Dr. Reis Thomas is a Senior Geospatial Architect and Developer at the California Department of Transportation, where he is a technical lead for ArcGIS Enterprise solution development and system enhancements. […]
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Thank you so much to all of our members who joined us for this year’s Annual Meeting! It was great to see so many attendees. We celebrated another busy year
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Jane Schafer-Kramer is a Geographic Data Specialist with the California Department of Water Resources, where she leads the national hydrography data stewardship program. Her journey into GIS wasn’t exactly linear—she began her
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Shasta College’s GIS Program is the state’s longest running community college program north of Sacramento. The foundation courses were developed to support the retraining of laid off timber workers in
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Thank you to everyone who joined CGIA at our annual Awards celebration at the Esri User Conference last week! It was a pleasure to spend time with so many members
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Have you been at an event recently where you bumped into CGIA board members wearing beautiful CGIA t-shirts? There’s a picture below of our outgoing and incoming Chairs, Roland and
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We recently showcased the CGIA YouTube channel, but have you seen our wonderful video showcasing the good work done by CGIA? Maybe you saw it on the front page of
The CGIA Awards program has been running on an almost annual basis since 1997, and this year we are excited to be presenting the twenty-fourth selection of the most innovative,
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Are you a geospatial or GIS expert who is currently affiliated with the Education or Nonprofit sectors? CGIA is currently seeking nominations for new board members. In order to maintain
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Thank you for all the excellent award nominations, in the spirit in letting everyone participate, we have extended the nominations period to May 18, 2025. Please submit your nominations for
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We are delighted to announce that the California Geographic Information Association (CGIA) has officially opened the nominations period for next year’s Board of Directors! This is an exciting opportunity for
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A professional development masterclass, presented by CGIA CGIA members can sign up now for our exclusive CGIA Professional Development Series masterclass on Navigating Promotions – Strategies for Current and Aspiring Leaders,
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Thank you to everyone who came to visit our booth at the wonderful CalGIS (California GIS) Conference last week in Rohnert Park, Sonoma County! It was great to catch up
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California Geographic Information Association (CGIA) and the California Chapter of the Geospatial Professional Network (GPN) today released a new publication to help raise awareness and protect the California geospatial community.
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A new webinar, presented by CGIA Join us on Wednesday, May 7, from 12-1pm PDT for the latest CGIA educational webinar, Enabling the Undamming: A GIS Perspective on the Klamath
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If you are a Bluesky user, you will be happy to know that CGIA is now on Bluesky! Follow us here: https://bsky.app/profile/calcgia.bsky.social.
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We are excited to announce that the California Geographic Information Association (CGIA) will be attending the 2025 Los Angeles Geospatial Summit this Friday, February 28th, at the USC Hotel. This
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Nominations are now open for the California Geographic Information (CGIA) Awards! We are excited to kick off the 2025 CGIA Awards program, celebrating excellence in geographic information across California. This
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Are you a small or disadvantaged business certified in California (such as an SBE, DBE, MBE, MWBE, LBE, or XBE) operating in the geospatial or GIS field? If so, the
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Dear CGIA Members, It’s been a tumultuous start to 2025 for many of our members. Just over a quarter of CGIA’s followers are based in the Los Angeles area and
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