Pro-West & Associates

Pro-West & Associates will present at the Property Records Industry Association’s (PRIA) Winter Symposium being held February 25-28 in Greenville, SC. Accompanied by local government panelists representing Racine County, WI, Carver County, MN and Washington County, WI and property record management software provider TriMin Systems, Pro-West will host a panel presentation and discussion integrating GIS…

The (RGS), supported by Pro-West, is using Esri ArcGIS Online tools to help fulfil its mission of conservation and land management, with the help of members with a passion for ruffed grouse, other wildlife and the outdoors. The was developed as part of a project to identify and implement ways that the Ruffed Grouse Society…

Pro-West & Associates today announced the retirement of President & CEO, Annette Theroux, and promotion of Vice-President of Programs, Kendis Scharenbroich, to the role. Ms. Scharenbroich, of Bemidji, MN, joined Pro-West as a GIS Project Manager 17 years ago and became Vice-President in 2009. In her current role she has been responsible for leading hundreds…

Annette Theroux A: I returned to college in my 30s and was intent on a career that invigorated me. I naturally gravitated towards geography. Organizing the world through location and using maps to tell the story made sense! A rich and engaging endeavor – I was hooked. Although, I must admit, just plotting color thematic…

Pro-West is preparing for the 2019 Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) Annual Conference, where we will exhibit and sponsor and are especially looking forward to co-presenting with Waushara County, WI. Taking place February 20-22 in Appleton, WI, WLIA promises a comprehensive range of workshop and presentation topics spanning the full breadth of industry expertise. Delegates…

Most of us have become accustomed to the focus on US borders in the news media, but where exactly on these borders are our ports of entry? How are they spread across different states, and where are land crossings located? Of course, all these “Where?” questions can be efficiently answered with a map. Pro-West’s solutions…

Pro-West is looking forward to taking its position on the floor of the annual Esri Federal GIS Conference (FedGIS) January 29-30 in Washington, DC. Despite a partial federal government shutdown, all signs point to a healthy turn-out of both exhibitors and delegates, with the event set to put on display the most innovative, valuable and…

Baxter Elementary School’s (in Baxter, MN) 4th grade classes celebrated GIS Day November 14th, when students learned about the importance of geography, maps and geographic information systems. The GIS Day celebrations were led by local GIS small business Pro-West & Associates, whose Solutions Engineer, Kyle Wikstrom, partnered with the 4th grade teachers to share with their students…

Attendees came from organizations around the state to join the event and discover how to power organizational success using GIS technology. Topics of discussion included field mobility, enterprise GIS implementation, leadership engagement, public access to data, and a focus on efficient land records management that covered value analysis, system integration, and ArcGIS Online-based solutions such…

DID YOU KNOW THAT A CIRCLE IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WAY TO PRESENT POINT DATA? But what happens when there are so many events on a map that your points become a blob? Point clustering is a way to make it easier to extract meaningful information from your data. Point clustering is supported…