Housing + Transportation Affordability Index

The Housing + Transportation Affordability Index, was developed by CNT and its collaborative partner, the Center for Transit Oriented Development (CTOD), as a project of The Brookings Institution's Urban Markets Initiative.

10 Thoughts for Someone Contemplating a Geospatial Career Today

10 Thoughts for Someone Contemplating a Geospatial Career Today
By Vector One ⋅ May 21, 2009
http://vector1media.com/vectorone/?p=2841

Napa County Geographic Information Officer

Good afternoon,

I’m writing to let you know about a job opportunity at the County of Napa. I’m hoping you have graduating students who also have work experience that may be interested in this position.

The opening is for a GIS Analyst/Programmer, but is listed as an Information Systems Specialist II and a Senior Information Systems Specialist. A full job description and application can be found on the County’s jobs website at http://agency.governmentjobs.com/napacounty/default.cfm.

I would appreciate it if you could pass this along to anyone you think might be interested.

Best Regards,

Patrick Kowta, GISP

Napa County Geographic Information Officer

ITS Department

650 Imperial Way, Suite 201

Napa, CA 94559

(707) 259-8141

UCLA summer GIS certificate

http://www.geog.ucla.edu/gist/

Vulcan CO2 maps in Google Earth

This is a very cool site with USA CO2 emissions from fossil fuels in 2002
http://www.purdue.edu/eas/carbon/vulcan/GEarth/

ESRI summer interns - March 15 deadline!

Do you have a student looking for a unique way to spend their summer… an experience that allows students to learn and earn at the same time? ESRI is looking for summer interns, but time is short, the Internship application deadline is March 15, 2009!

Our Summer Internship Program provides valuable work experience while students continue their education or prepare for life after graduation. As an intern at ESRI, you’ll be involved in exciting team projects with some of the most talented people in the GIS software industry. Internships are available at ESRI headquarters in Redlands, California <http://www.esri.com/company/redlands/index.html> , and in our regional offices <http://careers.esri.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=dsp&tmpl=locations.cfm&nav_id=2&parent_id=56> throughout the United States, and the program is open to both undergraduate and master’s-level students.

What We’re Looking For

A large number of our interns major in computer science, GIS, geography, or engineering, but we also have opportunities for marketing, business, law, and accounting majors. The most successful interns will have a strong desire to produce quality work and achieve great results. We seek students who excel at working on individual projects as well as collaborating in a team environment. We’re looking for the best and the brightest.

Please visit the student section on our Careers web page for more information on student internship and student assistant opportunities. www.esri.com/careers <file:///\\www.esri.com\careers> .

Remember, the application deadline for summer internships is March 15, 2009!

Thank you.

Esther

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Esther Worker

eworker@esri.com

ESRI Denver Education Account Manager

Ann B. Johnson

Higher Education Program Manager

ESRI

PO Box 189

312 Hill Street

Beatty, Nevada 89003

775 553-9914

909 793-2853 x 1-1793

ajohnson@esri.com

www.esri.com/edcommunity

Planning Workshop Senior Class presentation

This class project uses GIS analysis... may be of interest.

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Planning Workshop Senior Class
presents
Existing Conditions Report
of the
Petaluma Blvd. North
Corridor Study Area

Join us Thursday February 12th
at 7pm at the
Petaluma Community Center
320 N. McDowell Blvd.

Come share your ideas about the future of the community!
Light refreshments will be provided.
For more information, please contact Professor Steve Orlick at 707.664.2249
or orlick@sonoma.edu

Clark University Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) undergraduate research program

Dear Undergraduate Geography Students and Faculty Who Advise Them,

I am delighted to announce that the Clark University Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) undergraduate research program, of which I'm the Director, has just been awarded a major NSF grant to take HERO to the national level! So we are very excited.

I would like to ask, Would you please help us spread the word at about HERO at your institution? This award means we must recruit students from outside Clark.

