The UC Berkeley Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) has been approved, and is up and running. This certificate will provide an academic structure for an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas around geospatial information and analysis.
Certificate students will not only participate in a cutting‐edge program and receive explicit recognition of specialization in GIST by virtue of the Graduate Certificate but will be well positioned to compete for the most desirable jobs in geospatial t echnology, both in academia and in industry.
Requirements include at least three courses, or a total of 90 hours of instruction, and earn a minimum grade of B, and participate in a GIST Roundtable (such as the geolunch series from the GIF). The full proposal detailing requirements can be found below. Please note that acceptable courses will be updated as new courses are offered.
For more information, please click here.
NOTE: THIS CERTIFICATE IS FOR CURRENTLY ENROLLED GRADUATE STUDENTS AT UC BERKELEY. It is not a professional GIS certificate for non-students.
Former student and GIS expert Chippie Kislik alerted me to this video. She is working with others at NASA Ames on a Sierra Nevada DSS Ecological Forecasting Project. A video about the project is here.
The Sierra Nevada contains vital ecosystems that are experiencing changes in hydrologic regimes, such as decreases in snowmelt and peak runoff, which affect forest health and water resources. Currently, the U.S. Forest Service Region 5 office is undergoing Forest Plan revisions to integrate climate-change impacts into mitigation and adaptation strategies. However, there are few tools in place to conduct quantitative assessments of forest and surface conditions in relation to mountain hydrology, while easily and effectively delivering that information to forest managers. To assist the Forest Service, this research team created a Decision Support System (DSS) featuring data integration, data viewing, reporting, and forecasting of ecological conditions within all Sierra Nevada intersecting watersheds.
The UC Berkeley Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) has been approved. This certificate will provide an academic structure for an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas around geospatial information and analysis.
Requirements include at least three courses, or a total of 90 hours of instruction, and earn a minimum grade of , and participate in a GIST Roundtable (such as the geolunch series from the GIF). More details to be posted in the spring at GIS@Berkeley.edu.
You've probably seen the frequently-cited "Misery Map" (D3 behind the scenes) showing how the Thanksgiving storm has blown many a tight travel plan off schedule.
Here is another cool one: real-time map of all the flights in the air. It looks crowded!
Happy and safe travels everyone.
Read more at http://www.flyingmag.com/technique/flight-planning/flightaware-misery-map-tracks-travel-delays#tXwGX8OjSo5QhDUk.99
Read more at http://www.flyingmag.com/technique/flight-planning/flightaware-misery-map-tracks-travel-delays#tXwGX8OjSo5QhDUk.99
Here are the tag clouds from this year's GIS class: the why, how and what of our upcoming semester's projects. Word clouds from Wordle.
The Why: what are the key problems class members want to focus on...
The How: possible methods we will use...
The What: some of the datasets that might be used...
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