LIVE AND IN PERSON

2021 SOUTH FLORIDA GIS EXPO

August, 26-27, 2021PBC Convention Center

650 Okeechobee BoulevardWest Palm Beach, FL 33401

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WELCOME

The South Florida GIS Expo is an annual conference sponsored by the Palm Beach Countywide GIS Forum. The South Florida GIS Expo serves as a way to foster collaboration, GIS coordination, networking, education and training for the rapidly expanding professional GIS Community in the South Florida Region. The 2021 South Florida GIS Expo represents our 27th year of organizing and facilitating this regional GIS conference.

We are excited to be back LIVE and in-person this year for 2021. We missed seeing everyone last year in 2020. As we navigate our “new” normal, please remember to keep your mask on while you are in the convention center. Let’s do our best to keep everyone safe and healthy!

South Florida GIS Expo Committee2021 South Florida GIS Expo

August 26-27, 2021Palm Beach County Convention Center

650 Okeechobee BoulevardWest Palm Beach, FL 33401

www.sfgisexpo.com | www.gisforum.org

http://www.sfgisexpo.com

http://www.gisforum.org

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SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

RegistrationThursday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Friday 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Exhibit Hall*Thursday 12:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Friday 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

LunchThursday 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Friday 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Light lunch available in the Exhibit Hall

Job BoardThursday and Friday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Resumes and vacancies can be posted on the Job Board in the Foyer by Registration.

Poster Exhibits Thursday and FridayCategories for posters to be displayed throughout the Expo include Best Project Presentation, Best Analytical Presentation and Best Student Poster. Judging of posters will take place Thursday between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. Winners will be announced at the Friday lunch break.

There will also be a separate Best of Show Poster recognized by the Poster Judge Committee and announced during lunch break on Friday.

* Note: The Exhibit Hall will open for exhibitor set-up only on Thursday from 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.

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Thursday August 26, 2021 Presentations

8:00 AM – 8:30 AMRegistration Opens/ Continental Breakfast near Registration

8:45 AMWelcome from SF GIS EXPO Chairs

9:15 AMKEYNOTE ADDRESS

Dr. Timothy L. HawthorneAssociate Professor of GIS at University of Central Florida & 2021-2022

National Geographic Explorer

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10:15 AM – 10:30 AM 15 Minute Morning Break

10:30 AM – 12:15 PMInnovations in GIS

Anthony Puzzo of ESRI

12:15 PMExhibit Hall Opens

12:15 PM – 1:30 PMLunch in Exhibit Hall

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1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Room 2AGIS for City-wide Lot Mowing Program in Punta Gorda

Todd Helt of City of Punta Gorda

Room 2BCreating Broward County’s 30-Year Transportation Surtax Dashboard

Ernesto Carreras of Broward County

Room 2CGeospatial Education; Research at UF/IFAS

in Fort LauderdaleAdam Benjamin of University of Florida

Room 2DLessons Learned Architecting and Implementing a Highly Available

ArcGIS Enterprise EnvironmentTom Blush of Jones Edmunds & Associates

Room 2EThe Next Dimension; 3D Models and 4D Digital Twins

Krysia Sapeta of Sanborn Map Company

Room 2FDusting off the cobwebs - A multi-functional team’s experience

optimizing 30 years of restoration project data into an accessible spatial application

Mark Walton of South Florida Water Management District

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM 15 Minute Break in Exhibit Hall

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2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

Room 2ALeveling Up GIS

Gabrielle Drice of Broward County

Room 2BLatest ArcGIS Online Solutions for Public Agencies

Andy Zaletel of Baxter & Woodman, Inc.

Room 2CEmergency Management Incident Reporting Utilizing ArcGIS Apps

Ross Gilmore of City of Palm Beach Gardens

Room 2DBuilding a Successful Drone Program at the South Florida

Water Management DistrictRick Householder of South Florida Water Management District

Room 2EWhat’s New In Wellington GIS

Nicole McPherson of Village of Wellington

Room 2FCost-Effective Asset Collection and Faster, Better Workflows

using 3D Streetscapes Danny Hendren of Cyclomedia

5:00 PMThursday Night Social at CityPlace

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Friday August 27, 2021 Presentations

8:00 AM – 8:30 AMRegistration Opens in foyer Hall Way

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Room 2ACentralizing GIS Into Your Utility Management Workflow

Teresa Chapman of Florida Technical Consultants

Room 2BSidewalk Inspection and Repair Log Using ArcGIS Online

Jim Kirkpatrick of City of Vero Beach

Room 2CDamage Assessment in 3 Easy Steps

Regina Hagger of Palm Beach County ISS/GIS

Room 2DRemotely manage urban growth and quickly respond to residential

needs with a robust, up-to-date aerial content stackJackson Adams of Nearmap

Room 2EMore Insight, Less Effort: Putting the Cloud and AI to Work for You

Mike Zoltek of Woolpert

Room 2FLeveraging the ArcGIS Platform to Improve Hurricane Restoration

and Restore Power OutageJason Drost of Fort Pierce Utilities Authority

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM 30 Minute Break in Exhibit Hall

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10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Room 2AQuantum Spatial

TBA of Quantum Spatial

Room 2BCollaborations on AGOL and ArcGIS Portal: Partnered and Distributed,

Sharing Data Across Organizations Christopher Jennings of Broward County

Room 2CFrom Sketches to Satellites: Florida’s Natural History through

Cartography and GeographyNicole Miller of South Florida Water Management District

Room 2DDiscover the Power of Automation

Patrick Discover the Power of Automation of City of Coral Springs

Room 2EHigh-Accuracy GNSS in a Four Constellation World

Eric Gakstatter of Eos Positioning Systems, Inc

Room 2FNew Efficient Solutions for Distribution Powerline Extraction and

Utility Pole SurveyMichael Cook of TopoDOT

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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Room 2ALies, Damn Lies, and Maps

Jim Barnes of Village of Wellington

Room 2BPavement Management Made Easy

Teresa Chapmanof Florida Technical Consultants

Room 2CAutomated Shoreline Extraction from UAS Imagery – Jupiter Inlet

Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Case StudyMonica Rajkumar of Florida Atlantic University

Room 2DPalm Beach County Water Utilities Enterprise GIS

Portal ImplementationAlex Baker of Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department

Room 2ETracking Sidewalk Defects and Inspections at the City of Punta Gorda

Todd Helt of City of Punta Gorda

Room 2FMapping the Dunes CDD Stormwater System

Andrew Baranowski of CDM Smith

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch in Exhibit Hall

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1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Room 2AZero Trust Security < Trust NO ONE >

Terry Toler of Broward County

Room 2B“Why is Parcel Mapping so Difficult?”

