Kern County

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I'm the website guy for CentralCalURISA. I'm into geocoding, spatial analyses, and using web map APIs. I also enjoy working with nonprofits and community projects.
I am currently the President of Central Cal URISA. My employer is Paramount Citrus where I am the Director of GIS.  I was previously the GIS Coordinator for Kern County for 9 years and the GIS Administrator for the Utah Transit Authority for 7 years.  I am a big believer in collaboration within the GIS community and  I have served on the Central Cal URISA board for the past 5 years.   I also sit on the CGIA board.


Bakersfield Google Maps Aerial Imagery Updated

If you haven’t noticed, the Satellite Imagery option for Google Maps in Bakersfield was recently updated. The quality is quite good, and it’s using 45-degree oblique imagery. Back in 2009, Google released this new style imagery for San Jose and San Diego, California. Google continued to slowly rollout additional cities. As for the updated Bakersfield [...]

Bakersfield GIS User Group Meeting 1/26/2012

Bakersfield GIS User Group Meeting 1/26/2012

Central California URISA sponsored the Quarterly Bakersfield GIS User Group meeting at the BLM offices in Bakersfield.  Many thanks to Larry Vredenburgh and the BLM for the long history of supporting the user group meetings. Speakers: David Peck from Pictometry discussed oblique imagery and uses for many different business functions.  Contact Dave at david dot [...]

Reporting from GIS Day in Bakersfield

Reporting from GIS Day in Bakersfield

On November 16th 2011 Liberty High School hosted a Great GIS Day event! The event was conducted by Talented GIS students and coordinated/chaperoned by History and GIS teacher Mr. Jay Eliades. The event room was set up with many work stations portraying student projects, County, City, and State GIS web services. The students also conducted [...]

Bakersfield GIS Day Social

Bakersfield GIS Day Social

GIS Day Bakersfield Appetizer Social In Bakersfield this GIS Day, we will be meeting at La Mina Restaurant to have appetizers and to have a bit of fun.  The time and place information follows. La Mina Restaurant 4001 Auburn St, Bakersfield, CA November 16, 2011  - 5:30pm – 7 pm Central Cal URISA Current Members no [...]

Bakersfield GIS User Group Meeting – Report 10/13/11

Bakersfield GIS User Group Meeting – Report 10/13/11

As usual, the Bakersfield GIS User Group meeting was well attended and informative with presentations from Cindy Meeker of Paramount Farming and ESRI.  Cindy discussed how she is using data driven pages and ArcPy for mapping to create custom map books and automate heavy workloads, thus freeing her for more productive and interesting work.  Evan [...]