Enabling the California geospatial community
Thank you for those who attended last week’s GIS Council Meeting. Here is a recap of some of the announcements: Walker Weiland – Urban Heat Island The California Environmental Protection Agency released a study that identifies areas across California experiencing…
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LA County has announced information around its 2015 GIS Day (click to get full information) Wednesday, November 18th, 2015 9:00am to 3:00pm Los Angeles County Grand Park, Olive Court 200 N. Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 This year’s event…
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Please find the agenda for this Wednesday’s meeting here: CA GIS Council Meeting Agenda (September 16, 2015) We will introduce our Executive Committee, and review the activities of the workgroups. WebEx information is attached on the 2nd page, but is shown…
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Passing along from Scott Martin DOT Extended Pos/Nav Executive Committee and Working Group Members, A Federal Register Notice has been issued regarding the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS). A number of factors have contributed to the declining use of…
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Hello everyone, The next CA GIS Council meeting has been postponed to September 16th, 10 AM to noon, so that the Executive Committee can be announced, formed, and become involved with creating the agenda. An agenda will be sent in…
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Please submit your vote by 12:00 pm, Thursday, September 3, 2015. The UAS Policy Work Group has been asked (by Gary Darling) to review Senate Joint Resolution 18 – using UAS for drought response and make a recommendation that the…
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Passing this information along from Drew Decker of the USGS: USGS has now posted 2014 imagery for a portion of the southern California urban region. New imagery was collected in mid 2014 by USGS contractors for the built up areas around…
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Thanks to Jane Schafer-Kramer for passing this along (this was discussed at our last meeting). They have to with open data. SB 573 (Pan): Statewide open data portal: http://www.legtrack.com/bill.html?bill=201520160SB573 AB 501 (Levine): Resources: Delta research: http://www.legtrack.com/bill.html?bill=201520160AB501 AB 1215 (Ting): California Open…
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Hello, Attached is the July 2015 U.S. Geological Survey National Hydrography Dataset Newsletter. You will find important information about the National Hydrography Requirements and Benefits study, the future of the NHD in South Carolina, NHD update quality control documentation upgrade, NHD conflation…
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I wanted to provide a brief recap of the California GIS Council Meeting that was help July 22nd, 2015 at the ESRI conference. Executive Committee Nominations We decided to provide one more week for nominations. I have now closed the…
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