Frank Conkling of Panda Consulting

Room 2CAutomated Invoicing with ESRI Tracker for the Python

Elimination ProgramJames Crandall of South Florida Water Management District

Room 2DColorblind Safe Color Palette Development

Amen Abdou of City of Weston

Room 2EIntegrating Trimble GNSS with Esri Field MapsErin McCormick of Navigation Electronics, Inc.

Room 2FWeb Application of Top Water Consumer Rates to Identify Areas

for Water Restriction Education Manny McIlroy of City of Boynton Beach

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2:30 PM –3:30 PM

Room 2AWorkorder Management with ArcGIS Workforce

William Rockwell of City of Sarasota

Room 2BCity of Miramar 3D Modeling and ArcGIS Urban Experience

Iliana Saraiva of City of Miramar

Room 2CMosquito Control on the Fly – Palm Beach County’s GIS-Based

Response to Mosquito ThreatsSteve Fazekas of Palm Beach County Environmental Resources

Management Mosquito Control Division

Room 2DLeveraging GIS to Successfully Benefit Your Community

Garth Magness of Tyler Technologies

Room 2EStormwater Easement ManagementElkin Diaz of City of Fort Lauderdale

Room 2FViewing aerial imagery in a 3D World: 3D Mesh and its use cases

Courtney Dobbertin of Eagleview/Pictrometry

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3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Room 2AUsing Mobile LiDAR for Utility Pole Inventory and

Engineering ModelingEric Sheehan of WGI, Inc.

Room 2BDecentralized interoperable open spatial computing should form

the foundation of our “Smart City” infrastructureMark Mitchell of 360 Matrix, LLC.

Room 2CSeagrass Mapping and Evaluation of Trends in Lake Worth Lagoon

Nikki Dancho of Coastal Eco Group

Room 2DDemographic Analysis of Off-Peak Transit Trips During COVID

Zev Naiditch of Transportation America

Room 2EAnalyzing Geospatial Data with ArcGIS Maps for Power BI

Stephanie Delgado of GovSpend

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Dr. Timothy L. Hawthorne

Dr. Timothy L. Hawthorne is an Associate Professor of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the Department of Sociology at University of Central Florida and serves as co-lead of the UCF College of Sciences GIS Cluster.

He earned his Ph.D. in Geography in 2010 from The Ohio State University. Dr. Hawthorne and his team are set to unveil the nation’s first GeoBus in 2020. GeoBus is a 42 foot city bus with a mobile geospatial technology education lab that will visit K-12 schools across Florida.

He is an associate editor for Journal of Geography and The International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research. Dr. Hawthorne’s collaborative work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Geographic, IBM and Verizon.

Learn More About Dr. Tim Hawthorne

https://sciences.ucf.edu/sociology/thawthorne

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LIVE AND IN PERSONLIVE AND IN PERSONWe would like to thank all of our Sponsors for their continued

support of the SF GIS Expo. Please be sure to stop by the Exhibit Hall and say “Hello” to

our Patron Sponsors below and our exhibitors.”

ESRI – Earth System Research Institute

https://www.esri.com/

Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency

https://www.palmbeachtpa.org/

Surdex Corporation https://www.surdex.com/

Woolpert, Inc.

https://woolpert.com/

SWA – Solid Waste Authority https://swa.org/

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August 26, 2021 Keynote Address8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

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Room 2D, 2E, 2FGeoBus: Driving Science’s Next Generation Across FloridaDr. Timothy L. Hawthorne, Associate Professor of GIS at University of Central Florida & 2021-2022 National Geographic Explorer

The nation’s first GeoBus at University of Central Florida (UCF) aims to drive science’s next generation by partnering with Florida K-12 schools, industry, and community change-makers to deliver a high-tech mobile STEAM education lab on a 40-foot reclaimed city bus powered by the sun. GeoBus is an imaginative and forward-thinking innovation in Florida that builds children’s knowledge and life skills to empower their future success and the success of their communities, especially in high-need Title 1 schools and communities. GeoBus serves multiple community needs that no other mobile STEAM education program in the country has yet tapped and is 100 percent committed to inspiring the next generation of geospatial technology professionals. In this presentation, we’ll outline the vision of GeoBus from Citizen Science GIS at UCF, and discuss how industry and community partners can engage with us as we launch the nation’s first GeoBus this school year. More information about GeoBus from Citizen Science GIS at UCF at: https://www.citizensciencegis.org/outreach#geobusanchorDonate to GeoBus/Citizen Science GIS through the UCF Foundation at: https://www.ucffoundation.org/givetocos?id=c7b7c445-462e-44ff-86c5-6e43b2d0433d

GeoBus solar panel installation with local solar partner, 15lightyears Foundation.

Orlando K-12 students engaging with our Augmented Reality Sandbox. The AR Sandbox will be a station on our GeoBus.

https://www.citizensciencegis.org/outreach#geobusanchor

https://www.ucffoundation.org/givetocos?id=c7b7c445-462e-44ff-86c5-6e43b2d0433d

https://www.ucffoundation.org/givetocos?id=c7b7c445-462e-44ff-86c5-6e43b2d0433d

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August 26, 2021 Workshops

10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

ESRI Workshop

Innovations in GISESRI Room 2D, 2E, 2F

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August 26, 2021 Presentations 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

GIS for City-wide Lot Mowing Program in Punta GordaTodd Helt, GISP, GIS Analyst - City of Punta GordaRoom 2A

In order to minimize the potential for vacant lots to become a menace to public health, safety and welfare, or otherwise become a public nuisance, the City of Punta Gorda established a Lot Mowing Program by ordinance.

The program provides for mowing, trimming and sidewalk edging for eligible undeveloped properties when required in order to maintain the property in accordance with the ordinance. Property owners are charged an annual user fee for participation, and are not obligated to participate except in the cases of repeated and delinquent code violations. The Urban Design/Building Departments, including Code Enforcement, are responsible for management, monitoring, inspections, and compliance as part of the program. Tools were needed to empower City staff to efficiently schedule, monitor and inspect lot mowing progress from their mobile devices, as well as update the ever changing vacant lot enrollment data. The mowing status and schedule is of high public interest, so a separate public-facing view only version of the map app was required as well.

