WAGIS2018

Insights for ArcGIS is a web-based, data analytics workbench where you can explore spatial and non-spatial data. Answer questions you didn’t know to ask. And, quickly deliver powerful results. Use maps charts and tables to visualize and tell your story like never before. Advanced algorithmic spatial analysis is as simple as drag-and-drop. Created the perfect process to analyze a dataset? Insights for ArcGIS intelligently records your analysis workflow so you and others can run it again to solve other problems. Easily share your analysis so others can iterate further, or use it to make better decisions.

INTENDED AUDIENCE
Everyone

The Utility Network (UN) platform is a next generation operational management tool designed to model infrastructure for electric, gas, water and telecommunication networks. It can model all aspects of utility systems with operational and structural components configured to maximize performance. The Utility Network is designed off a services-based architecture which allows the collaboration of operational infrastructure across all of your business units. This half-day workshop will be designed to provide the audience with an overview of the UN design, capabilities and use cases for municipalities all the way to large operational utility companies. Discussions will include a high-level briefing of requirements for full integration across all ArcGIS platforms, modeling concepts and representations. Demonstrations of
best management practices for data quality and validation will be conducted to illustrate support best practices for GIS teams. Utility use cases will be conducted to demonstrate operational capabilities, emergency response modeling and work plan management across electric, gas and water networks. Finally, demonstrations of mobile and web applications will be shown to illustrate the adaptive nature of the Network Utility model for municipalities and utility organizations.

INTENDED AUDIENCE
Anyone interested in learning about the Utility Network Management extension

Public and private agencies face continuous challenges to accomplish more with less as increases in demand, regulatory requirements, infrastructure deterioration, and political and economic forces have significantly outpaced increases in capital and operating budgets. Municipalities are under enormous pressure to improve efficiencies, boost productivity and effectively manage resources and assets while at the same time being expected to enhance worker safety. Many of these agencies are turning to Asset Management to cope with these challenges and improve business performance and effectiveness. This URISA Certified Workshop will focus on several aspects of developing an asset management system that could help improve performance, reduce long-term costs, and maximize return on investment in infrastructure assets.

INTENDED AUDIENCE
This workshop is intended for operations, utility, transportation, engineering, planning, and environmental managers and analysts of the public and private sectors.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Strategy and Planning
• Data Collection Methods
• Mobile GIS Solutions
• Software Solutions
• Information Management and Decision Support Tools
• Evaluation and Performance Measures
• Compliance Reporting
• Life Cycle Management

Workshop will describe and demonstrate various open source geospatial tools to create vector tiles, style vector tiles, and build web-maps using vector tiles. Government open data will be used to demonstrate vector tile creation. Hands-on exercises will cover styling vector tiles and creating web maps. The Mapbox Studio workflow will also be explored.

Hands-on instruction will require a laptop with admin privileges, Mac/Windows 10 Professional/Linux.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Learn to use the following open source tools for specific tasks (steps).

1. GDAL/OGR - data format transformation; shp → geojson
2. Tippecanoe - vector tile creation
3. Tileserver-gl - vector tile web server publication
4. Hands-on: Maptunik (local or web hosted version) - style vector tile data and export files for web-mapping
5. Hands-on: Github Gist - publish vector tile web-map on-line to share

INTENDED AUDIENCE

• Desire to explore and learn new tools and workflow to enhance existing web-mapping skills is a must.
• Interest in Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) tools.
• Some GIS and web mapping knowledge will be helpful.
• Interest in discussing various vector tile workflows in order to obtain a broad overview of vector tiles for making web maps.

ArcGIS API for Python is a new Python library for working with maps and geospatial data, powered by web GIS. It provides simple and efficient tools for sophisticated vector and raster analysis, geocoding, map making, routing and directions, as well as for organizing and managing a GIS with users, groups and information items. In addition to working with your own data, the library enables access to ready to use maps and curated geographic data from Esri and other authoritative sources. It also integrates well with the scientific Python ecosystem and includes rich support for Pandas and Jupyter notebook.

