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CSULB Geography Professor Christine Jocoy's work on "Mapping the Dynamism of Long Beach's East 7th Street Neighborhood"

7th Street History Studied Through her research, Geography’s Christine Jocoy hopes to shed new light on the history of the neighborhood along East 7th Street in Long Beach.

"Retailers and manufacturers today are leveraging enormous amounts of data to make these strategic decisions. Data comes from many sources and in many different forms —inventory, customer’s mobile devices, supply chain networks, and demographics and lifestyle data. The common thread in all of this data is geographic location..."

Retailers use geographic data to enhance Black Fridays By Gary Sankary Esri The retail sales that take place between Thanksgiving and Christmas represent 20 percent of total retail sales in the United States, according the National Retail Federation (NRF). For some retailers, that number can be as high a

Happy GIS Day! Even Snapchat got festive for the day, as you can see from Beth's silly Snap posting.

Norway's National Library Discovers Rare Atlas — With A Little Help From Reddit The Cedid was one of the first printed atlases from the Muslim world. There were 14 known copies in existence — until a Norwegian reference librarian with a fondness for /r/MapPorn noticed something.

American Association of Geographers - Illustrated Student Paper Competition:

"The Cartography Specialty Group Illustrated Paper competition is held at the annual meeting of the AAG and supports student scholarly research that includes a cartographic design component. A panel of judges awards prizes of $300 (1st place), $200 (2nd place), and $100 (3rd place) to students who demonstrate their excellence in both scholarly research and cartographic design. Both undergraduate and graduate students are invited to participate."

https://aagcartography.wordpress.com/illustrated-student-paper-competition/

Illustrated Student Paper Competition The Cartography Specialty Group Illustrated Paper competition is held at the annual meeting of the AAG.

Join us this weekend for the ESRI GeoApp Challenge!
(CSULB + ESRI + The City of Long Beach)

Saturday, October 8, 2016

CSULB GIS Lab
1250 Bellflower Blvd
Peterson Hall 1, Room 201
Long Beach, CA 90840

For more details and to register for this event, please visit:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/esri-geoapp-challenge-tickets-28169699329

ESRI GeoApp Challenge A collaborative event that will engage local developers, students, and City staff to develop GeoApps that help businesses in the City of Long Beach. The event will take place during the City’s Innovation Week on the CSULB campus and facilitated by the ESRI training team.

Baton Rouge, La., Innovates with GIS Through Flooding Aftermath