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Here are another set of classes for those of you on the Westside:
Click this link: http://www2.smc.edu/schedules/2012/fall/default.htm
And then click on “Geographic Information Systems” on the left side.
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 Adopted! I haven’t had the time to post about this before today, but I am very happy to report that the LA County Board of Supervisors adopted a GIS classification series for the County! For the first time the County has a career path for staff doing GIS, and will recognize GIS related degrees when hiring for GIS positions! A recent survey indicated that the County has close to 200 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions doing GIS, and invests over $20 million per year in this technology. These positions will help us recruit and retain the best mapping and geographic personnel, and keep the County as a leader in geospatial technologies. Note: At this point only the position and salary ranges are available – we will be publishing a complete list of both the salaries as well as the necessary qualifications when they are finalized in the next few weeks. Attachments:
Acknowledgements This has been a long process, and would not have been possible without the contributions of a group of extremely dedicated experts that have made this day possible. Many many people have helped get this through, but I wanted to acknowledge some key individuals.
Please find the agenda for tomorrow’s LA County eGIS Committee Meeting attached here: May – 2012_0515.eGIS meeting notice and Agenda (pdf file) Important note The GIS classifications will be in front of the Board of Supervisors tomorrow. It was held from two weeks ago due to unrelated issues, so let’s hope it passes tomorrow. Unfortunately that does not give me or the CEO enough time to prepare to discuss the classifications tomorrow, so we will need to postpone until next month’s meeting. Discussion items for tomorrow
For those of you who want to do GIS and fieldwork – this is a great opportunity. Thanks to Tom Weisenberger for passing along!
Organization: Catalina Island Conservancy  Walk Score If you haven’t been to Walkscore.com you should check it out: They have done a pretty interesting spatial analysis based upon distance from an address to local resources (restaurants, shopping, etc). Check it out here: http://www.walkscore.com/apartments/search/90071. What is interesting to me about this is that if you flip the analysis, and add our service locations from our location management system (aka Points of interest – click to download) – you can do a service GAP analysis – basically the red areas would be places that don’t have enough services. As a government agency this would be a powerful rendering of where we as a County need to add providers or sign contracts. I’d be interested in this – when I get the change I’ll start taking a look at this – but if someone does it first I would love to see the results!
 North Dakota Betsy Barker from Beaches and Harbors pointed me to another online GIS certificate:  LA City Planning GIS Data PAge The City of Los Angeles Planning department has launched a GIS Data Portal for downloading various GIS data files pertaining to City Planning information. You can access the data by going to http://planning.lacity.org, selecting the Maps and Stats button on the left, then selecting the LADCP GIS Data. page. I will also add this link to our LA County GIS Data Portal, (http://gis.lacounty.gov/dataportal), which contains links to County and other data like this. While I like the portal itself, there are some things I think that LA City should look into:
 Fresno's certificate program A new on-line only GIS certification from Cal State Fresno. Thanks to Betsy Barker for passing this long: http://www.fresnostate.edu/cge/giscert/index.shtml
 Promote this idea! I’m asking for a favor to everyone who get this (even if you aren’t a GIS programmer). This will help you all in the long run. I want this idea to go to the top of the ideas page!!! Idea Title : User Assignable Layer Ids for REST Map Services The link is : http://ideas.arcgis.com/ideaView?id=08730000000brPP You’ll need to create a username and login if you don’t have one already. Why is this important? Right now every map service that we create references the layers in the map in numeric order (starting from zero). So in the picture below, to turn on the trails you need to reference layer 18. But what happens if we add a new layer, that for cartographic purposes, needs to go higher? Every layer underneath it then gets shifted down one, and the application that was showing trails now shows Tourist Assistance instead!
This means that as we deploy more and more data, we could be breaking everyone’s applications left and right as we attempt to provide more and better data. Note that the map service I note has 187 layers of information In the older technology the layer reference could be set by hand – I think it should be referenced by the name of the layer (Trails, for example) but definitely NOT by an ID. POSITION CLOSED (OVER 30 APLICATIONS RECEIVED) – AS OF 5/14/12RECRUITMENT GIS/MAPPING TECHNICIAN The Local Agency Formation Commission for the County of Los Angeles (LAFCO) is actively seeking candidates for the position of GIS/Mapping Technician. This position reports to the LAFCO Executive Officer and interacts with other LAFCO staff in a supporting role. The GIS/Mapping Technician acts with a high level of independence in performing technical mapping functions, including preparation of maps and legal descriptions, requiring a sound knowledge of the principles and practices of GIS and GPS mapping techniques. The position requires effective verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to act independently. Continue reading LA LAFCO Looking for GIS/Mapping Technician |
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