Took a lot of pictures on your summer road trip? Why not share it using a story map? Check out this blog post on how to do that.
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Know Where Sharks Are
If Shark Week has you wondering whether you should stay out of the water, a shark map may be just what you need. Check out this interactive map with animated shark tracks and commercial fishing activity on the East Coast.
2018 Mid-Year ArcGIS Release
ESRI blogged about their entire mid-year release of their software. To discover what’s new in ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, and their ArcGIS Apps, extensions, and developer tools, click here!
Cold War LA
Between 1956 and 1974 those living in Los Angeles had little idea that they were surrounded by numerous nuclear warheads. 16 Nike missile sites as well as radar and control sites were established to defend the Los Angeles area, just in case Russia decided to send their bombers our way. Read about it and more on the Cold War LA website!
Beer vs. Wine Map
Here is a great example on how to use bivariate mapping and color hues to show two subjects that are compared in one map.
Big Ten Academic Alliance Geoportal
The Big Ten Academic Alliance Geoportal is a project that aims to make geospatial resources more discoverable and accessible to scholars. The Geoportal aggregates publicly-available geospatial resources, which are curated by librarians and specialists at twelve universities in the Big Ten Academic Alliance. These resources include GIS datasets, digitized historical maps, and web services, and each item is also accompanied by descriptive metadata along with links to download or view the full resource. They are easily searchable by both text and map and they can also be browsed by place, data type, and subject. The Geoportal’s resources include locations worldwide (including Antarctica), though their coverage is most extensive in the United States. It should be noted that this site does not itself host any data; instead, it serves as a one-stop shop that connects users to data hosted by numerous separate websites. Check it out!
2018 ESRI UC Plenary Videos
For those of you that missed the ESRI User Conference last week, you can view the Plenary videos by clicking below.
They should have some of the workshop videos online soon.
NGAC Summer Meeting Held
The National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) held their summer meeting June 26-27, 2018 at the Department of the Interior, Washington, DC. The NGAC is a Federal Advisory Committee (FACA) to the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC). The role of the NGAC is to provide advice and recommendations related to the national geospatial program and the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. A summary of the meeting can be found here.
Rio Hondo GIS Courses
Rio Hondo College GIS courses start the week of August 18th. Registration is open for Fall GIS classes on campus and an Introductory course on location at the LA County Department of Public Works (900 S Fremont Ave, Alhambra). A new Geospatial Programming (Python) & Web Services class (GIS280) is also offered.
A list of GIS classes can be found here. Fees are $46/unit and some classes can be used to transfer to CSU and others. Steps for applying for admission and registering for the classes can be found here and can be performed entirely online with no fees. Applying for admission however should be done early to provide you the option to registering without delay as classes can fill quick.
Please contact Professor Warren Roberts at wroberts@riohondo.edu for inquiries about waivers needed for prerequisites and corequisites or any other info that you would like to ask.
2018 ESRI UC Live Streaming Now
The Plenary Session is live streaming now. Check it out!
UPDATE: View videos here.
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