Category Archives: Education/Learning

SoCalGIS Meeting This Friday

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Just a reminder that our SoCalGIS meeting will be this Friday, April 7th, from 10am to 12:30pm at Rio Hondo College in Whittier.  You will learn more about GIS at Rio Hondo College and expect a drone demo and demo of data processing tools!

Please register for the meeting here: https://goo.gl/WrNY0c

Parking is free in Lot A nearest to the footbridge crossing to the Career Technology building.  Directions will be emailed to you as well as the agenda and parking pass.  Make sure you register!

Here is a map of the campus.  Rio Hondo College, 3600 Workman Mill Road, Whittier, CA, 90601.

Tentative Agenda:

  • Welcome
  • 1Spatial – Demonstration of 1Integrate product
  • NorthSouth GIS – Demonstration of Enesgy product
  • Rio Hondo College GIS – Drone demonstration including workflow and processing using Pix4D

Any questions, contact Warren Roberts.

Intro to Web Programming for GIS Applications

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From Mike Miller:

I just released a new course called “Introduction to Web Programming for GIS Applications” on Udemy. I would like to offer the members of SoCalGIS 50% off ($50 for 96 lectures covering 13 hours) using the following link.

https://www.udemy.com/introduction-to-web-programming-for-gis-applications/?couponCode=SOCALGIS

The course covers the basic of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, PHP, Leaflet, and PostGIS with an emphasis on the parts important for GIS Applications. Although I use examples from Open Source software for practical reasons, Most of the material is applicable to web mapping on commercial platforms as well.

This course is intended to be the fouindation for further courses I am developing on Client side GIS applications, Server side GIS applications, and Mobile application development.

Non-profits are eligible for further discounts. Just email me at lstomsl@gmail.com and tell me how you use GIS to make the world a better place.

Thanks,
Mike Miller
www.millermountain.com

 

Graduate Certificate in Digital Mapping

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Greetings from the University of Kentucky Department of Geography!

Are you interested in web mapping? Check out the online Graduate Certificate in Digital Mapping program at the University of Kentucky – we can help take your GIS career to the next level. While there are a full range of courses, we recommend experienced GIS professionals begin with MAP 672 – Programming for Web Mapping.

In addition to MAP 672, we will also be offering MAP 671 – Intro to New Mapping (focusing on a desktop GIS workflow for web production) as well as MAP 673 – Design for Interactive Web Mapping. MAP 672 introduces students to JavaScript, HTML and CSS and is perfect for those who have work experience in desktop GIS, but have not yet begun web mapping.  If this describes you, please email us so we can review your experience and consider an advanced enrollment. Continue reading →

Scholarship for Community College Students in Geography

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If you are a community college student in Geography that plans on transferring to California State University Northridge (or you just did), here’s a deal you should not pass up.  The Tamborro Scholarship pays all normal university fees to fulltime undergraduate geography majors who will or already have transferred to CSUN from a community college!  What a deal!

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CSULB Masters of Science in GIS

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Dear GIS Community:

We are currently accepting applications to the Masters of Science in Geographic information Science (MSGISci) at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). The MSGISci is a 1-year, 30-unit MS degree program. Classes are offered on weeknights and weekends to accommodate working professionals.

Please encourage potential applicants to visit www.beachgis.com for more details. 

Review of applications begins April 1, 2017 (note the upcoming FAFSA application deadlines (fafsa.ed.gov/deadlines.htm; March 2nd for CA residents).

Thank you in advance.

Sincerely,

Suzanne

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 Suzanne P. Wechsler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
California State University Long Beach (CSULB)
Director, Master of Science in Geographic Information Science (MSGISci)
www.beachgis.com

 

College of the Canyons GIS

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Are you looking to learn more about GIS than just how to push buttons in the software?  Want to build a GIS skill set that will set you apart from others?  Desiring to be exposed to the practical and real world use of GIS?  Then come join me at College of the Canyons and sign up for GIS 101, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems.  The class will be challenging and rewarding!  Also, your earned units are UC/CSU transferrable.

Registration for the Spring semester has started, so make sure to register early.  The GIS class will meet at the Valencia campus every Wednesday from 6:30pm to 9:35pm, February 8 to May 31.  The textbooks for the course can be found here.

Feel free to contact me, Michael Carson (michael.carson@canyons.edu), if you have any questions.

Rio Hondo College GIS

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Start off the new year right and take a GIS class or two at Rio Hondo College.  Courses start the week of January 30th.  Apply for admission and register for classes entirely online. Available courses include two Introduction to GIS (GIS 120) courses including one located off site at the LA County Department of Public Works (900 S Fremont Ave, Alhambra), also offered is Cartography (GIS 221), Crime Mapping (GIS 281) and Intermediate GIS (GIS 281).

To register for classes, you must first apply for admission (entirely free online). Directions for applying for admission and registering for the classes can be found at http://riohondo.isteaching.com/spring-semester-2017.html  For additional information, contact Prof. Warren Roberts wroberts@riohondo.edu (P.S. Did you know select Rio Hondo GIS courses are transferable courses to CSU and other universities?)

New Maps Plus Program

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Thinking about developing your skills in digital mapping?  Then check out University of Kentucky’s New Maps Plus program.

New Maps Plus is a completely online program consisting of three courses (MAP671, MAP672, and MAP673) that focus on online and open source mapping solutions (like QGIS), JavaScript programming, and cartographic design for the web.  Students completing the program will earn a Graduate Certificate in Digital Mapping from the UK Geography Department and the College of Arts & Sciences.  The courses are taught during 10-week terms that are offered four times a year (see schedule).  The next term will be starting January 23rd, with an application deadline of January 8th.

The 2016-17 academic year cost per credit hour is $639.50, plus a $10 per credit hour distance learning fee. Thus the MAP 671 course (3 credits) costs $1948.50 and the MAP 672/673 courses (4 credits) cost $2598 each.

Check it out by clicking below:

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