Enabling the California geospatial community
Good afternoon, and apologies for duplication. Please see below for a special announcement about changes to the : National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) dynamic web-based map service endpoints migrated to new Cloud endpoints on Feb 2, 2018. Anyone using…
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The CA GIS Council is pleased to present the Final Report of the CA GIS Geodetic Work Group Plan. This cornerstone essential data layer will benefit us all. The Council greatly appreciates all the hard work that Scott Martin, CADOT…
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…just a reminder that the USGS Hazard Data Distribution System (HDDS) is supporting all disasters in CA with pre- and post-disaster imagery. Access with your EarthExplorer credentials, and access to restricted data takes a momentary request. Our contact is Rynn…
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Just a friendly reminder to get your nominations or self-nominations in. 2017-18 Executive Committee Nominations Are Open Thank you, Nate
The nomination forms for the Executive Committee of the California GIS Council are open. The nomination period will close at 5pm on January 12, 2018. https://goo.gl/forms/xYk4Z5uyvT2A6u8n1 As outlined in the Council Charter, the Executive Committee assists the Chair and Vice-Chair…
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https://cgia.org/cagiscouncil/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/CA-GIS-Council-Meeting-Agenda-December-14th-2017Final3.pdf Reminder about tomorrow’s CA GIS Council meeting (10-12 am, 12/14/17). I am very excited to announce next week’s informative CA GIS Council agenda. The meeting will include a roundtable discussion of how GIS data was shared and used for analysis…
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Updated text of both the Senate and House versions of the Geospatial Data Act of 20017 are available at: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2128 https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4395 Note that these are the November revisions to the bills not the original July versions under different bill numbers….
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Scott Martin, CADOT, and his CA GIS Geodetic Work Group have developed, a very exciting Geodetic work plan for your review. This cornerstone essential data layer will benefit us all. Please take a few minutes to review the document before…
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As part of an ongoing effort to improve performance and reliability for the suite of USGS Hydrography web-based map services, the USGS is migrating the National Hydrography Dataset and Watershed Boundary Dataset services to a Cloud location. National Hydrography Dataset…
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Many of The National Map dynamic overlay services have new schemas and updated cartography to provide a better user experience in The National Map viewer and other applications. The following changes were made throughout August and September 2017, when new…
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