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Local GIS Link Spring 2007
Welcome to Local GIS Link, a quarterly ESRI newsletter that provides you with up-to-date information on GIS and local government. In This Issue
Call for Case Studies GIS for Decision Support in Public Policy Making Elections Case Studies/Screen Shots Special ESRI UC Info! New Sessions at the 2007 ESRI International User Conference Special Interest Groups, Summits, and Events Visit ESRI at Upcoming Events! Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Special Interest Group The 2010 census has begun! The highest elected officials of each state, local government, and federally recognized American Indian tribe have received their invitation to take what is probably the most important step they can to ensure a complete enumeration of their community—participation in the LUCA program. LUCA participants have the opportunity to review the Census Bureau's confidential list of addresses for their community and provide updates to the addresses and associated spatial data. Because the Census Bureau is providing a number of options for digital participation in LUCA, GIS practitioners can be vital contributors to this local effort. This two-hour session will include a description of the LUCA program's benefits to participating governments and a walk-through by Census Bureau experts on the ins and outs of the program. ESRI experts will demonstrate an application the company will distribute without charge to its customers for use in the LUCA review and update processes. Public Works Special Interest Group The Public Works Special Interest Group (SIG) will hold its first meeting, Tuesday, June 19, in San Diego, California. Membership is open to all ESRI users, user organizations, and business partners. Join the Public Works SIG. Cadastral Special Interest Group Last year's cadastral SIG meeting was a strong beginning. Now continue sharing your successes at the 2007 cadastral SIG meeting. The group will meet on Tuesday, June 19. Sidwell will be sponsoring the event. Register for the Cadastral SIG. Fifth Annual Survey & Engineering GIS Summit Both the surveying and engineering industries rely on geographic data, making GIS technology a valuable resource. The 2007 Survey & Engineering GIS Summit is an opportunity for engineers, surveyors, and GIS professionals to learn about the most current applications and solutions. For more information, visit www.esri.com/surveysummit or e-mail surveysummit@esri.com. Grants and Training Early Adopter Program Grants No-Cost Live Training Seminars Take your GIS skills to the next level through ESRI Training and Education. Software News ArcGIS for AutoCAD 1.0 is now available for customer download. ArcGIS for AutoCAD is a no-cost application that installs on top of AutoCAD 2007 and provides access to ArcGIS Server map services. ArcGIS for AutoCAD provides access to every GIS vector, raster, and image format supported by ArcGIS Server through this map service view, without the need for special data connections, symbology mapping, conversion, or translation. The ArcGIS Server map service object that is created and added to your AutoCAD drawing provides access to cartographic GIS work products that may be the results of powerful ArcGIS analysis. Advanced cartography, sophisticated data management, and the benefit of the world-class GIS analysis are now all passed through this map service image object. ArcGIS for AutoCAD dynamically displays the most current versions of the included map services. The coordinates of the map services are tied to those of the AutoCAD drawing. The standard pan/zoom operations of AutoCAD also control the current visible portion of the map service to deliver functionality like scale-dependent display. Direct access to the GIS feature attributes is provided through the included IDENTIFY tool. Case Study GIS Helps Americus Quickly Respond to Tornado Damage On Thursday, March 1, 2007, at 9:15 p.m., tornado warnings began when a tornado was spotted just east of town. According to an old Indian tale, Americus, Georgia, could never be hit by a tornado because it's on a hill. As I sat casually on my sofa watching the news and talking to my daughter on my cell phone, the air became suddenly very still and hot, the lights flickered once or twice, and then I heard it—the train. Immediately after hearing that eerie sound, everything went black . . . To read more click here. ESRI Employment Opportunities Consultant/Project Manager—Local Government Engineering Industry Marketing Specialist Search for additional employment opportunities on the ESRI government team by clicking here. Search for more employment opportunities with ESRI at http://careers.esri.com. |