A GIS-based solution for the Lot Mowing Program Manager and other Code Enforcement staff was implemented using ArcGIS On-Line along with ArcGIS Collector and Field Maps, with access to web maps and data via the AGOL Web Map Viewer. As a result, the data is now easily maintained by City staff in the field or office, with updates being reflected in the maps and apps in real-time, allowing for the highest level of data quality and billing services coordination between the Urban Design/Building and the Finance Divisions, resulting in improved services to the public.

The presentation will include a demo as well as discussion of challenges and lessons learned, opportunities and next steps at the City for this innovative solution.

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Creating Broward County’s 30-Year Transportation Surtax Dashboard Ernesto Carreras, GISP, Senior GIS Analys - Broward County Room 2B

In 2018, Broward County electorate approved a 30 year increase to the sales tax to fund significant investments in transportation and transit systems. The voter approved initiative, called the Broward County Mobility Advancement Program, is expected to raise $16 Billion.

To ensure transparency and accountability of the new transportation funding, the County explored solutions to share public information on hundreds of transportation projects. In In this day and age, in which the public and elected officials expect information at their fingertips, a perfect opportunity emerged to leverage GIS web applications. Sharing data can be troublesome and even more when illustrating a large and complex program such as the Mobility Advancement Program.

This presentation will illustrate how we were able to design, develop, and implement a web mapping dashboard to share information about the program with the public using multiple Esri web mapping tools. The main objective of this tool was to provide a cross platform tool, easy to use web mapping application to users from all backgrounds to assist them answering questions such as: what projects are happening near my house or workplace? How many projects are in construction at this very moment and what is their phase? What projects are happening within my city or county commission district?

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Geospatial Education & Research at UF/IFAS in Fort LauderdaleDr. Adam Benjamin, Geomatics Specialist - University of FloridaRoom 2C

As the UF Geomatics program approaches its 50th anniversary, the program has undergone significant transformation over the years. It has adapted to the rapid rate at which geospatial technology has evolved and the needs for Geomatics education have changed. From program offerings to research priorities, the program has managed to keep pace with industry trends in the respective fields of GIS, unmanned aerial systems, LiDAR, and spatial data collection. This session will look into the challenges geospatial educators face in a rapidly changing world and how UF Geomatics has dealt with those challenges. The session will also showcase selected efforts of UF Geomatics @ Fort Lauderdale researchers as they address geospatial topics ranging from analysis of location-based social media data to drone remote sensing.

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Lessons Learned Architecting and Implementing a Highly Available ArcGIS Enterprise EnvironmentTom Blush, GIS Manager - Jones Edmunds & AssociatesKevin Hofmann, GIS Administrator - Bonita Springs Utilities, IncRoom 2D

Bonita Springs Utilities, Inc (BSU) implemented ArcGIS Enterprise as a high-availability data hosting and Web GIS solution for its organization. This implementation resolved ongoing performance issues in BSU’s legacy ArcGIS Server site that were caused by a combination of suboptimal hardware and system architecture for the volume and type of content being served. Jones Edmunds worked collaboratively with BSU’s Engineering and IT staff to develop a system architecture and server specifications to meet BSU’s GIS needs. Jones Edmunds developed and executed an implementation plan which allowed the legacy GIS environment to remain operational while the new Enterprise environment was stood up. Performance improvements were realized through networking configuration using separate internal and external load balancers, enhanced server specifications, consolidated content, and caching. Following successful deployment of the new ArcGIS Enterprise environment BSU staff migrated content to the new environment, including a complex full-system map complete with utility assets, linked as-builts, and data from several other application tables including but not limited to customer service and utility maintenance. Efficiencies were gained by converting from database replication to python scripts for the data.

BSU and Jones Edmunds worked collaboratively throughout the implementation to overcome a series of technical hurdles associated with implementing a highly available ArcGIS Enterprise environment. The implementation plan, actual implementation steps and configuration, technical issues and resolutions, and other best practices were memorialized in a live configuration document. Following implementation, the system was upgraded to the most recent version of ArcGIS Enterprise, and the upgrade process was fully documented.

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The Next Dimension; 3D Models and 4D Digital TwinsKrysia Sapeta, Director Strategic Accounts - Sanborn Map Company, Inc.Room 2E

Although physicists have recently determined the theoretical possibility of a two-dimensional (2D) universe, most of us are perfectly happy living in our three-dimensional (3D) world. It is a natural progression, therefore, for our GIS data to evolve from traditional 2D maps to a 3D representation This presentation discusses the development of 3D models that are the genesis for Digital Twin models. Digital Twin models are paramount in building sustainable Smart Cities and will become more and more relevant in our industry.

There are numerous capabilities and advantages related to working in a 3D virtual environment, and the applications for 3D models and Digital Twins will also be covered.

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Dusting off the cobwebs - A multi-functional team’s experience optimizing 30 years of restoration project data into an accessible spatial application.Mark Walton, Environmental Scientist - South Florida Water ManagementBrad Anderson, Geospatial Analyst - NV5 GeospatialRoom 2F

The Southwest Florida Water Management District’s (SWFWMD) Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Program is responsible for implementing natural systems restoration and water quality improvement initiatives for 12 priority water bodies, either through District initiatives or cooperatively funding projects with state agencies, local governments, and other organizations. Since 1987, 227 restoration and 189 water quality projects have been implemented, treating surface water runoff from more than 220,000 acres of watershed, and restored over 14,000 acres of freshwater, estuarine, and upland habitat. Information regarding historical SWIM projects is frequently requested by stakeholders within the District and other parties with interests in land and environmental management to aid in regular reporting, strategic planning, evaluation of project success and investment return, and in evaluating competitive grant applications. However, accurately and consistently servicing such requests was previously difficult as data was scattered, duplicated, and unstructured. Gathering information could take days or weeks as individual spreadsheets were reconciled or archived paper records were searched.

The SWFWMD SWIM group set out to streamline data retrieval and reporting by developing a restoration project database and web-mapping application that was easily accessed and maintained. SWFWMD staff wear multiple hats, managing the restoration projects, monitoring their implementation and long-term maintenance, and managing the related data and reporting. Therefore, they sought a solution that was aligned to the varying formats in which the District receives and collects data, team’s data management capabilities and existing District platforms and processes. SWFWMD worked with NV5 Geospatial to update their SWIM Restoration database, automate GIS workflows, apply quality control and assurance measures, and develop dashboards that would ensure efficient, accurate, and easily accessible reporting.

The result is a modernized spatial enterprise solution tailored to SWFWMD SWIM program needs and showcasing information of interest to internal and external stakeholders. Our experiences may serve as a model for other programs of similar size and scope. During this presentation we will share information on the SWIM program, its projects, and how an upgraded enterprise system has improved our program implementation.

