From cy.smith at state.or.us Tue Nov 1 09:58:41 2011 From: cy.smith at state.or.us (SMITH Cy * EISPD GEO) Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:58:41 -0700 Subject: [gis_info] FW: Job Announcement: IS Analyst II - GIS, Vertical Specialty ~ CITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON Message-ID: <4BD752C728FD8C43A7940818DD4A1E9B08EED52D@exchnode02.ad.state.or.us> This email contains information about an open recruitment for an Information Systems Analyst II position with the City of Portland, Oregon. Please feel free to share this information with others. Detailed information is available at the City of Portland's online Career Center . Thank you, Adrienne Edwards City of Portland, Oregon Bureau of Development Services Administrative Services Division (503) 823-4163 CITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON invites applications for the position of: Information Systems Analyst II - GIS, Vertical Specialty (Limited Term) SALARY: $27.62 - $36.82 Hourly OPENING DATE: 10/31/11 CLOSING DATE: 11/14/11 04:30 PM TO APPLY: APPLICATIONS MAY BE FILED ONLINE AT: http://www.portlandoregon.gov/jobs THE POSITION: The Information Systems Analyst II - GIS, Vertical Specialty in the Bureau of Technology Services will be responsible for the analysis, configuration and testing of the GIS interface and integration of the City's corporate GIS databases and the e-Permitting system. This position will perform GIS analysis, design, programming and support to determine how the geospatial data will be optimally stored in the e-Permitting and CGIS databases. This position needs experienced Web Developers with experience in working with Web GIS tools such as Google Maps, MapServer, or ArcGIS Server.eloping Google Maps interfaces, and a strong programming background. Experience with Google Earth, ArcGIS Server, SQL Server, JavaScript, Flex, Java and Objective C are all highly desirable, although not required. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate must pass a comprehensive police background investigation. This is a 2-year limited term position. Persons appointed to limited term positions will be designated as limited duration employees whose appointment shall not exceed two (2) years except for the extension of grants or funding from outside sources. TO QUALIFY: * ability to code in at least one of the following languages: C#, VB.NET, PHP, ColdFusion, or Java. * ability to perform analytical work using ArcGIS and similar tools. * expert knowledge and experience with GIS Concepts. * knowledge of relational database products such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and Access, with hands on experience in database design, creating and modifying SQL scripts or stored procedures and effective use of indexes * knowledge and job-related, hands-on experience in analysis, design, development, testing, implementation and maintenance of software applications. APPLICANTS MUST ALSO POSSESS: The ability to successfully pass an in-depth Portland Police background investigation. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Please see the instructions on the City of Portland's online Career Center for important information regarding the application process. All completed applications for this position must be in the possession of the Portland Bureau of Human Resources no later than 4:30 pm, on the closing date of this recruitment. E-mailed and/or faxed applications will not be accepted. Note: If you are requesting Veteran's Preference , submit a copy of your DD214 / DD215 and / or Veteran's Administration Letter Stating your disability. If you are applying online, attach a copy of your DD214 / DD215 and / or Veteran's Administration Letter Stating your disability to your profile. Veteran's Preference documentation must be received by 4:30 PM of the closing date of this recruitment. Non-citizen applicants must be authorized to work in the United States at time of application. Minorities, women, and qualified individuals with disabilities are urged to apply. If you wish to identify yourself as an individual with a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and will be requesting accommodation, the requests must be made to the Analyst(s) named below or to the Human Resources Bureau Receptionist No Later Than the Closing Date of This Announcement. Questions? Teresa Dahrens, Senior Human Resources Analyst, Bureau of Human Resources Teresa.Dahrens at portlandoregon.gov (503) 823-4516 An Equal Opportunity Employer APPLICATIONS MAY BE FILED ONLINE AT: http://www.portlandoregon.gov/jobs 1120 SW 5th Ave, 404 Portland, OR 97204 503-823-3572 Position #2011-00132 INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYST II - GIS, VERTICAL SPECIALTY (LIMITED TERM) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Harvey.Arnone at seattle.gov Tue Nov 1 16:19:04 2011 From: Harvey.Arnone at seattle.gov (Arnone, Harvey) Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 16:19:04 -0700 Subject: [gis_info] Reminder: Solicitation for Student Project Ideas Message-ID: <47C5B7C1FDE94840875A32327B50E341024C1BFCD1@COSMCMS3.ad.seattle.gov> Hi all, sorry for the repeat email on this (although I added a few new folks to this that I missed the first time around). I did receive a small number of project ideas but decided I'd better check back in to see if there are more ideas out there as we are still VERY shy on potential projects. Please review the text below from the prior email for details on what we're looking for....but at this point I don't need much detail, just a few sentences or short paragraph describing the project would suffice (details would come later). If you do have an idea but are not sure if it would make a good student project, let me know and we can discuss it. Students will be discussing potential projects in class starting next week (Nov 7th) and by the end of November all