Geospatial at UCLA

UCLA faculty and TAs: we put together some simple and easy-to-follow online teaching tutorials covering everything from uploading your syllabus to recording video lectures: https://sites.google.com/g.ucla.edu/online/home

Online Course Tutorials

Do you know your home's wildfire hazard zone? View the fire hazard zone of every home in California with our new interactive map: https://gis.ucla.edu/blog/fire-hazard-every-building-in-california-interactive-map

Fire Hazard of Every Building in California: An Interactive Map | Geospatial @ UCLA Oct 13 2019 0 By Geospatial Do you know your home's wildfire hazard classification? View the fire hazard severity classification of every building in California using Geospatial @ UCLA's interactive map. Recent wildfires in Southern California, most notably the Saddleridge Fire in the San Fernando V...

Has learning GIS been on your to-do list? Don't put it off any longer -- we're on the quarter system at UCLA, and classes for our fully online GIS certificate program begin on Monday, October 7. Learn more here: https://gis.ucla.edu/programs/certificate

If you've been meaning to start learning GIS, why wait? Earn your GIS certificate fully online starting today! Online courses for Spring 2019 are open for enrollment until April 15: https://www.uclaextension.edu/digital-technology/gis-geographic-information-systems/certificate/gis-and-geospatial-technology

GIS and Geospatial Technology | UCLA Continuing Education This five-course, fully online certificate is developed in partnership with UCLA Department of Geography. It provides a comprehensive foundation of knowledge and skills associated with geographic information systems (GIS). It teaches computer-based mapping and spatial analysis techniques with hands-...

Interested in learning more about our online GIS certificate program? It's not too late to sign up for this evening's online information session, beginning at 6PM Pacific time. Can't make it today? Other free information sessions will be held on March 13, March 20, and April 1. Sign up now to learn about how to jump-start your GIS career at UCLA:
https://www.uclaextension.edu/digital-technology/gis-geographic-information-systems/course/free-gis-geospatial-technology

We are at URISA in Palm Springs today and tomorrow -- stop by our booth in the exhibit hall to learn about our GIS and geospatial education programs!

As heat waves have scorched this summer, remote sensing and methods have been used to observe changes in vegetation:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/07/23/satellite-pictures-show-a-record-heat-wave-turning-britain-from-green-to-brown/?utm_term=.7cfe559f57a1

Satellite pictures show a record heat wave turning Britain from green to brown It's expected to be nearly 20 degrees hotter than usual this week.

UCLA GIS graduates (and skilled GIS practitioners everywhere): check out this GIS job opportunity with an organization does important conservation work in Southern California.

Are you passionate about conservation, environmental education, and know GIS? We are hiring!

RLC is seeking a team-oriented person to join our growing organization and make meaningful contributions to open space conservation in inland southern California.

The Land Steward position is a full-time, hourly position. This person is responsible for working with the Stewardship Group on monitoring, stewardship, resource management, and education and outreach activities on lands held and/or managed by RLC.

Compensation: $20 - 22.50/hour depending on experience. Health, retirement, vacation, holiday and sick-time benefits are provided.

To apply, send a resume with a cover letter detailing your interest in and fit for the position to Nicole Padron, Stewardship Director, at [email protected]. Contact [email protected] with questions--no phone calls, please.

A complete job description for the position can be found at: https://riversandlands.org/join-us/

We're exhibiting upstairs at the this afternoon -- stop by and say hello (and learn about our program!) on your way to the map gallery reception.

Classes in our online GIS certificate program begin next Monday, July 2nd -- if you're interested in getting started with a fully online GIS certificate this summer, there is still time to register! https://gis.ucla.edu/certificate

What did Earth look like in the past? Check out this interactive 3D Web-based globe to explore -- you can even find the location of any address at any point in history: http://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth #170

Ancient Earth Earth looked very different long ago. Search for addresses across 750 million years of Earth's history.

We would love to have you join our online GIS certificate program -- classes start next Monday, July 2nd!

Register for Our Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Today This introductory course introduces students to principles and concepts behind GIS and focuses on practical applications of GIS methods and practic...

technology and remote sensing in action to fight plaguing trees: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/25/flying-cameras-to-spot-lethal-disease-sweeping-through-worlds-olive-groves

Flying cameras can spot lethal disease sweeping through world's olive groves Fast-spreading Xylella fastidiosa is devastating species from citrus to oak trees, but can now be detected from the air

On this beautiful summer evening in , we take particular pleasure in sharing this map of density in , drawn from records of service calls

https://geobi-lab.com/Maps/NYC311_RodentDensity/map.html #11/40.6121/-73.9229

Rodent Density NYC311(2013-18)

A time-honored tradition of protecting ownership of cartography (no longer so necessary with open data!) https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/trap-streets-with-no-names/

Copyrighting Cartography with Fictional Places With all the time and energy cartographers spend preparing maps, it makes sense that they would want to protect their investment. One of the ways they do so...

