| 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | B West / 600 Corridor |
| 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Registration | B West / 600 Corridor |
| 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
GIS Solutions Expo
Meet with Esri partners and GIS vendors offering Esri-based products and services; network with other attendees; and discuss the latest GIS software, data, and services being offered.
| 601 / 603 / 605 / 607 |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. |
Technical Workshops | |
GIS in Utilities - Data in Utilities
Show Me the Edits - Empower Your Quality Assurance
Skye Perry, SSP Innovations, LLC
A common theme among GIS management is the need to control the data that is created or updated within their GIS. In this session we will review a tool that gives your QA/QC team total control and tracking capabilities of the edits that are made within each version in a geodatabase. It accomplishes this by analyzing a version before it has been posted to create a textual and graphical report of all edits (additions, changes, and deletions) that have occurred within the version. The edits can be reviewed in a tabular report, visualized on the map, saved for later use, exported, or even fed into third party QA/QC analysis tool. The functionality can be used manually by your QA team or even automated into a BRP service. The versioned edits can even be reviewed after the version has been posted. Whether your needs are data integrity, user management, or audit control, this tool will never leave you guessing who did what, when, and where.
Water Utility Assessment Strategies in GIS
Heather Schuchard, Mueller Water
Utilities face an aging inventory of underground infrastructure that is in need of repair or replacement. The importance of a sustainable utility infrastructure is directly dependent on consistent and maintained assets. For some utilities, maintaining and adapting to modern technology standards can be a challenge with integration into multiple CMMS applications and a stable and upgradeable GIS platform. This Presentation of GIS for Water Utilities will discuss strategies for building more Intelligence and Information into your Water Utilities GIS; Data-model design, Data Workflow, Field data collection, WEB-mapping and Analysis from an Assessment/Inspection perspective.
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Federal Government - Data Quality
Using Data Reviewer to Improve BLM Data Quality
Heather Fonda, United States Department of Interior - Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) comprises twelve states, each of which have deployed distinct methodologies for maintenance of spatial databases often times including differing database models for similar datasets. The BLM has been compiling National spatial datasets hosted at the National Operations Center (NOC). As these National Datasets were compiled, it became evident there were inconsistencies in data quality from each of the states. In order to address these data disparities, the BLM implemented Esri Data Reviewer tools, as well as ArcGIS Server web service technologies to identify and illustrate the quality issues to the originators of the data in the BLM states.
Datums and Tools to Connect Geospatial Data Accurately
Pamela Fromhertz, National Geodetic Survey, NOAA
Demands for accuracy are increasing and the use of geospatial technologies such as Geographical Information Systems (GIS) continue to rise. But how often do you have problems with data not aligning in your GIS? Knowing how your data is collected in terms of reference systems, coordinate systems, and datums, is growing more important to ensure your data layers do align properly.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) provides the basis for the critical geospatial infrastructure called the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) to ensure projects have the consistency and accuracy desired. The NSRS consists of the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83) and the North American Datum of 1988 (NAVD88).
Come hear about the differences in datums and why this is important in your work. There are several programs (DS-World, OPUS) that will be discussed along with planned replacements to both NAD83 and NAVD88.
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Esri Technical Session: ArcGIS Online - Best Practices for Publishing and Sharing
Dave Vaillancourt, Esri
Publishing and sharing layers and maps using ArcGIS Online are effective ways to provide broader access to your information and reach new audiences. This workshop will present a variety of techniques and considerations that will enable you to share your services, maps, and other items more effectively and present the best possible user experience for your target audience. Topics that will be covered include ArcGIS service considerations, including tips on how to publish easily shareable service; tips and techniques for adding and properly documenting shared items; creating "brand" and distinction for your authoritative content; enabling the best possible user experience with your data; and supporting broadest possible access and use scenarios.
| 705 / 707 |
Esri Technical Session: ArcGIS in the Cloud
Marwa Mabrouk, Esri
Cloud computing offers a wide variety of cloud types and cloud capabilities that can benefit spatial analysis. How can the spatial industry benefit from this variety to achieve the best value? How does cloud computing solve current problems and expand geospatial capabilities toward new frontiers? These are some of the questions that will be addressed in this presentation. Real-world problems that were solved using cloud computing will be offered as examples, in addition to some new ideas where some of the cloud's most recent features can be put to use.
