EWUG 2024: Full Schedule

1:00pm CST

ArcGIS Enterprise Administration - Making effective use of the ESRI tools

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:00pm - 1:30pm CST

ESRI provides many tools to help administer your ArcGIS Enterprise. This session will walk you through some of the supported and “un-supported” tools available to help you make informed decisions to administer your ArcGIS Enterprise environment.

1.WebGISDr – Web GIS Disaster Recovery - back up and restore ArcGIS Enterprise deployments, ensuring data and configuration settings can be recovered in the event of a system failure or disaster.
2. System Log Parser tool analyzes ArcGIS Server log files to help diagnose performance issues, errors, and usage patterns by providing detailed reports.
3. EGDB - Health Check tool assesses the overall health and performance of an enterprise geodatabase, identifying potential issues related to storage, performance, and configuration.
4. DataStore tools help manage the ArcGIS Data Store, allowing administrators to configure, back up, restore, and validate the data store for optimal performance and reliability in an Enterprise deployment.

Speakers

Steve Tomlins

Technician, City of Janesville, WI

Steve has more than 30 years of experience in the civil engineering and GIS realm. Steve had been an engineering designer/surveyor and project manager for both private and public agencies. He has fulfilled GIS system administrator roles and worked for ESRI as a contractor for the... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:00pm - 1:30pm CST
Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

ArcGIS Online and Enterprise

1:30pm CST

RFID + GIS = Accurate, Auditable and Streamlined Asset Management.

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:30pm - 2:15pm CST

Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

RFID technology is the fastest growing asset identification technology in the world. Unlike other asset identifiers such as bar codes, QR codes, RFID uses radio waves to transmit a unique digital identifier and related information. RFID is exploding in popularity in part because it is rugged, passive, scalable for many uses, and does not require line of sight - superior features for marking assets in an outdoor environment. Until recently, the power of RFID was inaccessible to GIS. As more and more organizations use GIS to manage field operations, the disconnect between digital asset maps and the physical world becomes apparent. The cause is simple - digitally represented assets on maps, are difficult to identify in the physical world. This uncertainty of asset identification makes it difficult to create traceable, verifiable, auditable records. This presentation highlights how RFID can be integrated with GIS to deliver faster, and auditable asset management benefits.

Speakers

Sumukh Ramesh

Software Product Manager, Berntsen Internationl Inc

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:30pm - 2:15pm CST
Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

Asset Identification

2:15pm CST

Interpolating Data for Neighborhood Estimates of Socioeconomic Characteristics

Thursday November 7, 2024 2:15pm - 3:00pm CST

Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

Prior studies of spatial crime patterns often turn to the U.S. Census administrative units as proxies for neighborhoods. We know less about the feasibility of using areal interpolation methods to help estimate neighborhood-level regression models. We used ArcGIS Pro spatial interpolation methods to create neighborhood estimates of socioeconomic characteristics based on the Census data. Then, we examined the relationship between neighborhood characteristics, including racial heterogeneity, residential mobility, immigration, and concentrated disadvantage, and crime at several levels of analysis. We demonstrated that the spatial interpolation methods can offer reliable and accurate estimates of neighborhood measures when socioeconomic data are only available at the Census block group and tract levels. This study has important implications for social and systems science research with focus on area characteristics to predict spatially distributed outcomes, including crime.

Speakers

Aleksandra Snowden

Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, Marquette University

Associate Professor, Director of Master's in Criminal Justice Data Analytics

Thursday November 7, 2024 2:15pm - 3:00pm CST
Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

GeoBIM

3:15pm CST

Create your own Google Street view for under $500*

Thursday November 7, 2024 3:15pm - 3:45pm CST

Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

Several departments need updated Street/Structure photos to include in their workflows. Since each department has a different need taking individual photos is not efficient or cost effective. Ideally staff would like to use Google Street View but the outdated photos, licensing, and unpredictable updates make it not ideal. So we looked at creating our own over the past year using ESRI software we already have and cameras that cost just a few hundred dollars. This allows us to get the images we need, control the updates, have full control over the licensing, and can efficiently gather and process the images over a few days. This should be a game changer for City of Wauwatosa and we want it to be a game changer in your community too!

Speakers

Paul Vepraskas

Brad Pitt's Stunt Double, City of Wauwatosa

Thursday November 7, 2024 3:15pm - 3:45pm CST
Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

ArcGIS Pro

3:45pm CST

Creating an Employee Geospatial Storefront

Thursday November 7, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm CST

Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

Rock County developed a Geospatial Storefront to share data, resources and support to Rock County employees new to GIS technology and users migrating from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro. This presentation will discuss the need, creation and implementation of the storefront as well as lessons learned, tips and tricks and its future.

Speakers

Jennifer Borlick

Geospatial Services Administrator, County of Rock

Jennifer Borlick is the GIS Manager at Rock County Planning, Economic and Community Development. In that role she represents the department on the Land Records committee and the Rock County Land Information Council. She is also a member of the Rock County Diversity and Inclusion Task... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm CST
Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

Resource Sharing

4:15pm CST

A GIS Professional’s Guide to Generative AI

Thursday November 7, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm CST

Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

Generative AI is becoming an invaluable tool for GIS professionals, streamlining everyday tasks such as project planning, workflow automation, and documentation. This presentation explores how AI can assist with automating workflows, drafting and reviewing scripts, answering geoprocessing questions, and refining written content. We will examine the strengths and limitations of AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and GovAI, while also sharing best practices for crafting effective prompts. Additionally, we will address key concerns such as data privacy and job security. By focusing on practical applications, this session will demonstrate how GIS professionals can leverage AI to boost productivity and efficiency in their daily work.

