Spring has finally made an appearance! As temperatures rise and the snow has melted, new projects and challenges make an appearance. Leveraging GIS as a resource for assisting staff with seasonal endeavors can help mitigate the shift from the harsh winter time to the busy spring and summer months. This webinar will demonstrate several technologies […]
The Collector App is being utilized by many of the GIS Consortium communities to gather valuable data. These projects have been used to empowered staff to make informed decisions as well as allowing them to easily collect data that has been requested for years. Since you, our clients, have embraced Collector with such enthusiasm, we […]
Have you ever wondered if MapOffice™ could do more than just display GIS data? Thanks to the continuous feedback from people like you, several new ways to customize and enhance the MapOffice™ experience have been developed to make it more flexible and display information in a more complete and informative way. This webinar will highlight […]
Making decisions in your community becomes easier when supported with insightful reports and proactive analysis. Reports produced from GIS data assist local government by overcoming “big data” and providing clarity in place of confusion. This webinar will demonstrate various ways on how communities are leveraging GIS reports to think strategically, and better serve their customers […]
Local government works with, and receives support from, numerous federal, state, and county level agencies. This support is often provided and managed through compliance with regulatory programs administered by those agencies, which can often take a tremendous amount of community resources and staff time to support. This webinar will demonstrate various ways that communities are leveraging GIS to help save time and money while complying with these programs through advanced geographic data analysis and community staff support
We are happy to announce that registration is now open for the GIS Consortium and MGP 2015 Vision Tour. We invite you to join a group of your peers to hear MGP Executive Tom Thomey discuss the 2016 strategic vision for both the GIS Consortium and MGP. There are three tour stops, with each hosted at a different Consortium community. Please register for the tour date and location that works best for you. We look forward to seeing you there!
Data is often used to support ideas and proposals. However, databases, tables, and spreadsheets do not typically make for the most exciting medium to convey these ideas. The webinar will demonstrate how communities are leveraging Story Maps to bring their data to life and communicate information to staff and the public in an interactive and engaging environment.
Every community in the Consortium uses a variety of programs and databases to store critical enterprise information. The challenge most communities often face with these systems is that not all stakeholders of the data have easy access to it or are proficient in how to use the programs themselves. This webinar will demonstrate the various ways that communities are using GIS to connect to and integrate with the information stored in these enterprise systems. Examples will range from simple integration, such as creating custom display layers from program data, to total integration, such as the ability to edit GIS data directly in a 3rd party program.
One of our values at MGP is innovation, which involves actively improving upon the past. Our Specialists, together with community staff, are constantly innovating solutions to projects and tasks within their communities to make them more efficient. This webinar will demonstrate how communities are leveraging the various solutions offered through ArcGIS Online to improve daily workflows. These include Story Maps, Collector App, and Web Maps.
In the Midwest, winter brings its own unique set of challenges to local governments. As the temperature drops and snow begins to fall, snowplows hit the road, the likelihood of sever weather events increase, and roads take a beating. Leveraging GIS as a resource for assisting staff with managing these events can help mitigate the impact a harsh winter season has on both staff time and community resources. This webinar will demonstrate several methods and technologies that are currently available in your community to help reduce your winter woes.