If you are a full or part-time undergraduate, graduate, and first year post-doctoral student attending accredited colleges and universities anywhere in the world AND working on a research paper in the history of cartography, then you might want to enter your work in the Ristow Prize Competition. The winner will receive a $1000 cash prize and publication in the The Portolan, Journal of the Washington Map Society. The deadline is June 1, 2014.
If you are interested in how the Fire Department City of New York (FDNY) developed and utilzed geospatial capabilties during the most recent Super Bowl, then you should register for this free online training session on 2/26/2014.
There is a free workshop for GIS Managers on February 10, 2014 hosted by the City of Pasadena. Registration is limited to public sector government agencies. The workshop is ideal for:
Topics covered include:
Take a look at the flyer and sign up! You can also register here.
Hello Pacific Region GIS data users.
In our continuing series of educational GIS webinars for CA, HI, and NV, we would like to follow up the recent EarthExplorer call with one on an equally important USGS data distribution site – The National Map Viewer.
Please join us for a webinar and call on Thursday, January 30 at 11:00 HST, 1:00 PM PST. To sign up for the webinar, just visit the following link to register:
https://usgs.webex.com/usgs/j.php?ED=259146402&RG=1&UID=0&RT=MiM0
Once you have registered for the meeting, you will receive an email message confirming your registration. This message will provide the information (including conference call numbers) that you need to join the meeting. Note that our webinar capacity and phone lines are both limited to 50 people. So depending on the number of people interested, we may not be able to accommodate everyone. But we will monitor the registrations and keep you informed..
This site has lots of GIS-ready data available for free download. We will go over data access, USGS products, viewing data, and web services. Your instructors will be Carol Ostergren and Drew Decker.
From our website (nationalmap.gov/viewer):
Use The National Map Viewer and Download Platform to visualize, inspect, and download our most current topographic base map data and products for free. Managed by the USGS National Geospatial Program (NGP), The National Map Viewer provides access to all eight primary data themes of The National Map to include US Topo and historical topographic map products.
Data include: Elevation, Orthoimagery, Hydrography, Geographic Names, Boundaries, Transportation, Structures, and Land Cover, while products include: US Topo and Historical Topo Maps. The National Map Viewer also allows visualization and identification queries (but not downloads) of Other Featured Data, to include Scanned Topo Maps, Ecosystems, Protected Areas, Gap Analysis Program Land Cover, Wetlands, Public Land Survey System, and National Park Service Boundaries. Also included is a Natural Hazards panel to view hazards-related information, such as for earthquakes, floods, wildfires, and weather, along with the U.S. National Grid for emergency response.
Hope you are able to join us! Contact either of us with any questions.
Thanks,
Carol Ostergren
Drew Decker
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Drew Decker
USGS Geospatial Liaison for Pacific Region
NSDI Partnership Office, U.S. Geological Survey
4165 Spruance Road, Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92101
619-225-6430
619-417-2879 cell
619-225-6101 fax
ddecker@usgs.gov
http://liaisons.usgs.gov/geospatial/California/
http://liaisons.usgs.gov/geospatial/Hawaii/
USNG 11S MS 8026 2158
Intro to GIS Software (GEOG V26) class starts January 6th
Ventura College’s Introduction to GIS Software (GEOG V26) class starts January 6th. This Monday/Wednesday class is 8-weeks long and meets from 7:00-8:50. This course provides a good entry point to those interested in GIS and also provides hands-on skills with ESRI’s ArcGIS 10.2. This course can also fill in gaps for those with some exposure to/experience with GIS.
A follow-up GIS Projects class, GEOG V28 starts right after GEOG 26. You can register for both if you are interested in developing your skills further.
For more information visit the Ventura College GIS page: http://academic.venturacollege.edu/spalladino/geosci/GIS.html
To enroll visit the Ventura College web site: http://www.venturacollege.edu/
Contact Steve Palladino, GIS Program director, spalladino@vcccd.edu for more information.
If you have been thinking about attending one of those coding bootcamps so you can make six figures, take a look at this article for a good analysis of these schools.
The next USGS webinar will be held Dec. 12, 11-12 Pacific. For a better understanding of Earth Explorer, please register and tune in.
EarthExplorer (http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov) provides online search, browse display, metadata export, and data download for earth science data from the archives of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). EarthExplorer provides an enhanced user interface using state-of-the art JavaScript libraries, Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP), and the advanced Oracle spatial engine. EarthExplorer is your resource for urban area imagery, Landsat, lidar point clouds, DEMs and other data collected and managed by USGS.
Key features in EarthExplorer include:
• Fast, geospatial search engine
• Map viewer for viewing overlay footprints and browse overlays
• Simple, fast Graphical User Interface (GUI)
• Data access tool to search and discover data
• Textual query capability
• Keyhole Markup Language (KML) export capability to interface with Google Earth
• Save or export queries, results, and map overlay for reuse
• Request on-demand products
• Access to browse images from standard products
• User authentication service for access to specialized datasets and tools
• Access to Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) quality band data
• Standard product downloads
• User notifications of new acquisitions and available products through subscription services
• Updated software code base supporting JavaScript and PHP
TOPIC: Getting around earth explorer
DATE: Thursday, December 12, 2013
TIME: 11:00 am, Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00)
To attend this meeting, you must first register for it. Please click this link to see more information, and register for this meeting.
https://usgs.webex.com/usgs/j.php?ED=192113193&RG=1&UID=0&RT=MiM0
Once you have registered for the meeting, you will receive an email message confirming your registration. This message will provide the information that you need to join the meeting.
