MINNESOTA GIS/LIS CONSORTIUM TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE & WORKSHOPS

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Welcome...... 3 Acknowledgements...... 4 Keynote Speakers...... 5 GIS/LIS Consortium Awards...... 9 Students...... 13 Workshop and Session Schedule...... 17 Poster and Web Map Gallery...... 26 Entertainment...... 27 Session, Poster and Web Map Abstracts...... 29 Conference Exhibitors...... 57 DECC Maps...... 63 Conference Schedule At-A-Glance...... Back Cover

#mngislis16| #YourGeospatialDestiny | @mngislis | Fb.com/mngislis Welcome to the 2016 MN GIS/LIS Conference and Workshops WELCOME

On behalf of the Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium Board of We also thank the students who have joined us. You are Directors and the Conference Planning Committee, I welcome the “us” of the future. You are just starting your geospatial you to the 26th Annual Minnesota GIS/LIS Conference and destiny like many of us did in years past. As I have told Workshops. After a very successful conference last year many people, I am here because of David Brandt from it will be hard to match that, but the conference planning Washington County. I was in college when I first meet David; committee worked many hours to make this conference the he taught me a lot in a short time. He helped form my best it could be. We have over 90 sessions with over 100 geospatial destiny. As a GIS Community, that is what we are presenters for our two days and we have 17 workshops here to do. So I encourage our members to stop and talk for people to enjoy. Everything that is taught or presented with a student if you see one. — whether in a session or workshop — shows you how talented our GIS Community in Minnesota really is. Like I said, For the second year, we welcome K-12 Educators from the planning committee worked hard on this conference; I across Minnesota to our conference. On Wednesday we have would like to thank each and every one of you for your work. over 60 educators attending workshops and sessions about Not just the individuals but the organizations they work for geospatial technology and how to utilize it in the classroom. allowing them to spend hours on planning the conference. All of this couldn’t have happen without the help of Scott With a theme of “Your Geospatial Destiny,” I wanted to find Freburg and others at the Department of Education. something different for our keynote. I think I accomplished Lastly, thank you to the Board of Directors for everything my goal. I welcome Carrie Sowden, the Archaeological you do for our membership. To our members, thank you. Director at The Peachman Lake Eire Shipwreck Research Without you, none of this could happen. If you are interested Center, as our Thursday keynote. On Friday we will get to in helping the consortium (whether being on the board or hear about a long journey that took place back in the early planning events, etc.) stop by the MN GIS/LIS Consortium 1980s from Dana Starkell with his presentation titled “Paddle Booth in the vendor hall and talk with current and past board to the Amazon.” members.

What is “Your Geospatial Destiny”? What does that mean Ryan Stovern, GISP to you? Over the past 26 years we have seen a lot of 2016 Conference Chair things as an organization (though I have only been around since 2006, but not a fully active member until 2009). One thing always brings us together — and that is our annual geospatial destiny, the fall conference and workshops. I chose this theme for that very reason: it is our destiny to promote what we do as an organization. Our mission is to develop and support the GIS professionals in Minnesota to benefit our state and the citizens of Minnesota. As we do every year, we give awards to people who have a full understanding about their geospatial destiny. I would like to congratulate our award winners this year — Michelle Trager, Geoff Maas and Marty Mitchell — all recipients of the Polaris Leadership Award. Without these folks, we wouldn’t be where we are today.

2016 Conference Committee Kitty Hurley Leah Sperduto Aaron Menza Jackie Kovarik Michelle Trager Andrew King-Scribbins Jake Rodel Molly Shoberg Ashley Ignatius Jane Mueller (VICE CHAIR) Rebecca Foster Carolyn Adams Jared Hovi Ryan Bergstrom Eric Kopras Jeff Storlie Ryan Stovern (CHAIR) Geoff Maas Kelvin Maki Scott Freburg Gerry Sjerven Kiah Sagami Stacey Stark Heidi Gaedy Kim Sundeen Tami Maddio

3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

2016 Board of Directors Sponsors

Tami Maddio Chair ddms, Inc. Scott Freburg Chair-Elect Moore Engineering Heather Albrecht Past Chair Ex-officio North Point Geographic Solutions Tim Loesch Treasurer Pictometry Leah Sperduto Secretary Pro-West & Associates, Inc. Ryan Stovern Conference Chair RESPEC Jane Mueller Conference Chair-Elect WSB & Associates, Inc. Gerry Sjerven Past Conference Chair Stacey Stark Higher Education Zeb Thomas State Government Eric Kopras Local Government Brandon Tourtelotte Private Sector Andrew King-Scribbins At-Large Ewald Consulting Dan Ross MnGeo Ex-officio We would like to thank the staff at Ewald Consulting who help the Minnesota GIS/ LIS Consortium and its Board of Directors in the administration, logistics and management of this conference.

In the following pages we’ve listed past members of the In 1988, the Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium got its start as Board of Directors, plus Polaris and Lifetime award winners. one of the nation's first forums to communicate and share Without the leadership and dedication of these individuals, information among the growing community of environmental the Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium would not have survived and natural resource geographic information system users the first 25 years. and data producers in Minnesota. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Land Management Information In 2015, the Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium was honored Center (LMIC), the University of Minnesota’s Center for to be selected for a Governor’s Geospatial Commendation Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) and Natural Resource Award. The awards recognize organizations that have “gone Research Institute (NRRI), along with other key participants, the extra mile” to deliver products and services resulting in organized an "Executive Steering Committee" to get the a more responsive government, promoting public access effort started. to information and reflecting the benefits of working in a collaborative environment that encourages similar efforts in Initially, the group was named Minnesota Natural Resource the future. Geographic Information Systems (NRGIS) Consortium. In 1990, the Steering Committee unanimously voted to change the group’s name to the Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium and the first state-wide conference was held. In 1992, the Consortium incorporated as a state and federally- recognized non-profit run by a Board of Directors elected by the members, thus creating the basic structure of the Consortium that still exists today.

4 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

8:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 time Dana returned to the top with the third set of chocolate Carrie Sowden shakes, his recently acquired fear of climbing was history. Archaeological Director Peachman Lake Erie Shipwreck Research Center Nearly every summer the trio would take long canoe trips MAST Coordinator — primarily around the lakes of southern Ontario, and a few Carrie Sowden graduated from times in the remote lakes of northern Manitoba. The longest Emory University with a BS in of these trips lasted a month and was planned specifically to Chemistry; after deciding against prepare for their voyage from Canada to Brazil. Specifically, medical school, she entered they wanted to test the food-carrying capacity of their canoe, Texas A&M University. She physical endurance and their ability to be self-sufficient for at graduated from the Nautical least one month at a time. Archaeology Program there with a Master of Arts in Anthropology. Her areas of specialty are historical A year after completing high school, Dana undertook the archaeology and waterlogged artifact conservation. During now famous two-year canoe trip his father had been planning her career as a nautical archaeologist, she has worked on since Dana was 9 years old. Altogether, they paddled shipwreck projects in Maine, Florida, Alabama, Virginia, through 13 countries from Winnipeg to Belem, Brazil and Portugal, the Azores, Turkey, and Ohio. She is currently the were awarded the Guinness world record for the longest Archaeological Director for the Peachman Lake Erie canoe trip in history. In the course of the journey, Dana Shipwreck Research Center at the Great Lakes Historical cured his asthma and honed his skills as a classical guitarist. Society. She has worked on many archaeological projects in Lake Erie, including co-directing the excavation of the More recently Dana completed two separate canoe Anthony Wayne, and PI for the Survey of the Battle of Lake adventures with his dad. The first was along the Mississippi Erie and Vessel Anchorage Project. and Gulf Coast from Princeton, Iowa, to Key West, Florida. The second, in 2003, followed the intracoastal waterway and open Atlantic coast from New York city harbor to Key 12:45 p.m., Friday, Oct. 28, 2016 Largo, Florida. The later trip was a significant challenge due Dana Starkell to constant inspections by coastal officials following the 9/11 Paddle to the Amazon attacks. Dana Starkell grew up in Winnipeg, Canada, a city known Dana now lives in the Quad Cities, Iowa with his wife Stacey for warm summers and long, and son Davey. Dana’s next adventure will be a reunion with bitter cold winters. From the Gabriel Delgado and others for a two-month canoe trip down time Dana was a young boy, his the Mississippi River to New Orleans in 2017. life was filled with adventure. Dana's father, Don Starkell, who had an extensive background in canoe racing, made plans to involve his two sons in some form of challenging event each year. Summer holidays included canoe trips, hiking, sand-dune treks, rock climbing, and swimming. Learning how to be self-sufficient in the wilderness was a common thread to these experiences.

At age 11 and 10, Dana and his brother Jeff climbed to the top of Mount Rundle with their dad — the highest mountain in Banff, Alberta. During their descent along a narrow ridge, Dana lost his footing in the shale and began to catapult head over heels. Fortunately Dana’s dad had foreseen this risk and had advised Dana to extend his arms and legs to prevent rolling. It worked — and saved Dana's life. Dana slid to a stop less than 10 feet from the ledge of a ravine that dropped a few thousand feet to the rocks below. The next summer, Dana's dad used the lure of milkshakes to get Dana to the top of the mountain facing Mount Rushmore. By the

5 HISTORY – BOARD DIRECTORS OF

An Alphabetic Chronicle of the MN GIS/LIS Board of Directors Last, First Year(s) Position(s) Adams, Jesse 2010-11 Secretary Albrecht, Heather 2012-16 At-Large Rep, Chair 2015 Bartz, Carrie 1992-95 Treasurer Bauer, Dave 2004-05 Secretary Becher, Jed 1998-99 Editorial Board Benson, Steve 2002-11 State Government Rep, Chair 2010 Bernatz (Poser), Greta 2014-15 Higher Education Rep Bixby, Robert 1993-95, 2000 Higher Education Rep, Chair 1995 Blue, Rebecca 2003-05 Chair 2004 Brandt, David 1998-99 Local Government Rep Brott, Denny 1994 Conference Chair 1994 Bryant, Chuck 1998-2000 State Government Rep, Chair 2000 Charboneau, Larry 1998-2000 At-Large Rep, Conference Chair 2000 Chatfield, Kurt 1996-97 Local Government Rep Chester, Kyle 2013-14 Treasurer Chu, Greg 1993 AAG Representative Cialek, Chris 2003-05 LMIC Ex-Officio 2003-04 Clark, Kelley 1998-99 Conference Chair 1999 Claypool, David 1991-93 Chair 1992 Coates, Carla 2009-10 Treasurer Craig, Will 1991-2010 Conference Chair 1991-92, Editorial Board 1993, 1996-2010 Governor's Council Ex-Officio 2000-08 Dickerson, Sonia 1999-2002 Conference Chair 2002 DiSera, David 1993-95 Chair 1994, AM/FM International Rep Felix, Tim 1995-96 Secretary Foster, Rebecca 2006-11 Conference Chair 2007, Chair 2009, MnGeo Advisor, 2010-11 Foster, Theresa 2000 At-Large Rep Freburg, Scott 2014-15, 2016- At-Large Rep; Board Chair-Elect 2016 Gaedy, Heidi 2006-10 Private Sector Rep Gelbmann, Rick 1995 Local Government Rep Gerberding, Monica 2005 Conference Chair Elect Geurts, Kari 2007-12 State Government Rep, Conference Chair 2008, Treasurer 2011-12 Givens, Joella 1999-2006 State Government Rep 1999-2000, Conference Chair 2003, Chair 2005 Glassel, Tami 1996-99 Editorial Board Volunteer Gorg, Dave 1995-96, 2005-06 State Government Rep Gumm, Joshua 2007-13 Governor's Council Ex-Officio 2009, At-Large Rep, Chair 2013 Hackett, Blaine 2003-04, 2011-12 Private Sector Rep Hansen, Catherine 1999-01, 2012-15 At-Large Rep, Chair 2001, Secretary 2012-15 Hobbs, Elizabeth 1997 Chair 1998 Hoshal, John 1993 LMIC Ex-Officio Hoyle, Dixon 1994 Board Volunteer Hurley, Kitty 2013-15 Conference Chair 2014 Johnson, Lucinda B. 1988 Editor Kelley, David 2010-11 Higher Education Rep Kelley, Phil 1993, 1996-99 ASPRS Rep 1993, Higher Education Rep 1996, Secretary 1997-1999 King-Scribbins, Andrew 2016- Local Government Rep Kloiber, Steve 2007 At-Large Rep Knippel, Randy 2000 Local Government Rep Knott, Leanne 2008-09 At-Large Rep Knutson, Pete 2001-02 State Government Rep Kopras, Eric 2016 Local Government Rep Koukol, Matt 2003-05 Conference Chair 2004 Kowal, Kimberly 2002-03 Secretary 2003 Kritzky, Banette 1999-2003 Secretary 1999-2000, Chair 2002 Laumeyer, Alan 1996-2004 Treasurer Loesch, Tim 1994, 2005-08, 2010, 2015- Board Volunteer 1994, Treasurer 2005-08, 2010, 2016 Lorbiecki, Derek 2012-13 Conference Chair 2013 Lotti, Quinto 1999 Higher Education Rep Maas, Geoff 2014 Conference Chair-Elect

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Maddio, Tami 2010-11, 2015- Conference Chair 2011, Chair 2016 Maki, Les 1991-93, 2002 State Government Rep 1991-92, Editorial Board 1993 Marken, Bill 2003 State Government Rep Martini, Chad 2003-09 At-Large Rep, Chair 2007 Mayer, Tanya 1996-97 At Large Rep McMaster, Susanna 2002 Higher Education Rep Maeder, Susanne 1992 Hydrology Committee Chair Meilleur, Lee 1997 State Government Rep Meinke, Lonnie 2003-05 Local Government Rep Mitchell, Martin 2004-05 Higher Education Rep Mueller, Jane 2006-07, 2015- Local Government Rep, Conference Chair Elect 2016 Muessig, Laura 1989 LMIC Representative Nelson, Mark 1998 At-Large Rep Packard, Mark 2007-08 Private Sector Rep Parson, Charlie 1989-91, 2001-04 Editor 1989-91, Higher Education Rep, Chair 2003 Perreault, Craig 2001-02 At-Large Rep Pierre, Robert 1992 Soils Committee Chair Poser, Greta 2014-15 Higher Education Rep Pouliot, Chris 2006 At-Large Rep Queen, Lloyd 1992 Higher Education Rep Rader, Nancy 1997-2012 Editorial Board Volunteer, 1997-2015, LMIC Ex-Officio 2005-08, MnGeo Ex-Officio 2009-12 Richason, Ben 1997, 2008-09 Higher Education Rep Richardson, Bart 2011-14 State Government Rep Robinette, Al 1991 Board Volunteer Ross, Dan 1996-99, 2013 Conference Chair 1997, Chair 1999, MnGeo Ex-Officio 2013- Sando, Rod 1991-92 Chair 1991 Schrader, Sarah 2006-12 Secretary, Chair 2011 Shea, Jack 1992, 1995-97 Forestry Committee Chair 1992, Conference Chair 1995-96, Editorial Board 1997 Sjerven, Gerry 1998-2009, 2012- Higher Education Rep 1998, At Large Rep 1999, Conference Chair 2001, 2015 MnGeo Geospatial Advisory Council Ex-Officio 2012-16 Smith, Todd 1994 Board Volunteer Snegosky, Adam 2010-11, 2012-15 Local Government Rep, Acting Chair 2013, Chair 2014 Sperduto, Leah 2016- Secretary Srock, Alan 1997 At-Large Rep Stark, Stacey 2009-10, 2012-13, 2016-17 Conference Chair 2010, Higher Education Rep Stevenson, Gary 1993-94 URISA Representative Storlie, Jeff 2008-09 Conference Chair 2009 Stovern, Ryan 2015 Conference Chair 2016 Theroux, Annette 2002, 2005-07 At-Large Rep, Chair 2006 Thomas, Mark 2003 Higher Education Rep Thomas, Zeb 2014-16 State Government Rep Tourtelotte, Brandon 2014-16 Private Sector Rep Trager, Michelle 2012-15 Local Government Rep Udell, Brian 2015 Treasurer Verbick, Ben 2001-02, 2011-14 Local Government Rep, Chair 2012 Wakefield, Sally 2003-09 At-Large Rep, Conference Chair 2005-06, Chair 2008 Ward, Jennifer 2013-14 Private Sector Rep Weisel, Gloria 2000-02 At-Large Rep, Secretary 2001-02 Wencl, Ron 1997, 2004-05 Editorial Board Volunteer 1997 Werner, Bob 1995, 1997-98 Higher Education Rep, Conference Chair 1998 Whitehorn, Kenneth 1993 ACSM Representative Wieland, Andrea 1991-94 Secretary, Editor 1992 Wieckowicz, Alison 2011-12 Conference Chair 2012 Winiecki, Judy 1992, 1995-97 Land Parcel and Tax Mapping Committee Chair 1992, State Government Rep 1995, Chair 1997 Wittkopf, Jennifer 2008-09 Local Government Rep Yaeger, Don 1991-2010 Chair 1993, LMIC Ex-Officio 1991-92, 1996-97, 2000-02, Editorial Board 1991-2010 Yapel, David 2001-02, 2009 At-Large Rep Yuan, Fei 2006-07 Higher Education Rep Zenk, Dave 1995-96 Chair 1996

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Polaris is the proper name for the North Star; for centuries it has served as a beacon used by navigators as a guide. The Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium’s Polaris Leadership Award recognizes active, established leaders in the geospatial community who demonstrate a beacon of energy and creativity that inspire and guide the rest of us. Polaris award recipients are determined by the following criteria: significant contributions that have benefited our state and its citizens for at least five years; demonstrated leadership, energy, and creativity within and beyond one’s normal job environment for the benefit of the greater GIS community; and involvement with the Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium, such as a conference presenter and/or a committee or board member.

Geoff Maas Marty Mitchell Michelle Trager MetroGIS/Metropolitan Council Geography Department Rice County Minnesota State University, At the heart of Geoff’s qualifications Mankato Michelle demonstrates an energetic for this award are high quality work willingness to volunteer, to freely that is thoroughly researched and As a professor and advisor in share her time, expertise and passionately presented. This has Geography for over 20 years at experience and to actively provide resulted in far-reaching changes in Minnesota State University, Mankato, leadership in our professional attitude, policy, and action within the Marty has also been a leader of community. Twin Cities metro, Minnesota, and student participation in the GIS/LIS across the country. Consortium and Annual conference Some of the many examples: since the 1990s. He was the face of • Rice County GIS Users Group Examples: As GIS Manager for MCEA, the Consortium to students then, and • SE Minnesota GIS Users Group and Geoff’s impact on the metro area is continues to be a leader for students Steering Committee member a direct result of his maps, analysis, entering the field today. • GIS Data Committee Chair for the and collaborative outreach which Minnesota Counties Computer contributed directly to the creation of Marty brings a passion for student Cooperative Property Information User additional stops along Metro Transit’s development to Minnesota’s Group Green Line. GIS community. His impact is felt • State Geospatial Advisory Council (GAC) far beyond Mankato as he has including the GAC Leadership Team As the MetroGIS Coordinator, Geoff championed student involvement • Consortium Board of Directors and the mobilized and guided metro GIS at the annual GIS/LIS Conference Education Committee managers and elected officials in through the scholarship competition, • Consortium Conference Committee and ground-breaking work regarding advocated for creating more Sessions Committee member and chair moving toward free and open GIS opportunities for students to attend • Chaired and lead planning for MN GIS/ data. He has been invited to share the conference, and most importantly, LIS Spring Workshops his knowledge with counties across he has kept student development on Minnesota, and nationally. the minds of everyone involved with Michelle has a deep commitment to GIS/LIS the geospatial profession and to the He brings energy, vitality, humor, and success of any initiative she is a part common sense to all he engages He has positively influenced the lives of. She is a respected and valued in. He is committed to knowledge of hundreds of geographers and leader in our professional community, sharing, education and advocacy work GIS specialists across the state of always finding solutions to problems in support of the continued growth Minnesota. The warm reception he with professionalism and a positive and strengthening of the Minnesota receives from these alumni reminds attitude. geospatial community. us of this every year.

10 Lifetime Achievement Awards The Minnesota GIS/LIS Board periodically inducts people and organizations to the Minnesota GIS/LIS Lifetime Achievement Award. This award began in 1993 and is ongoing. This award was established to recognize a lifetime of accomplishments in the field of GIS/LIS in Minnesota.

David Arbeit (2012) The Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources (1994) Marvin E. Bauer (2006) Les Maki (2000) Robert O. Bixby (2003) Robert W. Marx (2001) John Borchert (1993) Charlie Parson (2004) David D. Claypool (2000) Ken Pekarek (2005) Will Craig (1995) Victoria A. Reinhardt (2014) Jesse Fant (1995) Alan Robinette (1993) Rick Gelbmann (2013) Rod Sando (2000) Dave Gorg (2002) Joesph E. Sizer (1993) Jeffrey L. Grosso (2003) Gary Stevenson (2013) Bradford Henry (2002) Judy A. Winiecki (2003) John C. Hoshal (2009) Don Yaeger (2000) Randall Johnson (2012)

More information about the Lifetime Achievement award can be found on the MN GIS/LIS Consortium website: www.mngislis. org/?page=lifetime_achievement

Polaris Leadership Award The Polaris Leadership Award has been established to recognize mid-career GIS professionals who demonstrate a beacon of energy and creativity that inspires and guides the rest of us. Minnesota’s motto is L’Etoile du Nord (“Star of the North,” also called Polaris). Because Polaris is a triple star, we honor up to three leaders each year. Steve Benson (2010) Geoff Maas (2016) David Bitner (2013) Robert J. Maki (2003) Rebecca L. Blue (2009) Chad Martini (2014) David Brandt (2009) Marty Mitchell (2016) Chris Cialek (2006) Jane Mueller (2013) Sonia Dickerson (2015) Nancy K. Rader (1011) Mike Dolbow (2011) Nancy Read (2009) David Fawcett (2015) Dan Ross (2003) Rebecca Foster (2010) Terese Rowekamp (2004) Rick Gelbmann (2005) Sarah Schrader (2012) Joella Givens (2006) Gerry Sjerven (2012) Lisa M. Hanni, L.S. (2011) Mark Sloan (2008) Catherine Hansen (2013) Annette Theroux (2005) Randall (Randy) Johnson (2007) Michelle Trager (2016) Randy Knippel (2005) Ben Verbick (2007) Mark Kotz (2008) Sally Wakefield (2007) Matt Koukol (2015) Hal Watson (2014) Banette Kritzky (2008) Ron Wencl (2012) Alan Laumeyer (2003) David Windle (2004) Steve Lime (2006) Tom Zeisler (2010) Tim Loesch (2004)

More information about the Polaris Award can be found on the MN GIS/LIS Consortium website: www.mngislis. org/?page=polaris_leadership

11 GOVERNOR’S GEOSPATIALGOVERNOR’S COMMENDATION AWARD

Governor’s Geospatial Commendation Award

2015 – Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium 2003 – Minnesota Environmental Atlas (Macalester College, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Forestry Division 2014 – Minnesota Elevation Mapping Project and Land Management Information Center) (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Geospatial Information Office, Minnesota Department of 2003 – Ramsey County GIS Users Group Transportation, University of Minnesota, United States Geological Survey, Clean Water Legacy Council) 2001 – Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Groundwater Model (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency) 2013 – GeoMoose (City of St. Paul) 2001 – Minnesota GeoGateway (Land Management Information 2011 – Red River Basin Mapping Initiative (The International Center) Water Institute) 2000 – DNR Data Deli (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources) 2010 – The Emergency Preparedness Committee and Stephen Swazee 1999 – Internet-enabled parcel mapping information program (Dakota County) 2009 – Goodhue County-Wide GIS Alliance (Goodhue County GIS Office) 1999 – Training and education of GIS technology at all levels of government (Alexandria Technical College) 2008 – Geospatial Image Server (Land Management Information Center) 1999 – Developing the statewide land use and land cover data layer (Association of Minnesota Counties, George Orning 2008 – McLeod County LiDAR and Orthophotography and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources) Partnership (McLeod County GIS Department) 1999 – Providing data and maps to a variety of users (GIS 2006 – Firewise in the Classroom (Minnesota DNR Firewise Print Room, City of Minneapolis) Program, GIS4Schools, Macalester College Department of Geography, MN Alliance for Geographic Education) 1998 – Carlton County Soil and Water Conservation District

2006 – Preserving GLO Plat Maps (Office of the Minnesota 1998 – MetroGIS Secretary of State, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Minnesota Association of County Surveyors, Land Management 1998 – Base Maps for the 1990s project (Land Management Information Center, Minnesota Historical Society) Information Center)

2005 – MapServer (University of Minnesota - Department of Forest 1998 – Washington County Surveyor's Office Resources and Steve Lime) 1997 – The Minnesota Global Positioning System Advisory 2004 – Environmental Data Access System (Minnesota Pollution Group Control Agency) 1996 – National Wetlands Inventory (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) 2004 – Statewide FSA Orthoimagery Cooperative (Minnesota Departments of Administration, Natural Resources, Pollution 1996 – State of Minnesota digital highway BaseMap (Minnesota Control, Transportation and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Department of Transportation) Service Agency)

12 STUDENTS STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP STUDENT STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

The Consortium’s scholarship program recognizes graduate, undergraduate, and community college students for their excellence in GIS studies. The annual conference provides an opportunity to highlight their achievements and showcase their work through a scholarship competition. Over $4000 is awarded each year in scholarships based on students’ participation in the scholarship competition and excellence in project presentations. To date, 182 students have been recognized as part of the scholarship program and over $42,750 in scholarships has been awarded. This is only possible through the generosity of Consortium members. Funding for student scholarships and educational opportunities is raised through networking events, honorariums donated by workshop instructors, merchandise, direct donations, the conference’s scholarship raffle and Thursday night entertainment event. Each year, a portion of the Consortium's total proceeds is set aside to benefit K-12 and higher education student activities. Thank you for your support of these important programs!

