Information sharing for LA County GIS users
Serves as Principal GIS Analyst at the Los Angeles County, Department of Children and Family Services
While many of us are scrambling to get things ready for GIS Day tomorrow, I’d like to encourage anyone considering GISP certification visit the GISCI’s virtual booth that was kindly created by our eGIS Team. (I saw the preview, and…
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I’ll just pass this along for anyone interested. PostGIS is a set of geospatial tools within PostgreSQL. Both are open source and can be accessed by any cloud-based instances of PostgreSQL in AWS, Azure, or Google, but we typically use it…
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Here are the slides from Tuesday’s Users Council meeting on June 15 regarding dot grid anonymization. It appears online meetings and demos are here to stay, and it made sense to explain a little about a potential security risk when…
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Once a year, the GIS Certification Institute (GISCI, the organization who awards the GISP certification) hosts a map contest to allow mapmakers to dazzle the world with their cartographic skills. This contest is not just for GISPs to enter. It…
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I’m passing this webinar info along for any Power BI users out there. It’s hosted by Directions Magazine and will be presented by the team at Esri who supports it. Title/URL: Make Beautiful and Accurate Maps within Microsoft Power BI…
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Passing this along from the GISCI. The GISCI is proud to announce the Official Practice Exam to help prepare for the written exam portion of your path to GISP certification. It consists of retired questions from past exams, with 50…
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I’m passing this along from the CLSA. In 2022, the U.S. Survey Foot is scheduled to be deprecated. The move is said to eliminate confusion. Currently, the California Public Resources Code (Sec. 8810) designates the U.S. Survey Foot for State Plane…
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Projections make flat maps possible, and this interesting app, thetruesize, enables you to compare just how much larger Brazil is than Greenland. Useful? Maybe. Fun? Of course.
This is re-posted from the eGIS post of the same name. Just trying to get the word out in the hopes that talent will be discovered. The GIS Certification is once again happy to announce their annual Map Contest, and…
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