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To better serve the California geospatial community, we have restructured our Hot News page into four areas: Feature News, General News, Training Opportunities, and Employment Opportunities. The Statewide Events Calendar is a quick way to see the major events that have come to our attention. Please email George White, CGIA Vice Chair ( ) regarding any news items that you would like to see included in any of our news categories so that we can serve you better.

HOT NEWS ITEMS:
SEPTEMBER 2007 FEATURE NEWS

The American Public Works Association (APWA), Southern California Chapter, presents the 10th Annual GIS Conference, "Accelerate Decision Making with GIS"

• September 19th, 8:00 am to 3:30 pm
  Cypress Community Center
  5700 Orange Ave., Cypress, CA 90630

For more information: GIS Conference Flyer 2007 091907(1).pdf

CGIA Announces Phase 2 Strategic GIS Plan Award

CGIA has awarded the CA GIS Strategic Plan Phase 2 for Regional Participation contract to Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Baker will work with California GIS Council lead representatives and the CGIA Executive Director to solicit, identify, summarize, and integrate regional perspectives into a Phase 2 Strategic Plan work product that contributes to development of a California Spatial Data Infrastructure (CA-SDI). Initial outreach will begin in September with an on-line survey, followed by a series of workshops in October and November. More project details to follow. The detailed document on the scope of work and proposed schedule can be downloaded here.

14th Annual CalGIS Conference, April 23rd-25th, 2008 To be held at the DoubleTree Hotel and adjoining Modesto Centre Plaza, in Modesto, California. $99 Registration Special Extended to 8/31/07! To register

CGIA will be a Bronze Sponsor for CalGIS 2008, and will raffle two registration tickets to CalGIS from a pool of eligible candidates who join CGIA by close of business on September 30, 2007.

Regional Collaboratives: An updated Regional Collaboratives Directory is under development. Under the Phase II CGIA Contract with Michael Baker Jr. Inc., an on-line survey will be conducted to obtain regional information regarding the Strategic Planning Project. CGIA continues to work with the California GIS Council and regional groups to promote framework data business planning, development, and sharing.

Imagery for the Nation Request For Qualifications

CGIA is partnering with the US Geological Survey, the California Resources Agency, and the California GIS Council to develop a California Orthoimagery and Digital Elevation Data Business Needs Assessment and Best Practices Report. To accomplish this, CGIA is distributing this Request for Proposals (RFP) to find a highly qualified firm(s) to develop the report and conduct associated outreach and assessments across the state. The resultant report prepared for this project should help guide local, state, federal, and regional agencies in identifying options for cooperatively acquiring and procuring digital orthoimagery and digital elevation data. The final report will be published on the CGIA and State GIS Council's websites and will become a theme-specific piece of the Strategic Plan for the development of the California Spatial Data Infrastructure.

Download the Request for Proposals (RFP) to Develop a California Digital Orthoimagery and Digital Elevation Data Business Needs Assessment and Best Practices Report here.

International GIS Day 2007 - How GIS Affects Your Life
County of Sonoma Presentations & Demonstrations

International GIS Day is November 14, 2007. GIS Day is a grassroots event that reaches out to our community, to demonstrate the real-world applications and the importance of GIS in our world and business. In 2004 the US Department of Labor identified Geospatial Technologies, which includes GIS, as on of the three most important emerging fields; the other two were biotechnology and nonotechnology. Therfore, the user and value that GIS brings to our daily lives is far reaching.

• In celebration of GIS Day and International Geography Awareness Week, November 12-16, the Santa Rosa ArcGIS Users Group will host a GIS Day event at Santa Rosa's Finley Center (2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa). This event will feature presentations, demonstrations, and a map gallery.
• GIS Day 2007

The Santa Rosa ArcGIS Users Group has chosen as the theme for this year, "How GIS Affects Your Life ". GIS will be showcased at this event by the County of Sonoma, City of Santa Rosa, City of Petaluma, private agencies and individuals.

If you are interested in participating in GIS Day by contributing to our map gallery or by giving a presentation or demonstration, please contact GIS Central.

For more information, go to https://gis.sonoma-county.org/GISDay.htm. This site will be updated as frequently as new information is made available.

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