LA County GIS is currently accepting submissions for their map and app gallery for GIS Day. For more info visit: https://gis-day-gallery-lacounty.hub.arcgis.com/.

Date & Time: Sep 21, 2023 04:00 PM Pacific Time

The presentation, led by Steve Wiertz of Rand McNally, will cover the evolution of the Road Atlas from its start in the early 1900s to the current digital age in the 21st century. It will outline changes in map specification techniques, map production methods, and research methodologies.

Steve Wiertz is a graduate of Illinois State University with a major in Geography and has earned two GIS Certifications, one from Elmhurst University and the other from the College of DuPage. He is currently employed as a GIS Senior Analyst with Rand McNally Publishing in Chicago, Illinois. He has been working with the Rand McNally Road Atlas in different capacities throughout the last 30 years including as primary Cartographic Researcher during the last 12 years. Steve has developed innovative solutions for annually reviewing highways, roads, and points of interest within a customized database containing hundreds of thousands of features. Road conditions change quickly, and points of interest frequently fluctuate with closings, openings, and name changes. In his spare time, Steve enjoys biking, kayaking, fishing, gardening, and planning trips involving a lot of outdoor activities.

Click here to register for the webinar.

With the end of eviction protections put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, many in the LA area find themselves at risk of being evicted from their rental homes for not paying their rent.

The City of Los Angeles released an interactive map showing where the evictions are occurring. Some hotspots are Hollywood, Fairfax, Downtown LA, Koreatown, Canoga Park, and the North Hollywood Arts District. Click below to check it out. Hover over an area to get more info about the evictions.

After quite a bit of rain from Tropical Storm Hilary, and I got over 7 inches, here is some information about road closures in unincorporated LA County:

And here is another interactive map, this one from the City of LA:

Also see the US Forest Service page on road closures: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/angeles/conditions/?cid=FSBDEV3_027722

Here are some rainfall totals: https://ktla.com/news/california/tropical-storm-hilary-how-much-rain-has-fallen-so-far/

Orange County Waste and Recycling uses ArcGIS Velocity to monitor landfill stockpiles temperatures in real time while saving the county thousands of dollars. Check it out!