Geographic Data Specialist in the California Department of Water Resources since 2008. Presently serving as the Technical Lead for the California National Hydrography Stewardship Program. Board member of Northern California Chapter of URISA (Chapter President for 2016). GIS Certificate from American River College, 2009
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Digital Atlas of California Native Americans
The California Native American Heritage Commission this week published the Digital Atlas of California Native Americans. The Digital Atlas is a free online tool to help students and the public visualize California before, during and after European occupation, with a…
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Slides and Recording from Meet the California GIS Organizations webinar on 9/18/2020
Posted here are presentation slides and the link to the recording of the webinar hosted by California URISA featuring speakers from the California Geographic Information Association, the merging California Chapters of URISA (Urban Regional Information Systems Association) and the California…
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Lunchtime Webinar: Meet these California-wide GIS Organizations
Friday, September 18, 12 – 1 p.m.
Grab your lunch and tune in to our conversation with leaders of the California Geographic Information Association (CGIA), the California GIS Council, and California URISA (merging of NorCal, SoCal, and Central Cal URISA chapters), moderated by Jeff Kapellas, who has…
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Nominations Open for Executive Committee
Call for Nominations for Executive Committee Members for term October 2020 – September 2021 Link to nomination form: https://forms.gle/WNYXGskcT6G8h2ir7 Nominations close September 25, 2020 The Executive Committee votes on internal business matters such as developing agendas for Council meetings, maintaining…
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Council Meeting September 10, 2020 Agenda and Documents
Agenda with Teams Meeting Link Agenda with Meeting Notes Presentation Slides: AB 1755 Water Data Users UI Survey National Spatial Data Infrastructure Draft Strategic Plan Tribal Workgroup Report Next Gen 9-1-1 Workgroup Report Elevation Workgroup Report Geodetic Control Workgroup Report…
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Agenda and link for September 10, 2020 Council Meeting
The agenda for the September 2020 quarterly meeting may be viewed at this link. Notes from the June 2020 quarterly meeting may be viewed at this link. Here is the Microsoft Teams link to join the meeting on September 10…
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GIS Council Meeting September 10, 2020
Please mark your calendar for the next quarterly meeting of the California GIS Council on Thursday, September 10, 10:00 am to 12 noon. The agenda will be posted here about a week prior to the meeting. The meeting platform will…
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Open Community Forum: COVID-19 Technology & GIS Hot Wash (Part 2)
The National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation joins with the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) and the Urban Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) to present this event on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 from 11:00-12:30 PDT: “Open Community Forum:…
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NHD Workgroup Seeks Local Reference Datasets
Solicitation Summary: The Geographical Information Center (GIC) and The Center for Geospatial Science and Technology (CGST) are under contract with the California Department of Water Resources (CA DWR) to bring comprehensive updates to the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) within the…
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