Mapping the Bay

              BayGeo is an organization of mapping professionals in the San Francisco Bay Region. Our mission is to lead, mobilize, and engage users of geospatial technology and map enthusiasts in the Bay Area.      

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Get your tickets here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/baygeos-2015-holiday-geomixer-tickets-19452384606

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“Interestingly, I have found that joy and fulfillment are intricately tied to doing something meaningful beyond our own self-interest.” Words of wisdom from Bay Area mapping guru Becky Morton. 

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Location and Context World is the meeting place for innovators driving the new revolution of personalized services, proximity and beacons and the future of privacy.

Join the Location and Context World Conference November 3rd and 4th in Palo Alto

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GIS DAY 2015

Where will you be for GIS Day, November 18th? The Bay Area has a strong line-up this year, no matter your location!

North Bay GIS @ 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Santa Rose

Stanford University @ 9:30 am - 7:00 pm Palo Alto

University of California, Berkeley @ 5:00 - 8:30 pm in Berkeley

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Tesla is mapping out every lane on Earth to guide self-driving cars

One of the new features of Autopilot: Tesla is creating high-precision digital maps of the Earth using GPS.

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Google Earth Engine at AGU Workshop 2015

Apply to attend the workshop by November 1st!

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Spot the city skyline - quiz

Test your knowledge of the world's great cities. Can you identify these places from the silhouettes of their biggest and most notable landmarks?

Are you a skyline guru?

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New Map Charts Changing Landscape for Arts in Bay Area

With the rising cost of living in the Bay Area, arts organizations across the region have been forced to leave their premises in search of more cost-effective space. Our user-friendly graphic captures KQED’s ongoing coverage of the impact of the tough economy on the Bay Area’s arts organizations.

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June 27 – July 1, 2016 | San Diego Convention Center

Abstract deadline is October 30, 2015 

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Mapping the shocking spread of S.F.’s million-dollar homes

Mapping the shocking spread of S.F.’s million-dollar homes The price spikes are dramatic, and none is more emblematic than formerly sleepy Bernal Heights. Bernal Heights real estate specialist Jennifer Burden says, You really can’t find a house (in Bernal) under $1 million. In all of San Francisco, according to McLaughlin’s study, more than 63 percent of homes (including condos and town houses) are valued at $1 million or more. [...] things aren’t much better at the upper end, where even families making a solid six-figure income are finding that the market is running away from them. Some of the other neighborhoods seeing steep climbs — to the point where virtually every house is a $1 million home — include the Inner Sunset (31 percent to 96 percent) and Central Richmond (45 percent to 96 percent). The homes are certainly nice enough, and McLaughlin says the Sunset and Richmond areas are seen as kid- and family-friendly. [...] when you think about spending seven figures for a new home, you were probably imagining something more than, as Burden says, “two bedrooms and a bath.” You can probably guess what’s driving the market up — tech money — but it’s worthwhile to walk through the progression. [...] Burden says, the market began to push urban professionals out of family-friendly places like nearby Noe Valley, where 95 percent of the homes top the $1 million mark. “A lot of people who used to buy homes in Noe Valley — doctors and lawyers — got priced out of it,” Burden said. Tech types from the likes of Google, Apple and Facebook appreciate the idea of living in the city, but having a straight shot to Silicon Valley on the freeway is a bonus. Or, Castaldini says, they have enough stock options for collateral that allow them to pre-qualify for a loan well above the asking price. No wonder home prices are shooting up. [...] I’m not. People tell her they won’t be able to live in a place as nice as the home where they grew up. “You feel that kind of sadness when you are showing them around,” Burden said. Because you know their quality of life is going to be different than their parents.

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This is one of six gorgeous star maps created by Ignace Gaston Pardies in the 17th century. For eons before this French mapmaker's time, people across the world looked to the heavens and saw all sorts of creatures and gods staring back from the firmament.

(Courtesy of the David Rumsey Map Collection)

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Read how one local retiree uses his newly found free time to serve the world at large:

“...some parts of the world are barely mapped at all. My guess is that the most underserved 5% to 10% of the world’s population lives in these unmapped areas--places with weak governments and bad roads.

When disaster strikes and relief organizations go in, they need maps for planning. “