For what its worth, at least take the survey to tell them what you think of GIS certification.
For more info, see the LA County Enterprise GIS posting about it here.
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Category Archives: News
USGS Hydrography Seminar 8
The U.S. Geological Survey is hosting the eighth in a series of webinars on hydrography on Thursday May 19, 2016 at 2:00 PM ET. The topic of this webinar will be lidar technology and implications for hydrology and hydrography. High-quality hydrographic data are critical to a broad range of government and private applications.
ASPRS Aerial Data Catalog
The American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) has a new tool and is provided as a free service to the communities that utilize aerial photography. The tool is called the ASPRS Aerial Data Catalog and is a means to locate aerial photography from private companies, universities, states, NGOs, and federal sources. The catalog contains metadata allowing users to determine if coverage exists over an area of interest. The acquisition date, film type, sensor type, and scale are also provided along with the supplier contact information. Continue reading
Zika Virus Map
Check out this interactive Zika Virus Outbreak map and timeline. You can map other outbreaks as well from their main page at Healthmap.org.
NextGen Brings More Aircraft Noise to SoCal
The Next-Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) will most likely bring more aircraft noise to Southern California. Residents of Mar Vista, Culver City, Santa Monica, and Pacific Palisades already are noticing jets flying in and out at lower altitudes and more often. This is because the NextGen system uses satellites instead of air traffic controllers for precision separation of aircraft, allowing them to fly at lower altitudes and much closer together for landings and departures. Continue reading
The Killer Hiding in the CDC Map
I found this article about what caused Haiti’s cholera epidemic VERY interesting. The tie in with the CDC map is chilling. Click below to read.
New GIS Book Call For Chapters
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit a chapter for the book “Volunteered Geographic Information and the Future of Geospatial Data”, scheduled for release in 2017.
For further information, please visit http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1945 .
Submission proposal deadline: May 14, 2016 (1-page proposal).
Please kindly help circulate this call among your colleagues and students who may be interested.
Dr. Claudio Campelo, UFCG, Brazil
Dr. Michela Bertolotto, UCD, Ireland
Dr. Padraig Corcoran, Cardiff University, UK
(Editors)
Free Leaflet Tips and Tricks Book
Looking to get into web maps and Leaflet? Check out this free book titled “Leaflet Tips and Tricks: Interactive Maps with leaflet.js”.
The book will help you learn how to create maps with the Leaflet JavaScript library through a series of step-by-step recipes to achieve great dynamic and interactive web maps. Continue reading
New California NAIP 2014 DOQQ
The NAIP 2014 DOQQ TIFF-format 4-band images for California were recently added to the old Cal Atlas download site. The images, index files, and metadata are available from the following link:
http://www.atlas.ca.gov/download.html#/casil/imageryBaseMapsLandCover/imagery/naip/
Free ArcGIS Online Spatial Analysis Course
Learn what spatial analysis can do for you with a free online course from ESRI. The course is for people who know something about spatial analysis and want to learn what ArcGIS Online has to offer. You will get free access to the full analytical capabilities of ArcGIS Online during the course:
- Hands-on exercises, short video lectures, quizzes, case studies, and discussion
- Six weeks, two to three hours of study per week
- Certificate of completion and awards
- Course dates: May 11 – June 22, 2016
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