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Summer Webinar 2024 (Virtual)
Friday August 9th. 08:30 AM – 12:00 PM
00:00:00 Finding hidden data gems in the CT Parcel data sets. – Carl Zimmerman and Leah Hodges, OPM
00:30:15 WestCOG Solar Study. – Adem Aricanli, WestCOG intern
01:00:56 Connecticut Cultural Resources Information System. Planning, Portals, and Preservation. Kevin Berger SHPO
01:30:15 Modern Update to the Branford Natural Resources Inventory: Jacquelyn Claver Jackie R. Claver, GISP, CE, AWB® Ecologist / Assistant Project Manager
01:59:33 Lessons learned from conducting a quality assessment on 1.9 million buildings and 40 TB of imagery and Lidar. – Carl Zimmerman, OPM
Winter Webinar Agenda 2024 (Virtual)
Friday February 16th. 08:45 AM – 12:00 PM
- 08:45 – 09:00 Networking Social Time
- 09:00 – 09:30 Aerial Imagery. – Carl Zimmerman, OPM
- 09:30 – 09:45 Crash Data. Jennifer Pawelzik, GIS Database Administrator
- 09:45 – 10:00 Break
- 10:00: 10:30 Statewide Property Dataset & Viewer – Alfredo Herrera and Leah Hodges, OPM
- 10:30 – 10:45 Elections.
- 11:00 – 11:30 Introducing the CT Housing Dashboard – Sarah Hurley, OPM
- 11:30 – 11:35 Steering Committee Updates.
- 11:35 – 12:00 Steering Meeting
CT GIS Network’s Summer Seminar 2023 (Virtual)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4ke0Cr6vzg
00:00:00 Stormwater Infrastructure Mapping – WestCOG
00:35:26 Guard Rail Planning and Data Management for CTDOT – UCONN
01:03:19 Bioswales in Bridgeport – MetroCOG
01:26:31 Lead Service Line esri Solution – Fuss & O’Niell
02:00:12 State GIS Update
CT GIS Network’s 2023 Spring Seminar 2023
Where: CTDOT Conference Room A & B. 2800 Berlin Turnpike, Newington, CT 06111
When: Wednesday May 10, 2023 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Agenda*
08:30 – 09:00 Networking Social Time
09:00 – 09:30 State GIS Update. Alfredo Herrera – OPM
09:30 – 10:00 Enterprise GIS & Vegetation Management. Elizabeth Congo and Jennifer Petrario – CTDOT
10:00 – 10:30 CTDOT Sidewalk Digitization. Aaron Nash – UConn
10:30 – 10:45 Break. Quick Election.
10:45 – 11:15 CT Geospatial Strategic 5-year plan. Carl Zimmerman – OPM
11:15 – 11:45 Capture Solutions and Integration of Indoor Mapping in ESRI Platform. Christopher Zmijewski – SAM, LLC
11:45 – 12:00 Steering Meeting
CT GIS Network February 10 2023 Meeting- Online Virtual Meeting
Friday February 10, 2023 8:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Zoom Meeting Link. Capacity 100 Seats
08:45 – 09:00 Networking Social Time (In person feature only)
09:00 – 09:30 CT GeoPortal. Alfredo Herrera – OPM
09:30 – 10:00 IPUMS. Kurt Schlichting
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 10:45
10:45 – 11:00 Elections
11:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 11:45 Committee Updates
11:45 – 12:00 Steering Meeting to Elect Officers
CT GIS Network September 2022 Meeting- Utility and Regional Theme
Where: 6 Rubber Ave, Naugatuck, CT 06770. On the second floor. Parking Available in front.
