Congratulations to the 2007 San Diego
Geography Showcase Winners!!
| Grand Showcase Brett Marraccini - EDAW Dredging and San Diego: Transforming Cabrillo's San Miguel into America's Finest City |
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| Most Artistic Ken Marlow - San Diego County Parks and Recreation Life Along the Sweetwater River, Laying Claim to the Sweetwater River |
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| Most Technologically Integrated Brent Boyd and Anika Smart - Metropolitan Transit System, with Transportation Management & Design, Inc. Using GIS to Restructure San Diego's Transit Services |
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| Most Analytical Adrienne Perry, Jennifer Nelson, Jeffrey Johnson - County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency Leveraging GIS and Syndromic Surveillance to Assess Countywide Impact of Gastrointestinal Illness |
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| Best Cartography Steve Bouchard - SANDAG 2006 Existing Land Use |
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| Most Educational Mettja Kuna - City of San Marcos Lighting up the City: A Street Light and Traffic Signal GPS Inventory |
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Thanks to everyone who took part!
Special thanks to ESRI for providing a Virtual Campus course to each of the category winners, and a copy of an extension of choice or ArcView 9.2 for the Grand Showcase winner!
Spring 2006 Newsletter is available here!
Congratulations to the 2006 San Diego
Geography Showcase poster winners
Most Educational About GIS:
"Science Technology and Contemporary Environmental"; County of San Diego, DPLU; Melanie Casey
Best Cartography:
"San Diego County Fire History 1910-2003"; Flat Planet maps; David Toney
Most Analytical:
"Comprehensive Ground Water Model for San Diego County"; County of San Diego; Patrick Del Pizzo
Most Technologically Integrated:
"City of San Diego Photogrammetric Mapping Project"; City of San Diego; Lisa Lubeley, Jeff Kubran, Lynn Finkel
Most Artistic:
"City of San Marcos Parks, Facilities & Trails Guide"; City of San Marcos; Mettja Kuna
Grand Showcase:
"Urban/Wildland"; City of Escondido; Jennifer Kay (Second year running!!)
Special thanks to ESRI for providing a Virtual Campus course to each of the category winners, and a copy of an extension of choice or ArcView 9.1 for the Grand Showcase winner!
Thank you to all who entered. Some very nice maps again this year!
Congratulations to the 2005 San Diego
Geography Showcase poster winners
Most Educational About GIS:
"Generating Fire Frequency and Stand Age"; SDSU; Caitlin Chason/David McKinsey
Best Cartography:
"San Diego Watersheds Common Ground"; SDSU; Dr. Richard Wright, et al
Most Analytical:
"Downtown Zona Norte"; IMPlan (Institute for City Planning, Tijuana, Baja, Mexico); Luis Elias, et al
Most Technologically Integrated:
V-Trac - Migrating to ArcIMS"; City of San Diego; Ms. Deena Bowman-Jamieson
Most Artistic:
"Seeing San Diego Differently"; HDR; John Evans , et al
Grand Showcase:
"Escondido Watershed"; City of Escondido; Jennifer Kay, et al
Special thanks to ESRI for providing a Virtual Campus course to each of the category winners, and a copy of ArcView 9.1 for the Grand Showcase winner!
Thank you to all who entered. We had a lot of great entries again this year! See you all again next year!
Congratulations
to the 2004 San Diego
Geography Showcase poster winners
Congratulations to the 2004 San Diego Geography Showcase Winners!
Grand
Showcase: Steve Bouchard (SANDAG)
Most
Artistic: Debra Stein, George Silva (Sweetwater Authority)
Most
Technologically Integrated: Terry Kinsman (KTU+A)
Most
Analytical: Koman Diabate, Kevin Cameron (Otay Water District)
Best
Cartography: Joseph Punsalon, Mark Carpenter (KTU+A)
Most
Educational About GIS: Rick Curry (Caltrans)
The San Diego Geography Showcase posters were on display at the ESRI International User Conference Map Gallery held at the San Diego Convention Center August 9th – 13th. GeoShow winners received a free ESRI Virtual Campus course. The Grand Showcase winner received an ArcPad License. Thanks to ESRI for their generous donations.
