NWGIS 2019: Evolve Your GIS

In recent years, the attention of GIS managers has increasingly focused on the topic of governance. The rapid advancements in GIS technology combined with the growing need to balance the value, risk and resources associated with GIS has put managers under considerable pressure to get a handle on governance. In this session, we discuss governance as a “system of control” that defines the processes and responsibilities needed to ensure you are providing the right level of oversight into your GIS investment. We also discuss a framework for defining your organization’s GIS governance model and putting it into action.

This presentation will look at and demonstrate the evolution of Ag Land Use mapping in Washington using various GIS technologies, imageries, and mapping partners. WSDA crop mapping integrates ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro,, and mobile applications including Collector and Explorer. Each of these technologies provide an important role in obtaining efficient quality data to support the agricultural industry and analyze impacts to natural resources. This data is published as GIS data and web maps/apps for consumption.

The City of Lacey had been using GIS in a sort of ad-hoc manner with little overarching organization or guidance. With the acquisition of an enterprise license we set out to modernize the City’s GIS use by implementing Portal-driven web maps for the city, using ESRI apps on city phones for mobile mapping and data collection and replacing ArcMap 10.X with ArcGIS Pro, for desktop GIS users. It took a lot of change management and education to make this paradigm shift work – this presentation will cover how we did it as well as some lessons learned along the way.

SiteVision is a high-accuracy augmented reality system, which allows users to interact with their spatial GIS data in the context of the real world. It enables users to easily understand information such as new designs, existing underground services, and how future landscapes will look over time, without the need to interpret drawings or maps. Overall SiteVision is a productive construction tool, allowing users to plan and visualize the progress on site, complete quality management, and identify issues early reducing costs and time. We will present a real customer example and how they have employed this exciting technology to increase efficiency. There will also be a session so attendees can experience virtual reality in the field

The landscape of GIS has been changing over the last few years. State and Federal agencies are moving away from file based GIS datasets and desktop applications to robust enterprise (local and cloud) based platforms. The contemporary ArcGIS Enterprise environment can efficiently provide distributed GIS managed content via Web Services, as well as provide out of the box solutions to a broader audience, than that of the older file-based approach. In late 2018, the Dept. of State Lands (DSL) began the migration process away from siloed GIS datasets and older Desktop tools towards, ESRI’s more contemporary ArcGIS Enterprise/Web GIS based platform.

ArcGIS Enterprises’ frontend application – Portal , provides DSL staff with a secure gateway to agency GIS content, along with Dashboards and Web applications (created via WAB). From this productive environment users can securely authenticate, view, query, create and share maps, as well as edit dataset that are all housed in a back-end Enterprise Database solution (ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Data Store, and MS SQL server).

Despite the productive possibilities of the Enterprises approach, the migration and adoption process can take longer than one might expect, and so putting together a good implementation plan can help prevent delays. This presentation will look at both the opportunities and challenges that DSL has faced with migrating to the ArcGIS Enterprise and Portal environment.

Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS® is a great framework for quickly delivering purpose-based web GIS applications. In situations where you may need capabilities that aren’t offered out-of-the-box, the typical path has generally been custom widget development… but it doesn’t always need to be. While custom development has its benefits, there can be costly drawbacks, particularly as technology evolves and custom functionality needs to be rewritten.
 
In this session, you'll learn how Geocortex is transforming widget development in Web AppBuilder. We'll show you how you can deliver custom experiences and functionality in your applications, all through configuration. See how we can add value to your investment in Esri technology with intuitive, web-based design tools to help you save time and money. Best of all, you can do it all without writing custom code!

In recent years, ESRI had made huge changes in the GIS workflow. With everything from ArcGIS Pro, to ArcGIS Online, the landscape of how we do our jobs changed. In this session, we'll explore the pitfalls and successes of evolving our GIS from the traditional ArcMap enterprise geodatabases to a full ESRI enterprise setup.

A case study, detailing a business analyst approach, to asset management and relational GIS data in Vancouver (not BC), Washington (not DC), Clark County (not Las Vegas). The mapping project supported a crosswalk lighting analysis program. ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcSDE, and Collector were all used to help complete this project.

Modern day asset tracking is transitioning from a two dimensional “spreadsheet view” to four dimensional, spatiotemporal asset management.
Real-time data collection and asset management is a vital tool to ensure regulatory compliance and customer safety. However, many utilities rely on disjointed legacy systems comprised of numerous spreadsheets, non-spatial databases, and GIS data. This disconnect makes implementing real-time asset management in a GIS environment complex and impractical. Want to throw caution to the wind and start collecting asset information with ArcGIS mobile solutions anyway? We did too!
By leveraging ArcGIS mobile solutions and FME Desktop the HydromaxUSA team can integrate real-time mobile data collection into legacy systems without significant database restructuring. We designed a process that allows users to interact with large datasets on their mobile devices and collect directly against existing data, regardless of connectivity.
During this presentation we’ll demonstrate ways to leverage Esri’s mobile solutions and web apps to maintain data integrity on the backend, and keep a consistent and intuitive user interface on the front end. By tailoring each solution to your company’s needs you can increase productivity while limiting room for inconsistencies in data. Come learn how we made a massive legacy geodatabase easily consumable across the entire suite of mobile apps.

Want to track your ADA self-assessment data collection in real-time? Do you need to visually communicate data to those who don’t use GIS regularly? Is there a need for more public involvement for your ADA Transition Plan? Use Interactive WebGIS technology. In this session, I will show you what you can create to show and track all ADA self-assessment and Transition Plan data using WebGIS. This includes everything from ADA data collection through GIS analysis to online improvement tracking. Which can also be connected to Asset Management Systems.

ABSTRACT:
Brief introduction and biography.
Some history of NGS and its mandate.
Discussion of new 2022 Datums and the modernized National Spatial Reference System (NSRS2022)
Driving force to replace NAD83 and NAVD88.
Difference between the Old NSRS vs. the New NSRS, and the 3 part blueprint document "Blueprint for 2022":
Part I: Geometric Coordinates (May 2017)
Part II: Geopotential Coordinates (Oct. 2017)
Part III: Working in the Modernized NSRS (In Review)
Geodetic Toolkit (NCAT/NADCON 5.0)