GIS Day 2020

View Presentations and Other Event Materials

If you weren't able to attend or want another look, some of our speakers have made their presentations and other information available.

Take a mobile tour of Wake County's parks and preserves through a new lens - Wake County
Watch an Esri tutorial for creating a data capture app, setting up a new web map, and setting up a web application to view data you capture - Esri
"Transit and GIS" - City of Raleigh, Transit Division
"Future of GIS: 3S, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Real -Time Location System" - Lawrence Muhammad, City of Raleigh
"Adding GeoJSON Support to ArcGIS Pro with KoopJS" - City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources

Hosted Tables

GIS experts from the City, area governments, and the business community offered live virtual chats and questions. Some have provided additional information about their services.

Organizations
City of Raleigh Transportation Maser Consulting City of Raleigh Stormwater NC Department of Environmental Quality*	Cardinal Geospatial ORBIS, Inc Wake County* Zillion Info

View Poster, Map, or App Contest Entries

We received 15 entries to our contest. Check them out using StoryMaps

Teacher and Student Resources

We've compiled some great worksheets, games and other tools to help you learn how to use GIS.

GIS @ Home Kit for kids - Games, quizzes, treasure hunts and coloring pages
Teacher and Student Tools - Learn about StoryMaps and GeoInquiries with assessments, handbooks, lesson plans and worksheets.

Event Agenda

GIS Day 2020 was hosted virtually by the City of Raleigh on Nov. 18, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Presentations included everything from using drones in earthquake investigations, to virtual reality and and election mapping.

Two tracks were set up based on interest or occupation.

Professional & Industry	Kids and Community
10 a.m. - Opening Remarks from Raleigh GIS 10:15 a.m. – Remarks from Mayor Baldwin 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. - “Using GIS in Real Estate” Melissa Kolodziej, Raleigh Regional Association of Realtors 10:45 - 11:15 a.m. - “Parcel Fabric: Complying with Tax Map Submission Standards” Amanda Paton, Maser Consulting 11:15 - 11:30 a.m. -“New Perspectives on a New Fault - How the Use of Drones Aided in the Sparta Earthquake Investigation” Corey Scheip, NC Geological Survey 11:30 - 11:45 a.m. – "Life Expectancy, Economics and Equity for Black Americans: A Collaborative Web App Development Experience" Wake County 4-H GIS Club, NC State University 11:45 a.m. - noon - "Adding GeoJSON Support to ArcGIS Pro with KoopJS" Ryan Cooper, City of Raleigh Noon - 12:30 p.m. - "Address Management (A Deeper Look at the Master Address Repository)" Darnell Allen, City of Raleigh 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. - "Mobile & Web GIS Communicating with the General Public" Peter Erlenbach, Maser Consulting 1 - 1:15 p.m. – "Using Unsupervised Machine Learning to Find Patterns in Your Data: Peter Sherman & Chad Foley, City of Raleigh 1:15 - 1:45 p.m. - "Cloud-Based GIS: Managing Fiber Data in a Cloud-Based Environment" Julie Kottamala & Justin Surratt, City of Raleigh 1:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. – "Assessing Implementation of Forestry Best Management Practices in North Carolina Using GIS" Alan Coats, NC Forest Service	10 a.m. - Opening Remarks from Raleigh GIS 10:15 a.m. - Remarks from Mayor Baldwin 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. – “Use of Fire Inspections and Fire Response Data” Brandon McGhee, Andrew Langan and Preston Gaster, City of Raleigh 10:45 - 11 a.m. – "A Ten-Minute Recipe to Save Your Places and Trips" Jay Fowler, ESRI 11 - 11:15 a.m. – "The Future of GIS: 3D, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality & Real-Time Location System" Lawrence Muhammad, City of Raleigh 11:15 - 11:45 a.m. – "Public Electric Vehicle Charging Station Suitability Mapping" Greg Sponseller, City of Raleigh 11:45 a.m. - noon – "How Should We Get there? (Part I)", Wake County Public Schools Noon – 12:30 p.m. Break 12:30 - 12:45 p.m. – "How Should We Get there? (Part II)", Wake County Public Schools 12:45 – 1:30 p.m. “GIS@Home” time to work on enrichment kits from the City of Raleigh 1:30 - 1:45 p.m. – "How Should We Get there? (Part III)", Wake County Public Schools 1:45 - 2 p.m. – "The Impact of GIS on Our Community: COVID-19, Election and Neighborhood Mapping" Ella Li, Zillion Info

Professional & Industry

Kids and Community

10 a.m. - Opening Remarks from Raleigh GIS
10:15 a.m. – Remarks from Mayor Baldwin
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. - “Using GIS in Real Estate” Melissa Kolodziej, Raleigh Regional Association of Realtors
10:45 - 11:15 a.m. - “Parcel Fabric: Complying with Tax Map Submission Standards” Amanda Paton, Maser Consulting
11:15 - 11:30 a.m. -“New Perspectives on a New Fault - How the Use of Drones Aided in the Sparta Earthquake Investigation” Corey Scheip, NC Geological Survey
11:30 - 11:45 a.m. – "Life Expectancy, Economics and Equity for Black Americans: A Collaborative Web App Development Experience" Wake County 4-H GIS Club, NC State University
11:45 a.m. - noon - "Adding GeoJSON Support to ArcGIS Pro with KoopJS" Ryan Cooper, City of Raleigh
Noon - 12:30 p.m. - "Address Management (A Deeper Look at the Master Address Repository)" Darnell Allen, City of Raleigh
12:30 - 1:00 p.m. - "Mobile & Web GIS Communicating with the General Public" Peter Erlenbach, Maser Consulting
1 - 1:15 p.m. – "Using Unsupervised Machine Learning to Find Patterns in Your Data: Peter Sherman & Chad Foley, City of Raleigh
1:15 - 1:45 p.m. - "Cloud-Based GIS: Managing Fiber Data in a Cloud-Based Environment" Julie Kottamala & Justin Surratt, City of Raleigh
1:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. – "Assessing Implementation of Forestry Best Management Practices in North Carolina Using GIS" Alan Coats, NC Forest Service

10 a.m. - Opening Remarks from Raleigh GIS
10:15 a.m. - Remarks from Mayor Baldwin
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. – “Use of Fire Inspections and Fire Response Data” Brandon McGhee, Andrew Langan and Preston Gaster, City of Raleigh
10:45 - 11 a.m. – "A Ten-Minute Recipe to Save Your Places and Trips" Jay Fowler, ESRI
11 - 11:15 a.m. – "The Future of GIS: 3D, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality & Real-Time Location System" Lawrence Muhammad, City of Raleigh
11:15 - 11:45 a.m. – "Public Electric Vehicle Charging Station Suitability Mapping" Greg Sponseller, City of Raleigh
11:45 a.m. - noon – "How Should We Get there? (Part I)", Wake County Public Schools
Noon – 12:30 p.m. Break
12:30 - 12:45 p.m. – "How Should We Get there? (Part II)", Wake County Public Schools
12:45 – 1:30 p.m. “GIS@Home” time to work on enrichment kits from the City of Raleigh
1:30 - 1:45 p.m. – "How Should We Get there? (Part III)", Wake County Public Schools
1:45 - 2 p.m. – "The Impact of GIS on Our Community: COVID-19, Election and Neighborhood Mapping" Ella Li, Zillion Info

About Previous GIS Days

Last year's Raleigh GIS Day had a full schedule of presenters that included the lunch keynote “ Using the Power of GIS to Understand Access to Public Transit” presented by Andrew Kniowski, Cameron Crenshaw, Melinda Brown, ESRI.

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