Our URL is: http://www.clarku.edu/hero where students can find a brochure and all sorts of info. This summer we will be conducting a set of projects that use remote sensing, to monitor either Massachusetts forests or suburban Boston lawns. Some of our inquiries will be grounded entirely in remote sensing, while others will use remote sensing to answer landscape ecology or social science research questions. Thus we value a range of student backgrounds, from human and environmental geography, as well as GIScience.

Students will be paid $4000 for 8 weeks, $300/wk for room/board, transportation costs to/from Worcester, and, if their research productivity is good, an expenses-paid trip to the March 2010 annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers (in D.C.) to present their research results.

Application deadline is Sunday March 1.

There are no formal prerequisites for students to be accepted into the HERO program save an inquisitive mind and a willingness to learn. Of course, some background in urban studies, landscape ecology, and/or remote sensing is helpful. Students must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Also, as you probably know, NSF is mega-keen that we succeed in matriculating women and persons from other underrepresented groups.

Many thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.


Best, Colin Polsky

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Colin Polsky, PhD
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Geography & George Perkins Marsh Institute
Clark University
950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610 USA
email: cpolsky@clarku.edu
tel (508) 421-3828 fax (508) 793-8881
http://www.clarku.edu/academiccatalog/facultybio.cfm?id=296
http://www.clarku.edu/departments/hero

Mapping California Communities Workshop: An Introduction to GIS & Community Analysis

Mapping California Communities Workshop: An Introduction to GIS &
Community Analysis


Los Angeles: March 5th and 6th, 2009*
ExecuTrain of Los Angeles - 9841 Airport Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90045

Sacramento: March 5th and 6th, 2009*
ExecuTrain of Sacramento - 1860 Howe Ave., Ste 250 Sacramento, CA 95816

San Jose/Santa Clara: March 11th, 2009
ExecuTrain of Santa Clara - 2005 De La Cruz Blvd, Suite 200 Santa Clara,
CA 95050

Orange/Irvine: March 12th and 13th, 2009*
QuickStart Training Center - 16815 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 100, Irvine,
CA 92606

Fresno: March 13th, 2009
Heald College - 255 W Bullard Ave Fresno, CA 93704

San Diego: March 18th, 2009
Technical Training Resources - 6920 Miramar Road, Suite 105 San Diego, CA
92121

San Francisco: March 19th and 20th, 2009*
ExecuTrain of San Francisco- 101 Spear Street/One Rincon Center, Suite 245
San Francisco, CA 94105

*Note: These are one day workshops (8:30am - 4:30pm). Participants choose
which one day to attend.

More Info/Registration:
http://www.urban-research.info/workshops/california-gis.htm
Audience: Beginners, anyone interested in mapping their community

Participants will learn to use ArcGIS 9.3 to do the following:

Create thematic maps
Participants will learn to create thematic maps of their own data, and
display spatial trends in information.

Address mapping (geocoding)
Participants will learn to map addresses of their clients, their projects
or incidents such as crime and disease.

Download and Map Census & American Community Survey Data
Participants will learn to extract and map current Census data such as
poverty, race, language, population, transportation, education and
workforce characteristics.

Participants will also learn to:
Conduct spatial queries
Download free shapefiles
Create well-designed maps

Mapping techniques transferable to all other communities. Exercises are
designed for beginners. Intermediate Excel skills required.

Materials
+ Comprehensive workbook (75 pages), which includes the presentation,
exercises and reference worksheets,

+ ArcGIS (ArcView 9.3) software 60-day trial CD set,

+ Thirty day free access to new 2005 Tiger/Line geography files (converted
to shapefiles) which include streets, zip codes, school districts, voting
districts, census tracts and many other useful geographies

+ Thirty day free access to our Analyzing Your Community: Local
Demographic Analysis Online Workshop


What People Are Saying about New Urban Research Workshops -

City of San Francisco: "One of the best computer training courses I've
been to, lively, informative, good level of difficulty for target
audience."

California Cancer Registry: "The workshop was great! The instructor is
very knowledgeable and helpful. I would definitely recommend this course
to a new GIS user."

UCLA: "This was such a great course! I appreciated the information on
where to find useful data."

