KEL Mapping

On Friday the Sonoma County Economic Development Board released an interactive map showing all the unique craft beverages Sonoma County has to offer! This simple mapping application uses a template from Esri's story map page and an ArcGIS Online map. You can view and interact with the map at http://edb.sonoma-county.org/storymaps/beermap/.

The Press Democrat's Beer Country blog has a nice write up about it at http://beer.blogs.pressdemocrat.com.

The Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District is currently recruiting for one (1) full-time Open Space District (OSD) Easement Monitoring Technician. This entry-level position has the primary role of monitoring protected lands to ensure landowner compliance with conservation easements and will perform the following types of duties:

• Monitoring properties protected by conservation easements, which includes researching property information, using maps for navigation, driving and hiking on protected lands, and gathering monitoring data (including photographs and GPS data).
• Working with staff, landowners, and volunteers to coordinate monitoring activities.
• Preparing monitoring reports and supporting maps and photos, which includes basic cartography using ArcGIS and data entry using Microsoft Access.
• Collecting and incorporating data, including GPS data, into GIS database.
• Preparing maps as necessary using GIS.
• Discussing observations of property conditions with District staff and analyzing land use activities in terms of easement compliance.

The County of Napa is seeking an experienced professional to support the enterprise GIS and Accela Automation permitting solutions, integrate these applications across multiple systems and technologies including SQL Server and SQL Server Reporting Services and to develop custom and off-the-shelf web and mobile GIS applications.

The ideal candidate will be well versed in both GIS and Accela. However, candidates with experience in GIS or Accela that have the experience, knowledge, skills and abilities to learn the other technology are encouraged to apply.

For full details, look for Information Systems Specialist II – GIS/Accela on the Napa County Website -http://www.countyofnapa.org/JobOpportunities/.

Marin Municipal Water District - Natural Resource Program Internships

Unpaid internship positions available are involved with vegetation ecology, biological monitoring, GIS and GPS. Students must commit to 35 hours during a semester and have substantial knowledge in one of these disciplines or the aptitude to learn.

Closing date for spring semester applications: January 15, 2012

For more information you can visit MMWD: Natural Resource Program Internships.

Mapping Languages Using Twitter

Last week I ran across this map by Eric Fischer. I thought it was a very interesting way to map languages using a technology that is so pervasive. Here is a map where the language of the tweets tell the story of culture. Countries with their own single language are distinguishable (Portugal) while countries with multiple languages blend in with their surrounding countries (Belgium and Switzerland).

Follow the link a take a look at the detailed map.

Language communities of Twitter by Eric Fischer