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USGS now looking for limited crowd-sourced data in CA and NV
Hello everyone:
USGS is now collecting limited crowd-sourced information that can be provided as both GIS data and included in future topographic maps. USGS began collecting VGI – volunteered geographic information – for structures for a number of states several months ago. The agency recently expanded this pilot effort to cover another 16 states, including California and Nevada.
The USGS news release can be seen here:
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3620
USGS is interested in your input on locations for certain public buildings, as mentioned in the news release. This would be a good exercise to look at from a county or local perspective. There might also be situations in CA where organizing a multi-county effort (e.g. through a Council of Governments or a GIS collaborative) would be beneficial.
We would be very interested in hearing what you think about this and any plans you may have to contribute data. We can help with any questions you may have and can set up a conference call or discussion anytime on the subject.
Thanks,
Carol Ostergren
Drew Decker
GIS Group – Women In GIS
Hello Fellow GIS Colleagues,
We are in the process of developing a new GIS group, Women In GIS. Both men and women are welcome to join. We will be meeting at ESRIUC on Wednesday, July 10th from 12:00 to 1:00 in Room 30A (please bring your own lunch). We hope you can join us in a discussion of where we are going and what is next on the horizon. Please include any friends interested in coming, all are welcome to join!
If you are interested in joining our listserve, see the instructions below. Looking forward to a productive ESRIUC! See you soon!
Subscribe instructions for Women in GIS listserve:
Send an email to: Majordomo@csun.edu
In the body of the email type: Subscribe wigis-g
To unsubscribe:
Send an email to: Majordomo@csun.edu
In the body of the email type: Unsubscribe wigis-g
That’s it. It doesn’t matter what is in the subject line. Send me an email if you have any trouble: shawna.dark@csun.edu.
Right now the listserve is open to everyone, inquiries and responses will go to everyone. If traffic gets heavy I can adjust the settings for summary responses only. Finally, we will also be forwarding to you a new website for our group, keep your eye out for this information soon!
Regards,
Christina, Danielle, Lori, Patricia, Regan, Ruthanne, Shawna, and the rest of the Women doing GIS!!
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Dr. Shawna Dark
Chair, Department of Geography
Director, Center for Geographical Studies (http://www.csun.edu/~centergs/)
California State University, Northridge
818-677-3532
Changes to ArcGIS Online
Looks like ESRI has made ArcGIS Online a little more interesting. Here are some of the changes in the July release:
- Unlimited bandwidth usage (outbound data transfer) is now included with your ArcGIS Online subscription.
- Uploading tile packages from ArcGIS for Desktop is now also included with your subscription.
- Geocoding costs have been reduced by 50%.
- Routing and GeoEnrichment costs have been reduced by nearly 65%.
- Infographic costs have been reduced by more than 80%.
More information can be found on ESRI’s blog site.
USGS Map Services for The National Map
Hello California GIS users.
We wanted to make everyone aware of several map services that USGS supports. These allow you to view nationwide data from The National Map in your GIS software. To use these in ArcGIS – select Add Data button then choose GIS Server from the list, then “add ArcGIS Server”
To add the tiled map cache (these are background topographic map images, including topo maps with and without imagery), use: http://basemap.nationalmap.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services
If you want raster data services, use: http://raster.nationalmap.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services
And if you want vector data services use: http://services.nationalmap.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services
There is also a NED status service (this shows availability and resolution of USGS digital elevation models) at: http://igskmncnvs526.cr.usgs.gov/arcgis/rest/services
Hope these help and please let us know if you have any questions. Thanks,
Carol Ostergren
Drew Decker
USGS Geospatial Liaison for Pacific Region
NSDI Partnership Office, U.S. Geological Survey
4165 Spruance Road, Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92101
619-225-6430
619-225-6101 fax
ddecker@usgs.gov
http://liaisons.usgs.gov/geospatial/California/
http://liaisons.usgs.gov/geospatial/Hawaii/
Landsat 8 Data Now Available
Data collected by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) onboard the Landsat 8 satellite are available to download at no charge from GloVis, EarthExplorer, or via the LandsatLook Viewer. For more info, click image below.
US DOT PHMSA Public Awareness Workshop & Webcast
It’s not too late to register to attend the US DOT PHMSA Public Awareness Workshop on June 19 – 20, 2013 – either in person at the Hyatt Regency N. Dallas Hotel or via webcast.
Since 2005 pipeline operators have been required to have a Public Awareness Program per federal pipeline safety regulations. They must provide information to four stakeholder audiences categorized as: (1) affected public, (2) emergency officials, (3) local public officials, and (4) excavators.
The workshop will bring together stakeholders to discuss findings from recent federal and state public awareness inspections, and gain perspectives from various stakeholders on public awareness challenges and successes to identify ways to strengthen pipeline safety public awareness.
