GIS in Action 2019

The Road to the 2020 Census 
Emily Day, U.S. Census Bureau
The U.S. Census Bureau’s Geographic Partnership Programs provide tribal, state, and local governments an opportunity to review and update the addresses and boundaries the Census Bureau has for their communities. This authoritative local data completes the Census Bureau’s geographic framework for data collection, tabulation, and dissemination, and is vital to the success of the 2020 Census, the American Community Survey, and many other censuses and surveys. This session will provide an overview and update of the 2020 Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Operation, the 2020 Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP), the 2020 New Construction Program, the annual Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS), and the 2020 Boundary Validation Program (BVP).

A Rural County's Experience Deploying ArcGIS Enterprise
Levi Roberts, Crook County
Crook County is a rural County with a relatively small population. The County had implemented a standalone version of ArcGIS Server, and used a hybrid Server/Online environment to host online mapping applications. This worked but there were many limitations, especially with ArcGIS Pro coming in the near future. Over the winter the County migrated to a full Enterprise environment. This presentation will cover the reasoning for making the jump, as well as the steps involved and lessons learned along the way.

Interfacing ArcGIS Desktop and GIS Server for Web-Based Basin Analysis GIS
Lesley Bross, Jarrett Keifer, and Geoffrey Duh, Portland State University
The Center for Spatial Analysis and Research (CSAR) at PSU is currently engaged in a multi-year agreement with the USDA-NRCS, National Water and Climate Center (NWCC) to develop a spatial decision support system (SDSS) for improving water forecast accuracy. One of the goals of the SDSS is to make the GIS data used in the analysis available to government and public users. We designed and developed a data repository framework (eBAGIS) that integrates the geoprocessing capabilities of an existing desktop basin analysis GIS (BAGIS) and an internet-based GIS server to share the basin analysis GIS data. This presentation introduces the PostgreSQL-based GIS repository developed in Django, a high-level Python web framework, and the REST APIs developed for interfacing with ArcGIS Desktop addins implemented with VB .NET framework. The internet GIS repository (webservices.geog.pdx.edu/ebagis/) allows NWCC water supply forecasters and hydrologists to upload their basin analysis GIS data created on their desktop ArcMap and share these data with water managers and the public over the internet.

Challenges Connecting Building Information and GIS
Wayne Coffey, Tanja Hopmans and Levi Cecil, Portland Public Schools and Christine Rutan, Oregon Metro
PPS has struggled for many years maintaining accurate building system information. Initiatives to re-build data infrastructure have resulted in updated AutoCAD floorplans and enhanced GIS infrastructure to manage and share school facility data. Our IWMS (IBM-Tririga) tracks detailed operations activity and integrates bldg/room bi-directionally with AutoCAD to maintain accuracy between area measures and labeling. Since GIS provides more accessibility using webmap services, our goal is to establish stronger connections between all three systems that gives building operations visibility to a wider audience.
Working with our local GIS vendor, The Gartrell Group, PPS established workflow processes that convert CAD floorplan geometry into a geodatabase with record ids (using a combination of Python and Lisp scripting) that can then integrate detailed data related to from the IWMS data warehouse into the geodatabase. The result is a more accessible and manageable source of key operations data that leverages ArcGIS licensing and tools while not disrupting the more complex IWMS/CAD tools. Currently PPS harnesses these processes into a “Portland Maps” like tool that provides a map interface with tiered data summaries of schools from the property, the building, the floor (where the floor plans are then visible) and room queries. Many issues still exists. Our team would like to demonstrate successes and how these parallel/differ from ESRI’s emerging Indoor Mapping application.

How mature are we? Insights into Oregon's GIS Framework
Theresa Burcsu, State of Oregon
Oregon’s GIS Framework program, now in its official 19th year, has experienced tremendous success by building a strong network of Oregon GIS community members, increasing awareness of geospatial data value across partner organizations, and creating an impressive collection of datasets. The program is now preparing to start a major overhaul in response to legislation passed during to the 2017 Oregon legislative session. Before initiating major changes, it is important to have a clear understanding of the current maturity of Oregon GIS Framework to serve as a baseline for future assessments. This presentation will explain the methods used to perform Oregon’s maturity assessment and its outcomes. It will conclude with lessons learned as well as recommendations and plans for future activities in the near and long terms.

Geospatial Data Act and Oregon’s Spatial Data Infrastructure
Cy Smith, OSCIO Geospatial Enterprise Office
Information about people, places, and events in Oregon are key to effective and consistent provisioning of government services. Those services are sometimes provided by a government organization at a single level, but it is more likely that services are provided by a combination of government organizations that exist at multiple levels: city, county, special district, regional, tribal, state, federal. Those organizations often have to work together to provide needed services. If they can share information with each other and with their customers or clients, services can be provided more efficiently and consistently. The public can receive the same level of service in a rural area that they receive in a more urban area. That’s really the point of a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) and Oregon’s spatial data infrastructure, our geospatial Framework. Congress enacted the Geospatial Data Act in October 2018 to authorize the coordinated development of the NSDI. Oregon’s Legislature enacted ORS 276A.500-515 in July 2017 to authorized the coordinated development and sharing by public bodies of Oregon spatial data infrastructure. Both efforts are moving forward, and this presentation will describe the progress made so far and what the future holds for all of us.

GEOHub Portal Conceptual System Design
Marcus Glass, Timmons Groups
The State of Oregon Geospatial Enterprise Office (GEO) has undertaken the development of a Conceptual System Design for the GEOHub portal that will provide a platform to securely share data among public bodies that utilize the Framework layers designated by the Oregon Geographic Information Council. The GEOHub will provide cost-savings, a greater ROI for all participants and more importantly, create data consistency across all public bodies.
Our presentation will provide an update on the initiative and create a forum to ask questions of Cy Smith, Oregon’s GIO, and Timmons Group, consultant.