Each year the scholarship program invites qualifying schools to name one Student Scholar per degree program (undergraduate / graduate / community college). Student Scholars receive the following: • 1 free registration to the annual MN GIS/LIS conference • A certificate recognizing the student as a GIS/LIS Student Scholar STUDENT SPONSORS • An invitation to participate in the Student Scholarship Competition

The Student Scholarship Competition consists of three separate events: • Community College Poster Presentation Competition • Undergraduate Oral Project Presentation Competition • Graduate Formal Paper and Oral Presentation Competition

Each student participating in the scholarship competition receives a scholarship award of $200, or a larger scholarship award if their presentation is selected by a panel of judges as a first or second place winner.

The 2016 student scholars are:

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Kyleleen Cullen – Itasca Community College Jacob Arndt – University of Minnesota Twin Cities Kyleleen Cullen is a student in the Online GIS Certificate program at Itasca Jacob Arndt recently graduated in May 2016 from the University of Community College. She received her Bachelor of Science in Sociology Minnesota-Twin Cities with a Bachelor of Science in Geography and a and Anthropology from Rocky Mountain College in 2011. She has worked Bachelor of Arts in Music. During his time as an undergraduate he had as an archaeologist in the Great Lakes Region since 2012. the opportunity to explore the extremely broad and interesting field that is Geography. He immediately fell in love with the interdisciplinary nature Logan Harms – South Central College of geography and the interesting courses that were offered to students Logan Harms is currently attending South Central College for his as well as the research that happened within the department. Jacob’s Associate of Applied Science Degree in Civil Engineering Technology interests ultimately led him to pursue an emphasis in physical geography with an expected graduation date fall of 2016. Logan is certified for and geographic information science. As an undergraduate he worked at Materials Technology with Aggregate Production and Concrete Field One. the Polar Geospatial Center at the University of Minnesota as a geospatial Logan interned for Minnesota Department of Transportation-District support assistant. There, he assisted staff members by processing and 7 the summer of 2015 in the materials lab. He was responsible for delivering imagery to scientists studying the Arctic and Antarctic. As of quality control of all aggregate, and he also did testing of concreate and this fall 2016, he will begin the Master of Geographic Information Science bituminous. During the summer of 2016 Logan worked for IS Group as program at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He looks forward a land surveyor using his educational background on the Trimble and to gaining a thorough understanding of remote sensing, computing, Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) and Topcon Total Station. and their application to earth science and geographic information science. Jacob currently works as a graduate research assistant at the Greg Oberg – Fond du Lac Tribal Community College University of Minnesota Center for Dendrochronology where we study Information not available the chronological sequence of growth rings in trees to help answer questions about climate and environmental history. In the future he would like to use a combination of remote sensing, in situ observations using environmental proxies such as tree rings, and computing to contribute to an organization and help answer questions pertaining to the environment, climate, and management of resources.

14 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP STUDENT Dallas Jacobs – University of Minnesota Duluth Nathan Porttiin - St. Cloud State University Dallas Jacobs is a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota Duluth Nathan Porttiin is a junior Geography major at St. Cloud State University. with a BS degree in geological sciences and a minor in Geographic Forming an interest in GIS through the use of multiple Minnesota counties Information Science. Growing up in northern Wisconsin, spending much interactive GIS maps, he has since explored the many different real world of his time exploring the north woods, he developed an interest for applications GIS has. Through an internship at Wright County Nathan cartography and the application of satellite imagery. He started his has been exposed to part of government’s use of GIS with addressing undergraduate degree at UMD in 2012 and immediately grew to love techniques and parcel building. Continuing in his education, Nathan is the region. Dallas’ courses and professors helped to develop him into a excited to keep exploring the different ways GIS can be implemented into scientific thinker and supported his passion for cartography. His goal is our world. to start a career in which he can apply his knowledge of GIS and earth systems in new, creative ways. GRADUATE GIS Katie Jurenka – Macalester College Katie Jurenka, originally from Ames, Iowa, is now a senior at Macalester Timila Bajracharya - St. Cloud State University College where she studies Geography and Urban Studies. Her interests Information not available center around transportation, housing, local government, and the geographies of public policy and provision of services. She has used Joshua Cook – Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota GIS in a variety of capacities, including internships and volunteer Joshua Cook began his GIS career working for the State Emergency positions, as well as an aid to her coursework at Macalester. Besides her Management Agency in Missouri, mapping state-bought property in academic interests, Katie enjoys reading short stories and exploring new flood plains. He then graduated with a degree in Computer Science from neighborhoods in the Twin Cities. Central Methodist University in 2003, and played American football in Germany from 2002 to 2004. Joshua returned to Missouri in 2006 and Kathryn Macey – Minnesota State University, Mankato worked for the City of Jefferson collecting stormwater data and updating Kathryn Macey is from West Union, Minnesota and graduated from Sauk the database in ArcSDE. After this internship, he began working for Centre High School in 2013. She is now a senior at Minnesota State TomTom, collecting road navigation information using Mobile Mapping University, Mankato majoring in geography and getting a GIS certificate. technology. He was promoted and moved to the Twin Cities where he worked to update road networks using ArcGIS and TomTom proprietary Kelli Moe – Minnesota State University, Moorhead software. Josh’s passion for traveling and adventure led him to pursue Kelli Moe is currently a senior at Minnesota State University Moorhead. his dreams of serving in the Peace Corps. In 2012, he moved to rural She will be graduating in December with a B.S. in geoscience (emphasis Ethiopia, where he created maps for his town and Peace Corps Ethiopia, in geography), a minor in anthropology, and a certificate in GIS. She then started a garden at his local health office, built an Electronic Medical plans on attending the University of North Dakota for graduate studies. Records System, and ran a girl’s empowerment and adaptive soccer This summer she interned at MSUM's Regional Science Center helping program. After his service, he returned to work with the University of with a prairie restoration project, as well as working on research with Minnesota Agricultural Extension on variable rate irrigation research and the university's archaeology team. Geography and the environment have finished his Master’s Degree at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. always been her interests, and she is excited to continue furthering her Joshua continues working for the University of Minnesota. knowledge of GIS and its applications. Tobias Fimpel – University of Minnesota Twin Cities Jacob Pauna – University of St. Thomas Tobias Fimpel holds a B.S. in Geography with minors in Urban Studies Jacob Pauna is currently attending the University of St. Thomas, where and in Geographic Information Science from the University of Minnesota, he is pursuing a degree in Geographic Information Systems, with a Twin Cities, where he is currently enrolled in the Master of Geographic double minor in Sustainability and Japanese. He is on track to graduate in Information Science program. For the past four years Tobias has been the spring of 2017. Jacob’s ultimate goal is to find a career in which he employed at the University of Minnesota Enterprise GIS, first as a student can utilize GIS in new and creative ways to help the community. employee and then as a full time GIS Specialist. He is passionate about helping his colleagues use GIS for facilities management and campus Aaron Thompson – Bemidji State University planning purposes. Originally from Germany, Tobias came to Minneapolis Aaron Thompson is originally from the Fergus Falls area, and is currently in 2006 and has called it home ever since. He enjoys spending time a senior at Bemidji State University. He is pursuing a Bachelor's degree outdoors biking and hiking with his wife and two children. in Geography with an emphasis in GIS, and the motivation for this forest health project stems from a lifelong passion for outdoor recreation. Caleb Mackey – Minnesota State University, Mankato Caleb graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography with Maddie Johnson – Gustavus Adolphus College minors in GIS and Zoology from Western Illinois University in 2012. While Maddie is currently a senior at Gustavus Adolphus College majoring in attending school at WIU, he was fortunate to work at the WIU GIS Center Spanish and Geography with a concentration in GIS. She is from Golden as a student worker, where he gained valuable GIS experience. He Valley, MN and is a graduate of Hopkins High School. Maddie studied started his GIS career as a GIS Coordinator for Cedar County, Iowa and abroad in Alicante, Spain during her junior year and was also inducted is currently working as a GIS Programmer at Bolton & Menk in Mankato into Phi Beta Kappa last spring. This past summer, she completed an while working toward completing a Master’s Degree in Geography from internship with Cushman & Wakefield/NorthMarq, a commercial real Minnesota State University, Mankato. He enjoys spending time with estate company located in the Twin Cities. She worked in their GIS and friends and family and watching sports and playing golf. Market Analytics department preparing and producing geographical information on CWN’s current and potential customer base and other demographics.

15 MENTOR PROGRAM MENTOR PROGRAM

The Mn GIS/LIS Consortium Conference Mentor Program is in its 6th year! Each year, we match willing GIS professionals with students or early professionals who wish to connect with someone personally at the conference for conference navigation, career advice, resume review and professional stories. Students’ early introductions to local organizations and employers go a long way to making sure our Minnesota graduates are successful and that many are the future GIS professionals of Minnesota.

From a mentor: “I always learn something new from the mentees, and it is a rewarding experience.”

From a student: “This was my first MN GIS/LIS conference and having a mentor willing to introduce you to his/her colleagues is a tremendous asset while networking.”

The mentor program involves a small commitment of time on Thursday of the conference. You will meet your mentee in the Geolounge at 7:30 am on Thursday for ½ hour. Then we ask that you please invite your mentee to sit with you and your col- leagues at the welcome/plenary and again at the Thursday lunch. We provide some optional conversation starters to aid in discussion. What you do beyond this initial networking is up to you both to decide!

Mentor Program Summary 2010–2015

50 mentor-mentee pairs total

Young Professional Mentees Mn GIS LIS Mentors 60 different mentees 35 different Mn GIS/LIS member (6 repeats) mentors

Non-School: 3 Out of State: 4 MN Programs: 9 SCHEDULE

16 SCHEDULE

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS

Workshop check-in begins at 7:30 am Wednesday morning in the lobby of the DECC where refreshments will be provided. Workshop registration includes lunch and will be provided at the DECC at 12:15 pm. All data and materials for the workshops will be provided by the instructors.

All hands-on workshops will be Bring Your Own Laptop and some hands-on workshops are Bring Your Own Mobile Device. If you would like to attend one of these workshops, you will need to have a laptop that you can bring to the workshop. We will be working closely with the instructors of the hands-on workshops to ensure materials for those workshops are available before October 1 for installation on attendees’ laptops.

Workshops are Hands-on Workshops are Lecture Style

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25 6:00 p.m. Social Networking – 7 West Taphouse

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 7:30 a.m. Conference Registration and Materials Pickup – Refreshments in the City Side Lobby 8:00 – 10:30 a.m. Half-Day Morning Workshops WK0001 Intro to Collector for ArcGIS (Ballroom L) WK0002 Get Started Using Python with GIS (Ballroom M-N) WK0003 Using Geoprocessing Services with JavaScript API (Ballroom O) WK0004 Parcel Fabric 101 (French River Rm 1) WK0005 Making a Web Map Like That (French River Rm 2) WK0006 Designing a Long-Term GIS Vision & Implementation Plan (St. Louis River Rm) WK0007 Creating Simple GIS applications with Python (Horizon Rm 202) WK0008 CAD and GIS Collaboration (Horizon Rm 203) WK0009 Running Enterprise GIS Systems in God Mode (Horizon Rm 204) 10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break – City Side Lobby 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Half-Day Morning Workshops Continued 12:15 p.m. Lunch with Special Presentation by Gina Hollinday and Students from Denfield High School – Harbor Side Ballroom 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Half-Day Afternoon Workshops WK0010 Intermediate Collector for ArcGIS (Ballroom L) WK0011 Advanced Python: Build Your Own Classes and Modules (Ballroom M-N) WK0012 ArcGIS Web AppBuilder: Basics of Creating Custom Themes and Widgets (Ballroom O) WK0013 Parcel Fabric 601 (French River Rm 1) WK0014 Q Is the Bees’ Knees (French River Rm 2) WK0015 SQL 101: Spatial Data Revealed (Horizon Rm 202) WK0016 Open Data Portals: What, Why, How? (Horizon Rm 203) WK0017 ArcGIS for Server: Administration and Advanced Topics (Horizon Rm 204) 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Vendor Hall Open 2:45 p.m. Refreshment break – Vendor Hall 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Half-Day Afternoon Workshops Continued 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Welcome Reception – Geolounge 6:00 – 9:30 p.m. Wednesday Welcome Reception Continued – Grandma’s Saloon

19 THURSDAY SESSIONS CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Sessions are Individual Presentations (including 12-minute Lightning Presentations). Sessions are Panel Discussions (including User and Regional groups).

THURSDAY, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. SESSION 1 Web Map Creation 1 (Gooseberry Falls 1) Managing GIS Infrastructure at the DNR – Chris Pouliot, MN DNR; Jessica Schuler, MN DNR Esri JavaScript API: Taking it to the Next Level – Jesse Adams, North Point Geographic Solutions How Accessibility Can Make Us Better Cartographers – Kitty Hurley, MN.IT Services

SESSION 2 Survey 1 (Gooseberry Falls 2) Quality Control for the Parcel Fabric: Identifying and Correcting Problem Parcels – Frank Conkling, Panda Consulting The Difference Between a Survey and a Map – Preston Dowell, St. Louis County, Survey Division

SESSION 3 A Little of This, A Little of That (Gooseberry Falls 3) Dealing with Density – Brad Neuhauser, Office of Minnesota Secretary of State A Geographer in the Wilderness: Navigating Durango to Moab – David Brandt, Washington County IT Department USGS National Map Highlights – Ronald Wencl, US Geological Survey

SESSION 4 Government GIS 1 (Split Rock 1) Minnesota's New Aerial Imagery Master Contract Program – Christopher Cialek, MN.IT Central; Projects and Initiatives Division The Metro Regional Centerlines Collaborative: Progress to Date – Geoff Maas, MetroGIS/Metropolitan Council; Ann Houghton, Hennepin County; Matt Koukol, Ramsey County

SESSION 5 Coding (Split Rock 2) A Gridded Approach to Improving Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) Studies Using ArcGIS and Python – Jake Rodel, Applied Weather Associates Creating Stand-alone Data Processing Applications with Python and Tkinter: What You Need to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask) – Sam Giebner, North Point Geographic Solutions MySQL: The Right Database for GIS ... Sometimes – Michael Moore, Cimbura.com

SESSION 6 Crowd Sourcing (Lake Superior L) Crowdsource Development for the Minnesota Buffer Map – Steve Kloiber, Department of Natural Resources Crowdsourcing as a Novel Approach to Mapping Ecosystem Services in a Great Lakes Area of Concern – Kathleen Williams, USEPA; Jonathan Launspach, CSRA (USEPA Contractor)

SESSION 7 Great Lakes 1 (Lake Superior MN) Modeling and GIS applications of MN Breeding Bird Atlas Data – Jerry Niemi, Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) Flow and Temperature as Drivers of Lake Superior Tributary Biota – Lucinda Johnson, Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI)

20 THURSDAY SESSIONS SESSION 8 Remote Sensing (Lake Superior O) Conditioning Terrain Data for MnDOT’s Archaeological Predictive Model (MnModel) – Jeffery Walsh, Peregrin Aerospatial LLC

A Comparison of LiDAR and Stereo-pair Derived Surface Models – Andrew Walz, Cimbura.com

SESSION 9 K-12 Panel (French River) MNGIS/LIS Involvement with K-12 Education; Past, Present and Future – Scott Freburg, Minnesota Department of Education

SESSION 10 User Group (Horizon 203) Frontier Precision and Trimble Geospatial Solutions

THURSDAY, 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. SESSION 11 Emergency Management (Gooseberry Falls 1) Minnesota’s Next Generation 9-1-1 GIS Project – Adam Iten, State of Minnesota Visualizing Hazus Flood Analysis Results with Interactive Web Maps – Micaella Penning, Geospatial Analysis Center US National Grid – Randy Knippel, Dakota County

SESSION 12 Survey 2 (Gooseberry Falls 2) Patterns of GIS Usage in the Hennepin County Surveyors’ Division – Chris Mavis, Geospatial Analysis Center The Surveyor and the Parcel Fabric – Frank Conkling, Panda Consulting

SESSION 13 Mobile Imagery (Gooseberry Falls 3) How Can I Use a Drone? – Brian Fischer, Houston Engineering, Inc.; Dave Kirkpatrick, Houston Engineering, Inc. Capture the World Around You with Mobile Imaging – Dylan Jones, Frontier Precision, Inc.

SESSION 14 Government GIS 2 (Split Rock 1) Capabilities of the Minnesota National Guard GIS program – David Bendickson, MN Army National Guard; Jessica Campbell, MN Army National Guard GIS in the Assessor's Office: Emerging Tools, Trends, and Applications – Daniel Fasteen, Dakota County Building a Future-Ready GIS: Steps to Success – Justin Lutterman, LeSueur County; Brandon Crissinger, Pro-West & Associates

SESSION 15 Data Sharing 1 (Split Rock 2) Thanks for Sharing! – Jeff Reinhart, MN DNR Forestry PFM, MFRC Becoming a Publisher on the Minnesota Geospatial Commons – Mike Dolbow, Minnesota Geospatial Information Office Open Data Licensing: Making it Clear – David Fawcett, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

SESSION 16 Product Demo 1 (Lake Superior L) Leverage Mobile GIS and Cityworks to Manage Public Infrastructure – Bridget Suda, Cityworks | Azteca Systems mapFeeder Connect: A Lightweight, Geospatial Crowd Sourcing Web Application – Blaine Hackett, RESPEC Now in Beta Testing: Moore Engineering’s Custom Web Map – Thomas Sayward, Moore Engineering

21 THURSDAY SESSIONS SESSION 17 Great Lakes 2 (Lake Superior MN) Great Lakes Remote Sensing: Coastal Wetlands – Brian Huberty, US Fish & Wildlife Service Mapping the Great Lakes Coastal and Nearshore Realm: NOAA’s Lake Level Viewer – Brandon Krumwiede, The Baldwin Group at NOAA Office for Coastal Management; Doug Marcy

SESSION 18 Open Source (Lake Superior O) Introduction to Mapping with OpenStreetMap – David Bitner, dbSpatial LLC The Grass Is Greener with Turf.js – Andrew Walz, Cimbura.com

SESSION 19 Students — Undergraduate Competition (St. Louis River) Minnesota's Jack Pine: Modelling for Jack Pine Budworm Risk Detection – Aaron Thompson, Bemidji State University Identifying Ideal Parcels for Participation in the Conservation Reserve Program in the Seven Mile Creek Watershed – Maddie Johnson, Gustavus Adolphus College Suburban Rail Transit and Land Use: A Spatio-temporal Study of Violent Crime in Bloomington, MN – Kathryn Jurenka, Macalester College Crime Analysis in Mankato, Minnesota – Kathryn D. Macey, Minnesota State University, Mankato

SESSION 20 MN Geospatial Advisory Council (French River) Minnesota Geospatial Advisory Council – Outreach Committee Efforts: Free and Open Data and Narratives of Geospatial Success – Kari Geurts, MN Dept of Natural Resources; Len Kne, U-Spatial, University of Minnesota; Michelle Trager, Rice County; Brad Anderson, City of Moorhead; Geoff Maas, MetroGIS

SESSION 21 User Group (Horizon 203) Pictometry User Group

THURSDAY, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. SESSION 22 Government GIS Collaboration (Gooseberry Falls 1) Managing Collaborative Geospatial Projects Across Organizations: What I Have Learned – Mark Kotz, Metropolitan Council Collaborating Across Institutions to Facilitate Access & Discovery of Geospatial Resources – Ryan Mattke, John R. Borchert Map Library; Karen Majewicz, John R. Borchert Map Library Adventures in IT: A Guide for GIS People – Lucas Scharenbroich, Pro-West & Associates, Inc.; Eric McPhee, St Louis County, MN

SESSION 23 Survey 3 (Gooseberry Falls 2) Mayhem in Minneapolis – Chris Mavis, Hennepin County Modernizing Land Records: Order Upon Chaos – Earl Epstein, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University

SESSION 24 Utilities (Gooseberry Falls 3) 360 Approach to Underground Utilities – Curt Fakler, Utility Mapping Services, Inc. Fiber Optic Network Management in GIS – Andrew King-Scribbins, Hennepin County Soil Types' Relation to Distribution Utility Poles – Timothy Tabor, Pennsylvania State University

22 THURSDAY SESSIONS SESSION 25 K-12 (Split Rock 1) Teaching GIS in a STEM Curriculum – Kyle Tredinnick, Saint Paul Preparatory School Bringing GIS to the Classroom, a Personal Journey on the Long Road – John Wirries, Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson, Inc.

SESSION 26 Students — Graduate Competition (Split Rock 2) Integrating Crowdsourcing and GIS to Slow the Spread of the Emerald Ash Borer in Minnesota – Caleb Mackey, Minnesota State University, Mankato Validating a Prescription Map Used in Variable Rate Irrigation Using Geographic Information Science – Joshua Stanley Cook, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Indoor GIS: A Review of Data Models and the Development of Web and Mobile Application Templates for the ArcGIS Platform – Tobias Fimpel, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

SESSION 27 Product Demo 2 (Lake Superior L) 60min: Portals for Your Web GIS - Portal for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Online – Jordan Miller, Esri; Sarah Schrader, Esri Advance Your Desktop Capabilities with ArcGIS Pro – Mike Koutnik, Esri; Matt Taraldsen, Esri

SESSION 28 St. Louis River (Lake Superior MN) Mapping Aquatic Vegetation in the St. Louis River Estuary in Support of AOC Restoration Efforts – Carol Reschke, Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) Developing a Community Sense of Place: The One River Many Stories Map – Tom Hollenhorst, EPA, Mid-Continent Ecology Division; Matt Kania, Map Hero, Inc.

SESSION 29 Web Map Creation 2 (Lake Superior O) Different Approaches to Showcase Maps on the Web – Kitty Hurley, MN.IT Services Designing User-friendly GIS Apps – John Nerge, City of Brooklyn Park Off the Grid: Creating a Custom Web Map from Scratch – Thomas Sayward, Moore Engineering; Kyle Volk, Moore Engineering

SESSION 30 Students — Undergraduate Competition (St. Louis River) The Influence of Upper-Air Winds and El Niño-Southern Oscillation on Commercial Air Travel – Jacob Arndt, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Farmland Change Detection of Devils Lake, ND 1993-2014 – Dallas Jacobs, University of Minnesota, Duluth Understanding Prehistoric Land Use: A Spatial Analysis of Animal Bone along the Buffalo River in Clay County, MN – Kelli Moe, Minnesota State University, Moorhead How Viable is Habitat Restoration within the Great Plains? – Jacob Pauna, University of St. Thomas

SESSION 31 Lightning 1 (French River) The Use of Drones in an Undergraduate GIS Course to Chronicle Prairie Restoration – Dr. David Kelley, Geography and Environmental Studies - University of St. Thomas; Dr. Paul Lorah Looking Out for Our Health: Uses of GIS at MDH- WIC – Deborah Grundmanis, Minnesota Department of Health Multi-criteria Selection for a Healthy Food Restaurant Location in Grand Forks, ND Using Analytic Hierarchy Process – Sergey Gulbin, University of North Dakota Use of Supervised Classification for Riparian Buffer Analysis Using Four Band Aerial Imagery – Ethan Mooar, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Mosquito Species Maps: Rrom Aedes to Zika – Nancy Read, Metro Mosquito Control; Kirk Johnson, Metro Mosquito Control District

23 FRIDAY SESSIONS FRIDAY, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. SESSION 32 User Group (Gooseberry Falls 1) Arrowhead Ownership Collaboration

SESSION 33 Field Data Collection - Collector (Gooseberry Falls 2) ArcGIS Collector at the DNR – Jacqueline Kovarik, MN DNR; Chris Pouliot, MN DNR From Data Collection to Analysis: Pairing Collector for ArcGIS with Custom ArcGIS Addin Toolbars to Create a Controlled Process for Multiple Users – Josh Knopik, MN DNR; Jacqueline Kovarik, MN DNR

SESSION 34 Web Map Creation 3 (Gooseberry Falls 3) Leveraging Web Usage Statistics for Better Web Applications – Michael Terner, Applied Geographics, Inc. Showcasing UMD’s Global Engagement Through the Use of Story Maps – Zachary Vavra, University of Minnesota Duluth

SESSION 35 Higher Ed (Split Rock 2) WindWorks: The UMN UAS Program – Keith Pelletier, Dan Heins, Trevor Host and Dr. Joseph F. Knight; all from University of Minnesota Re-designing Online GIS Education: The UW-Madison Professional Master's Project – Ian Muehlenhaus and I-Pang Fu; both from University of Wisconsin - Madison

SESSION 36 Photogrammetry Panel (Lake Superior L) The Role of Photogrammetry in Geospatial Education – Benjamin Richason III, SARC-SCSU

SESSION 37 Interviewing Panel (Lake Superior MN) Finding, Applying and Interviewing for Jobs in GIS – Andrew King-Scribbins, Hennepin County

SESSION 38 Lightning 2 (Lake Superior O) Collaborative Geodesign – Peter Wiringa, University of Minnesota Free and Open Geospatial Data: Resources for Practitioners – Geoff Maas, MetroGIS/Metropolitan Council Transform the Parcel History Search – Lucas Scharenbroich, Pro-West & Associates, Inc. Can GIS and WordPress Be Friends? – Michael Moore, Cimbura.com Using ArcGIS Online as a Form of Communication & Record Keeping – Allan Schafer, KLJ Connecting Students with the Duluth Community: Engagement and GIS at the Geospatial Analysis Center – Stacey Stark, University of Minnesota - Duluth

SESSION 39 LiDAR/Hydrology Panel (French River) Updates and New Topic Discussions on 3DEP, DEM Hydro-modification, Hydrography Development and the Need to Establish a New LiDAR Committee for Minnesota – Sean Vaughn, MN.iT Services at MN DNR; Ron Wencl, USGS; Rick Moore, MN.iT Services at MN DNR; Tyler Kaebisch, MN DNR

24 FRIDAY SESSIONS

FRIDAY, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. SESSION 40 Field Data Collection (Gooseberry Falls 2) Incorporating the Web Appbuilder, Collector, Python, and a Geoprocessing Service into a Survey Workflow – Chad Nunemacher, Houston Engineering, Inc; Paul Hedlund, Houston Engineering, Inc Utilizing GIS for Improved Efficiency and Decision Making at SPRWS – Renee Huset, St. Paul Regional Water Services; Rich Rowland, St. Paul Regional Water Services Solving High Accuracy GNSS (GPS) Data Collection Problems with a Cloud Based Real Time Solution – Katherine Meixell, Owatonna Public Uitilties; Roger Schulz, Frontier Precision

SESSION 41 Workflows (Split Rock 2) Utilizing Real-Time GIS: The GeoEvent Extension – Mike Koutnik, Esri; Mark Taraldsen, Esri Overview of New ESRI Solutions for a Complete Mobile Workflow – Mike Koutnik, Esri; Mark Taraldsen, Esri

SESSION 42 Remote Sensing - Landcover (Lake Superior L) High-Resolution Land Cover Classification for Selected Areas in Minnesota – Lian Rampi, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Trevor Host, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities The New Minnesota Statewide Land Cover Classification – Joseph Knight, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Lian Rampi, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Regional Lake Water Quality Measurements Beyond Water Clarity Using New Enhanced Satellite Remote Sensing Systems – Leif Olmanson, Patrick Brezonik, Jacques C. Finlay and Marvin E. Bauer; all from University of Minnesota

SESSION 43 ArcGIS Online (Lake Superior MN) Adding Value to GIS and Land Sales: The Beltrami Story – Jane Mueller, Beltrami County, MN; Kyle Wikstrom, Pro-West & Associates Goodhue County Custom Web Apps Using Esri Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS (Developer Edition) – Leanne Knott, Goodhue County

SESSION 44 Hydrology (Lake Superior O) Conservation Irrigation Water Management – Paul Senne, RESPEC Consulting & Services Drainage Records Modernization Geodatabase Template – Brian Fischer, Houston Engineering, Inc.; Jim Krumrie, MnGeo Developing a GIS Tool to Prioritize, Target and Measure Water Quality Conservation Practices – Kiah Sagami, Houston Engineering, Inc.; Drew Kessler, Houston Engineering, Inc.

