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CSULB Geography Professor Christine Jocoy's work on "Mapping the Dynamism of Long Beach's East 7th Street Neighborhood"

7th Street History Studied Through her research, Geography’s Christine Jocoy hopes to shed new light on the history of the neighborhood along East 7th Street in Long Beach.

"Retailers and manufacturers today are leveraging enormous amounts of data to make these strategic decisions. Data comes from many sources and in many different forms —inventory, customer’s mobile devices, supply chain networks, and demographics and lifestyle data. The common thread in all of this data is geographic location..."

Retailers use geographic data to enhance Black Fridays By Gary Sankary Esri The retail sales that take place between Thanksgiving and Christmas represent 20 percent of total retail sales in the United States, according the National Retail Federation (NRF). For some retailers, that number can be as high a

Happy GIS Day! Even Snapchat got festive for the day, as you can see from Beth's silly Snap posting.

Norway's National Library Discovers Rare Atlas — With A Little Help From Reddit The Cedid was one of the first printed atlases from the Muslim world. There were 14 known copies in existence — until a Norwegian reference librarian with a fondness for /r/MapPorn noticed something.

American Association of Geographers - Illustrated Student Paper Competition:

"The Cartography Specialty Group Illustrated Paper competition is held at the annual meeting of the AAG and supports student scholarly research that includes a cartographic design component. A panel of judges awards prizes of $300 (1st place), $200 (2nd place), and $100 (3rd place) to students who demonstrate their excellence in both scholarly research and cartographic design. Both undergraduate and graduate students are invited to participate."

https://aagcartography.wordpress.com/illustrated-student-paper-competition/

Illustrated Student Paper Competition The Cartography Specialty Group Illustrated Paper competition is held at the annual meeting of the AAG.

Join us this weekend for the ESRI GeoApp Challenge!
(CSULB + ESRI + The City of Long Beach)

Saturday, October 8, 2016

CSULB GIS Lab
1250 Bellflower Blvd
Peterson Hall 1, Room 201
Long Beach, CA 90840

For more details and to register for this event, please visit:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/esri-geoapp-challenge-tickets-28169699329

ESRI GeoApp Challenge A collaborative event that will engage local developers, students, and City staff to develop GeoApps that help businesses in the City of Long Beach. The event will take place during the City’s Innovation Week on the CSULB campus and facilitated by the ESRI training team.

Baton Rouge, La., Innovates with GIS Through Flooding Aftermath

We're proud to announce that the work of two MSGISci alumni, Wesley and Therese, is featured in an article in The Atlantic's CityLab!

Check it out here: http://www.citylab.com/tech/2016/03/popular-twitter-hashtags-by-city/476136/

The Most Popular Twitter Hashtags in New York, London, S.F., L.A., and D.C. New Yorkers tweet about food and beer. Londoners tweet about tattoos and architecture.

The MSGISci program is proud to have veterans as alumni and current students! We thank you for your time and service to the country!

The campus community is invited to join CSULB's Veterans Services Office in honoring our nation's veterans and service member, particularly the many student veterans currently attending CSULB.

A ceremony will be held Tuesday, November 10 at 11am at the Speaker's Platform in front of the bookstore.

Why drive when you can ride? has been recognized as one of the top ten most Bicycle Friendly Universities in California by the League of American Bicyclists.

Mapping our memories

The Brain's GPS May Also Help Us Map Our Memories Brain cells that track our location also can track time and distance, a study finds. This could explain how the brain uses place and time to organize memories throughout our lives.

Homecoming is coming up on November 14! Get your ticket now at: https://web.csulb.edu/alumni/homecoming/

We're like a magnet.

Cal State Long Beach draws students from all over with powerhouse programs It took one visit to Cal State Long Beach for Derek Phillips to decide he wanted to be a 49er.“Long Beach really caught my eye with the programs they have and the resources they have,” said Phillips, an 18-year-old freshman from O

"People with more education have healthier habits"

Could a college degree help save your life? | EAB Daily Briefing Hundreds of thousands of deaths last year could have been prevented if people had completed their degrees, researchers suggest.

College Textbook Affordability Act will go into effect on January 1. The goal is to cut class material costs by 30 percent in classes where open education resources are developed.

Law could ease textbook costs at California State University and community colleges Cal State University students and those in community colleges across the state should get a break on textbook costs in the next couple of years, according to proponents of a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Brown put his signature on A

Based on the US Department of Education's College Scorecard, 11 CSUs rank among the nation's top 50 colleges for providing upward mobility! http://n.pr/1jqlynr

The campuses are: Stanislaus, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Fresno, Bakersfield, Long Beach, Pomona, San Diego, Dominguez Hills, Fullerton & San Jose.