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Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist The Esri User Conference is the largest gathering of GIS professionals from around the world, who attend hundreds of technical and interest sessions on new ways of understanding our world. Here are just a FEW of the highlights! ArcGIS for Local Government will move to a new deployment approach that simplifies…

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist Day 2 of the Esri User Conference was filled with technical sessions, special interest groups, and presentations. ArcGIS Workflow Manager provides a central job management and tracking system to streamline tasks in ArcGIS for Desktop. It supports your entire enterprise, from knowledge workers to executives and public engagement. This workflow management system…

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist The first day of the 2016 Esri User Conference began, as it does, with the plenary sessions, and I was at the front of the line to get into the presentation hall (one of my top tips!). Exemplary work done by GIS professionals from around the world was featured, including Racine …

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist Over 16,000 GIS professionals from around the world will gather in San Diego for the Esri UC next week. Those attending will network with peers from the global GIS community, learn new methods and techniques in hundreds of sessions and technical trainings, and engage with trusted experts and solution providers.…

Pro-West has added another geo app to its Elections 2016 collection: Election Reporter! Many election administrators and local governments still need a more effective and efficient way of recording elections tabular results information. Take advantage of out-of-the-box ArcGIS Online apps to streamline this process! Election Reporter is a configuration of ArcGIS Online and the Crowdsource Polling configurable…

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist Using out-of-the-box (OOTB) apps and tools, any organization can provide a suite of web apps to help citizens, real estate professionals, and business owners search and locate available space and property. Popular solutions include Esri’s Residential Comp Finder and Site Selector applications in the ArcGIS for Local Government collection of templates. These apps combine…

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist Welcome to my summary and key takeaways from the Chapter 3 of The ArcGIS Book! Read about this blog series in my previous post. See my breakdown of Chapter 1 here, and Chapter 2 here. Stories and maps used to commonly be side-by-side items but, with Esri Story Maps, stories can be presented through geography. The…

GIS professionals from across northwest and north central Minnesota converged May 5th on the Beltrami County Administration Building in Bemidji for the NW-NC Minnesota GIS User Group. Agencies represented included local governments, private industries, utilities, the forestry service, emergency response, academic, and state offices, with the shared purpose of promoting GIS in the area. Attendees discussed…

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist On May Pro-West will join other GIS leaders from across the state at the 2016 MN GIS/LIS Consortium Spring Workshops at the University of Minnesota – Minneapolis. As is always our aim, we will be bringing attendees the latest and best in GIS expertise, this time focusing on getting up to…

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist Welcome to my summary and key takeaways from the Chapter 2 of The ArcGIS Book! Read about this blog series in my previous post. See my breakdown of Chapter 1 here. Maps are how GIS users convey their work. Maps are analytical and artistic. They offer map readers the ability to understand and see our…