Question for the SoCalGIS group:
Has anyone switched from Oracle to SQL and noticed a performance gain/loss in their GIS capability? Editing, querying, accessing data, etc? And how were benchmarks tested?
Please send your responses to Erik Moule at ERMOULE@CITYOFPASADENA.NET.
Applications for the next round of AAG Cartography Specialty Group Master’s Thesis Research Grants are due by June 15, 2014.
Masters students enrolled full time are invited to apply for the CSG Master’s Thesis Research Grants. These grants are intended to promote scholarly research in cartography by students enrolled in Geography or a related degree program. Grants are available up to a maximum of $500 and may be used for items necessary and relevant to research, such as travel, materials, equipment, and human subject fees.
Deadlines for application are March 15, June 15, and November 1 of each year. Applications and inquiries should be directed to the CSG Non-Academic Director, Sarah Bell, at sbell@esri.com.
For more information and the application form, please visit http://www.csun.edu/~hfgeg003/csg/master.html. You can also access that page from the Awards and Competitions section of the main CSG Web site, http://www.csun.edu/~hfgeg003/csg.
Please share this announcement with your students or other organizations that may have potential applicants. Good luck in the competition!
Looking to learn Python or brush up on your Python skills? You can download for free Mark Pilgrim’s book Dive Into Python. Keep in mind this book is dated 2004 and uses Python 2.3 in the examples, but that should not stop you using the current version of Python and following along in the book. Click here to view the table of contents of the book before you decide to download.
Group: Geospatial LA
Subject: Geospatial LA is THIS WEDNESDAY, June 4th @ CalTech – 5:30pm
Imagin’ Labs & PIXIA Corporation are hosting the meeting this Wednesday in Pasadena for an evening focused on imagery, sensor data collection, processing and remote sensing.
PRESENTERS:
MEETUP DETAILS (hosted by Imagin’ Labs):
Date: Wednesday, June 4th Time: 5:30pm
Where: Caltech, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125 In the Buwalda room, first floor of the Arms building, which is building #25 on the campus map: http://www.caltech.edu/map/
Parking:
Free after 5pm in the campus structures, I suggest parking in structure #123 on the map, which is approximately at: 485 S Wilson ave, Pasadena, CA 91106
MEETUP SOCIAL (hosted by PIXIA Corporation):
When: Approximately 7:30pm – on
Where (New Location!): Lucky Baldwins Trappiste – 1770 East Colorado Blvd.
What does a humpback whale sound like? Or perhaps the White-cheeked Gibbon? The Nature Soundmap provides snippets of these sounds and much, much more. Visitors will find an interactive map of the world, complete with markers that allow audio wildlife travel from Central America to Central Asia. Symphonies of animal noises can also be found here. Each marker includes information about the animal or setting profiled, along with a link to More Info for the generally curious. Click below to check it out.
SoCalGIS.org 