GIS Day @ Ventura College

Come and celebrate GIS Day at Ventura College on Friday 11/22/2024 from 8am to 2:30pm. It will be their 25th year!

Free registration includes: Geospatial Technology Presentations, Industry and Organization Representatives, Posters/Story Maps/Apps, Coffee/Pastries/Lunch.

Featured Speakers
Keynote: Jinna Larkin, County of Santa Barbara GIS Supervisor
Mapping Meaningful Connections – A Santa Barbara Story

Paul Jenkin, Ventura Campaign Coordinator, Surfrider Foundation
Matilija Dam Removal: Sediment transport and downstream implications

Christian Harder, Writer/Editor/Senior Content Strategist, Esri
The Making of The Power of Where, Jack Dangermond’s first book

Register here.

2024 ESRI User Conference

The 2024 ESRI User Conference is on this week in San Diego. It is ESRI’s 44th user conference and celebrating 55 years as a company.

Some interesting information during the Plenary today:

  • ArcGIS Online recycle bin, edit data with Web Editor, metadata editor, Model Builder, Data Pipelines
  • Dashboards on mobile devices, 3D scenes in dashboards
  • Story Maps offline briefings
  • GeoAI predetermined models, ready to use, landcover, buildings, etc.
  • ArcGIS Velocity
  • ArcGIS support for STAC, oriented imagery, stream geospatial videos on a map
  • Add PDF to a map
  • ArcGIS Hub map based discussion boards … Geo Chat
  • ArcGIS Pro, change group check boxes to radio buttons, insert hyperlinks in layouts, data schema editing in Excel

You can watch the Plenary sessions here.

GISP or Not to GISP? That is the Question!

CGIA is excited to launch their Professional Development Speaker Series and Workshop, dedicated to the advancement of GIS professionals and career development within the field. Their first session “To GISP or Not to GISP? That is the Question!” will be held on February 21st, featuring Jochen Albrecht, Ph.D, GISP & Nick Franchino, AICP, GISP.

Click here for more info and to register.

Los Angeles Geospatial Summit

Network at the annual 2024 LA Geospatial Summit in Los Angeles, live and in-person with fellow students, young professionals from throughout the Southland and eminent industry leaders.

Gain insights on GIS industry trends and opportunities.

Share your research in an ArcGIS StoryMap or lightning talk.

Join us FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2024  at the USC Hotel, 3540 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90007.

For more information and to register, visit https://dornsife.usc.edu/spatial/los-angeles-geospatial-summit/

UC GIS Week 2023

The University of California will be hosting GIS Week from Nov. 14th – Nov. 16th, celebrating all things mapping and geospatial! The University of California GIS Week is an opportunity for you to learn and engage with experts and mapping projects across the UC system and beyond! The event will be hosted virtually through Zoom.

All talks are free and open to the public! We encourage anyone interested in GIS to attend, all experience levels are welcome.

Want to share your research? We’re accepting submissions for panelists until October 6! We are looking for lightning talks, panelists, presentations, posters, StoryMaps, and pre-recorded workshops.

For more information and to register, click below.

2023 ESRI Developer Summit videos

The Plenary Session at the 2023 ESRI Developer Summit kicked each day off with an inspiring deep dive into the entirety of the ArcGIS system, exploring spatial analytics, data science, and location services with expert-led app-building demonstrations.

‌Days one and two of the Plenary Session, as well as the customer keynotes, are now available to view. Check it out!