Robert Wood Johnson Foundation selected the City of Garfield, NJ as a location to hold one of its tours. Garfield was selected because of its dedication to fighting childhood obesity. VERTICES created an interactive map and website so the participants in the tour could follow along and so its many resources could be continuously viewed. The event took place on Wednesday October 12, 2011.

On Saturday, September 10, 2011 the Franklin High School student group SOCIO (Scholars, Organizing Culturally Innovative Opportunities) went out into their community to document the conditions of sidewalks and crosswalks in Somerset, New Jersey around the Pine Grove Elementary School. The students then inputted the data they collected into an interactive map to observe the safety of common walking routes to school. This project was developed in partnership with Dr. Wansoo Im, an adjunct professor at Rutgers University and president of VERTICES, LLC, a planning/IT consulting company in New Brunswick, New Jersey, as part of a Community Mapping initiative.

URISA, a nonprofit association for professionals involved in using GIS software and information technology to improve and redevelop public health policies and methods.

The event took place in Maryland from November 30-December 1.

A conference dedicated to discussing and developing strategies and initiatives using the latest technologies to promote water restoration and protect watersheds.

Serving Communities and Learning GIS Technology: Engaging youth with their communities by using PPGIS.