students should be settled on projects. Thanks for your help. -Harvey Arnone (206.708.9317) From: Arnone, Harvey Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 3:34 PM To: Arnone, Harvey Subject: Solicitation for Student Project Ideas Hello all, it is that time of the year again: the UW Professional and Continuing Education GIS Certificate program is gearing up for another year. As in the past, we are looking for project ideas for our student teams. If you have a project idea and would like to sponsor a project, we'd love to hear about it. Here's a little bit about what would make a good student project: * Size: should be appropriate for a 3-4 (maybe 5) student project team * Schedule: projects really get into gear January 1st though some planning takes place during the months prior to this. Deliverables are completed in June. * Content: the project should go beyond just data creation in order to give the students a good learning experience. Projects that include several of the following are great: data modeling, data creation, data manipulation, analysis, map production, producing reports, etc * Sponsorship: sponsored projects are usually among the best in terms of student learning opportunity and quality tangible results delivered to the sponsoring organization. Examples include City of Seattle, City of Kirkland, People for Puget Sound, and many more. * Time commitment for sponsors: can vary greatly. Some students interview their sponsors to understand the needs and requirements and then work independently from that point forward. Other projects have very active sponsors who meet several times with the student team, review documents, provide feedback, and receive periodic status reports from the team. Most projects fall somewhere in between of course. I have found that many organizations have perfect candidate projects in tasks that have been lingering on the back-burner for some time. Using students, it is a great way to get some of these small projects done and at the same time provide valuable experiences for the students. In terms of quality, many of the project have had very happy sponsors. Some sponsors have provided great feedback and a few of them have gone on to hire some of the students. I should also mention that our student projects frequently win awards at the annual Washington Status URISA conference. If you have any questions or project ideas, please feel free to contact me. Here's the details that we would need to get started: * Sponsor name and contact information * Name of proposed project * Description of proposed project (short paragraph is fine) Thanks ahead of time. 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Wasco GIS is funded (for this year) at 34% Recorded Documents, 27% General Fund, 24% Partner Fees, and 13% Sales. Sales included subscription based web-sites and data, stock and/or custom maps, at-cost retrieval, and custom work (at anywhere from $35 - $60/hour). Data sales ranged from $45 - $750 depending on the layers (except my parcels, which are an embarrassingly high $1500. I need to get that fixed). Stock maps ranged from free to $50, Custom maps from a free automated system at Metro to $140 (or hourly). Most everyone has some sort of interactive website, and most have a version that is free. Most have some freely downloadable maps. Jackson, Linn, and Metro have at least some of their available data (shapefiles) out there for free. The only thing that seems be common in the funding streams is that General Fund?s won?t or can?t cover all of a GIS, and at least some sales are required to keep us operating. Free-to-the-public web mapping seems to be becoming common, so at least some information is easily accessible. Once again, thank you for all your input. We?ll see how I do in front of the County Commissioners?. Tycho Tycho Granville GIS Coordinator Wasco County 541.506.2658 tychog at co.wasco.or.us Original Question - *Hi All ?* * * *My County (Wasco) sells its data and maps, and has since the beginning. This has been how we have funded the GIS over the years (along with some other governmental partners, recorded document fees, and some General Fund money)* * * *The current trend seems to be toward making data available for free. So, my Commissioners have asked me to find out how other GIS?s are funded, and how they are able to provide data to the public at no cost.* * * *So, how about it? Does your agency just pick up the whole tab for your GIS? Do you have some secret funding stream? 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Well, one of the best ways to give back to the GIS community is to make a presentation at the GIS in Action conference. This year is a special year in that we have an opportunity to demonstrate the broad spectrum of *GIS applications to the Surveying community.* *Let?s work together to make this a strong program.* For example, some cross over ideas that have been at the forefront of Clark County's efforts this year are: Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), E-Government Workflow (Electronic Design Submittal), Mobile Computing, Tablet (iPad) GIS. All presentation ideas will be considered and probably accepted, so be creative. As we coordinate with the PLSO it is important that the program gets compiled early this year, we need to have a *solid draft completed by December*. We are looking for papers, posters or even better someone willing to put together an entire session. Thank you for your participation in GIS in Action, it is our GIS community that makes this region special. 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The link to the announcement is: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/oregon/job_bulletin.cfm?JobID=386512 To apply for the job, you will need to establish an account with NeoGov and then follow the application process for the job. https://www.governmentjobs.com/js_login.cfm?