Spatially Connected

For now, please visit the EventBrite site (http://www.esri.com/events/
dev-meetup/index.html) to officially sign up for this event.

5:00-5:45 PM Registration and Social
6:00 - 6:30 PM Keynote speaker Shane Hanselman
6:30 - 8:00 PM Lightning talks

Al Pascual: Consuming OSM with ArcGIS
Dorothy Mortesnon: Interactive Water Resource Maps
Jess Borrevik: Mashups with ArcGIS API for Google Maps
Brian Sullivan: What would Dieter do? (geo design principles)

8:00 - 9:00 PM Social and Raffle
EDN Subscription
DevSummit Registration

* Please contact us with a title and description if you would like to
present a topic! Learn more about lightning talks here.

Visit the Esri Dev Meet Up Group - Oregon on ArcGIS.com (http://bit.ly/f49HCA)
to share maps, data and services

Please come to the World Forestry Center on  December 8, 4-5 PM to hear Tasmanian conservation biologist Dr Sue Baker.

This will be an eye opening talk about the results of her research at the World Forest Institute on "variable retention" harvest.

Here is the full announcement. Please share with colleagues and friends.  http://bit.ly/ibDOIn

AAG Community College Travel Grants
Due November 1

Support from this grant program is awarded to outstanding students from community colleges, junior colleges, city colleges, or similar two-year educational institutions to attend the next AAG Annual Meeting. These travel funds are generously provided by Darrel Hess and Robert and Bobbé Christopherson. The award consists of meeting registration, one year membership in the AAG, and a travel expense subsidy of $500 to be used to defray the costs of attending the AAG Annual Meeting. More information at http://www.aag.org/cs/grants/college_travel

Directions Magazine has posted two articles. 

Summary: Last month Penn State University and Directions Media presented a webinar titled The New Geospatial Jobs and How to be Ready for Them (archived version). A total of 940 people registered for the event. We received more questions than could be answered. We asked the hosts to respond to them in two articles. Today's Q&A addresses Geospatial Technology Competency Model, education and certification questions. Part Two, which will appear next Wednesday, will address jobs and job titles.

Part I: http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/geospatial-occupations-q-a-part-1/137246

Part II:  http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/geospatial-occupations-qa-part-two/139775

In the GeoConnexion magazine - an interview with Oregon State University Geographer & Oceanographer, Dr. Dawn Wright.  Her research interests include GIS, marine geography, benthic terrain and habitat characterization, and the processing and interpretation of high resolution bathymetry, video, and underwater photographic images.  


Read the interview:  http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/marinesciences_intv9i10.pdf

A full range of topics and a collection from over the years - ESRI posts all their live webinars.  check it out. 


http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/recordings.cfm

Please join us at the USGS Oregon Water Science Center office for our next brown-bag seminar:
 Date: Tuesday, October 19
 Time: 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm  (note the somewhat later time)

The speaker is Randy Hunt, a Research Hydrologist with the USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center.  This talk is part of the USGS National Research Program's lecture series.  The title of Randy's talk is:

 "From Buckets to Clouds: Building Better Environmental Models for Today's Decision-Making"

An abstract and links to two related publications, as well as more information on the seminar schedule and directions to our office, can be found at the USGS Portland Seminar Series website at http://or.water.usgs.gov/brownbag/.

If you our someone you know is interested in groundwater, please join the Portland Water Bureau and the Columbia Slough Watershed Council on Saturday, November 13 for Groundwater 101 - a FREE educational workshop that will explore the mysteries and intricacies of Portland's groundwater system. Groundwater 101 will teach you groundwater basics including local geology, hydrogeology, what role groundwater plays in our drinking water system and how to protect this important resource.

The workshop includes classroom time, a tour of a production and monitoring well, and hands-on activities. Space is limited. Call or register on-line to reserve your spot.

This class is open to the public. Registration is required.

Groundwater 101
Saturday, November 13, 2010
9:00 am to 1:30 pm
The Lake House at Blue Lake Park
20500 NE Marine Dr
Fairview, OR 97024
 
To register call Melissa at 503-281-1132 or go on-line: http://www.columbiaslough.org/calendar_detail.aspx?calendar_id=154

ASPRS Technical Exchange
 
What:   ASPRS Tech Exchange
When:  October 29, 2010 - 9:00AM to 3:00 PM
Where: Vancouver Water Resource Education Center
            4600 SE Columbia Way
            Vancouver, WA 98661
Cost:    $35 (includes lunch), ASPRS members $25 & students are free ($10 for lunch)
Registration: 2010TechnicalExchange
 
This event is an informal opportunity for people who are interested in the topics of GIS, photogrammetry, and remote sensing to learn more about what's going on in our own region in resource management, government, academia, and business. The information exchange is a day-long event in which local practitioners may present a 20-minute talk on one of their current or recent projects. This is also an opportunity to learn new techniques, meet new contacts, and refresh old ones.

Next Monday the Society for Conservation GIS is hosting a Webinar presentation.  Hannah Stevens, GIS Program Manager at the New York Botanical Garden, will speak at 12 pm EST on Monday, October 18, on "Species and places in a changing environment: measuring the habitat specificity of Amazonian plants".  A longer description and all the connection info are on the SCGIS website at : http://www.scgis.org/Lev3Page.aspx?Page3ID=78