San Francisco has opened a  GIS Application Developer Position: POSITION DESCRIPTION: Under general direction of the Manager of the San Francisco’s Enterprise Geographic Information Systems (SFGIS) Program, the GIS Application Read more

Emergency Fire Response with Critical Real-Time Data By Scott Doan and Craig Gooch http://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcnews/summer13articles/emergency-fire-response-with-critical-real-time-data In fire departments across the United States, emergency calls are received by the dispatch center, which Read more

CGIA is pleased to announce a gathering of “Women in GIS”. For a few years several of us have gathered and discussed forming a “Women in GIS” group for those Read more

We are getting very excited for our 2nd annual North Bay GIS Field Day! Looking at high-end GPS units, California Surveying & Drafting Supply will be showing the latest Trimble GPS Read more

The attached document is a comprehensive guide to sponsoring and supervising a student intern. It is written for California state government but can be useful for other organizations as well. This Read more

 For several years, CGIA has recognized and honored those in the California GIS Community who do exemplary work or contribute to the industry for the benefit of GIS users everywhere. There Read more

GeoSpatial LA is an informal networking group that gets together occasionally to talk “geo” in LA – it’s open to everyone!  Find us on LinkedIn Next Geospatial LA & Tour Read more

On April 5th, the California Geographic Information Association (CGIA) with co-sponsors:  CentralCal URISA, NorCal URISA, SpARC,  ReCCES, the City of Merced, UC Merced SNRI, and ESRI presented the 3rd Annual  GeoSpatial Summit at Read more

This is a helpful resource for folks looking to improve their maps.  They have online resources for: Colours (or colors as we like to spell it). Fonts Symbols Map inspiration Read more

Hi there, I have updated the GIS Policies page (for CGIA members only) and added data maintenance and management policies that were kindly forwarded to me by Twyla McDermott, in Read more