This was recently posted on the California Geographic Information Association (CGIA) website:
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Thanks to Carol Ostergren for passing along this job in San Francisco: Link to the job posting My feeling is that this has something to do with the explosion in San Bruno last year, and the failures of the GIS that were noted. PG&E GIS Analytics is looking to fill an immediate opening for a full-time office-based GIS Specialist position in Walnut Creek. This is a contract position for an initial six month term with the expectation of extending to two years. Forward by Carol Ostergren (thanks). We have to make sure our data is complete! This article in last Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle points to PG&E’s inadequate GIS as one problem that led to the San Bruno explosion that killed 8 people. Here are some quotes from the article: “Experts interviewed by The Chronicle said the problems weren’t with the software but with data entry and the implementation of the ESRI programs by PG&E and its contractors.” “Reiydelle said it didn’t take long on the job for him to find out that the upgrade project and the entire GIS system had been a mess for a long time. He said only 70 percent of the data in the GIS database are accurate and that overall, it is “a really dangerously bad project.” “ The entire article is here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/13/MNAC1HLG95.DTL |
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