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NGIS, Nevada Geographic Information Society
P.O. Box 7224
Reno, Nevada 89510
Welcome to Beautiful Lake Tahoe!
As President of NGIS, I have the honor and opportunity to welcome you all to the 25th Annual Nevada State GIS Conference. However, I am only one person representing a fantastic and dedicated team of volunteers that have worked tirelessly to plan, organize, and execute a truly great showcase for you over the next few days.
As most of you are aware, NGIS is celebrating our 25th year! This is a tremendous mile-stone for our organization and for us as GIS practitioners and spatial data stewards for Nevada. I would be remiss if we did not take the time to thank and acknowledge those GIS pioneers that met at the Ormsby House in Carson City Nevada over a quarter of a century ago. Thanks to their vision and hard work we have what I believe to be a premier and professional organization. In fact, several of those indi-viduals that were involved with that first NGIS meeting are still very active and involved today. We thank you all for your dedicated service and all that you’ve given to help grow and foster our organizations.
Although it’s important to celebrate twenty five years, it’s equally as important to keep and sharpen our focus on how NGIS can help shape, lead, and steer what GIS will look like in our state for the next twenty five years. To do this, the NGIS Board and its members continue to seek opportuni-ties to expand our footprint and assist in GIS leadership throughout the state. However there is much work to be done, and thankfully there always will be. We live and work within a dynamic state utilizing a dynamic technology, so change and progress will always be within the context of which we operate.
As you enjoy the beautiful High Sierra setting of this conference and celebration, I hope you will take these few days to continue to sharpen your own skill sets, strengthen the professional and personal relationships you’ve created over our many years…and perhaps make some new ones along the way. Most of all, I personally ask you to think about what you can offer NGIS to help grow and strength-en our organization. Think to yourself, “What do I want NGIS to look like in 2040?” While here, work actively on that vision and please consider getting involved, in whatever capacity you can, as we move and strive toward our next twenty five years.
Without you NGIS does not exist, with you we more than exist, we can lead and succeed!
Enjoy Lake Tahoe and the 25th Annual Nevada State GIS Conference.
Sincerely,
Matthew Krok NGIS President
President Matt Krok, GISP
Vice President Eric Schmidt, GISP (Douglas County, NV)
Treasurer Gary Johnson, GISP (University of Nevada, Reno)
Secretary Karin Hagan, GISP (Kleinfelder)
Board Officers:
Art Ehrenberg, GISP (Retired)
Moni Fox, GISP (Washoe County)
Gary Zaepfel, GISP (Washoe County)
Steve Mesa (National Geospatial Intelligence Agency)
Don Harper (US Fish & Wildlife)
Eric Ingbar, GISP (Gnomon, Inc.)
Mark O'Brien, GISP (Retired)
Conference Floor Plan
NGIS Board Members
WELCOME SPEAKER
Chief Caleb Cage
Chief of Nevada’s Division of Emergency Management –
Homeland Security
NGIS is proud to have Caleb Cage as the welcome speaker to kick off the 2015 conference. Caleb serves as Chief of Nevada’s Division of Emergency Management which is responsible for over-seeing efforts to protect lives and property within the state as well as prevent, respond to, recover from and mitigate all threats, hazards and emergencies we face here in Nevada.
Chief Cage is a graduate of the United States Military Academy West Point and has honorably served the nation earning the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Action Badge for service in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has also served in a civilian capacity as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Nevada Lieutenant Governor and as Executive Director of the Nevada Office of Veterans Services and Director of Military and Veterans Policy in the Office of Governor Brian Sandoval.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Breece Robertson
Director, Conservation Vision & GIS
for The Trust for Public Land
Breece Robertson is the National Geographic Information Systems (GIS) director for The Trust for Public Land. Robertson joined The Trust for Public Land in 2001 to create a comprehensive, coordinated GIS program. Today she provides leadership for the organization’s Conservation Vision and GIS service—the leading provider of “Land for People” science in the country—managing a cutting-edge team of GIS staff and consultants nationwide.
The Trust for Public Land’s Conservation Vision and GIS service weds com-munity engagement to cutting-edge data and mapping technologies to help cities and communities create informed, forward-looking park and conserva-tion plans. Esri, the world’s leading manufacturer of geographic information system (GIS) technology, has twice honored The Trust for Public Land’s GIS service for innovation in helping communities meet park and conservation goals. In 2006, The Trust for Public Land was awarded the Esri Special Achievement in GIS award and in 2012, the prestigious “Making a Differ-ence” award.
Breece presents at conferences annually around the country and is featured in and has authored many publications. In 2011, she received a Planning and Urban Form Research Fellowship from the Lincoln Institute of Land Poli-cy. Breece is a graduate of Appalachian State University with a master’s de-gree in geography and planning.
CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Committee Co-Chair Matthew Krok
Committee Co-Chair Eric Schmidt
Communications / Web Karin Hagan & Tommie Weckesser
Facilities Art Ehrenberg & Jan Gould
Speakers / VIPs Andrea Adams
Program / Schedule Dixie Rudebusch, Becky Reid & Richard Wells
Posters / Awards Keirsten Beck
Vendors Matthew Forrest
NGIF Sonya Wilson
Budget / Treasure Gary Johnson
Promotions / Graphics Moni Fox & Janice Devlin
Activities Gary Zaepfel & Eric Ingbar
Registration Karla Chavez
Internet / AV Jorge Morteo & Haroon Stephen
Monday October 12
Registration Open - 7:00am to 5:00pm
Vendor Area Set Up - 7:00am to12:00noon
Von Schmidt Tour - 7:15am to 11:30 meet at registration counter
Opening Remarks from NGIS President Matt Krok
12:30pm - 12:45pm
NGIS 2015 Welcome Address
Caleb Cage
Chief of NV’s Division of Emergency Management
12:45—1:00pm
NGIS Keynote Address
Breece Robertson
Director, Conservation Vision & GIS for The Trust for Public Land
1:00pm—1:30pm
Break 3:15pm—3:30pm
Welcome Social / Vendor Area
5:30pm - 8:00pm
12:30pm - 2:00pm 2:30pm - 3:15pm 3:30pm - 4:15pm 4:15pm - 5pm
Opening Remarks -President Krok Welcome Address - Caleb Cage Keynote Address - Breece Robertson Vendor Introductions
Lightning Talks - Topics: GIS Education, NGIF, NGIS 25 Years in the Future
NGIS EM SIG - GIS Support of Fire Services and Emergency Management
NGIS EM SIG continued Plenary Area
Matt Lawton-Washoe Coun-ty The Evolution of a Com-prehensive Address and Street Name Assignment Workflow for Washoe County, NV
Marsha Cardinal-Washoe County - The Importance of a Robust Imagery Collection Program
Room A
WELCOME SOCIAL NGIS VENDOR AREA - begins at 5:30 pm
1) State of GIS Education in Nevada, how does NGIS fit in?
