Club Presenting at Sustainability Conference in Chico

Grassroots GIS: Application of Geographic Information Systems and Cartography for Sustainability in Northern Oregon

Humboldt State University Geospatial Club (HSU-GC), in collaboration with BARK (a forest advocacy group), present a geospatial analysis of the proposed Palomar Pipeline, a liquid natural gas (LNG) pipeline that would run from Astoria, Oregon, to a LNG connection in the eastern part of the state that provides natural gas to the California market. HSU-GC focused on potential impacts on wildlife and old growth forest in the Mt. Hood National Forest. BARK field crews are “ground-truthing” HSU-GCʼs findings with GPS location verification.

HSU-GC and BARK worked together to produce maps that would be accessible and meaningful to the public and other stakeholders. BARK's leadership deploys these maps at public rallies and stakeholder meetings to educate participants on the real impacts of the proposed pipeline; the GIS provides a powerful visual aid to decision-makers and citizens. The maps are presented as handouts and projections, and are also available in interactive formats on the Internet.

Conference Website:
http://www.csuchico.edu/sustainablefuture/events/2008conference/conference_info.shtml

GeoSpatial Club Presentation: Saturday, November 8th

ArcGIS 9.3 Service Pack 1

This is an announcement for the upcoming ArcGIS 9.3 Service Pack 1, planned to available for download in November. It contains a list of the issues targeted for ArcGIS 9.3 SP1.

ASPRS Scholarships

New deadline for ASPRS Scholarships is October 10, 2008. There are also new application guidelines. The ASPRS conference is in March this year, two months earlier than usual. Head to this link to view the guidelines and information about the conference and scholarship.

NEW FOR 2009

**The Abraham Anson Memorial Scholarship** is being offered for the
first time this year.  This $1,000 grant is presented** **as a memorial
to Abraham Anson. It's designed to encourage students who have an
exceptional interest in pursuing scientific research or education in
geospatial science or technology related to photogrammetry, remote
sensing, surveying and mapping to enter a professional field where they
can use the knowledge of their discipline to excel in their profession.

**The Francis H. Moffitt Memorial Scholarship** is now valued at $3,000,
an increase of $1,000 over the 2008 grant! This award is for study in
surveying or photogrammetry leading to a career in the geospatial
mapping profession.

...and please note, the **Leica GeoSystems Internship** is now the
**ERDAS Internship**

For questions contact:

*Jesse Winch
Scholarship Administrator*
ASPRS: The Imaging & Geospatial Information Society
5410 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 210
Bethesda MD  20814-2160
301-493-0290 ext. 101
301-493-0208 (fax)
jwinch(at)asprs.org

Club Project: Third Millennium Alliance

The GeoSpatial Club is currently assiting the Third Millennium Alliance (3M Alliance), an international nonprofit in the process of preserving and expanding portions of the Jama-Coaque Rainforest in western Ecuador. 3M Alliance’s current 275 acre Jama-Coaque Reserve represents a crucial link in a dwindling conservation corridor connecting the Americas. 3MA is working to expand the reserve to the adjacent 400 acres of rainforest.

The GeoSpatial club is assisting with mapping of the reserve border, corridor assessment, tree species identification, trail placement including lookouts and points of interest. Analysis will also include threats to the reserve, including poaching and illegal timber harvesting. Mapping products generated from the project will assist 3MA with reserve management, promoting conservation of additional tracts of rainforest.

Check out the 3MA website for more information!
http://www.3malliance.org/

CCRP Symposium

GeoSpatial club member Josef Eckert gave a presentation on Agricultural Workers Health Initiative (AWHI), as part of the California Center for Rural Policy (CCRP) today in the Green and Gold room at Humboldt State University. To learn more about AWHI check out the California Endowment website.

ASPRS Conference Photos

El Presidante

Rainbow

Can you spot Aaron?

Breakfast!?

Jack of all trades.

Dr. Steinberg showing off his poster.

Joe during poster session.

Chris checking out the posters.
Convention center art.

Portland or Bust

The group is headed up to Portland tomorrow for a week of technical mayhem. Should be fun. Hopefully we will have time between getting a bunch of swag, and presentations to post some photos. A few of us will be presenting posters from projects we've done. Mostly a lot of note taking and mingling amongst the best of the best in Remote Sensing and GIS. Maybe we will see you there!

HSU Alum to speak on Wed 4/16

If you have available time come over to NR 203 from 1-2pm. Jen Pollom, an HSU Alum (M.S. 2006), will be giving a talk about GIS in the real world for the campus community. The talk is free and open to the community so come support alumni and the GeoSpatial club. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

Science Camp '08

If you are sticking around for the summer, interested in GIS, and love kids we may have just what you're looking for. HSU is hosting a summer science camp, in collaboration with the USFS and the City of Arcata, in which one aspect will be working some basic GIS and GPS projects. The kids will be around 10 years of age and the camp will meet for three mondays in July:July 14, July 21, July 28.

There is a possibility that a stipend will be available for helping, otherwise it would be on a volunteer basis but a great opportunity. If interested please contact Dr. Steinberg @ sjs7001@humboldt.edu.

GIS in Health

HealthMap is an interesting website mapping out global diseases in the last 30 days. A unique concept for the health industry and a huge endeavor at that. The sources are apparently quite comprehensive and of variable reliability and ranging from Google News to the World Health Organization. The website was established by Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology.

Python and GIS Resources

Here are some good links for using python script in your GIS projects. If you dont know python, now is a good time to learn it.

http://gislounge.com/python-and-gis-resources/

GIS Certification

The GIS Certification Institute's (GISCI) Grandfathering Provision Ends December 31, 2008. Read up on the latest GIS grandfathering provisions in the World of GIS certification. Do you qualify?

HSU Digital Spatial Data

This is a shout out to our very own Spatial Library website. A useful start for finding GIS layers for projects, or just general information about GIS. An extensive list of links that any GISer should become familiar with.

WELCOME

This is the page for the Humboldt State University GIS Club. Here you will find all the latest in activities of the members of the club. We will try and keep this blog updated as much as possible. Thanks for viewing.