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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

1500 Jefferson Building 1500 Jefferson St. SE Olympia, WA 98501

8:30 am to 4:00 pm

to transform and better our lives.

salute to geospatial technology and its power

Join in the worldwide celebration of GIS Day, the annual

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GIS Day Schedule of Events

8:30 AM Welcome and Keynote Address

10:00 - 12:00 GIS Presentations

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 4:00 GIS Presentations

4:00 PM End of GIS Day

GIS Poster Display in Classroom 4

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10:00 The AWC GIS Consortium:

Building Smarter Communities in Washington - Grant Herbert, FLO Analytics/AWC, Andy Meyer, AWC

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10:00 Redesigning GIS Centric Websites with Usability in Mind - Kelly Alfaro Haugen and Elizabeth Donovan, Thurston County

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10:00 From COTS to Custom: How WDFW is Leveraging Mobile Data Collection - Jake Shapley and Phil Weyland, WDFW

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10:00 The Server Journey: from AGS 10.2 to Portal at 10.5.1 - Winston McKenna, LNI

10:30 Dashboard for Monitoring ESRI Desktop, AGOL and Server Usage - Chris Marsh, WDFW

11:00 GIS & NG9-1-1 Implementation in Washington - Dan Miller, MIL, Jason Guthrie, TCOMM 9-1-1

11:00 Getting Your Feet Wet with Web Map Apps - Angela LaLonde, WSDOT

11:00 Mobile GIS at DNR - Jeffrey Holden, DNR

11:00 Automating Data Management with FME - Austin Hildreth, DOR

11:35 Public-Private Collaboration: The Washington Hometown Project - Jennifer Hackett, Washington Hometown

11:35 Making GIS Web Data Accessible with an HTML Table Application - Stacey Plumley, WSDOT

11:35 Camping with iForms: Mobile Data Collection in Remote Headwaters - Reed Ojala-Barbour, WDFW

11:35 ArcGIS Online Open Data: Site Administration Best Practices - Julie Jackson, WSDOT, Tim Minter, DSHS

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11:50 Working with the ArcGIS Online-Hosted National Interagency Fire Center - Greg Tudor, RCO

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1:30 Developing a GIS Strategy for Washington Trails - Greg Tudor, RCO, Scott McQueen, Joanne Markert and Jenny Konwinski, OCIO

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T 1:30 From Stone Age to Digital Age: A GIS Case Study with Waste Resources - Marcy LaViollette, City of Olympia

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1:30 Python Best Practices for GIS Analysts - Thomas Laxson, DNR

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1:30 Building Mobile Fishing Regs Apps with ArcGIS, Leveraging Amazon's AWS - Jake Shapley, Christopher Nacey and Dale Gombert, WDFW

2:30 Introduction to the WAURISA Chapter: How we Support Washington GIS - Joshua Greenberg, Skagit County, Anna Yost, City of SeaTac

2:30 Street Sweeper Route Tracking - Sue Barclift, City of Olympia

2:30 The League of Places: National and Global Comparables of Your Place - Greg Schundler, Thurston County

2:30 Coastal Atlas - New Shoreline Photos and more - Darby Veeck and Ewan Whitaker, ECY

3:10 The 2017 State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan in GIS - Greg Tudor, WA RCO, Mike Leech, ESA, Jennifer Hackett, Washington Hometown

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3:10 Washington Geological Survey Data Portals - Abby Gleason, DNR

3:10 Spills Maps and Open Data Project - Darby Veeck and Ewan Whitaker, ECY

3:30 A 25-Year History of Spatial and Temporal Trends in Wildfire Activity - Justin Long, DNR

3:40 WSDOT's Airport Mapping Application & Airspace Calculator - Carter Timmerman, WSDOT

4:00 END OF GIS DAY & PRESENTATIONS 4:00 END OF GIS DAY & PRESENTATIONS 4:00 END OF GIS DAY & PRESENTATIONS 4:00 END OF GIS DAY & PRESENTATIONS

POSTER DISPLAYS AVAILABLE ALL DAY IN CLASSROOM 4

KEYNOTE ADDRESS – LARRY SUGARBAKER

Larry Sugarbaker was the National Geospatial Program Senior Advisor for the U.S. Geological Survey until his retirement in October 2017. Larry worked on National Map policy formulation and new initiatives. He has led major studies to understand customer requirements for The National Map and for a national enhanced elevation program. Prior to joining the USGS in 2007, Larry was the Vice President and Chief Information Officer for NatureServe, an international non-profit conservation organization.

