District news
Planet satellite imagery
By Mike Dolbow
GIS Bytes on 3/19/2024.
Planet.com is a satellite imagery company with a mission to image the Earth’s landmass every day and make global change accessible and actionable. In the webinar, the Planet team will introduce their products, explain several use cases pertinent to state government, and briefly demonstrate integrations with products like ArcGIS Pro.
- Track/monitor changes in land use along public waterways subject to the buffer law.
- Monitor changes in land use that might indicate new housing/commercial development so that E911 and other interested parties can get advanced warnings.
- Planet's imagery can also support planning efforts. For example, Alaska DOT & Planet engineers successfully paired Planet imagery with drones and used Planet imagery for inaccessible areas in Alaska to understand the basic conditions of their transportation infrastructure.
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Survey for GIS Support
By Christy Prentice
GIS Support Guidance Survey: Results were compiled from GIS Steering Team participants. The survey covered 14 questions on support and training scenarios for Portal and related low code/no code Esri solutions.
How do users new to Portal or GIS concepts get quick basic training on the basic functions of Portal? How do users get advanced Portal training? Who provides support to MnDOT employees who need to use specific ESRI products, but don’t have access to the solutions? Is creating and sharing items in Portal considered development work?
Check out the “About GIS Support” page and “Standards” section of the MnDOT ArcGIS Portal Guidance document along with the survey results.
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Funding secured for a Geospatial Commons Upgrade
By Megan Sisko, MNIT
The Minnesota Geospatial Information Office (MnGeo) has been awarded Technology Modernization Funding from Minnesota IT Services to upgrade the Minnesota Geospatial Commons. https://tmf.cio.gov This upgrade will focus on making the Commons more user-friendly and strengthening its security. In addition, MnGeo plans to increase the number of web map services available through the platform for use in desktop and web-based GIS, such as ArcGIS Online.
Receiving input from the community will be essential to meet user needs and maximize the potential of modernizing the Commons. If you see a survey or meeting about this, please participate - your input and ideas are welcome and needed!
MnGeo will continue to share more information with you as it becomes available. Thank you for your ongoing partnership in supporting the Commons.
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Minnesota GIS/LIS Spring Workshops: May 9, 2024
The 2024 MN GIS/LIS Spring Workshop Event is on Thursday, May 9th at the University of Minnesota.
There are several learning opportunities planned. Both in person and virtual options will be available. Sessions could include 'Level Up Your GIS Game with Arcade', 'Migrating from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro', 'Making Good Maps in ArcGIS Pro' and 'Minnesota's Cadastral System' and many more. The survey showed some topics people would like to see: ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Field Maps, ArcGIS Enterprise, Experience Builder, Arcade, Dashboards, Survey123, Python & Python API, JavaScript API, Fast API, Story Maps, Building Script Tools, Drones, Databases, 3D Analysis.
Minnesota’s 3D Geomatics Committee – Lidar-Derived Hydrography (LDH) Subgroup is building a foundation to bring new 3D hydrography to Minnesota. If anyone wants to provide input to create data that is useful for MN hydrography data users, join the 3D Geomatics LDH Subgroup. More information can be found on the website. Lidar-derived Hydrography Subgroup or by contacting Jamie Schulz at 'jamie.schulz@state.mn.us'.
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GIS User Group Hybrid Workshop
We invite interested employes to the 2024 Spring GIS User Group Hybrid Workshop. It will be held on 4/18/2024 at the Shoreview Training Center and Virtually through Microsoft Teams.
Shoreview Training Center
Trivia
Q: How large is the Mall of America?
Q: What popular toy was developed and manufactured in Minnetonka?
Q: How many lakes are called "Long Lake" in Minnesota?
Q: How many miles of shoreline in Minnesota?
MnIT GIS updates
Special GIS events coming up in 2024.
ESRI Utility Users Group GIS Conference - April 3 to 5, 2024 at Best Western Plus Kelly Inn, Saint Cloud, MN
GIS-T Symposium - April 2 to 5, 2024, in Atlanta, GA.
AASHTO GIS for Transportation Symposium - May 21 to 24, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, MN.
ESRI User Conference - July 15 to 19, 2024, in San Diego, CA.
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GIS Bytes
GIS Bytes scheduled on March 19 and March 28, 2024.
Planet Labs.
Tuesday, March 19, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Planet" is a satellite imagery company who will introduce their products and demonstrate integration with ArcGIS Pro.
Metropolitan Council - Web Based GIS.
Thursday, March 28, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Sean Murphy is a GIS System Administrator at the Metropolitan Council.
Metropolitan Council’s ArcGIS Enterprise deployment design provides employees web GIS tools and resources to develop web applications tailored to their initiatives and projects. Metropolitan Council’s Enterprise system architecture background and future goals are shared in this presentation.
MN State Agency GIS Collaborative - GIS Bytes
Summary
GIS Bytes operates as a workgroup within the MN State Agency GIS Collaborative. GIS Bytes mission is to provide networking and educational events during the lunch hour that promote geospatial knowledge across all state agencies. To learn about dates and times of upcoming GIS Bytes presentations go to https://ihub/gis/ (Click to follow link) then click training to watch previous GIS Bytes.
History:
GIS Bytes originated in 2017 as ‘Lunch and Learns’. In 2018, ‘Lunch and Learns’ were successfully rebranded as GIS Bytes with a new customized logo. In-Person venues rotated around various state agencies and shared via Skype for remote audiences. 2019, we begin to use Yammer for posting recorded bytes to grow the audience to about 500 annually. 2020 was challenging as Covid halted the In-person webinars. However, the Virtual participation began to grow. Total views Online and Yammer topped 1,300. The growth spike was a result of the consistent quality of the topics and speakers. 2021 and 2022 yielded 1400 and 1600 views respectively. While averaging 12 GIS Bytes/Year, 2023 maintained 1600 views. The largest audience for a single byte was in February 2024 at 350 Online and 70 Yammer Views to date.
Work plan:
The goal of the GIS Bytes workgroup is to plan brown bag style events. These are mini trainings to inspire innovation, opportunities to make valuable connections, and a chance for the Collaborative to reach the state's GIS user community. Participation, speaker recommendations, and comments are always welcome.
Goal 1: Provide a GIS Byte every month through Microsoft Teams.
Goal 2: Cover a wide variety of topics to appeal to a wide variety of GIS users.
Goal 3: Encourage and track participation.
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