UC GIS Week 2023

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The University of California will be hosting GIS Week from Nov. 14th – Nov. 16th, celebrating all things mapping and geospatial! The University of California GIS Week is an opportunity for you to learn and engage with experts and mapping projects across the UC system and beyond! The event will be hosted virtually through Zoom.

All talks are free and open to the public! We encourage anyone interested in GIS to attend, all experience levels are welcome.

Want to share your research? We’re accepting submissions for panelists until October 6! We are looking for lightning talks, panelists, presentations, posters, StoryMaps, and pre-recorded workshops.

For more information and to register, click below.

Webinar: The Evolution of the Road Atlas, 100 Years in the Making

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Date & Time: Sep 21, 2023 04:00 PM Pacific Time

The presentation, led by Steve Wiertz of Rand McNally, will cover the evolution of the Road Atlas from its start in the early 1900s to the current digital age in the 21st century. It will outline changes in map specification techniques, map production methods, and research methodologies.

Steve Wiertz is a graduate of Illinois State University with a major in Geography and has earned two GIS Certifications, one from Elmhurst University and the other from the College of DuPage. He is currently employed as a GIS Senior Analyst with Rand McNally Publishing in Chicago, Illinois. He has been working with the Rand McNally Road Atlas in different capacities throughout the last 30 years including as primary Cartographic Researcher during the last 12 years. Steve has developed innovative solutions for annually reviewing highways, roads, and points of interest within a customized database containing hundreds of thousands of features. Road conditions change quickly, and points of interest frequently fluctuate with closings, openings, and name changes. In his spare time, Steve enjoys biking, kayaking, fishing, gardening, and planning trips involving a lot of outdoor activities.

Click here to register for the webinar.

Evictions Map

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With the end of eviction protections put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, many in the LA area find themselves at risk of being evicted from their rental homes for not paying their rent.

The City of Los Angeles released an interactive map showing where the evictions are occurring. Some hotspots are Hollywood, Fairfax, Downtown LA, Koreatown, Canoga Park, and the North Hollywood Arts District. Click below to check it out. Hover over an area to get more info about the evictions.

Tropical Storm Hilary Road Closures

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After quite a bit of rain from Tropical Storm Hilary, and I got over 7 inches, here is some information about road closures in unincorporated LA County:

And here is another interactive map, this one from the City of LA:

Also see the US Forest Service page on road closures: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/angeles/conditions/?cid=FSBDEV3_027722

Here are some rainfall totals: https://ktla.com/news/california/tropical-storm-hilary-how-much-rain-has-fallen-so-far/

Top 20 Essential Skills for ArcGIS Pro

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For those of you that were familiar with the book “The GIS 20: Essential Skills”, here is the successor book “Top 20 Essential Skills for ArcGIS Pro”.

The new book is written by our very own Bonnie Shrewsbury and Barry Waite. Bonnie is the GIS Manager for the City of Manhattan Beach, and Barry was the GIS Manager for the City of Carson before he retired. Both Bonnie and Barry currently teach a GIS course at USC for graduate-level planning and public policy students.

Bonnie and Barry would like to thank all those who gave them case studies or have been guest lecturers over the years.

With this book, you can start using ArcGIS Pro quickly and successfully. The book will be available in September and you can currently pre-order one now.