URISA's conference in Kansas City, Mo. (Oct. 9-12) will feature a number of GISCorps events, highlighting tsunami and Katrina volunteers.

URISA's GISCorps has had a busy and important year. Following the Indonesian Tsunami Disaster, a group of GISCorps volunteers was deployed to assist in recovery efforts. Assistance was deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan and most recently, following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, GISCorps mobilized volunteers to facilitate map production, data management, and other critical functions (http://www.urisa.org/katrina2.htm) . The volunteers had an immediate impact. In light of these important contributions, URISA's conference in Kansas City, Missouri (October 9-12) will feature a number of GISCorps events:

GISCorps continues to accept volunteer applications in preparation for the next request for assistance from the affected region.