{"id":709102,"date":"2024-10-21T12:45:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T19:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcwatch&#038;p=709102"},"modified":"2024-10-21T14:40:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T21:40:17","slug":"a-walk-in-the-parks-with-a-gis-community","status":"publish","type":"arcwatch","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/a-walk-in-the-parks-with-a-gis-community","title":{"rendered":"A Walk in the Parks with a GIS Community"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9862,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10412,477202,485602],"tags":[195802,479512,347272,486382],"arcwatch_issues":[490522],"class_list":["post-709102","arcwatch","type-arcwatch","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcgis-pro","category-arcgis-storymaps","category-esri-community","tag-arcgis-monitor","tag-arcgis-pro-3-0","tag-arcgis-storymaps","tag-esri-community","arcwatch_issues-october-2024","arcwatch_sections-the-geospatial-report"],"acf":{"short_description":"A GIS administrator for Three Rivers Park District relies on Esri Community to assist other departments with their geospatial needs.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"At Gale Woods Farm\u2014a 410-acre working educational farm in the US city of Minnetrista, Minnesota\u2014visitors of all ages learn about agriculture, food production, and land stewardship by immersing themselves into the farm\u2019s daily doings.\r\n\r\nThe farm is one of several areas overseen by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threeriversparks.org\/\">Three Rivers Park District<\/a>, a Minnesota park system established in 1957 that promotes environmental stewardship via park-based recreation and education. The park system consists of more than 27,000 acres (109 square kilometers) of parks and trails in and around Hennepin County, Minnesota. With art parks, winter-sports hills, golf courses, nature centers, land restoration areas, and more, Three Rivers Park District manages a wide range of amenities that provide opportunities for deeper connections with nature and local communities."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":709142,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"As a GIS administrator for the district, Amanda Huber is part of a three-person team that assists various municipal departments\u2014such as planning, engineering, maintenance, forestry, water resources, and wildlife\u2014with their geospatial technology needs.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe wear a lot of hats,\u201d Huber said of the many complex tasks and responsibilities the GIS team takes on. These tasks include building and managing an interactive map of park trails as well as creating stories with <a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/\">ArcGIS StoryMaps<\/a> about features such as Gale Woods Farm.\r\n\r\nThis variety of responsibilities is represented by the many GIS technologies Huber has learned for her job\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-pro\/resources\">ArcGIS Pro<\/a>, ArcGIS StoryMaps, <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.arcgis.com\/en\/monitor\/\">ArcGIS Monitor<\/a>, and more."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":709192,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<strong>Esri Community Resources<\/strong>\r\n\r\nGiven the scope and complexity of Huber\u2019s work, it\u2019s no surprise that she often turns to <a href=\"https:\/\/community.esri.com\/\">Esri Community<\/a>, a global collaboration platform for ArcGIS users, with resources as well as answers to a variety of questions about GIS software.\r\n\r\nThis resource for information and collaboration is crucial to Huber\u2019s work\u2014partly because the GIS products that Huber creates and manages support the district\u2019s many stakeholders, including local residents.\r\n\r\n\u201cI learned about [Esri Community] as being a place to ask questions and learn more information,\u201d Huber said. \u201cIt\u2019s a very rich and robust database of user contributions.\u201d\r\n\r\nOther contributors\u2019 wide-ranging input has enabled Huber and the team to collect intelligence on new products they\u2019re thinking about adding to their stack.\r\n\r\n\u201cIf there\u2019s a GIS tool that your organization could benefit from, Esri Community is a great way to see what questions people are asking about it or ideas that are being submitted,\u201d Huber said. \u201cIt\u2019s a really great place to learn about those products from another person\u2019s perspective.\u201d\r\n\r\n<strong>ArcGIS Monitor 2023<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIn 2023, the GIS team members installed ArcGIS Monitor 2023 as part of the Esri product suite they use for the park system. ArcGIS Monitor\u2014which provides the team with usage and performance information in the <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.arcgis.com\/en\/\">ArcGIS Enterprise<\/a> environment, had recently undergone a significant update. Official documentation didn\u2019t always include information she needed, so Huber turned to <a href=\"https:\/\/community.esri.com\/\">Esri Community<\/a>.\r\n\r\nFortunately, other contributors had already published similar questions and answers about the updated software. Huber added perspective and data based on her own experience, and asked fresh questions such as whether there was a way to determine where alerts were coming from.\r\n\r\nEsri team members who are active in Esri Community addressed Huber\u2019s question and collected use-case details from Huber to add to the development backlog for future releases.\r\n\r\n<strong>A Space to Connect and Learn<\/strong>\r\n\r\nGiven Huber\u2019s embrace of the give-and-receive nature of Esri Community and her frequent participation in the platform, she was welcomed into the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.esri.com\/t5\/community-help-documents\/esri-community-mvp-program-about-amp-requirements\/ta-p\/1128084\">Esri Community MVP<\/a> (most valuable participant) program in 2024. But the community-building aspect of Esri Community is what leads Huber to think of her participation in the group as vital to her GIS work.\r\n\r\n\u201cSometimes students working on a school project don\u2019t know how to do something in GIS,\u201d Huber said. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s a professional who\u2019s in a position where they haven\u2019t worked with a certain product before. I feel as though I can help.\u201d\r\n\r\nFor example, Huber has encountered contributors who were migrating from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro. Because the district has made this transition, Huber can provide an experienced perspective.\r\n\r\nHuber also noted the welcoming character of Esri Community. Everyone is looking for answers, she said, and Esri Community is a place for GIS users to support one another.\r\n\r\n\u201cAnytime you have a question, obviously look it up and see if you can find it in the documentation first\u2014do your due diligence,\u201d Huber said. \u201cBut if you can\u2019t find that answer, ask the question. It doesn\u2019t hurt. 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