SoCalGIS is a local government GIS user group serving Los Angeles County and Orange County area municipalities and local government agencies.

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Meetings are held every two months and alternate between Los Angeles and Orange County.

Next Meeting:

TBD

OTHER RELATED MEETINGS & CONFERENCES:

THINGS TO BE AWARE OF:

• Open Data Consortium Website
  The ODC project was established to derive a model policy for distributing governmental geospatial data, that can serve as a de-facto example to guide public agencies

• California Geospatial Information Office
  Visit the new web site for California's Geospatial Information Office.

• GIS Monitor
  From Mike Carson: If you don’t receive the GIS Monitor, take a look at September 15th's issue. Two interesting articles, one on “Taking Commercial Satellite Imagery Out from Under FOIA” and the other on a “Geospatial One-Stop Survey”.

• GIS Councils
  From Richard Mader an article from Government Technology on California GIS Council.

• Online Database of GIS Education Programs
  Hosted by ESRI, this online database lets you search for GIS curriculums near you.

• Infusing GIS with Accuracy
  Article from the charter issue of American Surveyor that takes a look at the rivalry between surveyors and GIS professionals.

GENERAL INTEREST :

• Springfield Online
  This map of Springfield, from the popular animated television show “The Simpsons,” was created by two Cal Poly Pomona employees.

• Computer Program Will Make the Geography Field Trip a Thing of the Past
  February 22 article posted in the Telegraph News on the development of a virtual geography field trip software program at Cambridge University.

• Maps, Mapping Services and the 2004 Elections
  Overview article by Adena Schutzberg of GIS Monitor on the mapping technology used to portray the 2004 election results on the Internet.

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