Rhode Island Feeds

ESRI is currently holding Flex Workshops throughout the region but didn’t get much interest in Rhode Island so their date on April 1 is at risk! They would need both enough participants (they can accommodate up to 12) and a space with internet access in order to conduct the workshop. Please send me an email at swhite@doa.ri.gov if you are interested in attending and/or hosting this workshop. Currently only 1 person has registered for this RI session!

Here is a copy of what they posted for MA a while back:

Getting Started: Building Rich Internet Applications with ArcGIS API for Flex

The Eastern Massachusetts GIS User Group and ESRI will be hosting the “Building Rich Internet Applications with the ArcGIS API for Flex” hands-on training workshop at the Belmont Town Hall, 455 Concord Avenue in Belmont, MA on February 25, 2010 from 8:30-12:30. This free workshop will allow developers to create a powerful and engaging GIS Web application using the ESRI Sample Flex Viewer, ArcGIS Server and their own local data. The goal of this hands-on training workshop is to help users create a Rich Internet Application tailored to their organizations needs.

This workshop is designed to help those users who are familiar with ESRI’s ArcGIS Server and web services technology. Participants are asked to have the following prerequisites completed before attending the class:

· Users must be comfortable with ArcGIS Desktop Software (ArcView, ArcEditor or ArcInfo level).

· Users must bring an ArcMap document (.mxd) with associated data. This data must be in a file geodatabase format. Data size is limited to 1GB.

· Users must know how to publish a map service and a geocode/locator service using ArcGIS Server.

If you do not currently meet these prerequisites, watching these free self-study courses from ESRI would sufficiently meet the prerequisites:

· ArcGIS Server Setup and Administration http://training.esri.com/acb2000/showdetl.cfm?did=6&Product_id=917

· What’s New in ArcGIS Server at 9.2 http://training.esri.com/acb2000/showdetl.cfm?did=6&Product_id=868

· Building Rich Internet Applications with the ArcGIS API for Flex http://training.esri.com/acb2000/showdetl.cfm?did=6&Product_id=940

· Authoring and Publishing Geoprocessing Services http://training.esri.com/acb2000/showdetl.cfm?DID=6&Product_ID=905

· Authoring and Publishing Optimized Map Services http://training.esri.com/acb2000/showdetl.cfm?DID=6&Product_ID=908

For more information and to register for this free event please contact Gina Raucci at graucci@esri.com or (978) 777-4543 x8447.

The Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors will be hosting a GPS presentation at their regular bi-monthly meeting. Please print out and mail or email the following registration card to attend. See http://www.rispls.org/ftptransfer/NewsLetter/January%20News.pdf for more information.
Thursday, February 18, 2010****Radisson Hotel, Post Road, Warwick, RI****
2pm-5pm Jim Bosworth, Maine Technical Source “New Advantages to a GPS Network”3.5 CEU’s (No Break)5pm-6pm Cocktail hour, 50/50 Raffle & Door Prizes6pm-8pm Dinner & RISPLS General Membership Meeting-RISPLS UpdatesMembers: $75.______ Non-Members: $100. ______**Late Fee of $10.00, if POSTMARKED after February 11, 2010.
Name:________________________________________________________Address:______________________________________________________Phone:________________________________________________________
***Make reservations early to eliminate late fee, reserve seating and to pick up your attendance certificate at the meeting.All Reservations are non refundable and non-transferable. Please make checks payable to RISPLS and mail with reservationcertificate to:RISPLS, PO Box 544, East Greenwich, RI, 02818 Or E mail to RISPLS@hotmail.com

GPS Real-Time Networks
Real-time GPS Networks are becoming more abundant throughout the US and it will not be long before the entire country has access to a local real time base station. These networks can make data collection, stakeout, and control access extremely efficient for the surveying and construction professional. The seminar will discuss how these networks are put together, monitored, and accessed for use by the surveyor. What types of data and results should be expected, and how to ensure good data will be discussed.
MAINE TECHNICAL SOURCE, INC.
Jim Bosworth
110 Winn Street
Woburn, MA 01801
Phone: 800-322-5003
Fax: 781-932-0450
Email: jbosworth@mainetechnical.com
Web: www.mainetechnicalsource.com
Maine Technical Source takes pride in supplying engineers, architects, surveyors, contractors, and other types of customers with the world's finest technical and measurement tools, supplies, training, and service. MTS sells more than 8,000 different products from over 35 manufacturers. From field to finish, MTS can meet every technical need. Gus MacDonald, President of MTS, started the company over 25 years ago and more than half of his employees have been with the company for more than ten years. Every Maine Technical Source employee is focused on customer service. Close teamwork within the company is aimed at guaranteeing satisfied customers.

New image data are now available from the RIGIS data clearinghouse website. Look for the new listings under the Imagery and Base Maps data section at http://www.edc.uri.edu/rigis.

These datasets consist of:

1) Spring 2002 true color, 1-foot resolution orthophotography of northeastern Rhode Island, courtesy of USGS. Previously only available from RIGIS via CD-ROM, these are now online. At this time, only MrSID-formatted versions are available from RIGIS.

2) Summer 2006, true color, 0.5-meter resolution orthophotography of Narragansett Bay and Block Island, courtesy of the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NBNERR), Save The Bay, and the URI Environmental Data Center. Available in both MrSID and GeoTIFF formats.

