GIS Technician Opening
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- Created on Wednesday, May 22 2013 16:19
- Written by Anthony Pagan
The City of Kettering, Ohio, is seeking an exceptional part-time professional-level GIS Technician for the City's Administrative Systems Division. This position develops and maintains the geographic information systems (GIS) databases, layers, and linkages to various databases. Duties include reading and interpreting source documents, such as civil engineering plans, plot maps, and legal descriptions; and entering required data into the GIS. Work is performed under general supervision and requires independent judgment.
SWOGIS & OSWA Event: Stormwater Mapping In Your Community
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- Created on Monday, May 20 2013 15:47
- Written by Mark Yandrick
Southwest Ohio GIS User Group (SWOGIS) and Ohio Stormwater Association (OSWA) are excited to announce an upcoming event on Thursday, June 20th called "Stormwater Mapping In Your Community", which will be held at the Butler County Engineer's Office,
The opening topic will be a discussion Outfall Inventory with Jason Fyffe and Chris Cotton from the Ohio EPA. This will by followed by a presentation by Dawn Johnson from the Warren County GIS Department titled "A GIS Approach to Mapping Dynamic Stream Setbacks." Lastly, time permitting, there will be a group discussion with experts from the stormwater and GIS communities.
Update: The Ohio EPA representatives will be Chris Cotton & Anthony Robinson
The event is open to anyone however space is limited so RSVP to Paula Burton at BCEO by phone at (513) 785-4117 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
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City of Columbus, Ohio Job Posting
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- Created on Monday, April 22 2013 13:21
- Written by Anthony Pagan
The City of Columbus Department of Technology is looking for a GIS Software Engineer.
Apply by Friday, May 3, 2013.
More details regarding the position are posted here.
SWOGIS Education Series; GPS-ology
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- Created on Wednesday, April 03 2013 09:29
- Written by Mark Yandrick
Please join us on Friday, April 19th for the SWOGIS Education Series: GPS-ology at CESO (8534 Yankee St, Centerville, Ohio, 45458). This will be a full day event of basic to advance levels of GPS use, tools and functionality and is an event for field crews, engineers, surveyers, GIS professionals and anyone else who wants to learn more about modern day GPS technology. Presenters are from Trimble, Geoshack and various SWOGIS members. Attached is the agenda/overview of events. A certificate for continuing education hours will be provided to attendees. Registration is required and limited to the first 50 attendees.
Update: (4/10/2013) Registration for this event is now full as we are at capacity, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you'd like to put on the wait-list.
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Focus on SWOGIS Member: City of Hamilton
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- Created on Thursday, March 21 2013 12:03
- Written by Mark Yandrick
Check out how the City of Hamliton (Rose Haverkos & Chad Toussant) use ESRI ArcScene to produce a 3D Model of the Great Hamilton of 1913 and to look forward to the future.
2012 Imagery Available
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- Created on Wednesday, February 13 2013 15:55
- Written by Mark Yandrick
The latest imagery has just been released from the Ohio Statewide Imagery Project for the western counties of Ohio. These images were taken in the spring of 2012 as part of the statewide contract.
The Ohio Statewide Imagery Program (OSIP) is a partnership between State, Local and Federal government agencies to develop high-resolution imagery and elevation data for the State of Ohio to benefit Geographic Information System users at all levels of government. Accurate imagery and elevation data serve as the backbone for the development of additional data sets maintained and accessed by government decision makers and the public.
On Tuesday Feb. 4, 2011 the State of Ohio awarded the contract for the continuation of the Ohio Statewide Imagery Program. The OSIP imagery will be acquired beginning in the spring of 2011 and continuing through 2014.
The core imagery product that will be produced through OSIP II will be 1-foot pixel resolution 4-band (RGBN) natural color and color infrared digital aerial imagery that will be made available to local government and the public at no cost.
In addition to the core imagery product, OSIP provides state and local government agencies with the opportunity to obtain additional product enhancements at significant savings through a Cooperative Purchase Agreement (CPA) with the State. As a result of this program OSIP has negotiated fixed costs for counties to obtain enhanced products.
Orthophotos: http://gis3.oit.ohio.gov/geodatadownload/osip2.aspx
More about OSIP: http://ogrip.oit.ohio.gov/ProjectsInitiatives/StatewideImagery.aspx
User Habits on Mapping Applications
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- Created on Monday, November 19 2012 10:19
- Written by Mark Yandrick
Thank you to everyone who attended the two recent events, the SWOGIS Asset Management Education Series and the ESRI Presentation, ArcGIS Online: Expanding the Use of GIS with ArcGIS 10.1. SWOGIS had a great year in 2012 and we are looking forward to what's coming in 2013.
The presenter from ESRI, Eric Rodenberg, wanted to pass along a study that was mentioned in Friday's presentation, which analyzes users habits on a mapping application.