When: Friday September 2, 2022
Optional Virtual Registration: Not as exciting but it is available and convenient! https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ouFz5pVDQc-yuWC-bzhl9w
08:30 – 09:00 Networking Social Time (In person feature only)09:00 – 09:30 Electric Vehicle & Photovoltaic Hosting Capacity Maps at United Illuminating. Juan Lluberes & Timothy Michalowski, Avangrid
09:30 – 10:00 CTDOT MS4 Drainage Network Mapping, Jeremy Wilcox, CTDOT
10:00 – 10:30 Broadband Mapping in Connecticut. David Lukens, Office of Policy and Management
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:30 GIS data development through agile project management. Mark Goetz. Right of Way Management
11:30 – 12:00 GIS and Broadband — a perfect marriage! Bill Johnson, AppGeo (virtual presentation)
12:00 – 12:15 Steering Committee Meeting
CT GIS Network May 2022 Meeting (Virtual)
Recording links are below:
00:00:00 GIS Promotion within your organization – Meg McGaffin
00:32:33 Cemetery GIS and Regional Support – Thad Dymkowski
01:01:56 GIS in Municipal Decisions: Where to Build a Firing Range? – Nick Trabka & Mike Towle
01:33:39 GIS at Tyche Planning: a project showcase – Mike D’Amato
01:58:27 CT GIS and the Broadband update – Alfredo Herrera
CT GIS Network February 2022 Meeting
February 25th from 8:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Agenda
08:45 – 09:00 Opening Remarks
09:00 – 09:30 CT’s GIS Office Update. Geographic Information Officer, Alfredo Herrera – OPM
09:30 – 10:00 Power Letter Calculation, Visualization, and Reporting, Moataz Kilany – UConn
10:00 -10:15 Break
10:15 – 10:45 DOT Open Data HUB, Greg Ciparelli – CTDOT
10:45 – 11:00 Elections
11:00 – 11:15 Open Space Data Standard, Tucker Beckett – WestCOG
11:15 – 11:45 Committee Updates
11:45 – 12:00 Steering Meeting to Elect Officers
September 24th 2021- Online Virtual Meeting – 8:30- noon Agenda below
8:30-8:45 – Opening Remarks; Mike Towle
8:45 -9:30 – High Resolution Aerial Imagery; Nearmap
9:30 -10:00 – Highlighting Regional Data with ArcHub; Tucker Beckett, WestCOG
10-10:15 – Break
10:15-11:00 – ArcGIS: Digital Twins for Project Delivery, Steve Santovasi, ESRI
11:00-11:30 – Regional 3D Planning through Arc Urban; Zach Giron & Mark Hoover, MetroCOG
11:30-12:00 – Committee Updates
June 11, 2021- Online Virtual Meeting. 8:30am – noon. Agenda Below
Play recording of virtual meeting
- Mike Opening 1:40
- Dan Martin 11:42
- Mike Towle 1:02:38
- Kevin Dunkin 1:34:25
- Meghan McGaffin 2:13:20
- Committee updates 2:45:02
Time Slot | Title | Presenter/Details |
8:30 – 8:45 | Welcoming Remarks | Mike Towle |
8:45 – 9:30 | Stat Plane Updates | Dan Martin of NOAA |
9:30 – 10:00 | CT CAMA Standards | Mike Towle |
10:00 – 10:30 | Social Networking Break | Breakout Sessions |
10:30 – 11:00 | “Field Maps” replacement for ESRI Collector app | Kevin Dunkin |
11:00 – 11:30 | ArcPro | Meghan McGaffin |
11:30 – 12:00 | Committee Updates | Committee Chairs |
Stick around after to get involved in a Committee | ||
12:00 – 12:30 | Committee Breakouts | Breakout Sessions by Committee |
March 5, 2021- ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING. 8:30- n00n. Agenda below. Recording of meeting below
Agenda:
Professional Networking time
– General Network welcome
– Digitizing a form using Survey123
– Augmented Reality and Utilities
– Connecticut State GIS Legislation efforts
– Finding Funding through Grants for GIS
– Network updates and election of new steering committee members
September 25, 2020- ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING. Agenda Below. Meeting link to be distributed via listserv
9:00 – 9:15 Introduction- Mark Hoover President
9:20 – 9:40 Presentation 1 Aaron Nash (~20min) – ADA Inspection Survey123
9:45 – 10:05 Presentation 2 (~20 Min) Emily Wilson 3D Lidar Viewer
10:10 – 10:30 Break
10:35 – 10:55 Presentation 3 (~20 Min) CCM GIS Consortium – A new program from CCM designed to support municipal GIS employees
By John McKenzie – FLO Analytics
11:00 – 11:20 Presentation 4 (~20min) CT DEEP Open Data Hub Stewart DeLand, and Bill Toussaint
11:25 – 11:45 GIS Day updates
- Education
- Standards
- Data Acquisition & Advocacy
- Communications
11:45 – 12:00 closing remarks
June 26, 2020- ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING. Agenda Below.
