Hot News Items - November 2005

UC Berkeley GIS & Public Policy Forum:
This event has been cancelled. If you would like to be notified about the rescheduled date, perhaps in January 2005, please contact George White at .

GIS Across America - Developing a Federal Enterprise: ESRI-sponsored free seminar, with a hosted lunch, on Tuesday, November 1, in San Francisco, California, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Register online here.

Northwest Environmental Training Center presents the NEPA/CEQA Training Series in Sacramento, CA on November 1, 2005, 8:30 A.M. to 5 P.M. (schedule here) and November 2, 2005, 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. (schedule here). For more details on registration, go to https://nwetc.websitesource.net/reg_cpol-302-03_11-05_sac/registration.htm.

California Framework Data Survey: The California GIS Council has announced the availability of an on-line survey to help determine the collective needs of California's GIS community for framework geospatial data. This information will be used to develop a geospatial data plan by the California GIS Council. The survey can be accessed at http://gis.ca.gov/council/survey.epl and should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Each program within an agency, organization, company, or institution that uses or has a need for geospatial information should respond if possible. Survey results will be made available on the California GIS Council web site.

FGDC Cadastral Data Subcommittee Second National Survey: The FGDC Cadastral Data Subcommittee is conducting its second national survey of the status of parcel data in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. The purpose of the survey is to determine the current status and trends of parcel data in the US since 2003. This information will be used by the FGDC Cadastral Subcommittee to facilitate the coordination of activities related to cadastral data and the exchange of cadastral data by formal and informal means. This survey builds off of the 2003 Assessment of Parcel Data in the US. Each state has a single cadastral contact that was acquired with the assistance of the National States Geographic Information Council. If a contact was not identified the state GIS coordinator was sent the survey. Access to the survey is provided through the FGDC's Subcommittee Cadastral Data website. A link has also been put on the NSGIC web site. The user identification is the full spelling of your state, and the password is the corresponding state FIPS code. This password may be shared with others to complete specific sections or to verify the content of the data. The closing date for the survey is November 11, 2005. If you have any questions or problems with the survey, contact David Stage, Eastern Cadastral Coordinator, FGDC Subcommittee for Cadastral Data, at 850-668-2604 or . A notification of survey will be sent to each GIS Coordinator through NSGIC.

BAAMA GIS Day 2005 Event: Free and open to everyone! Don't miss the keynote address by Google Earth CTO Michael T. Jones. On Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at Mulford Hall, UC Berkeley. University/Higher-Education Session, 2:00-5:00 pm; Professional Session, 5:00-8:30 pm. Click here for complete schedule. Mulford Hall is located on the western end of the UC Berkeley campus, a five-minute walk from the Downtown Berkeley BART station. Some metered and garage parking is available, but we recommend taking public transportation. Directions here or at Bay Area Automated Mapping Association web site.

WCGIS User Group Meeting: The next NCWC GIS User Group Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 9th, 2005 from 9:00AM to 11:30AM at the Napa Public Library. The topic is: "Field Data Collection- Methods, Software and Hardware." For more information

California State University Fresno GIS DAY 2005, sponsored by ISIS Center, is scheduled for Wednesday, November 16 at the University Business Center, Peters Building, California State University Fresno:

• 9:00 - 10:00 GIS Benefits to Local Government
  • Speaker: Hal Eidal, Information Systems Consultant, City of Clovis
    
  • Panelist: Rich Green, GIS Program Manager,
    Merced County Association of Governments
    
  • Panelist: Ruthanne Harbison, GIS Coordinator, City of Merced
• BREAK
• 10:30 - 11:30 GIS in Emergency Services
  
  • Speaker: James Watkins, Former CIO, Governor's Office of Emergency Services
    
  • Panelist: Chad Fitzgerald, Disaster Services Supervisor, City of Clovis
    
  • Panelist: David Jones, Emergency Medical Services Coordinator, County of Fresno
• DIRECTIONS: For a map of the campus, meeting location and parking go to:
  http://www.isis.csufresno.edu/events/ubc-park.asp
• PARKING: No-fee parking ONLY in University Business Center (UBC) lot.
  (ONLY for non-students and non-CSUF employees)
• For more information
  

October 19 CA GIS Council Meeting Notes: Notes from the Oct. 19 council meeting are available here at the CA GIS Council website.

CALGIS Conference - April 5-7, 2006: The CGIA Board is collaborating with CALGIS planners to be involved in the hosting the leadership track for the 12th Annual CALGIS Conference in Santa Barbara from April 5, 6, and 7, 2006. A discount for early registration to the conference can be obtained by completing the registration form at http://www.calgis.org/registration.htm.

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