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Leveling Up GISGabrielle Drice, Information Systems Manager - Broward CountyRoom 2A

Find out how a Capability Maturity Model (CMM) was used to create a 50 page, 5 year Strategic Plan for Broward County GIS. Use the lessons learned to identify your organization's current operational level, and how to level up.

Latest ArcGIS Online Solutions for Public AgenciesAndy Zaletel, Business Development Manager - Baxter & WoodmanRoom 2B

One of the most critical components of sound, defensible decision-making is access to accurate and complete information. Managing, analyzing and distributing this information is essential to effective and efficient Public Agency operations. Spatial technology can be used to manage and maintain data, make sense of it, and provide the answers to the people it matters to most, allowing for informed action.

This session will highlight connecting staff, customers, and management to the information, data, and applications in such a way that it makes them more informed, efficient, and effective. Examples will be shown of applications relating to drainage issues, sewer construction / as-built GIS, pavement/sidewalk/ramp analysis and evaluation using numerous ArcGIS Online solutions. Specifically, we will be demonstrating real-world implementations of Field Maps, Collector for ArcGIS, Operations Dashboard, Web AppBuilder, and ArcGIS Hub.

This presentation will demonstrate the value of promoting collaboration of field staff, management, and residents/customers through Esri maps and apps.

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Emergency Management Incident Reporting Utilizing ArcGIS Apps Ross Gilmore, GISP, GIS Manager, Kailani Ott, GIS Analyst, Brian Gruber, Applications Specialist and Cory Wilder, Director of Public Services - City of Palm Beach GardensRoom 2C

This presentation will cover the City of Palm Beach Gardens’ use of Workforce for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Survey123, and Dashboards for Incident Reporting and Tracking during EOC Activation. By replacing previous paper and SharePoint methods for tracking storm related incidents, assignment of crews, and incident resolution, the City has streamlined EOC operations, improved communication, and enhanced decision making abilities through the use of these ArcGIS apps.

Join us to learn how these applications were implemented and how they may help your organization streamline operations.

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Building a Successful Drone Program at the South Florida Water Management DistrictRick Householder, IT Geospatial Section Leader, Michael O’Brien, Alex Schauer, Greg Toolan, Surveyors, and Nicole Miller, Geographer - South Florida Water Management District Room 2D

The SFWMD’s Mission is to safeguard and restore South Florida’s water resources and ecosystems, protect our communities from flooding, and meet the region’s water needs while connecting with the public and stakeholders. To accomplish this mission, the District is always looking for tools that can assist with these important tasks. Drones are one of those tools.

The District’s Drone Program Implementation has developed carefully and methodically since its inception over two years ago. Since then, the program has purchased entry and advanced level drones, management software, hired a consultant, developed intake and flight mission planning processes, successfully trained a team of internal pilots, and engaged in numerous proof-of-concept projects.

The team has also implemented various geospatial and web portal tools to assist in the programs oversight, create/manage drone data. This presentation will show how on behalf of SFWMD, the lead Survey and IT Geospatial Teams have worked together to research, plan, build and implement a successful and safe drone program to serve the complex needs of the District.

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What’s New In Wellington GISNicole McPherson, GISP, GIS Manager, Luis Rivera, Josh Lambert, and DJ Helkowski - Village of WellingtonRoom 2E

Join the Wellington GIS Team to learn more about moving to a cloud hosted environment, life with Tyler Energov and Munis, the future goals of GIS, and more...

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Cost-Effective Asset Collection and Faster, Better Workflows using 3D StreetscapesDanny Hendren, GISP, Southeast Account Manager - CycloMedia Technology, IncJennifer Kuntz - CycloMedia Technology, IncRoom 2F

Organizations large and small can benefit from rapid and cost-effective asset collection using a 3D environment created from street-level imagery and terrestrial lidar. Why send people trekking through the streets with GPS units when in a fraction of the time and at significantly reduced costs, artificial and natural intelligence (skilled data extraction analysts) can deliver a geodatabase with your right-of-way asset locations and attributes? As a bonus item, like those Ginsu knives, you get a 3D streetscape embeddable in GIS, asset management systems, workflow management, websites, CAD and other applications.

Use the 3D imagery for additional work such as: DIY asset extractions, ad hoc measuring, project planning, real property reviews, or checking field conditions for public safety.

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August 27, 2021 Presentations 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Centralizing GIS Into Your Utility Management WorkflowTeresa Chapman, Project Manager - Florida Technical Consultants Room 2A

When GIS becomes the center for utility operations it directly benefits all aspects of program management.

The cycle begins with your GIS Data. FTC will review how various utility clients have utilized ArcGIS Online to control data updates, implement asset management, develop master plans, maintain hydraulic models, plan for capital improvement projects and track construction from design to completion.

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Sidewalk Inspection and Repair Log Using ArcGIS OnlineJim Kirkpatrick, GISP - City of Vero Beach Room 2B

The City of Vero Beach has 57 miles of sidewalks which require inspection and repairs on a regular basis. For years, keeping track of sidewalk maintenance was accomplishment with the trusty pen and paper log method. The final resting place for the log was a file cabinet in a Public Works manager’s office. The limited access and use of this data after being captured is obvious. Enter the GIS Division, specifically ArcGIS Online. Creating a GIS layer for inspections and repairs and having staff update their progress via Collector for ArcGIS Online has transformed the process immensely.

Now all staff have quick access to inspection status and repair locations, including pictures. In addition, the new GIS layer allows for the creation of an informative Dashboard for management. This presentation will discuss the design and management of the sidewalk inspection and repair database maintained by the City of Vero Beach.

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Damage Assessment in 3 Easy StepsRegina Hagger, GISP, GIS Manager - Palm Beach CountyMichael Groves - Palm Beach CountyRoom 2C

Learn about how you can participate in Countywide Damage Assessment with your existing staff.

Did you know that you can partner with Palm Beach County GIS and do Damage Assessment for your jurisdiction in 3 easy steps? Sound too good to be true? Nope - it’s your tax dollars at work. We are looking to collaborate with our partners in Palm Beach County and make it easy for all of us to work together as a TEAM. When there is a disaster, Palm Beach County has to reach a threshold to get a FEMA Declaration and Reimbursement $$$. It is in our joint interest to work together to quickly tabulate damages and apply for Federal funds to address the event. Examples of recent disasters are: Tornados, Hurricanes, Wildfires, Red Tide and Toxic Algae Blooms. Get rid of your clipboard and paper forms and make your Activation Life easier (ours, too)!

