 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Speed Networking

• The fun and fast-paced series of events where sponsors rotate to complete the circuit of visiting with all participating states. All state representatives should plan to attend; sponsors must have pre-arranged participation.

 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

State Caucus

• A roundtable discussion with state and local government representatives to talk frankly about the most pressing issues of the day. Restricted to state/local government only.

 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Taking Spatial Automation to the Next “Level”: How 1Spatial is Implementing its New 3D Capabilities

• The presentation during the Lunch and Learn will review the differences between 2D, 2.5D and 3D data and how when the time comes, you can automate the process of creating and validating your datasets across all dimensions.

 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

How Can We Help the Geospatial Data Act Help Us?

• There is a much excitement in the location community since the GDA became a law in 2018. However, the GDA implementation felt like it's in its early stages, with much work to be done on the data acquisition, standards, and collaboration/partnership fronts.

 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Business Meeting

• The Business Meeting, required by the NSGIC Bylaws, features reports by Board Officers, Executive Director, Committees, awards, and election results. The meeting is held in two parts.

 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Business Meeting

• The Business Meeting, required by the NSGIC Bylaws, features reports by Board Officers, Executive Director, Committees, awards, and election results. The meeting is held in two parts.

 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Keynote: Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

• Secretary Degraffenreid leads the modernization of elections in Pennsylvania, where she continues to champion GIS as a tool to provide transparency, accuracy, and confidence in elections.

 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Build Strong GIS Teams: Open Source for GIS

• Brendan will highlight the step by step process of getting your statewide GIS technical teams positioned to take advantage of free and open source GIS tools. Exemplary case studies of successful use of open source GIS tools at the state level.

 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Topographic Change at the Statewide Scale: An Indiana Case Study Powered by OpenTopography

• The size and complexity of high resolution lidar topographic datasets can pose challenges for both end-users, as well as federal, state, and local agencies tasked with curating and delivering these open datasets.

 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Roll Call of States & Welcome Lunch

• Lunch is served! In this welcome session, we'll also enjoy a fast-paced Roll Call of States. State representatives and other NSGIC member representatives will be asked to come to the front of the room (or unmute if participating virtually) and say hello.

 3DHP FORUM

Washington NHD Strategic Plan for EDH: Taking Advantage of Opportunities

• August's Elevation-Derived Hydrography for the 3D National Hydrography Dataset (EDH for 3DNHD) Monthly Forum discussed Washington's strategic plan for enhancing existing National Hydrography Datasets.

 WORKSHOP

3DEP Gap Analysis Workshop 3: Gap Strategies and Planning

• The workshop focused on strategies to address 3DEP data gaps and methods for compiling strategies into a plan of action.

 3DHP

USGS 3DTNM for Action: Part 1 3D Hydro Program (3DHP)

 INTEREST GROUP MEETING

NSGIC 3DEP Interest Group Meeting | July 29, 2021: QL0

 3DHP FORUM

Exploring the Development and Maintenance of Indiana’s Local-Resolution National Hydrography Data

• July's 3DHP Monthly Forum discussed Indiana’s development and maintenance of local-resolution National Hydrography Data.

 FIRESIDE CHAT

Fireside Chat with TomTom

• TomTom Senior Partnership Development Manager Robert Hoyler and Cy Smith, DAS/CIO Oregon Geospatial Enterprise Office shared insights on public/private partnerships (P3) in this fireside chat.

 WEBINAR

Redistricting using GIS in 2021 - extraordinary challenges, extraordinary solutions

• Our panel of election and GIS experts from Arkansas, North Carolina, and Utah shared their advice, experience, and tips for getting prepared for the 2021 redistricting efforts.

 OGC USA FORUM

OGC USA Forum - GDA Community Workshop

• OGC and NSGIC collaborated on a community workshop that was focused on maximizing understanding, readiness and impacts of the GDA, and was hosted as part of the OGC USA Forum.

 3DHP FORUM

Culvert Mapping and Hydro-enforcement in the Lake Superior Region

• June's 3DHP Forum featured Wisconsin's efforts to modify their elevation data to better represent flow through man-made drainage structures such as culverts and bridges.

 3DHP FORUM

Building the Infrastructure for Updating the National Hydrography Datasets with Elevation-Derived Hydrography – Alaska Leads the Way

• May's 3DHP forum featured the state of Alaska describing their process for building infrastructure to update National Hydrography Datasets.