Northern California Wine Country GIS Users Group™

 

 

Our Commitment to Advancing Technology:  

 

In the Spring of 1998, PVTS assembled and continues to coordinate the Northern California Wine Country GIS Users Group™. The purpose of these meetings is to bring together the Northern California vineyard industry, land development industry, civil/municipal engineering practice, land surveying practice and other related professionals in order to introduce and discuss relevant applications of GIS and geospatial technology.

 

Topics include information-based lectures, panel discussions, methods demonstrations and general discussions of GIS methods that directly apply to vineyard development, vineyard management, wine making & winery operations, civil engineering, land surveying, land development  and land management.

 

Group objectives include the following:

• educating and increasing general awareness of GIS technology within the viticultural, land development and land management communities

• providing an independent, non-commercial arena for academic/information exchange on the use of GIS in viticulture and other fields

• exchanging, where appropriate, ideas and GIS methodology

• encouraging healthy professional interactions within the north bay grape growing counties and beyond.

The group has been meeting regularly for over seven years and represents a stable forum for discussing the increasing use of GIS methods in local farming and land planning activities. The meetings are open to all who are interested. 

 

[Link to current schedule]

[Link to lecture schedule archive]

 

Currently, our meetings are held in the Council Chambers at the Napa City Hall located at 955 School Street in downtown Napa, California.