Thursday, November 17, 2022

Future Plans for the NDGIS Blog

As time goes on and technology changes, it's important to periodically take stock on how things are being done and determine if there are more efficient ways of doing those things while maintaining the existing functionality or even improving upon it. 

The NDGIS Blog has been serving us well for over 11 years. It appears that the type of content posted on the Blog can now also be done on the NDGIS Website. Although the authoring/editing environment and browsing/searching on the Website aren't as streamlined compared to the Blog, both are functional with the resulting articles containing the same content and usability. In addition, having the content on the Website results in ease of navigation to the content with one or two less clicks. And finally, we've all seen where software providers deprecate certain applications we depend upon. By making the change now, should Google decide to drop their Blogger tool in the future we'll be ready for that.

From this point forward, we plan to no longer post content to the Blog, eventually moving the Blog to archive status with the idea of moving the existing Blog link from the menu on the Website to another location.

Thursday, October 13, 2022

Updated Datasets on the GIS Hub

A number of datasets have been updated on the GIS Hub by the North Dakota State Geospatial Committee data stewards.  These are:

School Districts (updated, courtesy of Department of Public Instruction)

PLOTS Lands (updated, courtesy of Game and Fish Department)

Fire Districts (updated, courtesy of Department of Transportation)

County Roads (updated, courtesy of Department of Transportation)

Corporate Boundaries (updated, courtesy of Department of Transportation)

Railroads (updated, courtesy of Department of Transportation)

And don't forget about the Statewide Parcel Dataset:

  • The data is updated weekly (each county may have variable update frequencies)
  • The data are available HERE
  • The Parcel Program website is HERE
  • If you are using the parcel data, please consider taking a little survey to help us understand how you are using that data

These datasets can be downloaded and/or accessed via web-based data services.  More information on these datasets can be found on the GIS Hub Data Portal. You can search for these datasets (e.g., type in: drastic) or you may find it convenient to simply locate the data by browsing through the themes.

Check out the ArcGIS Online section of Accessing Web Services and the Data Download page for help on using the GIS Hub Data Portal. 

Friday, September 30, 2022

2022 North Dakota Geospatial Summit Wrap-Up

 


The 2022 North Dakota Geospatial Summit, held September 14-15 at the Bismarck Event Center, was a success!  There were 110 registered attendees with 33% from state agencies, 23% from the private sector, 18% from counties, 13% from education,
 10% from cities, and 3% from federal agencies. 


Below the photos are links to most of the presentations.


We had two excellent keynote speakers:

Bill Johnson of AppGeo

Adam Carnow of Esri

The Esri Hands-On Learning Lab provided many no-cost educational opportunities guided by an Esri instructor:

Course Selection



Student Station - External Screen Too!





















Without our sponsors, the Geospatial Summit would not have been possible, thank you!


Thank You Sponsors!


Sponsor's Exhibits



Extra Activities

The Puzzle Was a Hit!


Links to Presentations


General Sessions

Carpe Geo – A Field Guide to Enjoying Your Career Journey (keynote)

Alignment of GIS to Your Business: What It Is, Why It’s Important & How To Do It (keynote)

State Geospatial Program Update

A2. Emergency Ops

You’re My Best Friend: Next Generation 9-1-1 and GIS 

GIS for Next Generation 9-1-1 & The Added Value Proposition 

A3. Application

Using Data.census.gov

Storymaps: Let's Talk about Science!

A4. Government

Learning on the Fly: The MN GIS Response to Bird Flu in 2015 and 2022

Saas GIS for Local Government

B2. Government

GIS Applications for Mapping and Data Management

2022 Elections: Improving voter data & the citizen experience

USGS The National Map: Products and Services

The North Dakota Parcel Program 

B3. Core Geospatial

Keeping it Fresh: Asset Collection for ND State Parks

Well-Rounded with GIS: Managing the Flow of Information in Waterworks

Fiber Optic Network

Replacing the Clipboard with ESRI’s Survey123

B4. Data

UAS Lidar Mission Planning and Applications

Unmanned Technologies for Data Collection

The American Community Survey and new 2020 statistical geography 

B5. Technology

Emerging Trends in State & Local Government

EDGE: Ethnically Diverse Geospatial Engagement

Geographic Approach to Public Works

A Geospatial Analysis of the Association between Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Organochlorine Pesticide (OCP) Contaminated Groundwater in Rural North Dakota

C2. Technology

Understanding & Effectively Utilizing the ArcGIS System

C3. Analysis

A Look Underneath the Climax Slump

C4. Data

Updates to BOYD On Demand Accuracy and What This Means for Your Workflow

D2. Data

ArcGIS Solutions: A Tour for Water Utilities

40 years of Change: Census block demographics

D3. Application

Powering Processes with Modern GIS at Stark County

D4. Analysis

NDDOT Roadway Data from Past to Present

Soil carbon in the Red River Valley: towards precision quantification and modeling 

D5. Technology

Using Machine Learning and Fractional Response Model to Predict and Understand the Impact of COVID-19 in North Dakota 



Future North Dakota Geospatial Summit

We’re already thinking about the next Geospatial Summit, which likely will be in the fall of 2024.  If you would like to be a part of this next Summit in some way, such as being on the planning committee, providing a presentation, providing sponsorship, etc., 
please let us know!  Thank you!