Fresno City College: "This workshop was very informative and enlightening.
It demonstrated very powerful tools and concepts that I will definitely be
using in the future. The instructor was patient and gave a lot of
technical insight to the product."



New Urban Research, Inc. is a national social research organization
specializing in quantitative and spatial community analysis. NUR is an
ESRI Business Partner. New Urban Research, Inc. 2301 NW Thurman Street,
Suite S, Portland, Oregon 97210 | 877.241.6576 | www.newurbanresearch.org
Message sent by: New Urban Research, 3323 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR,
97212, United States

SFO Asset Management Dept. - Student Intern Summary

SFO Asset Management Dept. - Student Intern Summary
City and County of San Francisco - Airport Commission: GIS Technician Intern
Department: Facilities Division - Asset Management Department
Timeframe: Summer 2009
The City and County of San Francisco - Airport Commission is currently seeking highly motivated college undergraduates eager to participate in our summer intern GIS program. Qualified interns will work alongside the GIS Administrator and the section leaders for the Asset Management Department within the Facilities Division serving to support the development, maintenance and data input to the central Geographic Information System (GIS). Work will be compiled on a project per project basis involving different departments such as utilities, electrical, and civil engineering sections, as well as survey and airfield operations groups. Primary duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Research scanned and archived documentation such as marked-up drawings, as-builts, imagery, orthophotography and GPS field surveys or tabular data to update existing central GIS database
• Work alongside section leaders to support the various GIS services and requests as administered by department and implemented by the Asset Management Department
• Support development, maintenance, and data updates to the airport basemap, building floor plans, utility, infrastructure, and environmental data stored in the central GIS database
• Capture and collect data in the field for modifications to the GIS database and web interface adhering to prescribed Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) and agency standards and procedures
The qualified candidate will be familiar with symbols, terminology, and accepted standards and procedures in GIS and mapping, GIS data development and conversion, and will possess basic knowledge of principles of data collection. Prior experience with geospatial technology is not required and training will be provided as necessary. Preferred qualifications include experience in data collection for use in GIS, including GPS, and the ability to read and interpret specific procedural guidelines pertaining to GIS support, including locally developed documents. Work will be completed in a supervised environment that allows for individual work effort and independence however, assigned work will be monitored at various stages to ensure compliance with established standards and procedures.
The filing deadline is Monday, February 16, 2009. Please see the attached announcement for specific details. Thank you for your time and consideration as we are excited to work with qualified applicants desiring knowledge and experience in this high-paced technical environment!
Please contact Jason for more information at: studenttrainee@flysfo.com

Santa Rosa 2010 Census Field Operations Office.

Hi,

I rec'd a phone call today from Kathleen Collins, a recruiter from the Santa Rosa 2010 Census Field Operations Office. She is looking to hire students or any other interested parties who have map-reading and cartography experience, as well as a great sense of direction. There are wanting to fill these positions within the next 2-3 weeks. The job pays between $15-20/hour and is, of course, temporary as it's a census job.

She can be reached at 707-237-6245.

The main census number is 1-866-861-2010.

Is this information that we would want to pass on the listserv? Thanks,

Sophia

CARTOGRAPHY!!

Hello all,

Second Registration is next just week. Now is your opportunity to sign
up for CARTOGRAPHY!!

This class is a lot of fun, and promised to give you very valuable and
MARKETABLE skills transferrable to mapmaking, advertising, marketing,
business, graphic arts and studio arts.

For more details, visit the newly updated website:

http://www.sonoma.edu/geography/geography/Classes/Geog385.html

If you plan to take this class, but do not intend to sign up until open
registration, when the unit limit is lifted, please let me know NOW. We
have to meet minimum class size, so if you are silent, the class may
disappear before you have a chance to make your intentions known.

Write to me directly at:
laney@sonoma.edu

Wishing you a relaxing and rejuvenating break,
Prof. Laney

2009 BAAMA EDUCATION AWARD

http://www.baama.org/education/index.html

2009 BAAMA EDUCATION AWARD

Details Information and Application Form download

The Bay Area Automated Mapping Association (BAAMA) is proud to announce their 2009 Education Award!

