Minnesota Geospatial Advisory Council Committees and Subgroups

The Minnesota Geospatial Advisory Council (GAC) relies on volunteers organized into committees and subgroups to advance GIS in Minnesota.

The GIS community advises the GAC on project prioritization. Committees and subgroups adopt their priorities from the community and drive progress toward completion. The GAC coordinates with MnGeo to ensure priority work is supported in the short and long term.

Committees address on-going needs or operations and are considered long-term.
Ad-Hoc Committees address specific needs or tasks that are time-bound with an identified outcome or deliverable.
Subgroups (such as subcommittees and workgroups) are formed within a committee to address specific topics or tasks.

You do not need to be a GAC member to participate in these groups. Visit each committee webpage to learn how to get involved.

To explore each group's activities, see the associated committee quarterly reports in the Geospatial Advisory Council meeting agenda packets.

Active Committees and Related Subgroups

3D Geomatics

Data Acquisition Workgroup
Education Workgroup
Hydrogeomorphology Workgroup
Vegetation Workgroup

Archiving
Awards
Emergency Preparedness

Critical Infrastructure Assessment Workgroup
Underground Utilities Mapping Workgroup
Geospatial Assistance Workgroup

K-12 Education
Outreach

Open Data Subcommittee
Geospatial Success Stories Workgroup

Parcels and Land Records (formerly Digital Cadastral Data)

Boundary Alignment Subcommittee
PLSS Remonumentation Legislation Subcommittee

PLSS Preservation
Standards

Active Ad-Hoc Committees

Sunset and On-Hold Committees

In order by sunset date, most recent to oldest. Includes workgroups that were not associated with a committee.

Image Service Sustainability Committee (on-hold)
Archiving Imagery Workgroup (sunset)
Criminal Justice Information Services Workgroup (sunset)
Metadata Workgroup (sunset)
Digital Elevation Committee and associated LiDAR Research and Education Subcommittee (sunset)
Hydrography Committee (sunset)
Geocoding Workgroup (sunset)
Geospatial Commons Workgroup (sunset)

Information for Committee and Subgroup Members

The GAC Executive Leadership Team is currently working to update the below materials to align with recent and upcoming structure and reporting changes.

Committee and Workgroup Guide
Report templates

Charter: PDF or Word
Workplan: PDF or Word
Meeting minutes: PDF or Word
Status report: PDF or Word
Deliverable announcement: PDF or Word
Final report: PDF or Word