Several times during the 2020 Presidential campaign I noticed that one candidate would use the term “equity” (versus equality) when discussing issues related to racial justice. On January 20, 2021, shortly after his inauguration, President Biden signed “Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.” Significantly the order…
What a year 2020 has been. Covid-19 related restrictions on face-to-face gatherings required that we pivot to online GIS instruction early this year. To ensure that our students receive the same value we have tailored the King County GIS training program to the new instructor-led but remote-learning environment. The King County GIS Center’s 2021 GIS…
The 15th offering of King County’s introductory workshop, GIS for Equity and Social Justice, is scheduled for January 6, 2021. It will be presented live online via Zoom. Three additional sessions are also scheduled later in 2021. Almost 350 students have now attended this workshop. Read what one student from a recent session of the workshop…
The King County GIS Center was recently asked by the Office of Emergency Management to assist with updates to the Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment. This report “…identifies hazards most common to King County with assessment of vulnerability in terms of exposure to impacts, risk in terms of probability of impacts, and consequences in terms…
Make the switch from ArcGIS Desktop to ArcGIS Pro to start off 2021. While Washington State and King County Covid-19 stay-at-home restrictions remain in place, the King County GIS Training program is still in operation with all classes offered live online. Our next offering is ArcGIS Pro Quickstart for the GIS Professional, on January 12-13.…
November 18, 2020 is the 22nd annual GIS Day – the day that users of GIS technology across the world come together to acknowledge, celebrate, share, and demonstrate real-world applications that are making a difference in society. With the impact of COVID-19 on the rise across the globe, GIS Day 2020 is like no other.…
King County needed a vibrant, accessible platform to tell stories and provide resources for people with a disability during the pandemic.
At its 2020 Annual Conference, the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) presented its Geospatial Excellence Catalyst Award to the King County Information Technology GIS for Equity and Social Justice Team.
In June, Public Health — Seattle & King County requested that the King County GIS Center create a countywide web map to display open-access COVID-19 testing sites. At the time, only a text-based list of testing sites was available to the public online. The project entailed address geocoding from a tabular list of sites provided…
A new web map allows us to explore and acknowledge the memory of the land of indigenous peoples around the world. Property ownership data management is one of the primary applications for a geographic information system (GIS). My first GIS job with the East Bay Municipal Utility District in Oakland was to manage digitizing 350,000…
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