The BAAMA Education Award is designed to support and encourage higher education students who use GIS technology, both as a major field of study or as a specialized software tool to support other degree or certificate goals.

Subject matter for the GIS project topics includes, but is not limited to:
- Public health
- Transportation
- Planning
- Environment
- Conservation
- Social and cultural sciences
- Public safety

There are four competition categories:
- Web application: Websites for all competition entries must be active through April 2009.
- Poster: Poster that tells a geographic story and summarizes a work or project
- Map: Map that tells a geographic story and summarizes a work or project
- Other GIS-related business application At least one high quality map or poster must be received in the non-web categories to warrant awarding a prize. If no high quality map or poster is received in these categories, judges can decide not to award a prize.

Deadline: February 13th, 2009; entries must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. PST.
Winners will be announced on March 6th and posted on BAAMA’s web site

PRIZES
- First-place winner will be provided an Education Awards check for $2500.
- Each of the second- and third-place winners will be provided $1500 and $1000, respectively.
- First-, second-, and third-place winners all receive Individual Membership to BAAMA for the 2008-09 fiscal year.
All Education Award winners will receive complementary entry to CalGIS on April 6 - 9, 2009, Sacramento, where they will make a presentation about their work.
All awardees will receive a letter of recognition. Winners will be announced in the BAAMA Journal and at CalGIS 2009.

JUDGING CRITERIA
Submittals in the four categories will be judged and ranked based on the following criteria:

1. PROJECT SCOPE AND APPROACH
2. CONCEPT AND ORIGINALITY: Is it an innovative map or are there a hundred like it out there already? How much of the work is borrowed from the work of others?
3. CARTOGRAPHIC DESIGN: Artistic Merit and Cartographic presentation. Clarity of Communication - how well does the map communicate the information it was designed to portray? Quality of Graphical Composition - is information appropriately presented and at an appropriate level of refinement? Given the intended audience for the map, is the cartographic design fitting? Website projects will be evaluated on website design, interface, and ease of use, in addition to other criteria listed above.
4. SIGNIFICANCE: How does the project hold significance or potential impact related to a target population or real-world issue?
5. TECHNOLOGY: What type of technology is used? Is the design efficient? How innovative is the use of GIS software?
6. RELIABILITY/COMPATABILITY: The product has to be ROBUST. A great looking website that crashes all the time isn't much of a success. A big part of web design is knowing how to deal with the web environment, particularly system crashes, freeze-ups, color palette problems, screen resolutions, download times, cross-platform issues, and general presentation stability. When this is done well, a site becomes transparent and usability becomes ubiquitous. A high level of design in this regard deserves to be rewarded.

MISC NOTES:
• Judges shall use Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, or Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or higher, with a true color monitor.
• Judges will be solicited from the membership of BAAMA. A panel of three judges will evaluate each application.
• When a map is submitted, the competition director will make an initial evaluation of the map to determine whether the quality is minimally acceptable, the map is generally working, and appropriate citations and credits are given. If problems exist, the director may decline the entry with comments or instructions to the entrant. Once the director accepts the map for judging, the entrant will be notified that the map has been successfully entered into the competition.

ELIGIBILITY
To apply, an individual must satisfy all requirements below:
1. A student enrolled full-time in a certificate program, undergraduate, or graduate program from the nine Bay Area counties (may attend any 2-year or 4-year program). Proof of student status must be submitted with the application – a copy of the applicant’s current semester schedule printed from their registration system.
2. The applicant must be an individual student who is a BAAMA member or a student who is enrolled in a college or university that is a BAAMA educational sponsor. Applicants may submit a BAAMA membership application along with his/her application.
3. Applications would be based on projects completed during the January 2008 to February 2009 calendar year.