This hands-on session will cover how analysts and data scientists can use the ArcGIS platform in combination with data science libraries from Python for mapping, visualization and geospatial data analysis. In addition, we will cover how ArcGIS administrators can use this library to automate common functions within their web GIS.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:
Students should have some familiarity with Python scripting.

Intended Audience:
This course is for students who are familiar with geospatial analysis (this can be in working with ArcMap or QGIS, or even Python) and possess beginner to intermediate programming skills for at least one language. We would like attendees to know basic data structures (lists, arrays, and matrices), know basic conditional and looping constructs (if/else, for, while), and have a grasp on the purpose of functions when writing code. We also expect attendees to be familiar with common geospatial vector and raster operations.

Overview:
R is at the forefront of reproducible research. With R Markdown you can share your work with clients and colleagues for quality control or transparency. It’s all open source, which means anyone can check your work or collaborate with you on a given analysis without having to pay for licensing. It has multiple tools and packages for data visualization, making it easy to test out new ideas and analyses. It also has one of the biggest package repositories for data analysis and statistics.

In this workshop we will introduce students to R and its capabilities with both tabular and spatial data.

Our goal is to cover the basics of the R language using data manipulation examples, show how to document work, then dive into geospatial analysis for both raster and vector data structures. We will work in R Markdown, a way of documenting your methods and code in a file that is interpreted by R and outputs a document that can be reviewed by others. These markdown files will act both as teaching materials and as a reference that students can use after the workshop. For the geospatial component, we will teach students about the capabilities of the sp, sf, and raster libraries. We will also cover some of the basics of functional programming and parallel processing along the way.

Learning Objectives:
• Working with R Studio
• R Markdown
• Using R’s base data structures: vectors, lists, matrices, data.frames
• Basic plotting
• Functional programming concepts
• The *apply (apply, lapply, sapply, mapply) family for functional programming
• magrittr pipes
• sp vs sf libraries (we will focus on sf)
• The raster library
• The parallel library
. . . and if we have time. . .
• tidyverse
• data.table

We will implement these tools to perform a geospatial analysis using R Markdown.

Determining the Return on Investment (ROI) for GIS can assist in securing support and funding for the project/program. Developing metrics to compare GIS implementation, operation, and maintenance costs with quantifiable benefits can be a daunting task. This workshop will present a method to accomplish this goal.
Audience: IT Directors/Managers, GIS Managers, decision makers and operational personnel responsible for quantifying return on investment.
Lectures and Facilitated Discussion Topics:
•Types of benefit cost studies
•What are we measuring?
•Costs
•Benefits
•Categorizing the results
Hands-on Exercises
•Identifying and documenting costs
•Identifying and measuring benefits
•Putting it together
Prerequisites and Recommendations
Prerequisites and Recommendations: Participants will need to bring a laptop computer with spreadsheet capabilities to participate in hands-on exercises.
What You Will Receive

• 3-1/2 hours of instruction from our URISA-certified instructor who is a subject-matter expert and workshop author.
• Students who bring a laptop will receive a copy of the Excel ROI template described in the workshop.
• A copy of the workshop presentation and exercises.
• Upon completion, a signed completion certificate which will indicate the CEUs (0.4) and GISCI points (0.1) earned.

Intended Audience: Anyone needing to convert a paper form into a smart form. Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel is
recommended. No previous knowledge of ArcGIS is required.

In this half-day technical workshop you will learn how to use Survey123 for ArcGIS to optimize form-centric data collection workflows in your organization. Through interactive exercises you will learn how design effective smart forms and how to make them available for data capture from web browsers, smartphones and tablets. You will not need any previous practical knowledge about Survey123 before this workshop, but it will be beneficial to watch the Survey123 product overview (3:36 minutes) video prior to attending the workshop.