5-10 minutes before the start of the webinar, please dial toll free 855-547-8255 or 703-648-4848
Conference Security Code: 30401#
For Help or Support:
Go to https://usgs.webex.com/usgs/mc click Assistance, then Click Help or click Support.
To contact carol ostergren call 1-9162789510 or, email: costergren@usgs.gov
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For help with WebEx:
– Visit https://usgs.webex.com/, click USGS Help (on left)
– WebEx software questions: 1-866-569-3239
– USGS account questions: email gs_help_webinar@usgs.gov
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http://www.webex.com
Thanks for your interest in USGS products and services.
Drew and Carol
Drew Decker
USGS Geospatial Liaison for Pacific Region
NSDI Partnership Office, U.S. Geological Survey
4165 Spruance Road, Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92101
619-225-6430
619-417-2879 cell
619-225-6101 fax
ddecker@usgs.gov
http://liaisons.usgs.gov/geospatial/California/
http://liaisons.usgs.gov/geospatial/Hawaii/
USNG 11S MS 8026 2158
Carol Ostergren
US Geological Survey Pacific Region
National Geospatial Program
3020 State University Drive East, Suite 3005
Sacramento, CA 95819
916-278-9510 (office); 916-278-9546 (fax)
costergren@usgs.gov
http://liaisons.usgs.gov/geospatial/California/
http://liaisons.usgs.gov/geospatial/Nevada/
https://www.facebook.com/USGeologicalSurvey/timeline
GIS Day is tomorrow, so post a comment here if you are hosting a GIS Day at your organization. Have fun and show off your maps!
The USGS National Geospatial Program team for CA, NV, and HI (that’s Drew Decker and I) is hosting a series of webinars over the next several months. These webinars will highlight USGS National Geospatial Program advances and new technologies being deployed by other Federal agencies. Please feel free to forward this webinar announcement to others in your organizations. Both of these webinars require advance registration, but we will keep this open as long as possible.
October 30, 1 pm Pacific: The USGS Volunteered Geographic Information Program
The volunteer effort of The National Map Corps to collect and improve structures data provides several benefits to the Program and its users:
The use of The National Map Corps and VGI will result in more complete national datasets in The National Map with improved positional and attribute accuracy. With this coordination, federal, state, and local government efforts, combined with citizen contributions, are complementary and lead to a richer dataset that is available for everyone to use.
TOPIC: USGS Volunteered Geographic Information
DATE: Wednesday, October 30, 2013
TIME: 1:00 pm, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00)
To attend this meeting, you must first register for it. Please click this link to see more information, and register for this meeting.
https://usgs.webex.com/usgs/j.php?ED=245886522&RG=1&UID=0&RT=MiM0
Once you have registered for the meeting, you will receive an email message confirming your registration. This message will provide the information that you need to join the meeting.
For Help or Support:
Go to https://usgs.webex.com/usgs/mc click Assistance, then Click Help or click Support.
November 7, 1 pm Pacific: From DFIRM to the National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL): Charting the Course of FEMA’s Digital Flood Hazard Data
This webinar will look at the past, present, and future of FEMA’s digital flood hazard information. FEMA’s Flood Information Rate Maps (FIRMs) are primarily designed for rating flood insurance and reducing risk through community planning, but they also serve to inform the public about the location of flood hazards. FEMA has distributed GIS versions of the FIRMs as early as the mid 1990s, but with recent enhancements FEMA’s current focus is on distributing the NFHL as geospatial web services.
Topic: From DFIRM to the National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL): Charting the Course of FEMA’s Digital Flood Hazard Data
Date: Thursday, November 7, 2013
Time: 1:00 pm, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00)
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To register for this meeting
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1. Go to https://usgs.webex.com/usgs/j.php?ED=245888147&RG=1&UID=0&RT=MiM0
2. Register for the meeting.
Once the host approves your request, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the meeting.
Other upcoming webinars in planning are:
Earth Explorer data repository (which houses imagery, lidar, landsat, land cover, and many other datasets)
Using the USGS USTopo geopdf
Using USGS map services
Introduction to the National Hydrography Dataset
Please let Drew or I know if you are interested in any or all of these webinars, or if you have other interests in Federal Programs that we can try to facilitate.
Lastly, apologies for duplication in the email if you are receiving this multiple times.
Thanks,
Drew and Carol
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Drew Decker
USGS Geospatial Liaison for Pacific Region
NSDI Partnership Office, U.S. Geological Survey
4165 Spruance Road, Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92101
619-225-6430
619-417-2879 cell
619-225-6101 fax
http://liaisons.usgs.gov/geospatial/California/
http://liaisons.usgs.gov/geospatial/Hawaii/
USNG 11S MS 8026 2158
Carol Ostergren
US Geological Survey Pacific Region
National Geospatial Program
3020 State University Drive East, Suite 3005
Sacramento, CA 95819
916-278-9510 (office); 916-278-9546 (fax)
Ventura College is offering a two-weekend course on GPS appropriate for novices and those with some GPS experience. Much of the time you will be in the field with GPS equipment but will also learn about GPS and get to bring the data into mapping software. The course takes place on Friday Oct. 18 & 25 (5:30pm-8:50) and Saturdays Oct. 19 & 26 (8:30-4:30). If you have some minor conflict with the times, contact the instructor, Philip Clinton (pclinton@vcccd.edu) to see how it may work out. Please try to register by Oct. 10th at:http://www.venturacollege.edu/apply_enroll/registration.shtml. Use either of the course names/#s: GEOG 24,CRN #71987 or GIS 24, CRN #72000.
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