Are you a state, regional, county, or municipal government working on that next field data collection project and need some funding? Why not enter the ESRI and Leica Smart Communities Innovation Challenge and win some hardware and software for your project!
The Smart Communities Innovation Challenge is an open call for demonstration projects that supports bringing ground-breaking ideas of state and local government to reality.
The goal of the program Continue reading
From USGS Press Release:
The U.S. Geological Survey awarded approximately $3.7 million this week to six universities to support transitioning the “ShakeAlert” earthquake early warning system into a production system. Those awards are being made through cooperative agreements with California Institute of Technology, Central Washington University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Oregon, University of Washington and University of Nevada, Reno.
Additionally, the USGS has purchased about $1.5 million in new sensor equipment to expand and improve the ShakeAlert system and awarded about $0.25 million in supplements to earlier agreements to three universities. Continue reading
Ok, this has nothing to do with GIS, but I had to post about this one because it is too cool!
PancakeBot is a 3D food printer that takes any design using the included software and creates a pancake out of it by squirting pancake batter on a griddle.
If you act quickly TODAY, you can snag one for $199.99 on Woot.com. Regular price is $299.99 on PancakeBot.com. Get one now and make a map pancake!
The USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP) National Assessment of Shoreline Change Web Mapping Application provides a national map view of short and long term shoreline change evaluations, and historical and modern shorelines. This map includes data layers compiled in support of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National Assessment of Shoreline Change Program.
SoCal URISA is hosting a tour of the National Weather Service in San Diego. This is SoCal URISA’s first Professional Tour Series for their members. To become a member, visit this page.
Mr. Alex Tardy will show how the National Weather Service uses GIS in the development and forecasting of the daily weather for the San Diego region. There are 2 offered tours at the National Weather Service, August 31st and September 29th at 6pm. The tour is limited to 20 people, so if you are interested, please contact John Strain with which date you would like to attend. The location will be:
The National Weather Service
Promontory Associates Building
11440 W Bernardo Ct, #230
San Diego, CA 92117
858-675-8700
http://www.weather.gov/
The US Geological Survey (USGS) and the Association of American State Geologists (AASG) have worked together to build the National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB). The NGMDB is mandated to be a standardized, “national archive” of geoscience information (maps and reports, both published and unpublished), made available to the public to support decision-making, research, and other needs. Its website opened in 1996, and it currently serves about 60,000 users each month, who make about 220,000 visits.
The principal sections of the NGMDB are: Continue reading
“Art Meets Maps” is an exhibition of pictographic maps at the Map and Atlas Museum of La Jolla, in La Jolla, San Diego. Pictographic maps are maps that mix cartography, art, and illustration. The exhibition includes nine pieces made by British artist and illustrator MacDonald Gill. Continue reading
If you need to plot out a hiking route, try CalTopo. CalTopo allows you to print USGS topo maps using the 1:24000 USGS scale. You can also measure the length of your hikes and compute elevation profiles. Check it out!
A city crew in Hayward, CA decided to fix a “faulty curb”. However, this curb was used by Geologists to measure the displacement by the Hayward fault which moved in this location about 4mm a year.
Thanks goes to Tom Lutgen from Burbank Water and Power for finding this article.
Check out this essay comparing the cartography between Google Maps and Apple Maps. In summary:
