Job Posting: Planning / GIS Technician

Organization: City of Soldotna
Location: Soldotna, AK
Closing Date: January 31, 2014 at 5:00 PM

Online Job Announcement

Position Description Document

The City of Soldotna has an opening for a regular full time Planning / GIS Technician in the Planning and Zoning Department. This position is responsible for ongoing operation of the City Geographic Information System (GIS), and for enforcement of City zoning, public nuisance, and land use ordinances. Assists in performing other duties of the Planning department. Work is performed under the direction of the Director of Economic Development and Planning.

Must submit City application, resume and cover letter to Human Resources at 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by email tcollier@ci.soldotna.ak.us, or fax 866-596-2994 by 5 p.m., January 31, 2014.

The City of Soldotna is an EEO employer.

Highlights from the 1/15 AAUG Meeting

Andy Spence of esri presenting to AAUG at the BP Energy Center on 1/15 on the benefits and process of developing a staff training plan!

Job Posting: GIS Analyst III

Organization: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS)
Location: Fairbanks, AK
Closing Date: January 27, 2014 at 5:00 PM

Online Job Announcement

The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) is recruiting applicants for a GIS Analyst III position in our main office located in Fairbanks, Alaska. We need a motivated, efficient, and productive individual with strong GIS skills, demonstrated proficiency with ESRI’s ArcGIS software, and the ability to contribute and thrive in a team-based work culture, to serve as our division’s primary GIS data manager. The staff comprises mainly highly educated field geologists and research geoscientists who collect, analyze, and disseminate information about Alaska’s land and its potential to produce metals, minerals, fuels, geothermal resources, and construction materials. They also investigate potential geologic hazards to buildings, roads, bridges, and other structures. More information and the application process are available online; see the job announcement link above.

Please contact Paula Davis with any questions regarding this recruitment.

Paula Davis (Hiring Manager)
PH:  (907) 451-5053
FAX:  (907) 451-5050
email:  paula.davis@alaska.gov

Event Announcement: 2014 Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference

Registration Now Open!

48TH ANNUAL
ALASKA SURVEYING AND MAPPING CONFERENCE

March 24 - 28, 2014
Westmark Fairbanks Hotel and Conference Center

Fairbanks, Alaska

  Announcements

*Attendee Registration Now Open*

Visit www.aksmc.org and register by February 14th to receive the discounted rate!

*New This Year*

This year's conference brings you the Geo Jam: a combination of the

GIS Jam and Technical Sessions. 

Geo Jam agenda and Geo Jam presenter registration coming soon!

  

*Digital Map Showcase*
The Digital Map Showcase is back again! 

Submit a map to share with your peers at this year's Geo Jam.

 *Thank You to our Sponsors!*
Click HERE to check out the sponsors making this year's conference possible!

 *Let's Celebrate*
 Join us in celebrating Bill Mendenhall’s 90th birthday by contributing to the new
William W. Mendenhall Engineering Scholarship.

Click HERE for details.

www.aksmc.org

For questions, please contact:

Brooke Ivy
Visions Meeting and Event Management
907-786-0130
brooke.ivy@visionsus.com

  

Training Announcement: AK Hydro Editing and Workflow Training

THIS TRAINING IS FULL!

Please join us for a free, hands-on training of Alaska's hydrography stewardship model, the Alaska Hydrography Database (AK Hydro).

Location: AK DNR TIPS Training Room, Anchorage, AK
Date(s): February 3-5, 2014

Attendees will gain exposure to the standards and workflows required to participate in the statewide hydrography collaboration, as well as get hands-on experience editing and contributing updates to both AK Hydro and the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). If you're interested in updating hydrography data in Alaska, then this training is for you!

This training is sponsored by the Alaska Hydrography Technical Working Group (AHTWG). For more information about AHTWG, please visit http://seakgis.alaska.edu/ahtwg/.

For more information about the training or to sign up, please contact Becci Anderson at rdanderson@usgs.gov.

Click here for the training flyer.

Event Announcement: ASPRS Accuracy Standards Update

Organization: ASPRS
Comment Period: December 12 - February 1, 2014.

CLICK HERE to view the PDF version of the ASPRS Accuracy Standard Update.


Dr. Dave Maune will be giving a web presentation for the April 2014 AAUG/URISA meeting about the new ASPRS Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data, the major new standards that replace the ASPRS Accuracy Standards for Large-Scale Maps (1990) designed for paper maps only. Dave is the lead author of these new ASPRS standards.

The draft standards are presented for public comment in the December, 2013 issue of PE&RS (see link at the top of this annoucement). All comments on the draft ASPRS accuracy standards are due by February 1st, after which there may be changes to the final standards as a result of the feedback received. The final standards are to be approved by the ASPRS Executive Committee during the ASPRS Annual Conference, March 24th-28th.

Comments should be forwarded via email to AccuracyStandard@asprs.org no later than February 1, 2014. The current plan is to review all comments and finalize the document for ASPRS Board approval in March 2014.

Dr. David Maune is the Senior Remote Sensing Project Manager at Dewberry Consultants LLC, headquartered in Fairfax, VA. He is an ASPRS Fellow and a charter member of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) which advises the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC).

Training Announcement: Alaska HAZUS Overview

Organization: FEMA
Location: Anchorage, AK
Date(s): January 7-8, 2014

This course is designed to provide an overview of HAZUS tools such as CDMS and the earthquake and flood models. This course will provide each user with necessary requirements to update HAZUS with local data and complete flood and earthquake analysis using ShakeMaps and flood depth grids.

Course Description Document

For more information, please contact Kelly Stone at kelly.stone@fema.dhs.gov or call 425-487-4636.

Deadline to apply is December 16.