2020 VIRTUAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Preparing 9-1-1 for Indoor Mapping

  • In this session, learn why indoor maps are important for 9-1-1, where indoor maps will come from and how they will be maintained over time, and innovative techniques for scaling locally authoritative crowdsourcing of indoor maps across states.
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Using Satellite Imagery to Guide Natural Disaster Recovery

  • As climate change accelerates, and natural disasters become more frequent and severe, there is a growing need for governments, companies, and nonprofits to have a clear understanding of what is happening on the ground.
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Improving Emergency Response with Innovative Geospatial Technology

  • This presentation will focus on two practices in Michael Baker International that are rapidly advancing emergency response – Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Solutions and NG9-1-1.
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Imagery-as-a-Service in the Time of COVID-19

  • How imagery-as-a-service helps government group responding to COVID-19 working conditions.
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HxGN Content Program imagery enables nationwide AI feature extraction

  • Learn about a new initiative enabling GIOs to invest in Hexagon's content ecosystem to purchase data above the standard specifications, as well as the latest developments in AI and data analytics.
richard wadetexasbill singletonecopiaimagery

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3DEP Interest Group

  • In this session: a 3DEP update from USGS, participant 3DEP news, and a discussion on strategies for focusing resources on areas for which 3DEP has yet to be collected.
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GeoWomen

  • GeoWomen was organized to promote women's leadership in GIS, attract more women into GIS careers and encourage greater NSGIC involvement by women. All who support women's leadership in GIS are invited to participate.
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Western States Caucus

  • The Western States Caucus provides an opportunity for representatives from Western states and other stakeholders to discuss topics specific to the region.
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State/Tribal Collective

  • Join the boards of the NSGIC and NTGISC (National Tribal Geographic Information Support Center) to discuss hot topics like the census, murdered and missing indigenous women, and COVID-19; models of successful collaboration; and more.
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Coastal Caucus

  • A NSGIC tradition since 2007, the Costal Caucus provides an opportunity for coastal states and federal partners to discuss tools, resources, and case studies.
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Business Meeting

  • The NSGIC Business Meeting is held each year during the organization's Annual Conference. The order of business is set forth in the NSGIC bylaws.
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Participatory Keynote

  • Thao Ton-That Whelan (International Committee of the Red Cross) will deliver keynote remarks in a special session kicking off the live programmic portion of the conference. Following her thought-provoking remarks, participants will move into small groups.
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Welcome

  • With Virtual Annual Conference Emcee Jake Williams (StateScoop) and NSGIC President Karen Rogers (WY), President-Elect Frank Winters (NY), Past President Dan Ross (MN), Conference Chair Phillip Henderson (AL), and Executive Director Molly Schar.
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Trials and Tribulations of Extracting National Hydrography Dataset Flowlines from IfSAR-Derived Digital Elevation Models: Some New Approaches

  • This session discusses differences between lidar-derived and IfSAR-derived digital elevation models (DEMs) relative to flowline extraction, preparing DEM surfaces and feature extraction, and challenges with using IfSAR-derived DEMs in Alaska.
on-demandnhdal karlinryan ligonjoshua novacdewberry

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Leveraging Open Source GIS

  • In this session, learn how to amplify the capabilities of your GIS toolkit by integrating cutting-edge open source libraries.
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States Riparian Areas Base Map

  • Riparian areas are important natural resources that are rich in biodiversity and ecological and hydrological functions. In this session, explore a robust GIS model to quantify riparian areas utilizing free available data and hydrological inputs.
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Managing and Distributing Statewide Lidar Data

  • In this session, learn how everybody - not only geospatial experts - can ingest, catalog, and publish point cloud and other data types (raster, vector, elevation, and photo mesh) for dissemination via the web.
3depon-demandbruce chaplinhexagon

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Putting 3DEP Data to Work

  • 3D Elevation Program data provides three-dimensional representations of landscape and constructed features. This session highlights the application of this valuable National Geospatial Data Asset and encourages participants to explore the use of 3DEP data.
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Cataloging Aerial Imagery Collection and Forecasting Future Collections at all Levels of Government

  • Accurate geolocation of houses and roads is necessary to ensure the highest quality spatial accuracy in the decennial census and other surveys conducted by the US Census Bureau. Learn about efforts to enhance coordination between neighboring states.
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Who, What, and Where: A Guide to Federal Geospatial Resources for States

  • As geospatial information becomes the foundation for more and more initiatives, the federal government has a multitude of agencies that collect, analyze, store, and distribute spatial data. This session focuses on imagery resources.
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