The BAAMA Journal is a biannual publication that serves to highlight San Francisco Bay Area geospatial people, technology, applications, projects, and maps!
Volume 5, Issue 2 - Fall 2011
Low Resolution (PDF, 150dpi, 8.12 MB)
High Resolution (PDF, 300 dpi, 23.75 MB)
In this issue:
- Successful Collaboration Between Government, Education and Private Sector Leads to Updated DFIRMS for San Francisco and Marin Peninsulas, By EarthEye
- Best Business Practices for Geospatial Companies, Academia, and Government, By 3K3 LLC
- Mapping Invasive Plant Ranges in California: An Innovative Combination of Quantitative and Qualitative Data, By Cal-IPC
- Where in the Bay Area
We are also very excited to debut...
The BAAMA Journal Map Gallery Enjoy beautiful work by Bay Area cartographers
Contact editor@baama.org to contribute an article or volunteer to help!
For past issues and submission guidelines, please see below.
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The BAAMA Journal welcomes your active participation
If you are interested in writing an article or column, being interviewed or having your project featured, laying out an issue, advertising your companies services, or sending us feedback on what you've read in the Journal, please email editor@baama.org.
The BAAMA Journal Guiding Principles:
1. To highlight innovative Bay Area-centric geospatial projects and practitioners.
2. To serve the professional GIS community of the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
3. To provide timely, informative and relevant content of a moderately-technical nature; and
4. To engage and entertain the readership with lively, well-written and well-edited content.
Submission deadlines for all articles, maps, graphics and advertisements:
Spring Issue – March 1
Fall Issue – October 1
Article Submission Guidelines:
1. Articles must be about a Bay Area project, entity, person, or experience.
2. Technical articles should present a creative or innovative use of geospatial data or technology.
3. Articles that present a business problem must clearly identify the role and value derived from geospatial data/technology.
4. Articles should be between 500-2000 words.
5. While unsolicited articles are welcome, we encourage the submittal of an abstract of the article for editorial review before submitting a final draft.
6. Greyscale or color graphics are acceptable. Files can be submitted in the following formats: Native Adobe Application Files in PC format, High Resolution (recommended 300 dpi) .JPG, .TIF, .EPS, or .PDF. File color must be CMYK.
7. Neither Project award announcements, nor new product announcements will be accepted.
8. Jobs/promotional announcements will not be accepted.
Map Gallery Submission Guidelines:
1. Maps must be authored by a Bay Area resident or feature a Bay Area location.
2. Maps may be larger than 8.5x11 inches but will most likely be scaled down. Outstanding maps may be published at approximately 11x17 inches.
3. Greyscale or color graphics are acceptable. File color must be CMYK.
4. Files can be submitted in the following formats: Native Adobe Application Files in PC format, High Resolution (recommended 300 dpi) .JPG, .TIF, .EPS, or .PDF
5. File size should be under 5 MB (exceptions are possible on a case-by-case basis)
Past BAAMA Journal Issues
Volume 5, Issue 1 - Spring 2011
Low Resolution (PDF, 150dpi, 5.6MB)
High Resolution (PDF, 300 dpi, 16 MB)
IN THIS ISSUE:
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Building Virtual San Francisco: Growing Up With GIS
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DPW Uses LiDAR DEM and a Custom Algorithm for Delineating Drainage Catchments and Hydrologic Modeling
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Preparing Historical Aerial Imagery of Southern California Deserts for use in LADWP's GIS
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Where in the Bay Area
Volume 4, Issue 2 - Fall 2010 (PDF, 150dpi, 5 MB)
High Resolution (PDF, 300 dpi, 14 MB).
IN THIS ISSUE:
- Summer in the Gulf: Cal Fire and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response
- Fugro Maps the West Coast: A Seamless Dataset of the Land/Sea Interface along the Coastline
- NASA Ames Research Center ‘DEVELOP’ Program
- Interview with Kass Green, President of Kass Green & Associates
- Winners of the 2010 BAAMA Educational Scholarship
Volume 4, Issue 1 - Spring 2010 (PDF, 150dpi, 1.4 MB)
High Resolution (PDF, 300 dpi, 5.3 MB).