Prerequisites:
• A basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel is recommended. No previous knowledge of ArcGIS is required.
• A computer running Windows, Mac or Linux, with Microsoft Excel or other spreadsheet program and Survey123
Connect and Survey123 for ArcGIS installed. You can download Survey123 Connect and Survey123 for ArcGIS
from https://doc.arcgis.com/en/survey123/download/
• A smartphone or tablet with the Survey123 for ArcGIS mobile application installed. You can download
Survey123 for ArcGIS from the iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and Windows app stores.
• A login to an ArcGIS Online organizational account with Publisher rights. If you do not have access to an ArcGIS Online organizational account, you can create a free 21-day trial at https://www.arcgis.com/features/free-trial.html.
• One or more paper forms that you will use to create a digital smart form using Survey123.

Agenda:
• Introduction to smart forms, field data collection and Survey123
• Creating smart forms with Survey123 Web Designer
• Capturing data from web browsers and the Survey123 mobile app
• Analyzing data with the Survey123 website
• Introduction to Survey123 Connect and XLSForms.

This workshop focuses on the using and integrating DWG and DXF files in ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap and ArcCatalog). Students learn how to display, georeference and convert data from drawing files into Geodatabase feature classes and shapefiles. The learn how to deal with common issues associated when trying to work with these CAD files inside of ArcGIS. While we focus on using data created in AutoCAD, these same concepts and tools apply to Microstation DGN files as well. 
Intended Audience
This workshop is for anyone that needs to convert and integrate data created by engineers and surveyors using AutoCAD based software into their GIS using ArcGIS Desktop. 
Learning Objectives:

• Understand differences between AutoCAD and its variants
  
• Understand data formats and their differences
  
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  • AutoCAD DWG & DXF
    
  • Shapefiles
    
  • Geodatabases
    
  • Microstation DGN
    
• Simple tools for Converting CAD data to GIS in ArcGIS Desktop
  
• Georeferencing CAD files
  
• Common Problems encountered with working with CAD files
  
• Exporting GIS to CAD
  

Intended Audience: Anyone who is currently working with lidar data, or those who would like to learn
about lidar data and its applications

Lidar, or light detection and ranging, provides a high resolution elevation dataset that offers exceptional value to hazards mapping, habitat management, forestry, urban growth and change, and utilities. With
an active lidar program at the state level, over 5,000 square miles of new lidar data has been collected
over the past two years with another 8,000+ square miles to be added by 2019. While this data has a
wealth of information, working with and managing these datasets can be challenging – especially when
it comes to utilizing lidar’s original and most informative format, the point cloud. This workshop will
explore the state’s newest lidar data collected in 2016 and 2017, take a look at potential applications,
and how to find and download data. The workshop will also introduce three software programs – Esri’s
ArcPro, QGIS, and Quick Terrain Modeler - that can be used to manage, analyze, and derive key lidar
products to make lidar data and information accessible to lidar novices and advanced users alike.

All too often city and county GIS managers have to make decisions isolated from their peers. The purpose of this session is to break down those silos and better support our local GIS managers and leaders in their work goals. The Washington local Government GIS Leaders (WGGL) group has been created as a Special Interest Group (SIG) under the auspices of the Washington chapter of URISA (WAURISA). The WGGL group was formed to provide a forum specifically for GIS leaders in local government.

This half day session will have some presentations specifically geared towards issues GIS managers face.
We will start with a panel discussion: How is GIS being shared State to Local and Local to State
With 4 amazing panelists:

• Connie Michener - Director of Government Affairs CIO office
• Joanne Markert – WA State GIS Coordinator
• Adam Wasserman – E911/Military
• Kristina Swanson - Director of Operations for the Office of the Washington State Auditor

Afterwards presentations about WGGL opportunities and group discussions that will provide attendees time to give feedback about  the future of WGGL activities.

