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State GIS Solutions Fall 2007
Welcome to the fourth edition of State GIS Solutions, a quarterly ESRI newsletter to keep you informed about GIS and state government news. In This Issue
Call for Case Studies and Screen Shots GIS for Decision Support in Public Policy Making Mapping for State Government If you would like your state to be featured in the book and be recognized as a leader in the geospatial industry, please share some of your case studies with us. You will need to contact Chris Thomas or Nancy Sappington no later than November 15, 2007, to discuss your contribution. ESRI UC 2008 User Presentations for the 2008 ESRI User
Conference Submit an abstract for possible presentation at the 2008 ESRI International User Conference (ESRI UC), August 4-8, 2008, in San Diego, California. The ESRI UC is the largest GIS conference in the world. ESRI GIS users will be interested in learning about your GIS successes, innovations, and solutions for meeting your organization's GIS challenges. Share your knowledge and communicate your insights directly to this respected audience. Presenting a paper enables you to
To submit your abstract, visit www.esri.com/uc. Save the Date! Special Interest Groups, Summits, and Events Council of State Governments' 2007 Annual State Trends
and Leadership Forum State leaders from across the country and from all three branches of government will gather at this event to discuss today's critical issues such as state pre-K programming, public safety, solar energy, health IT, and the graying of America. Visit www.csg.org for more information. 2008
ESRI Survey & Engineering GIS Summit GIS technology is breaking past traditional professional boundaries and building new opportunities for surveyors and engineers. Whether enhancing core business practices or expanding capabilities in the field, the technology is shaping the future. Join more than 400 surveyors, engineers, and GIS professionals at the 2008 ESRI Survey & Engineering GIS Summit as they explore the latest developments in the industries. Registration for the 2008 summit opens this December. Get more information and view this year's conference proceedings at www.esri.com/surveyengsummit. Visit ESRI at more upcoming Grants and Training ESRI Grant Assistance Program Provides Complimentary
Support to Government No-Cost Live Training Seminars Take your GIS skills to the next level through ESRI Training and Education. Software News Microsoft Windows Installer Technology and
ArcGIS Think-Sketch-Share To learn more, read ESRI and Wacom: Partners in Idea Transformation. Introducing Census Tools for ArcGIS Accurate census data is important in apportioning seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, allocating federal monies to state and local governments, and helping communities plan for future needs. As a state, local, or tribal government employee, you have the opportunity to share your knowledge with the U.S. Census Bureau to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the 2010 Census. Census Tools for ArcGIS is a no-cost add-on from ESRI that supports local governments participating in the Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) and Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) programs for the 2010 Census. The add-on gives you the data and tools you need to review and update the Census Bureau Master Address File (MAF) in an ArcGIS environment, providing an effective, more familiar method to produce these Census Bureau-defined datasets. Jointly developed by ESRI and Citygate GIS LLC, Census Tools for ArcGIS provides functionality that takes into consideration Census Bureau business rules. Using Census Tools for ArcGIS, you can read spatial data from the Census Bureau in shapefile format, perform census-specific workflow tasks, and output a revised shapefile compliant with Census Bureau standards. Census Tools for ArcGIS requires ArcGIS Desktop and is expected to be available for download from the ESRI Web site in October 2007. For more information, visit www.esri.com/censustools. ArcGIS
Survey Analyst 9.2 Offers a Survey-Based Approach to Land
Information Management New parcel editing tools make the latest version of ESRI's ArcGIS Survey Analyst with Cadastral Editor the most comprehensive release yet. The application's new capabilities enable users to record and maintain survey data and continuous parcel layers as elements that are part of an integrated dataset and data model, called the cadastral fabric. This extension is available as part of ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 3. Evaluate now. Learn more: ArcGIS Survey Analyst [PDF-745 KB] Industry News Discover How GIS Technology Is Building New
Opportunities for Surveyors Chas.
H. Sells, Inc., Earns Top Honors for Innovative Use of GIS
Technology New White Paper Available Case Study GIS Eliminates Data Update Disruptions in Vermont's
9-1-1 System Locating callers on a map is an imperative rather than a luxury for first responders of 9-1-1 agencies. In the state of Vermont, hilly terrain and a tourism-based economy present unique challenges when locating callers who are often nomadic and could be using mobile, land line, or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phones to contact 9-1-1. As part of a comprehensive request for proposal in 2006, Vermont sought to enhance all aspects of its 9-1-1 system. Once the new, high-speed IP data network was in place for the state, sharing resources, such as the GIS database management system (DBMS) over the network of 10 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) - communications centers responsible for answering 9-1-1 calls - meant fundamental changes in how the 9-1-1 system operated. It also meant Vermont could ensure that accurate and up-to-date GIS data was transmitted to the 36 call takers' map displays efficiently and without interruption to the 9-1-1 system. Read more case studies. ESRI Employment Opportunities Engineering
Industry Marketing Specialist Community
Development Industry Manager Industry
Marketing Coordinator (reference code
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