Panel (Eric S. Don H. Pat G.)
Education is the lifeblood of any profession and by any standard the educational offerings in GIS within Nevada higher education are at a low ebb. What drives the availability of GIS clas-ses and programs and what are the forces in Nevada that are currently presenting challenges to institutions of higher learning? Could NGIS potentially play a role in facilitating a re-birth of GIS education in the state? The panel will discuss these issues and more.
2) Fostering the Future Outreach of NGIF (Sonya or Tommie W.)
Panel (Tommie W. Sonya W. Pat G /Eric I)
The NGIF board wants feedback from GIS practitioners, educators and students on how to strengthen and maintain the support role as an educational non-profit based in Nevada. Items for discussion are potential ideas for expanding our marketing and outreach efforts for schol-arships; how should the organization expand its’ scope, and provide support to teachers and future users earlier in their academic life? What additional ways can NGIF help recruit more broad-based community support and foster partnerships that lead to a more active GIS aca-demic and professional base in Nevada well into the future?
3) NGIS 25 years from now...lets map it out!
Panel (Matt K. Eric I Gary Z. Moni F)
Any organization that has just celebrated its 25th anniversary could well sit on its laurels. But that won’t get a dynamic organization anywhere, so let’s talk about where NGIS could go over the next 25 years. Our panel will consist of a selection of past presidents and one nominee. Capitalizing on their institutional knowledge of our past, we will focus on what kind of organi-zation NGIS could be in the next 25 years. Come participate as this is your organization an you should have your say in where it goes from here.
Lightning Round Talks
1) Monsen Engineering
2) Simple Layers
3) Pictometry
4) InfoCode/Loggerhead Navigation
5) Michael Baker International
6) California Surveying and Drafting Supply
7) Latitude Geographics
8) VueWorks
9) Gnomon
10) NDOT
11) ESRI
12) Graphic Imaging Services Inc.
13) ESRI
14) USFWS
15) Beneficial Designs
16) NGIS
Vendor Locations
NOTES
NGIS Lunch and Annual Meeting 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Tuesday October 13
Registration Open - 7:00am to 5:00pm
Vendor Area Open- 8:00am to 5:00pm
Morning Break - 9:30 am - 10:00am
8:00am - 8:45am 8:45am - 9:30am 10:00am - 10:45am 10:45am - 11:30am
Room
A
Toby Welborn-USGS - Web-Based Common Operating Data Frame of Real-Time Streamflow and Waterbody Storage Data for the Walker River Basin NV & CA
John Gray - USAF - & Dr Bishop A Geospatial Understanding of Geo-thermal Development on Northern Nevada Military Ranges
John Trimble-Caroline Roberts JACOBS - Use of GIS systems to verify recovery of coal combus-tion byproducts from the Emory River Kingston TN
Lisa Desautels - Graphic Imaging Services, Inc - Information Govern-ance, Have you had the conversation with your Executives yet?
Room
B
Kalvan Hone-City of Henderson - Asset Handover Accepting ownership of public infrastructure from private developers
Dustin Nelson-City of Henderson - Databases, Web Services, Web App Development & Analytics
Erich M Purpur-UNR - GIS Education Initiatives in University of Nevada, Reno Libraries
Matt Krok-City of Lakeland FL - Removing the Specter of Setting up your ArcGIS Online Organization's Site
Room
C
Adam Johnson & Eric Ingbar -Gnomon, Inc. - Bullwhip and Fedora Still Needed
Nathan Tolbert-Beneficial Designs - Overview of the Pedestrian Right of Way Assessment Process, applicable environments, and result-ant data used and applications
ESRI - ArcGIS Online and the Living Atlas
Harry Moore Nakul Bhatia
ESRI continued
Room
D
Jerry Wong-US Census Bureau - OnTheMap, An Innovative Online Mapping and Reporting Application
Jerry Wong-US Census Bureau -continued.
Dan Bartholomew - RenoTahoe Airport - Air-port GIS: Turning FAA Re-quirements into Operation-al Efficiencies
Eric Butler-Pictometry Vendor Update
Tuesday October 13 continued
Afternoon Break - 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
1:30pm - 2:15pm 2:15pm - 3:00pm 3:30pm - 4:15pm 4:15pm - 5pm
Jerry Wong- US Census Bureau - Nevada's Economy, Boom or Bust?
Adam/Eric-Gnomon, Inc. - Flooded with Facts: Tools for mapping water rights in the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Paul Stockton & Kim Davis
SMAC Meeting SMAC Meeting Room
A
Eric Schmidt-Douglas Coun-ty - GIS Education in Neva-da: The Current Challenges, the Potential Benefits, and the Uncertain Future
Cheryl Collins-DRI - Using Data Driven Pages to Map a Series of Discontinuous Features: An Example with Archaeological Site Maps
Room
B
Evan MacDougall - KB Home Corp Market Re-search - Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: Using GIS for Market Research & Demographics Analyses
Sonya Wilson-McCarran Airport - What's all the Buzz about the Drones? UAVS/UAV in Nevada
ESRI - ArcGIS Pro GIS Professionals Get Ready!