Speakers

Emily Sudar

LIS Analyst, Waukesha County

Thursday November 7, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm CST
Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

10:15am CST

Artificial Intelligence and Parcels / The Search for Monuments

Friday November 8, 2024 10:15am - 11:00am CST

Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

Much interest and speculation is being focused on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how it can help GIS Practitioners in their daily work. This presentation will discuss the possibilities and limitations related to parcel mapping, the generation of digital representation of land ownership, what you can expect, and how to best prepare for its impact.

Speakers

Frank Conkling

Owner, Panda Consulting

Frank owns Panda Consulting, a GIS Professional Services company that has existed since 1998. Frank is a recognized authority on GIS and Surveying and Mapping technology, including mapping various types of ownership interest in land. Frank has been involved in GIS and Parcel Mapping... Read More →

Friday November 8, 2024 10:15am - 11:00am CST
Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

Parcel Fabric

11:00am CST

Experiencing Experience Builder

Friday November 8, 2024 11:00am - 11:30am CST

Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

Experiencing Experience Builder? Yeah, we are too.

ESRI’s new Experience Builder continues to evolve, slowly finding its place where Web AppBuilder once stood. With great flexibility in configuring specialized, unique experiences, but losses in formatting, widget availability, and direct conversion, Experience Builder becomes as intimidating as it is awe-inspiring. Experience Builder is an experience… and you have to experience it to find out. Start here!

This session showcases the transition from preexisting Web AppBuilders to new solutions with remaining core functionalities. We’ll work through limitations, roadblocks, and general familiarity with the application at hand, discovering what works and what doesn’t.

We’ll create a collaborative place to learn, share, and experience what this application has in store— showcasing case studies, innovative applications, and practical tips and tricks.

Speakers

Grace Condit

GIS Analyst, Mead & Hunt

Friday November 8, 2024 11:00am - 11:30am CST
Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

Experience Builder

11:30am CST

Unlocking Data Potential: Utilizing the ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension to Meet DNR's LCRR Requirements

Friday November 8, 2024 11:30am - 12:00pm CST

Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

The Data Interoperability Extension is a vital tool for GIS professionals to take their data manipulation and transformation skills to the next level, with minimal programming knowledge required. This presentation focuses on the functionalities of the extension and its application in meeting the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Lead and Copper Rule Revision (LCRR) requirements for smaller municipalities with minimal existing GIS infrastructure. Examples include the mass population of geometry and attributes from Excel spreadsheets, PDFs, and other spatial features. By leveraging the extension's capabilities, professionals can effectively automate data maintenance tasks, reports, and improve workflows.

Speakers

Nathan Walker

Geospatial Software Developer, Ruekert & Mielke, Inc.

Friday November 8, 2024 11:30am - 12:00pm CST
Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

ArcGIS Pro, Extensions

1:00pm CST

Customize Your Hub Site with an ExB App Gallery

Friday November 8, 2024 1:00pm - 1:30pm CST

Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

Learn some tips and tricks to enhance your Hub Site by integrating an app gallery using Experience Builder. ExB provides additional customization and functionality to showcase your apps. This presentation will compare Hub Site's Gallery Cards to the enhanced options in ExB's Card widget.

Speakers

Nathan Fazer

GIS Administrator, Sheboygan County

Nathan started as the GIS Administrator at Sheboygan County in November of 2021. He is involved in managing the County's GIS infrastructure, which includes GIS servers, SQL databases, and ArcGIS Online. Before moving to Sheboygan, Nathan spent 15 years in Michigan working in community... Read More →

Friday November 8, 2024 1:00pm - 1:30pm CST
Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

Experience Builder, Hub

1:30pm CST

DNR's Web Mapping Modernization Journey

Friday November 8, 2024 1:30pm - 2:00pm CST

Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

Over the past ~2 years the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and undertaken the ambitious process of modernizing all of our GIS mapping applications from JavaScript 3.X based technology to modern JavaScript 4.X technology.

The project included both internal and external facing applications comprising approximately 50 Geocortex applications and more than 50 ArcGIS Online-based applications. The coordination, communication, and education in new technology presented both challenges and opportunities for the DNR's GIS developer and user community.

This presentation will give a high-level overview of DNR's Journey to modern web GIS.

Speakers

Jesse Papez

GIS Admin (AGOL/Portal), Wisconsin DNR

Friday November 8, 2024 1:30pm - 2:00pm CST
Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

ArcGIS Online and Enterprise

2:00pm CST

Prep, Patterns, Practices, and Pro Tips for Running Your ArcGIS Enterprise in the Cloud

Friday November 8, 2024 2:00pm - 2:30pm CST

Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

What's your cloud posture? Happily on-prem and there to stay, thank you very much?
Cloud-curious? Straddling on-prem and cloud resources - nervously? comfortably? All in on this stuff?!

In this presentation, we will review and discuss some current tips, tricks, and options for deploying, optimizing, and managing your ArcGIS Enterprise in the cloud.

Topics will include:
-> leveraging OS servers for performance and economy
-> how to do the scaling thing
-> packing your bags and making a reasonable travel plan for that migration into your new cloud deployment
-> setting up data-adjacent workspaces for ArcGIS Pro options
-> techniques for syncing with on-premises systems

Speakers

Bryce Gartrell

Principal, Gartrell Group, Inc.

Our team provides the necessary expertise to help clients... define and execute strategies to optimize their use of geospatial technologyimprove locational know-howstreamline workflows and practices. It's our job to help people achieve greater efficiency, make decisions informed... Read More →

Friday November 8, 2024 2:00pm - 2:30pm CST
Legends Club Rooms B (Davis)

ArcGIS Online and Enterprise