AlabamaView is a consortium formed to promote research, education, and outreach of remote sensing and geographic information systems to Alabama citizenry. A major focus of AlabamaView is to provide centralized access to downloadable remotely sensed imagery and GIS layers.

State agencies and academic institutions can save taxpayers' money by purchasing imagery through AlabamaView which has an agreement with the USGS Eros Data Center that enables us to purchase data at discounted prices. As of June 2006, AlabamaView has saved over $20,000 of taxpayers' money through these data purchases. AlabamaView then posts these data online and makes them available to everyone for free which reduces redundant orders and saves money as well.

AlabamaView is a sponsor for the 4th GIS Symposium being held at the Auburn University. Please visit the symposium website at www.auei.auburn.edu/gis/ to find more information.