SESSION 45 Data Sharing Panel (French River) Building Minnesota: A Multifaceted Discussion About Data Sharing and the Vision for Foundational Statewide Geospatial Data – Dan Ross, Minnesota Geospatial Information Office

25 POSTER MAP & WEB GALLERY POSTER & WEB MAP GALLERY GENERAL POSTERS

• 2012 Minnesota Presidential Election Results by Precinct — Kyle Wikstrom, Pro-West & Associates, Inc • The CIC Geospatial Data Discovery Project: A Multi-Institution Project to Create an Open-Source Discovery Portal for Geospatial Data Resources — Ryan Mattke, Borchert Map Library • Easement Coordination Using a Python Scripted Geoprocessing Algorithm — Jacob Monson, Western Area Water Supply Authority • Expanding the Historical Mineral Exploration Document and Spatial Data Collection at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: The Polaris Joint Venture Exploration Collection — Kevin Hanson, Minnesota DNR - Division of Lands and Minerals; Andrea Reed, Minnesota DNR - Division of Lands and Minerals • Incorporating Ecosystem Services of a Natural Capital to Perform Relative Valuation of Households' Storm-inflicted Health Outcomes under Optimal Private Defensive Strategies: A Case Study Analysis of the Coastal Areas of Bangladesh Using Household Survey and GIS Mapping Analysis — Sakib Mahmud, University of Wisconsin-Superior • Irrigation Master Plan for the McClusky Canal — Danielle Lee, AE2S • LiDAR Derived Topographic Riparian Areas: Utilizing LiDAR Digital Elevation Models to Produce Variable Width Riparian Areas — Tyler Kaebisch, MN DNR Resource Assessment Office • Mapping and Analyzing Stream Network Changes in Watonwan River Watershed — Fei Yuan, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Roman Mulvihill, Minnesota State University, Mankato • MinnesotaView: Remote Sensing Education, Research and Geospatial Applications — Marvin Bauer, University of Minnesota; Joseph Knight, University of Minnesota • Nice Ride Minnesota Bike Share System, 2015 — David Fawcett, MN.IT @ Minnesota Pollution Control Agency • Open Land Analysis Using LiDAR to Help with Planning Efforts — Jamie Schulz, MN.IT @ DNR Fisheries, John Jereczek, Department of Natural Resources, Ecological and Water Resources • Phantom Islands of Lake Superior — Geoff Maas, Tessera Design • A Ridiculously Large 1:54,000 (7 ft by 18 ft) St Louis County, Mn Map — Jeff Storlie, St. Louis County Planning & Development • The State of Free and Open Geospatial Data in Minnesota — David Fawcett, MN.IT @ Minnesota Pollution Control Agency • Subwatershed Analysis for Trout Brook — David Holmen, Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District; Curt Coudron, Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District • Updating Watercourse Hydrography in Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Watersheds; Utilizing LiDAR Digital Elevation Models to Replicate Water Movement across the Landscape — Tyler Kaebisch, MN DNR Resource Assessment Office • Wildlife Habitat Linkages Surrounding Lake George and Southern Lake Champlain — Sam Talbot, University of Vermont

STUDENT POSTERS

• Analyzing Ruffed Grouse Activity Areas Using an ArcGIS Model — Jacqueline Brockman, Bemidji State University • ArcGIS Online: Making an Effective Time-Enabled Map — Grace Johnson, University of Minnesota • Attributing Deforestation to Commodities: Learning from the Past, Mapping the Current, and Projecting Risks in the Future — Peder Engstrom, Global Landscapes Initiative - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Paul West, Global Landscapes Initiative - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities • Discovery: A Story Map Displaying the Extent of Robert Falcon Scott's First Expedition to Antarctica (1901-1904) with Additional Media Sources — Carl Reim, Polar Geospatial Center-University of Minnesota WEB MAPS

• World Travels! — Kitty Hurley, MN.IT Services • Metropolitan Transitways with Population Density of Ethnic Minority Groups 2000-2010 — Andra Bontrager, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy • Rice County Highway Asset Map — Michelle Trager, Rice County

26 ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT TUESDAY, OCT. 25 Door Prizes A secondary drawing for additional Minnesota GIS/LIS Social Networking Consortium purchased prizes will be conducted at the 6:00 p.m. conclusion of the event. No purchase is necessary to enter the 7 West Taphouse drawing. You may drop a blue colored ticket (distributed with your name badge) into the designated bin at the MN GIS/LIS Once you’ve arrived in town, join your colleagues for booth.You must be present to win these prizes. networking and great brews at 7 West Taphouse, located at 7 W Superior Street, which is within walking distance from the Thursday Night Social Event local hotels. 7 West Taphouse is a laid-back bar and restaurant 7:15 – 10:00 p.m. with a large beer selection and variety of food options. Holiday Inn Duluth Once the sessions are over, be sure to stop by the vendor WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26 reception in the DECC exhibit hall complete with door prizes and refreshments. Afterward, join us for the conference social at the Welcome Reception Holiday Inn, located in downtown Duluth. The festivities include 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. a craft beer tasting event, featuring craft brews from across the Geolounge Northland region! 6:00 – 9:30 p.m. Grandma's Saloon Participating Vendors Include: Bent Paddle bentpaddlebrewing.com After a long day of workshops, stop by the Geolounge for some Boreal Brewers borealbrewers.com drinks and food. This event will be open to all, with a special Canal Park Brewery canalparkbrewery.com welcome to our educator attendees. After the Geolounge, feel Carmody carmodyirishbrewpub.com free to wander over to Grandma’s Saloon, 522 S Lake Ave, for Castle Danger castledangerbrewery.com a welcome reception with food and drinks and more networking Northern Ale Stars northernalestars.net opportunities. Homebrew root beer and cream soda will be available. THURSDAY, OCT. 27 The MN Wild Hockey game will also be on for all the Exhibitor Reception hockey fans to enjoy. 5:00 p.m. Lake Superior Ballroom Admission to the event is $15, or $20 with a commemorative mug. Wristbands can be purchased at the MN GIS/LIS booth or Visit the exhibition hall to have some appetizers and meet at the Great Lakes Ballroom at the Holiday Inn the night of the with the exhibitors who make the conference possible. Stop event. by each booth to view and participate in any special vendor prize drawings, and preview the prizes donated for the All event proceeds will go toward the MN GIS/LIS Scholarship Scholarship Raffle. A cash bar will also be available. fund. Scholarship Fund Raffle & Door Prizes 6:45 p.m. FRIDAY, OCT. 28 Lake Superior Ballroom 5K Fun Walk/Run Scholarship Fund 6:15 a.m. Prizes are donated by many of our exhibitors and Starting at Canal Park Lodge Parking Lot at 6:15 a.m. individuals with proceeds going toward the Minnesota GIS/ LIS Consortium’s Scholarship Fund. You may choose which Explore Duluth prize drawing(s) to enter. Tickets can be purchased at the Post Conference MN GIS/LIS booth at $1/ticket. Enter to win a specific prize The conference may be over, but the weekend is just by dropping tickets in the bin at the donating vendors booth. beginning in Duluth! Feel free to explore and visit one of the You do not need to be present at the drawing to win these many scenic sites, enjoy the craft brews, restaurants and prizes. entertainment in Canal Park or downtown. Don’t forget your MN GIS/LIS Conference discount card!

27 VENDOR DEMO SCHEDULE VENDOR DEMO SCHEDULE DEMO VENDOR

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26 THURSDAY, OCT. 27 Aerial Services, Inc. Frontier Precision, Inc 4:00 - 4:30 p.m. 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Pictometry CrescentLink Solutions 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. North Point Geographic Solutions 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. RESPEC 5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Cartegraph 6:00 - 6:30 p.m.

One size fits all – doesn’t. And neither do our solutions.

We treat every client, location, and project as unique and let collaboration lead us to the right solution.

Bolton-Menk.com

28 ABSTRACTS, PRESENTATIONS POSTERS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS & PRODUCT DEMONSTRATIONS Getting our hands around GIS

See and hear about Moore’s new web map We created our own custom, interactive web map. We’ll tell you all about the creative process and give you a peek at these two sessions:

Product Demo - Now in Beta Testing: Moore Engineering’s Custom Web Map SessionSession 13 16 · -Thursday, Thursday, Oct. Oct 27 27 · -2:30-3 1:30 - p.m.3:00 p.m. Presentation - Off the Grid: Creating a Custom Web Map from Scratch 218.998.4041 Session 44 · Thursday, Oct. 27 · 4:30-5 p.m. Session 29 - Thursday, Oct 27 - 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. mooreengineeringinc.com PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS ABSTRACTS WORKSHOP

Workshop check-in begins at 7:30 am Wednesday morning in the lobby of the DECC where refreshments will be provided. Workshop registration includes lunch and will be provided at the DECC at 12:15 pm. All data and materials for the workshops will be provided by the instructors.

All hands-on workshops will be Bring Your Own Laptop and some hands-on workshops are Bring Your Own Mobile Device. If you would like to attend one of these workshops, you will need to have a laptop that you can bring to the workshop. We will be working closely with the instructors of the hands-on workshops to ensure materials for those workshops are available before October 1 for installation on attendees’ laptops. Workshops are Hands-on Workshops are Lecture Style

AM WORKSHOPS This workshop will demonstrate how to consume and publish Geoprocessing Services written in Python to perform analysis and tasks in an HTML5/JavaScript application. It will cover beginner to advanced t WK0001 – Intro to Collector for ArcGIS (Ballroom L) level Python scripts to build GP Services. The workshop will also focus Presenters: Jacqueline Kovarik, MN DNR; Chris Pouliot, MN DNR on providing nice user interfaces to gather input to pass parameters Audience: Beginner into a Geoprocessing Service. Format: Hands-On Software Required: Laptop w/ ArGIS Desktop 10.2 or above (Stand tl WK0004 – Parcel Fabric 101 (French River Rm 1) Alone License), Mobile Device w/ Collector for ArcGIS Installed. Presenter: Frank Conkling, Panda Consulting Audience: Intermediate Curious about how to configure a mobile Collector app? This course Format: Hands-On and Lecture will walk you through the necessary steps, from beginning to end. In Software Required: ArcGIS for Desktop 10.3 or above, Standard or 4 hours, you’ll learn how to take a paper data entry form and turn Advanced License it into a user-friendly mobile data collection app using ArcGIS Online, a File Geodatabase, and a smart phone or tablet. We’ll spend time This 4 hour workshop will provide an introduction to the Esri ArcGIS discussing, developing and testing our end product: a Collector for Parcel Editing Solution (the Parcel Fabric). The topics covered include ArcGIS application. Familiarity with geodatabase design and global how the Parcel Fabric works, the tools available in the Parcel Fabric, positioning systems will be beneficial. In addition to the noted hardware and procedures and workflows for maintaining parcels in the Parcel requirements for this class, please bring a mobile phone or tablet if Fabric. possible (cellular connectivity is not required). Please ensure your mobile device meets the following requirements: Android: Android 4.0 tl WK0005 – Making a Web Map Like That (French or later, Armv7 processor, OpenGL ES 2.0 support, Precise location River Rm 2) (GPS & Network-based support). iOS: iOS 7 or later, iPhone, iPad, iPod Presenter: Kitty Hurley, State of Minnesota touch. Audience: Beginner Format: Hands-On and Lecture tl WK0002 – Get Started Using Python with GIS Software Required: The course will be taught with the Atom text (Ballroom M-N) editor (https://atom.io), but any text editor will do (e.g. Notepad++, Presenter: Zeb Thomas, MN DNR Sublime). No previous experience is needed with text editors prior to Audience: Beginner enrolling in the workshop. Format: Hands-On and Lecture Software Required: ArcGIS 10+ We will start from the beginning — why programming is so powerful, what we can do with a few lines of code, and key resources available to This class is for those with little to no experience with Python. We will us. Then, we’ll get our hands on the Leaflet and Esri Leaflet libraries to cover how to use Python snippets in a field calculator, commands in the understand the basics of web mapping technologies, how they work, interactive window, and stand-alone scripts using arcpy. This includes and how we can add in the “bells and whistles” to make an interactive cursors and other arcpy objects and basic programming logic. Students map. will also learn some general programming and setup tips, including how to install other Python packages. While course content will focus on open source libraries, basic programming concepts and terms will be used that apply to all l WK0003 – Using Geoprocessing Services with languages and libraries. You will leave the workshop with the tools JavaScript API (Ballroom O) to get you started, and some web map starting points to bring back Presenters: Caleb Mackey, Bolton & Menk, Inc.; Nate Christ, Bolton & home, and/or to the office. Menk, Inc. Audience: Advanced Format: Lecture Software Required: N/A 31 WORKSHOP ABSTRACTS WORKSHOP tl WK0006 – Designing a Long-Term GIS Vision & GIS data within the Civil3D platform including the free plugin: ArcGIS Implementation Plan (Saint Louis River Rm) for AutoCAD. We’ll review using ArcGIS for AutoCAD to access ArcGIS Presenter: Kim Sundeen, Minnesota Power Online services, and edit enterprise geodatabases. Alternative Audience: Intermediate methods for using GIS data within the AutoDesk platform will be Format: Hands-On and Lecture highlighted as well. Software Required: Laptop with a spreadsheet and word processing software installed. l WK0009 – Running Enterprise GIS Systems in God Mode (Horizon Rm 204) As GIS team members, managers, supervisors, and users, we all Presenter: Jessica Fendos, Ramsey County Information Services want a more robust GIS program that is resilient to policy and Audience Level: Intermediate funding changes. Of course our main GIS editors and database Format: Lecture admins understand how critical a robust and well-funded GIS Software Required: N/A program is, but does our administration or do other policy-makers understand how critical the GIS system and infrastructure is to our This workshop introduces major building blocks of an enterprise organization’s long-term GIS goals and GIS end-users? GIS system (Spatial Database Engine, ArcGIS Server, and ArcGIS Online), how these components work to complement each other, In this workshop, we’ll describe strategies to take your and the power of a behind-the-scene GIS System Administrator organization’s GIS program from a good plan to a great plan with running these sub-systems in safe mode to deliver efficient GIS detailed workplan of specific goals, timelines, marketing ideas, solutions across the enterprise. This class will be helpful for all and priorities for drafting a longer range GIS Implementation Plan. levels of GIS professionals, ranging from those who wish to pursue Finally, despite our expertise in GIS, IT, and the like, we could always a career in managing a GIS system to anyone who leverages the use a refresher on using business and marketing tactics to promote offerings from such a system and wants to understand the scope our amazing ideas to our GIS users and administration, or other of its capabilities. Based on real-life scenarios, instructor will policy-makers. We hope to prepare you to transform your solid GIS demonstrate Ramsey County’s enterprise GIS system at work and program to a resilient and thriving GIS program backed by your highlight system monitoring tools and automated tasks used to administration, policy-makers, and GIS users. tackle user issues and system bottlenecks through the lens of an Enterprise GIS System Administrator. tl WK0007 – Creating Simple GIS Applications with Python (Horizon Rm 202) Presenter: Sam Giebner, North Point Geographic Solutions Audience Level: Intermediate PM WORKSHOPS Format: Hands-On and Lecture Software Required: Python and ArcMap t WK0010 – Intermediate Collector for ArcGIS (Ballroom L) Using a stand-alone graphic user interface (GUI) allows for the Presenters: Jacqueline Kovarik, MN DNR; Chris Pouliot, MN DNR development of powerful apps that can utilize a wide variety Audience: Intermediate of GIS software and can be easily shared cross-platform. This Format: Hands-On workshop will teach you the basics of creating stand alone GUIs Software Required: Laptop w/ ArGIS Desktop 10.2 or above (Stand for your Python scripts using the Tkinter native Python package. Alone License), Mobile Device w/ Collector for ArcGIS Installed. In this workshop, you will learn the necessary Python concepts for creating Tkinter GUIs, including classes and modules, as well as Building on foundational Collector for ArcGIS concepts, this course how to utilize the many widgets available in the Tkinter package. will teach students custom configuration techniques such as We will also create several simple GIS tools with the Tkinter GUI and Collector database best practices, ArcGIS Online tips and tricks, discuss tool sharing best practices. You’ll leave with the skills and and service, app, and custom basemap optimization techniques. knowledge necessary for creating your own stand-alone Python Familiarity with subjects covered in Introduction to Collector for app! ArcGIS course or equivalent knowledge is suggested. In addition to the noted hardware requirements for this class, please bring l WK0008 – CAD and GIS Collaboration (Horizon Rm a mobile phone or tablet if possible (cellular connectivity is not 203) required). Please ensure your mobile device meets the following Presenter: Kyle Heideman, Krech Ojard & Associates, Inc. requirements: Android: Android 4.0 or later, Armv7 processor, Audience Level: Intermediate OpenGL ES 2.0 support, Precise location (GPS & Network-based Format: Lecture support). Software Required: N/A

The ArcGIS and AutoDesk platforms occupy an important role in a variety of organizations. Collaboration between these two platforms is often mandatory. In this workshop we’ll focus on leveraging your

32 WORKSHOP ABSTRACTS WORKSHOP tl WK0011 – Advanced Python: Build Your Own queries such as buffering, clipping, and measuring distances? This Classes and Modules (Ballroom M-N) workshop will look under the hood of the Geodatabase to see how Presenter: Zeb Thomas, MN DNR spatial data is stored and how to work with spatial data directly. Audience: Advanced This three-hour, hands-on workshop will look at the different Format: Hands-On and Lecture standards for storing spatial data (shapefiles, databases, and file Software Required: Python formats) and will assess the advantages and disadvantages of each format. We will use SQL commands within CartoDB to query Learn how to write Python classes and use the classes or and visualize vector data. With this information, you will be able to functions you write to build your own Python modules. Use this to better manage and work with your spatial data. build a library of utility scripts to reuse your code more effectively to help build more complex readable scripts. l WK0016 – Open Data Portals: What, Why, How? (Horizon Rm 203) tl WK0012 – ArcGIS Web AppBuilder: Basics of Presenter: Kyle Wikstrom, Pro-West & Associates, Inc. Creating Custom Themes and Widgets (Ballroom O) Audience: Beginner Presenter: Vikrant Krishna, WSB & Associates Inc. Format: Lecture Audience: Beginner Software Required: The workshop will not be specifically designed Format: Hands-On and Lecture for attendees to follow along, but some may wish to. If so, they Software Required: ArcGIS Web AppBuilder. should come with an ArcGIS Online organization account and should have administrative privileges. Beginner level hands-on workshop on ArcGIS Web App Builder. Learn basic tools and techniques for Web App Builder, customizing The use of open data portals (ODPs) has exploded! Many themes, and developing custom widgets. organizations are sharing their authoritative data with the public, and we’re often asked the question, “How do we put our data ‘out tl WK0013 – Parcel Fabric 601 (French River Rm 1) there’? And what are the advantages of doing so?” Presenter: Frank Conkling, Panda Consulting Audience: Advanced Learn about ArcGIS Open Data, how and why it’s being used, Format: Hands-On and Lecture and the user response. We will consider out-of-the-box and fully Software Required: ArcGIS for Desktop 10.3 or above, Standard or branded options, looking at case studies of both models in local Advanced License government.

This 4 hour workshop provides an in-depth review of advanced l WK0017 – ArcGIS for Server: Administration and techniques, tools, add-ins and concepts for the Parcel Fabric, Advanced Topics (Horizon Rm 204) including Qa/Qc in the Parcel Fabric, Cartographic Point Presenter: Justin Hansen, WSB & Associates, Inc. Management, Fixing Topology Errors, Advanced Construct from Audience: Advanced Parent Techniques, Adjustments and Other Topics. Format: Lecture Software Required: N/A tl WK0014 – Q Is the Bees’ Knees (French River Rm 2) Presenter: Cory Richter, City of Saint Paul This course serves as an advanced look into ArcGIS for Server Audience: Intermediate from both the IT and GIS management perspective. Existing users Format: Hands-On and Lecture of ArcGIS for Server will find the most benefit from this course Software Required: QGIS as topics will range from installation recommendations, system architecture guidelines, security best practices, load testing and A hands-on workshop that explores using QGIS and QField. more. In addition, we will discuss how ArcGIS Server fits within The case study we’ll use to explore the world of Q is helping Esri’s evolving Web GIS platform and how you can best integrate it local beekeepers determine areas to seed queens to maximize with your GIS portal: ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS. We will also desirable genetic crosses based on flight patterns, and helping discuss what’s new at ArcGIS for Server 10.4 and its impact on your monitor overall hive health. There will be a short discussion of bee organization. This course will benefit both IT professionals and GIS behavior and working with local apiarists. Managers seeking to understand how to best manage their ArcGIS for Server deployment and related resources. While this workshop tl WK0015 – SQL 101: Spatial Data Revealed is targeted at advanced users with ArcGIS Server experience, it will (Horizon Rm 202) provide a solid introduction to core ArcGIS for Server concepts. Presenter: Len Kne, University of Minnesota Audience: Beginner Format: Hands-On and Lecture Software Required: Web browser with internet access

We work with Geodatabases and shapefiles every day, but have you ever wondered about how the data is stored in a Geodatabase? Or did you know you can use SQL to perform spatial

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Sessions are Individual Presentations (including 12-minute Lightning Presentations). Sessions are Panel Discussions (including User and Regional groups).

THURSDAY, 10:30 a.m. – Noon The Difference Between a Survey and a Map Preston Dowell, St. Louis County, Survey Division SESSION 1: WEB MAP CREATION 1 ● What is the difference between a survey and a map? Which one is based Thursday, October 27 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Gooseberry Falls 1 on current measurements? Which one is more accurate? Why is there a difference and what ramifications does it have to the end user? We will Managing GIS Infrastructure at the DNR explore the differences between surveys and tax parcel maps and dispel some common misconceptions of the accuracies of online maps. Chris Pouliot, MN DNR; Jessica Schuler, MN DNR

There are many moving parts to an organization's GIS infrastructure. SESSION 3: A LITTLE OF THIS, A LITTLE OF Servers, Databases, Services, Web Apps, and Desktop Apps all need to work together in order to provide quality products for end users. If one THAT ● of these pieces breaks down it is important to know how it might affect all others. This presentation will describe how the DNR is tackling the issue of Thursday, October 27 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Gooseberry Falls 3 managing a GIS Infrastructure and effectively responding to incidents within

the system. Dealing with Density Brad Neuhauser, Office of Minnesota Secretary of State Esri JavaScript API: Taking it to the Next Level Every day we see choropleth maps on topics like politics, demographics, Jesse Adams, North Point Geographic Solutions health, or education. These maps classify aggregated data to make it easier to understand and compare the data visually. However, large regions with Whether you have already used the Esri JavaScript API (JS API) to create rich low populations can have an outsized visual impact in these maps, and interactive web maps, or you are just getting into web mapping application small regions with high populations can be hard to see. This presentation development, this presentation will provide a variety of information to help will show some different cartographic approaches that can be used to “deal spark ideas for your next web mapping project. We will discuss using task with density,” and review techniques and technologies to carry them out. runner frameworks and User Interface (UI) tools with the JS API, along with ways to help automate your development tasks and take your web mapping A Geographer in the Wilderness: Navigating Durango applications to the next level. to Moab David Brandt, Washington County IT Department How Accessibility Can Make Us Better Cartographers So, your friends recruit you to help them navigate 250 miles via bicycle Kitty Hurley, MN.IT Services through the Colorado Wilderness and you say "Yes". This is a cautionary tale of what it takes to ride a mountain bike from Durango, Colorado to Do you publish static, or web maps to the public? Even if you don't, Moab, Utah with over 26,000 feet of climbing over 7 days. Topics covered "internal only" maps always seem to find their way outside an organization's include team dynamics, need for paper maps (they're not dead yet), finding walls. You may even have colleagues within your organization that have good base data for a Garmin GPS and of course how GIS was used for accessibility challenges. While it can be extremely overwhelming to hear preparation, during and after the trek. As with many adventures, it begins at the word "accessibility" surrounding maps, accessibility helps everyone. This a bar and ends up with someone in the hospital. session will focus on some tricks learned along the way, why accessibility isn't a barrier to innovation, and how to make better maps for everyone! USGS National Map Highlights Beginners welcome! Ronald Wencl, US Geological Survey

The USGS National Geospatial Program continues to improve topographic SESSION 2: SURVEY 1 ● information through a variety of updated products and services. The National Map (nationalmap.gov) supports data access and viewing, Thursday, October 27 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Gooseberry Falls 2 digital and print versions of topographic maps, and spatial data services. New products and services will be discussed, along with other recent Quality Control for the Parcel Fabric: Identifying and developments. The presentation will highlight recently revised US Topo Correcting Problem Parcels maps and data for Minnesota. The 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) Broad Frank Conkling, Panda Consulting Agency Announcement will be discussed with updates on lidar projects and user requirements. The presentation will also highlight results from a The Esri ArcGIS Parcel Editing Solution (the Parcel Fabric) is a recent Hydrography Requirements and Benefits Study conducted by USGS. comprehensive solution for maintaining land records and this presentation References will be provided for these and other USGS programs. will provide several methods used to identify and correct issues with problematic parcels, including misclosures, incorrect COGO information and errors identified by the software.

