Enabling the California geospatial community
This document was created by our Geodetic Control Workgroup Chair Scott Martin of the Caltrans Office of Land Surveys. Scott also serves as California Geodetic Coordinator. It is a quick read suitable for sharing with GIS colleagues and non-GIS staff…
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We have three candidates for the position of Vice Chair of this Council! The Vice Chair will serve from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, and will serve as Chair from July 1, 2021 through June 20, 2022. Everyone…
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The Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO), a coalition of 13 national professional societies, trade associations, and membership organizations in the geospatial field, has sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees to express their…
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Making Sense of COVID-19 Data through Geospatial Technology Hello Everyone, The novel COVID-19 pandemic has already profoundly impacted the world in ways that have not been seen for generations and the full effects have yet to be quantified. Geospatial Technology plays a…
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The next quarterly meeting of the California GIS Council takes place on the second Thursday in June at 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon. This will be an online-only meeting on the Microsoft Teams platform. The link and phone-in information will…
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The GIS Council needs to elect a Vice Chair to serve July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, and then to serve as Chair for the July 2021 – June 2022 term. Since the current Vice Chair identifies with the…
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The California GIS Council is pleased to share the news that our Council Chair Carlos Isaac Cabrera has accepted the newly-created position with the California Department of Technology (CDT) as the State Geographic Information Officer and Manager of Data and…
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Passing along this from California Geographic Information Association (CGIA) President An-Min Wu: The CGIA Brown Bag Web Speaker Series will continue as planned on Tuesday, April 28 and Wednesday, May 13. For the April 28 webinar, while Tony LaVoi (GIO…
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Dear colleagues, 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 system supports the maintenance…
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Inventory Your Data Feeds for Health/Medical Capability Reporting Data The following information is copied from the website of the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS website: https://www.napsgfoundation.org/inventory-health-data-feeds/ On behalf of the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation (NAPSG), the…
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