9:00 – 9:05 Introduction- Aaron Nash
9:05 – 9:25 Mike Varney- Firstnet Update – Presentation (PDF)
9:35 – 9:45 Break
9:45 – 10:00 Steering Committee Elections – Election vacancies are as follows: (All positions are 3-yr terms unless otherwise stated) Voting will take place via WebEx Poll.
- Municipal
- Private Sector
- Member at Large
- Member at Large
10:00 – 10:30 Juston Manville – Boulder Mountain Creative- Strategic Asset Management 101- Presentation (PDF)
10:30 – 11:00 Meghan McGaffin- Milone & Macbroom- Maps for All
11:05 – 11:30 Committee Updates
- Education
- Standards
- Data Acquisition & Advocacy
- Communications
11:30 – 12:00 Executive Committee Election
March 27, 2020- CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19.
September 13, 2019
Three Rivers Community College (574 New London Turnpike, Norwich – Room B127) from 8:30am – 12:30pm. Below is a detailed agenda.
8:30 – 9:00: Networking
9:00 – 9:15: Welcome/Introduction – Cityworks
9:15 – 9:35: Committee Updates
Standards – Mark Goetz, MetroCOG
Communications – Kristen Ponak, GEI
Education – Cary Chadwick, UConn CLEAR
Data Acquisition Advocacy – Erik Snowden, CRCOG
9:35 – 9:55: Geospatial Aspects of Semi – Urban Planning
Mark Comeau – Three Rivers Community College
9:55 – 10:15 Weather Analysis for Commercial Airlines
Patrick Burton – Three Rivers Community College
10:15 – 10:30: Break
10:30 – 11:15: Census New Data Search Engine
Ana-Maria Garcia – US Census
11:15 – 11:30: CT GIS Legislation Update
Mark Goetz – MetroCOG
11:30 – 12:15: MS4 -Calculating DCIA and Migrating to the new MS4 Data Standard
Zach Giron – MetroCOG
12:15 – 12:30: Education, Standards, Data Acquisition Advocacy & Communications Committee Breakout Sessions
March 29, 2019
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Location
Central Connecticut State University
Sprague-Carleton Room
New Britain, CT 06050
Details
~40 people in attendance
8:30 – 9:00 Networking
9:00 – 9:05 Introduction
- Thad Dymkowski welcomed everyone at 9:00am
- Cary Chadwick provided an overview of the Steering Committee roles and current vacancies.
9:05 – 9:25 Art van Meeteren, New England Institute of Technology, Drone Education Programming
- Art van Meeteren dicussed drone technology and applications as well as the drone curriculum at the New England Institute of Technology.
9:25 – 9:35 Mike Towle, WESTCOG, 2020 Census Boundaries, Why it matters, What’s your role (Presentation)
9:35 – 9:45 Break
9:45 – 10:00 Steering Committee Elections – Election results are as follows: (All positions are 3-yr terms unless otherwise stated)
- Private Sector – Jessica Mercier (1-yr term)
- Regional Planning Organization – Mark Hoover
- Member-at-Large – Mike Towle
- Member-at-Large – Jennifer Petrario
- Member-at-Large – Rebecca Talamini
- Member-at-Large – Kevin Dunkin
- Member-at-Large – Jennifer Dierkens
- Member-at-Large – David Cook
- Member-at-Large – Kristen Ponak
10:00 – 10:30 John Guszkowski and Mark Goetz discussion on Connecticut SB 550, An act concerning geographic Information Systems
- John Guszkowski and Mark Goetz provided an overview of SB 550 that failed in committee this year.
- John Guszkowski noted that while this bill failed, they now have a champion at the legislative level (Norm Needleman) to move the legislation forward. He stated that this is a good time to gather technical power and brainpower and help guide it forward
- Mark Goetz proved public testimony for the bill on behalf of MetroCOG. He noted that this is a blank slate to define what the future of GIS in the state is from a legislative standpoint.
