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Geocortex User Group meeting Wednesday December 7th

For those of you using Geocortex, there is a user group meeting at DPW Headquarters in Alhambra on December 7th.

 

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Geocortex User Group – Southern California

Alhambra, CA – Wednesday Dec. 7th

Set aside an afternoon and join fellow Geocortex users, administrators, partners and others for interactive discussion and presentations around Geocortex technology. Learn what’s new and what’s next in Geocortex Essentials and our evolving suite of tools and extensions for ArcGIS Server. Hear from fellow users around their specific implementations of Geocortex technology and network with peers.

Registration is not required for this meeting, however we’d like to gauge interest for planning purposes, so please confirm your attendance by clicking on the link below.

Confirm your Attendance


Date: Wednesday Dec. 7th, 2011
Time: 1:30pm – 4:00pm
Location: Room C
LA County Department of Public Works
900 S. Fremont Avenue
Alhambra, CA 91803
Agenda: Introduction
Geocortex Technology Update
Break (refreshments provided)
User Presentation
Geocortex Mobile Demonstration
Wrap up, Q&A, Closing remarks

Again, if you plan on attending this user group meeting, please confirm either by replying to this email, or by clicking on the link above.

We hope to see you at the Southern California User Group meeting next month!

Upcoming Webinars

We regularly offer free, live webinars on topics related to success with our suite of Geocortex products and Esri-based web mapping technology. To learn more about upcoming webinars, or to register, please visit:
www.geocortex.com/learn


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Tel: 250.381.8130
Toll Free: 1.888.578.5545
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Geography Majors’ Unemployment rate is 6.1%

Ranking by Popularity

Tim Smith from LA County Fire passed this website along, which ranks all college major by unemployment rate and median earning (Geographers’s median income is $54,000 a year, by the way).

Here is the page: Wall Street Journal Site – From College to Career

Straight to Geographer Earnings

 

By the way –  if you really want to make money you should go into Petroleum Engineering, with a median income of $127,000.

 

Check our your major – any regrets?

 

Pictometry Software Updates – November 2011

I just received a number of notices about Pictometry Software Updates.  I believe that these are mostly for the desktop software, so if you are using Pictometry Online you probably don’t need them.  As well, it appears that the EFS update will be availabel automatically.

But I thought I would pass along:

 

GIS Day 2011 – Schedule, booth assignments, and session information

GIS Day 2011 Booth Map

GIS Day is one week away!  We look forward to another great event.  The weather is looking good, sunny and a bit cool.

The GIS Day committee has finalized the booth and session information.  Important information for attendees is included in the files below:

New this year

ESRI Hands-on Training:

Four sessions of hands-on training and tour of ArcGIS Online. These sessions will be first-come first-served.  A sign-up sheet will be located at ESRI booth (#29) and at the Training Room.

County Manager’s Track:

A special County manager’s half-day track will be held to help County managers new to GIS get up to speed with what GIS can do for their line of business. There will be a presentation and a tour of DPW’s Traffic Management and Emergency Operations center. Please RSVP with Mark Greninger at mgreninger@cio.lacounty.gov to attend this track.

GIS Day Cake

This year we will be celebrating GIS Day with a cake that will be served after GIS Day concludes at 3:30.  We would like to thank Pictometry for sponsoring the cake, and I am excited to see the design that DPW will be putting on the cake!  For some examples of cakes from other events, click this link.

Parking Map

Parking

All GIS Day guests will park in the Albertsons parking lot located on 2400 West Commonwealth Avenue, then follow the signs to towards the Public Works building (staff will be on hand to assist guests).  Thanks to Albertsons allowing us the use their parking lot.

Presenters:

If you are interested in having a booth, there are still a few available.  Please check the Frequently Asked Questions Page for information.

Pass it on! 

Please inform your friends and colleagues about this event so that it may be a success (http://gis.lacounty.gov/gisday)!