&JobRequested=386512&TopHead er=oregon& Cy Smith, Oregon State GIO DAS/EISPD Geospatial Enterprise Office Secretary, Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) Past President, Urban & Regional Info Sys Assoc (URISA) Past President, Natl States Geographic Info Council (NSGIC) 503-378-6066 http://gis.oregon.gov -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From milton.e.hill at state.or.us Wed Nov 9 17:55:35 2011 From: milton.e.hill at state.or.us (HILL Milton E * EISPD GEO) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 17:55:35 -0800 Subject: [gis_info] GIS positions available Message-ID: <4BD752C728FD8C43A7940818DD4A1E9B06D6FBE7@exchnode02.ad.state.or.us> GIS Positions GeoSolve Inc. is a growing company that provides specialized GIS and database services for E9-1-1, Emergency Management and Infrastructure. We are currently recruiting for the following regular full-time positions: GIS Manager - This position represents management in independently directing and implementing overall company GIS activities, goals and objectives for specific projects. This position defines project requirements, manages project staff, communicates directly and effectively with clients, directs and participates in the accomplishment of project deliverables, and manages the project scope and resources. Requires: A minimum of 2 years of experience in GIS project management, including managing technical and administrative staff; skilled in ESRI software; strong written and oral communication skills, and a BS in GIS, Computer Science or related field is required. Experience with implementing web-based GIS and ArcSDE experience is desired. GIS Specialist II - Provides advanced technical GIS skills to the company, clients, management, and other technical staff. Applies GIS technology to produce and develop GIS applications and databases; concentrates on complex problems requiring specialization; applies multiple programming languages; trains others; and develops productivity enhancing techniques. Requires: BS in GIS, Computer Science or related field; minimum 2 years demonstrated proficiency with ArcGIS, geometric networks, and related software such as ArcSDE and ArcGIS Server. Skilled at programming in more than one advanced programming language for GIS. Desirable: experience in geometric network development and maintenance for infrastructure, especially electrical distribution systems. GIS Technician I - Develops, maintains and coordinates GIS systems in the office and remotely with clients. Requires: a good working knowledge of ESRI software products; a minimum of one year of hands-on experience working with ArcGIS. All Positions: Compensation DOQ/DOE. Benefits include fully paid health, dental, and vision insurance; paid holidays, vacation and sick leave. Applicants should submit a detailed resume and cover letter to: GeoSolve Inc., "GIS Positions" to P.O. Box 627, Albany, OR 97321 or email to gsadmin at geosolveinc.com. Positions are open until filled. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From milton.e.hill at state.or.us Wed Nov 9 17:56:03 2011 From: milton.e.hill at state.or.us (HILL Milton E * EISPD GEO) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 17:56:03 -0800 Subject: [gis_info] GIS Position available Message-ID: <4BD752C728FD8C43A7940818DD4A1E9B06D6FBE8@exchnode02.ad.state.or.us> Note: this is an ADDITIONAL position being advertised by GeoSolve... GeoSolve Inc. Project Assistant GeoSolve Inc. is a growing company that provides specialized GIS and database services for E9-1-1, Emergency Management and Infrastructure. We are currently recruiting for the following regular full-time position: GIS Project Assistant - Provides overall office administrative assistance and support for the Company's varied and numerous GIS Projects. Specific duties include (but are not limited to) resource data and document tracking; staff time entry, tracking and reporting; developing and maintaining contacts and calendars; posting data, assisting in recruitments, making travel arrangements, and reception. Requirements - Demonstrated superior organizational skills, proficient in MS Office Pro and Access databases, and a minimum of two years successful experience providing similar project administrative support. Desirable - A working knowledge of QuickBooks software (including payroll, taxes, reporting, etc.) and a general knowledge of Esri GIS software. Compensation DOQ/DOE. Benefits include fully paid health, dental, and vision insurance; paid holidays, vacation and sick leave. Applicants should submit a detailed resume and cover letter to: GeoSolve Inc., "Project Assistant" to P.O. Box 627, Albany, OR 97321 or email to gsadmin at geosolveinc.com. 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URL: From cy.smith at state.or.us Tue Nov 15 11:24:33 2011 From: cy.smith at state.or.us (SMITH Cy * EISPD GEO) Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:24:33 -0800 Subject: [gis_info] FW: [1] new job on LinkedIn Message-ID: <4BD752C728FD8C43A7940818DD4A1E9B08EED651@exchnode02.ad.state.or.us> Cy Smith, Oregon State GIO DAS/EISPD Geospatial Enterprise Office Secretary, Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) Past President, Urban & Regional Info Sys Assoc (URISA) Past President, Natl States Geographic Info Council (NSGIC) 503-378-6066 http://gis.oregon.gov From: messages-noreply at bounce.linkedin.com [mailto:messages-noreply at bounce.linkedin.com] On Behalf Of Northwest GIS User Group Group Members Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 11:02 AM To: Cy Smith Subject: [1] new job on LinkedIn Northwest GIS User Group LinkedIn November 15, 2011 Latest: Jobs (1) Job Discussions (1) Geospatial Application Developer at Mason Bruce & Girard in Portland, OR: http://bit.ly/unprnm Posted by Nathalie Smith, Regional Manager at Esri Like ? 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