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By Christine Lam, on February 27th, 2013 The LA County GIS Viewer is fully running. The objective of the GIS Viewer is to publicize the County’s GIS authoritative data holdings and enable wide access to them through a powerful set of web-based GIS tools. Click on the image below to launch the viewer or go to http://gis.lacounty.gov/gisviewer. You will need to install Microsoft’s Silverlight tool in order to utilize the viewer.
For further information or to download the training manual and see training videos, go to the “GIS Applications” menu and then click on “LA County GIS Viewer”.
Have Fun!
By John Hickok, GISP, on February 27th, 2013 In the world of open source software, one fact is clear. Everyone has different opinions about which software they prefer. Newcomers to open source GIS software are often confused by a seemingly chaotic mix of software applications.
So where do we start learning?
For the newcomers, this is an introduction to a short series of blogs covering the most commonly known open source GIS applications for the desktop, plus a few key concepts. The software is free for anyone to install and is typically user-friendly to those already familiar with ESRI’s ArcGIS. The future topics are listed below.
Part 1: Defining Open – Not All Open Source Licenses are Alike
Part 2: GRASS (Geographic Resource Analysis Support System)
Part 3: gvSIG (Generalitat Valenciana, Sistema d’Informació Geogràfica)
Part 4: uDIG (User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS)
Part 5: Open JUMP (Open Java Unified Mapping Platform)
Part 6: GDAL/OGR - (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library/OGR Simple Features Library)
Part 7: QGIS (Quantum GIS)
Part 8: An Open Source Alternative to the File Geodatabase (Sort of)
Part 9: A Few Notes About Map Projections
Part 10: OSGEO, The Organization
Part 11: Why Learn About Open Source GIS?
In the spirit of The Cathedral and the Bazaar, think of this series as an introductory tour of your local open air market for open source GIS. If anyone has any ideas to contribute, please send me an email!
Next blog in two weeks…
By markgreninger, on November 8th, 2012 As of this morning we have 48 people registered for our GIS Day training track, so we have shut down training track sign-up page.
Most of our classes will be packed, with 2 people per computer. For County staff, the eGIS Program will be providing additional training opportunities over the next few months.
The training schedule is below.
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Topic
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Open Sessions
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| 10:00 – 10:50 AM |
Jonathan Corbridge
ESRI |
Making Maps that Work!
Learn concepts to improve your cartography.
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| 11:00 – 11:50 AM |
Frank Somarriba & Harry Moore
ESRI |
Making & Sharing Intelligent web-maps with ArcGIS Online
Learn how to get your maps out into the world
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| 12 – 12:50 PM |
eGIS Team
LA County ISD |
Introduction to the LA County GIS Viewer (session 1)
Free On-line GIS tools put the power of geography in your hands.
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Sessions for County staff
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| 1:00 – 1:50 PM |
eGIS Team
LA County ISD |
Desktop GIS Training
Learn how to access and take advantage of the
County’s Enterprise GIS Repository.
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| 2:00 – 2:50 PM |
eGIS Team
LA County ISD |
Introduction to the LA County GIS Viewer (session 2)
Free On-line GIS tools put the power of geography in your hands.
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By markgreninger, on September 13th, 2012 The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is making training available to its members, which include cities and the County.
My recommendation is to look at the training dates held at SCAG, which is in downtown LA.
Here is the training sign-up link: https://scag.wufoo.com/forms/scag-gis-training-2012/
Continue reading Free Introduction and Intermediate GIS Training classes for SCAG members
By markgreninger, on June 22nd, 2012 Passing this along to folks who might be interested in learning more about Census data. Click here to download the flyer: LA County Flyer Census (word file)
The Census data workshop will provide hands-on training to access the most up-to-date data for incorporated and unincorporated areas within Los Angeles County. Participants will also learn how to access data at the census tract, block group, and block levels.
The agenda includes an overview of
- 2010 Census Data
- American Community Survey Data
- American FactFinder Data Tool
- Data Release Schedules
- Local Profiles and Characteristics
The following sessions are available:
- 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Monday, July 16, 2012
- 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Thursday, July 19, 2012
By markgreninger, on April 19th, 2012  ACS Training Doug Morales from Public Health passed this to me – the Census Bureau provided this training to his staff, and we will be organizing additional training opportunities in the County where you can learn more.
But it contains valuable information that could get you started today!
CensusBureau – Accessing Data from the New American Factfinder (slides in pdf format).
By markgreninger, on April 2nd, 2012 Passing this along. These online training opportunities can help you learn about the technology that we use in the County for our viewers (http://gis.lacounty.gov/gisviewer)
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Spring 2012 Geocortex Training Schedule
Geocortex Training helps you acquire the knowledge needed to make the most of your investment in Geocortex Essentials. We offer virtual training sessions to accommodate East and West time zones in North America, and to ease your travel budget.
Our training schedule is now as follows:
Geocortex Training is instructor-led, training that provides you the knowledge and experience to make the most of your investment in Geocortex Essentials. Two workshops are available:
Creating Viewers and Sites with Geocortex REST Technologies
The Creating Viewers and Sites with Geocortex REST Technologies workshop is a 2-day workshop designed to provide attendees with a solid understanding of Geocortex Essentials REST technologies. The course covers the use of the Geocortex Essentials Manager for REST Elements and the configuration of the Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight. Students are led through a series of modules, each built upon the foundation laid by the previous module. By the conclusion of the workshop, students can expect to have a solid foundation for deploying Geocortex Essentials REST Elements sites that can be used by the Geocortex Viewers or by client API applications, and how to configure the Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight.
Geocortex Workflows
The Geocortex Workflows course is a 1-day workshop designed to provide attendees with a solid understanding of Geocortex Workflow. The workshop covers how to conduct simple business analysis to determine your business and user needs, the use of the Geocortex Workflow Designer to create workflows and the configuration of the Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight to run the created workflows. Students are led through a series of modules, each built upon the foundation laid by the previous modules, including those from the Creating Viewers and Sites with Geocortex REST Technologies workshop. By the conclusion of the workshop, students can expect to have a solid foundation for creating workflows and deploying them to the Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight or by client API applications. |
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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By markgreninger, on March 13th, 2012  Flyer John Hickok passed this along.
Event: The SoCal URISA Chapter presents an OPEN SOURCE GIS WORKSHOP
Date and Time: Saturday, March 31, 2012, 9:00am-4:00pm
Cost: Free for URISA members! or join for $30 (students $10) Includes all workshop materials, lunch and breaks are included.
Location/Host: Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, 3535 Harbor Boulevard, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Map of the Location
See flier for more details.
http://socalurisa.camp9.org/Resources/Documents/OpenSourceGIS_03312012.pdf
By markgreninger, on March 1st, 2012  I wanted to pass along this free webinar from Latitude Geographics – they are moving toward the HTML5 standard for web and mobile apps – which is great for us. I recommend folks to check this out:
Link to sign up
By markgreninger, on November 3rd, 2011 John Hickok has passed along a nice article he wrote summarizing the various GIS certification programs that are out there (GISP, GIST, ESRI, etc).
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