Harry Moore
ESRI continued Room
C
Carol Ostergren-USGS - The National Hydrography Dataset for Nevada: Find out what’s new and on the horizon for water data in Nevada
Dana Caccamise-NOAA - NGS geodetic advisor up-date; NGS Role, Activities and New Datums
Matt Krok-City of Lake-land FL - Using ArcGIS Online and Collector for Street Sign Inventory
Adam/Eric-Gnomon, Inc. - Lightweight mapping for a Weighty Subject: Births to Teenage Mothers in Clark County, NV
Room
D
Awards Lunch and Raffle 11:30am - 1:30 pm
Wednesday October 14
Registration Open - 7:00am to 5:00pm
Vendor Area Open - 8:00am to 11:30am
Morning Break - 9:30 am - 10:00am
8:00am - 8:45am 8:45am - 9:30am 10:00am - 10:45am 10:45am - 11:30am
Room
A Jeremy Hall-NCE Creative Solutions for Daily Reporting: Integrating ArcGIS Online, Collector, Data Driven Pages, Report Layout Files, and Python
John Ellis-Knight & Leavitt - 3D Printing and GIS
Bill Patrick- Southern Nevada Water Authority - SNWA GIS Data Management from the Field to the Web
Aaron Morris - Michael Baker - Mobile Lidar: Surveys at the Speed of Business
Room
B Tim Tierney- Simple Layers - Open Data: the flip-side to GIS
Eric Schmidt-Douglas County - The Golden Hour: Effective Initial GIS Response in Emergency Situations
ESRI -ArcGIs for Local and State Government Solutions Nakul Bhatia
ESRI - continued
Room
C Eric Butler-Pictometry- Interior 3D Mapping and Visualization for Public Safety and Facilities Man-agement Professionals
Eric Butler-Pictometry- continued
Wood Rodgers—Eric Ford Construction Management Using ArcGIS
Gary Zaepfel-Christine Conti -Washoe County - Washoe County Franchise Ambulance Service Area Response Map Revision
SMAC
NEVADA STATE MAPPING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ESTABLISHED AS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IN 1983 The Governor of Nevada established the State Mapping Advisory Committee (SMAC) in 1983 to advise the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on state priorities for map products and to inform map users about the status of mapping programs and the availability of map products. The Governor named the Director of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology as the chair of SMAC.
OPEN MEMBERSHIP Membership in SMAC and its subcommittees is open to anyone interested in mapping in Nevada. Par-ticipants have included representatives of numerous local, state, and federal agencies, community col-leges and universities, and the private sector.
CHANGING FOCUS In its early years SMAC advised the USGS on priorities for completion of 1:24,000-scale, 7.5-minute topographic maps throughout the state. With all these maps having been printed by about 1990 and with development of digital maps and Geographic Information Systems, SMAC has evolved. The USGS no longer explicitly seeks the advice of the state with regard to its mapping priorities but does request input from bureaus within the U.S. Department of Interior. SMAC now serves as a forum for discussion of state, local, and federal agency and private sector priorities for mapping. Generally a consensus on priorities is reached during an annual meeting. This consensus is forwarded to Depart-ment of Interior bureaus. In recent years, SMAC's top priorities have been met with approximately $7 million worth of new digital map products during the 1997–2007 period, primarily in expanding urban areas, the Humboldt River Basin, northwest and central Nevada, and two statewide imagery programs. If you have questions please contact Jennifer Vlcan, Executive Secretary, Nevada State Mapping Ad-visory Committee, 775-784-6692, [email protected] or Jim Faulds, Chairman of the Nevada State Mapping Advisory Committee, 775-682-8751, [email protected].
Agenda
MINUTES
Nevada Geographic Information Society (NGIS)
May 2014 Business Meeting
May 8, 2014
DRAFT
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by NGIS President Matt Krok at 12:30 pm.
Agenda Review
Adopted as written.
Officer Reports
Secretary
Not present, Moni Fox filling in. Minutes from the 2012 and 2013 Business Meetings were in the con-
ference program. Motion to approve as written, seconded. No discussion. Vote – all aye.
Treasurer Report: (Gary Johnson)
Gary presented the current status of NGIS accounts. We have two checking accounts that will even-
tually be merged. The operating account has a balance of $2,773. The account created for the CAP
Grant started with $39,268.32. After paying expenses of $28,967.80, we have a balance of
$10,300.52. Our total available funds as of now are $31,174.38. For the grant, we had to come up
with matching funds or in-kind. Eric Ingbar did a great job of keeping track of the number of people
who attended meetings and their time spent. We were supposed to come up with about $20,000 of
matching funds and we came up with $45,585 of matching funds based on time spent.
Conference income and expenses are not yet finalized.
President – State of the Society Address (Matt Krok)
Matt presented a review of some of the good things that have happened in NGIS over the past year.
We have a new format for the website courtesy of Adam Johnson. As a part of the website rede-
sign, we’ve been cleaning up our membership database. Thank you, members, for going in
and creating your Stay Connected profiles and/or becoming full members. This helps us to
communicate effectively with you and keep you up to date with what’s going on in the Society.
Thank you to Eric Ingbar for his work with the CAP Grant. He spent a tremendous amount of time
on this project. The next report will be Eric’s report on the Cap Grant progress.
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Other Reports
CAP Grant Report (Eric Ingbar)
Our contractor, AppGeo, completed drafts of both business plan documents for high resolution elevation
data and parcel data. The Board is currently reviewing the drafts. The process for completion is to ad-
dress the comments, and the Board will then present the documents formally by uploading them to the
NGIS.org website. We intend these to be living documents, so members are all invited to use the forum
section of the website to start discussion and comment on these plans.
Where do we go from here? One of the gaps that these plans point out is that we need to educate leg-
islators and decision makers about what GIS does, what LiDAR data does, what parcel data does, how
it gets utilized across the State. In Board discussions, one of the focus items will be education. These
plans give us a framework to start.
Thank you to everyone for your help and participation. Thank you, specifically, to Carol Ostergren.
2013 Preliminary NGIS Symposium Report (Moni Fox)
The 2013 Symposium had approximately 162 attendees and 16 vendors. Thank you to the attendees,
vendors, presenters, and committee for making the Conference the success it was. Our actual income
was $29,145 and actual expenses were $26,203, so our actual profit was $2,941. We’ll be discussing
the donation to NGIF at our next Board meeting.
