CGIA has released a map showing GIS contacts across the State. If you work with GIS in California, especially government, make sure your contact information is up to date.
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What is your Soundscore? Mapping Noise
Here is a new startup, Howloud, taking on the challenge of calculating and mapping residential noise levels. If you live in LA or Orange Counties, enter your address to see your Soundscore.
Also, here is a KCAL 9 news piece about Howloud, and a LA Curbed article.
I noticed that the areas of Santa Clarita, Lancaster and Palmdale have not been calculated yet. Donate to their Kickstarter to get them done! Their plans are to build a sound map for North America, including mapping noise around buildings in 3D.
Fireworks 2015: Cities Added!
July 4th is just around the corner and that means Fireworks! Once again I bring you the fireworks app. You can view cities in LA, Orange, and Ventura County that allow the sale and use of fireworks. Included are days and times when fireworks will be sold and when you can light them up, as well as links to city web sites and telephone numbers. Data was collected from municipal codes, web sites, and/or contacting each city.
This year the City of Anaheim and the City of Huntington Beach have been added to the map. Through measures last year, voters decided to allow fireworks to be sold and used within their borders. Congratulations to them and enjoy the app!
EJSCREEN by EPA
The EPA has developed a new environmental justice mapping and screening tool called EJSCREEN. It is based on nationally consistent data and an approach that combines environmental and demographic indicators in maps and reports. Check it out.
RIP Yahoo Maps
Yahoo has disclosed that it plans to shutdown its Yahoo Maps service at the end of June. The maps shutdown is part of their “spring cleanup of products”. Click below for more on the story.
USGS Webinar: Using the National Map Services
Are you a developer, firm, or organization using mobile or web applications to enable your users? The USGS has publicly available geospatial services and data to help your application development and enhancement.
The USGS National Geospatial Technical Operations Center will be hosting a 30- minute webinar on “Using The National Map services to enable your web and mobile mapping efforts” on June 16 at 9am Mountain Time.
Best Student Geologic Map Competition
The US Geological Survey (USGS) National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP) in partnership with The Geological Society of America (GSA), GSA Foundation, Association of American State Geologists (AASG), American Geosciences Institute (AGI), American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG), and the Journal of Maps invites students to participate in the Best Student Geologic Map Competition.
This year marks the third annual Best Student Geologic Map Competition at the GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. The competition will highlight student research from around the world that utilizes field mapping and the creation of geologic maps as a major component.
The top three student geologic maps will be selected for recognition and awards at a special judging session at the GSA Annual Meeting. Students will post their maps (Session Posters) on Tuesday, 3 November by 5:00 PM until 6:30 PM in the Poster Session area of the Exhibit Hall for review and evaluation by the judges. Maps may be placed in this area as early as 9 AM Tuesday, 3 November, but must be removed at 6:30 PM following the session. At the end of the session the top three maps will be selected and awarded.
Become Part of the California GIS Council
Hi everyone,
I wanted to remind everyone to become a part of the CA GIS Council before our meeting next week at CalGIS (meeting details will follow tomorrow). From the membership we will set up nominations and voting for membership of the executive committee. We currently have 79 members of the council, which is a great start!
Registering is easy – since the council is voluntary, it’s a simple process – register on the council website and you are a member!!!
Here are some simple instructions:
- Go to the council website: http://cgia.org/cagiscouncil
- On the right side of the page, click on the Register link
- Fill out the information, and click “Register”. Make sure to select your constituency so that you can be included correctly.
You are in!!!
Mark Greninger
Geographic Information Officer
County of Los Angeles
mgreninger@cio.lacounty.gov
California 3D Elevation Program (3DEP)
This is a reminder that public meetings will be held on May 26 at 1:00 PM PDT, and June 4 at 9:00 AM PDT to discuss potential high-resolution elevation data projects for federal fiscal year (FY) 2016. The meetings are designed as a forum for all interested stakeholders in the California 3DEP community to discuss potential high-resolution elevation data project areas, identify common areas of mutual interest, and refine requirements. The meetings will also cover general information about the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) process for submitting 3DEP proposals for the FY 2016 program year.
Both in-person and virtual attendance is available for both meetings. MEETING REGISTRATION is required. Please visit this site to register: https://www.geoplatform.gov/elevation/3DEP/PublicMeetings/StateRegionalWorkshops
All meeting participants (both in-person and virtual) also have the option to provide details on their area of interest (AOI) and discuss their ideas. Visit the link above to register; if you indicate you want to submit an AOI, the system will provide instructions on how to submit project information. This should be done at least a week before the meeting. [details on this process can also be seen here: https://www.geoplatform.gov/elevation/3DEP/Propose3DEPAOI]
The meetings are the next step in the BAA Public Meeting Series. National meetings were held on April 24th and 29th to provide basic information about the national BAA process to the 3DEP stakeholder community. Presentation materials from those meetings are available on the 3DEP Geospatial Platform Sharing Site: https://www.geoplatform.gov/elevation/3DEP/PublicMeetings
The next set of meetings are geographically focused. Additional information on the two California meetings, and other state public meetings, can be found at the 3DEP Geospatial Platform Sharing Site noted above. The May 26 meeting will be in San Diego and the June 4 meeting will be in Sacramento. Meetings will be led by the USGS California National Map liaisons, Carol Ostergren and Drew Decker
Drew Decker
National Map Liaison for Pacific Region
U.S. Geological Survey
4165 Spruance Road, Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92101
619-225-6430
619-417-2879 cell
619-225-6101 fax
ddecker@usgs.gov
USNG 11S MS 8026 2158
3D Streaming Maps
See how CyberCity 3D is using Cesium to stream 3D buildings and other GIS data in a virtual globe environment right in your browser … without a plugin.
I find the demo a little slow to load (wait about a minute before using). You can check out Cesium’s other demos too. The Chrome browser is recommended.
SoCalGIS.org 