Mr. Sugarbaker worked for the State of Washington, Department of Natural Resources for 22 years, where he managed the geographic information system and supported remote sensing, and forest inventory functions. He has gained worldwide recognition as a leader and expert in geographic information systems. Larry is a past chair of the National Research Council, Mapping Science Committee. Larry graduated from the University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources, with a B.S. in Forestry in 1977. He completed an M.S. degree in Remote Sensing and Wildlife Management from the University of Michigan in 1979.

Classroom 1 Presentation Abstracts The AWC GIS Consortium: Building Smarter Communities in Washington - Grant Herbert, FLO Analytics/AWC, Andy Meyer, AWC

The Association of Washington Cities (AWC) GIS Consortium, a first-of-its-kind partnership between AWC and FLO Analytics, helps Washington State organizations affordably increase their capacity to utilize GIS technology. Since its launch in 2016, the GIS Consortium has worked with over 15 local governments and non-city entities. During this session, we will take a deep-dive into what the GIS Consortium does, why and how the model has been successful, and explore several technical case studies.

GIS & NG9-1-1 Implementation in Washington - Dan Miller, MIL, Jason Guthrie, TCOMM 9-1-1

Geography matters in Next Generation 9-1-1. Where the emergency is at determines which agency responds as well as what resources need to be sent. High quality GIS data is essential to making the process work smoothly and efficiently. In an NG9-1-1 environment, cell phone calls are delivered to the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) with as much information as a landline or VoIP line. This requires the cooperation and coordination of numerous local jurisdictions along with the state.

Public-Private Collaboration: The Washington Hometown Project - Jennifer Hackett, Washington Hometown

Washington Hometown is creating a consolidated data set of recreation and culture with over 11,000 records drawn from more than 100 sources. The Recreation and Conservation Office and Mountains to Sound Greenway are both contributors and users. This talk will look at how they and other organizations are using the data, and how the collaboration that results can benefit not only Washington Hometown and its subscribers, but also other management and user organizations.

Developing a GIS Strategy for Washington Trails - Greg Tudor, RCO, Scott McQueen, Joanne Markert and Jenny Konwinski, OCIO

The Recreation and Conservation Office awards grants for trail development and restoration. The Legislature has also delegated RCO to publish recreation information. RCO has awarded the Washington State Office of the Chief Information Officer two grants to collect and update trail and trailhead data since 2014. As usage and long-term data maintenance questions arose, RCO began working on a trails data strategy with our partners and stakeholders.

Introduction to the WAURISA Chapter: How we Support Washington GIS - Joshua Greenberg, Skagit County, Anna Yost, City of SeaTac

The Washington State Chapter of URISA (WAURISA) exists for the purpose of supporting and encouraging professional growth through continuing education, communication, technical development and service to its members and others in the field of geospatial and information technologies. This presentation will highlight some of the new developments in the chapter and discuss ways people can become more involved. Upcoming events include the 2018 WA GIS conference, which will be held in Olympia in May.

The 2017 State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan in GIS - Greg Tudor, WA RCO, Mike Leech, ESA, Jennifer Hackett, Washington Hometown

The Recreation and Conservation Office reports the State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan every five years to the National Park Service. The SCORP plan helps RCO prioritize grant awards based on recreation supply and demand. As a small agency, RCO contracts the development of the plan and provides direction and analysis to meet reporting requirements. Eastern Washington University surveyed recreation needs. Washington Hometown provided recreation data. ESA developed maps and stories.

Classroom 2 Presentation Abstracts Redesigning GIS Centric Websites with Usability in Mind - Kelly Alfaro Haugen and Elizabeth Donovan, Thurston County

Making GIS data and software to non-GIS users in an easy to use format. The Thurston County GeoData Center is currently in the process of implementing a new public facing website. This has been challenging due to the technically advanced concepts and our diverse customer base. To meet this challenge we have utilized Usability research and concepts during our redesign process. This talk shares our process, lesson's learned, future plans and shows off our redesigned website for the first time ever!