2014 Preliminary NGIS Symposium Report (Matt Krok)
We don’t have final numbers yet on finances, but we’re looking pretty good. We have about 130-135
attendees and vendors. Thank you to the student volunteers who have been a big help.
Geospeak (John Ellis)
Thank you to everyone who reads Geospeak, because that is why we produce it – so you can read and
keep up to date on what’s going on in GIS both inside and outside of the State. We need your help, al-
so. We need your articles so we can all keep up to date on everything in the state. All of you here are
now commissioned as contributing authors. This year we’ve moved to a themed format, for example
drones was the theme two issues ago, and the next theme is transportation. Points toward GISP certifi-
cation can come from articles and from helping out as an assistant editor. Please check the website for
submission information.
NGIF Report (Tommie Weckesser)
Thank you to all of the Board members for your work, and to Gary and Mark as outgoing and incoming
treasurers. The new president for NGIF is Sonya Wilson. Thank you, NGIS, for your donation from
2013 with allowed NGIF to obtain matching funds from NARA Fund in the amount of $2,000. Our 2013
scholarship winner was Johnathan
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Donald from the University of Nevada, Reno. His winning project was an ArcGIS server-based project for
the Truckee Meadows Regional Agency. NGIF is looking at putting some of their money into an interest-
generating account so that they can start generating a bit more revenue. They raised $350 at the go-kart
rally in 2013, and this year’s fundraiser is the golf tournament tomorrow, May 9th. The next scholarship will
be offered shortly, with a deadline in April 2015.
New Business
Results of Voting for Board and Officers (Eric Schmidt)
President – Matt Krok Treasurer – Gary Johnson
Vice President – Eric Schmidt Secretary – Karin Hagan
2014-2016 Board Members – Gary Zaepfel, Steve Mesa, and Art Ehrenberg
Each of the officers was running unopposed, and has been voted in for the new term. There were six can-
didates for the three available Board seats, and 61 of our 88 members cast votes via the new online sys-
tem.
The 2015 Conference will be in the North, at Lake Tahoe, in the fall. Per our Bylaws, the Board of Direc-
tors serves from conference to conference. Since we’re changing the schedule of the conferences, this
Board and Officers will serve for about 20 months instead of the usual 12. We want to be sure that this
extended period is transparent to the membership.
There was a quick introduction of each of the officers and board members for the membership.
President’s Remarks (Matt Krok)
2015 with be the 25th anniversary of the Conference and we will be back up at Lake Tahoe. Right now it looks
like we’ll be at the Montbleu and it will likely be toward the latter half of October.
Over the next 18 months, the Board is going to work really hard to go through the Bylaws and bring them up to
date to the times of the Society. When the Society started, it was based on the conference and driven by the
conference. Now we’re a professional organization that is active year-round, so there is a lot of verbiage in the
bylaws that we’re going to review and clean up. The changes will be presented to the members for review at
the conference in Tahoe. One of the changes we’d like to make is to change the term of office to calendar
years, Jan 1-Dec 31, instead of being based on the conference schedule.
This is the first time we’ve had tallied votes for officers. In the past, the Board has just presented a slate of
names and the membership has voted yay or nay. This time we’ve had actual votes for each position and eve-
ry vote counts.
As we grow and change as an organization, there will need to be changes to the Bylaws to keep up with us.
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Other Business
Steve Mesa, Art Ehrenberg, Mark O’Brien were called up to the front of the room. Matt said that these
three gentlemen have been working with NGIS and GIS in Nevada since the beginning, and they each
retired this year. A token of appreciation was presented as a thank you for their time and their leader-
ship.
Jesse came up to present ESRI’s recognition of Gary Johnson’s contributions to GIS.
Additional Comments
There is still room on the museum tour if people are interested. The fee is $25. There will be a confer-ence wrap-up at 4:30 where we will hand out awards from the Map Gallery, and we’ll have participation certificates for presenters. There will also be a few prizes from the Vendor Bingo. Be sure to submit your bingo cards and your People’s Choice voting cards.
Gary Johnson thanked all of the members and asked them to encourage others to join.
The golf tournament tomorrow is at 8am not 9am.
Motion to close the 2014 Business Meeting, seconded, approved unanimously by the membership. Mo-tioned passed.
Meeting adjourned.
ByLaws may be found at http://ngis.org/About/Bylaws
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ABSTRACTS
Airport GIS: Turning FAA Requirements into Operational Efficiencies Dan Bartholomew, AICP, MBA, AAE, GISP
Manager of Planning and Geographic Information Systems
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently mandated all commercial service airports to collect high accuracy GIS data as part of the FAA Airport GIS (AGIS) program. The intent of the AGIS program is to update airport planimetric information, conduct obstruction analysis and support the forthcoming Next Generation Navigation System (NextGEN). In addition to meeting all FAA requirements, Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) plans to leverage the collected AGIS data to support and enhance various operational and business practices such as: asset management, planning, operations, economic development, air service development, maintenance, and security.
Contact: Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority P.O. Box 12490 Reno, NV 89510-2490 [email protected] 775-328-6801
NGS Geodetic Advisor Update: NGS Role, Activities and New Datums Dana Caccamise National Geodetic Survey National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NAD 83 and NAVD 88, although still the official horizontal and vertical datums of the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), have been identified as having shortcomings that are best addressed through defining new horizontal and vertical datums that will be instituted in 2022.
The Importance of a Robust Imagery Collection Program Marsha Cardinal, GISP Technology Systems Developer II Washoe County GIS Program This presentation will show the relevance of keeping regional orthophotos current. The benefits to the region in an emergency or for everyday use will be explored.