34 various regions of the United States. PMP values presented in their reports ABSTRACTS SESSION SESSION 4: GOVERNMENT GIS 1 ● (HMRs) are used to calculate the PMF, which, in turn, is often used for the design of significant hydraulic structures. Recent PMP projects completed Thursday, October 27 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Split Rock 1 have shown significant errors and outdated procedures used to estimate PMP values. These include a subjective application of methods to derive Minnesota's New Aerial Imagery Master Contract PMP values which cannot be reproduced, a methodology to address the Program effects of topography which cannot be reproduced, a lack of analyzed storm Christopher Cialek, MN.IT Central; Projects and Initiatives Division events, a lack of explanation and backup documentation, an inaccurate methodology to maximize storms, and an outdated storm analysis dataset. This program has been designed to provide state agencies and a variety Applied Weather Associates (AWA) has developed a methodology to of government, academic and non-profit organizations with ready access calculate PMP that explicitly considers the unique topography of the area to new aerial imagery and mapping services as are periodically required being studied, and the characteristics of historic extreme storms over to fulfill their business needs. To participate in the Aerial Imagery Master meteorologically and topographically similar regions. The procedures Contract Program, a qualified organization issues a Work Order describing incorporate the most up-to-date datasets, techniques, and applications the products and services desired. That Work Order elicits proposals from to derive PMP following the similar procedures employed in past studies one or more of nine pre-approved master contract vendors. While the while making improvements where advancements in computer-aided tools primary objective of the Program is to provide a quick means of purchasing and transposition procedures have become available. Esri ArcGIS Desktop aerial imagery services, it provides several additional benefits, including was extensively used to evaluate topography and climatological datasets; administrative efficiency (contracts are already in place, most terms analyze spatial relationships; store, organize, and process the large have already been negotiated); cost avoidance (leverages economies of amounts of spatial data; design, implement, and execute the PMP database; scale); quality assurance (contractors are pre-qualified); and speed and and provide visualization and mapping support throughout the process. administrative ease (provides a streamlined process). This presentation will Unlike the previous HMR studies that produced generalized and smoothed describe the Program and step through the process to participate. We will values over a large geographic domain, these calculations are completed for also provide an update on the Program's first project, a series of Twin Cities all storms for every grid point analyzed over the entire domain. A scripted Metro-wide orthoimagery acquisition work orders involving the Metropolitan GIS-based tool was developed to aid in calculating gridded PMP values, Council and four metro counties. Details of the Aerial Imagery Master producing final output datasets, evaluating modeling sensitivities, and quality Contract can be found here: www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us/AerialImagery/ control/error checking. AerialImagery.htm Creating Stand-alone Data Processing Applications The Metro Regional Centerlines Collaborative: with Python and Tkinter: What You Need to Know (But Progress to Date Were Afraid to Ask) Geoff Maas, MetroGIS/Metropolitan Council; Ann Houghton, Hennepin Sam Giebner, North Point Geographic Solutions County; Matt Koukol, Ramsey County Creating stand-alone data processing applications with Python and Tkinter The Metro Regional Centerlines Collaborative (MRCC) is a joint collaborative allows for the development of powerful apps that can utilize a wide variety of project which began in May 2014 involving the technical and managerial GIS software that can easily be shared cross-platform. In this presentation, GIS staff from the Seven Metropolitan Counties (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, we will cover several benefits to creating a stand-alone data processing Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington), the Metropolitan Emergency application, we will take a look at a few recent examples, and we will discuss Services Board and the Metropolitan Council to develop a road centerline available resources for creating your own stand-alone data processing data model and dataset that meets core business needs of local application! governments and regional interests including routing, geocoding and use by the emergency services sector. The goal of the MRCC is to facilitate the MySQL: The Right Database for GIS ... Sometimes creation and sustained maintenance of an authoritative local road centerline Michael Moore, Cimbura.com dataset that can be used to meet the needs of the partner agencies. Over the course of 2015 and 2016, the MRCC has developed a data specification MySQL is not a popular database for use with GIS data. It is, however, and dataset. Our presentation will highlight the project's progress to date, the most popular database on the Internet. As use of GIS on the web an overview of what the data contains, the intended of uses of the data continues to expand we, as GIS professionals, will be asked to integrate with and will provide an invitation to the geospatial community of Minnesota to WordPress, Drupal and other MySQL based systems. Does it make sense acquire, utilize and provide feedback on this data specification to meet their to use MySQL for spatial data today? The answer is a strong "Maybe", with needs. a checklist of conditions and caveats to look into before saying "Yes". The main reason to consider using MySQL is to allow spatial integration with an existing non-spatial system. If you (or a client) are already heavily invested SESSION 5: CODING ● in a MySQL based solution, switching to an alternative platform might not be practical. You can also avoid the overhead of running and managing a Thursday, October 27 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Split Rock 2 second database and the complexities of managing relationships between entries in both. In this presentation we will (1) discuss the pros and cons A Gridded Approach to Improving Probable Maximum of using MySQL for spatial data (2) walk through some simple demos that Precipitation (PMP) Studies Using ArcGIS and Python showcase its capabilities and limitations and (3) help you determine if Jake Rodel, Applied Weather Associates MySQL is right for your projects.

PMP is defined as the greatest depth of precipitation for a given duration that is physically possible over a given storm area, at a particular geographical location, at a certain time of year. Since the mid-1940s, several government agencies have developed methods to calculate PMP for

35 SESSION ABSTRACTS SESSION birds. We used georeferenced MNBBA point count and general SESSION 6: CROWD SOURCING ● atlas data to derive spatially explicit species distribution models for 164 breeding bird species. We included 3 modeling strategies: 1) General Linear Thursday, October 27 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Lake Superior L Models (GLMs) were used for species with > 75 detections of singing males (75 species) with an offset to model density, 2) GLMs were also used Crowdsource Development for the Minnesota Buffer for species with > 75 observations but with inadequately detailed data Map (i.e., species that are not typically detected as singing but are still reliably Steve Kloiber, Department of Natural Resources surveyed by point count) to provide an offset for density calculations (31 species), and 3) for species that did not fit the first two methods (58 Under Minnesota's new buffer law, the DNR is responsible for producing species), we used Maximum Entropy to model relative habitat suitability. In maps of public waters and public ditch systems that require permanent each case, we used a suite of GIS variables including land use/land cover vegetative buffers. To facilitate this effort, the DNR developed an online (e.g., LANDFIRE Existing Vegetation Type), disturbance (e.g., road density), application to allow drainage authorities to submit existing GIS data for land cover structure (e.g., vegetation height), landscape metrics (e.g., public ditches or digitize new GIS features from aerial imagery or lidar. patch richness), and climate (e.g., annual precipitation). Model selection This same tool allows local partners to review preliminary maps and make was based on AICc using branching forward model selection and bootstrap comments suggesting changes to the map. Furthermore, this tool supports aggregation. After model selection, all models were projected across the a process for reviewing and addressing these comments while creating a state to produce predicted species distribution maps for each species. We record of decisions that were involved in this process. The DNR acquired, also estimated statewide breeding populations for the 75 species that used standardized, and integrated public ditch data from 95 drainage authorities GLMs with an offset. These models are being developed for a public website (counties and watershed districts) along with Public Water Inventory data due for release no later than June 2017. We anticipate that they will be to create a preliminary buffer map. The public ditch data was received in a useful for a variety of applications including bird watching, improved land variety of formats and included about 20,000 ditch segments with a total management, consideration on climate change issues, and for conservation. length of about 18,500 miles. This was combined with over 41,000 miles of public water watercourses. The DNR also received and reviewed over 2,000 Flow and Temperature as Drivers of Lake Superior comments on the preliminary buffer map. Tributary Biota Lucinda Johnson, Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) Crowdsourcing as a Novel Approach to Mapping Ecosystem Services in a Great Lakes Area of Concern The combination of climate and land use change threatens to significantly Kathleen Williams, USEPA; Jonathan Launspach, CSRA (USEPA Contractor) alter freshwater ecosystems, functions, and services in Minnesota’s Lake Superior North Shore region. These alterations represent significant risks A successful crowdsourcing application depends on two dimensions — and impacts to local communities, dependent on a tourism-based economy. the theory and experimental design that guides data collection and the This project seeks to develop models for understanding the future response application of the technology to execute the plan. The USEPA Mid-Continent of streams to climate and land use change to aid land and water use Ecology Division is working on the creation and implementation of such an planning, stream management and restoration, and climate adaptation. app to support ongoing research in environmental remediation/restoration We developed hydrologic and stream temperature models to characterize and community revitalization in the City of Duluth and the St. Louis River current conditions, and are exploring how North Shore streams may Area of Concern. The purpose of the proposed app is to collect data about respond to future climate and land cover scenarios. From the models, we ecosystem goods and services utilizing a crowdsourcing methodology, derived flow metrics and are exploring regional flow-ecology relationships where its primary functions will be to enable users to collect, and then to identify critical stream flow parameters for maintaining good habitat for submit to investigators, geotagged photos and survey responses related to native fish species such as brook trout. We also will examine the interaction the user’s personal experience with a particular geographic site or place. between flow and temperature as they relate to the distribution of fish In addition to the photo, we ask citizens to tell us why they took the photo and invertebrates in these streams. Flow metrics by themselves are poor and what they were doing in that place, in order to capture both interest predictors of stream fish assemblages; addition of temperature data is and use. The application is built on Esri ArcGIS online architecture, utilizing expected to improve model predictions. Survey123 to develop the survey questions, GeoForm as the main template and Web AppBuilder to display the results. The app proposed here mirrors Opportunities and strategies to enhance stream resilience through land the use of photo data in other ecosystem service studies, but is distinct and water management are also being identified in cooperation with local, because we are soliciting a brief appraisal of the environment in terms regional, and state-level managers. of ecosystem services. The larger goal is to make the data available in real-time so that federal, state, and local agencies will have access to public input on a continuous basis. SESSION 8: REMOTE SENSING ● Thursday, October 27 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Lake Superior O SESSION 7: GREAT LAKES 1 ● Conditioning Terrain Data for MnDOT’s Archaeological Thursday, October 27 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Lake Superior MN Predictive Model (MnModel) Jeffery Walsh, Peregrin Aerospatial LLC Modeling and GIS applications of MN Breeding Bird Atlas Data MnModel relies on environmental data to predict locations of as-yet Jerry Niemi, Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) undiscovered archaeological sites. Of the predictor variables, those derived from elevation data are particularly important. Previous versions of The Minnesota Breeding Bird Atlas (MNBBA) was a 5-year project (2009– MnModel used a digital terrain model (DTM) with a resolution of 30 m. 2013) completed by > 800 volunteers and paid researchers with the goal For the current update of the model, MnDOT is using a 10 m resolution of documenting the distribution and abundance of Minnesota’s breeding DTM derived from LiDAR. The higher resolution data presents a problem in that it very clearly depicts anthropogenic features (roads, ditches, etc.)

36 that could create false positives in the predictive model. By reviewing the ABSTRACTS SESSION 1998 predictive model, we determined that false positives were likely to SESSION 10: USER GROUP ♦ occur where anthropogenic features produced a slope of 15 percent or greater. Thus we set a goal of reducing slopes associated with these Thursday, October 27 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Horizon 203 features to less than 15 percent. Several steps were involved. Bathymetric data were used to replace flat lake surfaces so that reservoir lakes could Frontier Precision and Trimble Geospatial Solutions be reduced to their historic shorelines. Minnesota Geological Survey data were used to replace Mesabi Iron Range elevation with data from 1899 New and existing Trimble users will experience networking and collaboration contours. Datasets depicting the anthropogenic features to be removed with their peers, and Trimble representatives! We will be covering topics were prepared. We experimented with various methods for reducing the such as integrating the new Trimble R1 and R2 GNSS receivers with Esri’s slopes associated with anthropogenic features, finally selecting the method Collector 10.4 to learn how this new version fully supports these high that produced the best results overall with the least damage to the natural accuracy receivers, and what this means for you — the user! We will also terrain. After conditioning the entire statewide DTM, we derived relative dive into Trimble imaging solutions like the Trimble UX-5 unmanned aircraft elevation, percent slope, and visibility grids to be used as dependent system (UAS) for extracting high accuracy information and deliverables. variables in the predictive model. Come join us to learn more about extracting data into intelligent and usable information utilizing the latest in Geospatial technology! A Comparison of LiDAR and Stereo-pair Derived Surface Models Andrew Walz, Cimbura.com THURSDAY, 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. How does a surface model derived from stereo-pair imagery stack up SESSION 11: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ● against a lidar DSM? Lidar has quickly become the gold standard for elevation data but you might surprised what can be accomplished with high Thursday, October 27 | 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Gooseberry Falls 1 resolution imagery and automated stereogrammetry software like Ames Stereo Pipeline. Lidar data is becoming cheaper and more accessible but Minnesota’s Next Generation 9-1-1 GIS Project it just isn't available for the majority of our planet. Satellite imagery, on Adam Iten, State of Minnesota the other hand, is collected constantly and depending on your application, stereo-pair images might just be able to meet your elevation data needs. Modern communication devices with voice, text, and video capabilities now The goal of this project was to assess the viability of using stereo-pair serve as important communication tools that require access to emergency imagery as source data for modeling areas where lidar is insufficient services. The current Enhanced 9-1-1 network and infrastructure does (bare-earth only, non-existent or dated) for a comprehensive analysis. We'll not adequately support these types of modern devices. Next Generation talk about tools and techniques available for automated stereogrammetry, 9-1-1 depends on current and highly accurate GIS data to precisely look at some model visualizations, and examine the differences discovered identify the location of callers, properly route calls to the appropriate between the two products. Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), and dispatch the correct emergency responders. This session will provide an update on the Minnesota Geospatial Development for Next Generation 9-1-1 project, including how it affects local SESSION 9: K-12 PANEL ♦ GIS agencies throughout the state, GIS data standards, and plans for the coming year. Thursday, October 27 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | French River Visualizing Hazus Flood Analysis Results with MNGIS/LIS Involvement with K-12 Education; Past, Interactive Web Maps Present and Future Micaella Penning, Geospatial Analysis Center Scott Freburg, Minnesota Department of Education Engaging community members is often one of the biggest challenges in Minnesota signed its first GIS License Agreement with Esri to provide free updating Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plans, so the Geospatial Analysis Center ArcGIS software to K12 schools in 2013. Since that time the Minnesota is implementing ArcGIS Online story maps, a cloud-based mapping and Department of Education (MDE) has partnered with several organizations GIS platform by Esri, to map floodplains, historical floods, and Hazus including the MNGIS/LIS Consortium on a number of initiatives. These results based on 100-year flood analyses. Story maps combine mapping partnerships have been instrumental in the development of half and full and analysis with multi-media content such as images, videos, text, and day workshops, geo-mentor opportunities, GIS Educator Conference and hyperlinks. Data layers such as the 100-year floodplain and potential Minnesota's first annual GIS Map Competition. In this presentation we will economic loss by census block produced with the FEMA Hazus-MH tool discuss teacher workshops, geo-mentoring, how to get involved with a are seamlessly integrated with poignant imagery from past events, in the teacher in a mentor role, the 2nd Educator conference, the 1st Minnesota hope that the story map will serve as a helpful tool for visually "reminding" GIS Map Competition as well as developing a GIS/LIS "Geo-Mentoring" User residents about hazards to encourage their participation in future Group to connect members and teachers and share experiences. This may mitigation. The interactive format allows the user to click on a specific lead to other K12 related topics! census block to find out exact loss estimates generated by Hazus, and then zoom in to areas of highest concern. While still in an experimental stage, the Geospatial Analysis Center hopes that these story maps will improve community engagement in mitigation planning, by combining spatial analysis, flood modeling, and visual narrative in an easily-digestible online format.

37 SESSION ABSTRACTS SESSION US National Grid – Get in the Game Capture the World Around You with Mobile Imaging Randy Knippel, Dakota County Dylan Jones, Frontier Precision, Inc.

Adoption of the US National Grid (USNG) continues to grow. It is imperative Instantly collect what you see while driving down the road; it doesn't get any that all state, regional, and local government agencies implement it by easier than that! In this presentation we will explore innovative solutions developing map products and providing training in their use to increase that provide geospatial professionals the opportunity to rapidly capture geospatial interoperability across jurisdictions. FEMA recently released spatial information and make use of it. Using georeferenced 3D LiDAR and an internal directive requiring the use of the USNG in all aspects of FEMA imagery, professionals have virtually everything in sight at their fingertips. operations. This directive will likely influence the emergency management The integration of 3D point clouds and georeferenced imagery has made and response community as a whole, through specific FEMA requirements, the life of a field data collection specialist much easier. In a matter of training, and other activities. GIS professionals must help emergency seconds, thousands of data points are captured on almost any surface or responders use the USNG on a daily basis, so they develop skills that will object in sight. At the same time, 360 degree images set us up for historical increase their effectiveness in major disasters. This is a key to opening site documentation and photogrammetric data extraction. Making sense of doors with local first responders and emergency managers to gain their what to do with the millions of data points has been a longtime battle, but trust and help them understand advanced GIS capabilities, as well. Many now with the help of Trimble imaging solutions, the struggle is over. We will simply need to be taught fundamentals of map reading and land navigation. dive into how attribute-rich information can be extracted out of these large Many don’t even know that GIS exists, but that is changing. They may be datasets for sound decision making. knocking on your door soon. How will you respond? Or will you beat them to it by knocking on their door first? This presentation will focus on practical examples of how it is being used locally and nationally. SESSION 14: GOVERNMENT GIS 2 ● Thursday, October 27 | 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Split Rock 1 SESSION 12: SURVEY 2 ● Capabilities of the Minnesota National Guard GIS Thursday, October 27 | 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Gooseberry Falls 2 Program Patterns of GIS Usage in the Hennepin County David Bendickson, MN Army National Guard; Jessica Campbell, MN Army National Guard Surveyors’ Division Chris Mavis, Geospatial Analysis Center A presentation on the training and capabilities of the Minnesota Army National Guard Citizen-Soldiers — this will cover the organizational A discussion of examples and benefits around using GIS technology for structure of our units, the training they receive, missions they perform workflows and projects within the Hennepin County Survey Division. (both domestically and overseas), and samples of the different types of products. There are three organizations with Citizen Soldiers who have GIS The Surveyor and the Parcel Fabric related positions, statewide there are 15 enlisted Geospatial Engineers, 21 Frank Conkling, Panda Consulting enlisted Imagery Analysts, 3 Geospatial Engineering Technicians (Warrant Officers) and one Imagery Warrant Officer. A Geospatial Engineer who This presentation will explore mapping parcel information in the Parcel successfully completes all enlisted and Warrant Officer Courses will have Fabric and its similarities to approaches used by surveyors in locating received 76 weeks of training and an Imagery Analyst who completes all boundaries. We will explore the similarities and the differences between the courses receives 48 weeks of training. A breakdown of the tasks at each two approaches. The presentation is focused on both users exploring the level of education will be provided. The role of the MN NG and how it can Parcel Fabric and experienced users seeking a deeper understanding of the assist in domestic operations will be covered and some of the locations Parcel Editing workflows. our Citizen-Soldiers have deployed to (both domestically and overseas) in the past few years will be presented. Some of the major exercises the Minnesota National Guard have participated in recently, the role of SESSION 13: MOBILE IMAGERY ● the greater intelligence community (NGA), examples of GIS and GEOINT products created, as well as the unique challenges a working professional Thursday, October 27 | 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Gooseberry Falls 3 in the Minnesota National Guard have to deal with will also be covered. All information will be unclassified and will be cleared by appropriate officials How Can I Use a Drone? prior to the presentation. Brian Fischer, Houston Engineering, Inc.; Dave Kirkpatrick, Houston Engineering, Inc. GIS in the Assessor's Office: Emerging Tools, Trends, and Applications Houston Engineering wanted to investigate how drones might fit into our Daniel Fasteen, Dakota County engineering business areas and applicability to different types of projects. The presentation will discuss research findings, FAA rules and software options for The author recently conducted a research study on emerging trends on the processing and visualization. Specifically, we will show examples of how drones usage and adoption of GIS technology in the field of property assessment have been used for ditch inspections in Minnesota. We will share our findings across the nation. This session will discuss some of the emerging trends on how software such as DroneDeploy, Esri's Drone2Map and Full Motion and applications used in the Assessor's Office, from web-mapping, desktop Video extension fit into using drones and products they can produce. review processes, field review, to equity analysis tools and applications. Additionally, GIS and CAMA (Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal) systems integration will be discussed within the context of a Dakota County case study. It is the hope that GIS professionals will have some insight into the array of GIS application within the Assessor's Office.

