Resources
Content from our events
Presentations from our collaboration with FOSS4G State of the Map Oceania 2020 Conference
Presentations from our 2021 30th birthday conference - Seeing is believing!
Presentations from our MapChats
Get help when you need it
GIS Stack Exchange: Provides users a free way of getting help with issues relating to all GIS platforms and coding issues within a few hours. It has saved many hours of trial and error and is a great way to learn and help others around the world.
GIS Lounge: A platform with a wealth of GIS resources connecting users with forums, user groups, training, international job listings and interesting tips for those in the spatial field.
MapInfo-L: The online MapInfo user forum and discussion page.
ESRI MOOC Program -massive open online courses: A convenient, effective, and fun way to keep up with fast-paced developments in geospatial technology. Classes are four to six weeks long and you can study whenever you have spare time. Certificates available upon completion.
Free and Open Source GIS Ramblings: a blog from a spatial data scientist, open source GIS advocate and author.
Make your own maps
Google MyMaps: provides a nice easy-to-use mapping interface to create and share custom maps with all your favourite places. Plan where you'd like to go, show where you've been, or display data of your own. You can easily embed interactive Google Maps within your own web page.
Data Discovery
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN)
- Wet Tropics Region Natural Resource Management Plan
- GeoNadir
- GeoScience Australia
- National Native Title Tribunal
- Queensland Globe
- Queensland Spatial Catalogue (QSpatial)
- Queensland Government Open Data Portal
Keep an eye out for other Geo happenings
- GeoRabble
- Locate conference
- Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI)
- Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OsGeo)
A few more handy links
Archived funGIS content
17 May 2019
FunGIS 2019 Conference Wrap Up
FunGIS 2019 Conference Wrap Up - Dealing with Data! It's Everywhere. Presentations and files from this year's speakers.
05 Jul 2016
GIS SOS
GIS SOS Need urgent help on some GIS related task? If it's related specifically to the Far North then please post a comment on the FunGIS Facebook. If you have more general technical questions try GIS.StackExchange.com there's also specific help sites for ArcGIS and MapInfo.
28 Jun 2016
Spatial Happenings @ the CCRC
A brief update on what is happening at the Cassowary Coast Regional Council GIS
26 May 2015
Storytelling with Maps Contest
The Esri international storytelling with maps contest is now open for entrants.
16 May 2015
Where's Ally?
Learn about Spatial Agent Alistair's latest career moves, volunteer activities and global spatial adventures. This is edition one of five fortnightly articles to inform, educate and inspire!
17 Mar 2015
Directions LIVE 2015
Unlocking the power of the platform Directions LIVE 2015 – Esri Australia’s free technical seminar series – arrives in Townsville on 4 May. Registrations are now open!
18 Nov 2014
Celebrate GIS Day with a Storymap
Remember to celebrate international GIS Day on the 19th November and contribute to a global storymap
05 Jun 2014
Compare Maps - a tool for online map content comparison
Compare Maps is a new tool for comparing the maps of four of the major online map providers, Bing, Nokia, OpenStreetMap and Google.
03 Jun 2014
Members can add news items to this page
Fungis members can add news items to their website. Find out more COMING SOON
29 May 2014
ArcGIS vision...at Staying Connected
The ArcGIS vision: Expanding the reach of GIS technology. Presentation at Staying Connected on June 6th, in Cairns.
26 May 2014
Presentations at Fungis Events
As we get ready for the Fungis 2014 - Staying Connected event we have re-posted presentations from the last few years of fungis events.
01 May 2014
New site, with old treasures
As the new website has been launched we have cleaned up under the mushroom and found 15 newsletters and reports going back to 1994 that have not been published before, please click through to download them.
26 Nov 2012
Another APPlause for the Far North Queensland GIS Group!
The Far North Queensland GIS Group (Fungis) has hosted another successful workshop in Cairns, this time about smartphone technologies and smartphone Apps.