View the winning posters at ftp://ftpx.sandag.org/pub/2004GeoShow/.
Grand
Showcase
San Diego Region Land Use Characteristics
Steve Bouchard
SANDAG
sbo@sandag.org
www.sandag.org
Panel: 393
Map Entry: 434
Most
Artistic
Sweetwater Authority Source of Supply Distribution Average Day Demand
at 12 Noon
Debra Stein, George Silva
Sweetwater Authority
dstein@sweetwater.org
www.sweetwater.org
Panel: 389
Map Entry: 943
Most
Technologically Integrated
Three Dimensional Automated Urban Planning – Downtown San Diego
Terry Kinsman
KTU+A
terry@ktua.com
www.ktua.com
Panel: 420
Map Entry: 466
Most
Analytical
OWD Water Distribution System
Koman Diabate, Kevin Cameron
Otay Water District
kdiabate@otaywater.gov
www.otaywater.gov
Panel: 417
Map Entry: 543
Best
Cartography
San Diego River Watershed Management Plan
Joseph Punsalon, Mark Carpenter
KTU+A
joe@ktua.com
www.ktua.com
Panel: 410
Map Entry:
Most
Educational About GIS
GIS in a Transportation Corridor Study
Rick Curry
Caltrans
rick_curry@dot.ca.gov
www.dot.ca.gov
Panel: 383
Map Entry: 521
The San Diego Geography Showcase is an annual event held concurrently with the ESRI International Users Conference Map Gallery at the San Diego Convention Center. We had over 50 San Diego entries out of the hundreds in the Map Gallery. The San Diego GeoShow awards were presented on Tuesday at the conference. Thanks to the Southern California Chapter of URISA (Laszlo Mariahazy, et al) for hosting the awards ceremony.
To see more GeoShow and Map Gallery entries, please visit the ESRI DCSE online Map Library at http://maplibrary.esri.com/maplibrary/.
Park Ridge, IL (December 10, 2003)
The GIS Certification Institute (GISCI, www.gisci.org) is pleased to announce that the GIS Certification Program will "go live" on January 1, 2004. At that time, professionals will be able to download application materials and begin preparations for submitting their qualifications for recognition as Certified GIS Professionals and earn the designation, "GISP".
History
URISA's Certification Committee was formed in 1999 and following several
years of discussion and thousands of hours of work, including a comprehensive
Pilot Program, the Committee members finalized its portfolio-based certification
program in the summer of 2003. Along with a GIS Code of Ethics, the program
was adopted by the GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) and is the basis
for GIS Professional Certification. GISCI is the certifying body that
was created to manage the program.
The Program
The portfolio-based program requires minimum levels of achievement in
three areas:
1. Educational Achievement
2. Professional Experience
3. Contributions to the Profession
An examination is NOT part of the program.
Note that during the first five years of the program, applicants may be
"grandfathered" into the program by meeting specific requirements
in the Professional Experience category only.
The Process
Applicants are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the program and
begin collecting necessary documentation for their portfolios. Visit www.gisci.org
for information about documentation and other requirements. A "how-to"
slideshow will soon be available on the website to assist potential applicants
with the submission process. Complete applications and portfolios must
be submitted to GISCI, along with payment of $250, to be reviewed. An
administrative staff and the GISCI Review Team will review portfolios
and substantiate claims made. Upon notification of a successful application,
an applicant will be required to sign the GIS Code of Ethics to complete
the certification process and earn the "GISP" credential.
