Presentations & Announcements from the April 27, 2017 GIS User Group Meeting

A big thank you to our presenters at the April 26th Sacramento GIS User Group meeting and the City of Sacramento for hosting our event.  

Below are links to the presentations from the meeting:

USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) 

Lorri Peltz-Lewis, US Forest Service

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Disaster Recovery 

Bill Robberson, EPA

Creating our Public Works Story: The Evolution of an Interactive Map Application for Rancho Cordova Public Works  

Brad Findlay, Interwest Consulting Group contracted to the City of Rancho Cordova 

Insights for ArcGIS

Matt Twietmeyer, Esri 

Below are links to announcements from the meeting:

• CGIA Awards - nominations due on May 1st 
• Poster Palooza at Sac State May 16th, details on page 2
• CalGIS LocationCon - May 22 - 24th

Careers:
Looking for a new job? Check out the jobs page, there are currently 5 openings posted. 

Next Meeting:
We are planning the next meeting in the fall. Once a date is selected, we will announce it on the blog and meetup. 

CalGIS LocationCon conference - May 22 - 24th

It will be held May 22-24 at the Oakland Marriott in downtown Oakland. There is a discounted rate for government employees. All registration rates increase on April 23 which is also the deadline for reserving hotel rooms at the Oakland Marriott before the discounted room block expires. Registration details are posted here: 

https://calgis2017.locationcon.org/registration 

The conference committee has been working hard to plan the conference for the past year. They’ve created a robust program for the 3 full days of the conference. The conference program can be viewed here: 

https://calgis2017.locationcon.org/conference/schedule/session/2017-05-22  

CalGIS 2015 - June 1-3, 2015 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Sacramento

Dear Sacramento Area GIS Professional:

CalGIS 2015, the 21st Annual California GIS Conference, is happening June 1-3, 2015 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Downtown Sacramento.
www.calgis.org

If you have never attended a CalGIS conference, I think you would be pleasantly surprised at what a valuable experience it can be. This year it’s in Sacramento, which means that many of us won’t have to deal with travel and lodging expenses to attend. The conference fee is nominal. I encourage you to consider attending.

The Call for Presentation Abstracts is out and the deadline is February 2.

Participate!  What have you been working on that you would like to share with your GIS colleagues and peers in California? Tips & tricks, research, success stories or cautionary tales?

Participation may come in a variety of formats including:
•             Map Gallery
•             Poster Presentation
•             Lightning Talk
•             Presentation
•             Active Learning
         
Abstracts are due no later than February 2, 2015.

For participation details and an online abstract submission form, visit www.calgis.org and be sure to follow @CalGIS on Twitter!

Christina Boggs is the 2015 Conference Chair, so you know it will be, as Christina says, “AWESOME!”

Check it out at www.calgis.org

Jane Schafer-Kramer, Research Analyst (GIS), CalGIS Outreach Committee Chair

jschaferkramer@gmail.com