The Durango GIS Group meets for Mappy Hour usually the first Tuesday of every month at 5:30 pm in Durango, Colorado at various sites.  We are currently seeking a new long-term venue--check back for updates or subscribe to the Google Group!

If you'd like to present on a topic, please let us know in advance. As always, we'll have a screen and projector, and of course delicious food and drinks are available for sale.

We also have special events and demos throughout the area! Check the Events calendar for details!

Extra credit: Where on this 1919 Sanborn map is the meeting?

Source: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Durango, La Plata County, Colorado. Sanborn Map Company, Oct, 1919. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn00987_008/. 

Anna Riling with Four Corners Mapping demoed an ArcGIS Web Experience Builder App, Colorado Stream Needs, a simple, light-weight web map app to explore data related to surface water resources in Colorado.  February 4, 2025.

We had some out of town visitors from Esri, and Andrea Santoro, GIS Specialist with Jefferson County, shared a series of StoryMaps she's been working on for the Community Wildfire Protection Plan.  January 6, 2025.

Anna Riling, Owner of Four Corners Mapping & GIS, presents on her work attempting to "bend" a DEM to produce an oblique panoramic map. Note her adoring gaze as she talks about Tom Patterson, now-retired NPS cartographer extraordinaire.  This took place at the January 2023 meeting.

David Siddle, Geospatial MGIS-SUE Sales Representative with Frontier Precision, demo's some fun field tools from Trimble at the August 2023 event.

We were treated to a tour of the Animas Valley TopoTable! Scott Robert's at Mountain Studies Institute gave an after hours presentation of the TopoTable at the Durango Water Treatment Plant at Santa Rita Park. This took place at the meeting on August 6, 2023.