Pro-West News & Articles

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.…

The South Central Minnesota GIS User Group is preparing to hear from Pro-West’s Greg Galarneau at its meeting June 22, 2017, along with other speakers covering topics that are critical to the current GIS agenda in the state. Greg will present on “NG911 and Minnesota Counties: Learning from Experience”. Content shared during the session will…

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…

As the State of Minnesota prepares to implement a Next Generation 911 (NG911) system that incorporates modern communications technology, counties are receiving support from Pro-West to ensure they are ready on time. Counties’ E911 data must exist in a format that meets standards set by the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), requiring counties to have…

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…

WALKER, Minnesota-April 11th, 2017 ­­– Geographic Information Services, Inc. (GISinc), and Pro-West & Associates, Inc. (Pro-West), have announced their Mentor-Protégé Agreement established through the US Small Business Administration’s Mentor-Protégé Program. The alliance formalizes the longstanding relationship between the two firms, which share closely aligned skill sets and operational approaches. Together, mentor firm GISinc and protégé…

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,…