WHAT TO SUBMIT
• A completed application form (attached).
•A map/map series/project printout, which summarizes the findings and conclusions of the project that uses geospatial technology (to support the application form). Screenshots of project work will be accepted; however, cartographic and other project design will be evaluated in the screenshot. List URL to web application, if applicable.
•Please submit application and project/map in Adobe PDF format. Exceptions will be made on a case-by-case basis. Convert to PDF at Abode’s website: https://createpdf.adobe.com/ .

EDUCATION AWARD RULES
• All work must be the original work of the entrant. Use of third party or commercial technology is permitted, but must be appropriately cited. The data, if not produced by the entrant, must also be appropriately cited.
•Applicants may enter as many times as they wish, but can only win one prize.
•Up to four applicants may enter the same project (if they each had primary responsibilities in the group project).
•If appropriate, the same map may be entered in both award categories.
•Entries must have been created between November 2008 and February 2009.
•Entries must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. PST February 13th, 2009.
•Web sites for all competition entries must be active through April 2009.
•Questions may be referred to scholarship@baama.org

Restoration Field Intern, Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation

Contact: Julian Meisler
Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation, P.O. Box 7886 Santa Rosa, CA 95407-7886
phone: 707-527-9277 ▪ email: julian@lagunafoundation.org


Description:

The Laguna Foundation in partnership with the Milo Baker Chapter of the California Native Plant Society is seeking an intern to collect and assemble new and existing data for Cunningham Marsh, a privately held preserve designed to protect a unique oligotrophic marsh and associated rare and endangered plants. Work may include using a GPS to collect data at the site and assembling existing data by contacting/interviewing botanists and other conservation professionals. The final product will be one or more maps that clearly display the data and will serve as a resource to staff and volunteers working in the field. Work will be supervised by the Restoration Program Director and CNPS representatives as needed. This is a great opportunity to do real conservation work in Sonoma County that will contribute directly to the management and preservation of endangered plants in an unusual ecosystem.

Qualifications:

Basic GIS skills are essential (ability to work with data and present in map form). GPS skills useful. Interest in rare plants and ecosystems helpful. Please email describing interests and qualifications, a CV or resume, and your availability.

Employment-Internship Opportunity: GIS Technician, CDFFP

Employment-Internship Opportunity: GIS Technician
Forest Practice GIS
California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection
135 Ridgway Ave.
Santa Rosa, California 95401

Contact: Suzanne Lang
suzanne.lang@fire.ca.gov

(office) 707-576-2955
(GIS lab) 707-576-2954

This is a part-time temporary position (9 months) with potential for full-time State Civil Service appointment. Salary and benefits dependent upon qualifications. Flexible schedule. Ample training and supervision provided.

The Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection is looking to hire a GIS Technician to accomplish data capture of timber harvesting activities, fuels management projects, and other natural resource management activity.

Work entails heavy digitizing, attributing, and data management of File GeoDatabases in ArcGIS 9.2/9.3.

Experience:
· Familiarity with spatial data concepts
· Ability to read and interpret maps
· Experience editing spatial data in ArcMap (understanding of topology very helpful)
· Scrupulous attention to detail
· Willingness to learn basic elements of the California Forest Practice Rules and various Resource Management programs administered through the department


Please email a statement of interest along with your qualifications to:
suzanne.lang@fire.ca.gov .

Feel free to call with your questions about this position.

RESEARCH ANALYST I (GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS)

RESEARCH ANALYST I (GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS)

Temporary Authorization Appointment (TAU)
Salary: $3,106.00 - $3,425.00
Posted: 11/04/08

http://jobs.spb.ca.gov/wvpos/more_info.cfm?recno=379186

Please distribute this announcement to anyone you feel may be interested in this position. Since the current state Research Analyst I (Geographic Information Systems) list is exhausted, we are able to temporarily hire someone (9 months) who is not currently on the state list but meets the minimum requirements for the position. Also, we intend for this position to be full time so if the candidate for the position takes the state Research Analyst I (GIS) state exam within the next 9 months and passes, they would be able to be considered for the full time position.

