Enabling the California geospatial community
Hello everyone, The next CA GIS Council meeting has been postponed to September 16th, 10 AM to noon, so that the Executive Committee can be announced, formed, and become involved with creating the agenda. An agenda will be sent in…
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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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Passing this information along from Drew Decker of the USGS: USGS has now posted 2014 imagery for a portion of the southern California urban region. New imagery was collected in mid 2014 by USGS contractors for the built up areas around…
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Thanks to Jane Schafer-Kramer for passing this along (this was discussed at our last meeting). They have to with open data. SB 573 (Pan): Statewide open data portal: http://www.legtrack.com/bill.html?bill=201520160SB573 AB 501 (Levine): Resources: Delta research: http://www.legtrack.com/bill.html?bill=201520160AB501 AB 1215 (Ting): California Open…
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Hello, Attached is the July 2015 U.S. Geological Survey National Hydrography Dataset Newsletter. You will find important information about the National Hydrography Requirements and Benefits study, the future of the NHD in South Carolina, NHD update quality control documentation upgrade, NHD conflation…
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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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This is a reminder that the California GIS Council meeting will be held in the Cardiff Room of the Marriott Marquis and Marina today at 5:30 pm. Please note that the room change from that printed in the ESRI User…
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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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The Next CA GIS Council Meeting will be at the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina, Cardiff Room, from 5:30 – 7 PM on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 The draft agenda is and Webex information is attached here: CA GIS Council Meeting Agenda…
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