Enabling the California geospatial community
2018 Nebert NSDI Award: The Federal Geographic Data Committee is now accepting nominations for the Doug D. Nebert National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Champion of the Year Award. Doug was a recognized national and international leader in the establishment of…
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Change notice, I’ve extended the nomination window to July 27th, 2018. Please submit your nominations by midnight on July 27th, 2018. Nomination form (will open a Google Form) The position of vice chair for the California GIS Council is currently…
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A few links that we were asked to share from yesterday’s council meeting: Department of Conservation; Earthquake Zones of Required Investigation: https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/eqzapp/app/ California Natural Resources Agency Open Data Portal: https://data.cnra.ca.gov/ The General Plan mapping tool prepared by the California Department of…
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Updated to correct an incorrect location in the Agenda: Location in Sacramento: Director’s Office Conference Room, 24th floor, 801 K Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 https://cgia.org/cagiscouncil/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/CA-GIS-Council-Public-Agenda-June-14-2018_final.pdf Reminder about next Thursday’s CA GIS Council meeting (10-12 am, 6/14/18). I am very…
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Registration is open for GIS-Pro & CalGIS 2018, happening in Palm Springs October 9-12. 2018. The agenda is posted, including the educational and professional development workshops, keynote speakers, presentation sessions on nine different tracks, and more. Please note that there…
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Hello Everyone: The 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) continues to utilize the NOAA sponsored Seasketch: U.S. Federal Mapping Coordination – A Demonstration Site for Federal Mapping Data Acquisition Coordination) site for planning, coordinating partnerships, and tracking elevation data acquisition projects. The…
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The California Geological Survey(CGS), released their new Earthquake Hazard Zone App to the media on Wednesday, and it’s taking off. CGS develops three types of seismic hazard zones for the State of California. Alquist-Priolo (fault rupture) zones, landslide zones, and…
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Thank you everyone that joined us, and let me offer a heartfelt apology for all of you that attempted to join us but were turned away because we reached the limit of our meeting service. We will be looking for…
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https://cgia.org/cagiscouncil/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CA-GIS-Council-Public-Safety-Agenda-March-8th-2018_final.pdf Reminder about next Thursday’s CA GIS Council meeting (10-12 am, 3/8/18). I am very excited to announce next week’s informative CA GIS Council agenda. The meeting will include a presentation by Napa County GIS about how GIS data was shared…
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FYI, and by the way we have a new map challenge–courthouses! Updates made now will appear in our new edition of US Topo for California, which are going into production shortly. The National Map Corps is a citizen science effort which uses…
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