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Recent years have been some of the most exciting and challenging ever in GIS. Governments and industry are recognizing its value for a huge range of functions, stimulating an accelerated rate of growth and change. A constant in Pro-West’s almost-30 years in business has been keeping pace with developments in GIS and related sectors that…

Pro-West will be sharing its knowledge of GIS techniques and technologies at the 40th annual Joint Utility Training School (JUTS) Conference, being held January 20th-22nd in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Pro-West’s Vice President Kendis Scharenbroich will be delivering workshops on CAD to GIS conversion and ArcGIS Online during the event, which provides training sessions in…

Pro-West will be hosting workshops in December and January for local government GIS professionals, covering topics that will include: • Collector for ArcGIS • Explorer for ArcGIS • Operations Dashboard • ArcGIS Online Showcases Choose from two workshops: • Crookston Inn, Crookston, MN, December 16th 2014, 10am-2pm (lunch included) • Owatonna Public Utilities, Owatonna, MN,…

November 12, 2014 Pro-West & Associates, Inc. will be sponsoring this year’s Black Hills Digital Mapping Association (BHDMA) Annual Conference as well as sharing its knowledge during a workshop session. Held at the stunning West Outdoor Campus of the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks in Rapid City, the conference takes place on November 12…

Pro-West will be exhibiting at Esri Wisconsin User Group’s (EWUG) annual conference on October 20th and 21st. Taking place this year at Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells, the conference is an important one in Pro-West’s calendar given the company’s longstanding relationships with local government in WI. EWUG is a volunteer-run statewide group that meets…

Pro-West will deliver a workshop designed to introduce organizations to Esri’s ArcGIS Online technology at this year’s South Dakota Statewide Geospatial Conference, being held October 14-15 at the Career and Technical Education Academy in Mitchell, SD. Pro-West Solutions Specialist Kyle Heideman will conduct the workshop Wednesday October 15th from 3:15-5:15pm. The conference aims to facilate…

Pro-West has added to its complement of Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP)-certified staff, with Chelsea Utzerath, Brian Bjelland and Clayton Burns recently completing the qualification. GISP is the only industry-wide, internationally-recognized, software-agnostic certification available to geospatial professionals around the world. With a requirement for renewal every five years, it provides clients, employers and peers with the assurance of…

This year at MN GIS/LIS, attendees will be able to map their “journey” at the event with an interactive map. Using ArcGIS Online and created by Pro-West, users can add points to the map to show where they’ve been at GIS/LIS to map their own unique journey through the event. Click here to view the…

Long-time Pro-West client St Louis County, MN, has been honored by Esri for its use of innovative GIS technology, with 20 county employees receiving the Special Achievement in GIS Award. The award recognizes the county’s work on its Land Information Portal web and mobile application, developed in partnership with Pro-West and used by 700 of…