New California Maps

California Geological Survey. Fault evaluation report for Apple Valley North, Cougar Buttes, Fairview Valley, Fifteenmile Valley, and Lucerne Valley quadrangles, San Bernardino County, California. 5 maps, scale 1:24,000. Sacramento: California Geological Survey, Fault evaluation report no. 262. Web access: http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/rghm/ap/Pages/official_release.aspx

California Geological Survey. Fault evaluation report for the Echo Lake and Emerald Bay quadrangles, El Dorado County, California. 2 maps, scale 1:24,000. Sacramento: California Geological Survey, Fault evaluation report no. 261. Web access: http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/rghm/ap/Pages/official_release.aspx

De Long Company. De Long wine map of California. 2 maps on 1 sheet, scale ca. 1:720,000. North Las Vegas, Nevada: De Long Company, pub. 2015. Web access: https://www.delongwine.com/products/california-wine-map

DeLorme (Firm). California: detailed topographic maps : back roads, recreation sites, GPS grids : family outings, boat ramps, campgrounds, places to explore. 1 atlas (160 pages), scale 1:200,000. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme, 4th edition, pub. 2015. ISBN: 9780899333830

Kappa Map Group. Northern California: city, state & regional maps. 1 atlas (64 pages), scales differ. Blue Bell, Pa.: Kappa Map Group, pub. 2014. ISBN: 9780762584611

National Geographic Maps (Firm). Death Valley National Park. 1 map, scale ca. 1:165,000. Evergreen, Colo.: National Geographic Maps, Trails Illustrated map 221, pub. 2014. ISBN: 9781566953214

National Geographic Maps. Los Angeles, DestinationMap: city map & travel guide : points of interest, additional inset map, transit system, travel information, top attractions, 3D buildings, airport terminal maps, regional map, photos. 1 map, scale ca. 1:240,000. Evergreen, Colo.: National Geographic Maps, pub. 2015. ISBN: 9781597750929

National Geographic Maps. Southern California guidemap: road map & travel guide. 1 map, scale ca. 1:2,050,000. Evergreen, Colo. National Geographic Maps, pub. 2015. ISBN: 1597750158; 9781597750158

O’Callaghan, Aaron. Sacramento Valley breweries. 1 map, scale not given. Sacramento Area Brewers Guild, 2016. Web site: http://sacbeerweek.com/breweries/

One Tam (organization). One Tam, many friends. 1 map, scale not given. Tamalpais Lands Collaborative, pub. 2016. Web access: http://www.onetam.org/map-and-trails

U.S. Bureau of Land Management. California public lands, national system of public lands: Inside, About BLM California, 2016 California public lands facts, BLM California priorities. 1 map, scale not given. Sacramento: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, pub. 2016.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area. 1 map, scale ca. 1:150,000. El Centro, CA: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, pub. 2016.

Smart Communities Innovation Challenge

Are you a state, regional, county, or municipal government working on that next field data collection project and need some funding?  Why not enter the ESRI and Leica Smart Communities Innovation Challenge and win some hardware and software for your project!

The Smart Communities Innovation Challenge is an open call for demonstration projects that supports bringing ground-breaking ideas of state and local government to reality.

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USGS Awards $3.7 Million for ShakeAlert

From USGS Press Release:

The U.S. Geological Survey awarded approximately $3.7 million this week to six universities to support transitioning the “ShakeAlert” earthquake early warning system into a production system.  Those awards are being made through cooperative agreements with California Institute of Technology, Central Washington University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Oregon, University of Washington and University of Nevada, Reno.

Additionally, the USGS has purchased about $1.5 million in new sensor equipment to expand and improve the ShakeAlert system and awarded about $0.25 million in supplements to earlier agreements to three universities. Continue reading

National Assessment of Shoreline Change

The USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP) National Assessment of Shoreline Change Web Mapping Application provides a national map view of short and long term shoreline change evaluations, and historical and modern shorelines. This map includes data layers compiled in support of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National Assessment of Shoreline Change Program.

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National Weather Service Tour

SoCal URISA is hosting a tour of the National Weather Service in San Diego.  This is SoCal URISA’s first Professional Tour Series for their members.  To become a member, visit this page.

Mr. Alex Tardy will show how the National Weather Service uses GIS in the development and forecasting of the daily weather for the San Diego region.  There are 2 offered tours at the National Weather Service, August 31st and September 29th at 6pm.  The tour is limited to 20 people, so if you are interested, please contact John Strain with which date you would like to attend.  The location will be:

The National Weather Service
Promontory Associates Building
11440 W Bernardo Ct, #230
San Diego, CA 92117
858-675-8700
http://www.weather.gov/

 

A Request for Maps/Screen Shots

Every semester, I give my GIS students (generally planners and public administrators) a rundown of how GIS is being used in our communities. At the Esri conference this year, I saw many new applications and thought I’d ask my colleagues what they are doing now with GIS. If you could send me a map, picture, screen shot or something similar along with a sentence or two of what you are doing, I’d be delighted to have it. I will be happy to share when it is all compiled. You can reach me at barrywaite@outlook.com. The focus is on how we use GIS to solve problems.

By the way, for those of you who hadn’t heard, I have graduated from the City of Carson after 29 years. I’m thinking of becoming a cowboy or an astronaut, but I’ll keep teaching and want to stay in contact with all my GIS friends!

Many thanks!

Barry Waite
Instructor, USC Price School of Public Policy