Getting Your Feet Wet with Web Map Apps - Angela LaLonde, WSDOT

Quick intro to ArcGIS online and its user friendly Web AppBuilder that enables users to easily customize apps and widgets that they can share publicly or just within their team. A well-designed viewing platform, targeting a specific audience, helps others to view data in a meaningful way. We have great data, let us share it and encourage more informed decisions and discussions within our community!

Making GIS Web Data Accessible with an HTML Table Application - Stacey Plumley, WSDOT

WSDOT has developed a web application that creates a Section 508 compliant, HTML table of a map service’s attribute information. The application enables the public to access the data via a URL link to the table. The application is available on GitHub for use with any publicly available map service.

Working with the ArcGIS Online-Hosted National Interagency Fire Center - Greg Tudor, RCO

This year, the National Interagency Fire Center provided some training and workflows for editing the national incident service and database, along with maps for Collector. In 2016, NIFC first asked GISS staff to try ArcGIS Online for mapping wildfire incidents. On the Chetco Bar Fire, the service improved communication and access between two teams on opposite sides of the coast mountain range working on the same fire. Team command, operations, and public information had some surprises.

From Stone Age to Digital Age: a GIS Case Study with Waste Resources - Marcy LaViollette, City of Olympia

Learn how we helped a department evolve from cumbersome paper to dynamic digital GIS, focusing on tips learned along the way. Topics include data driven pages, scheduled python scripts, linking to non-GIS databases, and Collector.

Street Sweeper Route Tracking - Sue Barclift, City of Olympia

Are you sure you know where your street sweeper has been? Are you confident you can tell someone the exact date(s) their street was swept? The city of Olympia can now see their street sweeper coverage on a map from a phone, iPad or computer at a glance. There is no question where operators need to start for the day or where a substitute operator left off.

Washington Geological Survey Data Portals - Abby Gleason, DNR

The Washington Geological Survey (WGS) hosts two data portals — the Geologic Information Portal and the Washington LiDAR Portal — with the goal of making WGS data easily accessible and intuitive. Within the past year, both portals have been designed with new capabilities, tools, and other innovation so that users can quickly find data and answer questions. This talk will demonstrate both portals and review how LiDAR collections are being distributed and where data is being collected next.

Classroom 3 Presentation Abstracts From COTS to Custom: How WDFW is Leveraging Mobile Data Collection - Jake Shapley and Phil Weyland, WDFW

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) started testing its first enterprise-scale mobile data collection COTS platform just over three years ago. Building on our knowledge of this platform and mobile data collection in general, we have started building custom software and hardware solutions when technical requirements cannot be met by a COTS solution. Many of these needs revolve around GIS. We will share some of our COTS and custom solutions, and discuss our cloud-based infrastructure.

Mobile GIS at DNR - Jeffrey Holden, DNR

Jeffrey Holden will describe the progress of Mobile at the Washington Department of Natural Resources. He will highlight the process of creating the knowledge base, skills, and infrastructure to do a variety of mobile workflows.

Camping with iForms: Mobile Data Collection in Remote Headwaters - Reed Ojala-Barbour, WDFW

We developed iForms to collect amphibian field data using iPads in the extended monitoring phase of a long-term experimental study. The iForms workflow increased our efficiency by reducing data entry back in the office and was easy to integrate into our project database. Additionally, form smart controls allowed us to reduce sampler error in the field. Other apps and iPad features also facilitated navigation, photo documentation, and reviewing protocols.

Python Best Practices for GIS Analysts - Thomas Laxson, DNR

Coding has become an integral part of most GIS Analyst positions. However, since it's not our primary focus, we usually learn just enough to accomplish the task at hand--seldom taking the opportunity to adopt best practices or to write strategic code. In this presentation, we will walk through some examples of novice ArcPy-based code and demonstrate how to refactor it for improved efficiency, legibility, and reuse.

The League of Places: National and Global Comparables of Your Place - Greg Schundler, Thurston County

A case study of Thurston County, WA will exhibit a methodology for finding and analyzing global and national comparables for any city, county, state, watershed, or sub region. Outputs will guide a discussion on "best management practices" for ecological and financial sustainability. National datasets cover 30,000 municipalities; 3,000 counties; and 50 States International datasets cover 75,000 global urban extents; 16,000 "county equivalents"; 4,600 "State-equivalents" and 195 Nations.

