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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.

GIS Day at Los Angeles County

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Come join LA County on GIS Day, November 14th, from 9am to 3pm at Los Angeles County Grand Park, Olive Court.  Learn how LA County departments, and more than 30 other agencies, academic institutions, and private sector companies use GIS to tackle issues affecting the citizens of LA County.

There will be over 50 booths, GIS-enabled emergency vehicles, a map gallery, speakers, GIS games and prizes, and a dunk tank with LA County Supervisors inside … well maybe not the dunk tank! 😉

Attendance is free.  For more info, click here.

Mapping Global Debt

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Check out this interactive map that visualizes the debt of 51 different countries around the world.  The map provides a choropleth view of how much debt is held by each country since 2000 and how that debt has progressed since the global financial crisis of 2008.  You can also visualize household debt, which includes things like mortgages, student loans, and consumer credit.

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New Features in Operations Dashboard

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Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS is a configurable web app that is included with your ArcGIS Online subscription and/or ArcGIS Enterprise software.  The app provides location-aware data visualization and analytics for a real-time operational view of assets, people, services, and events.  Click below to find out about the top six new features.

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Also check out this blog post about strategies and best practices for using dashboards on your smartphone.

Pay for Google Street View?

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Like many of you, you might be using the Google API in your Geocortex apps so you have access to the Google Street View tool.  Well, for us it stopped working recently:

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We found out that Google changed their API terms of use this summer.  They have stopped supporting keyless usage.  That means you cannot access Google Street View through your apps without a billing account and an API key.  Keyless calls to the Maps JavaScript API and Street View API will return low-resolution images watermarked with “for development purposes only.”  You do not have to worry about this if you use the Google Maps website and Street View there.  This is only through API interfaces.

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