Have little or no GIS Staff? No problem! Do you not have an ArcGIS Online account? Not to worry we will create them for you! Need support? Done – we have a weekly web call that you can listen to, learn virtually and get all your questions answered! Need to be guided step by step? Check! We have short videos for training your staff and step by step guides to take out in the field with you.

Come to this session to find out how you can quickly create a group and get started. All you need is a cell phone, mobile device or a laptop to collect damage in the field.

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Remotely manage urban growth and quickly respond to residential needs with a robust, up-to-date aerial content stackJackson Adams, Account Executive - Nearmap.Room 2D

Florida is a location renowned for its snowbirds. However, cities across the state are now receiving an influx of younger migrants. This population increase brings with it a demand for urban expansion to accommodate the needs of these new inhabitants. As the driving force behind urban growth strategy, GIS teams play a vital role in ideating the future of Florida’s cities. Nearmap products can help local municipalities throughout Florida smartly strategize their expansion with a full stack of aerial content that enables GIS professionals to clearly visualize, plan, advertise, and track projects. Join us for a presentation as we detail how GIS professionals can: • Employ Nearmap location intelligence alongside geospatial technology

to enhance mapping capabilities, improve data transparency, streamline operational efficiency, enable desktop reviews, and provide greater context for planning

• Use the Nearmap proprietary content stack — AI, 3D, ortho, and oblique — to empower planning and decision-making capabilities

• Improve department workflows across Public Safety, Transportation, Assessment, Water, Planning and Development, and AEC with Nearmap content

• Boost data-driven insights by integrating Nearmap with leading GIS, CAD, asset management, and other third-party applications

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More Insight, Less Effort: Putting the Cloud and AI to Work for YouMike Zoltek, GISP, Surveyor - WoolpertRoom 2E

As the volume of geospatial data grows, so does the need for efficient data management and manipulation as a way to solve everyday business problems. In this session on data storage and derivative products, we will discuss best practices for shifting big data to the cloud—reliably, cost-effectively and at scale—as well as lessons learned from real-world experience.

We will also touch on how artificial intelligence and deep learning can substitute for personal attention in the tedious analysis of large geographic areas, enabling human teams to focus on higher-level reasoning tasks. Finally, we will showcase the latest data products created through AI and DL, such as building footprints and impervious surface maps, to demonstrate how sound methodology can increase product accuracy while decreasing time spent on mundane analysis.

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Leveraging the ArcGIS Platform to Improve Hurricane Restoration and Restore Power OutageJason Drost, GIS Manager - Fort Pierce Utilities AuthorityKarina Livingston - Fort Pierce Utilities Authority Room 2F

Learn how Fort Pierce Utilities authority developed a streamlined workflow integrating ArcGIS Field Maps, Web Apps, ArcGIS Operations Dashboard, ArcGIS Workforce, and Survey123 with the utilities outage management system to improve damage assessment, utility designs, material generation, coordination, and reporting for hurricane response.

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Collaborations on AGOL and ArcGIS Portal: Partnered and Distributed, Sharing Data Across OrganizationsChristopher Jennings, Senior GIS Analyst; Broward CountyRoom 2B

Gathering current geospatial data across Broward County has been a challenge. Especially during an emergency. Finding a way to simplify and make the sharing process easy has been challenge and goal. With the enhancement of collaborations with Portal and AGOL, sharing contemporary data is possible.

The first step utilized was to collaborate with our AGOL organization. Referenced data is copied through a Distributed Collaboration to AGOL and shared through the Partnered Collaboration to other organizations. By collaborating through Partnered Collaborations on AGOL data can be cross shared between organizations. This achieves the goal of access to the most current and relevant data between the County and the Municipalities. It also allows data to dropped into the collaboration at a moments request. This removes the laborious preparation process of sending shapefiles with size limitations under stressful pressures. By establishing these collaborations ahead of time, streamlines critical data requests.

These collaboration methods and enhancements get the County to the point of on demand data requests of up-to-date information that will facilitate emergency response during Emergency Activations. Bringing Public Safety and Response quickly to bear when critically needed.

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From Sketches to Satellites: Florida's Natural History through Cartography and GeographyNicole Miller and Madelyn Rinka, Geographers - South Florida Water Management DistrictRoom 2C

Expose South Florida’s natural landscape and water flows before its population boom and urbanization by peeling back the layers of time!

This presentation journeys through early representations of Floridian geography and the depictions developed in the decades following as these maps transform alongside the changing human population and influence. See how an intricate canal system attempts to mimic the natural rhythm of Florida’s environmental geography and how urban development has affected its landscape.

With today’s geospatial technology we can visualize and recreate maps of historic landscape and imagery, while interacting with current and historic data. Join us as we explore cartographic maps from pre-settlement Florida all the way up to our current satellite views and infrastructure.

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Discover the Power of AutomationPatrick Lockwitz, GISP - City of Coral SpringsBrendan Bladdick - ESRIRoom 2D

How often have you spent your time clicking those “Next” buttons in an install wizard and watched the status indictor slowly work its way to the end while thinking, there must be a better way? Well, there is! In working with Esri Professional Services, the City of Coral Springs discovered a new way to automate the install, upgrade and patching of its ArcGIS Enterprise environment using PowerShell and it has resulted in a great deal of operational efficiency.

Come learn what is needed to get this going in your environment and learn about the resources available to help you out.

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High-Accuracy GNSS in a Four Constellation WorldEric Gakstatter - Eos Positioning Systems, IncRoom 2E

For so many years, the default high-accuracy GNSS receivers supported GPS (US) and Glonass (Russian) satellites. Adding Glonass helped overcome "GPS brownouts" when there were not enough GPS-only satellites to work reliably throughout the day. Adding Glonass satellites squashed the GPS brownouts and GPS/Glonass RTK GNSS receivers became the standard.

Then, in the last few years Galileo (Europe) and more recently, BeiDou (China) satellites emerged with more frequencies and signals to process. Processing these new signals and frequencies requires more processing and power consumption. Are they worth it? When, where and how do these two additional constellations help?