Contact: 1001 E. 9th St Reno, NV 89512 [email protected] 775-328-2343
Using Data Driven Pages to Map a Series of Discontinuous Features: An Example with Archaeological Site Maps
Cheryl Collins
Staff Research Scientist GIS Desert Research Institute Have you ever finished a bunch of maps for a project and then been told to go back and change the project titles on all of them? Instead of making many different maps, one MXD file can be used for all features of a similar size with data driven pages. Using an example from an archaeological project that required maps of 47 sites, I will demonstrate how to set up a map index in ArcMap for separate features and populate fields for dynamic text. This method can be used in a variety of industries, such as mapping cell phone towers, environmental testing locations, building locations, or any other series of locations that are similar in size. Contact: 755 E. Flamingo Rd Las Vegas, NV 89119 [email protected] 702-862-5428
ArcGIS Online and the Living Atlas ESRI Harry Moore Solution Engineer Nakul Bhatia Solution Engineer ArcGIS Online provides access to a diverse and growing set of content to enrich the ArcGIS user experience. This content represents a living atlas of the world with beautiful and authoritative maps on hundreds of topics. This includes a rich set of online maps and layers as well as related capabilities (e.g., geocoding, routing, geoenrichment) that may be accessed for free or through a subscription for use in desktop, server, mobile, and web mapping applications. This session will provide details on the variety of ArcGIS Online content and capabilities that is available today and demonstrate how ArcGIS users can leverage them in their work. Learn what ArcGIS Online services are available to you now!
ArcGIS Pro
ESRI Harry Moore Solution Engineer Nakul Bhatia Solution Engineer GIS Professionals get ready! ArcGIS Pro is a new application for all ArcGIS for Desktop users. It supports both 2D and 3D visualization, editing, analysis, and publishing. This session will introduce the capabilities through demos and examples and help you get started to being a “Pro” today!
ArcGIS for Local and State Government Solutions ESRI Harry Moore Solution Engineer Nakul Bhatia Solution Engineer This session will first present an overview of the ArcGIS Solutions for both local and state government organizations. Then through examples and demonstrations, we will explore how to configure and extend these maps and apps that are included with the ArcGIS Platform to meet specific business needs in your own organization. Contact: [email protected] [email protected]
3D Printing and GIS
John Ellis, GISP Environmental Manager
Knight & Leavitt Associates, Inc
The world is experienced in 4 dimensions, length, width, height, and time. While GIS often deals
with length, width, and height and to a limited extent time. Our display options are normally
limited to 2 dimensions of a screen or piece of paper. The third dimension can be represented
with topographic lines, hillshades, or other similar representations. What if we had a different
option of displaying GIS in a true 3 dimensional medium using 3d printing. Current technology
now allows us to create these 3 dimensional maps in ways that were previously out of reach do
to time or resources. This presentation will show an efficient method of using a digital elevation
model to create a 3d model that can be printed with low cost 3d printing technology.
Contact: 4105 Wagon Trail Ave Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-897-2628
Bullwhip and Fedora Still Needed Gnomon, Inc Eric Ingbar Adam Johnson The problem: there is little use for the Indiana Jones bullwhip, fedora, and revolver when you spend your archaeology work day as a data entry clerk. Oregon BLM’s existing data system for archaeology took too much time. The remedy: Gnomon Inc. built OCRIS (Oregon Cultural Resource Information System). In OCRIS, work is
“born digital,” eliminating data entry after the fact and reducing paper record use. Information entry and review
are unified for Internal BLM users and external professionals. With more time for fieldwork, life is far more
exciting for archaeologists.
OCRIS is a web application built on several technologies, both open and closed source. For example, users
enter and edit data through a web application, but can use ArcMap to do further spatial analysis.
This presentation will walk through some OCRIS entry forms, focusing on mapping and editing using Leaflet.JS.
We will also show how the open source architecture of the application stores information in such a way that
ArcMap can see live updates. Security is an important feature (ask Indiana Jones!), so we will discuss OCRIS’s
architecture regarding internal and external users how the architecture of the application. Mainly, how do we
allow external users into the internal database securely.
Come learn how OCRIS combines “Gee!” and “IS”! Flooded with Facts: Tools for Mapping Water Rights in the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Gnomon, Inc Eric Ingbar Adam Johnson Paul Stockton (NDWR) Kim Davis (NDWR)
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation created a cooperative agreement project with Nevada’s Division of Water
Resources to map all irrigation water rights within the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (TCID), the nation’s
oldest federal reclamation project. The task is complicated, with documents and maps spanning more than
100 years.
The Nevada Division of Water Resources and Gnomon, Inc. have collaborated on a variety of tabular and spatial
toolsets that both speed the work and enforce quality control during the data entry process. The tools, web
applications and ArcGIS Add-in custom editing tools, are demonstrated. Discussion in the presentation explains
the workflows supported by the tools and some of the challenges in mapping water rights in general.
Lightweight Mapping For A Weighty Subject: Births To Teenage Mothers In Clark County, Nevada
Gnomon, Inc Eric Ingbar Adam Johnson
Births to teenage mothers are a major issue nationwide. Many health districts know where the teenage mothers
live, but some have never seen this information on a map and further many have never shared this information
with the public. The Clark County teen birth rate mapping project was done by Gnomon Inc. for the Southern
Nevada Health District’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program. This project set out to create an online map that
would allow public users to view teen birth rates by appropriate tabulation areas, including both zip code census
units and high school catchments in Clark County. The online tools also allow the user to compare the changes
between years.
The application was built to be as lightweight as possible for both the users and the health district servers. Using
Leaflet.JS and CartoDB together the application turned into a responsive presentation of maps and data. This
presentation will demo the application and talk about the technology (mostly open source) used to complete the
project.