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| 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Hands-on Learning Lab | |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Break located in GIS Solutions Expo | 601 / 603 / 605 / 607 |
| 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Technical Workshops | |
Emerging Technology and GIS in Utilities - Mobile Devices
Mobile Software to Make Inspections Easier in the Field
Mitch Tweedy, CompassTools Inc
Trimble Field Inspector solution is a robust handheld maintenance and inspection solution for optimizing utility field operations. Scalable and easy to deploy, the Trimble Field Inspector solution automates a wide variety of field applications for electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilitiesâfrom smart meter deployments to routine asset maintenance inspections. Come and learn how this solution connects your GIS and/or Asset Management system to the field.
| 704 / 706 |
Data Access for Decision Makers and the Public - Mapping New Data
Determining Valley Bottom / An Automated Approach
Michael Grieco, Allpoints GIS
The accurate definition and calculation of valley bottom are critical to key analyses - characterizing watersheds and ecosystems, assessing anthropogenic impacts, measuring ecological productivity and diversity, inventory and monitoring, estimating eco-value, and informing management decisions.
Working with USFS, Rocky Mountain Region, specialists from Allpoints GIS utilized Esri's ArcGIS ModelBuilder to automate a valley bottom calculation geared to glacial terrain while honoring known riparian habitats. The Valley Bottom model is part of a suite of models developed to automate ecologica lassessment considering various aquatic, riparian, wetland, and anthropogenic influences. The decision to use ModelBuilder supports the aim of a repeatable and defensible process that is easily documented and transferred.
This paper highlights the Valley Bottom calculation using the ModelBuilder methodology. Discussion of other calculations and methodologies is invited.
Mapping the Soils in Our National Parks
Troy Kashon, Colorado State University
The Soil Resources Program at Colorado State University provides invaluable soils information to the National Parks Service resource managers.
Park resource managers utilize these data in meeting their objectives of protecting and preserving their soil resources by making decisions on the placement of visitor centers, campgrounds, trails, and access roads.
The soil resources program data includes information about the soil physical, chemical, and biological properties. Thematic maps are created from these data sets via GIS and tabular analysis. These maps and reports provide visual representations of soil properties such as soil erosion, chemical (pH) and physical properties (organic matter) and carbon sequestration.
Soil Resources Program information also addresses a multitude of topics to include the impacts on soils from global climate change, methods that affect soil degradation and research on soil preservation and soil sustainability.
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Improving Decisions with GIS Technology - Emergency Response
Emergency GIS Response in the City of Boulder
Kip White, City of Boulder Information Technology
This presentation traces the development of a portable GIS designed for wildland fire response beginning in 2003 with the Overland Fire up to 2012 with the Flagstaff Fire. The presentation looks at becoming equipped and trained both for the GIS responder and for the Incident Commander. From an initial "one exhausted guy and a laptop", the concept has matured into a 4 person GISS section included in the recently certified Boulder County Incident Management Team Type III with tight integration into the City/County Emergency Operations Center and a view of All Hazards response. The presentation includes a display of the City's GIS response kit including "initial attack" Topo maps, multiple computers, attached storage, MiFi 4G network, printers, projector and office supplies.
Phase II Wireless 9-1-1 Call Accuracy Testing
David Beard, 911 Solutions, Inc.
Do you know what happens when you dial 9-1-1 from your cell phone? Is the 9-1-1 Center receiving correct coordinates? Are all the cell towers providing the proper Phase of cell service, i.e., Phase II compliance? Did you know the FCC has mandated certain accuracy standards for wireless carriers to meet in regards to these coordinates?
We will explain the history of 911 wireless calls, how they are currently being routed and what call takers see on their monitor. We will describe the benefits of wireless accuracy testing and define what information is necessary to get started. We will explain what processes and equipment we use for collecting wireless 9-1-1 call data and how we use ArcGIS as a central data repository for call accuracy statistics, accurate coordinates of the caller and cell towers locations, and as an analysis tool to determine proper cell tower sector assignments.