IN THIS ISSUE:
- An Anonymous Map Helped Me Find Home
- The Middle Way: How Bay Area thinking impacts spatial people
- 2010 BAAMA Educational Scholarship.
- Where in the Bay Area?
Volume 3, Issue 1 - Spring 2009 (PDF, 150dpi, 3.6 MB)
High Resolution (PDF, 300 dpi, 12.3 MB).
IN THIS ISSUE:
- Broad Use of Digital Parcel Maps and Property Tax Revenue Growth
- GIS Education Around the Bay Area: Santa Rosa Junior College
- Where in the Bay Area?
- Announcing the BAAMA Educational Scholarship Winner
Volume 2, Issue 2 - Fall 2008 (PDF, 150dpi, 2.7 MB)
High Resolution (PDF, 300 dpi, 30 MB).
IN THIS ISSUE:
IMMERSIVE 3D SIMULATOR-BASED GIS: SHARING THE 3D EXPERIENCE
By Brian Quinn .......................................................................................... 3
CALIFORNIA BROADBAND TASK FORCE: MAPPING THE STATE OF CONNECTIVITY
By Malcolm Adkins ..................................................................................... 5
MIGRATING TO NEW WEB-BASED GEO-TECHNOLOGIES FOR FOREST MONITORING IN THE BAY AREA
By Maggi Kelly, John Connors, and Shufei Lei .................................................. 7
GIS EDUCATION AROUND THE BAY AREA: SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE INSTITUTE FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE
By Jerry Davis, Barry Nickel, and Anne McTavish ............................................ 15
ANNOUNCING BAAMA'S 2009 EDUCATIONAL AWARD ........................................ 14
Volume 2, Issue 1 - April 2008 ( PDF, 150dpi, 1.7 MB)
High Resolution (PDF, 300 dpi, 22.2 MB).
IN THIS ISSUE:
- Is GIS a Dead-End Field? How a Bay Area Cemetery is at the Forefront of the Green Burial Movement ............................ 3
- The California Environmental Health Tracking Program: New Online GIS Tools for Investigating Diseases and the Environment .......................................... 5
- K-12 Geo Education Takes an Eco-Tour Turn in Berkeley ... 7
- GIS Education Around The Bay Area: City College of San Francisco ................................................ 11
- Winners of BAAMA's Educational Scholarship ............. 9
Volume 1, Issue 2 - November 2007 (PDF, 150dpi, 2.53 MB)
High Resolution (PDF, 300 dpi, 16.0 MB).
IN THIS ISSUE:
LOGGING URBAN TREES IN SAN FRANCISCO (ONLINE, THAT IS) ........................ 2
DEVELOPING A MASTER ADDRESS DATABASE AND MASHING IT
UP USING PICTOMETRY OBLIQUES AND MS VIRTUAL EARTH ............................. 3
2007 GEOSPATIAL CONFERENCE ROUND UP: THE BAY AREA AND BEYOND! ...... ... 7
GIS EDUCATION AROUND THE BAY AREA: SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY ............ 13
BAAMA'S VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE .............................................................. 12
WHERE IN THE BAY AREA? ....................................................................... 15
Volume 1, Issue 1 - APRIL 2007 (PDF, 3.2 MB).
IN THIS ISSUE:
THE FREEWAY SERVICE PATROL OF THE 21ST CENTURY ......... 2
ASSURING PUBLIC ACCESS TO PUBLIC GEOSPATIAL DATA: THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY CASE ..... 4
GET OUTSIDE WITH GEOCACHING! ..... 7
GIS EDUCATION AROUND THE BAY AREA: DIABLO VALLEY COLLEGE ................ 11
WINNERS OF BAAMA’S EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP .. 14
WHERE IN THE BAY AREA? ......... 15