38 SESSION ABSTRACTS SESSION Building a Future-Ready GIS: Steps to Success SESSION 16: PRODUCT DEMO 1 ● Justin Lutterman, LeSueur County; Brandon Crissinger, Pro-West & Associates Thursday, October 27 | 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Lake Superior L

LeSueur County tells the story of its GIS transformation. Together with Leverage Mobile GIS and Cityworks to Manage Public private sector GIS partner Pro-West & Associates, LeSueur will share the Infrastructure step-by-step journey to its goal, including implementation of data standards; Bridget Suda, Cityworks | Azteca Systems working with end users; aligning GIS with business workflows; collaborating with other departments; system integration; and, delivering mobile solutions. GIS is the perfect platform for local governments to design and create The County will discuss how it used technologies including the Local an integrated GIS-centric public asset management system using spatial Government Information Model and ArcGIS Online and worked with Pro-West relationships as a way to manage, coordinate, and analyze all public assets to achieve a GIS that benefits the entire organization. and work activities. GIS plays a vital role in asset inventory, providing the "where it is" and "what it is" for your assets. Incorporating a mobile component into daily operations allows the boots on the ground to take SESSION 15: DATA SHARING 1 ● advantage of mapping capabilities and expand your municipality’s use of your GIS. This presentation will provide examples of Cityworks Mobile Thursday, October 27 | 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Split Rock 2 offerings and the benefits of using a mobile solution to manage public infrastructure. Thanks for Sharing! Jeff Reinhart, MN DNR Forestry PFM, MFRC mapFeeder Connect: A Lightweight, Geospatial Crowd Sourcing Web Application Data sharing is an important component of efficient government. The DNR Blaine Hackett, RESPEC Division of Forestry Private Forest Management Program and the Minnesota Forest Resources Council Landscape Program rely on geospatial data from mapFeeder Connect is a lightweight crowd sourcing web application. Created different producers across the State to inform and enrich the work we do. on the bootleaf platform, it is responsive so that it will work on any device From parcels to roads to watersheds, it all adds up to better data and more or size screen provided there is an Internet connection available. The informed planning. Join me on a journey through how we assess, plan, application will store the data in the cloud to a geospatial database such as implement, and monitor more effectively because your organization shares PostGIS. The forms can be manipulated to capture any type of point based its data. information, making it useful for many different types of field data collection. mapFeeder Connect will allow for staff or volunteers to capture data and Becoming a Publisher on the Minnesota Geospatial store it in the same database for later analysis and reporting. Commons Mike Dolbow, Minnesota Geospatial Information Office Now in Beta Testing: Moore Engineering’s Custom Web Map The Minnesota Geospatial Commons is a collaborative place for users and Thomas Sayward, Moore Engineering publishers of geospatial resources about Minnesota. Since its official launch in March of 2015, 18 different organizations have become publishers on A new web map has been born! Created from the ground up to meet the site, and many more have expressed interest. During this technical the diverse needs of municipalities, water resource districts, and private session, we'll explain how the Commons benefits both publishers and users organizations. Experience simple navigation controls, clean lines and as well as the path to becoming a publisher. Attendees will learn about interactive features that will help your organization quickly and efficiently the expectations of publishers, including the amount of metadata that is complete tasks, both in the office and on mobile devices. Increase required, desirable, and optional. Attendees will also learn about types of productivity through saving queries, generating mailing lists, and resources that are published, tools for preparing the data and metadata, downloading selections as a .csv, .shp or .gdb. Dynamically generated and managing the distribution of resources through the Commons code allows for a diverse range of client specific customizations, and GeoBroker. This information is applicable to any data producer or user of interactions with existing GIS datasets. For example, create pdfs or jpegs either current or potential publishers. by embedding graphic objects and text within your organization's personal online print template. This session will demo the web map created by Moore Open Data Licensing: Making it Clear Engineering, and show the functionality mentioned. David Fawcett, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency SESSION 17: GREAT LAKES 2 Deciding to publish your data as "Free and Open" is a very important and ● commendable first step, but there are other decisions and actions which can Thursday, October 27 | 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Lake Superior MN maximize the return on opening up your data. Data is most valuable when the terms of its use are very clear. The adoption of standard, well known, Great Lakes Remote Sensing: Coastal Wetlands open licenses makes it easy for data consumers to understand exactly Brian Huberty, US Fish & Wildlife Service what they can do with your data, and how they can combine it with data from other sources. We will explore several open licenses, and discuss the This presentation will describe a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative bi- practical implications of different license requirements. This presentation national project to use Canadian Radarsat2 satellite imagery combined isn't a prescription for one approach, but a discussion of best practices with sub-meter commercial satellite imagery to extract features for Great and examples from the real world, and the start of a conversation with data Lakes Coastal Wetlands. These features could include temporal vegetation consumers and organizations that publish data. patterns, vegetation canopy surface models, water level change maps in wetlands and water extent maps, to name a few. The long-term goal is to develop an automated extraction system to generate these features as they are acquired. 39 SESSION ABSTRACTS SESSION Mapping the Great Lakes Coastal and Nearshore risk jack pine stands will be beneficial to management efforts toward Realm: NOAA’s Lake Level Viewer keeping these communities healthy. This project will utilize GIS to create a Brandon Krumwiede, The Baldwin Group at NOAA Office for Coastal dynamic model in Model Builder to identify jack pine stands within northern Minnesota that may be at high risk of defoliation and mortality from this Management; Doug Marcy insect. The criteria will include stand size, stand age, density, adjacent cover type, soil type, and drought conditions. My findings will highlight jack Mapping one of the most dynamic environments in the world, the Great pine forest stands within Minnesota that are susceptible to severe damage Lakes coastal and nearshore realm presents several challenges even with from the jack pine budworm, compare these findings to previous outbreak today’s advancements in remote sensing technologies. This presentation locations, and display the functionality of the model. will highlight the work that is involved with data collection, processing, and analysis to help in visualizing coastal and nearshore bathymetry and topography and its use in understanding impacts from lake level Identifying Ideal Parcels for Participation in the fluctuations. Additional discussion will focus on NOAA’s Lake Level Viewer as Conservation Reserve Program in the Seven Mile Creek a tool for users to visualize impacts, with a brief demonstration, and how to Watershed access the data used behind the tool for use in other mapping applications. Maddie Johnson, Gustavus Adolphus College

Serving both the Nicollet County Soil and Water Conservation District and Great SESSION 18: OPEN SOURCE ● River Greening, this investigation identifies parcels within the Seven Mile Creek Watershed in Nicollet County, Minnesota that would be the best candidates for Thursday, October 27 | 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Lake Superior O participation in the Farm Service Agency's Conservation Reserve Program. The program works by partnering with farmers and offering them an annual Introduction to Mapping with OpenStreetMap soil rental rate to maintain natural vegetation on their land instead of crops David Bitner, dbSpatial LLC in order to improve overall water quality. The clients were interested in this project because the program is not widely used in Nicollet County, and they The talk will use the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap (OSM) Team (HOT) have no clear way of identifying which parcels would be best for the program. tasking server and the iD editor to demonstrate how to edit OSM. The talk Methodology included gathering data within the Seven Mile Creek Watershed will give both an introduction to OpenStreetMap itself as well as to the use area and selecting specific parcels based on criteria such as proximity to Seven of OSM for humanitarian response through organizations such as HOT and Mile Creek and drainage ditches, soils with a large proportion of silt, and the the US Department of State's MapGive initiative. slope of the land. The three deliverables produced from this analysis project are a file geodatabase, a map identifying the parcels, and a report with descriptive The Grass Is Greener with Turf.js information about the chosen parcels. This ultimately gives the clients a tool to Andrew Walz, Cimbura.com identify the best parcels for the soil rental rate program in the Seven Mile Creek Watershed. Turf.js is an open-source JavaScript library for spatial analysis that can breathe new life into your web maps and turn your apps into powerful Suburban Rail Transit and Land Use: A Spatio- geographic information systems. Turf.js bundles traditional spatial operations, data classification, and statistics tools, all things that typically temporal Study of Violent Crime in Bloomington, MN require server-side geoprocessing, into a client-side plugin. This means Kathryn Jurenka, Macalester College you can build more interactive maps and GIS apps with less overhead and cost. Turf.js is surprisingly simple to understand. It is comprised of Popular perception often connects the introduction of suburban public modular JavaScript functions that speak GeoJSON. There are 51 functions transportation to increases in crime. Criminological approaches also including aggregate, centroid, distance, intersect, merge, simplify, union, tin, propose links between the urban environment, increased criminal mobility within, jenks classification, and more. Turf.js is built using the latest spatial and access to vulnerable populations moving through unfamiliar space. algorithms and combined with the fact that no data need to travel to and These perspectives have bolstered negative public opinion and opposition from a server, it is shockingly fast. Unsure of processing everything client- to suburban-serving transit systems. However, statistically rigorous studies side? Turf.js can also run server-side with Node.js. In this presentation we'll produce varied results specific to place and time, and no such research has walk through an overview of commonly used functions, demonstrate how to studied the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. This study presents a spatio- use the library, and look at some examples of Turf.js in action. temporal analysis of violent crime incidence, land use and proximity to Metro Transit’s Blue Line stations in Bloomington, MN in 2005 and 2015. This study utilizes kernel density analysis and local measures of cluster SESSION 19: STUDENTS — UNDERGRADUATE to understand spatial patterns of assaults, as well as a spatial regression to elucidate the relationship between assaults, land use, and proximity to COMPETITION ● rail transit stations. Ultimately, this project hopes to contribute to growing scholarship on transit-related crime, as impressions of safety influence the Thursday, October 27 | 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | St. Louis River ways in which residents interact with the urban landscape and may help public safety officials make informed decisions regarding transit station Minnesota's Jack Pine: Modelling for Jack Pine design to ensure the physical safety and health of their customers. Budworm Risk Detection Aaron Thompson, Bemidji State University Crime Analysis in Mankato, Minnesota Kathryn D. Macey, Minnesota State University, Mankato Forests span a great expanse of Minnesota, and they are one of the state's iconic natural resources. The jack pine budworm (Choristoneura Crimes happens everywhere, but is there a way to help prevent crimes? The pinus pinus) poses a major health risk to the jack pine (Pinus banksiana) purpose of this project is to analyze crime data for Mankato from 2010 to component of these forests with outbreaks capable of devastating 2015 using Geographical Information Systems to better understand where vulnerable stands. Recent evidence suggests Minnesota is on the leading and when crimes and assaults are most likely to happen. The methodology edge of a 3-4 year outbreak of this native insect, and identifying high 40 used to find the results included using spatial analysis tools including THURSDAY, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ABSTRACTS SESSION mean center, standard deviation, and point density. Data clocks were also helpful with knowing when the crimes occurred. Looking at the different SESSION 22: GOVERNMENT GIS neighborhoods was also beneficial in understanding where the assaults were happening. Do bars play a role in crimes? Maybe. The results concluded COLLABORATION ● that more crimes and assaults are happening within the downtown region of Mankato where a majority of the bars are located. September and October Thursday, October 27 | 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Gooseberry Falls 1 on Friday and Saturday nights from 11:00 P.M. to 3:00 A.M. are when the highest amount of crimes are occurring. Knowing these results can Managing Collaborative Geospatial Projects Across hopefully help prevent criminal activity in Mankato in the coming years. Organizations: What I Have Learned Mark Kotz, Metropolitan Council

SESSION 20: MN GEOSPATIAL ADVISORY We GIS geeks are a very collaborative bunch. We work together across COUNCIL ♦ organizations to meet shared needs and opportunities. I am grateful for the many times in my career that I have been able to work with so many Thursday, October 27 | 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | French River talented people from other organizations on these collaborative projects. This is simply good government and good business. However, so many of Minnesota Geospatial Advisory Council – Outreach these projects are also essentially voluntary in nature, meaning that no Committee Efforts: Free and Open Data and Narratives organization is required or contracted or otherwise obligated to participate. This presents some significant challenges when it comes to managing of Geospatial Success these projects. As a participant and leader of many of these collaborative, Kari Geurts, MN Dept of Natural Resources; Len Kne, U-Spatial, University voluntary geospatial projects, I have learned a great deal from my successes of Minnesota; Michelle Trager, Rice County; Brad Anderson, City of and mistakes. This presentation is my attempt to share what I have learned Moorhead; Geoff Maas, MetroGIS so that others can hit the ground running with their projects and avoid the mistakes that I have made or steer clear of the roadblocks I have hit. The Minnesota Geospatial Advisory Council (MnGAC) has activated an I'll touch on what I see as the opportunities and benefits of the voluntary, Outreach Committee to engage and facilitate connections with geospatial collaborative project approach as well as its challenges and weaknesses. stakeholders and partners throughout the state. This committee has This has implications for what types of projects can be expected to work identified two key topics on which to begin its work: free and open well, or not so much using this approach. I will also talk about some of the geospatial data and the collection of “narratives of geospatial success”. softer concepts that I have learned are critical to the success of these kinds of projects. And I will sprinkle in some real-world examples to explain my Free and Open Geospatial Data: At present, nearly 20 counties and points. Because we geogeeks are not going to stop collaborating anytime numerous cities have made their geospatial data freely and openly available soon. to the public while many other counties and cities continue to sell and license their data. The Outreach Committee developed and distributed a Collaborating Across Institutions to Facilitate Access & short survey during the summer of 2016 on the topic and will present these findings and engage panel participants and audience members on factors Discovery of Geospatial Resources contributing to data availability. Ryan Mattke, John R. Borchert Map Library; Karen Majewicz, John R. Borchert Map Library Narratives of Geospatial Success: The Committee wishes to collect a wide range of "success stories" from all levels of government in Minnesota about Geospatial data and methodologies are becoming increasingly popular in how their use of GIS has facilitated effective deployment of services, cost fields beyond Geography. The exponential increase in geospatial resources savings, public engagement, programmatic results and better decision available to users and the varied platforms on which they are served can making. The Committee has adopted an on-going role to document and make searching difficult and leave some data undiscovered, particularly publish these "success stories" and communicate them to leadership at all for users with more limited knowledge of geospatial resources. The levels to demonstrate the continued value of geospatial work. During the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), which supports and provides panel discussion, the Committee members will share a few summary stories unique opportunities for collaborative efforts among the Big Ten member of success and encourage audience members to contribute their narratives universities plus the University of Chicago, initiated the CIC Geospatial as well. Data Discovery Project to enhance geospatial data discoverability and access among member institutions. A majority of institutions in the CIC have come together to develop and populate a geoportal for use by all SESSION 21: USER GROUP ♦ member institutions. Selected resources include substantial state-specific geospatial data holdings along with georeferenced map collections. The Thursday, October 27 | 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Horizon 203 collaborative nature of this project serves to reduce workload among individual institutions, simplify workflows, encourage communication between Pictometry institutions, and increase access to geospatial data collections. This presentation will provide an overview of what we've accomplished in the first Customers and non-customers alike are invited for this informative year of the project, including metadata methods and workflows, and what we session on the latest developments at Pictometry. We’ll be discussing hope to accomplish going forward. Esri integrations (such as the WebAppBuilder), integrations with other GIS/LIS vendors like GeoCortex, ProWest (and others), WFS, Ultra-high resolution imagery, and our upcoming national user conference, FutureView. Refreshments will be served.

41 SESSION ABSTRACTS SESSION Adventures in IT: A Guide for GIS People utility engineering (SUE) investigation of this project. The work scope Lucas Scharenbroich, Pro-West & Associates, Inc.; Eric McPhee, St Louis included development of a 3-D model of the existing utility infrastructure to County, MN assist designers in routing the new natural gas installation and to reduce construction delays resulting from utility conflicts. We have all seen first-hand the rapid evolution of GIS from desktop to web. Many of us are already seeing the enormous benefit of the transition, and Per standards, PSE was initially required to install the facility outside of it's only set to grow, sharing quality data across entire organizations and the travel lanes. The areas outside of the roadway were believed to be communities. But this exciting evolution has also brought challenges. GIS congested with various utility installations which would significantly reduce departments must work with IT departments to address the critical yet often the ability of PSE to find a direct route outside the pavement. To confirm frustrating task of working within existing infrastructure to create a successful this assessment, a SUE Designating investigation was completed which web GIS platform. With opposing responsibilities, finding a solution that works accurately documented each of the existing utility types and horizontal for both GIS and IT can be tough. Pro-West has been helping organizations positions. This was followed by a Locating effort, which included vacuum navigate this challenge for almost 30 years. We know the barriers, pitfalls, and excavations to gather vertical data on each utility. Field crews encountered how to succeed in spite of them. Learn how to speak the language of IT, work collapsing soils (sand and boulders) which hindered some of the vacuum together, and secure a win for both GIS and IT. excavation effort. Alternative methods were employed including ground penetrating radar (GPR) and Spar 3D mapping for those areas where additional vertical data were required. The 3-D data came from a variety of SESSION 23: SURVEY 3 ● sources including vacuum excavations, ground penetrating radar, and Spar 300 mapping. Using Bentley's Power Geopak SUE application, a 3-D model Thursday, October 27 | 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Gooseberry Falls 2 was created which depicted the existing utility configuration. Approximately 170 potential conflicts were identified with the final pipeline Mayhem in Minneapolis alignment. One of the design requirements for this project included a Chris Mavis, Hennepin County minimum of 5 feet of cover for the new gas main. Using 3-D model, Utility Mapping Services and PSE were able to identify those areas where Hennepin County is in the process of using COGO Parcel Mapping for the 5-foot cover requirement could not be maintained due to existing Minneapolis. Hennepin County staff will be discussing the value of the utility installations or other obstacles. Variances to the minimum cover Minneapolis Re-Monumentation effort in terms of accurately creating requirement were requested for these specific areas, which otherwise would parcels in Minneapolis. have impacted construction schedule and costs. The 3-D model allowed the various entities, departments, and members of the design and construction teams to have a common platform to review the existing utility information Modernizing Land Records: Order Upon Chaos and identify the best route. Team members from the various disciplines met Earl Epstein, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio on multiple occasions to review the 3-D model, and to develop a work plan State University to address the potential conflicts. Once the final route was chosen, the 3-D data were delivered to the contractors for utilization in their bid preparation. Land records encompass data and information about both the nature and location of public and private land interests. The nature of land interests, Fiber Optic Network Management in GIS rights, and responsibilities are commonly understood to mean property Andrew King-Scribbins, Hennepin County rights. The context for use of these land records is 21st century land use planning and management by public agencies and private individuals. This presentation will give an overview of Hennepin County's fiber optic The scope and impact of all aspects (nature and extent) of land records network. The county is working to expand the availability of high-speed, make these data and information the most important part of a land and redundant, and cost effective fiber to public agency facilities in the county. geographic information system. The role of land records and systems in This is accomplished through collaborative projects between public agencies 21st century American land planning and management will be discussed to share cost, capacity, and capabilities. The planning and management of in this presentation. Emphasis will be placed on these activities at the local these projects is largely reliant on the implementation of GIS tools including level of government and at the individual parcel. The features of a modern desktop, server, web, and mobile solutions. Some solutions come from out American land records system, within a geographic and land information of the box capabilities, but custom extensions specific to managing fiber system and designed to serve 21st century land use planning and network metadata are also utilized. management by all members of the community, will be described. Proposals for changes in systems, processes, and professional activity will also be Soil Types' Relation to Distribution Utility Poles presented. Timothy Tabor, Pennsylvania State University

Is there a spatial relationship between utility poles failing groundline SESSION 24: UTILITIES ● inspections and soil features (type, slope, aspect, etc.) in the Minnesota Power Service Territory? If there is a spatial relationship between poles Thursday, October 27 | 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Gooseberry Falls 3 failing groundline inspections and soil features, the pole inspection process 360 Approach to Underground Utilities could be tailored to target soil types with higher decay rates. This could be approached by a more in depth inspection or more frequent inspection. The Curt Fakler, Utility Mapping Services, Inc. knowledge could change future routing of power lines to avoid conditions with a greater failure rate. This project involved the installation of a new 8-inch high pressure natural gas main by Puget Sound Energy (PSE) along 1 mile of SR 510 in Lacey, Washington. The new high pressure mainline was required to upgrade the existing system, add capacity, and increase reliability for customers in this area of Thurston County, Washington. The project corridor included dense commercial and residential areas with limited right-of-way. Due to the utility congestion along this corridor, PSE decided to include a subsurface 42 SESSION ABSTRACTS SESSION SESSION 25: K-12 currently used by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) to ● monitor ash trees for new infestations. However, the MDA does not have Thursday, October 27 | 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Split Rock 1 enough staff to monitor the thousands of EAB traps around the state. Therefore, a crowdsourcing method is proposed to gather EAB information effectively. For this purpose, a real-time mobile GIS application was Teaching GIS in a STEM Curriculum developed that allows any person, especially the online community, to Kyle Tredinnick, Saint Paul Preparatory School photograph and report an EAB sighting along with locational information. Once the sighting is reported, concerned authorities can then check the As more emphasis is put on preparing students to participate in a gathered information to verify a legitimate sighting and institute a county technology-based world, the increased use of GIS in the classroom is vital quarantine to slow and prevent further spread. The developed method and to giving students the tools that will help them be successful in their future application could provide the MDA and other relevant agencies a highly cost careers. This presentation will give secondary teachers ideas to implement effective way for EAB monitoring and management. GIS into a secondary classroom. The presentation will primarily focus on the benefits of setting up a free Esri account and using ArcGIS as part of a Validating a Prescription Map Used in Variable Rate curriculum. GIS especially works well as part of a STEM or STEAM program Irrigation Using Geographic Information Science where a stand-alone class designed to include the principles of cartography Joshua Stanley Cook, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and GIS, how to make maps, and how to do basic analysis can actually help students meet state standards for Geography as well. Teaching the course Prescription maps are available commercially and widely used in center as an entire semester, or even as just individual modules, can help give pivot irrigation systems for the purpose of applying variable rates of water students a basic knowledge of GIS that they can build off of as they continue in specified zones of a field. The objective of this study was to determine their education. The presenter is a high school teacher who has used GIS as if the prescription map used for a center pivot irrigation system delivered parts of social studies classes and has also taught a stand-alone GIS course adequate water content in a corn field in Belgrade, MN. To understand field as part of a STEM program in Saint Paul, Minnesota. variability in this study, apparent Electrical Conductivity (ECa), Topographic Wetness Index (TWI), and Available Water Storage (AWS) were used to Bringing GIS to the Classroom, a Personal Journey on guide sampling strategies for the purpose of measuring soil moisture with a the Long Road neutron moisture meter (NMM). The prescription map was found to be valid John Wirries, Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson, Inc. in 7 out of 11 locations tested, or 63%, using high yield as a successful outcome. From the outside, I look in. I am not a teacher, but I have a passion for teaching. As I look around my workplace and the world, I see GIS grow Indoor GIS: A Review of Data Models and the every day and I want my kids to have those skills. As a GIS mentor for the Development of Web and Mobile Application Templates Moorhead School District I continue to look at ways to bring this skill set for the ArcGIS Platform to not only my kids but their classmates. This session will focus on ways Tobias Fimpel, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities I worked with the schools to not only teach GIS to our teachers but my community. I will review some things that worked, did not work, and my Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies and methods have continued journey to make GIS not just a STEM course but relevant for any historically been focused on outdoor application areas. In recent years, teacher with a desire to learn. however, indoor GIS has received considerable attention. Placing an emphasis on facilities management use cases, this project concerned itself with indoor GIS data models and the development of suitable light-weight SESSION 26: STUDENTS — GRADUATE client applications. Relevant data models that have been brought forward in COMPETITION ● the literature and the geospatial community were reviewed and compared. These include CityGML, Industry Foundation Classes, and more minimalistic Thursday, October 27 | 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Split Rock 2 approaches such as OpenStreetMap’s Simple Indoor Tagging proposal. Building on a minimalistic data model, a cross-platform mobile application Integrating Crowdsourcing and GIS to Slow the Spread template and a web-based floor plan viewer widget were developed of the Emerald Ash Borer in Minnesota using Esri's AppStudio and WebApp Builder for ArcGIS software products, Caleb Mackey, Minnesota State University, Mankato respectively. These software components demonstrate how light-weight client applications that integrate with the ArcGIS platform can be developed The emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairemaire (Coleoptra: efficiently to include indoor as well as outdoor spaces in map-centric Buprestidae), is an invasive species that has killed millions of ash trees applications, and have been partially implemented for facilities management (Fraxinus spp.) in North America since it was discovered here in 2002. purposes at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus. The results Because these beetles spend most of their life as larvae feeding on encourage further research on how GIS can produce tangible benefits in the inner vascular tissue of ash trees, most of their movement can be indoor application areas. accredited to unintentional human transportation of infested wood. As Minnesota has large number of urban ash trees, the best defense against slowing the spread of EAB in the state may be early detection and quarantine (preventing the ash wood from being moved across county lines if not first treated to kill larvae inside). Field visual surveys and traps are

43 SESSION ABSTRACTS SESSION environmental metrics, including environmental chemicals and contaminants SESSION 27: PRODUCT DEMO 2 ● documented by other scientists working in the SLRE. Our maps and aquatic vegetation data are being used by AOC coordinators to plan restoration of Thursday, October 27 | 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Lake Superior L disturbed habitats, with the end goal of removing the St. Louis River from 60min: Portals for Your Web GIS - Portal for ArcGIS the list of Great Lakes AOCs. and ArcGIS Online Developing a Community Sense of Place: The One Jordan Miller, Esri; Sarah Schrader, Esri River Many Stories Map Tom Hollenhorst, EPA, Mid-Continent Ecology Division; Matt Kania, Map 60min: The ArcGIS platform revolves around the concept of a portal, a Hero, Inc. collaborative geospatial content management system. Esri offers two options for a portal, Portal for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Online. The presentation The One River Many Stories project was initiated to focus the interest of will introduce each of these and their roles within ArcGIS to organize and journalists, educators, photographers and citizen storytellers toward the share information throughout your organization via maps and apps. Learn St. Louis River to produce a diverse collection of stories about this amazing the considerations and options to configure your portal so members of area. As part of this initiative we developed a participatory map exhibition your organization and the public can discover, use, make, and share maps inviting the public to write or draw stories of their connections to the river and information products. Presentation will include lecture and technical and pin them on the map. The exhibition was held at the Great Hall of the demonstrations. Duluth Depot and consisted of 10 separate map panels depicting different Advance Your Desktop Capabilities with ArcGIS Pro areas of the Lower St. Louis River estuary. To begin we printed only a black Mike Koutnik, Esri; Matt Taraldsen, Esri and white outline of the each section of the estuary with a north arrow and a location map to help everyone orient themselves to the map. After the ArcGIS Pro 1.2 is now available to those who have the ArcGIS Platform. initial outlines were displayed, we hand painted in the water and added hand ArcGIS Pro leverages modern Windows technology bringing many benefits. written annotations of place names. The night of the exhibition opening, we This includes speedy rendering and processing GIS data, and native placed art supplies (colored markers, sticky notes, and pins) near each map support for viewing data in both two and three dimensions concurrently. In section so that anyone could add their own notes and stories. The response this session you will learn how to effectively utilize ArcGIS Pro to increase was very impressive with contributions including stories, photos and even desktop GIS productivity and share content throughout the ArcGIS platform. samples from school science projects. One person posted a photo with “I spent my birthday at the point” and others affixed sticky notes recalling where they caught fish, proposed to their wife, swam with friends and other SESSION 28: ST. LOUIS RIVER ● stories. Because we printed each section at a fine scale, individuals could locate and identify the small island, inlet or bay that was important to their Thursday, October 27 | 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Lake Superior MN own story. Many folks brought historical stories and artifacts related to the river to display. The maps stayed on display for the month of April with Mapping Aquatic Vegetation in the St. Louis River many more stories added during that time. Overall we learned how much Estuary in Support of AOC Restoration Efforts people appreciate their own personal connections to the river and we were Carol Reschke, Natural Resources Research Institute(NRRI) surprised by the intense desire to share these stories with the public. From this experience we believe we can help others use participatory mapping to The St. Louis River is the largest tributary to Lake Superior on the U.S. increase their community’s sense of place. side of the lake, and second largest in the Lake Superior watershed. The lower 21 river miles of the St. Louis River include a large (12,000 acre) SESSION 29: WEB MAP CREATION 2 freshwater estuary where river water mixes with Lake Superior water. ● Wetlands and aquatic habitats in the estuary are influenced by fluctuating Thursday, October 27 | 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Lake Superior O water levels driven by lake seiche. At the lake end of the estuary a large baymouth bar complex encloses the Duluth-Superior harbor, the largest harbor and busiest international port on the Great Lakes. Poor Different Approaches to Showcase Maps on the Web environmental quality conditions in the St. Louis River estuary in the Kitty Hurley, MN.IT Services 1980s prompted designation of the lower St. Louis River system as one of 43 Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOC). Interagency working groups Maps can be incredibly hard to showcase on the web, especially with the were formed to address nine beneficial use impairments (BUIs) that were plethora of mobile devices around the globe. So, how do we showcase identified as concerns for the St. Louis River AOC; one of the BUIs was loss our maps and make them responsive? Where do we even start? This of fish and wildlife habitat. In support of efforts to restore fish and wildlife presentation will go full-circle, using examples from the Minnesota habitats in the St. Louis River estuary (SLRE), we have sampled aquatic Department of Health and showcase many types of maps ranging from vegetation and mapped aquatic and wetland plant communities in both static maps, embedded maps within a webpage, to full interactive maps. restoration and reference sites in the estuary since 2010. In June 2012, Beginners welcome! following an extreme rainfall event, the St. Louis River flooded; this flood was later documented as a 500 year flood event by USGS. Mapping aquatic vegetation in the SLRE has helped us to compare pre-and post- flood vegetation patterns, and to compare aquatic vegetation patterns to