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Esri Technical Session: Using ArcGIS for Server in the Amazon Cloud
Marwa Mabrouk, Esri
Join this session to learn how to leverage the Amazon cloud with ArcGIS for Server. You will learn how to set up ArcGIS for Server in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, typical deployment patterns, and workflows. We will also discuss how to estimate costs for your ArcGIS for Server deployment in Amazon and present several projects running ArcGIS for Server in the Amazon cloud.
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| 710 / 712 |
| 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Hosted Lunch | Events Center |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Technical Workshops | |
Planning for Societal GIS - Social and Historical GIS
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and its Applications for Social Work Practice
Gokul Mandayam, University of Southern California School of Social Work
The social work profession has been slow to adopt and incorporate geographic information systems (GIS) as a tool for practice and research (Hillier, 2007), despite its distinguishing characteristic of location oriented service provision. The literature reveals several examples of GIS usage in social work contexts. As early as 1895, Jane Addams and fellow residents of Chicago's Hull House created maps of households residing in the surrounding areas and their socio-demographic characteristics such as nationalities and wages (Addams et al., 2007). Since then, GIS-generated analytical maps have been used to further the understanding of a broad range of societal issues including child welfare, aging, homelessness, crime, etc. This presentation will provide a practical insight regarding the utility of GIS technology applications for social work practice in the real world. Examples include a program evaluation project that incorporated geo-coding techniques to map community assets and risks within a two mile radius.
Change in Globeville - Mapping the Story of a Neighborhood
Sylvia Brady, University of Denver
During the 1950s and 60s, the construction of two interstate highways converged in the Globeville neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. These interstates had a large impact on the neighborhood's physical and social structures. We built an interactive web mapping application to document these neighborhood changes. The web map presents a narrative of neighborhood transition and allows users to easily engage and explore spatially and historically contextualized information. The web map gives the audience the ability to step through a series of historic aerial photographs that show the major changes wrought on the built environment by highway construction. Narrative text, photographs, contemporaneous news articles, and map data show the effects of highway construction on the citizens of Globeville. The data visualization is especially relevant to the current citizens of Globeville as new highway expansion is being planned, giving local citizens and decision makers the opportunity to learn from the past.
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WEB - Mobile and the Web
Overcoming Challenges in Managing Esri-based Mobile & WebGIS Applications
Scott Stafford-Veale, Latitude Geographics
Since the arrival of Google Maps, the bar for web-based GIS and mapping applications has risen dramatically. End-users recognized the power and efficacy of simple applications to help them 'get things done' contrasted to traditionally complex GIS applications. The majority of today's web-based applications are still custom built and have not changed significantly since before the rise of importance of Google Maps. This approach however, is not necessarily efficient or effective to the way end-users expect to interact with web-GIS applications today.
Based on the premise that the majority of end-users are more likely to be successful with a simple application, more and more organizations are attempting to build targeted, purpose-specific applications that accomplish specific objectives using simple, uncluttered interfaces combined with Workflows within the application that closely align to specific business process.
This presentation will introduce the concept of a Spatial Application Infrastructure (SAI), a more efficient way to build, deploy and maintain cross-platform mapping applications that specifically meet the business workflow requirements of end-users. This session will also explore the benefits of using an SAI and a live demonstration of building simple and elegant applications using ArcGIS Server and Geocortex software.
Web Based Water Meter Reading and Geospatial Billing
Paul Bailey, Global Water FATHOM
Global Water owns and operates 12 water and wastewater utilities within Arizona and is one of the world's leading innovators in total water management. Through multiâmillion dollar investments in people, processes, and technology, Global Water utilities are some of the greenest, most efficient operations anywhere. As current economic conditions demand utility providers do more with less, Global Water is utilizing proven, integrated costâsaving platforms.
FATHOM U2U is the Global Water online utility portal for read management of fixed network advanced metering infrastructure. U2U is built upon the Esri ArcGIS environment and is fully integrated with all other FATHOM platforms. This portal provides geospatially located information about the system including advanced analytic functionality incorporating updates to usage data every hour every day for every customer.
U2You is the Global Water online customer care portal and is fully integrated with other FATHOM platforms. A customer has the option to review bills and check consumption and transaction history. In addition Global Water provides FATHOM Mobile, the smartphone application. FATHOM Mobile puts data in the hands of customers and makes it easy to look up a bill, check account balances, and pay a bill by check or credit card.
