MARQUETTE -- Friday, a group of Geographic Information System professionals gathered to discuss ways to use geographical information to benefit the Upper Peninsula.
Geographic Information System is a computer program that links information with geographical references.
The group met at the Seaborg Center on Northern Michigan University's campus to discuss new technology, techniques to collect data, and new software on the market. Attendees listened to guest speakers from around the Midwest to learn how to best use the information they have collected in their area.
Organizers say that networking is key with GIS data.
"The number one goal is to network and share data. A lot of times at these meetings, people show up and go, you're from so and so, oh you have this data available, I don't have that, you know, so the sharing of data is really the number one thing," said GIS Coordinator Nathan Fazer.
The group has planned another meeting for October.
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