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New Efficient Solutions for Distribution Powerline Extraction and Utility Pole SurveyMichael Cook, TopoDOTRoom 2F

Cataloguing Electric and Power Corridors for Transmission, Distribution and Substations with LiDAR scanning has become more efficient in the past few years. However, the Electrical Grid is one of the largest machines on earth and there’s a lot of information that is often missed or not collected at all. In this presentation we aim to improve the quality of the collection of such information with a combination of Mobile LiDAR data and the right extraction tools and methods. This presentation will explore how to collect and label the following features: • Towers and Poles• Wires and Attachments• Clearances• Real-estate, on or between the Power & Communication Space• Encroachments and more

We will specifically will focus on tackling complex Distribution lines that require more detailed information. With the methods discussed in this presentation the attendee will learn how to:• Extract what’s needed, much faster than the traditional methods.• Vectorize poles, wires and attachment points, with a few simple steps;

leaving you with a light-weight ‘geolocated’ deliverable.• Reduce data-collection (per pole) down to a few seconds.• Extract 300+ utility poles per day instead of just 30.• Reduce file sizes and become more compatible with other platforms• Export seamlessly to ArcGIS or to other database platforms.

This well-defined process will improve the quality of the information extracted without sacrificing schedules. The implementation of Mobile LIDAR into this type of utility survey will add value to current collection processes and/or improve established workflows. .

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August 27, 2021 Presentations 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Lies, Damn Lies, and MapsJim Barnes, AICP, GISP, Village Manager - Village of Wellington

Maps are big these days. Social media and news sites frequently post maps and those maps often go viral. They’re all over Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, and news organizations are understandably capitalizing on the power that maps clearly have in digital space: they can visualize a lot of data quickly and effectively. But they can also visualize a lot of data inaccurately and misleadingly.

We are taught from an early age to analyze and understand the meaning and manipulation of words, but most are rarely taught the same skills about maps.

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Pavement Management Made EasyTeresa Chapman, Project Manager - Florida Technical Consultants Paola Mendoza, Associate Engineer - City of Boynton BeachRoom 2B

ArcGIS Online offers the opportunity to communicate with and support engineering departments. The City of Boynton Beach needed to assess pavement conditions to develop a 15 year plan based on available funding and pavement scores. An ArcGIS Online application was developed to achieve this and dashboards were used to compare data.

FTC worked together with the City to create the platform based off their specific needs and help bring their vision to life. The City was trained on how to utilize ArcGIS Online, Dashboards and ArcGIS Pro to maintain the data.

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Automated Shoreline Extraction from UAS Imagery – Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Case StudyMonica Rajkumar - MS Student, Florida Atlantic UniversityRoom 2C

Shoreline is the most important feature of the coastal landscape. The ever-changing coastal landscape reflects the natural processes of erosion and deposition and hence extracting the shoreline is of paramount importance. However, this extraction process is mostly manual and time-consuming. This presentation will discuss a method of automating the shoreline extraction process using a custom Geoprocessing tool.

The workflow behind it is to generate the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) and determine the shore region. The ability of the developed tool is to extract the shoreline features in a short span of time without much human intervention will also be discussed. The study area considered for this research is 120-acre Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area (ONA) that has more than 3500 feet of dynamic shoreline.

This historical site with significant ecological importance is monitored annually using Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) data. This presentation will demonstrate the automatically extracted shorelines for study area using the newly developed tool. The extracted output can be further used in performing change detection of the shoreline and in computing the volume of soil erosion for a timeseries of data.

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Palm Beach County Water Utilities Enterprise GIS Portal ImplementationAlex Baker, GISP - GIS Analyst, Danny Thorpe, GIS Manager - Palm Beach County Water Utilities DepartmentRoom 2D

Getting away from older ArcGIS technology serving GIS data, Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department moved forward implementing a full web based Enterprise GIS Portal accessible to anyone within the organization. Deployed fully to the entire organization, staff can now access a plethora of targeted applications geared specifically to a variety of utility departments (Engineering/Operations & Maintenance/SCADA/Contract Management/Regulatory Compliance/Laboratory/Asset Management).

Implementing the Enterprise GIS Portal at Palm Beach County Water Utilities has helped support a culture of spatial awareness throughout the organization. Putting the GIS in the hands of our organization through the web portal has brought a streamlined approach in delivering maps and apps to our end users. Moving forward into the future, we understand it is imperative we adequately adapt and implement new GIS technology beneficial to our organization’s success in delivering vital services to the public.

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Tracking Sidewalk Defects and Inspections at the City of Punta GordaTodd Helt, GISP, GIS Analyst and Brad Schuette - City of Boynton BeachRoom 2E

The City of Punta Gorda Public Works Division is responsible for maintenance of the City’s pedestrian-friendly infrastructure, consisting of a network of more than 130 miles of sidewalks, walkways, and multi-use trails.

The Human Resources Division is responsible for Risk Management, and in this role routinely must report on the status of sidewalk inspections, in particular reported defects and related repairs/replacement.

Maintenance requiring sidewalk and multi-use trail repairs or replacement is completed by construction contractors under unit price contracts. ArcGIS Field Maps and Survey123 and ArcGIS On-Line were utilized to create a mobile solution for field staff to easily document the defects and repair status, as well as document regular inspections, using only their mobile device (Android smartphone and/or tablet).

In addition, a custom web mapping application was created and deployed using ArcGIS Web AppBuilder to allow the City Project Manager and Contractor, as well as the City’s Human Resources Risk Manager, to access the sidewalk defects, current status of repair/replacement, estimated material and labor for each of the defect areas, and other data summaries for reports.

The presentation will include a demo as well as discussion of challenges and lessons learned, opportunities and next steps at the City for this innovative solution.

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Mapping the Dunes CDD Stormwater SystemAndrew Baranowski, GISP - CDM SmithRoom 2F

The Dunes CDD encompasses approximately 2,200 acres and is located on the barrier island within the unincorporated land of Flagler County. The District serves the private communities of Hammock Dunes, Ocean Hammock, Hammock Beach, and Yacht Harbor Village.

The development of a GIS based stormwater infrastructure inventory was necessary to support the DCDD’s future stormwater management goals. This presentation will demonstrate the workflows utilized to create the GIS based stormwater Inventory for the DCDD.

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Zero Trust Security < Trust NO ONE >Terry Toler, IT/GIS Specialist - Broward CountyRoom 2A

The zero trust security model (also, zero trust architecture, zero trust network architecture, ZTA, ZTNA), sometimes known as perimeterless security, describes an approach to the design and implementation of IT systems.

The main concept behind zero trust is that devices should not be trusted by default, even if they are connected to a managed corporate network such as the corporate LAN and even if they were previously verified. In most modern enterprise environments, corporate networks consist of many interconnected segments, cloud-based services and infrastructure, connections to remote and mobile environments, and increasingly connections to non-conventional IT, such as IoT devices.

