Check out this interactive Zika Virus Outbreak map and timeline. You can map other outbreaks as well from their main page at Healthmap.org.
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Monthly Archives: April 2016
California GIS Jobs This Week
GIS Manager – Merced County
Program Coordinator I Forestry – City of Pasadena
Planner I-V – City of Long Beach
GIS Project Manager – City of Long Beach
NextGen Brings More Aircraft Noise to SoCal
The Next-Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) will most likely bring more aircraft noise to Southern California. Residents of Mar Vista, Culver City, Santa Monica, and Pacific Palisades already are noticing jets flying in and out at lower altitudes and more often. This is because the NextGen system uses satellites instead of air traffic controllers for precision separation of aircraft, allowing them to fly at lower altitudes and much closer together for landings and departures. Continue reading
GIS Project Manager Position
The City of Long Beach Technology & Innovation (TI) Department has an immediate opening for a permanent, full-time classified Business Systems Specialist VI position (GIS Project Manager) within the Business Information Systems Bureau. The GIS Project Manager for the City of Long Beach is a critical position responsible for developing, operating and managing the City’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Cityworks Work Order Systems. Continue reading
Digital Coast Fellowship Opportunities
NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management is recruiting candidates for three Digital Coast Fellowship opportunities in 2016. This program is modeled after the Coastal Management fellowship program and has a similar mission: to provide on-the-job education and training opportunities in coastal resource management and policy for postgraduate students and to provide project assistance to Digital Coast Partnership organizations. The fellowship positions start in August 2016 and are available with: the Association of State Floodplain Managers in Madison, Wisconsin; the National Estuarine Research Reserve Association in Wells, Maine; and The Nature Conservancy in Seattle, Washington. Eligibility requirements, descriptions of the projects, and guidance on how to apply can be found at coast.noaa.gov/fellowship/digitalcoast.html. Continue reading
California GIS Jobs This Week
GIS Technician – San Diego County
GIS Internship – City of El Cajon
National Parcel Layer Content Specialist – Mill Valley area
Data Analyst/Admin Assistant – Cupertino area
The Killer Hiding in the CDC Map
I found this article about what caused Haiti’s cholera epidemic VERY interesting. The tie in with the CDC map is chilling. Click below to read.
New GIS Book Call For Chapters
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit a chapter for the book “Volunteered Geographic Information and the Future of Geospatial Data”, scheduled for release in 2017.
For further information, please visit http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1945 .
Submission proposal deadline: May 14, 2016 (1-page proposal).
Please kindly help circulate this call among your colleagues and students who may be interested.
Dr. Claudio Campelo, UFCG, Brazil
Dr. Michela Bertolotto, UCD, Ireland
Dr. Padraig Corcoran, Cardiff University, UK
(Editors)
Free Leaflet Tips and Tricks Book
Looking to get into web maps and Leaflet? Check out this free book titled “Leaflet Tips and Tricks: Interactive Maps with leaflet.js”.
The book will help you learn how to create maps with the Leaflet JavaScript library through a series of step-by-step recipes to achieve great dynamic and interactive web maps. Continue reading
New California NAIP 2014 DOQQ
The NAIP 2014 DOQQ TIFF-format 4-band images for California were recently added to the old Cal Atlas download site. The images, index files, and metadata are available from the following link:
http://www.atlas.ca.gov/download.html#/casil/imageryBaseMapsLandCover/imagery/naip/
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