Looking to take an interesting Geography course? Try out GEOG 441/541, Geography of Mars, at CSULB.

The class requires only that a student has taken introductory physical geography or general geology or a comparable course, so that they have a basic understanding of how our home planet “works.”  From that, they will acquire deep familiarity with Mars as an actual place to them, learning about Mars’ tectonic, geomorphic, and meteorological processes and the regional landscapes they produce.  They will be able to understand a lot of the martian research frontier by the end of the class and a few may be inspired to intern at JPL!

This is a “once in an academic lifetime” opportunity for students!

Here is a link to the flyer for the course —  https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/mars/MarsFlyerF23.pdf

Looking for a class on field applications for GIS? Sign up for GIS 130 at Rio Hondo College!

The course provides students and working professionals an expanded hands-on study on field data collection and methods using various geospatial technology including Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and sUAV (small unmanned aerial vehicles) for applications in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RMS). Experience in using field data collection enhances GIS technician and analyst employability. Students will research real world applications for public safety, public works, digital humanities and various sciences. This course will include off-campus field trips.

If you missed the first workshop over the weekend, don’t worry, there are going to be 2 more!

Join us for the Aerial Survey Mapping workshop on Saturday, November 12 and December 10. The workshop will cover UAS workflow, rules, regulations, and applications. For more information, visit the site here.

Free GIS Field Applications using UAS on Saturday Oct 22, 9am to Noon at the Robert Redford Sustainability Center / Bernard Field Station in Claremont. We’ll be covering aerial survey mapping workflow, applications for GIS, sharing resources for obtaining the FAA107 to commercially use sUAV and hands on drone use.

For more information, visit  https://bit.ly/3Kyl3nR 

Here is a webinar about the benefits of moving your local government GIS to the Cloud, specifically to Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is today at 11am PDT. To register, click here.

Also, here is more info about ESRI and AWS.

Join us for a new Fall semester of 2022.  GIS Courses are scheduled for both online, and hybrid (one evening a week with the option to attend virtually) including frequent optional field exercises.  The semester starts on August 20th.  

Interested in a new course? GIS for Public Works (GIS 222) with instructor Sean Christian PE with 30 years of GIS experience with Los Angeles County Sanitation. Other course offerings include Introduction to GIS (GIS120), Intermediate GIS (GIS220), Surveying w/ Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (GIS150), Cartography (GIS221), Crime Mapping (GIS 281), and Geospatial Programming (Python / GIS280).  The campus GIS labs are open on campus and field trips are scheduled for Fridays and weekends.

For more information, visit https://lnkd.in/gANNbQ7W . Also a short video about the Rio Hondo GIS Program: https://vimeo.com/735655623/140979d5ce