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) Program

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) Program

NASA announces a call for graduate fellowship proposals to the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) program for the 2009-2010 academic year. This call for fellowship proposals solicits applications from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of individuals pursuing Master of Science (M.Sc.) or Doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees in Earth and space sciences, or related disciplines. The purpose of NESSF is to ensure continued training of a highly qualified workforce in disciplines needed to achieve NASA's scientific goals. Awards resulting from the competitive selection will be made in the form of training grants to the respective universities.

The deadline for NEW applications is February 3, 2009, and the deadline for RENEWAL applications is March 16, 2009.

The NESSF call for proposals and submission instructions are located at the NESSF 09 solicitation index page at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ - click on "Solicitations" then click on "Open Solicitations" then select the "NESSF 09" announcement. Also refer to "Proposal Submission Instructions" listed under "Other Documents" on the NESSF 09 solicitation index page.

All proposals must be submitted in electronic format only through the NASA NSPIRES system. The advisor has an active role in the submission of the fellowship proposal. To use the NSPIRES system, the advisor, the student, and the university must all register. Extended instructions on how to submit an electronic proposal package are posted on the NESSF 09 solicitation index page listed above. You can register in NSPIRES at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/.

For further information contact Anne Crouch, Program Administrator for NESSF Earth Science Research, Telephone: (202) 358-0855. E-mail: hq-nessf-Earth@nasa.gov; or Dolores Holland, Program Administrator for NESSF Heliophysics Research, Planetary Science Research, and Astrophysics Research, Telephone: (202) 358-0734, E-mail: hq-nessf-Space@nasa.gov.

Los Angeles Regional Census Center of the US Census Bureau

The Los Angeles Regional Census Center of the US Census Bureau currently has 3 job announcements posted. These are supervisory, technical and clerical positions that we will be filling to build our Geography staff for the 2010 Census. Depending on
the announcement, the educational and experience qualifications vary. The positions are located in Northridge, CA.

Geographic Specialist (multiple positions)
Geographic Clerk (multiple positions)
Secretary (1 position)
(A Geographic Lead Clerk announcement will open in the next few weeks, please check the website below on an ongoing basis.)

A complete job description and the application procedures can be found at the following website:
http://www.census.gov/rolax/www/2010Jobs.html

Please refer to the 3 steps for a successful application located at the top of the page for guidelines on how to complete you application in order to be considered the position to which you are applying.



GEOGRAPHIC SPECIALIST
Salary : $40,752 - $72,286
DUTIES: The incumbent performs geographic support activities for decennial censuses and surveys. Geographic activities include: improvement of the Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system, (TIGER); update of the Master Address File (MAF) for designated areas; maps for use in geographically structuring census operations; and geographic correction activities. In addition, the incumbent provides guidance, advice, and assistance to departmental geographers, statisticians, and headquarters personnel. The incumbent will be required to establish and maintain long-term partnerships with state, tribal, and local governments regarding the exchange of paper maps and geo-spatial data including GIS data and address files. Incumbent will communicate the designs, requirements, and timelines of census programs to federal, state, tribal, and local officials by making telephone calls, attending meetings, and traveling to regional conferences. Participates in training regional office staff to improve use and availability of TIGER. Participates in the hiring
and training interviewer staff to create additional address lists as needed. Incumbent will perform a variety of GIS analysis on data received from local governments to determine suitability for use in the Master Address File and the TIGER modernization program.

GEOGRAPHIC LEAD CLERK
Salary: TBA
DUTIES: Leads 8 to 10 lower grade employees who do digitizing, map production and
update census maps. Assists employees by answering questions and resolving
problems. Assists in the orientation of new employees by explaining work in general and providing on-the-job training. Edits previously digitized data for completeness and accuracy according to established standards and identifies and works to correct specific
deficiencies based on the editing. Edits may be performed using graphic plots or specialized interactive data edit systems at various scales.