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Customizing and Extending Technology - Customizing and Extending GIS Technology
Customizing and Building Tools for ArcGIS Explorer Desktop
Davd Haines, Boulder County Land Use
For years, the Boulder County Land Use Department has used a custom toolbar in ArcMap to help Land Use staff add data, query databases, and generate reports. A majority of the code for the toolbar was written when ArcMap was first adopted by the county in the early 2000's. The code is written in VBA. Since ArcGIS 10.1 will no longer support VBA, a replacement is needed. After careful consideration, it was decided that tools would be built upon ArcGIS Explorer Desktop. Over the course of a year replacement tools were developed and new functionality added. Staff can now search the permit application tracking database, content management system, and conduct sophisticated neighborhood-based analysis all with a customized ArcGIS Explorer Desktop configuration. This presentation will go over how the decision was made, and the tools have been developed will be described and demonstrated.
Getting Started with Python Programming
David Allen, City of Euless
Python has become the programming language of choice for ArcGIS, and if you haven't worked with it before now's your chance to kick-start that process. This presentation will show some Python basics, explain the syntax used in Python programming, and demonstrate the creation and use of Python scripts both inside ArcGIS and ModelBuilder and as stand-alone programs.
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Esri Technical Session: Managing Imagery and Raster Data Using Mosaic Datasets
Mark Romero, Esri
The mosaic dataset is a data model for quickly cataloging and processing imagery and raster data. Mosaic datasets can handle both simple processed images and complex imagery directly from sensors. They're designed for fast display, image processing, easy updating, and publishing. This session will teach you how to manage your collections of raster and image data by introducing you to the mosaic dataset and the recommended workflows for building it.
| 710 / 712 |
| 2:15 p.m. – 2:45 a.m. | Break located in GIS Solutions Expo | 601 / 603 / 605 / 607 |
| 2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Technical Workshops | |
Integration of GIS with Organizational Systems - Special District Boundaries and Roadway Data Models
Using GIS to Create, Visualize, Maintain, and Improve Quality of Special District Boundaries for Assessment Purposes
Rachel Parrinello and Brooke Colvin, Boulder County Assessor's Office
The Boulder County, Colorado Assessor's Office GIS group uses ArcGIS software to create, visualize, maintain, and quality-check our special district boundaries for assessment purposes. We want to share how we have used GIS to go beyond our statutory requirement to maintain tabular tax district data within the assessment role. Continual maintenance and improvement of GIS special district layers allow our staff the ability to quickly query and share district data with our partners in the taxing districts themselves and work as partners to improve the quality of special district data, recognizing patterns for further research. We will briefly discuss the 'life cycle' of a special district, how state statute governs the assessor's role in the process; and discuss how GIS layers related to special district data may be used outside of property assessment and taxation purposes. We will share some insights and lessons learned from our work related to special districts in our county, how GIS has been instrumental in our work, and where we hope to take this into the future. This presentation addresses professional knowledge and technical aspects (GIS, data model, data mining) related to tax district maintenance within the assessment database, from the perspective of a GIS Specialist.
The Denver/Boulder Roadway Data Model: A Custom Implementation of the Roads and Highways Solution
Paul Tessar, DenverGIS
The City and County of Denver, Colorado has been working with regional local governments to improve the management of roadway data so that data holdings can better serve the needs of the City as well as the Denver regional community. Participants in this project include Boulder County and the Cities of Boulder, Longmont and Erie, as well as the Boulder Regional Emergency Telephone Service Agency. J. 'Al' Butler has served as the Data Architect for the customized development of a Regional Transportation Geodatabase Model built upon the foundation of the Esri Roads and Highways solution.
A key area for improvement has been the management of roads and their associated assets using linear referencing to better integrate and support the wide variety of business systems that leverage roadway information. Following extensive research and analysis, the City determined that the best starting point was to pattern their data model after the best practices outlined in Designing Geodatabases for Transportation by J. Allison Butler (Esri Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-58948-164-0). The data modeling and database maintenance paradigms were then validated by participating in the Esri Roads and Highways solution beta release program. This product, an LRS-based highway data management solution from Esri, provided tools to help test the data model while refining the data maintenance rules. Participation in the software product's beta program gave the City and Boulder County valuable insight into the software capabilities while simultaneously providing Esri with critical feedback to improve the product.
