From the California GIS Council:
The latest edition of GIS Under the Dome (2022 Q1) is now available at this link:
http://cgia.org/cagiscouncil/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/GISDome_2022Q1.pdf
Don’t forget to sign up for our quarterly GIS Policy Briefing on Friday, April 8 @ 12pm PST here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpc–srzwsHNAQUwEQO24tV9DcSsf2jUl_
Any questions? Reach out to Jacob Mark at jacob.mark@woolpert.com
If you are a time traveler, then you probably know about the Time Travel Mart in Echo Park … and you already read this post!
When you walk in, you might be greeted by a man behind the counter who will say “hello again, I saw your future self in the store today, they told me you would be coming in.” Ha!
Go visit the store. They are the purveyor of quality goods from the past, present, and future. The aisles are broken down into different time periods. You can check out dinosaur stuff, robot milk, ray guns, etc. You can even buy a shade tree … instructions state “take the seed, travel back in time, plant it, return to the present and relax under your tree.” Or maybe a “What happens in La Brea tar pits stays in La Brea tar pits” T-shirt? There is something for every time traveler!
And here is the best part. The store itself is part of 826LA, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. 826LA specializes in after-school tutoring, workshops, and programs. The kids are encouraged to be creative, and once a month, one of their stories gets published and put into the store for people to purchase.
Time Travel Mart is located at 1714 W Sunset Blvd in Echo Park, open from 12-6pm, PDT, year 2022. Check it out!
PS – I know it’s April 1st, but trust me it’s for real … at least during some time period!
If you deal with projects in the right-of-way, why not use GIS to manage them? GIS can improve project planning by delivering integrated project and basemap data and information to all stakeholders. GIS adds new ways to collect, organize and manage ownership records, deeds, surveys, projects plans and more. GIS enables high accuracy data collection reducing visits to the field. GIS reduces costs, improves public engagement, and increases project efficiencies. GIS delivers a framework for better decision making.
It’s a miracle right? All kidding aside, check out these ArcGIS solutions to map and monitor your roads and highways.
Well, they did it. The US Senate passed a bill this week to make DST permanent by November 2023, except for states that do not observe DST … good for you Arizona and Hawaii!
The bill now has to pass in the House. If it does, enjoy the darkness in the winter months if you live near the western portion of your time zone! Here is a nice quote:
“Not many people have experienced daylight saving time during the winter, except for some during an experiment — which failed.”
Click the map below to read all about it. Check out the nice maps too!
Thanks goes to Bonnie at Manhattan Beach for finding this article!
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Looking to liven up your ArcGIS Online maps? Try out some feature specific effects that allow you to emphasize some features in a layer with interesting effects. Check it out!
If you have an ArcGIS Online for Organizations account, ESRI will be pushing out an update that will change your home page. If you do not switch to the new home page or request an extension (good to September 2022), your old (legacy) home page will be automatically replaced with a default home page at the next ArcGIS Online update, planned for March 22, 2022. To ensure that your home page looks and performs as desired, transition to the new home page before the legacy home page is automatically replaced. Organizations that do not use the ArcGIS Online home page as a landing page will be automatically transitioned to the default home page. No further action is required.
For more information and how to change your home page with the new editor, click below.
Check out this interesting article about how we move around the world. Brings back memories of my human geography class!
So my gas station is now at $5.99 per gallon in a county with an average of $5.84. How about yours? Using the map app on AAA, looks like some counties in South Dakota are paying around $3.46! Just click on a state to see more detail. Check it out.
Check out this story map about broadband availability and adoption throughout the United States. Zoom in to check out your neighborhood, and also check out maps showing the broadband infrastructure, how people access the internet, who uses the internet, who has broadband at home, and does residential broadband impact labor force participation.
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