Even the simplest maps are not as simple as they may seem: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/15/gap-sorry-t-shirt-map-china

Gap sorry for selling T-shirt with 'incorrect' map of China US chain apologises for design that did not include Tibet or Taiwan, two territories that China claims as its own

We're at Mapbox today to explore the state of the art in location technology and bring the latest geospatial innovations back to UCLA

Where in the U.S. do natural disasters strike most frequently? Check out this series of interactive Web maps to learn more: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/24/us/disasters-hurricanes-wildfires-storms.html

The Places in the U.S. Where Disaster Strikes Again and Again In the last 16 years, most of the damages caused by catastrophes like wildfires and hurricanes have been concentrated in just a few areas.

Congratulations to student Wesley Chioh for winning a Student Showcase Award at the Southern California Association of Governments (S**G) conference in recognition of his story map entitled "M is for Mass Mobility". Check out Wesley's award-winning Web map here:
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=fadc5349ee3c43bf858bdf4d2177d118

M is for Mass Mobility Some of us may know the location of the closest Metro rail station from home. But do we know about the area that the Metro rail network serves? This Story Map will look at the Metro rail system using network analyses and socio-economic data.

Relying on navigation apps to circumvent traffic can sometimes result in wild surprises: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-echo-park-traffic-20180404-story.html

On one of L.A.'s steepest streets, an app-driven frenzy of spinouts, confusion and crashes In another case of GPS-driven detours, Echo Park residents watch bewildered drivers tackle steep inclines

How long is a coastline? GIS and geospatial methods can be used to generate approximated answers to this question at defined geographic scales, but the true length of a coastline is essentially impossible to determine.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-its-impossible-to-know-a-coastlines-true-length

Why It's Impossible to Know a Coastline's True Length Measuring around bodies of water is a mathematically impossible task.

Opinions about navigation apps are understandably strong here in Los Angeles -- many love being able to navigate around incidents and slowdowns, while others bemoan huge increases in cut-through traffic on residential streets in their neighborhoods. Read one perspective on the issue here:

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/mapping-apps-and-the-price-of-anarchy/555551/

The Perfect Selfishness of Your Mapping App Apps like Waze, Google Maps, and Apple Maps enable drivers to help only themselves, and that could be bad for everyone.

See how Web GIS technology can help you to find seats with the most shade next time you go to Dodger Stadium: http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-sp-dodger-stadium-shadiest-seats/

How to find the shade at Dodger Stadium Summer days at Chavez Ravine can be punishingly hot. But if you choose your seat wisely, you can enjoy a michelada in the shade all season long.

A great summer opportunity for current GIS students: https://medium.com/datala/2018-datala-summer-academy-8ae9c8f5dac6

2018 DataLA Summer Academy – DataLA – Medium Join us for a data-fun summer!

Want to learn more about our online GIS certificate program? Attend a free online information session on Monday, April 2 at 6:00pm!
Register here:
https://www.uclaextension.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=135276

GEOG UL 799 Free GIS & Geospatial Technology Information Session This free information session, conducted entirely online, provides a comprehensive overview of the Geographic Information Systems Certificate Program at UCLA Extension including a discussion with a GIS instructor.

Collaborative interactive mapping technologies have the power to bring people together to solve problems in their communities (no matter how small): http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-43334730

'Poo-shaming' map targets dog fouling An interactive map uses smiley poo emojis to mark areas in the village blighted by dog mess.

and methods lie at the core of and : https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/how-the-i-cut-you-choose-method-of-redistricting-could-fix-a-broken-system.html

How the “I Cut, You Choose” Method of Redistricting Could Fix a Broken System This goes back to the eighth century B.C. Why not try it now?

Interactive , like the contained in this story about bird migration, can help people to more thoroughly and quickly understand complex phenomena: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/03/bird-migration-interactive-maps/

Billions of Birds Migrate. Where Do They Go? Migratory birds have made their thousand-mile flights for millennia, but we are just now learning to map their mesmerizing journeys.

Mapping and the new in with Web : https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/19/upshot/pennsylvania-new-house-districts-gerrymandering.html

The New Pennsylvania Congressional Map, District by District Democrats couldn’t have asked for much more from the new map.

They're called in Los Angeles and in Orange County and the Inland Empire -- did you know that Girl Scouts cookies differ depending on where you buy them? matters!

7 Girl Scout cookies you thought you were getting but aren't Girl Scouts use two different bakers for their cookies. Where you buy determines which ones you get. A third of the country gets a crunchier Thin Mint, while the rest get a smoother one. Samoas are mirrored by Caramel deLites. Shortbread with Trefoils.