GIS Conferences and User Group Meetings 2015

Here are a few of the first GIS Conferences and User Group Meetings in California this year:

  • SoCal Geocortex User Group Meeting – January 22, 2015, Arcadia
  • Geodesign Summit – January 22-23, 2015, Redlands
  • Los Angeles Geospatial Summit – February 27, 2015, Los Angeles

For more information about these and other GIS conferences, visit the GIS Conferences page.

SoCal URISA Pizza and Pitchers Event

Come out with your local SoCal URISA members for a night of pizza and pitchers!

Please join SoCal URISA, for a night of networking, GIS talk and fun. Students and those seeking a career are encouraged to come out, bring your questions, current projects, resumes and let the folks in the community give you guidance.

Bring a co-worker or fellow student, meet your Southern California URISA chapter and let’s talk about all GIS in our community!

Pizzas and pitchers of beer or non-alcoholic drinks will be served.

Thursday, November 6th, 2014 at 6pm
Breakwater Brewing Co.
101 N. Coast Hwy., Oceanside, CA 92054
http://breakwaterbrewing.com

 

Google Maptoberfest

Dear Developers + Mappers:

Please join me for the inaugural Google Maptoberfest. Engineers and Product Managers from the Google Maps team will be on hand for you to ask questions about our mapping tools and APIs. We also want to hear about your apps and sites and learn more about how developers are building great maps and location based experiences.

Register for Maptoberfest here. Date, time and location below.

Best,

Brian McClendon
VP, Google Maps and Google Earth

Google Maptoberfest
October 29, 2014, 5:00pm – 9:00pm
Obscura Digital, 729 Tennessee St., San Francisco

 

MaptimeLA October Meetings

@MAPTIMELA is getting busy! Head Downtown in October to Fehr and Peers at 6:30pm, Late Happy Hours After Meetup at Library Bar downtown. Bring Your Projects and Your Data!!!

Thursday, 10/2
New Stamen LA’s Chief Jon Christensen Tells His Story http://www.meetup.com/MaptimeLA/events/204146282/

Monday, 10/6
“Expedition to the End of the World” Special One-Day-Only MaptimeLA Encore Showing
http://www.meetup.com/MaptimeLA/events/209330342/

Thursday, 10/16
Data Day:  Ben Welsh from the LA Times Data Desk and Mark Greninger from the LA County GIS Data Portal!
http://www.meetup.com/MaptimeLA/events/204146652/

Thursday, 10/30
Maptime 5:  Details To Be Announced! http://www.meetup.com/MaptimeLA/events/206462042/

NAPSG Los Angeles Region Summit

Registration is now open.

NAPSG Foundation is holding a one-day Los Angeles Region Summit on September 15, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. Just one block from the historic Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. This event will convene current and new NAPSG partners from the Los Angeles Region and across Southern California, from all public safety disciplines and levels of government.

The Summit will provide you with an opportunity to learn about the status of Public Safety GIS in the Los Angeles Region and to interact with other public safety officials and GIS professionals.

Who Should Attend? Operations and technical public safety officials, across all disciplines, who are interested in learning more about the requirements and application of GIS in day-to-day public safety operations.

Including:

  • Public Safety – Emergency Managers, Fire Service, EMS, Law Enforcement, Fusion Centers
  • Search & Rescue Coordinators
  • GIS Coordinators
  • Transportation Agencies
  • Public Safety & Homeland Security Officials
  • GIS Analysts, Specialists, Managers
  • IT Support Personnel
  • Industrial Emergency Responders
  • …And all other Public Safety & GIS Personnel

Please find the event agenda here.