CSULB still has room for those of you that are looking to get an MS in GIS in the Fall. Applications will be accepted until June 1st for domestic applicants and April 1st for international students. More info here.
CGIA has openings for its Board of Directors and for the Board Officer – Vice Chair position. These are important roles and leadership opportunities for the California GIS community of practice. They are two-year positions and the term of service will begin in July 2022. Self nominations are welcome. Nominations are due no later than close of business May 20, 2022.
ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9.1, part of the ArcGIS 2021 releases, will be the last release to support the publishing and consumption of services from ArcMap.
If you are an ArcGIS Enterprise administrator, click below to read more. The article was published last year.
Check out this interactive map and article about the total EV charging stations in the US. If we will be forced to buy electric vehicles soon, they better up their charging stations! While California has 13,658 charging stations, Alaska only has 40. Check it out!
As a side note, according the NACS, there are more than 145,000 fueling stations across the United States. And as you know, they can fuel multiple vehicles at one time vs. just 1 EV charging station per vehicle.
2022 Spring Technical Session Hosted by Pacific Southwest Region ASPRS. May 18, 2022 at 6pm in Concord, CA.
Please join colleagues, students and peers in the Remote Sensing profession for an evening of insightful presentations, thoughtful discussion and snacks!
Featured presentations include “Airborne Thermography for Bridge Decks”, “Statewide Ground Surface Subsidence: Precise Measurement via Remote Sensing Survey – 2015 through 2024”, and “Mapping Accuracy Assessment of UAS Platforms”.
Here are some new enhancements to ArcGIS Earth:
Click below to read the latest on new features and functionality including KML, multi-selection and batch editing, and attribute tables.
Love maps and want to save California’s wild spaces? This site is for you!
California is making plans to protect 30% of its lands and coastal waters by 2030 (called 30×30). And with it is a new mapping tool to support their “30×30″ goal.
The CA Nature website allows you to explore the landscape and consider which areas you might want to see protected in the future. The site’s “conserved areas explorer” shows the 24.1 million acres that are already conserved, many of them as parks, forests, and preserves. Other interactive maps show which lands and waters offer the greatest biodiversity, and how rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns are expected to alter the state’s landscapes. Check it out!
Usually April 15th is when our taxes are due, but not this year. Due to a holiday in Washington DC today, Emancipation Day, our taxes will be due on Monday the 18th.
Which brings up a question, which states pay the highest tax rates? Check out the map below:
Unfortunately California is the highest … probably not a good idea to retire in California! Note that Tennessee has joined seven other states that do not levy any individual income tax. Also note there are 10 states that have flat income tax. Click here for more info.
And one more thing. If you are in the CalPERS system for retirement, and you retire in another state, you can elect to have no California tax taken out of your retirement check!
If you are planning on retiring, check out this tool that you can use to compare states that have taxes on retirees.
Provided by NASA, the POWER Data Access Viewer contains geospatially enabled meteorology and solar related parameters formulated for assessing and designing renewable energy systems. Access daily averaged data for specific date ranges and parameters for a single site. View interactive charts, data tables, and download various tabular and geospatial file formats. You can also access climatology ½ x ½ degree datasets for the entire globe and generate custom climatological reports and data by single point. Check it out!
Click here for more information on the NASA POWER project.
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