The California Department of Conservation (DOC) unveiled a new geospatial data and map website, DOC Maps, to provide easy access to its collection of GIS managed spatial data. DOC has GIS managed data about geology, seismic hazards, mineral resources, mining, agriculture, land use, oil, gas, and geothermal energy.
Mark your calendars for our next SoCalGIS meeting on April 7th. It will be hosted by Rio Hondo College GIS in Whittier. The meeting time is 10am to 12:30pm and parking info will follow soon, as well as an agenda. Expect a drone demo and demo of data processing tools!
More info soon. Stay tuned!
If you are a community college student in Geography that plans on transferring to California State University Northridge (or you just did), here’s a deal you should not pass up. The Tamborro Scholarship pays all normal university fees to fulltime undergraduate geography majors who will or already have transferred to CSUN from a community college! What a deal!
Dear GIS Community:
We are currently accepting applications to the Masters of Science in Geographic information Science (MSGISci) at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). The MSGISci is a 1-year, 30-unit MS degree program. Classes are offered on weeknights and weekends to accommodate working professionals.
Please encourage potential applicants to visit www.beachgis.com for more details.
Review of applications begins April 1, 2017 (note the upcoming FAFSA application deadlines (fafsa.ed.gov/deadlines.htm; March 2nd for CA residents).
Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
Suzanne
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Suzanne P. Wechsler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
California State University Long Beach (CSULB)
Director, Master of Science in Geographic Information Science (MSGISci)
www.beachgis.com
Looks like the capabilities of Google Earth Enterprise Server, Fusion, and Portable will be open sourced under the Apache 2.0 license by the end of March this year and available to open source developers on Github.
The 2020 U.S. Census is just a few years away and the U.S. Census Bureau is starting to gear up! Read about some of the changes that will be happening for the 2020 Census and how other organizations will be helping out.
The upcoming update to Community Analyst is planned for the end of February and will include the following improvements and enhancements:
Read more about it by clicking below.
Besides being our first president of the United States, George Washington was also a chart maker, cartographer, and land surveyor. Check out this article about him and the map depicting his Mount Vernon estate.
The National Weather Service models are showing a very wet storm for the LA area today, including flash flood watches, high surf advisories, and wind advisories.
Here are some forecast rain totals for today and tomorrow (Friday night being the heaviest). Continue reading
In January, the City of Long Beach launched an open data portal that aims to give the public clear, visual information they can use. In addition to maps, DataLB provides access to applications that put city data in context.
Developed with ESRI, DataLB’s applications focus on visualizing the impact of initiatives and public investments. Check it out!
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