USGS Requesting Information

The USGS is requesting information from the land imaging community for user requirements for future Landsat systems. To view the RFI go to www.fedconnect.net, click on “Search Public Opportunities Only”, then choose search by “Reference Number” which is G17PS00634.  Click on right side of the screen to view the RFI document.  An overview:

This is a Request for Information – User Needs for Future Landsat Missions. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Land Remote Sensing Program has collected a diverse set of U.S. Federal civil user measurement needs for moderate-resolution land imaging to help formulate future Landsat missions. The primary objective of this RFI is to determine if these needs are representative of the broader Landsat user community, including, but not limited to, private sector, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and academia, both domestic and foreign. Responses to this RFI will be considered along with other inputs in future system formulation. Please see the RFI for full details.

Please pass along to your land imaging constituents this information.  Any inquiries about the RFI can be sent to the Contracting Officer, Vickie Floyd (vfloyd@usgs.gov), during the open RFI period.  Responses are due no later than 11:00 am ET, July 14, 2017.

Critical GIS Skills

Are you done with school?  Taken some GIS training classes?  Looking for that next GIS job?  According to this article, here are 8 critical skills you need to be a successful GIS professional:

8. Basic programming knowledge
7. Involvement in professional organizations
6. Network
5. Keep learning
4. Software specific knowledge
3. Analytical and critical thinking
2. Project management
1. Sales skills

Disney Map Up For Auction

Have some extra cash?  Maybe you would be interested in placing a bid for this original map of Disneyland, co-created by Walt Disney himself when the park was still in the inception phase.  The map helped Walt and his brother Roy sell the park idea and make it a reality in Anaheim.  For more info of the story and where the auction will be held, click below … and good luck!

disney_map

And if you don’t have that kind of cash, maybe you would settle for this book instead?  It’s a good one.

disneymapsbook

The book opens up from the middle, which is cool.  For a look inside, check out this video.

Spatial @ UCSB Conference

The Center for Spatial Studies at UCSB will be hosting its annual spatial@local2017 Poster and Plenary Session at Corwin Pavilion on Thursday, June 8, 2017.

This year the theme is Environmental Conflict Resolution in the Santa Barbara Channel and will feature speakers from NCEAS and the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

You can participate in this event, either as poster submitters, or as attendees to the plenary and viewers of the posters. Although the session has a theme, posters on any topic that addresses spatial analysis will be accepted.

For more info and to RSVP, click here.