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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…

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…

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist The World of Things Welcome to my summary and key takeaways from the Chapter 1 of The ArcGIS Book! Read about this blog series in my previous post. Web GIS is a medium through which enables users to contribute information through useful, interactive GIS maps. All of the data that has been gathered,…

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist I have lived in Minnesota for over two decades, and during this time I have seen many cookbooks. Most of these come from rural communities, and if a recipe is especially popular – or if it is thought that the dish originated from the Vikings (the ancient, marauding Vikings, not the…

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist Over 100 GIS professionals from across the Midwest met in Mankato, Minnesota, to share ideas and experience at the Mid-West Esri Utility Users Group (MWEUUG). Pro-West, also a conference sponsor, was there help promote GIS in the utility industry. At the conference I discussed “Leveraging ArcGIS Solutions for Utilities”, painting the…

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll be aware that election season has arrived! Pro-West’s solutions team has been working hard to help our government clients get prepared for when the country goes to the polls, using ArcGIS solutions to provide the right tools and information to the public. Leverage…

Pro-West has had a busy few months growing its team so that we can keep delivering great customer service and expand our business! Joining our team are Kyle, Ryan, Jenny, and Abiah, who together bring a wide range of expertise to Pro-West and to our clients. Find out more about each of them below! Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions…

Lucas Scharenbroich, Technology Manager At Pro-West, our Vice-President & COO Kendis Scharenbroich is preparing to share her experience, expertise and advice during the technical session Aligning Location Technology with Business Goals on Thursday, September 17th. There’s no better authority than Kendis on this topic – just ask our clients. She speaks with many, many organizations on a…

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist It’s been nearly a week since I left the Esri UC, and I’m still reeling from all of the excitement. So, what are the takeaways from the UC this year? Much of the focus was on putting geographic information and visualization capabilities in users’ hands. A lot of new capabilities…