Enabling the California geospatial community
The California Department of Water Resources and U.C. Davis will be hosting a conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems for Water Resources Management on September 22, 2015 at the U.C. Davis Conference Center. The summit focuses on applications of UAS technology…
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The polls have closed for endorsement of Senate Joint Resolution 18 regarding the use of UAS for drought response, as proposed by the UAS/Drone Policy Workgroup. Thirty-four Council members voted with the results as follows: Yes: 29 No: 3 Abstain:…
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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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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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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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UAS Policy Work Group (UPWG) A group of 17 California GIS Council members, who represent a variety of interests and expertise regarding drone usage for mapping, have volunteered to create a UAS Policy Work Group. We have completed a charter…
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Charter for the UAS Policy Work Group of the California GIS Council July 7, 2015 Group Name Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Policy Work Group (UPWG) of the California GIS Council (CGC) Problem Statement Unmanned Aircraft Systems (remotely…
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Hello everyone: This is a reminder that public meetings will be held on May 26 at 1:00 PM PDT, and June 4 at 9:00 AM PDT to discuss potential high-resolution elevation data projects for federal fiscal year (FY) 2016. The meetings…
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Passing this information along – this map was shown in the April 2015 California GIS Council Meeting: http://maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c61fc13b8fe43f4b45f290043a4c38c