This presentation will discuss the design of the Roads and Highways data model, including custom components built upon the Roads and Highways extensible architecture, as it has been completed in the Denver metro area. We will also discuss the current status of the ongoing project to implement the model utilizing COTS, custom tools that are being employed or are in development and integration with a variety of COTS business systems including:
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Accela-Permitting System
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Cityworks-Asset Management
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CrashMagic-Traffic Safety
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CDOT HUTF-Highway Users Tax Fund
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Pontis-Bridge Information System
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TriTech-Computer Aided Dispatch
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Planning with GIS - GIS Support for Planning
Park Atlas: A GIS Based Support System for Planning
Nell Conti, National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is currently undergoing an ambitious effort to create a foundation for management and planning, known as a Foundation Document, for every national park unit by the year 2016. In order to better integrate spatial data into the foundation process and all levels of park planning, the NPS has developed a Park Atlas concept that will accompany each park's Foundation Document. The park atlas covers a range of data gathering, data management, cartography, and web-mapping activities that serve as a cohesive GIS-based planning support system. The concept involves the design of a thematic paper map atlas and complementary web-based mapping site for an individual park highlighting several resource and management themes. Utilizing ArcGIS for Server, ArcGIS Online, and proprietary web-based mapping software, the atlas can be utilized by internal staff and the general public.
GIS Support to SCORE
Barbara Morey, Jefferson County
This presentation will describe the GIS processing and workflow involved in providing updates to the State Colorado Registration and Elections (SCORE) system. SCORE is a database, software, and user interface. It was implemented to support the Help Americans Vote Act of 2002. It provides an audit capability and standardization of voter registration and ballot styles. All counties in Colorado are required to use it. It is however a manual system. Jefferson County Colorado averages 150 updates per month which is manageable using a manual system. The 2010 census and subsequent reapportionment, redistricting, and changes to voter precincts caused significant changes. Nearly all of the ~400,000 registered voter records required an update. Approximately one month was available to perform the updates because the final decision on redistricting by the State Supreme Court was not available until mid December and the updates had to be completed 30 days prior to the February caucus. GIS played a key factor in meeting the deadline. Jefferson County collaborated with the Secretary of State's office to develop, test and implement an import process to update SCORE within the tight time constraints. The state provided a schema which, using SQL programming and GIS processing, Jefferson County was able to match. The resulting flat file was provided to the state for import into the SCORE system avoiding the bulk of the manual effort. A similar process was used by Adams, Denver, El Paso, Las Animas, Mesa and Pueblo counties.
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Esri Technical Session: ArcGIS for Water Utilities
Jason Channin, Esri
ArcGIS for Water Utilities is a collection of maps and applications packaged for the ArcGIS platform. It is designed to meet common needs of water, wastewater, and storm water utilities. During this workshop, we will explore various components of the Local Government Information Model as well as the many map and application templates available to support the five patterns of successful GIS implementation.
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Esri Technical Session: Building Mobile Applications with ArcGIS API for JavaScript
Andy Gup, Esri
In this session, we'll explore patterns for building mobile web mapping applications using the ArcGIS API for JavaScript Compact Build. We'll look at several of the major mobile JavaScript frameworks and give tips on how to use them to build mapping applications that look and act as if they are native. Topics will include performance and connectivity considerations, as well as handling gestures, events, view transitions, and orientation changes.
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Esri Technical Session: 3D Analyst Lidar Solutions
Dave Vaillancourt, Esri
This workshop will outline common lidar processing tasks and workflows. It will show how ArcGIS can be used to manage large lidar point collections and demonstrate approaches to mining information from them. Topics include assessing lidar point coverage and sample density, creation of digital elevation models (DEM)/ digital surface models (DSM), forest canopy density and height estimation, intensity image creation, noise reduction for contouring and slope analysis, and floodplain delineation.
| 710 / 712 |
| 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. |
Southwest User Conference Party
Enjoy this time at the Southwest User Conference Party, held at the Wynkoop. Catch up with old friends and meet new ones. Take the opportunity to build relationships and create a valuable network of fellow GIS users. Name badges are required for entry into the party.
| Wynkoop Brewing Company |