A 25-Year History of Spatial and Temporal Trends in Wildfire Activity - Justin Long, DNR

In Oregon and Washington, U.S.A., we examined spatial and temporal trends in large fire incidents (> 400 ha) in Oregon and Washington. We analyzed a historical fire database containing over 1000 fire incidents over a 25-year time period. We compared this fire database to climate variables representing historical estimates of average monthly maximum temperature, average monthly minimum temperature, average monthly dew point, and average monthly precipitation.

Conference Room Presentation Abstracts The Server Journey: From AGS 10.2 to Portal at 10.5.1 - Winston McKenna, LNI

This presentation will focus on the technical and human aspects for upgrading ArcGIS server and simultaneously upgrading MS server operating systems. There is a human touch involved in every ArcGIS server upgrade and communicating to all stakeholders is valuable and necessary. We will highlight deployment plans, upgrade justifications and service deployment in this presentation.

Dashboard for Monitoring ESRI Desktop, AGOL and Server Usage - Chris Marsh, WDFW

At DFW we wanted a tool to better understand the usage of ArcGIS Desktop, AGOL and ArcGIS Server. We had some real time data on Desktop and AGOL but it didn't give us any idea about the historic or long term patterns of usage within the agency. For our Desktop we have about a 9 users to 1 desktop license ratio. We don't seem to ever cap out on licenses and we wanted to try and figure out what those usage patterns are and display that information in a easy to use format.

Automating Data Management with FME - Austin Hildreth, DOR

There has always been a challenge of maintaining a single source of the most up to date land base data for the state of Washington. This presentation will show how an automated process has been developed to download, standardize and produce metadata using FME (Safe Software), SQL Server and Portal for ArcGIS all while providing a transparency to users with self-serve access to the updated data and metadata information.

ArcGIS Online Open Data: Site Administration Best Practices - Julie Jackson, WSDOT, Tim Minter, DSHS

ArcGIS Open Data is a capability of ArcGIS Online that allows your organization to share GIS data with the public. This presentation will provide an overview of Esri’s Open Data platform, as well as some best practices for: Open Data site configuration, tagging recommendations, item thumbnail standards, access/use constraints, and collecting site usage metrics using Google Analytics.

Building Mobile Fishing Regs Apps with ArcGIS, Leveraging Amazon's AWS - Jake Shapley, Christopher Nacey and Dale Gombert, WDFW

Washington offers anglers some of the most diverse fishing opportunities available anywhere in the world. In late 2015, WDFW launched a project to build mobile fishing regulation apps for Washington’s nearly 1 million licensed anglers. We will discuss how we built the offline-capable mobile apps with ArcGIS Runtime SDKs and how we are leveraging ArcGIS and the AWS Cloud to support regulations management, real-time notifications, and data replication, via delta and full-replace methods.

Coastal Atlas - New Shoreline Photos and more - Darby Veeck and Ewan Whitaker, ECY

Ecology’s Shoreline and Environmental Assistance (SEA) Program uses various map applications to aid local and state planners and permitters to support shoreline planning - as well as a wide variety of other users. We’ll provide an overview of these applications and highlight new information such as a Coastal Landforms layer and the new Shoreline Photo dataset that has just been released. With Hugh Shipman and/or Bobbak Talebi, SEA Program

Spills Maps and Open Data Project - Darby Veeck and Ewan Whitaker, ECY

Ecology’s Spills Program has created a series of maps to:

•Aid spill responders in identifying risks, response resources, and response strategies•Provide program data to the regulated community, public, and stakeholders

With Sonja Larson, Spills Program

WSDOT's Airport Mapping Application & Airspace Calculator - Carter Timmerman, WSDOT

Learn about WSDOT Aviation’s easy to use web-based GIS mapping application. It provides users with online access to critical information contained in Airport Layout Plans (ALP) and Airport Master Plans (AMPs). The application has an embed airspace calculator that gives users the ability to evaluate heights of structures in relation to the FAA’s FAR Part 77 Imaginary Airspace Surfaces.