ESRI has an upcoming GeoDev Webinar about Integrating Deep Learning with ArcGIS using Python (August 24th). This webinar will showcase examples of applying Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning to geospatial data using ArcGIS API for Python. It will cover several scenarios of applying the latest machine learning and deep learning techniques to geospatial data. Sign up today!
Looking for a college? Though GIS programs were not used as a factor, check out this listing of colleges based on graduation rates, tuition charges, family borrowing, and alumni earnings (plus 22 other data points) to find the country’s top values.
Top ranked in the SoCal area:
#2 University of California – San Diego
#3 University of California – Irvine
#4 University of California – Los Angeles
#12 California Institute of Technology – Pasadena
#22 California State University – Long Beach
#32 University of California – Riverside
#45 California State University – Dominguez Hills
#47 California State Polytechnic University – Pomona
And if you are looking for colleges in the area that have GIS programs, check out the Education section on the resources page.
Ever wonder where that place name came from? I found a scanned copy of a 1916 journal article “California Place Names of Indian Origin” on the UC Berkeley Library website. Check out this entry for Azusa:
Ha! I like footnote #6, and I paraphrase: some guy living in Azusa quotes some other guy who’s godfather said it means “skunk hill” because of the skunks, the small polecat variety, on the hill named “Azuncsabit” by the Indians, east of the town where the ranch house of the grant stood.
And here I thought Azusa got it’s name from the phrase “the best city from A to Z in the USA!”
You can download the PDF of the journal article here.
I also bought this book many years ago and it’s pretty interesting if you are into the etymology of place names:
Florida State University has placed the US State Department’s International Boundary Studies online. They are really useful for getting a high-level description of the history and delimitation of international boundaries around the world. Most often the studies will not have any maps, but the text will have a description of the boundaries. Check it out!
Took a lot of pictures on your summer road trip? Why not share it using a story map? Check out this blog post on how to do that.
If Shark Week has you wondering whether you should stay out of the water, a shark map may be just what you need. Check out this interactive map with animated shark tracks and commercial fishing activity on the East Coast.
ESRI blogged about their entire mid-year release of their software. To discover what’s new in ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, and their ArcGIS Apps, extensions, and developer tools, click here!
Between 1956 and 1974 those living in Los Angeles had little idea that they were surrounded by numerous nuclear warheads. 16 Nike missile sites as well as radar and control sites were established to defend the Los Angeles area, just in case Russia decided to send their bombers our way. Read about it and more on the Cold War LA website!
Here is a great example on how to use bivariate mapping and color hues to show two subjects that are compared in one map.
The Big Ten Academic Alliance Geoportal is a project that aims to make geospatial resources more discoverable and accessible to scholars. The Geoportal aggregates publicly-available geospatial resources, which are curated by librarians and specialists at twelve universities in the Big Ten Academic Alliance. These resources include GIS datasets, digitized historical maps, and web services, and each item is also accompanied by descriptive metadata along with links to download or view the full resource. They are easily searchable by both text and map and they can also be browsed by place, data type, and subject. The Geoportal’s resources include locations worldwide (including Antarctica), though their coverage is most extensive in the United States. It should be noted that this site does not itself host any data; instead, it serves as a one-stop shop that connects users to data hosted by numerous separate websites. Check it out!
SoCalGIS.org 