3) Spring 2008 statewide, panchromatic aerial photographs, courtesy of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM). Although these are neither georeferenced nor orthorectified, these are the most recent aerial photos currently available from RIGIS.

These three datasets are introduce a *new* method for downloading tiled data from RIGIS! Please don't hesitate to let me know if you experience any problems using the new Google Maps-based download page or the download manager-friendly pages. If this new method of downloading tiled data is well-received by the community, more image and LiDAR data will be posted in the coming months using this format.

Finally, information has also been posted regarding the various methods by which RIGIS users may view a collection of Spring 2008, true color, 4-inch resolution aerial photographs licensed by Pictometry International and the Rhode Island Enhanced 911 Uniform Emergency Telephone System (RI E911). Although these data are not available for downloading via RIGIS due to licensing terms, beta testers have been satisfied with the various options provided by an ESRI ArcGIS Server online map service hosted by the URI Environmental Data Center.

Again, please look for these new listings under the Imagery and Base Maps data section at http://www.edc.uri.edu/rigis. Enjoy!

This is a reminder that our next RIGIS User Group meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 2nd from 1-4pm at Bryant University (1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI). The event will be held in the Bryant Center in Room 2C (see #8 on the campus map at http://web.bryant.edu/~conf/Images/Bryant%20Map.pdf; note that visitors should park in the parking lots noted with a "P" on this map near buildings #4 and #5; also note that this perspective view is looking towards the southwest, or in other words, north is to the lower-right hand corner of the perspective view). Our agenda: 1:00pm - Dr. Gaytha Langlois (Bryant University, Department of Science & Technology, Chair) Welcome to Bryant University Shane White (State of RI, Statewide Planning Program, RIGIS Coordinator) Welcome RIGIS Users 1:15pm - Dr. Y. Q. Wang (University of RI, Remote Sensing Laboratory, Director) "Monitoring, Reporting & Forecasting Ecological Conditions Along the Appalachian Trail"

1:45pm - Lynn Carlson (Brown University, Environmental and Remote Technologies Laboratory, GIS Manager) "GIS in the Brown University Curriculum" Asad Nasim Lan (Brown University, Student) "Bin There, Done That: Assessing the Distribution of Trash Cans on Brown's Campus" Daniel Mahr (Brown University, Student) "Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Seattle, WA" John Stachelhaus (Bryant University, Environmental Science, GIS Lecturer) "Mapping Campus Facilities" Caitlyn Witkowski (Bryant University, Student) "Mapping Sample Sites for Factors Related to Climate Change in Inner Mongolia" 2:45pm - BREAK 3:00pm - Mike Doyle (Fuss & O'Neill, GIS Project Manager) "Utilizing HEC-RAS Data and GIS to Aid in the New FEMA Mapping Products" 3:30pm - Jim Lucht (The Providence Plan, Information Group Director) "Using Municipal Tax Assessment Data to Study Land Use Change in Cities and Towns" 4:00pm - WRAP-UP

Looking to provide GIS help with Haiti disaster? Check out Crisis Camp - Boston, MA --http://www.eventbrite.com/event/541831633/?ref=estw

(University of Rhode Island) This hands-on computer course provides an introduction to the capabilities and functionality of ESRI’s ArcView GIS 9.3 software. Taught by authorized ESRI instructors, participants will learn the fundamentals of working with GIS data, discuss the hardware and software issues, and use the Rhode Island Geographic Information System (RIGIS) database.
All students receive hands-on software instruction in ArcMap, ArcCatalog, and ArcToolbox, and a copy of ESRI’s training materials with exercises and training data. Upon successful completion of the course students receive a Certificate of Course Completion.

The course will be offered twice, January 12 through 14, 2010 and March 23 through 25, 2010. Registration for the course is $750.00 and pre-registration is required. To register, contact Alyson McCann at 874-5398. For more information go to at www.edc.uri.edu/gistraining.

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press/2009/BBMapping_15states_091222.pdf
WASHINGTON - The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced that it has awarded 15 grants to fund broadband mapping and planning activities in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Tennessee under NTIA's State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program.

Position open in the RI Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA) for Map Mod coordination. See http://www.dlt.ri.gov/jobsri/StateJobs_files/December2009/SeniorPlanner68.pdf for more info.

We highly recommend that you click on http://nationalmap.gov/ustopo/quickstart.pdf to download a really easy tutorial on how to access these new free (for download) topo maps. They are VERY different from past topo maps in that they are delivered in GeoPDF format, and contain an orthophoto backdrop!

Dear Colleagues,

It is that time of year again, and in the event you miss the Brown
Morning Mail notice, I wanted to make sure you knew about the upcoming annual
GIS Open House Poster Session and extend a personal invitation. This
year, the date is December 10, 2009 from 1:00 pm to 2:20 pm in MacMillan
Hall Room 101. As always, there will
some lite refreshments to snack on as you peruse the excellent posters
generated by this year's newest crop of GIS-savvy students.

The topics of the posters cover a very wide geographic extent, from our
own campus, to Texas, Hawaii, Africa, and the moon, so there will be
something of interest to everyone.

I will hope to see you there, and please feel free to mention the event
to others (on-campus or off) who might be interested.

best,
Lynn (Carlson)

Just a quick note to make sure that you mark down November 7-10, 2010 on your calendars for the annual NEARC conference to be held at the Newport Marriott (25 America's Cup Avenue).
More info to come at http://www.northeastarc.org/. - Shane