Applied-GIS-RS is an international mailing list of over 1.200 members intended for the discussion of GIS, GPS & Remote Sensing in forestry, geology, biology, agriculture and water management without any restriction on the systems used. It’s public, free and will not send you spam.

Examples of issues that might be addressed include :

Biodiversity / Pollution / Deforestation / Urbanization / Food Production / Climate Change / Rural Development / Poverty Reduction / Mountain Development / Freshwater Supply

We favor questions, comments & contributions on how to efficiently apply these technologies, not on technical software issues (there are other great lists and web boards for that :^)

Example : for a watershed management project should I use raster or vector ? If raster, what is the best pixel size to feed runoff models ?

Applied-GIS-RS is open to everyone. We encourage you to submit your questions & experiences to the list. Feel free to share :

        - research projects and results

        - valuable experiences

        - new technologies & products

This list is also open to related topics such as management, socio-cultural, political and economic questions which are steadily gaining importance. Furthermore, it is intended to create and support networking between persons who are interested and engaged in unleashing the power of these technologies to improve the quality of life of all living beings on our Blueplanet.

To join send an email to  listserv@listes.ulaval.ca. The "subject" field should be empty. In the first line of the mail just put: SUBSCRIBE APPLIED-GIS-RS Your Name. Delete all the rest of the mail body. Your email should not include any html characters. For Hotmail users, it is recommended that you put END at the second line of the body text.

Applied-GIS-RS is a discussion list primarily based on EMAIL discussions held by its members who are subscribed to this list. All the mails are placed on the web and new postings are automatically been updated to the archives.

APPLIED-GIS-RS is an information exchange list with the primary purpose to SHARE information. It will only be a living list if the majority of its members will discuss and share their knowledge and thoughts.

Please respect personal opinions and comments given by members of APPLIED-GIS-RS in a respectful way when responding to their messages listed in the archives. Abuse will lead to a shut down of your access to this service. Thank You.

There is no other mailing list like Applied-GIS-RS - a network of GIS-RS experts sharing their knowledge and experience on projects, research, events, etc - no buttons/software detailed technical discussions, just knowledge and experience sharing.

In August 2002 Pierre Marchand led Alexandre Leroux, Martin Plante & Daniel Chamberland-Tremblay into designing, launching and moderating the Applied-GIS-RS mailing list supported by the University of Laval. As Pierre could not find a web forum to discuss principles and approaches in GIS and Remote Sensing he spearheaded this mailing list. In the first 2 years Alex and Martin greatly supported the moderation. From there Alex created slashgeo.org and Martin got deeply involved into his music. For the last 3 years Applied-GIS-RS has been moderated solely by Pierre.

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