News from the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office

The Minnesota Geospatial Advisory Council (GAC) will hold its next quarterly meeting on March 22, 2017. At the meeting, committees and some sector representatives will provide reports, and MnGeo's priority projects and initiatives will be reviewed. Materials for the meeting are posted to the GAC web page.

Not sure who your sector representative is? Find out on the GAC member web page.

Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program

Did you know that DEED’s Office of Broadband Development has distributed almost $65 million in grant funds for the Border-to-Border Broadband program? These funds help make the financial case for new and existing providers to invest in building infrastructure into unserved and underserved areas of the state. More information is available on the grant program’s web page, which has a map of the 2016 award winners as well as a map summarizing awards over the past three years. To learn more, contact the office.

Minnesota NG9-1-1 GIS Newsletter #5

The Minnesota NG9-1-1 GIS Newsletter is intended to keep NG9-1-1 stakeholders informed of the project’s status, challenges, accomplishments and future endeavors. This issue’s feature article shines a spotlight on MnGeo to give you a better understanding of who they are and what their role is in the state’s migration to NG9-1-1. The current and past issues are all posted on the Department of Public Safety's Emergency Communication Networks website.