The primary goals of this workshop are to:
- Provide an overview of the public awareness program and discuss recent inspection findings;
- Understand what’s working and not working with API RP 1162 (1st edition) from various stakeholder perspectives (industry, pipeline operators, public, emergency response officials, local public officials, and excavators);
- Share ways to improve public awareness outreach efforts; and
- Discuss the path forward for improving public awareness
For more details, please visit http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=90 .
Preliminary 3D Agenda for ESRI UC
Here is the link to the Forum’s website: www.esri.com/3Dforum
Learn new 3D webmap: http://dld.bz/c9sJB (works best in Chrome)
Preliminary Agenda:
| Sunday, July 7, 2013 | ||
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:10 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions Steve Snow, MAPS Industry Specialist | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Esri 3D Imagery Future Possibilities Lawrie Jordan, Esri, Director of Imagery |
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| 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Lidar and ArcGIS: Recent Advances and the Road Ahead Clayton Crawford, Esri Product Engineer |
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| 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | 3D Mapping and GeoDesign Gert van Maren, Esri, Head of Product Management |
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| 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Gold Sponsor Speaking Slot | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Lidar and Imagery in ArcGIS 10.1 Cody Benkelman, Esri Product Manager |
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| 11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. | Leveraging data attributes populated from Lidar with CityEngine Geoff Taylor, Solutions Engineer |
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| 11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. | An update on the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) LIDAR Data Standard Lewis Graham, ASPRS Regional Director |
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| 11:40 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Lunch and Platinum Speaker: Optech Title TBA Jim Green, Regional Manager, North America, Airborne Survey Products |
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| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch sponsored by Optech with exhibitors Exhibition area |
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Breakout |
Breakout |
Breakout |
| Topic: | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Mobile Mapping | Smart 3D Cities | Military Installation 3D Management |
| Moderator: | Myles Sutherland | Chris Wilkins | Terry Martin |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Introduction | Introduction | Introduction |
| 1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Panel Discussion (TBD) | The Instant City Elliot Hartley, Garsdale Design Ltd. |
User Speaker (TBD) |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Panel Discussion (TBD) | Master Plan for 500K Tal Aisenberg, WATG |
User Speaker (TBD) |
| 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Hawkeye Rowland Harrison |
Geospecific City Modeling Sponsor, Kevin Devito, CyberCity3D |
Sponsor Speaker (TBD) |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | SenseFly Andrea Hildebrand |
Immersive City Visualization David Burdick, E-on Software |
User Speaker (TBD) |
| Each breakout session will contain 1 sponsor speaker with 15 minute speaking slot and 3 user speakers with 30 minute speaking slot each. | |||
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Gold Sponsor Speaker |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | User Speaker |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | User Speaker |
| 4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Closing |
| 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Break |
Coastal LiDAR Data Available from NOAA
Hello CA GIS users,
As you may be aware, the California Ocean Protection Council, in partnership with USGS and NOAA Coastal Services Center, funded a LiDAR data collection effort along the California coast and San Francisco Bay, between 2009-2011. The data were made available last year through the NOAA Coastal Service Center’s Digital Coast Data Access Viewer.
The entire LiDAR dataset is now available for download via an ftp/http directory from the NOAA Coastal Service Center’s Digital Coast Data Registry. The data are packaged as .laz files. Please read the 0README file in the directory for instructions on how to download. For technical questions, please contact NOAA CSC staff, Keil Schmid at keil.schmid@noaa.gov.
The Ocean Protection Council is looking for illustrated examples of how the LiDAR data are being used. This can be an image, map, figure, etc you developed based on the LiDAR or DEMs. We would like to use these illustrated examples in future presentations about how the LiDAR and derived products are applied. If you are able, please email me a screen capture or small jpeg for use in presentations, with your permission.
Thank you,
Clare
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Clare O’Reilly
Project Manager, Ocean Protection Council
State Coastal Conservancy
1330 Broadway, Floor 13; Oakland, CA 94612-2530
phone 510-286-0332 / fax 510-286-0470
coreilly@scc.ca.gov
OceanSpaces is live! Join the online community that brings people together who care about California’s oceans. www.oceanspaces.org
Google Maps Rebuilt
Google has rebuilt Maps from the “ground up”, with a new interface, search abilities, and faster performance. Check it out at http://maps.google.com/preview .
Google Maps will be based on vector imagery delivered via WebGL. Maps will also include 3D photographic imagery for some locations and user-uploaded photos.
Google has also updated its mobile apps for iOS and Android, which includes traffic alerts with live accident information and rerouting capabilities. An iPad version will also be released this summer.
SoCalGIS.org 