Did you know you can edit ESRI basemaps??  You can:   https://developers.arcgis.com/vector-tile-style-editor/

The Northwest GIS User Group (NWGIS) is sponsoring three separate one-day WebAppBuilder workshop in February and March 2017. The workshop is being offered in Boise, Eugene and Olympia and the registration fee is being subsidized by NWGIS.

Purpose: Provide an educational benefit to members of NWGIS. Provide three one-day workshops in a classroom setting on Esri’s ArcGIS online WebAppBuilder in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. 

Trainer: The trainer will be Eric Pimpler of GeoSpatial Training Services (the link is external).

Format: Classroom style training with each student bringing their own laptop.  Handouts will be provided.

Workshop Support: Attendees are responsible for their own parking and lodging before and/or after the training.  Information about parking and the training room will be sent to registered attendees. A lunch will be provided as part of this workshop. Each workshop will be limited to 24 participants. A waiting list will be maintained.

Registration: Registration is online using the NWGIS web site.  The fee is $60 per student.  The Northwest GIS User Group is subsidizing the three workshops up to $2,000. Cancellations will be permitted up to two weeks prior to the training.  Less than two weeks prior to the first class, refunds will not be offered, but substitutions will be possible at any time. Registered students whose plans change can contact individuals on the waiting list to facilitate substitutions.

Locations & Dates: Class begin at 8:30 AM, there will be a one-hour lunch break, and conclude about 4:30 – 5 PM. The locations and dates are:

1. Monday, February 27 in Eugene @ Lane Council of Governments;  Buford Room, 859 Willamette St, Eugene
2. Wednesday, March 1 in Boise @ Joe Williams East Conference Room at the Capitol Mall
3. Friday, March 3 in Olympia @ Esri office (tentative)

For more information, please email the workshop coordinator, Keith Massie (link sends email).
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Gretchen Peterson, Cartographer and author, has created some video tutorials for using TileMill - a web mapping tool.  


Check them out: http://www.gretchenpeterson.com/blog/?p=3448

Making data beautiful - another reason to learn TileMill for web mapping!

To read the full article:
http://www.wired.com/design/2013/05/a-cloudless-atlas/

Frank Biasi's will be presenting a webinar -- Integrating Multimedia and Maps to Tell Stories and Engage the Public -- next Wednesday, March 13th at 12 noon, Eastern Time. Frank is the Director of Digital Development with National Geographic Maps and he has a lot of fascinating conservation GIS information to share with us.

Please click here for more details and follow the instructions below to join the discussion.

Topic: Integrating Multimedia and Maps 
Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 
Time: 12:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00) 
Meeting Number: 825 742 753 
Meeting Password: WCS4scgis 

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To join the online meeting (Now from mobile devices!) 
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1. Go to https://nethope.webex.com/nethope/j.php?ED=181079912&UID=0&PW=NYTQwN2QzNzVm&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D 
2. If requested, enter your name and email address. 
3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: WCS4scgis 
4. Click "Join". 

To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link: 
https://nethope.webex.com/nethope/j.php?ED=181079912&UID=0&PW=NYTQwN2QzNzVm&ORT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D 

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To join the teleconference only 
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Call-in toll-free number: 1-866-3864210  (US) 
Call-in number: 1-443-8636601  (US) 
Show global numbers: https://www.tcconline.com/offSite/OffSiteController.jpf?cc=4140170678 
Conference Code: 414 017 0678 

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1. Go to https://nethope.webex.com/nethope/mc 
2. On the left navigation bar, click "Support". 

You can contact me at: 
kfisher@wcs.org 
1-718-741-8206

This is an article about gun rights, maps, and privacy - thought some people would find it interesting!

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/25/us/new-york-gun-permit-map/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

The Oregon Web Map Developers need your participation in the review of a few web mapping applications.

Please help us provide better services to the public (and to you) by reviewing any of the web mapping applications listed below and completing this survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PW8P7NR

Five web mapping applications created by Oregon state agencies would like to gather feedback to improve this and future applications.

Please complete the survey for any one of these applications. You may complete a survey for as many of these applications as you would like. Each application should have its own survey.

These applications are:
1) ODOT's Oregon TransGIS (https://gis.odot.state.or.us/transgis/ )
2) DOGAMI's Statewide Geohazards Viewer (http://www.oregongeology.org/hazvu/ )
3) OWEB's Improving Habitat Access for Fish (http://www.oregon.gov/OWEB/MONITOR/pages/fishpassage_viewer.aspx  )
4)OWEB's Investment Tracker ( http://www.oregon.gov/oweb/docs/oitt.html )
5) OWRD's Water Rights Mapping Tool (http://apps.wrd.state.or.us/apps/gis/wr/ )

Review ends January 2, 2013