Land Records Management

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…

The WLIA Annual Conference is just a month away, so it’s time to get organized! Taking place February 22-24 in Wisconsin Dells, this is a landmark year for the conference – its 30th – and Pro-West is proud to help WLIA celebrate. The has been released, offering a rich blend of valuable and practical topics…

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist The ArcGIS solutions for property sales, such as Residential Comp Finder and Site Selector, are excellent apps for helping citizens and businesses identify locations to reside or set up shop. Access to this information helps to promote economic growth and development. With all of this great information, one may ask,…

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist Offline maps let users view, collect, and update features in a disconnected environment using Collector for ArcGIS on a mobile device. Once internet connection is re-established, synchronize your map and send your data updates back to your centralized GIS database. To take a map offline in a disconnected environment, all…

The Racine County team received an Esri SAG Award for the project. Read the story of Racine County, Wisconsin’s GIS transformation, in the November edition of Esri’s ArcWatch. In 2015, Racine’s Register of Deeds and Land Information offices joined forces to embark on a GIS transformation that would advance their land records capabilities further than they…

With Assessors required by law to physically view properties that are subject to taxation at least once every five years, counties place critical importance on having an effective quintile plan in place. While no specific format is required, the right plan defines expectations and is instrumental in keeping these in-person inspections on target, mapping out each stage of…

Fall is officially here and, at Pro-West, that means just one thing: the MN GIS/LIS Annual Conference will soon be here! It’s taking place a little later this year – October 26-28 – giving us an extra couple of weeks to polish our presentations and get in plenty of practice with the popcorn machine. Every year we strive to…

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 …