GEOGRAPHIC CLERK
Salary: $29,405
DUTIES: The incumbent performs clerical support duties associated with the geography program. Works on Census 2010 geographic programs. Receives, sorts, opens, controls and routes incoming mail. Maintains correspondence files. Receives telephone and personal callers and directs them to appropriate office employees based on knowledge of employees’ areas of responsibility. Maintains a variety of logs. Maintains stockroom supply levels. Operates various office machines. Performs other clerical duties as required.


SECRETARY
Salary: $32,898
DUTIES: The incumbent of this position serves as a geographic secretary in the Regional Census Center (RCC). The secretary is responsible for receiving telephone calls and visitors, and referring callers to appropriate offices. The secretary may maintain an appointment calendar, advising individuals when appointments must be rescheduled, and arranging mutually convenient times. The incumbent also makes arrangements for meetings, travel arrangements for supervisor and staff, and prepares related travel vouchers and reports. The secretary receives and controls mail, routing items to appropriate offices. The secretary may assemble background information for supervisors, and notify supervisors of any pending delays related to the RCC. The incumbent reviews outgoing correspondence for conformance with instructions, grammar, and typographical accuracy. The secretary may also provide advice to secretaries in subordinate units concerning matters such as time and attendance, etc...

Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Davis, CA

Organization: Far Western Anthropological Research Group
Title: GIS Technician
Location: Davis, CA
Application Deadline:
Posted: 2008-09-29

Position Description:


Farwestern Anthropological Research Group has an immediate opening for a full time GIS Technician position in our Davis, Ca office.

Responsibilities include basic cartographic production, data entry, georeferenceing scanned maps and digitizing archaeological features. Experience with ESRI Arcview required. Preferred candidates will have also have knowledge and experience with Microsoft Excel and Access. Knowledge of archaeology and resources management would be beneficial.

This is an excellent opportunity with a respected cultural resources consulting firm. The successful candidate will have the opportunity or a variety of tasks on jobs throughout California, Nevada and Utah. We offer competitive salary and benefits.

If interested please visit FarWestern.com

Obama for America - GIS Editing Volunteers

Organization: Obama for America
Title: GIS Editing Volunteers
Location: Worldwide (Must be US Citizen or legal resident of the USA)
Application Deadline:
Posted: 2008-09-26

Position Description:

We have some extremely important work for GIS specialists that are willing to lend their data editing expertise to our campaign. We are updating precinct shapefiles we have to bring them up to 2008 changes and vastly improve their accuracy.

Why is this important? The ground game we have in place is the largest ground game in the history of political campaigns. An example of this is Virginia where we have not one but 44 campaign headquarters throughout the state. So we have boots on the ground, but in many case they are using poor quality and outdated precinct files, so the work we do here could make a major impact in states like New Hampshire, Virginia, Ohio, New Mexico, Michigan, Missouri and Pennsylvania. But we need to do this now and we need to do it fast.

I put together a 10-page help document (here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddpmrpng_11ffh4gxgm) that includes about 20 minutes worth of training video’s. It’s not a lot, but read/watch them thoroughly. If we end up with 100 editors, we will fail if we have 100 different methods producing different results.

After you’ve studied these and decided you want to help, please complete this non-disclosure agreement (http://my.barackobama.com/page/-/documents/NDA.pdf) and scan and email (dgalt@barackobama.com) or fax it to me at (312) 268-7094. If you fax it, send me an email to tell me you have done so, so I can let you know if I did not receive it. Also, in your email, please include your name, city and state so we can add you to one of our regional users groups. When you email us back, please (PLEASE!) use a Gmail account if you have one. We use Google Groups, and Google documents to organize our work and we’ve had numerous issues with other email address domains.

After I receive your info and NDA, I’ll add you to our user groups and send you the MXD/data package for one of the states we are updating (you’ll need ArcGIS 9.2 or 9.3 for this). This is an ongoing process that is working. We have already completed some smaller, but key states and now it is time to scale up and tackle some larger states. The work we’re doing here will directly affect our efforts to allocate the right resources to the right precincts, get out the vote, and ultimately to put Barack Obama in the White House and to change our country for the better. If you have viewed the help doc, and think you can do this (Yes you can!) please send in your info right away as time is short.