The once traditional approach of trusting devices within a notional corporate perimeter, or devices connected to it via a VPN, makes less sense in such highly diverse and distributed environments. Instead, the zero trust approach advocates mutual authentication, including checking the identity and integrity of devices without respect to location, and providing access to applications and services based on the confidence of device identity and device health in combination with user authentication.

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“Why is Parcel Mapping so Difficult?”Frank J. Conkling, PSM, Owner - Panda ConsultingRoom 2B

On the surface, mapping parcels seems to be a fairly simple task. However, if one explores the complexities inherent to parcels and land ownership the reasons for the complexity quickly becomes evident.

This presentation will explore these complexities and will attempt to breakdown some of the misunderstandings inherent in mapping parcels

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Automated Invoicing with ESRI Tracker for the Python Elimination ProgramJames Crandall, Senior IT Developer - South Florida Water Management DistrictRoom 2C

To support the SFWMD’s Python Elimination Program (PEP), IT Geospatial Services staff has created a process to generate invoices from the ESRI Tracker hosted ArcGIS Online feature service through Python scripting, Geoprocessing Services and Jasper Reports.

The team has implemented .py scripting that is run as scheduled tasks to post-process incoming ESRI Tracker features by adding additional attributes to each track point (participant information), PEP Land name (intersection geoprocessing) and calculating elapsed time (in seconds) to determine billing invoice information.

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Colorblind Safe Color Palette DevelopmentAmen Abdou, GIS Coordinator - City of WestonRoom 2D

This presentation discusses a topic that not may people talk about, yet is affects 8-10% of the population; color vision deficiency (CVD) which is commonly referred to as colorblindness.

We will discuss some of the available resources used to assist in the development of a colorblind-safe color palette for cartographic purposes, and showcase the color palette on a few maps.

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August 27, 2021 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Integrating Trimble GNSS with Esri Field MapsErin McCormick, Mapping and GIS Solutions - Navigation Electronics, Inc. Room 2E

In this presentation we will cover the settings and integration with Esri Field Maps using the Trimble Mobile Manager App., highlight new features for data collection and show the technique for collecting 3D high accuracy points utilizing the free FDOT real time network.

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Web Application of Top Water Consumer Rates to Identify Areas for Water Restriction Education Manny McIlroy, GIS Analyst - City of Boynton BeachRoom 2F

Earlier this year the City of Boynton Beach recently passed a new ordinance that limits water usage for lawn irrigation within its boundary, in order to help promote sustainable potable water usage.

The ordinance limits the days in which residents are allowed to water. Public outreach coordinators within the Department of Community Standards were tasked with educating residents on new the ordinance with the hope that it will ease frustrations.

GIS personnel were asked to map locations within the city of heavy potable water usage, in order to highlight the areas of greatest concern and where education is most needed.

We digitized 15 months of utilities data from January 2020 to March 2021 that pertains to the 999 top potable water users within the city. Their consumption rates ranged from 304,000 to over 2,500,000 gallons of potable water used. Kernel Density and other spatial tools were used to analyze usage patterns and find areas of high water use concentration.

These areas were marked for outreach coordinators to visit door-to-door and discuss ways to conserve future water usage.

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Workorder Management with ArcGIS WorkforceWill Rockwell, GIS Coordinator - City of SarasotaRoom 2A

The City of Sarasota has developed a GIS-centric workorder management system using ArcGIS Workforce, Survey123, Dashboards, and Integromat.

This cradle-to-grave workorder solution has recently been released as a publicly available mobile app (iOS and Android) to better improve internal and external requests for service for the City.

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City of Miramar 3D Modeling and ArcGIS Urban ExperienceIliana Saraiva, GISP, GIS Analyst, Imrul Hack, GIS Manager and Giovanni Castiglione, GIS Analyst - City of MiramarRoom 2B

ArcGIS Urban provides a comprehensive set of tools to compose the urban development lifecycle. ArcGIS Urban is a system of web-based and desktop tools to create and manage plans and projects, engage with community stakeholders, and reduce risk for timely decision making.

Esri assisted the Miramar with the initial operating capabilities (IOC) implementation for a Planning solution using ArcGIS Urban to: • Build in-house capabilities for creating, managing, analyzing, visualizing,

and sharing 2D and 3D content as part of a city-wide 3D basemap that can be utilized within ArcGIS Urban.

• Prepare the necessary data sets for entire City, publishing these datasets to the City’s ArcGIS Online organization and configuring a Miramar-specific ArcGIS Urban instance.

• Create a 3D Basemap Model for the City of Miramar in ArcGIS Pro

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Mosquito Control on the Fly – Palm Beach County’s GIS-Based Response to Mosquito ThreatsSteve Fazekas, Environmental Analyst - Palm Beach County Environmental ResourcesRoom 2C

Palm Beach County made the decision to change to a paperless system following the 2016 Zika Virus outbreak.

The outbreak demonstrated the need for real time information sharing from an operational standpoint and for county officials to inform the public and local partners.

The goal of the transition was to create a digital system of data collection and a workflow that provided real time data in an easily accessible user-friendly format.

ArcGIS online paired with applications provided a customizable solution that could address this need. We will share the history, challenges, results, improvements, and considerations we came across switching to a paperless system. Palm Beach County Mosquito Control has used its GIS daily beginning in 2018 to provide service to its customers.

The change has allowed for increased productivity, customer service, improved collaboration and coordination, and more informed decision-making.

Join us for a walkthrough of the project from start to finish and what we gained by going all in with GIS.

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Leveraging GIS to Successfully Benefit Your CommunityGarth Magness - Tyler TechnologiesNicole McPherson, GISP, GIS Manager - Village of WellingtonRoom 2D

The Village of Wellington, Florida, will share how their community leverages GIS for better decision making, increased cost savings, greater efficiency, and improved geographic information recordkeeping.

Wellington has an Enterprise GIS that connects and shares data across many platforms. Their GIS utilizes mobile applications for data collection and verification, interactive maps for internal and external data sharing, dashboards, and more. It has become a core component for Wellington and is the central data hub for their newly implemented software systems, including EnerGov Enterprise Permitting and Licensing, Munis Enterprise ERP, and CivicRec Parks & Recreation Management. As a leader in municipal Geographic Information Systems, Wellington’s GIS team was recognized with the 2019 Excellence in Technology Award. The use of GIS was key in several other departments’ success: Public Works - American Public Works Association (APWA); Utilities - AWWA Outstanding Water Distribution System Award; Floodplain Management - reduced fees for residents; and 2010 to present - South Florida GIS Expo poster contest winners.

