Land Records Management

Are you currently using Esri’s parcel fabric and, if so, have you incorporated any Add-Ins? Geospatial Data Specialist Lisa Schaefer, a leader in parcel fabric implementation and education, introduces key aspects of Add-Ins… WHERE TO FIND PARCEL FABRIC ADD-INS Add-Ins can be found at GitHub in the Parcel Fabric Add-Ins Repository. WHAT ADD-INS ARE AVAILABLE? Add-Ins include…

This year’s MN GIS/LIS Consortium’s Annual Conference is just three weeks away, and Pro-West is preparing to share, learn, and strengthen connections within our statewide GIS community. The Pro-West team is particularly excited for this year’s event as it is virtually in our backyard, taking place in Bemidji, MN. Having the conference location so close…

Congratulations to Pope County, MN and Jefferson County, WA on their Esri Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Awards! Presented at this week’s Esri User Conference in San Diego, the awards recognize the two counties’ vast accomplishments over the past year in implementing a modern enterprise GIS that is benefitting the entire organization and local citizens.…

This is always an exciting time of year for Pro-West as we plan for the Esri User Conference in San Diego, CA in July. It’s a highlight of our calendar (one member of our team even says it’s his favorite holiday) as we discover, share, and connect with the international GIS and Esri user community. This…

Are you an Esri user focused on land records? Are you headed to the 2017 Esri User Conference in July? Whether you’re an Assessor, Recorder, GIS Analyst, or hold any other role with a land records component, the Land Records Meetup offers an excellent opportunity to informally get together with other professionals in your field to share…

Pro-West is preparing to head for Las Vegas September 24-27 for the 2017 Internal Association of Assessing Officers’ (IAAO) Annual Conference. Taking place at Bally’s Hotel and Casino right at the heart of the Strip, the conference program promises a rich learning experience, covering topics at the forefront of Assessors’ agendas country-wide. Pro-West will be…

Conference delegates at this year’s URISA GIS-Pro in Jacksonville, FL October 26-28 will have the opportunity to discover Jefferson County, WA’s story of GIS transformation. Taking the County from stagnant to standard-setting, find out the driving forces, milestones, lessons learned along the way, and successes achieved by the Jefferson team in their journey towards a…

Pro-West’s Jennifer Ward, Local Government GIS Consultant, and Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist, will be teaching at this year’s Minnesota Association of Assessing Officers (MAAO) Summer Seminars. Taking place May 24-25 at St Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN, the two-day MAAO Summer Seminars program features 14 classes focusing on topics of critical importance to…

The latest update to Esri’s ArcGIS for Local Government in January included new solutions and enhancements to existing solutions. We also learned that more ArcGIS solutions will be moving to a hosted environment, meaning users will not have to download and host the application files on internal servers. Such solutions include Public Notification, Park Locator,…

In the GIS industry, there are two distinct “conference seasons” each year: February-March and September-October. We’re about 2 weeks out from the February 2017 “opener”, so we would like to share where and when you can find Pro-West in the next couple of months. Esri FedGIS The aforementioned “season opener”. Taking place February 13-14 in…