Local Government

WHAT’S PRO-WEST DOING AT UC 2020? Pro-West will have a virtual exhibit booth at the conference, where attendees can visit us online. Once at our exhibit booth, connect with the Pro-West team via the “Interact Live” button. Our virtual booth will be staff continuously during conference expo hours. We hope you will stop by for an informal chat or…

As many of us mark two months of “working through COVID” we can reflect on the journey so far – what’s worked, lessons learned, and how we can best navigate our way forward. GIS emerged early as a mission-critical tool, vital to supporting the first pandemic we’ve been able to analyze in real-time using modern location technology.…

Cody Wolfe, GIS Technician Welcome to the first of three posts in which we will cover the fundamentals of reading legal descriptions – a task that is vital to tax parcel information and other land records-related work. To understand legal descriptions, it’s necessary to first understand the Public Land Surveying System (PLSS). The PLSS was…

COVID-19 GIS tools are providing critical in helping monitor and mitigate the virus in communities across the globe. Governments are using location technology to bring together and share vital data with citizens on the status of local COVID-19 cases, where to find testing facilities, locations that are closed, and much more as we unite to…

Pro-West was recognized at the 2020 Esri Partner Conference with Esri’s Web GIS Transformation Award. Pro-West president Kendis Scharenbroich and Business Development Manager Brandon Tourtelotte were at the Esri Partner Conference in Palm Springs to accept the award on behalf of Pro-West’s team. The award acknowledges Pro-West’s ability to serve its clients with high quality web GIS solutions…

Pro-West will join the Property Records Industry Association (PRIA) and Esri at the 2020 PRIA Winter Symposium in Austin, TX, taking place February 24-27, to present on the organization’s “GIS Toolkit – How to Get Started”. Being held Thursday, February 27 at 11:10-noon, the session represents an extension of the previously published GIS and Land Records Integration white paper and will…

PRO-WEST IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ITS SPONSORSHIP OF THE , TAKING PLACE IN CHICAGO, IL FEBRUARY 25-26. Held for the first time in 2019, the  provides a unique opportunity for the Midwest’s GIS location technology community to connect with each other and with Esri to share knowledge and look ahead at what’s coming for GIS. As a…

Pro-West is pleased to be a silver sponsor of this year’s , taking place February 19-21 in Middleton, WI, where Pro-West Geospatial Data Specialist Lisa Schaefer will also teach a workshop and give a presentation. Starting with workshops on February 19, the  will feature Parcel Management in Pro: What’s Changing? delivered by Pro-West’s Lisa Schaefer and providing trainees with…

Polk County, MN is using ArcGIS Hub to engage with citizens in its community as part of a major GIS update. The County, which has considered location technology mission-critical for the past 30 years, implemented enterprise GIS to enhance its GIS capabilities across the entire organization and provide public users with an improved experience. With a robust…

Pro-West is headed to Bismarck for the 2019 North Dakota Geospatial Summit, taking place October 22-23 at the Bismarck Event Center, where we will have an exhibitor booth throughout the conference. Brandon Tourtelotte, Business Development Manager – Local & State Government, will be available to discuss your location technology goals, challenges and needs – whether you…