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Preliminary 3D Agenda for ESRI UC

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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)

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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
8:30 a.m. –   9:30 a.m. Lidar and ArcGIS: Recent   Advances and the Road Ahead
Clayton Crawford, Esri Product Engineer
9:30 a.m. –   10:00 a.m. 3D Mapping and GeoDesign
Gert van Maren, Esri, Head of Product Management
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
11:00 a.m. –   11:20 a.m. Leveraging data attributes   populated from Lidar with CityEngine
Geoff Taylor, Solutions Engineer
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
11:40 a.m. –   12:00 p.m. Lunch   and Platinum Speaker: Optech
Title TBA
Jim Green, Regional Manager, North America, Airborne Survey Products
12:00 p.m. –   1:00 p.m. Lunch sponsored by Optech   with exhibitors
Exhibition area

 

 

Breakout
Session I

Breakout
Session II

Breakout
Session III

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

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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

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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.

USGS Topo Data on the Go

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Android and iPhone users can now use their mobile devices as digital topo maps, leveraging USGS maps together with the power of GPS to zoom in on their precise location while hiking, biking, running, or any other activity that benefits from precision navigation.

The type of data that are available includes USGS imagery and topographic maps from The National Map, as well as road and contour layers.  For more info, visit http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3580 .

SCAG Scenario Planning Model

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As a companion tool to assist in 2016 RTP/SCS local input and scenario planning, SCAG is developing a Scenario Planning Model (SPM) based on the UrbanFootprint software platform developed by Calthorpe Associates. We believe that SCAG SPM can significantly contribute to the regional and local planning process by expanding land use scenario planning and analysis capacities while maintaining consistency across the region. SCAG plans to rollout SPM and data around October, 2013. More information can be found at: http://www.scag.ca.gov/modeling/scenarioplanning.htm.

For the model to be most useful to local jurisdictions, we would like to form a SPM working group consisting of one (or more) designated staff from selected jurisdictions. The role of the SPM working group is to provide guidance in developing a more efficient model that better serves the needs of end users such as local and regional planners. We envision that the SPM working group will be a forum for sharing ideas and expectations about the model’s functions and operations through collaborative interaction. It is also an opportunity for members to gain first-hand experience with SPM tools and data.

We are reaching out to your jurisdiction based on past participation in the SCAG 2012 RTP/SCS local input process and GIS services program as well as the status of the General Plan land use element update. Participation in the SPM working group may require approximately 10-15 staff working hours per month and 20-25 hours per month if your jurisdiction would like to participate in pilot testing (which is anticipated to begin July, 2013). We anticipate the majority of SPM working group activities to occur between May, 2013 and August, 2013.

If you are interested in joining the SPM working group, please respond by May 3, 2013 – we would greatly appreciate your participation. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Amy Volz at volz@scag.ca.gov or (213) 236-1919 or Guoxiong Huang at huang@scag.ca.gov or (213) 236-1948. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely,

Guoxiong Huang
Manager, Modeling & Forecasting

NACIS Student Mapping Competitions

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From the NACIS Board of Directors:

The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) recognizes the important contributions students make to our field. To recognize some of their hard work and achievements, we offer two fantastic student competitions each year at our annual conference (this year October 9–11 in Greenville, SC). All students currently enrolled in a certificate program, undergraduate, or graduate/post-graduate program are eligible to enter, as long as they have not previously won top prize in either competition.

Student Dynamic Map Competition:  The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) recognizes the importance of dynamic mapping in cartography. We are sponsoring the 15th Annual Student Dynamic Map Competition to promote cartographic excellence and innovation in this versatile medium. A first prize of $500 will be awarded in each category. Deadline for submissions is September 13th. To view the rules and prizes, please visit http://nacis.org/index.cfm?x=4

Student Map and Poster Competition:  Students who would like to display their works at NACIS 2013 should register for the Student Map and Poster Competition. We encourage all students to submit their maps and technical/research posters for a chance at a prize of $500! There is no entry fee. All entrants will be displayed in the Exhibits Gallery, and the winner will be selected by a ballot of all meeting attendees. The deadline to register is September 13th, 2013. For more information, please visit http://nacis.org/index.cfm?x=18

Please take a moment to encourage your students to enter either of the above competitions. We look forward to seeing the diverse range of entries in Greenville!

Travel Grants and Memberships:  As an organization (and as former students ourselves), we’re aware that student budgets don’t often allow for extras like conference attendance or organizational memberships. Each year, NACIS offers up to 10 free memberships to undergraduate students, as well as offering a number of travel grants to students wishing to attend the annual conference. To find out more, please visit http://nacis.org/index.cfm?x=27

Thank you, and we hope to see you in Greenville in October!

Martha Bostwick
NACIS Board of Directors
Chair – Awards and Travel Grants Committee
mlbostwick@mac.com

TopoView – Gateway to the USGS Historical Topographic Map

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Check out the new TopoView site.  TopoView is intended to serve the immediate need for the older, conventionally printed topographic maps to become easily searched, viewed, and downloaded.  The approximately 163,000 maps available through this interface were scanned by the USGS Historical Topographic Mapping Collection (HTMC) project.