Geoloqi, a portland-based start-up, has been bought by ESRI who plans to turn the Portland office into a new research & development hub.
To read the full story from the Oregonian: http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2012/10/portland_startup_geoloqi_acqui.html Friday, November 30, Terrell Hall 122, Cascade Campus
9:30 - 12:00 Shana Brown, Professor of History, University of Hawaii, speaking on China's "long revolution" in the 20th century and what it means for today 1:30 - 4:00 Cathryn Clayton, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Hawaii, speaking on cultural diversity in China Lectures are free and are open to the public More information can be found on our Web site: http://tinyurl.com/pccchinaworkshop The lectures are presented as part of PCC's partnership with the Asian Studies Development Program of the East-West Center and a U.S. Department of Education grant. For more information on PCC's Asian Studies program, check out http://www.pcc.edu/programs/asian-studies/ Historical Changes in Habitat and Hydrology
in the Lower Willamette: Implications for Restoring the River Tuesday, October 16th Noon to 1:00 pm Portland Building Auditorium 1120 SW Fifth Ave., 2nd Floor Portland, OR 97204 Documenting historical conditions is a critical step in restoring a river. While future habitats will never be restored fully to the quality of those from centuries past, knowing a river’s natural tendencies—and understanding the types and scale of lost habitat functions—is vital to saving or re-growing smaller, more managed habitats that still deliver valuable ecological function. Restoring a river running through an urban area like Portland is not an attempt to create the best habitat in the Columbia Basin—but Portland’s habitats need to improve until they provide a gateway, not a barrier; and a passageway, not a bottleneck. Our area cannot be the basin's most degraded habitat at one of its must critical landscape junctures. Reducing the severity of limiting factors and improving local habitats and the landscape linkages they provide to regional fish and wildlife will be Portland's greatest contribution to regional recovery efforts. Join Chris Prescott from Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services as he describes how our understanding of key changes in the Lower Willamette’s habitat and hydrology is informing restoration in this ecologically unique and economically vital stretch of the river. The technical exchange is an informal opportunity for people interested in Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and GIS to learn more about how these fields are being applied in resource management, government, academia, and business within our region. This day-long event is a great opportunity to hear local practitioners and students present a 20 minute talk on one of their current or recent projects, as well as make new contacts or refresh old ones.
Date: 26 October 2012 Time: 9:00am to 3:00pm (Set-up time available for presenters: 8:00am to 9:00am) Location: Vancouver Water Resources Education Center, 4600 SE Columbia Way, Vancouver, Washington 98661, 360-696-8478 Parking: Ample free parking is available on site Registration/Abstract Deadline: 19 October 2012 ** Fill out and submit the registration form here. ** See the attached form for credit card payments. Anyone interested in attending or wishing to share information about their work is welcome. No commercial presentations or endorsements are allowed. We particularly want to encourage non-members to come find out more about ASPRS. As an encouragement, the registration fee will be waived for student attendees who wish to join ASPRS on the day of the exchange. Immediately following the Technical exchange, please join us for an informal social gathering at the headquarters of David Evans and Associates Marine Services, down the street at 2801 SW Columbia Way, Suite 130, Vancouver, WA 98661. ASPRS will provide light refreshments (including beer) to share while we talk shop surrounded by the latest technology in submarine remote sensing. The China Historical GIS and the Chinese Biographical Database: Mapping Places and People
Peter K. Bol Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Director of the Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University Friday, Oct.26 12-2 pm Cramer Hall 494 Portland State University How can GIS help ask and answer historical questions? How can we analyze vast amounts of data about people in the past? Peter Bol will introduce two major projects based at Harvard University that address these questions for the study of Chinese history, and show how geographical and biographical databases can be used together to enrich and expand our understanding of the past. Next Saturday (10/13) there will be a two hour, hands on workshop on OpenStreetMap, the free and open community map of the world. It will describe the project, and then walk through how to use OpenStreetMap map data, edit it, and contribute to the data set. More details, an agenda, and sign up are here: http://hello-osm.eventbrite.com.
