Welcome to the Kern County GIS Task Force!

GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems, a technology used to view and analyze our world from a visual perspective.

The Kern County GIS Task Force was formed in 2006 by the Kern County Network for Children (KCNC) to plan and implement a coordinated effort to regularly analyze the social conditions in Kern County using Geographic Information Systems. As partners, agency representatives from the GIS Task Force assist the KCNC Governing Board in making integrated, data-driven decisions benefitting the health and well being of children and their families through:

  • Dissemination of data and data products
  • Education and outreach
  • Adoption of standards
  • Building partnerships

Please join us for bi-monthly GIS Task Force meetings hosted by the Kern County Network for Children! During each meeting we will showcase a family service agency or organization currently using GIS tools in their program planning and decision making. We will discuss on-going issues and tools (access to data, confidentiality, beginning GIS work, etc.) and understand and explore GIS service possibilities for Kern County.

What's New

At the meeting in February 2009, Kirt Emery, Department of Public Health, was introduced as the new co-chair of the GIS Task Force along with Mike Pilley from teh Department of Human Services. Avtar Nijjer-Sidhu from Department of Public Health presented on the status of the GIS Task Force Community Wellness mapping project. Kirt Emery delivered a presentation on the accessibility and quality of brith data from public records for GIS mapping.

Meeting Location

The Dream Center
1212 18th Street
Bakersfield, CA

2009 Meeting Schedule

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

GIS Recommended Websites & Readings

  • County maps and community level data are now available on foster care and child abuse at the California Department of Social Services/UC Berkeley website.
  • Central Cal URISA
  • Using GIS to Better Serve Children
  • The California Spatial Information Library
  • GIS Lounge
  • California Nutrition Network (CNN) - GIS Map Viewer Nutrition and other health related data, including CNN Nutrition grantees
  • Peabody’s Census Information Page


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