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See What Others Can’t Campaign

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Looks like ESRI is starting a new campaign called “See What Others Can’t“.  If you attended the 2019 Users Conference in July, you saw some of this already.

According to an email that went out to users, they will be extending the campaign “to include billboards and print, TV, and digital ads.”  Billboards and TV?  That should be interesting to see.  When someone asks you what you do, ask them if they saw the TV commercial or billboard!  Here is one of the commercials.

ESRI would like users to embrace and amplify the message on the campaign’s new website to share your stories and feedback with ESRI.  Check it out!

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The Early Days of GIS

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If you are old enough, remember when you printed a map on a dot matrix printer?  How about those Calcomp plotters that used different colored ball point pen cartridges to make color maps?  Cross hatching was a big thing!

Check out this article about how advances in computer mapping shaped the early days of GIS.

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The Huntington Fellowship

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The Huntington is pleased to announce an addition to its fellowship program that may hold particular interest for members of this group. This fellowship is unusual among the Huntington’s offerings in having no specific degree requirements. To apply, please go to https://fellowships.huntington.org/; for further details, contact Natalie Serrano at nserrano@huntington.org.

The Huntington Fellowship in the Materiality of Print Culture
This newly created fellowship in the materiality of print culture provides one month of support for research in any aspect of printing history, book production, or illustration technologies including photography. Applications are welcomed from those inside and outside the academy, but are especially encouraged from librarians, curators, conservators, and advanced practitioners of any of the allied arts of printing, printmaking, photography, graphic design, or book production. Applicants must have a focused research project that centers on some material aspect of print culture and must demonstrate how research in The Huntington’s Library collections is critical to its development.

Expanding 3DEP Coverage

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Five years after the United States Geological Survey launched its 3D Elevation Program, it has delivered the first ever national baseline of consistent high-resolution elevation data. As the program matures and works toward its goal of covering 100 percent of the U.S. and its territories, it faces challenges and opportunities in the West.  Click below to read the article.

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GIS Essentials Workshop

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GIS Essentials Workshop Announcement: Thursday, September 26th, 2019

In the GIS Essentials: Mapping Your Community™ workshop you’ll learn to create maps and analyze data about your local community. The class is perfect for beginners and anyone that would like a refresher on mapping and ArcGIS. Workshops are taught by bestselling author Gina Clemmer using the GIS 20: Essential Skills (included in registration) as a guide. 

These half day, hands-on workshops run from 9 AM / 12 EST to 2 PST / 5 EST. Each workshop is taught online, by a live instructor. Students dial in to a conference call and login from any computer to view the screen share. The interactive class makes it easy for students to ask questions and participate in group discussions. The cost is $495.

► The workshop: Focuses on teaching the fundamentals of using a Geographic Information System (GIS) for community analysis and mapping. Participants will learn how to create basic reference maps, color shaded maps and geocoded maps (address mapping).

► Upcoming Dates: Visit https://thegis20.com to sign up.

Thursday, September 26th
Thursday, October 10th
Thursday, November 14th

► Materials: The GIS 20: Essential Skills, Third Edition is included with your registration. The book is currently in the top ten Cartography books on Amazon and is the only ESRI book in the Library of Congress. It will be used for exercises and class discussion. The book includes a six month version of the software.

► Instructor: The class is taught by Gina Clemmer, bestselling author and GIS expert.

► Praise: Class participants consistently give the workshop the highest rank. Students appreciate the direct teaching method which offers a fast and comprehensive learning experience.

“Great materials, great instructor and great organization. Thanks!” – Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago

“I especially liked the comprehensiveness of the course as well as the 2-hour segments of learning. Breaking up the learning really helped me retain what I learned. I have taken many IT trainings, but I have to say that Gina Clemmer is one of the best instructors I’ve ever had. I recommend this training to anyone that is interested in learning or improving their GIS skills.” GIS Project Coordinator, NYS Council on Children and Families

“I knew I needed to learn geo-analysis skills and I had to start somewhere. The GIS Essentials course was just the right level to get me where I needed to go. Starting with the basics, working through real-life examples, and upping the complexity made it worth my time. I also appreciated being able to ask questions specific to the projects I was working on. ” Research Data Analyst, Stanford University, School of Medicine