Intended Audience
GIS Supervisors (Managers, Coordinators, Directors, and Department Heads) working at City and County organizations in Washington State. If not part of the intended audience please check with the organizer before signing up at:  workshops@waurisa.org
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WGGL Goals
Increase communication between local government GIS leaders;
Increase accessibility and sharing of management skills and knowledge;
Increase the representation of County and City GIS interests to state officials;
Increase opportunities to provide education/training for City and County GIS managers on roles,
responsibilities, and requirements of GIS departments

Audience:  GIS users who have been using ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap, ArcCatalog) and who
are considering, or ready to migrate to ArcGIS Pro

Objectives:Gain an understanding of the pros and cons of ArcGIS Pro vs. ArcMap
Make the transition from ArcMap to Pro easier, quicker, less scary and more fun

This workshop will present the pros and cons of transitioning from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro. Aimed
at current ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap) users, the workshop will compare and contrast ArcMap and
ArcGIS Pro in terms of:
● Projects:
  ○ .mxd files vs. .aprx files
● Data management:
  ○ ArcCatalog vs. Catalog View
  ○ Catalog Window vs. Catalog Pane
● User interface:
  ○ Toolbars / Windows / Views vs. Ribbon / Tabs / Panes
  ○ Data View / Layout View vs. Maps / Layouts
● Geoprocessing:
  ○ ArcToolbox vs. Geoprocessing Pane
  ○ ModelBuilder Window vs. ModelBuilder Pane
  ○ Results Window vs. Geoprocessing History
● Cartography:
  ○ Layout View vs. Layouts
  ○ Data Frames vs. Maps

In addition, we will go over the basic ArcGIS Pro operations, such as:
● Importing existing .mxd files into Pro
● Default geodatabase, toolbox and project file (.aprx)
● Licensing and extensions
● Folder connections
● Symbology
● Editing
● Tables (adding fields / calculating values)
And we’ll look at some of the new possibilities in terms of:
● Multiple layouts
● Layout elements / properties
● Tasks
● Exporting packages (maps, layers, projects, geoprocessing...)
● Data driven pages
And we’ll have a brief discussion / look at:
● 3D mapping (the majority of this workshop will be 2D)
● Python
● Interface with ArcGIS Online

Throughout the workshop new concepts and functionality will be highlighted, as well as things
that you may have been taking for granted that are no longer possible (with some work­around
options)... In other words, we’ll cover both the reasons why you might want to make the switch
to Pro and some of the reasons why you might not (yet). With an eye to the future, this will help
you determine if and when it makes sense to make (or begin) the transition to Pro and to help
you get started whenever you choose to do so.

Participants are welcome to bring a laptop with ArcGIS Pro installed (and a license checked out
so it can be used offline) but this is not necessary. This workshop will consist of examples,
demonstrations and discussion along with plenty of questions and answers. No ArcGIS Pro
experience is necessary but having looked at it a little is helpful.

Intended Audience: Any attendee who has previous experience with creating forms using Survey123 Connect, or who attended the “Introduction to Survey123 for ArcGIS” workshop.

This half-day, hands-on technical workshop provides an opportunity to deepen your Survey123 technical skills. Topics covered include
• Advanced XLSForms techniques for creating more complex forms
• Creating forms for sketching and annotating diagrams or photos
• Extracting and using location and photo EXIF information
• Creating print templates
• Creating surveys from existing feature services
• Editing of exiting features
• Integration of Survey123 with other ArcGIS apps, such as Collector for ArcGIS and Explorer for ArcGIS.

Prerequisites:
• Experience with creating forms using Survey123 Connect.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel.
• A computer running Windows, Mac or Linux, with Microsoft Excel or other spreadsheet program and Survey123 Connect and Survey123 for ArcGIS installed. You can download Survey123 Connect and Survey123 for ArcGIS from https://doc.arcgis.com/en/survey123/download/
• A smartphone or tablet with the Survey123 for ArcGIS mobile application installed. You can download
Survey123 for ArcGIS from the iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and Windows app stores.
• A login to an ArcGIS Online organizational account with Publisher rights. If you do not have access to an ArcGIS Online organizational account, you can create a free 21-day trial at https://www.arcgis.com/features/free-trial.html.
• One or more paper forms that you will use to create a digital smart form using Survey123.