LA NOW (the County’s channel) profiled GIS Day – it’s a great little clip at the beginning of the segment.
Take a look – some of our GIS folks were profiled!
http://lacounty.smugmug.com/Other/LANow/14373652_ETmPu#1605258277_KBDVP8v-A-LB
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 Join us at the Edison This year the GIS Day Committee is having an apres event social. It will be on Thursday (the day after GIS Day) since many of us are going to be pretty tired after a long day of organizing. We invited anyone to join us at the Edison, which is apparently a very cool place in Downtown LA. See you there at 5 pm! Los Angeles County GIS Day After Social Flyer
GIS day is a great success! Thank you everyone who came and made it another wonderful event! Here is a picture of Richard Sanchez, CIO, kicking things off.
Happy GIS Day everyone! This is LA County’s 4th GIS Day (if the 5th anniversary is wood, is this the cardboard anniversary?) Looking forward to a wonderful event today. I’ll be posting from time to time to keep everyone up on what’s going on. Hopefully if you get this you’ll be able to make it, and make it the best event we’ve had! As we count down the hours to GIS Day, there are a couple of unique ends I wanted to ensure that visitors were aware of. Tours of DPW Operations LA County Public Works will be offering tours of its Emergency Operations Center and its Traffic Management Center. Come see how DPW uses GIS to respond to emergencies and disasters, and how it uses GIS to help manage traffic in the cities it is responsible for. These are a unique, behind the scenes look at GIS in action! GIS Enabled Vehicles We will have at least three vehicles on site that support County operations using GIS.
This year, the GIS Day Committee will wrap up the day with the cutting of the GIS Day cake! Sponsored by Pictometry, this will be a yummy ending to our day. So come for the maps in the map gallery, the booths, the presentations, but stay around at the end for the cutting of our GIS Day cake! It should serve at least 100 people, so bring your appetites too! Here are a couple of pictures of the cake cutting.  Cutting the cake  Thank you Pictometry
We will be showcasing the scroll tomorrow at GIS Day … View the full resolution image (6 Mb) pdf version “WHEREAS, the management, use, and exchange of geographic information is essential for effective decision making; Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technologies are a powerful tool for supporting emergency services, homeland security, economic development, environmental protection, crime mapping, healthcare, long-range planning, and much more; and WHEREAS, there is a need to promote GIS awareness, education, and technical training among various groups to appropriately and effectively utilize this rapidly developing technology; and WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Enterprise GIS Steering Committee coordinates efforts to eliminate duplication, reduce costs, develop standards, and to facilitate the sharing and interchange of GIS data, methods, and knowledge; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles hereby Proclaims Wednesday, November 16, 2011 as “GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS DAY” helping students, citizens, and government leaders achieve greater awareness of the benefits of GIS.” Join us at the Edison This year the GIS Day Committee is having an apres event social. It will be on Thursday (the day after GIS Day) since many of us are going to be pretty tired after a long day of organizing. We invited anyone to join us at the Edison, which is apparently a very cool place in Downtown LA. See you there at 5 pm! Los Angeles County GIS Day After Social Flyer
 GIS Day Parking Map Hello everyone, We have finalized the participant list, booth assignments, schedule, shuttle, and presentation tracks for GIS Day – which is only two days away! With 48 booths, good weather, and a lot of great presentations, I’m looking forward to another great day! If you have any questions, please visit the GIS Day Website. See you Wednesday!  GIS Day Game 2011 Every year a highlight of GIS Day is our GIS Day Game “Where in the County”. Originally thought up by Regional Planning as part of the inaugural event, it has become a lot of fun to create, and provides an opportunity to get folks to know some landmarks of LA County a bit better. We select 9 landmarks, place them on a large poster, and have a form for attendees (you) to take their best shot at guessing which ones they are. If you get six or more right, you’ll be entered into the drawing that happens every half hour. The person with their name drawn gets to select from one of the great prizes that have been donated by our participants. I have been told that this year’s game is the hardest one yet! This year, to give everyone a bit of a head start, I am posting the GIS Day Game poster today! I will not be giving out any hints or clues before the day – so if you don’t know where any of these locations are, you’ll have to come to GIS Day to find out! Download the full resolution file (4 Mb – poster size) GIS Day 2011 Game Poster.pdf For more information on GIS Day, see our GIS Day Website. GIS Day Game 2010 For fun, I’m posting the GIS Day Game from 2010, along with the answers. Don’t peek!  GIS Day Game 2010
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