44 Designing User-friendly GIS Apps moderately-strong to strong El Niño events, suggesting that climate mode has ABSTRACTS SESSION John Nerge, City of Brooklyn Park a discernable influence on atmospheric circulation in this corridor. Based on the results, it appears that El Niño-Southern Oscillation has a strong influence We're always talking about how pervasive GIS is becoming. What we don't on atmospheric circulation in North America and thus commercial airlines in talk about as often is how that impacts GIS application design. The more this corridor. Understanding climate variability’s impact on circulation and wind people who are using GIS apps and tools, the higher the percentage of speed in North America may be relevant to the commercial airline industry by non-GIS professionals there are in our user pools. Many of these people potentially improving flight time forecasts and planning. have also never known a world before web GIS. John will discuss and demonstrate the role of human-centered design in building intuitive GIS Farmland Change Detection of Devils Lake, ND 1993- apps that anyone can use (on any device as well). Doing so requires us 2014 to break with many GIS traditions. Some of the concepts to be covered Dallas Jacobs, University of Minnesota, Duluth include using action signifiers instead of how-to guides, designing query tools for non-technical users, and engaging with your users early and often Devils Lake in North Dakota has been rising in lake level steadily since to ensure your apps truly meet their requirements. The end result is a 1993 due to increased rainfall and the lack of a natural drainage system. modern GIS app that is focused, intuitive, and designed for a long life span, My hypothesis is that the amount of farmland lost in the Devils Lake area at least in internet years. due to rising lake level can be determined through processing two near- anniversary Landsat images. By classifying images from 1993 and 2014, Off the Grid: Creating a Custom Web Map from Scratch the amount of farmland lost over that 21-year interval can be calculated using the unsupervised classification method and performing change Thomas Sayward, Moore Engineering; Kyle Volk, Moore Engineering detection. The total cost of farmland lost to rising water levels is found to be approximately $517 million. Learn how and why Moore Engineering thought it necessary to create a new interactive webmap, this 16 month endeavor challenges the status quo and raises the bar on web mapping capabilities. The journey begins Understanding Prehistoric Land Use: A Spatial Analysis by briefly comparing open source webmaps to those provided by Esri; of Animal Bone along the Buffalo River in Clay County, next we'll venture into the realm of cartographic design and how these MN principles are used to create elegant web map interfaces. While continuing Kelli Moe, Minnesota State University, Moorhead to move deeper, the power of Python will be discovered and applied to create new tools and enhanced experiences. And finally we'll return This project uses GIS to analyze and visualize the distribution of animal bone to reality by concluding with pitfalls and lessons learned. This will be a from approximately 1,000 archaeological shovel tests along the Buffalo River non-technical presentation geared toward non-programmers; however, in Clay County, Minnesota. The Buffalo River created a unique landform as it technical questions are welcome and encouraged. For those of a technical cut through the strandlines of glacial Lake Agassiz, one that was attractive background, ESRI's JS 3.x API was used in conjunction with HTML, CSS, to native peoples for approximately 8000 years (7000 BC to 1700 AD). The JS, JQuery, Dojo, PHP, Python, and several widgets. This is not a product archaeological work was conducted as part of a native plant restoration demonstration. project on lands managed by Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Regional Science Center. Animal bone, predominately bison, is the most common artifact recovered in the shovel testing. The distribution of animal bone SESSION 30: STUDENTS — UNDERGRADUATE reveals a marked difference between floodplain and upland occupations, which COMPETITION ● may indicate seasonal differences in land use in the past. Thursday, October 27 | 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | St. Louis River How Viable Is Habitat Restoration within the Great Plains? The Influence of Upper-Air Winds and El Niño- Jacob Pauna, University of St. Thomas Southern Oscillation on Commercial Air Travel Jacob Arndt, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities The Buffalo Commons proposal for the Great Plains has been a controversial subject since its introduction in 1987 by Frank and Debra Popper. Because of While commercial air travel is routinely affected by short-term weather the inherent distaste many people feel for the phrase “Buffalo Commons”, it events, it is unclear how long-term aspects of climate affect flight times. Here is easy to lose sight of the benefits of large scale habitat restoration. Whether I examine how climate variability influences zonal winds at roughly cruising someone loved or hated it, the idea did serve the purpose of starting a altitude (200mb) and how subsequent wind strength affects flight times conversation about habitat restoration within areas of the Great Plains with in the Minneapolis-Seattle corridor. Using four major airlines that operate waning populations. Still, due to the technological and data limitations of the a substantial number of flights between Minneapolis-St. Paul International time, research into the viability of the Buffalo Commons was constrained to Airport and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, monthly flight times from county level demographic data. In this presentation, GIS is utilized to create a 1990 to 2015 were analyzed. The mean difference between eastbound and more well-rounded analysis of the viability of restoration in the Great Plains. westbound flight times (ΔT) was computed to gauge the effect of atmospheric In addition to population trends, using today’s available data, new variables variability on flight duration, and to minimize the influence of changes in that indicate optimal areas for large scale conservation can be analyzed. airline operations or technology. Interannual variability in ΔT is consistent Some variables analyzed include: data from the agriculture census, proximity across all four airlines, and nearly 84% of the variance in ΔT is explained to currently protected lands and infrastructure, investment in the areas, by a spatially averaged 200mb zonal wind index (u) over the region. After and more. The result of this analysis indicates lands with optimal conditions removing the seasonal cycle from both series, several periods of anomalously for large scale restoration within the Great Plains. Habitat restoration is an low wind speeds and small differences in flight times coincide and persist important undertaking, and the opportunity presented in the plains should not for 4 to 12 consecutive months. These negative anomaly events, which be completely discounted. are characterized by weak upper-level winds and modest ΔT, occur during

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SESSION 31: LIGHTNING 1 ● Multi-criteria Selection for a Healthy Food Restaurant Location in Grand Forks, ND Using Analytic Hierarchy Thursday, October 27 | 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | French River Process Sergey Gulbin, University of North Dakota The Use of Drones in an Undergraduate GIS Course to Chronicle Prairie Restoration Grand Forks is an urbanized area with 61,270 people located on the Dr. David Kelley, Geography and Environmental Studies - University of St. boundary between North Dakota and Minnesota. With growth of population Thomas; Dr. Paul Lorah and more citizens with disposable income in Grand Forks, no restaurant focused on providing healthy food was opened, even though there are In 2015, the City of Elk River, MN, entered into a Sustainable Community currently two grocery stores that sell organic and/or healthy food, with one Partnership with the University of St. Thomas. The purpose of this more opened summer 2016. This indicates the presence of healthy food Partnership was to engage undergraduate students in projects that customers in the city. This research is focused on finding the most suitable advanced the City's sustainability initiatives. One initiative was to assist the location for a restaurant with healthy food in Grand Forks. To accomplish City with mapping a new conservation area acquired by the City, but not yet this, analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was applied. Altogether, 7 factors open to the public: the William H. Houlton Conservation Area. This former were used: total population, median household income, number of people farmstead encompasses over 360 acres of farmland and floodplain forest at with Bachelor's and higher degree, distance from the main roads in Grand the confluence of the Elk and Mississippi rivers. Students in an introductory Forks, distance from bikeways, travel time from parks and green zones GIS course successfully used GPS and GIS to develop hiking trails and points and travel time to main restaurant-competitors. The results suggest that of interest for this reserve. The City hopes to open the area to the public there are two main regions where a restaurant with healthy food would in fall 2016. Part of the agreement for the land acquisition (purchased find a market: on the southeast and west of the city. Transport accessibility by the Trust for Public Land and gifted to the city, with funding from the analysis suggests that the southeast region would be more accessible for Lessard Sams Outdoor Heritage Fund) was that no new trails or permanent citizens of Grand Forks. structures could be established in the park. Additionally, because part of the reserve is former farmland, prairie restoration efforts are required. Use of Supervised Classification for Riparian Buffer Farm fields would slowly be restored to prairie by the City over the next 3-4 Analysis Using Four Band Aerial Imagery years. To establish a baseline for these efforts, a DJI Phantom 4 drone was Ethan Mooar, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities flown over the fields in summer and fall 2016. The 3D imagery and terrain maps developed in this initial year will be used to document restoration To improve water quality, Minnesota has created a statewide riparian buffer efforts. This presentation will cover the tips, tricks, software, hardware, and standard to separate agriculture from rivers and streams. GIS techniques procedures developed during this initial aerial mapping process. could provide cost-effective compliance evaluation methods. Supervised classification of RGB+NIR imagery was used to analyze compliance with Looking Out for Our Health: Uses of GIS at MDH- WIC setback requirements along the Vermillion River in Dakota County, MN. Deborah Grundmanis, Minnesota Department of Health Parcel boundaries were used in combination with a digital buffer in an attempt to identify potential violators. While classifications were generally Ms. Grundmanis will show how Minnesota WIC, a nutrition and breastfeeding good, the analysis was over-inclusive. Visual inspection of imagery is a more program, has made complex health data available as easy-to-understand efficient and effective identification method until better distinction methods maps and data. She will also detail several elements that must be between perennial and crop cover are developed. considered in making data and maps publicly available. Mosquito Species Maps: From Aedes to Zika Nancy Read, Metro Mosquito Control; Kirk Johnson, Metro Mosquito Control District

The range extent of mosquito vector species is an important factor in evaluating disease risk. Determining species range involves a coordinated effort among researchers. Range can also expand either permanently, particularly as climate factors change, or temporarily, as human transportation introduces species to a new area where they cannot survive for long. In the Twin Cities Metro area, we have had repeated introductions of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus, one of the potential vectors of Zika virus. Thanks to diligent control and Minnesota winters, there are no established populations. However, Minnesota appears on Zika risk range maps because of these occurrences. This talk will discuss how species range information is being used in the Zika response.

46 SESSION ABSTRACTS SESSION FRIDAY, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. user behavior and interaction with geospatial web sites. The presentation will provide an overview of available web statistic technologies and approaches and then will focus on three separate use cases where web SESSION 32: USER GROUP ♦ statistics were particularly revealing. The use cases will describe: 1) characterizing overall site usage for a high volume public facing site; 2) Friday, October 28 | 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Gooseberry Falls 1 identifying individual user interactions with a site (e.g., which buttons are pushed; which layers are accessed); and 3) assessing usage of imagery Arrowhead Ownership Collaborative data both by individual agencies as well as by the regions of the state that are of greatest interest to users via heat mapping. At this user group meeting you can listen in on how the Federal, State and Local partners of the Arrowhead are working on improving public ownership Showcasing UMD’s Global Engagement Through the both spatially and non-spatially, which in turn is benefiting the entire State Use of Story Maps of Minnesota with possible new standards on public ownership. You can Zachary Vavra, University of Minnesota Duluth also listen in on MnGeo’s Parcel and Land Records Committee and what the future holds for Cadastral data statewide. The “UMD Global 2020” is the University of Minnesota Duluth’s strategic plan for comprehensively internationalizing the campus by 2020. Part of this plan includes creating a “Global UMD” website to inform the campus SESSION 33: FIELD DATA COLLECTION - and community of the global engagement activities and opportunities at COLLECTOR ● UMD (e.g. faculty international research and collaboration, UMD’s strategic partnerships with international institutions, UMD study abroad programs, Friday, October 28 | 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Gooseberry Falls 2 and international students attending UMD). The Global UMD website will include interactive web maps to help showcase UMD’s global engagement ArcGIS Collector at the DNR activities. Given the large scope of the project and amount of information Jacqueline Kovarik, MN DNR; Chris Pouliot, MN DNR involved, at least two Esri Story Map Apps (Map Series and Map Journal) are being used to create the maps. This presentation will explain how story Field data collection has always been a part of the DNR's DNA. Over the mapping can be used as a tool to effectively communicate information past couple of years, we've overhauled our field-to-desktop data workflow and enhance a website by creating an engaging experience that is both by implementing Collector for ArcGIS. In this presentation, we'll explain interesting and intuitive for the user. Story mapping techniques for handling our mobile application development strategies, successes and failures, large scope projects will also be discussed, including: how to embed the application security, tips and tricks and project examples. Story Map Journal app into the Story Map Series app, and how to create an index in a Story Map Journal that links to different sections of the journal. From Data Collection to Analysis: Pairing Collector for ArcGIS with Custom ArcGIS Addin Toolbars to Create a Controlled Process for Multiple Users SESSION 35: HIGHER ED ● Josh Knopik, MN DNR; Jacqueline Kovarik, MN DNR Friday, October 28 | 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Split Rock 2 Using Collector for ArcGIS has helped the MN DNR to standardize data collection and centralize data storage of some datasets, improving both WindWorks: The UMN UAS Program efficiency and consistency. However, data collection is only one component Keith Pelletier, Dan Heins, Trevor Host and Dr. Joseph F. Knight; all from of data flow as a whole. By developing custom ArcGIS addin toolbars University of Minnesota to complement the collected data, the MN DNR has created seamless workflows from data collection, to QA/QC, to data analysis that promotes Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are rapidly democratizing remote a consistent data process. The custom toolbars automate numerous tasks sensing data acquisition. The flexible, responsive, on-demand nature of and enable access of complex tools to basic level GIS users. Using these UAS operations can empower users and address a spectrum of geospatial, paired technologies has created a controlled process that has significantly environmental and societal challenges. This talk will provide an overview of improved the efficiency and accuracy of data collection and post processing. how the UAS program at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is employing This presentation will highlight a few example projects where combining UAS and associated technologies, with a focus on applications, real-world these tools (Collector for ArcGIS and custom add-in toolbars) have had a examples, and image processing. synergistic and positive result. Re-designing Online GIS Education: The UW-Madison Professional Master's Project SESSION 34: WEB MAP CREATION 3 ● Ian Muehlenhaus and I-Pang Fu; both from University of Wisconsin - Madison Friday, October 28 | 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Gooseberry Falls 3 Online professional education is changing dramatically. How do we serve Leveraging Web Usage Statistics for Better Web professionals who only want to learn the latest technologies? I review the Applications process of totally rethinking the scope, style, and content of a modern Michael Terner, Applied Geographics, Inc. online Master's in GIS. At UW-Madison, we designed our online program to solely focus on programming and web GIS. We offer personalized course Web technologies enable the careful tracking of use of mapping websites. interactions to suit individual learning styles. And we've developed a plan to While most people are familiar with basic user tracking of the number of regularly update content to keep our curriculum cutting-edge. Innovations visits and page views, this paper will explore some deeper assessments of and future directions of GIS education will be reviewed.

47 SESSION ABSTRACTS SESSION Transform the Parcel History Search SESSION 36: PHOTOGRAMMETRY PANEL ♦ Lucas Scharenbroich, Pro-West & Associates, Inc.

Friday, October 28 | 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Lake Superior L Find parcel history instantly with Pro-West's Parcel Lineage App. Add value The Role of Photogrammetry in Geospatial Education to investment in the Parcel Fabric, and eliminate days or hours of time spent searching for historical parcel information. Benjamin Richason III, SARC-SCSU Can GIS and WordPress Be Friends? The traditional science of photogrammetry has changed significantly in the Michael Moore, Cimbura.com last several decades. From analog and analytical plotters to truly digital, computer-driven solutions these changes are being blended into many GIS WordPress is a Content Management System (CMS) that powers 25% of and image processing systems. As photogrammetric techniques become the websites on the Internet. Its growth is due in large part to its ease of more available to a wider range of geospatial professionals, the training use and a thriving plugin ecosystem. Unfortunately support for GIS data in basic photogrammetry has not kept pace. Indeed, a recent survey of and operations is severely lacking. I believe that geo-enabling popular geospatial courses offered in the state's colleges and universities show no frameworks like WordPress represents the next big area of growth for such courses being taught. The question then becomes how the instruction GIS on the web. Creating tools that work the way non-GIS admins expect in the basic principles and methods of photogrammetry can be incorporated lowers the barrier to entry into the world of GIS. I have been experimenting into the geospatial curriculum. As more precision imagery from digital with different approaches to add actual GIS capabilities to WordPress, in cameras, LiDAR, and drone imagery comes into use in workplace, this is a a way that is friendly to WordPress users. The results of the successful question that needs to be addressed. experiments have resulted in two free WordPress plugins, SavvyMapper and WP_GeoQuery. SavvyMapper links WordPress data to GIS data in an external SESSION 37: INTERVIEWING PANEL data source such as CartoDB, ArcGIS Server or an external GeoJSON file. ♦ WP_GeoQuery uses MySQL spatial support to store feature geometry right Friday, October 28 | 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Lake Superior MN inside the MySQL database. In this presentation I will discuss the results of my experiments in more depth, show off the methods I've used and talk Finding, Applying and Interviewing for Jobs in GIS about the status and future of GIS in WordPress. Andrew King-Scribbins, Hennepin County Using ArcGIS Online as a Form of Communication & Back by popular demand! Panel presenters from public, private, and non-profit Record Keeping sectors will discuss their career path stories, what they look for in recent Allan Schafer, KLJ graduates, and what entry level positions and internships usually involve. The audience will have the opportunity to ask questions about resume building, Collecting storm sewer CCTV at the Bismarck Airport required KLJ and the networking, education, skill sets, and any other topics of interest. subcontractor to communicate the same digital file of pipe status, such as televised, pending, or had issues of being televised due to blockages. KLJ was able to use the desktop version of ArcGIS Online while the contractor SESSION 38: LIGHTNING 2 ● could use the mobile version on their phone, and the client was also allowed access. Keeping track of the information this way allowed record keeping for Friday, October 28 | 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Lake Superior O the project as well, including an updated GIS storm sewer network available to the city at completion. Collaborative Geodesign Peter Wiringa, University of Minnesota Connecting Students with the Duluth Community: Engagement and GIS at the Geospatial Analysis Center Geodesign merges design, GIS, technology, and people and place. This Stacey Stark, University of Minnesota, Duluth session will talk about how you can use geodesign in a public context to help stakeholders tackle complex issues. We will explore the technology, The Geospatial Analysis Center solicits non-profit organization requests for facilitation methods, and best practices that will ensure a successful GIS expertise that may be used to address communication, analyze impacts, geodesign session. conduct spatial research or create beautiful maps. An undergraduate student gains relevant experience while creating new outreach connections Free and Open Geospatial Data: Resources for for GAC, and providing skills that are difficult or expensive to find elsewhere. Practitioners I will discuss how this work fits into the goals of UMD, as well as showcase Geoff Maas, MetroGIS/Metropolitan Council some of the work GAC has done in the community.

Since early 2014, Minnesota has seen a dramatic increase in the number of cities and counties making their geospatial data freely and openly available. This represents a dramatic shift away from the prior practice of sale and licensing of data. This presentation will touch on the motivations behind the free and open geospatial data movement in the state and provide an overview of the research completed and the various resources available to managers and practitioners who are wishing to learn more.

48 Utilizing GIS for Improved Efficiency and Decision ABSTRACTS SESSION SESSION 39: LiDAR/HYDROLOGY PANEL ♦ Making at SPRWS Renee Huset, St. Paul Regional Water Services; Rich Rowland, St. Paul Friday, October 28 | 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | French River Regional Water Services Updates and New Topic Discussions on 3DEP, DEM Hydro-modification, Hydrography Development and From helping field staff find a hydrant in a snowbank to mapping potential pressure loss, GIS has evolved to serve many business functions at St. Paul the Need to Establish a New LiDAR Committee for Regional Water Services (SPRWS). Since 2004, SPRWS has progressed Minnesota from relying on paper maps to using a GIS-based system consisting Sean Vaughn, MN.iT Services at MN DNR; Ron Wencl, USGS; Rick Moore, of over 100,000 mapped assets stored in ArcSDE geodatabases, five MN.iT Services at MN DNR; Tyler Kaebisch, MN DNR internal ArcGIS for Server maps, an externally facing portal map, regular data collection from our 14 GPS units, and much more. This presentation Join us for a 90-minute, 4-phase session that brings awareness and will focus on three distinct applications of GIS at the water utility that discussion to three ongoing topics related to light detection and ranging demonstrate its broad usage at SPRWS: using GIS to identify potential (LiDAR)-derived elevation data in Minnesota. Three short presentations sources of water contamination, live-mapping work locations in a format will culminate with an "open-mic" discussion session between the audience accessible to field crews, and applying GIS to recommend a site for a and panel of experts. We begin with an update on the 3D Elevation proposed water tower. The discussion surrounding each topic will focus on Program (3DEP). Hinged on the joint goals of federal, state and local what GIS techniques were used, what we learned from each project, and partners and managed by the USGS, 3DEP seeks to acquire consistent how we converted this knowledge into improvements to our system and elevation data to support existing and emerging applications enabled by workflows. LiDAR data. The 3D Elevation Program responds to the growing need for high-quality topographic data and a wide range of other three-dimensional Solving High Accuracy GNSS (GPS) Data Collection representations of natural and constructed features. Information will Problems with a Cloud Based Real Time Solution be provided about 3DEP products, services and funding opportunities Katherine Meixell, Owatonna Public Uitilties; Roger Schulz, Frontier associated with the 3DEP Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). Next we Precision reflect on past GIS/LIS sessions where we presented topics of interest regarding the modification of LiDAR-derived elevation values to remove GPS Data collection and maintenance has historically been a pain point for "digital dams" from digital elevation models (DEM) for hydrologic modeling, many companies. Utilizing a cloud based solution, like Trimble TerraFlex, for tool applications and hydrography development. This year's session will (1) collecting and updating information can solve many of these problems by introduce lessons learned from our DEM hydro-modification work in support providing users with real-time high accuracy GNSS (GPS) information, up-to- of Minnesota's One Watershed One Plan initiative, (2) give an update on the-minute data synchronization with the office and the ability to integrate the DNR Geospatial Water Resource Team's development of NXG-Hydro with your existing GIS. In this session we will explore how Owatonna Public watercourse hydrography and (3) introduce guidance standards for DEM Utilities has streamlined its full collection and updating process with this hydro-modification that serves the emerging diversity of needs. Lastly, we solution. present the concept of an emerging, agency-supported committee. Fresh with new takeaway messages on the heels of the 2015 GIS/LIS Conference, early last November we hosted a meeting of LiDAR stakeholders to scope SESSION 41: WORKFLOWS ● out a new-concept LiDAR committee for Minnesota. Recognizing the need for accurate watershed and watercourse hydrography for Minnesota (NXG- Friday, October 28 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Split Rock 2 Hydro), this emerging committee would set course for a new direction that merges LiDAR-derived elevation data and hydrography development under Utilizing Real-Time GIS: The GeoEvent Extension one framework with common goals. Mike Koutnik, Esri; Mark Taraldsen, Esri