GISPs
The first individuals to meet the minimum standards for ethical conduct
and professional practice as established by the GIS Certification Institute
for recognition as Certified GIS Professionals (GISPs) were presented
during URISA's 2003 Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Twenty-nine
individuals, who took part in the Pilot Program, were recognized by GISCI
as Certified GIS Professionals. During the ceremony in Atlanta, each GISP
publicly signed the Code of Ethics, thus completing the certification
process.
Art Kalinski, GIS Manager at the Atlanta Regional Commission, was part
of this group. About the importance of GIS Certification, he says, "For
many of us, the certification is not needed to get a job. What the certification
does, is underscore our experience and permit us to speak with greater
credibility regarding GIS issues."
Re-Certification
As continuing education and professional development are key to the GISCI
Certification Program, GISPs must submit new portfolios every five years
that specify the additional work experience gained during the five-year
period, along with education obtained and contributions made to the profession.
Minimum levels of achievement in all three areas must be met to achieve
re-certification.
For more information about GISCI Certification, visit www.gisci.org or call (847) 824-7768.
Wendy Francis
CEO/Director of Marketing
URISA - Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
1460 Renaissance Drive, Suite 305
Park Ridge, IL 60068 USA
847/824-6300, Fax 847/824-6363
wfrancis@urisa.org, www.urisa.org
GITA's 2003-2004 Geospatial Technology Report
You are invited to participate in GITA's 2003-2004 Geospatial Technology Report, an annual report on the current state of geographic information system (GIS) installations at more than 150 utility and municipal organizations. This highly acclaimed report, now in its sixth year, details the completeness, complexity, and direction of GIS projects in six industries: gas, electric, local government, pipeline, telecommunications, and water/waste/stormwater.
Make sure this year's market share analysis reflects a true and accurate picture, please complete the survey. You can be assured that other than company name, number of customers, and GIS project start date, all information is kept confidential, and none of the data provided is associated with the responding organizations in the published report.
All survey participants are eligible to receive a copy of the completed report for only $59.95—more than 50% off the member price.
To make participation as easy as possible, the surveys are posted online at www.gita.org/geo_report. Simply fill out the mainly multiple-choice survey by September 15, 2003. Be sure to put "SoCal URISA" in the "Referred by" line.
For more information on participating in the report, please call Elizabeth Roberts at 303-337-0513 or e-mail eroberts@gita.org. We greatly appreciate your help in creating this important industry publication!
URISA Board Approves a GIS Code of Ethics
On April 9, 2003, the URISA Board of Directors unanimously approved a “GIS Code of Ethics” proposed by the URISA Ethics Task Force.
See press release for more info.
Congratulations to winners of the 2002 CGIA Awards!
Dr.
Richard D. Wright
(Accepted by Dr. Wright): Chairman´s Award - Outstanding Achievement
in GIS
CA
Project LEAN GIS
(Accepted by Nestor Martinez): Exemplary Systems Award - Outstanding
Application of GIS
ISIS
Center
(Accepted by Robert Slobodian): Advancement of Data Sharing Award -
Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Data Sharing
County
of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency/SanGIS
(accepted by Lisa Stapleton): Award for Outstanding Internet Web Site
-Outstanding GIS Related Internet Web Site
SFProspector.com,
City and County of San Francisco
(Accepted by Erich Seamon): Award for Outstanding Internet Web Site
- Outstanding GIS Related Internet Web Site
UC
San Diego
(Accepted by Dan Henderson): Excellence in Education Award - Large
- Outstanding Contributions by a Large Institution in Advancing GIS Educational
Opportunities.
For more information, visit http://www.calit2.net/news/2003/4-17_GISAward.html
Monterey
Peninsula College
(Accepted by Deidre Sullivan): Excellence in Education Award - Small
- Outstanding Contributions by a Small College in Advancing GIS Educational
Opportunities
For more details on the awards, visit the CGIA Web site at www.cgia.org
View
the Slide Show from the March 25, 2003 SoCal URISA meeting in San Diego.
This slide show discusses how the individual sections are being merged
into one Southern California URISA Chapter.
View
the slide show.
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