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About socalgovgis - Michael Carson

Michael Carson, GIS Manager (retired) for the City of Burbank and President of Southern California Government GIS User Group. Currently teaching GIS at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita.

The Ultimate Christmas Gift

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OK, this might not be the ultimate Christmas gift for some, however if your loved one loves maps and globes … and LEGOs, then this is the ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS GIFT!!!!

You need to get them a LEGO Globe kit!  Even the stand for the globe is made of LEGOs!  It’s a piece of art for display and geography purposes!  There is no excuse!  And you can get the globe in different color schemes.  It’s not cheap, expect to spend over $800 … your loved one is worth it!  Check it out.  Only 19 shopping days left before Christmas! 😮

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History of Cartography Competition

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Students of the history of cartography are invited to submit papers for the 2020 Ristow Prize competition. Undergraduate, graduate, and first-year postdoctoral students of any nationality are eligible to compete. Papers must be in English, not exceeding 7500 words, and should be submitted digitally as a PDF document to kaparker18th@gmail.com by 1 June 2020. Appropriate illustrations, especially maps, are encouraged. The winning essay will receive a cash prize of $1000 and will be published in The Portolan, the journal of the Washington Map Society. The prize, named in honor of the late Dr. Walter W. Ristow, is sponsored by the Washington Map Society of Washington, D. C. For more information, including a list of previous winners, go to the website www.WashMapSociety.org or contact Dr. Katherine Parker at kaparker18th@gmail.com.

The Living Atlas of the World

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ESRI’s ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World can be described as an evolving collection of authoritative, curated, read-to-use global geographic information curated by ESRI and the GIS user community.  It includes imagery, basemaps, demographics and lifestyle, landscape, boundaries and places, transportation, earth observations, urban systems, oceans, and historical maps, all of which can be combined with your own data.

Most can be used without signing in, but you will need an ArcGIS Online account for the more interesting ones.  Here are a few I found that were interesting.  Continue reading →