KCGIS Center News in 2009

King County GIS Center partners with GeoMobile Innovations to bring ArcPad training to Seattle. On October 22-23, GeoMobile Innovations of Corvalis, OR will present their two-day ArcPad 8 Bootcamp in the King County GIS Center Training Facility. This 2-day hands-on ArcPad 8 Bootcamp™ is a must for new ArcPad users or users migrating to ArcPad 8. It is also great for GIS administrators who manage and support field crews using ArcPad.

Immediately become productive with ArcPad 8’s core functions with hands-on field and office exercises. Dig into the new ArcGIS Desktop data management tools and enhance your field experience with cartographic quality Tele Atlas StreetMap data and tools. Learn how to use ArcPad Studio to create custom toolbars, data entry forms, and task lists, tailored to your specific projects and workflows – all with no programming required. A second GeoMobile ArcPad session will also be offered in February 2010.

The King County GIS Center is pleased to announce the addition of 2007 color aerial photos to all iMAP map sets.  This set of aerial photography was acquired in July 2007 at a resolution of 6-inches-per-pixel for western King County and one-foot-per-pixel for non-urbanized areas of Eastern King County.  The new photos, acquired from Pictometry, represent the second wide-scale aerial imagery update for King County since 2002.  The next image aquisition is scheduled for summer 2009.

More:

• iMAP home
• 2007 imagery - information and metadata
• Pictometry  (external link)

King County offices, including the KCGIS Center will be closed on Monday, February 16 for the Presidents' Day holiday.

We will also be closed on Friday February 13 for the second of ten furlough days. More information on the furlough can be found here.

King County offices, including the KCGIS Center, will be closed Monday January 19th for the Martin Luther King holiday.