Monday, March 7, 2022

Updated Datasets on the GIS Hub

A number of datasets have been updated on the GIS Hub by the North Dakota GIS Technical Committee data stewards.  These are:

DRASTIC Analysis of Aquifers (updated, courtesy of the Department of Environmental Quality)

GTS Aquifers (updated, courtesy of the Department of Environmental Quality)

Sensitive Groundwater Areas (updated, courtesy of the Department of Environmental Quality)

County Roads (updated, courtesy of Department of Transportation)

Fire Districts (updated, courtesy of Department of Transportation)

Corporate Boundaries (updated, courtesy of Department of Transportation)


And don't forget about the Statewide Parcel Dataset:
  • The data is updated weekly (each county may have variable update frequencies)
  • The data are available HERE
  • The Parcel Program website is HERE
  • If you are using the parcel data, please consider taking a little survey to help us understand how you are using that data

These datasets can be downloaded and/or accessed via web-based data services.  More information on these datasets can be found on the GIS Hub Data Portal. You can search for these datasets (e.g., type in: drastic) or you may find it convenient to simply locate the data by browsing through the themes.

Check out the ArcGIS Online section of Accessing Web Services and the Data Download page for help on using the GIS Hub Data Portal. 

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Updates to GTS_Aquifer Layer

The ND GIS Hub has a variety of hydrography layers, some for very specific purposes.  The GTS_Aquifers layer is one such specific layer. The GTS_Aquifer layer is created and used by scientists at the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) to prioritize aquifer monitoring efforts in the Groundwater Protection Program. To avoid confusion, previous versions of the GTS_Aquifer layer from 1997 and 2019 will be archived in the coming weeks. After March 31, 2022, only the most recent version, GTS_Aquifers (without the year designation in the name), will be available on the hub data portal and for download. Future updates will be incorporated into that layer and not a separate layer.   

Scientists at the NDDEQ first conducted the North Dakota Geographic Targeting System for Groundwater Monitoring (GTS) in 1997 as a method of assigning monitoring priority to shallow aquifers. In 2015, NDDEQ scientists updated the aquifer priority listing in response to changing aquifer boundaries, land use, and groundwater appropriation from the state’s aquifers. The analysis was complete and first published in 2018. NDDEQ scientists published an additional update to address water levels in confined aquifers in October 2019 and placed the layer on the NDGIS Hub as “GTS_Aquifers_2019” layer. 

In January 2021, 68 new aquifers were analyzed using the GTS methodology and are also included in the GTS_Aquifer layer. Four previously existing aquifers were updated and all aquifer boundaries updated to match North Dakota Water Resources Department aquifer delineations and names as of January 2021.  Description of method used is available in the "2021 GTS Addendum" report.  The 2019 Geographic Targeting System Report is also available online here

If you have any questions about NDDEQ's data or maps, visit our website or contact Ann Fritz at afritz@nd.gov.  For more information about NDDEQ's Groundwater Protection Program, contact Carl Anderson at cjanders@nd.gov.  

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

New and Updated Datasets on the GIS Hub

A number of datasets have been updated and two new ones placed on the GIS Hub by the North Dakota GIS Technical Committee data stewards.  These are:

NAIP 2021 Aerial Photography (updated, courtesy of the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP), now includes web service)

State and Federal Roads (updated, courtesy of Department of Transportation)

Mile Markers (updated, courtesy of Department of Transportation)

County Roads (updated, courtesy of Department of Transportation)

Bismarck-Mandan 2020 Aerial Photography (new, courtesy of the Cities of Bismarck and Mandan)

Cass County 2021 Aerial Photography (new, courtesy of Cass County, ND)


And please don't forget about the Statewide Parcel Dataset:

  • If you are using the parcel data, please consider taking a little survey to help us understand how you are using that data
  • The data are available HERE
  • The Parcel Program website is HERE

These datasets can be downloaded and/or accessed via web-based data services.  More information on these datasets can be found on the GIS Hub Data Portal. You can search for these datasets (e.g., type in: marker) or you may find it convenient to simply locate the data by browsing through the themes.

Check out the ArcGIS Online section of Accessing Web Services and the Data Download page for help on using the GIS Hub Data Portal. 

Friday, January 14, 2022

Updated and New Datasets on the GIS Hub

A number of datasets have been updated and a new one placed on the GIS Hub by the North Dakota GIS Technical Committee data stewards.  These are:

Wetlands (Updated, courtesy of Game and Fish Department)

Wetlands Linear (Deprecated, no longer being maintained)

Legislative Districts (Updated, courtesy of Legislative Council)

Mineral Trust Lands (Updated, courtesy of Department of Trustlands)

Watershed Boundary Dataset (Updated, courtesy of Department of Environmental Quality)

NAIP 2021 Aerial Photography (New, courtesy of the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP), download only at this time)


And don't forget about the Statewide Parcel Dataset:
  • The data are available HERE
  • The Parcel Program website is HERE
  • If you are using the parcel data, please consider taking a little survey to help us understand how you are using that data

These datasets can be downloaded and/or accessed via web-based data services.  More information on these datasets can be found on the GIS Hub Data Portal. You can search for these datasets (e.g., type in: legislative) or you may find it convenient to simply locate the data by browsing through the themes.

Check out the ArcGIS Online section of Accessing Web Services and the Data Download page for help on using the GIS Hub Data Portal.