Conference on November 16 and 17, 2023. We will be back at the Reign Event Venue where we had our 2022 Conference a few months ago, and registration will be available shortly. We are currently in the process of planning our workshops, webinars, and trainings for the year, so we will have more announcements about those in the near future.
The MAGIC Board of Directors is gearing up for another great year of GIS professional development and training in the Memphis area. In January, we elected our officers for 2023 and also elected three new members to the board.
MAGIC officers for this year will be:
President: Michelle Field, GISP
Vice President/President-Elect: Lee Owens
Secretary: Robert Winkler
Treasurer: Lauren Patterson
Newly elected to the MAGIC Board of Directors are:
David Branson
Mary Dubose
Uday Bhanu Burrey
Rounding out the MAGIC Board of Directors will be veteran board members:
AJ Robinson
Andrew McColgan
Scott Trapolino
Shawn Anderson.
Best wishes to y'all for the year ahead!
- The MAGIC Board of Directors
The 21st Annual MAGIC Geospatial Conference is just around the corner, and we are looking for a few good maps.
If you have a good map idea in mind, we’d love for you to enter it into our Map Gallery competition! We know you’ve been busy, so we’re extending the deadline to Wednesday, November 9 - a week before the Conference.
The competition is open to all, with separate categories for students and professionals. We will display all map entries on easels at the Conference, and attendees will vote for their favorites. The top finisher in each category will win a cash prize of $150.
“Maps are like campfires – everyone gathers around them, because they allow people to understand complex issues at a glance, and find agreement about how to help the land.”
—Sonoma Ecology Center, GIS/IS Program Web Site
Let’s build a Map Gallery!
Please save your edits and have a look at what’s coming to the 21st Annual MAGIC Geospatial Conference! We are excited and honored to announce a tremendous lineup of speakers and presentations for y’all this year. Here are just a few highlights:
Disaster response (Esri)
Augmented Reality solutions (Bad Elf)
Advances in aerial imagery (Nearmap)
Cartography tips & tricks (Esri)
Mobile information management (MLGW)
GIS Integration (Allworld)
UAS/Drone Applications (University of Memphis)
Streamlining GIS workflows (True North)
Search & Rescue mapping (DeSoto County Emergency Services)
GISP Certification (GISCI)
All this is in addition to the Scholarship and Map Gallery Competitions, "Where In the Midsouth?" contest, door prizes, lunch, professional networking, and camaraderie that are staples of the MAGIC Conference.
Thank you all for your awesome submissions for the 2022 Memphis Area Geographic Information Council Conference! Call for Presentations is now closed. We will send out the preliminary agenda to our presenters soon to confirm their speaking times. Thank you again!
In light of the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases, we wanted to give you an update on our evolving plans for the 20th Annual MAGIC Geospatial Conference on November 18-19.
We are still planning to have the conference in-person at the Memphis Botanic Garden. However, for those who do not feel comfortable attending in-person, we are working on providing a virtual option. Speakers and sessions will be video-recorded and posted online for on-demand playback. The videos will be available only to those who have registered for the conference or purchased a MAGIC membership in the 2021 calendar year. Virtual attendees may still submit entries for the map gallery and scholarship competitions.
Anyone wishing to attend in-person must be free of COVID symptoms on the day(s) of attendance. Masks or face coverings must be worn to enter the conference. Our goal is to keep everyone safe!
We will provide beverages, continental breakfast, and lunch for in-person attendees, as we've done in years past. We will take extra safety precautions with the food and beverage service (e.g., individually wrapped items, boxed lunches, etc).
We will send out a survey to all paid/registered members at the beginning of November to determine how many of y'all will be attending in-person, so we can make sure we have the right amount of food and drinks. Also please note that on November 2, the conference registration fee will increase from $75 to $120.
We will offer a full refund (minus Eventbrite processing fees) through November 9 to anyone who's registered for the conference and decides that they cannot or do not wish to attend either in-person or virtually. If you're still considering whether or not to register for the conference out of concern that you won't be able to attend, you can rest assured.
If you’re ready to register for the conference, click here. We are looking forward to seeing y'all and sharing the latest in GIS and geospatial solutions!