Users of the ArcGIS platform now have access to the GeoEvent Extension, FRIDAY, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. enabling Real-Time GIS capabilities. In this session, you will learn about the capabilities of the GeoEvent Extension. Through use case examples, you will SESSION 40: FIELD DATA COLLECTION ● also see how Real-Time GIS can benefit organizations of all sizes. Friday, October 28 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Gooseberry Falls 2 Overview of New ESRI Solutions for a Complete Mobile Workflow Incorporating the Web Appbuilder, Collector, Python, Mike Koutnik, Esri; Mark Taraldsen, Esri and a Geoprocessing Service into a Survey Workflow Chad Nunemacher, Houston Engineering, Inc; Paul Hedlund, Houston The use and availability of smart mobile devices continues to drive the Engineering, Inc expansion of mobile workflows in organizations of all sizes. In this session, you will learn about new Esri solutions for a complete mobile workflow. You Have you ever thought about making your survey workflow or other will also learn best practices of solution implementation through a range of organization workflows easier? At HEI, we decided to automate and simplify use cases. a number of our survey procedures and products. From the automation of data coalescing and transfer from Trimble Business Center into our SDE database to the extraction of database photos into specified directories to the use of the Web Appbuilder for our survey application, we have made the procedures and products more efficent and user friendly. We would like to share with you what we have done and what changes we have made over the past year. Come join us and take away some ideas to make your survey or related processes easier and more streamlined. 49 SESSION ABSTRACTS SESSION Regional Lake Water Quality Measurements Beyond SESSION 42: REMOTE SENSING — Water Clarity Using New Enhanced Satellite Remote LANDCOVER ● Sensing Systems Friday, October 28 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Lake Superior L Leif Olmanson, Patrick Brezonik, Jacques C. Finlay and Marvin E. Bauer; all from University of Minnesota High-Resolution Land Cover Classification for Selected Areas in Minnesota Recent advances have enabled use of satellite imagery for regional scale- Lian Rampi, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Trevor Host, University measurement of lake characteristics beyond water clarity. The 2013 launch of Landsat-8 and 2015 launch of the ESA Sentinel-2 improve the capability of Minnesota, Twin Cities of satellite imagery to measure chlorophyll, colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM), and suspended sediment, which are the main determinants A high-resolution (1-meter) land cover classification was completed for of water clarity. To explore the potentials of these systems, we measured three different geographic areas in Minnesota: Duluth, Rochester, and the optical water quality characteristics and in situ reflectance spectra nearly seven-county Twin Cities Metropolitan area. This classification was created contemporaneously with satellite imagery. Sites were selected to obtain wide using high-resolution multispectral NAIP leaf-on imagery (2015), spring ranges of concentrations of CDOM, chlorophyll, and suspended sediment, leaf-off imagery (2011-2014), spectral indices, LiDAR data, LiDAR derived the primary factors affecting reflectance. Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 data products, and other thematic ancillary data including the updated National were used to develop water quality models. Both systems worked well Wetlands Inventory, LiDAR building footprints, airport, roads and railroads for CDOM and water clarity; the red-edge band of Sentinel-2 enabled centerlines. These data sets were integrated using an Object-Based distinction of inorganic sediment from chlorophyll in optically complex Image Analysis (OBIA) approach to classify 11 classes: Deciduous Forest, inland waters. The usefulness and timeliness of satellite-based water quality Coniferous Forest, Buildings, other Paved surface, Extraction, Row Crop, measurements would be greatly enhanced by automated image processing. Grass/Shrub, Lakes, Rivers, Emergent Wetland, Forest and Shrub Wetland. To meet that goal, we explore image normalization and atmospheric We mapped the 11 classes by using an OBIA approach through the creation correction methods that provide consistent surface water reflectance of customized rule sets for each area. We used the Cognition Network data that are validated with coincident in situ data. Using the surface Language (CNL) within the software eCognition Developer to develop the water reflectance data, we are developing algorithms for key water quality customized rule sets. The eCognition Server was used to execute a batch measures (chlorophyll, CDOM, suspended sediment) that can be used for and parallel processing which greatly reduced the amount of time to any similarly corrected imagery and allow for near real-time monitoring of produce the classification. The classification results were evaluated for each water quality variables. The ability to measure these water quality variables area using independent stratified randomly generated points. Accuracy regularly on a regional basis will greatly enhance our understanding assessment estimators included overall accuracies, producer's accuracy, of spatial and temporal variability and responses in surface waters to user's accuracy, and kappa coefficient. The combination of spectral data environmental change and improve lake management. and LiDAR through an OBIA method helped to improve the overall accuracy results providing more aesthetically pleasing maps of land cover classes with highly accurate results. SESSION 43: ArcGIS ONLINE ● The New Minnesota Statewide Land Cover Friday, October 28 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Lake Superior MN Classification Joseph Knight, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Lian Rampi, University Adding Value to GIS and Land Sales: The Beltrami of Minnesota, Twin Cities Story Jane Mueller, Beltrami County, MN; Kyle Wikstrom, Pro-West & Associates In collaboration with Minnesota agencies, the University of Minnesota is actively involved with research and development of applications of remote Beltrami County, MN will share the process it underwent to modernize its GIS sensing for mapping land cover and monitoring water quality. A major recent and add value to land sales. Learn how the county improved workflow and accomplishment was to generate a new statewide land cover classification. user ownership using ArcGIS Online, turned multiple, tedious tasks into a The classification used a combination of multitemporal Landsat 8 and single streamlined process, and reduced an hours-long team effort to just LiDAR data, and was created using Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA). a few minutes of a single staff member's time. See the ArcGIS Online land This is a 15-meter raster dataset of a land cover and impervious surface sales application that's making a big difference for Beltrami, and the public- classification for 2013-14. By using objects instead of pixels, we were able facing solutions that are helping the county share land records information to utilize optical image data along with spatial and contextual information quickly, easily, and accurately. of objects such as shape, size, texture, and LiDAR-derived metrics to distinguish different land cover types. While OBIA has become the standard Goodhue County Custom Web Apps Using Esri Web method for classification of high-resolution imagery, we found that it works AppBuilder for ArcGIS (Developer Edition) equally well with Landsat imagery. For the objects classified as urban or Leanne Knott, Goodhue County developed, a regression model relating the Landsat greenness variable to percent impervious was developed to estimate the percent impervious In 2015 Goodhue County migrated several GIS web mapping applications surface area at the pixel level. The overall accuracy for 11 classes was 96 into the ArcGIS Online Web AppBuilder format but the cloud-hosted versions percent. of the apps offered limited customization and extensibility for County Tax Parcel Viewer web applications. Staff made the decision to utilize the downloadable Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS Developer Edition for a fully customizable deployment. GIS Systems Specialist Leanne Knott will discuss the business case for WAB Developer Edition, enterprise deployment, online resources, training, widget customization cycle using Javascript API, user feedback, and WAB new release upgrade challenges. A short demo of the WAB widget customization process will be included.

50 Developing a GIS Tool to Prioritize, Target and ABSTRACTS SESSION SESSION 44: HYDROLOGY ● Measure Water Quality Conservation Practices Friday, October 28 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Lake Superior O Kiah Sagami, Houston Engineering, Inc.; Drew Kessler, Houston Engineering, Inc. Conservation Irrigation Water Management Paul Senne, RESPEC Consulting & Services PTMApp or Prioritize, Target and Measure Application desktop and web viewer were developed by the International Water Institute and Houston Across the American agricultural landscape, many areas exist where Engineering through a BWSR clean water fund grant to enable users to groundwater use is approaching or already exceeds sustainable levels. comply with the Minnesota Clean Water Accountability Act (CWAA) when In Minnesota one of these areas is Little Rock Creek in Benton and planning water quality conservation activities. The presentation will discuss Morrison Counties. The state has determined that this coldwater trout how the GIS tool was developed using ArcGIS for Desktop and ArcGIS stream is impaired due to decreased stream flows, the resulting increase for Server. The presentation will show results from case studies across in temperature, low dissolved oxygen levels and high nitrates. A Total Minnesota where the PTMApp methods were used to target locations for Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study determined that the impairment is best management and conservation practices, and then measure the water due primarily to increased groundwater use, partly from crop irrigation. quality benefits at prioritized resource locations. This session will go through There exist freely available tools for producers to manage irrigation and the basics of how the desktop application works and from there how to use groundwater resources but most are outdated and no longer effective to the web viewer. meet current needs. This presentation will review the Irrigation Management Assistant (IMA) developed by RESPEC for the Benton County Soil and Water Conservation District. IMA is a web-based mobile friendly irrigation SESSION 45: DATA SHARING PANEL ♦ scheduling application. Behind the scenes is a PostGIS database utilizing triggered vector and raster data processing. The system also uses Python Friday, October 28 |10:30 a.m. – Noon | French River and GDAL to pull in outside data for use by the calculations; data such as NCEP Stage IV rainfall data using NOAA's Weather Climate Toolkit. Real-time Building Minnesota: A Multifaceted Discussion weather and stream monitoring data are imported as well as groundwater About Data Sharing and the Vision for Foundational and soil moisture sensor data. Flask and SQLAlchemy are used to tie these Statewide Geospatial Data backend database calculations to the client side JavaScript application Dan Ross, Minnesota Geospatial Information Office built on jQuery, Bootstrap and the Leaflet mapping API. For each user's agricultural field, the system recommends irrigation timing and volumes on We are at a turning point in Minnesota as we pursue the creation of a daily basis while providing the status of the impaired resource throughout foundational statewide geospatial data. This session will bring together an the growing season. The goal is to show that making calculated decisions open discussion with a team of authoritative data producers, aggregators on when and how much to irrigate based on individualized field factors, and users to discuss the vision for achieving statewide coverage of producers can reduce the environmental impact of irrigation while obtaining foundational geospatial data layers for Minnesota. We will discuss where multiple benefits such as increased yield and reduced irrigation input costs we are in delivering the vision, the barriers and issues, the laws related to using proven conservation practices. data sharing and discuss next steps that can and will create a turning point toward achieving the vision of having statewide data for Minnesota. Drainage Records Modernization Geodatabase Template Brian Fischer, Houston Engineering, Inc.; Jim Krumrie, MnGeo

The Board of Soil and Water Resource (BWSR) received an LCCMR grant to develop a geospatial database template with data standards and update the 2008 Drainage Records Modernization Guidelines for Minnesota Statutes Chapter 103E drainage systems by the end of 2016. The outcomes of this project will produce resources that a drainage authority can use for modernizing or storing information about the Chapter 103E public drainage systems it administers and a Drainage Records Hydrographic Database located on Minnesota GeoCommons. This presentation will provide an overview of the GIS database template, reasons to use it and give an example of what the aggregated hydrographic data might look like for a Statewide Drainage Records Hydrographic GIS layer. It will also discuss how drainage authorities can share their information via the MN Geospatial Commons or integrate the template with other solutions. Finally, we will discuss lessons learned in the development of this database template, feedback received during the testing process and resources available to users looking for resources available to Drainage Authorities.

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Expanding the Historical Mineral Exploration Document and GENERAL POSTERS Spatial Data Collection at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: The Polaris Joint Venture Exploration Collection — 2012 Minnesota Presidential Election Results by Precinct — Kevin Hanson, Minnesota DNR - Division of Lands and Minerals; Andrea Reed, Minnesota DNR - Division of Lands and Minerals Kyle Wikstrom, Pro-West & Associates, Inc The Polaris Joint Venture was a large-scale, five-year-long exploration This large print map shows the intensity of voting patterns across program targeting copper-zinc prospects in the greenstone belts of Minnesota precincts in the 2012 general election. This map was awarded northern Minnesota during the early 1980s. Ernest K. Lehmann & Third Place for ArcGIS Pro maps in the 2016 Esri User Conference Map Associates, in partnership with Getty and Billiton, completed airborne and Gallery. ground geophysical surveys, geologic mapping, geochemical sampling, and 50 drill holes within a 13,000 square mile study area that stretched The CIC Geospatial Data Discovery Project: A Multi-Institution roughly from Bemidji to Ely. In December 2014, the Lehmann Family Fund Project to Create an Open-Source Discovery Portal for donated the Venture's results and $10,000 to the Minnesota Department Geospatial Data Resources — Ryan Mattke, Borchert Map Library of Natural Resources (DNR), with the express purpose of having the DNR make the data digitally available to the public. Due to the manageable In July 2015, the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) began the CIC size of this donation, it also gave the DNR the perfect opportunity to Geospatial Data Discovery Project, a collaborative pilot project to provide experiment with new ways of managing its historical exploration document discoverability, to facilitate access, and to connect scholars across the CIC collection. The Lands and Minerals Division's goal for this collection is to to geospatial data resources. A majority of CIC member institutions are protect and preserve the original documents while making them readily participating in the project, including the University of Illinois at Urbana­- accessible to the public via the internet. There are now approximately Champaign, the University of Iowa, the University of Maryland, the University 20,000 individual pages available online from this collection comprised of of Michigan, Michigan State University, the University of Minnesota, 2,056 PDF documents. The documents are associated with 232 mineral Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, and the University of exploration footprints in northern Minnesota. The mineral exploration Wisconsin-Madison.­ The project is supporting the creation and aggregation documents include reports, maps, and raw data and are all available of discovery-focused metadata describing geospatial data resources from through the DNR webpage at: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lands_minerals/ participating institutions and will make those resources discoverable via an polaris/index.html. From the webpage, the user can search the documents open source portal. The poster will show the organizational formation and using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or a GIS shapefile with online links structure of this collaborative project, as well as the established processes to associated exploration documents. For an enhanced search, a web for collaborative geospatial metadata creation and portal development. map application is available that allows the user to click on a mineral exploration footprint to view (and download) the associated documents. The Easement Coordination Using a Python Scripted Geoprocessing web map also features background geologic data and DNR state mineral Algorithm — Jacob Monson, Western Area Water Supply Authority leasing data for reference. The DNR's next steps will be to adapt the new historical document management system to accommodate the other mineral The Western Area Water Supply Project (WAWSP) in northwestern North exploration collections. Dakota is a state funded initiative to develop and expand the water infrastructure throughout five counties to meet growing municipal, rural, and industrial needs in the area. This expansion requires a great deal of Incorporating Ecosystem Services of a Natural Capital to land acquisition via easements which in turn requires an effective process Perform Relative Valuation of Households' Storm-inflicted of mapping these easements for proposed routing. This presentation Health Outcomes under Optimal Private Defensive Strategies: details the GIS method utilized by the Authority of the WAWSP to efficiently A Case Study Analysis of the Coastal Areas of Bangladesh coordinate this workflow of easements. Namely, it is a Python scripted using Household Survey and GIS Mapping Analysis — Sakib geoprocessing algorithm using tools in ArcGIS to draw a features class of Mahmud, University of Wisconsin-Superior PLSS legal descriptions (surveys) from spreadsheets that represent the This paper introduces a theoretical model to estimate household valuation parcels (or portions thereof) needed for easements. Given their complexity of health risks from major storms given the presence of a natural capital, and variance, these surveys are drawn by way of dual approach. The first such as the mangrove forest, and accessibility to public programs. An approach addresses "simple" surveys (i.e., half/quarter portions of sections endogenous risk framework is developed in which the household can known as aliquots) and the second approach addresses "complex" surveys employ private defensive activities to protect against storm-inflicted health (i.e., metes and bounds, irregular tracts). This algorithmic method provides problems. Our theoretical model reveals possible estimation methods the Authority an efficient way of not only creating the visible, easement to derive households' marginal willingness to pay to reduce health risks polygons for maps but it also appends to these features all the other due to an increase in public programs and the greater storm protection pertinent data from the spreadsheets (i.e., ownership, status of negotiation, role of mangroves. Results show that these marginal willingness-to-pay etc.). Hence both the spatial and non-spatial data of the spreadsheets measures can be derived without the expected utility terms because they (and their subsequent updates) are made available as maps to the are a function of only prices and technological parameters. By combining easement coordinators, engineers, and project managers for an enhanced household survey data with GIS mapping, our empirical analysis of coastal visualization of up-to-date information pertaining to easement statuses households of Bangladesh impacted by 2007 Cyclone Sidr confirms the throughout the WAWSP. possible influence of mangroves in reducing storm-inflicted injuries or

52 illness. Part of the analysis is based on the indirect consumptive use values Mapping and Analyzing Stream Network Changes in Watonwan ABSTRACTS POSTER of the mangrove forest as a natural storm protection barrier against River Watershed — Fei Yuan, Minnesota State University, Mankato; storm-surges and flooding. Probability of a household experiencing adverse Roman Mulvihill, Minnesota State University, Mankato health impacts from a major storm is higher if it has access to ex-post One of the 12 major watersheds along the Minnesota River Basin, the public disaster relief programs but there is no conclusive evidence of facing Watonwan River watershed is located in south-central Minnesota with a negative health impacts if a household is located behind an embankment. total area of 561,620 acres. The 113-mile Watonwan River starts in central To reduce damaging health outcomes from a major storm, results reveal Cottonwood County and flows into the Blue Earth River, the largest tributary that the households are willing to pay the highest amount for greater storm of the Minnesota River, approximately eight miles southwest of Mankato. protection from mangroves followed by embankments and disaster relief Due to highly erodible soils and higher flows attributed to climate and programs. landscape changes in the Watonwan River system, there was a dramatic increase in the erosion level in the stream network of the watershed since European settlement in the late 1800s (MPCA, 2016). This study aims to Irrigation Master Plan for the McClusky Canal — Danielle Lee, assess stream network changes and disturbances in the Watonwan River AE2S watershed from 1855 to present. Historical surface water features (rivers, The McClusky Canal in North Dakota is currently authorized for the wetland, and lakes) surveyed in 1855 for the Watonwan Watershed are development of up to 23,700 acres for irrigation. Currently, the 74- digitized from the General Land Office (GLO) Plat maps. Contemporary mile canal is underutilized for irrigation, and the State funding for the natural stream networks will be extracted from a high-resolution Digital development of irrigation continues to go largely unused each biennium. Elevation Model (DEM) by a customized hydrological model. Stream order As a result, the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District (GDCD) elected to and drainage density will be calculated. Air photo interpretation from the engage Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc. (AE2S) end of erosion era since 1930s and field survey will be conducted to to help plan for future irrigation growth through the development of a validate the hydrological and landscape changes. Soil, precipitation, land comprehensive irrigation master plan for the McClusky Canal area. A GIS use, and conservation management data will also be collected and analyzed. analysis was crucial in locating potential irrigation project sites along the The results from this research can facilitate the understanding of past and McClusky Canal: by first performing an Irrigation Feasibility Analysis, and present hydrology as well as help examine the causes and effects of the then through an Overall Project Feasibility Analysis to determine which sites water feature changes in the study site. would be most suited to selection. A weighted sum analysis was chosen because it allowed for all of the factors to be considered relative to their importance in the overall project feasibility. For all identified land tracts that MinnesotaView: Remote Sensing Education, Research and have irrigation potential, the following factors were considered: Change in Geospatial Applications — Marvin Bauer, University of Minnesota; Elevation from the Canal; Distance from the Canal; Belongs in a Cluster; Joseph Knight, University of Minnesota Electrical Cost at the Closest Mile Marker; Land Owner Interest in Irrigation. MinnesotaView, a member of AmericaView, a nationwide consortium of The data related to each of these factors was classified so that a particular remote sensing scientists sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey, is land tract was assigned one value per factor, on a scale from 0-3 (where 3 working with state agencies and universities in Minnesota to advance remote = best, 2 = good, 1 = OK, and 0 = poor). Then, the value for each factor sensing research, applications, education and outreach. Its goals include: was multiplied by the assigned weighting factor, and the resulting weighted (1) support the development, distribution and application of geospatial values were summed to better identify more targeted parcels with irrigation information derived from remote sensing data for mapping and monitoring potential. Based on the results of the feasibility analyses, 12 potential land and water resources in Minnesota; (2) enhance understanding of project sites were identified for a more detailed design and cost analysis, the characteristics and applications of remote sensing data by agencies, from approximately 65,070 acres of land that had irrigation potential. colleges, businesses and citizens; (3) promote collaboration among agencies for development and application of remote sensing; and (4) contribute to remote sensing education, particularly by hosting the Remote LiDAR Derived Topographic Riparian Areas: Utilizing LiDAR Sensing Core Curriculum within online educational materials and tutorials. Digital Elevation Models to Produce Variable Width Riparian This poster presentation will provide an update on MinnesotaView activities Areas — Tyler Kaebisch, MN DNR Resource Assessment Office and land cover mapping and water quality monitoring projects at the Restoration and construction of riparian buffer zones to provide adequate University of Minnesota. shading along cold and cool water streams, in addition to managing heavy runoff of non-point source pollution and sediments associated with potentially more frequent and intense precipitation events, is a key strategy Nice Ride Minnesota Bike Share System, 2015 — David Fawcett, of the Lake Superior Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation report's plan MN.IT @ Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to manage habitats, species and ecosystem function. The Lake Superior Nice Ride Minnesota is a non-profit organization that provides public bike Biodiversity Conservation Strategy also strives to restore and protect self- sharing and other bike programs to Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and other sustaining brook trout populations in as many of the original native habitats Minnesota cities. Its programs aim to change the way that people perceive as practical by establishing forested riparian areas for shade and long and experience our cities and our transportation systems. Nice Ride is also term wood recruitment. In order to determine proper placement of riparian very progressive with its data, providing live system data via an API, and buffer zone boundaries, analysis of highly accurate topographic products publishing an annual dataset of station and trip records. This visualization is is essential. This poster details the methods used for generating variable based on data from 2015, the most recent annual dataset available. width topographic riparian areas from LiDAR derived digital elevation models to characterize the extent of wetlands along stream corridors for better management practices. LiDAR derived Next-Generation Hydrography products and digital elevation models were utilized as inputs to produce polygons which represent riparian features that directly impact the flow of water across the landscape. The resulting variable width topographic riparian areas can then be used to manage the restoration and construction of riparian buffer zones and improve the overall health of the watershed.

53 POSTER ABSTRACTS POSTER Open Land Analysis Using LiDAR to Help with Planning Efforts management and cover crops were identified as much-needed BMPs — Jamie Schulz, MN.IT @ DNR Fisheries, John Jereczek, Department of throughout the Trout Brook watershed. These BMPs were not modeled Natural Resources, Ecological and Water Resources in this analysis due to the large number of conventionally tilled acres and Elon S. Verry conducted a study that determined negative impacts could lack of an accurate treatment analysis model for pollutant reduction. It be seen on flooding in forested areas with greater than 60% land cover is an ongoing goal of the Dakota County SWCD to promote these BMPs disturbance. (Verry, 2001) With increasing pressure on limited resources, throughout the watershed. Potential projects were identified through a staff in the northeast corner of Minnesota were looking for more tools to process that included the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework help in planning and decision making exercises. Using LiDAR, areas were (ACPF), field reconnaissance, and identifying site-specific constraints identified in major watersheds 1 and 2 (along the north shore of Lake and characteristics. Once identified, potential sediment reductions were Superior) that meet the 60% disturbed criteria. When used along with other calculated and preliminary cost estimates were compiled. Projects were datasets and local knowledge, the open land analysis data can help identify then ranked based on the cost per ton of sediment removal per year areas to protect from disturbance. The data is being used to help during over a 10 year life cycle. 346 practices were identified and prioritized by planning processes at both the DNR and outside organizations. cost effectiveness, the top 50 of which are listed in Table 3. This poster illustrates the proposed location and aerial extent of recommended BMP projects within the Trout Brook watershed to provide a general Phantom Islands of Lake Superior — Geoff Maas, Tessera Design understanding and approach to reducing sediment loss and improving Lake Superior has been known to Europeans since the early 1600s, with water quality. If a specific project is selected for installation, site specific maps of the "big lake" appearing very soon after the initial French fur designs, landowner agreements, and funding sources must be secured in traders and missionaries arrived. A curious feature of maps from the order to implement the BMP. mid-1700s, while the lake was essentially controlled by the French, was the depiction of numerous islands which didn't physically exist. This poster Updating Watercourse Hydrography in Minnesota's Lake will examine the stories of several curious cartographic anomalies of Lake Superior Coastal Watersheds; Utilizing LiDAR Digital Elevation Superior islands that never existed yet appeared on maps for many years Models to Replicate Water Movement across the Landscape — and a few islands which once existed but have been lost, either to the action Tyler Kaebisch, MN DNR Resource Assessment Office of the waves or to the fading memory of history. The current inventory of Minnesota's stream and river centerlines, derived from 1960s USGS Topo maps, does not accurately represent or encompass A Ridiculously Large 1:54,000 (7 ft by 18 ft) St Louis County, all water conveyance features across the landscape. By analyzing LiDAR Mn Map — Jeff Storlie, St. Louis County Planning & Development derived digital elevation models, highly accurate water conveyance features A Big map. can be mapped to replicate flow across the landscape. Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Program and The Resource Assessment Office, both with the Minnesota DNR, have partnered to update hydrography within the Major The State of Free and Open Geospatial Data in Minnesota — 1 and Major 2 watersheds along the north shore of Lake Superior. This David Fawcett, MN.IT @ Minnesota Pollution Control Agency poster details the methods used for updating watercourse hydrography for the DNR 24k Stream and River Centerline Inventory utilizing LiDAR DEMs Over the last three years, ten Minnesota counties and a few Minnesota by assessing digital dams across the landscape to replicate concentrated cities have formally adopted policy statements to make their geospatial flow of water movement. Culvert inventories from multiple sources were data free and openly available. Several other counties make their geospatial verified and used to hydro-modify the LiDAR digital elevation models, which data available without a formal policy, and others are in the process of allowed for water movement and stream connectivity through digital dams considering open data policies and licenses. This map is intended to raise features such as roads, bridges and dams. LiDAR derived flow accumulation awareness around the current state of public open data policies, and spark lines were reviewed with aerial imagery and a hydrologic position index conversations about how we can work together to increase the adoption (HPI), which aided in determining concentrated flow across the landscape. of open data policies and common, well known open data licenses by local, A stream is a dynamic feature. Stream and river channels change with county, and state government in Minnesota. seasonal variance and major water events like flooding; therefore, highly accurate stream centerline inventory data is also dynamic and can be Subwatershed Analysis for Trout Brook — David Holmen, Dakota updated after significant water events with new LiDAR collects. The next County Soil and Water Conservation District; Curt Coudron, Dakota County generation LiDAR derived hydrography dataset for Major 1 and Major 2 Soil and Water Conservation District watersheds is currently available and being reviewed by DNR field staff; a finalized product will be then published to the Minnesota Geospatial Trout Brook has an 18,111 acre watershed and is located in southeastern Commons. Dakota County. Land use within the watershed is predominantly agricultural and topography, in general, is gently rolling to very steep, making the area challenging for conservation efforts. Water quality monitoring has led to placement on the impaired waters list after revealing high turbidity (2006), high nitrate concentrations (2010) and biological impairment due to lack of sensitive macroinvertebrates (2014). This poster details an analysis focused on identifying and assessing potential sediment reduction Best Management Practices (BMPs) in the watershed directly tributary to Trout Brook. During the field reconnaissance stage of this analysis, residue

54 POSTER ABSTRACTS POSTER Wildlife Habitat Linkages Surrounding Lake George and ArcGIS Online: Making an Effective Time-Enabled Map — Grace Southern Lake Champlain — Sam Talbot, University of Vermont Johnson, University of Minnesota Conservation priorities — when developed systematically and objectively The purpose of this project is to create dynamic maps for Esri's ConnectED — can maximize land protection efforts in heterogeneous landscapes initiative, a series of free online maps with lesson plans available for use susceptible to parcelization and development. One such region surrounds in K-12 curriculums. The focus of this poster is to outline the workflow, Lake George and Southern Lake Champlain, nested between the Green and issues, and solutions involved in creating one such map, "Global Energy Adirondack Mountains. This mosaic of conserved and private parcels sits Production and Reserves by Country, 1990 to 2014". Conversion of a upon an array of forest, agriculture, wetland, and development valuable dataset consisting of energy volumes for every country over the course of to both humans and resident wildlife species. This landscape's inherent 24 years for five types of energy into a time-enabled ArcGIS Online map with connectedness provides many benefits to wildlife, including species richness, drawing efficiency is a complicated problem. Drawing speed is a common enhanced persistence, and increased genetic interchange. However, it is concern when it comes to web mapping, especially when using the ArcGIS difficult to make definitive statements about potential wildlife movement Online timeslider and dealing with such a large amount of data. This poster through such complex matrices. Therefore, wildlife modeling approaches will discuss the issues encountered involving drawing time in time-enabled have evolved to paint a clearer picture of landscape connectivity. Sam layers and the subsequent solutions found. The methods used to create Talbot, ecological planning graduate of the University of Vermont, worked this map started with normalization of the original data into tables that with the Lake Champlain Land Trust and Lake George Land Conservancy to could be time-enabled. The data then needed to be joined with spatial data incorporate landscape connectivity and wildlife corridors into their strategic before publishing as a service to ArcGIS Online. The final map consists conservation planning efforts. This project, including a least-cost corridor of proportional symbols by country representing coal production, oil analysis of the region to highlight large swaths of contiguous habitat, production, oil reserves, natural gas production, and natural gas reserves provides the information critical to such conservation efforts. Using the from 1990 to 2014. Though the original plan was to create a choropleth ArcGIS program CorridorDesigner to conduct the analysis, with custom map with country border polygons, proportional symbols were used instead model parameters, identifies three discrete latitudinal corridors between to increase drawing speed. The time-enabled "year" field will display as a large established wildland blocks. These outputs were then evaluated full date (mm/dd/yyyy) in ArcGIS Online pop-ups so it is recommended to and compared based on several landscape factors. Ultimately, this study include a separate "year" field (that is not used for time-enabling) to be will inform conservation and management decisions, as well as enhance used in pop-up display. When using the time-slider, it is best to configure the dialogue among local conservation organizations. Advanced Options in order to set the play speed appropriately.