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Stormwater Easement ManagementElkin Diaz - City of Fort LauderdaleRoom 2E

The City of Fort Lauderdale’s Public Works Stormwater Operations (STW OPS) Department has developed a multi-year Watershed Asset Management Program (WAMP). As part of this program, Stormwater Sustainability is leading the improvement of managing stormwater drainage easements / processes to embrace an asset management framework for the City’s stormwater infrastructure.

To properly maintain and manage the City’s stormwater infrastructure, it is not simply good enough to understand what asset infrastructure the City owns. It is also imperative for the City to have easy access to accurate land rights information as it relates to their stormwater infrastructure. Does the City own the land where the stormwater infrastructure exists? Does the City have an easement over the land? Is the easement large enough for additional development?

This presentation will review the process that the City of Fort Lauderdale used to accurately map out their existing stormwater infrastructure easements within GIS, how they developed a plan to maintain their GIS data, and how they disseminate the information throughout the City.

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Viewing aerial imagery in a 3D World: 3D Mesh and its use casesCourtney Dobbertin, Technical Manager - EagleviewRoom 2F

3D and the idea of being able to bring 2D objects is not a new concept, however for many, it is quite expensive, time-consuming, and requires CAD knowledge. 3D Mesh is a game-changer in being able to view 2D environments into a 3D world and there is so much that one can extrapolate, investigate, and create informed decisions utilizing 3D Mesh.

In this session, we will go into some use cases for 3D Mesh along with turning your aerial imagery into 3D environments.

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Using Mobile LiDAR for Utility Pole Inventory and Engineering ModelingEric Sheehan, GIS Manager and Christian Stewart - WGI Inc.Room 2A

This presentation will provide an overview of the mobile lidar collection to loading model methodologies for electric utility poles and related infrastructure such as cables, cross arms, insulator, guywires, risers, and streetlights.

Collection scenarios for poles close to roadways, back of lot, and areas of lesser accessibility will be discussed. GIS data products derived from features extracted from the LiDAR point cloud and their relationship to the electrical provider’s asset catalog will be shown in a GIS application environment in 2D and 3D.

Finally, examples will be provided generating engineering modeling using Osmose Corporation’s industry leading application O-Calc Pro. An interchange utility operating inside the GIS application creates the source files for performing comprehensive pole loading analyses for joint use, equipment or line upgrades, system hardening, and pole replacement.

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Decentralized interoperable open spatial computing should form the foundation of our “Smart City” infrastructureMark Mitchell, CEO - 360 Matrix, LLC.Room 2B

Governments and communities around the world have announced ambitious initiatives to promote the rapid adoption of new smart city services. Moving forward, we should consider some of the values we must build into this new digital environment.

We are at the cusp of a digital revolution, and we can empower citizens to take control of their data sharing, privacy, and security with standards-based decentralized technologies.

In this presentation, I will explore the benefits of the Open Spatial computing platform (OSCP), Decentralized Identity (DID), and the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS). These and other Web 3.0 technologies signal a paradigm shift in the way citizens interact with our precious data.

We should challenge ourselves to create an ecosystem of interoperable technology systems as a platform for collaboration, job opportunities, and rapid economic growth.

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Seagrass Mapping and Evaluation of Trends in Lake Worth LagoonNikki Dancho and Cheryl Miller - Coastal Eco GroupRoom 2C

Seagrasses in Lake Worth Lagoon (LWL) have been monitored by Palm Beach County Environmental Resource Management (PBCERM) since 2000 in accordance with the LWL Management Plan which guides water quality improvements and habitat enhancement and restoration projects within LWL. Mapping of seagrass in the lagoon was interpretation from aerial photography and limited in situ ground-truthing surveys in 2000 and 2007. However, due to poor water clarity in 2012, PBCERM developed an alternative field mapping protocol in 2013 based on intensive field verification. The objective of the 2018 ground-truthing survey was to capture significant changes in bed composition/density, outer bed boundaries, and spatial extent of seagrasses within the three lagoon segments (north, central, and south) in comparison to the 2013 map.

Overall areal extent of seagrass within the LWL decreased from 1,582 acres in 2013 to 1,552 acres in 2018. The decrease was driven by widespread losses of seagrass within the central segment and northernmost extent of the south segment of the lagoon, north of the Ocean Blvd Bridge. The north segment continued to support the greatest density, diversity, and areal extent of seagrass of the three lagoon segments.

The 2013 ground-truthing survey was limited to locations where seagrass was delineated in 2007, therefore the results of the 2013 ground-truthing survey are an in-situ verification of the 2007 map and not a comprehensive map of seagrass distribution and areal extent in the LWL. The 2013 and 2018 seagrass maps are based on diver verification of previously mapped habitats with additional limited ground-truthing during the 2018 survey of areas outside of previously mapped habitats, as such both maps likely underrepresent seagrass distribution and areal cover throughout the LWL. The 2013 ground-truthing survey also demonstrated that aerial surveys do not detect sparse Halophila habitats which are the dominant seagrass cover in the central and south segments of the lagoon. Due to the diminutive size of these seagrass species and the limited water clarity, these habitats must be intensively ground-truthed to accurately map and characterize seagrass cover and areal extent in the lagoon.

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Demographic Analysis of Off-Peak Transit Trips During COVIDZev Naiditch, Paratransit General Manager - Transportation AmericaRoom 2D

In Miami-Dade County, after COVID began, a program called Go Nightly was implemented. Between the hours of midnight and 5am, public transit riders had the option of using a TNC (Uber or Lyft), or, as an alternative, they could use a Paratransit vehicle, typically used for riders dependent on wheelchairs.

The purpose of this program was to increase social distancing for peak transit vehicles, while saving the agency money. A larger than expected amount of riders opted for the Paratransit alternative, instead of Uber or Lyft. The purpose of this analysis is to drill down on the demographics of the locations requested by these riders.

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Analyzing Geospatial Data with ArcGIS Maps for Power BIStephanie Delgado, Senior Program Manager - GovspendRoom 2E

Many organizations are great at collecting data, but it takes real imagination to fathom all of the different things you could do with it.

Power BI and ArcGIS Maps bring a wild variety of options to life, such as displaying multiple maps on the same screen, bringing divergent datasets together, and and selecting data for export by users and decision makers, right on the screen.

The functionality is comparable to fully functioning, independent webapps. It is a great addition to any manager's toolbelt.

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