Spatially Connected

National Center for Conservation Science and Policy is looking for a GIS technician in Ashland, OR. 

Follow link for details: http://www.nccsp.org/employment-opportunities/NCCSP%20Americorp%20GIS%20Intern%205-09.pdf

The City of Wilsonville GIS department is planning to deploy a 2-person mobile GIS/GPS team for approximately three months this summer.  The team will be responsible for the collection of City infrastructure attributes including GPS coordinates, inventory numbers, and various other details.  Assets will include items such as manholes, fire hydrants and bus stops.  The exact items have not been determined.

In addition to the field work, there will be a desktop component of the project where field data will be integrated into the City’s enterprise GIS.  SMART (www.ridesmart.com) is working to include transit data in Google Transit.  The team may also be responsible for the submission of SMART transit data to Google in the specified format.

The team will have the opportunity to work closely with the City’s GIS Manager as well as other city staff, yet also independently develop the work plan and daily schedule that best meets the goals for the summer.

*Funding for these positions will be based on the results of the June 1, 2009 Council meeting. At that time the City will determine whether or not to continue the recruitment.

Ideal Candidates
Ideal candidates will apply for the positions as a team with the proven ability to work well together.  Individuals are also strongly encouraged to inquire.  Preference will be given to senior level students or recent graduates pursuing a GIS certificate and/or career.

Compensation
The positions will pay $15.00 per hour.  The limited duration program will run for three months approximately through June, July and August 2009. Hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Application Process
The required application and additional information regarding the City of Wilsonville is available at www.ci.wilsonville.or.us or by calling Andrea Villagrana at 503-570-1519. Please email applications to villagrana@ci.wilsonville.or.us or mail to City of Wilsonville, Attn: Human Resources, 29799 SW Town Center Lp E, Wilsonville, OR 97070

The Geospatial Information Society (GIS) Student Organization (an
ASPRS student chapter) in collaboration with the Friends of Geography
(FOG) is holding a geocaching event at 3pm on May 29th, 2009.

Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the
participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver to seek
containers, called "geocaches".  A typical cache is a small waterproof
container (like a film canister).  Along with the latitude and
longitude, we are including historic/background information about the
location and its interesting features. The goal of this event is to
raise awareness of remote sensing and the geography of Portland.

We will meet at 3:00pm in Cramer Hall room 413 to learn about GPS,
bring your own GPS unit or borrow one of ours if needed, learn how to
use it, and go over the rules of the game.  We will be outside by
3:30pm, dress appropriately!

For more information go to the asprs@psu website: http://www.psuasprs.groups.pdx.edu/

Here is a training opportunity in California for this summer and next summer for folks who have GIS experience but do not have much remote sensing experience. This training will provide training in Remote Sensing using ENVI Software from ITT-VIS. These workshops will last a week.

Participants will receive a copy of the ENVI Software, lodging paid for and a small stipend of $200 and a $25.00 dollar a day meal allowance. The initial training will be in Redding, Ca. at Shasta College June 8-12, 2009 forNatural and Cultural Resource Professionals and the second training will be at West Valley College in Saratoga, Ca. for Educators August 3-7 2009. Please see attached link.

www.westvalley.edu/calgett

Please do not hesitate to contact me!

Chris Cruz
CalGETT Project Director
West Valley College
Park Management/Geospatial Technology Department Chair
14000 Fruitvale Ave.
Saratoga, Ca. 95070
408-741-2622

These workshops are funded by a grant through the California Community College State Chancellors Office of Workforce Development.

Opportunity at AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc.

Data Management 2009 Summer Intern (1 position available)
Location: Portland, OR
Application Deadline: 2009-05-22
Posted: 2009-05-15

Duties: 

• Use Microsoft Excel to keep track of environmental field sample data and analyses.
• Manage laboratory analytical data using Microsoft Excel.  Insure that data packages are complete.
• Use Excel to prepare data to be loaded into an environmental database. Export analytical data from a database into tabular form in Excel and format the tables.
• Safely pack soil and groundwater samples for shipment to a laboratory.
•  Insure that sample packages are complete and that all sample paperwork is in order.

• Ongoing education in geography, earth science, or a related field.
• The ability to quickly organize, sort, and filter thousands of rows of data using Microsoft Excel.
• Fundamental skills using Excel functions to manipulate data. For example, be able to combine records from two different columns into a third column. 

• A basic understanding of conditional formatting in Excel
• Experience using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
• Demonstrated experience organizing and summarizing data such as in book‑keeping
• ArcGIS experience

Opportunity at

AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc.

GIS Summer Intern (1 position available)

Location: Portland, OR
Application Deadline: 2009-05-22
Posted: 2009-05-15

AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc.  is seeking a GIS summer intern.  The intern will work on a variety of GIS projects. 

Qualifications:

• Ongoing education in geography, earth science, or related field
• Knowledge of ArcGIS 9.x
• Knowledge of ESRI data models including Arc coverages, shapefiles and geo-databases
• Familiarity with Microsoft Access and Excel is essential
• Demonstrated attention to detail and accuracy
• Work in a production-oriented environment
• Comfortable working independently with direction from a senior analyst

• Knowledge of metadata standards (FGDC, SDSFIE, and different state’s standards)
• Some experience with CAD drawings and files (.dwg and .dxf)
• Experience with GPS software and equipment