STUDENT POSTERS Attributing Deforestation to Commodities: Learning from the Past, Mapping the Current, and Projecting Risks in the Future — Peder Engstrom, Global Landscapes Initiative - University of Analyzing Ruffed Grouse Activity Areas Using an ArcGIS Model Minnesota, Twin Cities; Paul West, Global Landscapes Initiative - University — Jacqueline Brockman, Bemidji State University of Minnesota - Twin Cities This project utilizes an ArcGIS Model to determine Ruffed Grouse Activity Agriculture is the leading driver of tropical deforestation. This land Areas (RGAAs) and predict future activity areas based on planned timber clearing comes at the expense of biodiversity loss, increased greenhouse harvesting. Ruffed Grouse prefer aspen and need varied age classes gas emissions, poor air quality, and many other environmental impacts. throughout their life cycles as well as seasonally. Therefore, areas where Consumer demand for sustainable products has increased dramatically in multiple age classes of aspen are present are best suited for Ruffed Grouse recent years, particularly for goods typically produced in high biodiversity habitat. This model was created for use by the Beltrami County Natural areas, such as the Amazon and Southeast Asia. In order to better Resource Management office and allows the user to define a projected year understand the drivers of tropical deforestation, we track trends in these for analysis. This lets the user see the effects of future harvest plans on areas between 2000 and 2010, and estimate how cropland and pasture are RGAAs. The model begins by defining the aspen stands from other major driving deforestation at second-level administrative units in tropical areas. cover types. It then assigns each stand to one of four age classes based on In addition, this work also attempts to attribute those trends to individual year of origin or the year it will be harvested (dependent on the projected commodities such as soybean, palm oil, corn, cattle, sugarcane, and rubber. year variable assigned by the user). The next step buffers the necessary age classes to 100 yards, the desired area in which the age classes should intersect for a breeding pair of grouse. The model then intersects the Discovery: A Story Map Displaying the Extent of Robert Falcon three buffers and dissolves the intersected areas. Lastly the model clips Scott's First Expedition to Antarctica (1901-1904) with Additional Media Sources — Carl Reim, Polar Geospatial Center- these areas to the original aspen selection so that non-aspen areas are University of Minnesota not included in the RGAAs and an acreage field is added to the output and calculated. This model was tested on an area designated by Beltrami County This story map walks readers through the British National Antarctic Natural Resource Management as a desired Ruffed Grouse Habitat Project. Expedition (1901-1904), commonly referred to as the Discovery Expedition. The poster will represent the Model as well as maps of the test area with Led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the party spent two winters on Ross current and projected RGAAs. It will also explain the processes used and why Island, from which they led many scientific and exploratory excursions. the RGAAs are important to the Habitat Project. Based on charts created by members of the expedition, this story map outlines the extent of the expedition as they traveled to, from and across the Frozen Continent. Additional media sources are used to help viewers walk in the steps of some of the earliest Antarctic explorers.

55 WEB MAP ABSTRACTS MAP WEB WEB MAP ABSTRACTS This work was inspired by a similar population dot map that was created WEB MAPS by Dustin Cable, a former demographic researcher at the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. Metropolitan Transitways with Population Density of Ethnic Follow this link http://arcg.is/1Wv3nym to view the data via a full-page Minority Groups 2000-2010 — Andra Bontrager, Minnesota Center interactive web map. for Environmental Advocacy

This population dot webmap was developed in order to provide a Rice County Highway Asset Map — Michelle Trager, Rice County visualization of the distribution, density, and diversity of the minority ethnic groups in metropolitan area of Minneapolis and Saint Paul as they relate In the summers of 2014 and 2015, temporary GIS workers gathered spatially to the public transportation system. The Esri story map slider asset data on county roads. Data for culverts, bridges and guardrails application template was used to show the shifting spatial distribution were collected. We created an ArcGIS Online map to display the data. of ethnic populations over time. Use the slider bars to see the changes Tablets are being used to update and collect more data in the field. between the 2000 population and the 2010 population distribution of minority ethnic groups as they relate to the public transitway system and the URL: https://rice.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0b4d2 planned transit alignments. aabf4ad4f0cadd1b5cda93b9f0e The map utilizes data from data in the “Summary File 1” tables from the 2000 and 2010 US Census, as well as the existing and planned transit World Travels! — Kitty Hurley, MN.IT Services routes operated by Metro Transit. The map displays one random location What do cartographers do when they travel the globe? They take photos, point within the census block for each person where they were counted detailed notes, and sometimes get the exact coordinates of where they during each of the decadal census polls. The Metro Transit routes shown went, and put it all together. This interactive map showcases travels in include all existing and planned high-frequency bus routes, high-frequency Alaska (2015) and Italy (2016) in map form. transit corridors, stations and alignments for light rail and arterial bus routes. Existing and planned public transportation data was collected from URL: http://geospatialem.github.io/world-travels the Metropolitan Council based on the report “2040 Transportation Policy Plan”, and is current as of 2015. SIG ABSTRACTS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ABSTRACTS

FRONTIER PRECISION AND TRIMBLE PICTOMETRY USER GROUP GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS Thursday, October 27 | 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Horizon 203 Thursday, October 27 | 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Horizon 203 Customers and non-customers alike are invited for this informative New and existing Trimble users will experience networking and collaboration session on the latest developments at Pictometry. We’ll be discussing with their peers, and Trimble representatives! We will be covering topics Esri integrations (such as the WebAppBuilder), integrations with other such as integrating the new Trimble R1 and R2 GNSS receivers with Esri’s GIS/LIS vendors like GeoCortex, ProWest (and others), WFS, Ultra-high Collector 10.4 to learn how this new version fully supports these high resolution imagery, and our upcoming national user conference, FutureView. accuracy receivers, and what this means for you — the user! We will also Refreshments will be served. dive into Trimble imaging solutions like the Trimble UX-5 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for extracting high accuracy information and deliverables. Come join us to learn more about extracting data into intelligent and usable ARROWHEAD OWNERSHIP COLLABORATIVE information utilizing the latest in Geospatial technology! Friday, October 28 | 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Gooseberry Falls 1

At this user group meeting you can listen in on how the Federal, State and Local partners of the Arrowhead are working on improving public ownership both spatially and non-spatially, which in turn is benefiting the entire State of Minnesota with possible new standards on public ownership. You can also listen in on MnGeo’s Parcel and Land Records Committee and what the future holds for Cadastral data statewide.

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Booth 29 Booth 19 AE2S is a specialized civil/environmental consulting Bolton & Menk’s vast experience in providing GIS services engineering firm that provides professional services and our to counties and municipalities places us in a unique position unique brand of extreme client service to clients in the Upper to integrate the latest technologies into your infrastructure Midwest. management plan. Whether a community is interested in www.ae2s.com developing new GIS initiatives or finding ways to maintain and enhance its existing systems, Bolton & Menk brings its team of Certified GIS Professionals (GISPs) to the task. AERIAL SERVICES, INC. www.bolton-menk.com

Booth 2 Aerial Services, Inc. (ASI) is an integrated team of CARTEGRAPH professionals providing premier Aerial Acquisition, Digital Ortho, Vector Mapping, Terrain & LiDAR services to Booth 16 government, utilities, engineers, and other geospatial clients. Cartegraph is an operations management solution designed Based in the Iowa heartland for nearly 50 years, Aerial for local government organizations. It connects seamlessly Services’ strong work ethic, cutting-edge technology, and with the ArcGIS platform, empowering users to leverage spatial experienced staff combine to harness the power of geographic data to solve problems in a whole new way. information and provide solutions you need. www.cartegraph.com aerialservicesinc.com

CES IMAGING APPLIED IMAGERY Booth 20 Booth 17 CES Imaging has been in business for over 25 years. We offer Applied Imagery makes the Quick Terrain Modeler, a powerful complete reproduction equipment solutions and services. LiDAR and other 3D data exploitation software optimized From large format plotters/printers and scanners (from for both point clouds and DEMs. In addition to interactive manufacturers like Canon, KIP, HP, Epson) to small format visualization and intuitive analysis of enormous 3D data solutions (from manufacturers like Sharp, Oki Data, HP). We sets, Quick Terrain Modeler provides visual and quantitative also service everything we sell. Along with our equipment answers to difficult statistical questions. Applied Imagery’s options, we do offer reproduction services. software is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. www.cesimaging.com appliedimagery.com

CITYWORKS AYRES ASSOCIATES, INC. Booth 21 Booth 1 Since 1996, Cityworks® has been helping organizations Responding to the evolving needs of our clients – that's what maintain smart, safe, and resilient communities by streamlining we've been doing for half a century. Ayres Associates brings the care of public infrastructure, permitting, and property. a client-focused philosophy to mapping projects around the Built exclusively on Esri® ArcGIS® technology, Cityworks' country. We’ve been a leader in orthoimagery production, Web GIS-centric™ platform combines the authoritative LiDAR, surveying and GIS data development for decades. asset inventory in a geodatabase with business process Geospatial production is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. applications for managing workflow, scheduling resources, www.ayresassociates.com and prioritizing activities. Time-tested and proven, Cityworks is Empowering GIS® at more than 600 organizations around the world, saving time and money while improving operational efficiencies. www.cityworks.com

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CRESCENTLINK SOLUTIONS GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH Booth 22 Utilizing CrescentLink Solutions' powerful extensions built for Booth 25 ArcMap, our clients can take a project from the design, cost The Geospatial Analysis Center at UMD has a mission to estimation, and staking phases, to splicing fiber-optic cable promote and facilitate the sustainable integration of geospatial and managing copper and coaxial networks. If you manage a tools and perspectives into UMD teaching, research, service, fiber, copper or coaxial network, CrescentLink Solutions has the and operational activities. We do this through research and right tools for you. contract work, both on and off campus, to provide students

EXHIBITORS crescentlink.com with meaningful experiences and to support campus and our community with GIS solutions. www.d.umn.edu/gac DDMS, INC.

Student and Fun Run T-Shirt Sponsor GIS WORKSHOP, LLC de maximis Data Management Solutions (ddms) is a service- oriented company that provides world-class environmental Booth 7 data management, analysis and visualization services to GIS Workshop, LLC has been helping organizations get to a the environmental remediation, energy, natural resource better place through GIS solutions since 1999. We specialize industries and engineering community. ddms employs industry in all things GIS — from GIS Data Creation, Collection, and leading project managers, scientists, database administrators, Maintenance to GIS Application Development, Consultation, geospatial analysts, programmers and cartographers who and Training. GIS Workshop delivers specialized web-based, provide their clients with value services that advance their desktop, and mobile applications that increase operational business and technical project objectives and positions. efficiency to local government entities, public works www.ddmsinc.com departments, and private enterprises. gisworkshop.com

ESRI HOUSTON ENGINEERING, INC. Booth 8 Esri® helps organizations map and model our world. Esri’s Booth 5 GIS technology enables them to effectively analyze and manage Houston Engineering, Inc. (HEI) is a full service multi- their geographic information and make better decisions. They discipline consulting firm providing engineering, surveying, are supported by an experienced and knowledgeable staff and environmental, GIS, and planning services to local and national an extensive network of business partners and international clients. Our geospatial group has grown due to high demand distributors. for new solutions and collaborations. HEI’s technology www.esri.com complements traditional engineering strengths, and our diverse project portfolio demonstrates that we are ready to take on any challenge. FRONTIER PRECISION, INC. www.houstonengineeringinc.com

Booth 4 Frontier Precision has been a leading consultant of high quality Lake Superior National Estuarine Mapping/GIS equipment and supplies since 1988, a Trimble Research Reserve Dealer since 1991, most notably a Trimble Gold Partner. We focus on helping you put the pieces of the GIS Mapping Booth 6 puzzle in place. With offices in 7 Midwestern States, Frontier The Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve works has become one of Trimble’s largest volume dealers, being in partnership to improve the understanding of Lake Superior recognized annually as one of their largest volume distribution estuaries and coastal resources, addressing issues affecting partners. Frontier boasts 4 Trimble Certified Service Centers, coastal communities through an integrated program of 4 Trimble Certified trainers, and our own toll-free technical research, education, outreach and stewardship. The Reserve support line. was designated by NOAA in 2010 to be part of a national www.frontierprecision.com system and network of 28 Reserves. lsnerr.uwex.edu 60 EXHIBITORS LATITUDE GEOGRAPHICS GROUP, LTD. MSPS

Booth 3 Booth 14 Latitude Geographics helps organizations succeed with For more than 50 years, The Minnesota Society of web-based geography and make better decisions about Professional Surveyors (MSPS) and its predecessor, Minnesota the world around them. Latitude Geographics’ Geocortex Land Surveyors Association, has provided surveyors with software transforms how organizations design, develop and a wealth of resources and professional benefits including maintain Esri ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online web mapping education, fellowship, and communication. applications, paving the way for them to do even more, faster, www.mnsurveyor.com at less cost and risk, and with better results. ArcGIS by Esri is the world’s leading GIS platform, and Latitude has been an Esri Platinum Partner since 2010. NORTH POINT GEOGRAPHIC www.latitudegeo.com SOLUTIONS

Booth 9 MN GIS/LIS CONSORTIUM North Point Geographic Solutions (NPGS) is an innovative Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Information Near Stage Technology (IT) firm located in Duluth, Minnesota. We specialize Our mission is to develop and support the GIS professional in in Federal, State and Local Government, as well as Forest Minnesota for the benefit of our state and its citizens. Members Management GIS applications and solutions. Using the latest include GIS/LIS professionals from local, state, and federal in today’s GIS technology, software programming languages government agencies; business and industry; educational and Agile development techniques, we provide high quality, institutions; and nonprofits. responsive application development and data management www.mngislis.org services tailored to our individual client’s needs. www.northpointgis.com MARTINEZ GEOSPATIAL PANDA CONSULTING Booth 28 At Martinez Geospatial, our mission is to help our clients Booth 10 grow, sustain, and transform. We take tremendous pride Panda Consulting (Panda), a GIS consulting firm located in in developing innovative geospatial solutions and are Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was created in 1998 to provide continuously exploring new and better ways to provide our its clients with new and creative ways to apply GIS technology data. We have been in business since 1974 and specialize in ways that empower organizations and the individuals within in Photogrammetry, Land Survey, Mobile LiDAR Mapping, those organizations. Panda is an Esri Business Partner, High-Definition Laser Scanning, 3-D Spatial Modeling, and developer, reseller, consultant, beta tester and was recognized Visualizations. MTZ is local to the Twin Cities, but also serves with the Esri New Business Partner of the Year award for 2000. nationwide clients. Come check us out! www.pandaconsulting.com www.mtzgeo.com

PICTOMETRY MOORE ENGINEERING, INC. Booth 24 Booth 23 Pictometry International Corp., is the unparalleled provider Moore Engineering is an employee-owned civil engineering of aerial imagery, data analytics and GIS solutions serving and land surveying company, with specialized expertise in GIS the government and public utility sectors. The company’s applications. Working with over 100 cities, counties, campuses, patented image capture processes and 3D modeling algorithms developers and water resource districts throughout the region, coupled with analytic tools empower end-user workflows with Moore uses the latest technology to apply sound solutions while scalable, efficient and highly accurate answer sets in support of always respecting budgets. Through innovative project planning, emergency response, assessment, corridor mapping and more. technical excellence and a real pride in this region, we strive to For more information contact (866) 659-8439 or visit improve lives and create economic opportunities by building the www.pictometry.com infrastructure that makes communities strong. www.mooreengineeringinc.com

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Booth 13 Booth 11 Pro-West is one of the Midwest’s longest-established firms Surdex Corporation is a top aerial acquisition, digital dedicated to helping public and private entities integrate location orthophotography, digital mapping, and geospatial service technology into their business processes. We deliver GIS services provider since 1954. Our ownership has a strong foundation that align with business needs and bring value to our clients. in aerial data acquisition and geospatial data services. Our We are committed to providing unrivaled service, clarifying clients include federal, state, and local government, private clients’ visions, and ensuring the results they receive are well engineering, defense mapping/Homeland Security, and utilities. understood and offer long term solutions. With in-house resources of a fleet of specialized acquisition

EXHIBITORS www.prowestgis.com aircraft, large- and medium-format digital sensors, Airborne LiDAR sensor, and other equipment and staff for even the largest project. QUANTUM SPATIAL, INC. www.surdex.com

Booth 26 Quantum Spatial is a full-service geospatial firm specializing WISCONSIN LAND INFORMATION in spatial data generation, integration, and analysis for clients ASSOCIATION worldwide. Quantum Spatial brings decades of collective experience in providing quality geospatial solutions throughout Booth 18 North America. Quantum Spatial delivers solutions for clients Founded in 1987, the Wisconsin Land Information Association across all industry verticals with specialized expertise in (WLIA) is a grassroots organization representing a collection energy, transportation, utilities, environmental, mining, national of concerned professionals and students working to develop, security, federal agencies, state and local government, and maintain, and apply a network of statewide land information commercial applications. systems. We are united by an interest in land records www.quantumspatial.com modernization, GIS, and related technologies, and by the need for government policies and programs to support their efficient and effective application. RESPEC www.wlia.org

Thursday Networking Event Sponsor RESPEC is an integrated consulting and services firm with over WSB & ASSOCIATES, INC. 230 full-time employees and annual revenue over $30 million. Since our founding in 1969, RESPEC has remained committed Booth 15 to its original purpose of providing clients with high-quality Since 1995, WSB has remained dedicated to creating a culture technical and advisory services. Because of this commitment, of relationship building, forward thinking, and collaboration we place particular emphasis on personnel experience and that enables technically-advanced, thoughtful, and creative expertise, as well as the reliability and quality of our services. engineering and design solutions that build a legacy – your www.respec.com legacy. www.wsbeng.com

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Booth 27 Sidwell is an industry-leading geospatial solutions provider specializing in GIS products and services for state and local government. We offer cadastral mapping and land records management software and solutions, photogrammetric products and services, GIS asset management solutions, GIS website development and hosting, civic engagement solutions, and GIS consultation. www.sidwellco.com

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Booth Vendor Booth Vendor 1 Ayers Associates, Inc. 16 Cartegraph 2 Aerial Services, Inc. 17 Applied Imagery 3 Latitude Geographics Group Ltd. 18 Wisconsin Land Information Association 4 Frontier Precision, Inc. 19 Bolton & Menk, Inc. 5 Houston Engineering, Inc. 20 CES Imaging 6 Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve 21 Cityworks 7 GIS Workshop, LLC 22 CrescentLink Solutions 8 ESRI 23 Moore Engineering 9 North Point Geographic Solutions 24 Pictometry 10 Panda Consulting 25 Geospatial Analysis Center, University of Minnesota Duluth 11 Surdex 26 Quantum Spatial, Inc. 12 Great Lakes Historic Society 27 The Sidwell Company 13 Pro-West & Associates, Inc. 28 Martinez Geospatial 14 Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors 29 AE2S 15 WSB & Associates, Inc. 63 City Side Convention Center – Skywalk Level DECC MAP DECC

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65 THURSDAY, OCT. 27 2016 GIS/LIS CONFERENCE AT-A-GLANCE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 7:30 a.m. Conference Registration and Materials Pickup; Refreshments in Lake Superior Ballroom; Conference Mentor Meet and Greet at the Geolounge 8:00 a.m. Conference Welcome – Ryan Stovern, Conference Chair – Harbor Side Ballroom 8:30 a.m. Opening Keynote – Carrie Sowden, Archaeological Director, The Peachman Lake Erie Shipwreck Research Center 9:30 a.m. Opening Keynote Q & A 10:00 a.m. Morning Break, Exhibit Hall Open, Geolounge Open and Web Map & Poster Gallery Open – Lake Superior Ballroom 10:30 a.m. – Noon Concurrent Sessions: SESSION 1 Web Map Creation 1 (Gooseberry Falls 1) SESSION 6 Crowd Sourcing (Lake Superior L) SESSION 2 Survey 1 (Gooseberry Falls 2) SESSION 7 Great Lakes 1 (Lake Superior MN) SESSION 3 A Little of This, A Little of That (Gooseberry Falls 3) SESSION 8 Remote Sensing (Lake Superior O) SESSION 4 Government GIS 1 (Split Rock 1) SESSION 9 K-12 Panel (French River) SESSION 5 Coding (Split Rock 2) SESSION 10 User Group: Frontier Precision and Trimble Geospatial Solutions (Horizon 203) Esri Hands On-Lab (Board Room) Noon Awards Luncheon – Harbor Side Ballroom 12:15 p.m. State of the State – Dan Ross, GIO State of Minnesota 12:30 p.m. Polaris Awards Presentation – Mark Kotz, Awards Committee Chair 1:00 p.m. Student Scholar Awards Presentation – Stacey Stark, Higher Education Chair 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions: SESSION 11 Emergency Management (Gooseberry Falls 1) SESSION 17 Great Lakes 2 (Lake Superior MN) SESSION 12 Survey 2 (Gooseberry Falls 2) SESSION 18 Open Source (Lake Superior O) SESSION 13 Mobile Imagery (Gooseberry Falls 3) SESSION 19 Students — Undergraduate Competition (St. Louis River) SESSION 14 Government GIS 2 (Split Rock 1) SESSION 20 MN Geospatial Advisory Council (French River) SESSION 15 Data Sharing 1 (Split Rock 2) SESSION 21 User Group: Pictrometry (Horizon 203) SESSION 16 Product Demo 1 (Lake Superior L) Esri Hands On-Lab (Board Room) 3:00 p.m. Afternoon Break – Refreshments in Lake Superior Ballroom 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Last Call: Poster Gallery; People’s Choice Vote – Lake Superior Ballroom Concurrent Sessions: SESSION 22 Government GIS Collaboration (Gooseberry Falls 1) SESSION 27 Product Demo 2 (Lake Superior L) SESSION 23 Survey 3 (Gooseberry Falls 2) SESSION 28 St. Louis River (Lake Superior MN) SESSION 24 Utilities (Gooseberry Falls 3) SESSION 29 Web Map Creation 2 (Lake Superior O) SESSION 25 K-12 (Split Rock 1) SESSION 30 Students — Undergraduate Competition (St. Louis River) SESSION 26 Students — Graduate Competition (Split Rock 2) SESSION 31 Lightning 1 (French River) Esri Hands On-Lab (Board Room) 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Exhibitor Reception – Lake Superior Ballroom 6:30 p.m. Scholarship Awards – Lake Superior Ballroom 6:45 – 7:00 p.m. Exhibitor and GIS/LIS Raffle (must be present to win) – Lake Superior Ballroom 7:15 p.m. Thursday Night Social Event – Holiday Inn FRIDAY, OCT. 28 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 6:15 a.m. 5K Fun Run/Walk – Meet at the Northwest Corner of the Canal Park Lodge Parking Lot 7:30 a.m. Exhibit Hall, Geolounge Open and Refreshments – Lake Superior Ballroom 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions: SESSION 32 User Group: Arrowhead Ownership Collaboration (Gooseberry Falls 1) SESSION 36 Photogrammetry Panel (Lake Superior L) SESSION 33 Field Data Collection - Collector (Gooseberry Falls 2) SESSION 37 Interviewing Panel (Lake Superior MN) SESSION 34 Web Map Creation 3 (Gooseberry Falls 3) SESSION 38 Lightning 2 (Lake Superior O) SESSION 35 Higher Ed (Split Rock 2) SESSION 39 LiDAR/Hydrology Panel (French River) Esri Hands On-Lab (Board Room) 10:00 a.m. Morning Break; Exhibit Hall closes at 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. – Noon Concurrent Sessions: SESSION 40 Field Data Collection (Goosberry Falls 2) SESSION 43 ArcGIS Online (Lake Superior MN) SESSION 41 Workflows (Split Rock 2) SESSION 44 Hydrology (Lake Superior O) SESSION 42 Remote Sensing - Landcover (Lake Superior L) SESSION 45 Data Sharing Panel (French River) Esri Hands On-Lab (Board Room) Noon Lunch – Harbor Side Ballroom 12:45 p.m. Closing Keynote – Paddle to the Amazon, Dana Starkell 2:00 p.m. Business Meeting and Door Prizes – Tami Maddio, Board Chair – Harbor Side Ballroom