Contact: [email protected] [email protected]
A Geospatial Understanding of Geothermal Development on Northern Nevada Military Ranges John Gray Dr. Joseph A. Bishop Pennsylvania State University The Fallon Range and Training Complex (FRTC) is responsible for conducting geodetic surveys of training facilities located on the FRTC located in northern Nevada. Spatial data (e.g., the position of runways, roads, buildings, navigational aids, and obstruction features) are collected, validated, and entered into a central database system. The current retrieval process does not incorporate geothermal energy survey data and does not allow immediate access to the data, that is important for land and air navigational safety. Creation of a web-based GIS prototype is underway that will allow quick access, visualization, query, and analysis of the desired data. This GIS prototype provides a spatial environment that assists users of FRTC data for mission planning, exploration and retrieval of the desired data using ArcGIS. This project will discuss the presentation and management of geographical data, and how web-based GIS can facilitate the visualization and delivery of geothermal and military range geodetic survey data to multiple users. Contact: University Park, PA 16802 [email protected] 702-401-8977 / [email protected] 814-863-3530
Creative Solutions for Daily Reporting: Integrating ArcGIS Online, Collector, Data Driven Pages,
Report Layout Files, and Python
Jeremy Hall, GISP
GIS Specialist
Nichols Consulting Engineers
Mandated through Section 402 of the Clean Water Act, large construction projects must ensure water
quality standards are met. These standards are upheld through a Storm water Pollution Prevention Plan
(SWPPP) requiring daily reporting. As part of the Edgewood Golf Course Improvement Project, it was
necessary to develop a workflow for field technicians to efficiently collect field data, then produce daily re-
ports with minimal effort. The data collection workflow relies on live interface with ArcGIS Online (AGOL) via
the Collector app installed on a mobile device. The reporting process involves several integrated compo-
nents. First, map documents loaded with AGOL feature layers are enabled with Data Driven Pages (DDP) to
update dynamically through definition query of the date. Next, report layout files, derived from feature layer
attributes, are integrated with one map document to reflect daily observations in tabular form. Photos stored
on AGOL as attachments are tied to DDP functionality and therefore also update dynamically. Lastly,
the process is automated through a Python script requiring only a single input parameter, the date.
The result is a thorough and compliant report complete with a cover page of tabular and spatial data fol-
lowed by observation pages that include pictures, attributes, and spatial locations.
Contact: P.O. Box 1760 Zephyr Cove, NV 89448 [email protected] 775-588-2505
Asset Handover : Accepting Ownership of Public Infrastructure from Private Developers Kalvan Hone
Principal GIS Analyst City of Henderson, NV The City of Henderson Department of Utility Services is responsible for properly managing over $2.5 billion in public infrastructure. This responsibility includes the proper operation, maintenance, rehabilitation and timely replacement of these assets over their lifespan. As a child process of the asset lifecycle process, the asset handover process includes the processes for designing, constructing, inspecting and commissioning these assets. The City does not currently require design documents to be submitted in digital format. This makes the process of entering the design data into GIS, the system of record, challenging and time consuming. As part of the asset handover process, this presentation will discuss the as-is process compared to the to-be process, including the proposed methodologies for converting data between CAD and GIS formats, the field tools used to capture and communicate data before the assets are buried, and the anticipated efficiencies gained. Contact: [email protected] 702-267-2528 Using ArcGIS Online and Collector for Street Sign Inventory Matthew Krok GIS Analyst City of Lakeland, Florida The City of Lakeland had just received delivery, from a third party vendor, of GIS data that encompassed the City’s street sign inventory. However, this was a one time delivery and street sign data is a dynamic, “living” data layer that needs constant updating and maintain. The City of Lakeland’s IT/GIS group, working along site our Public Works department, needed to find a solution to maintain the value of this data, while keeping it current for asset management purposes. This presentation will discuss how ArcGIS Online, along with ESRI’s Collector App were used to solve the solution of off-network field editing, the successes gained while implementing the solution, and the future challenges still needing answers going forward.
Removing the Specter of Setting up your ArcGIS Online Organization's Site Matthew Krok GIS Analyst City of Lakeland, Florida ArcGIS online is still one of the new frontiers for many utilizing ESRI’s suite of GIS solutions. One of the seemingly daunting tasks is establishing your organization site. How do I edit the content? Is it secure? Should I allow for my citizen audience access to our site or just use it for an internal tool? This presentation will discuss how the City of Lakeland tackled the specter of setting up our organization site. The lessons learned along the way, and the items that we will focus on for improving our site in the future. Contact: [email protected]
The Evolution of a Comprehensive Address and Street Name Assignment Workflow for Washoe County, NV Matthew F. Lawton, CAPM, GISP Sr. Technology Systems Developer Washoe County Technology Services Department Regional Services / GIS Even as an early adopter of GIS, it has taken nearly 30 years for Washoe County to implement a comprehensive workflow for address and street name assignment that is integrated with GIS. Driven by the goal of regional cooperation with the cities of Reno and Sparks to better support E911 and regional permitting/licensing, this presentation documents the path that was taken to accomplish this integration, the decision-making that was required, the business processes that have been established, and the current status of these workflows with an eye toward future improvements. Contact: 1001 E. 9
th St C-200 Reno, NV 89512 [email protected] 775-328-2341
Mobile LiDAR: Surveys at the Speed of Business Aaron Morris LiDAR Services Director Michael Baker International The application of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology within the Geospatial industry over the past decade has revolved primarily around aerial applications. Today, technological advancements have facilitated accurate LiDAR capture from mobile terrestrial platforms. Recent evolutions in sensor design have yielded systems capable of producing survey/engineering grade accuracy on-the-fly, while blanketing areas within 120+ meters of the vehicle with up to 4 million laser returns per second. By coupling the advantages of both proximity-to-target and ground-based viewing perspectives, mobile LiDAR delivers far greater accuracy and point-density than airborne platforms, and provides the framework for new applications and uses. This presentation will provide an overview of Mobile LiDAR technology and demonstrate its practical application for: roadway design, asset inventory, utility mapping, corridor mapping and 3D modeling/animation, and examine benefits over traditional surveying and data collection methods.
Contact: 3740 Lakeside Dr., Suite 101 Reno, NV 89509 775-333-2132
Databases, Web Services, Web App Development & Analytics Dustin W. Nelson GIS Specialist City of Henderson, NV Department of Information Technology This will be a brief overview of the GIS architecture that the IT-GIS staff use to keep things up and running and growing at the City of Henderson. I will give an overview of our GIS environment within the City and how we support our customers within this environment. I will share some of the applications we have developed that have helped us to grow the GIS user base and expose our data and GIS tools to a wider audience through web app development. I will wrap it up with my favorite part, how I use metrics to help us be proactive and provide better service to our internal users and the citizens, monitor system health and gauge capacity planning with these systems.
