Pro-West News & Articles

Just Add Water: Pro-West Prepares for MN AWWA 2015

The Minnesota Section of the American Water Works Association’s Annual Conference takes place this week in Duluth, promising a rich mix of technical content and networking that’s sure to please all in attendance! 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…
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Back to School in Minnesota

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist In the solutions department at Pro-West, we leverage the Smart Mapping capability in ArcGIS Online to create stunning and useful maps that can be used on any device, at anytime, anywhere. With all of the great new solutions and abilities coming out, it can be easy to miss something important…
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Win with Land Records at ND GIS Users Conference!

Today marks exactly a month until the , where we look forward to seeing many familiar faces, making new connections, learning from others, and sharing knowledge of our own that we hope will be valuable to you! In the two years since the last ND GIS Users Conference, we’ve seen the area of land records grow and flourish in…
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Moving Forward: What did we learn at the Esri UC?

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…
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Apps! Apps Everywhere! Day 4 at the Esri UC

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist Thursday was my last day at the Esri UC, and the day’s sessions, events, and the Party by the Bay were the perfect way to end the amazing week!  The day was filled with learning all about ArcGIS Server in the Cloud and the ArcGIS apps we all know and…
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What’s in store for your ArcGIS Online organization? Day 3 at the Esri UC

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist Wednesday was possibly the best day yet at the Esri UC! I attended numerous useful sessions, and here is some of what I discovered. We hope to see the Photo Survey solution in October that allows users to conduct rapid damage assessment by collecting and processing location aware photo data. It works…
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Will Collector for Windows find Null Island? Day 2 at the Esri UC

Today at the Esri UC was a day full of technical workshops and industry sessions. I was busy checking out sessions on ArcGIS Online, AppStudio, Collector for Windows 10, ArcGIS Pro Tasks, and the Dakotas User Group meeting. ArcGIS Online’s new security, privacy, and compliance capabilities make it easier to administer an Organization. Custom Roles can be…
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Maps, Drones, and Jack: Day 1 at the Esri UC

Yesterday was the kickoff to the Esri UC, and the Plenary Session showcased what is nothing less than brilliance and excellence in GIS and how it is being leveraged not just around the world, but in our very own communities. Here are a few highlights of today’s Plenary Session. The Living Atlas of the World contains authoritative…
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See You at the UC!

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist The Esri UC kicks off tomorrow! This is a chance for everyone attending to learn about the great ways GIS is impacting our communities and how WE are a part of it. I’m very pleased to be returning to the UC again this year and learning what’s in store for…
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Esri’s Release of Collector for ArcGIS v10.3.1

Kyle Wikstrom, GIS Solutions Specialist A new version of Collector for ArcGIS was recently released in the iTunes AppStore and Google Play, and we want YOU to know just what makes this new release relevant to us and how data collection just got a little bit easier. Let’s pretend one of our clients in a…
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