This workshop - while free and open to the public - is part of OpenStreetMap's State of the Map conference. Everyone attending the workshop is also invited to sit in on the conference keynotes, and to stick around after for lunch and to mingle. It will be a great opportunity to learn hands on skills on how to use OpenStreetMap and also meet folks in the larger community in town for the conference. Details + RSVP here: http://hello-osm.eventbrite.com. Spots are limited, so sign up soon. The Portland State University chapter of ASPRS (American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) invites you to an hour-long colloquium with David Dibiase of Esri on Friday, October 5th, 2012, 11:30am - 12:30pm.
Who: Interested members of the public What: A Colloquium with David DiBiase, “Stand and Be Counted: Seven Ways to Strengthen the GIS Profession” When: Friday, October 5th, 11:30-12:30 pm Where: Portland State University, Cramer Hall, Room 413, PSU Why: Come out for an hour-long discussion on GIS professional development with David Dibiase, Director of Education for Industry Solutions at Esri. David is the former Director of the John A. Dutton e-Education Institute and Coordinator for the Master of GIS and GIS certificate programs at Penn State University. He has written extensively on GIS, geography and education. Free refreshments! All are welcome. Join the Oregon URISA Young Professionals for two back-to-back socials in Downtown Portland on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012. We will start out at the YP meet-and-greet at the GISPro venue (5pm to ~6pm). Although GISPro requires a registration fee, anyone can come to the GISPro social for free. After this event, we’ll migrate to the various bars and restaurants along Ankeny Alley between SW 2nd and SW 3rd (6pm to ~9pm). Come find us! Look for the globe. Here is your chance to get involved in an exciting group geared towards developing a robust network of emerging geospatial professionals in Oregon.
Who: GIS professionals, both current and aspiring What: A night of networking that begins at the GISPro Conference and migrates to the various bars along Ankeny Alley When: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012. 5:00 to ~ 6pm at the Portland Hilton, 6pm to ~9pm at Ankeny Alley Where: GISPro Social - lounge at the Portland Hilton, 921 SW 6th Ave, Portland 97204 YP Social - Ankeny Alley (SW Ankeny St between SW 2nd Ave and SW 3rd Ave, 97214) - look for the globe. Why: OR-URISA YP is a newly-formed interest group within OR-URISA, the Oregon chapter of URISA, a professional association for the geospatial community. Check out our mission statement below. We are hosting a social to provide a space for GIS professionals to network and brainstorm how to support and advocate for the continued development of a robust geospatial community in the great State of Oregon. Although we are specifically focused on the needs of young professionals (under 35 years of age or <10 years in the industry), all are welcome to get involved! Additional Information
Feel free to drop in anytime between 5:00 and 9pm. We hope you can make it out! Please email Betsy Breyer [email protected] with any questions. The following positions are open for general recruitment. For the complete job announcement and a link to the online application materials, visit the “Jobs at Metro” page www.oregonmetro.gov/jobs.
Assistant GIS Specialist (Limited Duration) Planning and Development One full-time position $50,069.32 - $67,047.68 Annually Deadline: September 27, 2012 Clackamas County's Assessment & Taxation Department is currently searching for a GIS Cartographer 1 to join their team.
GIS Cartographers revise existing maps or draw new maps as a result of boundary changes, annexations, new or changed assessment district divisions or other revisions. Incumbents examine records to establish ownership through title search and plot maps from legal descriptions. GIS Cartographer 1 is the entry level in this cadastral drafting series. It is distinguished from the higher level GIS Cartographer 2 which operates with more independence, performs more difficult and complex cadastral drafting work and supports the county geographic information system (GIS) function by preparing, maintaining and amending the digital cadastral map tax lot GIS layer. The GIS Cartographer 1 is part of a promotional career path. Incumbents in the GIS Cartographer 1 classification may be promoted to the GIS Cartographer 2 classification upon satisfactory completion of an approved training and development plan. Possession of the required knowledge, skills and abilities at the higher level must be documented in an approved promotional checklist. The Assessment and Taxation Office maintains a conflict of interest policy regarding active real estate licenses. Please View Job Announcement or Apply Online at www.clackamas.us Click here for the job announcement. |
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