Contact: 240 Water St Henderson, NV 89015 702-267-4377
The National Hydrography Dataset for Nevada: Find Out What’s New and on the Horizon for Water Data in Nevada Carol Ostergren US Geological Survey National Geospatial Program California State University Sacramento, Placer Hall The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) is the surface water component of The National Map. This year USGS launched a new Hydrography Requirements and Benefits Study to better understand the business needs and benefits of federal, state, local, tribal, and other hydrography data users. The study collected information that USGS will use to develop program alternatives and enhancements for hydrographic data, as well as providing Nevada with a foundation of information on which to move forward with more robust stewardship and increased usage. This talk will also cover recent efforts by US Fish and Wildlife Service to begin NHD improvement in conjunction with wetland mapping, and we will open discussion concerning specific needs for Nevada and possible strategies for data improvement. Contact: 6000 J St Sacramento, CA 95819-6129 [email protected] 916-278-9510 SIG - Special Interest Group for Emergency Management
Does part of your daily responsibilities include GIS support of the Fire Services or Emergency Manage-ment? Then please consider joining us as we "kick-off" the NGIS Emergency Management Special Interest Group During this session we will discuss many issues on how we can better support our customers, or citizens, and each other in the event of an emergency. Please bring your ideas and thoughts on how we, as a special segment of the GIS Profession, can better achieve these goals.
Moderator: Matt Krok
SNWA GIS Data Management from the Field to the Web
Bill Patrick GIS Analyst
Southern Nevada Water Authority
This presentation will discuss the SWNA Northern Resources data workflow process from field data collection to customer consumption and end product creation. Many of the challenges faced when trying to share data or
produce maps can be solved by utilizing the strengths of web maps. Web maps are easy to create and provide
a simple and user-friendly experience. There will be a brief demonstration on how to publish map services and
create a hosted ArcGIS Online web map. We will also mention some precautions to take when planning for field data collection and reveal some of the solutions to the challenges we encountered along the way.
Contact: 100 City Parkway Suite 700 Las Vegas, NV 89106 [email protected] 702-862-3726
GIS Education Initiatives in University of Nevada, Reno Libraries Erich Purpur GIS Librarian University of Nevada, Reno DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library The University of Nevada, Reno’s DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library provides physical space, resources, and technology to all faculty, staff, and students on campus. Since fall 2014, the DeLaMare Library has provided increased GIS support to the campus community in the form of tutoring sessions. These services have been heavily used and users have not only been from traditional user groups like Geography and Geology departments but also from social sciences, humanities, and business departments. In order to learn more about its users, GIS tutoring staff gathered data for an in-depth study on what ArcGIS functionality was used during tutoring sessions. This knowledge greatly informs the tutoring staff regarding its preparation, service, and on-campus marketing decisions. Future efforts involve to improve the service involve providing increased walk-in GIS service hours and support for more robust long-term projects. Contact: 1664 N. Virginia St Reno, NV 89557 [email protected] 775-682-5706
The Golden Hour: Effective Initial GIS Response in Emergency Situations
Eric A. Schmidt, MA, GISP, GIS-S
Manager, GIS & IT Customer Service
Douglas County, NV
The first hour into any emergency can have make-or-break consequences for effective response, management,
and resolution. GIS can play a key role in emergency response if leveraged properly, but that also requires
preparation and a successful program of evangelizing the usefulness of the technology to responders. This
presentation will delve into Douglas County GIS’s growing role in emergency management, response, and
mitigation. We will discuss some hard lessons learned while dealing with wildfires, SWAT call-outs, floods,
search & rescue operations, and more.
GIS Education in Nevada: The Current Challenges, the Potential Benefits, and the Uncertain Future
Eric A. Schmidt, MA, GISP, GIS-S
Manager, GIS & IT Customer Service
Douglas County, NV
The current state of GIS education in Nevada is not what it used to be. This discussion will take a hard look into
some of the current challenges facing the institutions that offer GIS education. It will also discuss the potential
benefits of increased educational opportunities based on other states and their different approaches to these
same challenges. Lastly, we will take a look into the possible implications of the current state of GIS education
and what it could mean for future generation of GIS practitioners, as well as those who rely on GIS and other
geo-technologies for how they do business. While this will technically be an open presentation, there will be
ample time allowed at the end for Q&A and open discussion.
Contact: [email protected] 775-782-9045
Overview of the Pedestrian Right of Way Assessment Process (PROWAP), Applicable Environments, and Resultant Data Uses and Applications
Nathan Tolbert Assessment/ADA Coordinator
Beneficial Designs, Inc
This presentation offers a brief overview of the latest draft version of the US Access Board's Public Rights-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG) and an overview of ADA Transition Plans for Pedestrian
Pathways. The Pedestrian Right of Way Assessment Process (PROWAP) that can significantly reduce the
time required to complete the self-evaluation portion of the Transition Plan will be reviewed. This technolo-
gy automates the assessment process for sidewalks along streets and pedestrian pathways on various properties, including elementary, secondary & college campuses, government complexes, regional parks,
convention facilities, and other public places. PROWAP generates two feature layers and various tables
that allow managers to better perform risk assessment, prioritize improvement projects, and allocate funds
appropriately. Lessons learned and solutions discovered during the development and beta process will also be discussed.
Contact: 2240 Meridian Blvd Suite C Minden, NV 89423 [email protected] 775-783-8822 ext. 111
Use of GIS Systems to Verify Recovery of Coal Combustion Byproducts from the Emory River, Kingston, TN John Trimble, Construction Project Manager Caroline Roberts, Technical Specialist Jacobs Engineering Group On December 22, 2008, a dike failed at TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant releasing approximately 5.4 million cubic yards of ash into the Emory River and adjacent embayments. The ash spill damaged rail and utilities in the area and rendered three homes uninhabitable. Hydraulic suction dredges were primary means used to recover the ash from the Emory River. A combination of bathymetric survey, GPS position control, dredge control software, test drillings and GIS were used to control the removal process and verify completion of the removal and the restoration of the river. Contact: [email protected] P.O. Box 29 Elko, NV 89802 775-778-9772 [email protected] 600 108
th Ave NE Suite 700 Bellevue, WA 98004 206-696-8783
"Open Data: the flip-side to GIS" Tim Tierney SimpleLayers, Inc. Open Data" is the newest cloud-software trend to sweep the governmental technology scene, seeing rapid adop-tion at all levels. Simply put, the notion of Open Data is to transform governmental data sets that are often inac-cessible or unmanageable by citizens into resources for the common good (to promote transparency, reduce FOIA requests, stimulate economic activity, etc) by means of intuitive dashboards for data discovery & data viewing. This rapidly-expanding sector is being pioneered by a very narrow field of firms and frictions between them and the GIS world are already emerging. Tim will provide an overview of this new sector and its leaders and also discuss the nature of how open data compliments/competes with GIS.
