Looking for FEMA flood maps, LOMRs, and LOMAs? Check out FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer web map. You can also view things like river mile markers, coastal gages, high water marks, base flood elevations, water lines, alluvial fans, subbasins, levees, and more!
For those of you that have read this blog for a while, you might remember me mentioning the Great American Solar Eclipse for 2017 in a post back in October 2015! Well, it looks like the media woke up about it, because it is all over the news now. It is finally here, just one week away on August 21st! More info here.
Are you going to travel up north or to the east to see it? Below is a handy map showing how may hours it will take you to drive to the closest area to view the total solar eclipse:
Interesting article in GIS Professional magazine about using drones and GIS to map saltmarshes in Scotland. Check it out.
For you map collectors, here is a list of new maps and books that might interest you:
Kaufmann, Obi. The California field atlas. 1 atlas (608 pages), scales differ. Berkeley, Calif.: Heyday, pub. 2017. ISBN: 9781597144025
Mad Maps. Scenic road trips of Northern California: Avenue of the Giants, the Lost Coast, Napa & Sonoma, Mount Hamilton, Santa Cruz Mountains, Monterey & Carmel. 1 map, scale ca. 1:600,000. San Francisco, Calif.: Mad Maps, pub. 2016. ISBN: 9781933911397
National Geographic Maps. Mojave National Preserve, California. 1 map, scale 1:125,000. Evergreen, Colo.: National Geographic Maps, Trails Illustrated topographic map 256, pub. 2016. ISBN: 9781566953832
Thought that traditional paper maps are dead? Well, at least not yet! Here is a Minneapolis mapmaker that has stayed in business making custom maps in niche markets from dog parks to UFO sightings.
Guerrilla Cartography has a kickstarter for their upcoming Water Atlas project. Contribution options include adding your location to the collaborators map, receiving a copy of the book, or even donating a copy of the book to your favorite school, library, or community center with your name printed on the inside cover. Check it out.
Thanks goes to Chandler Sterling for pointing this one out!
Once a footpath for the native Tongva people, now Sepulveda Canyon supports the busy Sepulveda Blvd. and 405 Freeway between the valley and the west side. Check out this article about the history and construction of the highway and freeway that goes through what we now call the Sepulveda Pass.
GIS Fall Semester classes starts August 21st
Pursue your GIS Certificate at Rio Hondo College. Registration starts next week. Apply for admission and register for classes entirely online.
Fall semester classes include two Introduction to GIS (GIS 120) courses including one located off site at the LA County Department of Public Works (DPW) at 900 S Fremont Ave, Alhambra. Also offered is Cartography (GIS 221) and Intermediate GIS (GIS 220).
For more information visit http://riohondo.isteaching.com/fall-semester-2017.html or contact Prof Warren Roberts gisteacher@gmail.com .
Looking to get some hands-on GIS learning in a fun, interactive group environment? Perhaps the ESRI Geodata Academy is the place for you! Each no-cost Geodata Academy session is under 4 hours, with morning and afternoon offerings. Check it out!
Interesting infographics and maps about roadway fatalities by substance type. Data includes drug and alcohol related roadway deaths from 1995 to 2013. Looks like LA County drivers like stimulants.
