Enabling the California geospatial community
The agenda for the March 9, 2023, quarterly CGIA Community Council meeting is now available at this link. Join us for updates on GIS discussion topics, upcoming CA GIS related legislative session items, and a presentation on CalEnviroScreen. The meeting will…
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The notes from the December 8 CGIA Community Council meeting are now available at https://cgia.org/cagiscouncil/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CGIA-Community-Council-12-08-2022-Meeting-Notes.pdf There was lively discussion on a lawsuit involving a California GIS practitioner and the California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists over the…
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Now open for registration! A lunchtime webinar from Cal URISA and ESRI: GIS and Public Information During Emergency Response and Recovery. More info and registration link below. When: Jun 3, 2022 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Register in…
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*Reminder* The Education Workgroup of the California GIS Council is interested in gaining an understanding of how we can benefit the larger GIS Council and provide a bridge between the professional GIS community and the education community. Specifically, we are…
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The Council would like to share with you a 2022-2023 budget initiative for WebGIS in California K12 schools. Please see this Story Map for more details and information on how you can help make it happen: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/972c199cceba4e538c752bbd08a8db29 Contact: Marc Epstein,…
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The agenda for the December 9, 2021 meeting of the California GIS Council has been updated. Please take a few moments to review the proposed revisions to the Council’s Charter and a flyer for the featured presentation on California Road…
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The California GIS Council’s Policy Advisory Workgroup (PAW) has a few July updates for the GIS community: On July 8th, PAW held its first Quarterly Lunchtime Legislative Briefing. We went over the 2021 Q2 newsletter. The recording will be available…
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The Quarter 1 of 2021 report on legislative activities in the California Capitol that affect the practice of GIS has been written and posted by Jacob Mark, chair of the Policy Advisory Committee. Read and Be informed!
Read all about GIS-related action in California’s Legislature! Jacob Mark, the Chair of our newly-forming Policy Advisory Workgroup, prepared a listing and quick synopsis of some bills active in the 2021-22 Regular session which convened on December 7, 2020. Read…
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We received this message today (10/5/2020) From Tony Kimmet, National Imagery Leader, USDA: FPAC-BC-GEO Branch has just received new NAIP 2020 Compressed County Mosaics (CCM) for all of California. I have checked and uploaded the new mosaics to the following…
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