Category Archives: Local Government
Esri Supports Hack For Change Across the Nation!
Across the United States on the weekend of June 1-2, coders, software developers, entrepreneurs, and citizens of all kinds worked together to try to improve our societies through the National Civic Day of Hacking. Using open data and technology, teams collaborated … Continue reading
Are you coming to San Diego this July?
Be sure to check out the Saturday Water/Wastewater meeting and the Sunday Water Resources (ArcHydro) meeting.
Water/Wastewater Meeting – Register for meeting, Agenda
Saturday, July 6th, 2013
8:00am – 9:00am Check in
9:00am – 5:00pm Presentations
San Diego Convention Center, Rm 29 A/B
Water Resources (ArcHydro) Meeting – Register for meeting
Sunday, July 7th, 2013
8:00am – 9:00am Check in
9:00am – 5:00pm Presentations
San Diego Convention Center, Rm 29 A/B
If you have any questions about the meetings please contact me.
See you in San Diego!
Christa
ccampbell@esri.com
June 19th Esri Mid-Atlantic Water & Wastewater Special Interest Group Meeting
Esri is pleased to announce we’ll be hosting the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Water & Wastewater Special Interest Group Meeting in our Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania office on June 19th.
During the meeting Esri will be showing how water utilities are leveraging newer Esri apps such as Operations Dashboard, Collector and Esri Maps for Office. We’ll also present what’s new with ArcGIS for Water Utilities including a configuration of ArcGIS Online for water, sewer and stormwater and information products you can immediately deploy through ArcGIS Online to support workflows such as hydrant flushing, valve exercising, sharing service alerts with stakeholders and capital project coordination.
This meeting is free to attend and open to the water, wastewater and stormwater ArcGIS user community in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Washington D.C., West Virginia, New York City, Long Island and surrounding areas.
Register for the meeting here - http://events.esri.com/info/index.cfm?fuseaction=seminarRegForm&shownumber=17073
The meeting agenda is:
10:00 – 10:30 – Welcome & Introductions
10:30 – 11:15 – Useful ArcGIS Platform Apps for Water Utilities – Esri
11:15 – 11:45 – Departmental Information Sharing with ArcGIS Online – City of Lancaster Public Works
11:45 – 12:00 – Complementary Lunch Sponsored by Lucity
12:00 – 12:45 – Mobile Asset Management – Lucity
12:45 – 1:30 – What’s New with ArcGIS for Water Utilities – Esri
1:30 – 2:00 – Roundtable Discussion & Closing Remarks
UC 2013: Data Health Checks
Here it is again!!! We are happy to announce that the free data health checks will be available again this year at the Esri International User Conference (July 8-12). Data quality is important to any GIS implementation and the data … Continue reading
ArcGIS for Local Government at the 2013 UC
The 2013 Esri International User Conference is in early July and this year we will again have several sessions/events dedicated to the ArcGIS for Local Government solution and the maps and apps available within each community (Land Records, Water Utilities, … Continue reading
Esri User Conference showcases Community Maps
With the Esri International User Conference just a little over one month away, the time is right to begin planning how you can get the most out of this once a year event. As usual, there will be some important … Continue reading
Community Maps and educational campuses combine at the Esri Education GIS Conference
Some of the richest and most interesting content in the World Topographic Map is contributed by educational campuses across the world. So far almost two dozen higher education and K-12 organizations have created their campus basemaps using Esri templates and … Continue reading
A new tool for creating sampling hexagons
by Tim Whiteaker, Research Associate, Center for Research in Water Resources, The University of Texas at Austin, twhit@mail.utexas.edu. I recently needed to create a mesh of hexagons covering a study area in the Arctic for a research proposal. These hexagons … Continue reading
Need Help Preparing for Spring Flooding?
The heavy spring rain and late season snowfall have forced many communities in the Midwest to deal with seasonal river flooding. As warmer temperatures move north, the snow melt and additional rainfall will increase the chance of flooding down river. … Continue reading
Discover San Francisco Hackathon
Last weekend Esri joined forces with Airbnb, the City of San Francisco’s Mayor’s Office of Innovation, and GAFFTA to put on the Discover SF Hackathon. This event brought together designers, developers, and entrepreneurs to hack the urban experience by promoting discovery and exploration for residents and tourists alike.
