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GIS Day @ Ventura College

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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.

Library of Congress Geospatial Applications Hub

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The Geography and Map Division is excited to support the newly launched “Library of Congress Geospatial Applications” Hub site! Hosted in ArcGIS Online, a web-based platform created by Esri, “the Hub” provides online users with a new way to explore the Library’s wide range of StoryMaps and web map applications in one site.

More info here.

2024 ESRI User Conference

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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.

ArcGIS Online User Types are Changing

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The user types in ArcGIS Online and later for ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal are changing. Basically:

  • Changes now in ArcGIS Online
  • Changes in November 2024 for Enterprise/Portal version 11.4
  • Editor user type renamed to Contributor
  • GIS Professional Advanced renamed Professional Plus
  • GIS Professional Standard renamed to Professional
  • GIS Professional Basic and Creator combined into Creator
  • Higher user types include features of user types below them
  • Creator, Professional, and Professional Plus are foundational user types
  • Viewer, Contributor, and Mobile Worker are add-on dependent user types
  • Creator includes a ArcGIS Pro Basic license
  • Professional includes a ArcGIS Pro Standard license
  • Professional Plus includes a ArcGIS Pro Advanced license and extensions

Any price changes will be effective for renewals from August 1, 2024. August renewals will include the new user types. Any renewals up to July 31, 2024 will retain the same pricing until the next renewal in 2025.

For all the details, read this ArcNews article and/or watch this video.

View the comparison matrix document here.

User types overview and pricing here.

CGIA Workshop – Effective Delegation

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CGIA will be hosting an upcoming workshop – Effective Delegation, on Monday June 17th (12pm – 1:30pm, Pacific).

Effective delegation skills are key to managing one’s workload. Instead of handing a project over to someone and then forgetting about it, achieve good delegation results with the right preparation, feedback, and encouragement. Delegating not only frees up the group leader to focus on other objectives, it is also motivates team members to develop key skills and promotes trust by sharing crucial tasks and responsibilities.

For more information and to register, visit https://cgia.org/2024/05/cgia-professional-development-workshop-effective-delegation-june-17th/ .

Check out all professional development workshops here:
https://cgia.org/2024/01/cgia-professional-development-series/

Los Angeles Geospatial Summit

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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/