Contact: 7435 N. Figueroa St. #41403 Los Angeles, CA 90041 855-627-7375 [email protected]
Web-Based Common Operating Data Frame of Real-Time Streamflow and Waterbody
Storage Data for the Walker River Basin, Nevada and California
Toby Welborn
U.S. Geological Survey
Nevada Water Science Center
The Walker Basin Hydro Mapper provides a unified visualization of real-time streamflow, and waterbody storage data for user groups in the Walker River Basin, Nevada and California. Web-enabled static and interactive maps and graphs are used to integrate real-time streamflow, lake and reservoir volume data from U.S. Geological Survey gauges for users to view a snapshot of conditions for the entire basin, interactively focus on areas of in-terest, or interactively evaluate historical data for individual sites or segments of the Walker River. Real-time data presented in the application is updated on a 15-minute refresh cycle and delivered as web services through the USGS National Water Information System. The application was developed through a partnership between the USGS Nevada and Texas Water Science Centers, and in cooperation with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Walker Basin Restoration Program and the Bureau of Reclamation’s Desert Terminal Lakes Program. Contact: 2730 N. Deer Run Rd Carson City, NV 89701 [email protected] 775-887-7671
What's All the Buzz About Drones? - UAS/UAV in Nevada
Sonya Wilson Senior GIS Analyst
Clark County Department of Aviation
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or "Drones" are the next big breakout technology according to every media channel out there and are on the verge of changing the landscape in many fields across a multitude of private sector and government organizations. Advancements in technology, lower cost, ease of access and business development are the main drivers for the rapidly expanding use case for them. The application potential outpaces the ability to regulate, legislate and fully assess all the possible impacts. This presentation will give an overview of the UAV (r)evolution: definitions of the types and background, laws & oversight at the federal & state level, and impacts at the local level from a spatial perspective. Issues will include the pros and cons of policy, regulation, security, and airspace that come with this new disruptive technology.
Contact: Clark County Department of Aviation 5757 Wayne Newton Blvd Las Vegas, NV 89111 [email protected] (702) 261-5882
OnTheMap: An Innovative Online Mapping and Reporting Application Jerry Wong Data Dissemination Specialist U.S. Census Bureau
The U.S. Census Bureau’s OnTheMap is an online mapping and reporting application showing where workers are employed and where they live with reports on worker characteristics and optional filtering by age, earnings, or industry groups. It provides an easy-to-use interface for creating, viewing, printing and downloading workforce related maps, profiles, and data. This tool can help answer questions about the local economy, top industries, and the workforce. For economic planning: Where is the labor supply located? Where can a company locate a new building/shop? For transportation planning and analysis OnTheMap maps local commuting patterns: Between which areas do workers commute? For emergency management and preparedness: What is the daytime population? Import your shape files into OnTheMap and perform any of the analyses provided!
Nevada’s Economy: Boom or Bust? Jerry Wong Data Dissemination Specialist U.S. Census Bureau In addition to a census of population and housing every ten years, the Census Bureau measures the nation’s economic and business activity and well-being. Participants will learn how to access and use data from the Census Bureau’s economic programs. This will include becoming familiar with accessing business data through the American FactFinder tool. The workshop will focus on data from the 2012 Economic Census (14 economic sectors released to date) for Nevada state, counties, and cities. Other economic data will include Non-Employer Statistics (businesses with no paid employees), the Survey of Business Owners (minority-, women-, veteran-owned businesses), County & Zip Code business patterns, and more. Contact: 15350 Sherman Way Suite 400 Van Nuys, CA 91406 [email protected] 818-267-1763 Construction Management Using ArcGIS Wood Rodgers, Inc. Eric Ford, GISP A case study for using ArcGIS for server to manage construction management activities on the Southeast McCarran Sound wall project. This presentation will demonstrate how an efficient workflow ws created by storing data in a SDE database with access for multiple users on multiple environments including desktop and mobile environments.
Contact: 5440 Reno Corporate Drive Reno, NV 89511
Washoe County Franchise Ambulance Service Area Response Map Revision
Gary Zaepfel, GISP Technology Systems Developer Washoe County Technology Services Department Regional Services / GIS Christina Conti, MPPA Program Manager Emergency Medical Services Oversight Program Washoe County Health District The current REMSA response map and zones are not effective or representative of the region’s population growth and development in recent years. Previously map revisions were based on compliance calculations of specific study zones for a six month period. This is not a viable method as it does not include specific and quantifiable measures that should be included in the process. Regional partners are recommending that the antiquated map be updated and should be a priority of the Emergency Medical Services Oversight Program. The recommendation is that the current map remains and the currently suggested revisions should cease in lieu of developing a new population density-driven map that factors in response call volume. The Emergency Medical Services Working Group subcommittee, chaired by the Washoe County Health District (WCHD), is developing methods to modernize the REMSA response map revisions, based on specific criteria and quantifiable measures. Contact: 1001 E. 9
th St Reno, NV 89512 [email protected] 775-328-2349
[email protected] 775-326-6042
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: Using GIS for Market Research & Demographics Analyses
Evan MacDougall, GISP
GIS Manager - KB Home Corporate Market Research GIS
KB Home is one of the top home builders in the United States and relies heavily on GIS to help perform demo
graphic and other analyses to ensure they are targeting their homes to the most interested consumer audience and
to more importantly ensure that their home buyers are 100% satisfied with their built-to- order KB Home. See
some examples of how KB Home Market Research GIS uses ESRI, Tableau, and other local and cloud GIS
services to perform demographic analyses.
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