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Third Annual Los Angeles Geospatial Summit

TO REGISTER PLEASE CLICK HERE! This full-day event will include a variety of  presentations and panels involving GIS faculty, students and practitioners from around the LA Metropolitan Area and provide many opportunities for networking. Date: February 8, 2013 8:30-5:45 p.m. Location: JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM 100 North Central Avenue Los Angeles, CA 9001 Registration Fee: Students-…
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Nifty Report Identifying the Promise of GIS for Government

Joseph Kerski from the Education Industry Group at Esri sent me a link to this nifty report “Identifying the Promise of GIS for Government” in the GOVLOOP GUIDE. You will find the report itself athttp://api.ning.com/files/0l5bF6P4QK9qDj0YiTygzPD4zlMG*gSNxDJYo*bfZAkbnfNxeEwkTFc8BkAlh3cb-4L9k-3x2KWRuu7W4LxNtDQU5cT46xR4/GISGuideFinalOptimized.pdf
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L.A. Has a Heart

Many dismiss the structure of Los Angeles as urban sprawl. But Samuel Krueger, a graduate of the GIST master’s program in USC Dornsife, disproves this notion by showing L.A.’s distinctive heart. His research has earned him awards from two renowned academic organizations. By Michelle Salzma Writer Dorothy Parker once haughtily dismissed Los Angeles as “72…
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Geo-Everything is Everywhere

Karen Kemp Mobile apps, geosocial networking, geo- tagging and location-based services are all parts of the geospatial revolution now spreading throughout our society. Thanks in large part to Google Maps, Bing Maps and similar popular Internet technologies; everyone is becoming geo-enabled. At LeWeb Conference in Paris in December 2011, Marissa Mayer, Google’s Vice President of…
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