10:30 – 11:30 Neil MacGaffey, NSGIC, NSGIC Intro and National Geospatial Data Act
- Neil MacGaffey provided a brief history on geospatial activity on a national level as well as an overview of the Geospatial Data Act.
11:30 – 11:40 Cori Grainger, Yale University, modeling the vulnerability of households to natural disasters in the Himalaya region of India (Presentation)
11:40 – 11:50 Bryce Mase, ECSU , Examining Distributions of Arsenic and Uranium in Domestic Wells Within the Deep River Quadrangle (Presentation)
11:50 – 12:00 Isabelle Smith, Conn. College, New London Urban Forestry (Presentation)
12:00 – 12:30 Committee Updates
- Education
- Cary Chadwick provided an overview
- GIS Day will be November 13th at Eastern CT State University. Anyone interested in helping should contact Cary or Aaron Nash.
- Standards
- Mark Goetz provided an overview
- Currently working to finalize MS4 standards
- Data Acquisition & Advocacy
- 2019 flight is currently underway
12:30 – 12:45 Executive Committee Election
- The steering committee held elections for the executive committee. The results are as follows:
- Aaron Nash –President
- Thad Dymkowski – Vice President
- Jessica Mercier – Secretary
December 14, 2018
Friday, Dec 14, 2018
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Metropolitan District (MDC)
231 Brainard Rd
Hartford, CT 06114
Details
37 people in attendance
9:00 – 9: 15: Introduction
- Dan Czaja welcomed everyone at 9:10am
9:15 – 9:30: Committee Updates
Standards Cary Chadwick summarized previous meetings.
- Working on MS4 data schema for towns and DOT
- DOT has end of January deadline for final schema
Communications – Steven Birney, Norwalk
- Upgrades to the website (meeting information -including GIS day and archives)
- Continue to update ctgisu2u twitter feed
Education – Cary Chadwick, UConn CLEAR
- GIS day was last month in Hartford Public Library. 110 people registered
- Cary is looking for someone to be the main coordinator for GIS day 2019
- Looking into more educational opportunities, including ESRI workshops
- There is an ESRI story map competition for middle and high school students. Cary is state representative for competition
- CLEAR will be holding story map workshop at end of January.
Data Acquisition Advocacy – Erik Snowden, CRCOG
- Holding pattern as they wait to hear about possible 2019 flight
9:30 – 10:00: Urban Tree Mapping Project – A.I. Prince Technical High School, Hartford (Presentation)
- Students presented their work conducting a tree inventory in Pope Park, Hartford using collector app.
10:00 – 10:30: A Status Update on Proposed Statewide 2019 Orthoimagery – Eric Lindquist, OPM (Presentation)
- Eric provided update on 2019 flight
- New scope of work for a 6” flight instead of 3” due to an error in the original estimate.
- Members expressed concern over planimetrics with 6” including MS4 applications
- Other members noted that 3” was more difficult to process
- Erik noted that OPM had to consider proceeding with the 6” acquisition while funds were available or to decline it at this time in hope to gather more funds and have a 3” flight in the future. At the end of the day they agreed to proceed with 6”.
- There have been some recent developments that may allow for more funding to get the 3” and he will keep the group posted.
- They are trying to get a tide coordinated session as well.
10:30 – 10:45: Break
10:45 – 11:15: South Windsor Address Points – Thad Dymkowski, Town of South Windsor (Presentation)
11:15 – 12:00: Locusview GPS Asset Management (Presentation)
September 14, 2018
Friday, September 14, 2018 –Meeting Notes
Location: Pope Park
8:30 – 9:00: Networking
9:00 – 9:15: Introduction / Welcome
9:15 – 9:30: Committee Updates
Standards – Mark Goetz, MetroCOG
Communications – Steven Birney, Norwalk
Education – Cary Chadwick, UConn CLEAR
Data Acquisition Advocacy – Erik Snowden, CRCOG
9:30 – 10:15: FirstNet – National Public Safety Data Network what is it and how can I leverage it for GIS – Michael Varney
10:15 – 10:30: Break
10:30 – 11:15: GeoEvent Server, Real time mapping and data analytics – Aaron Nash
11:15 – 12:00: UAS and Geospatial Data: Beyond the Flight – Steven Santovasi
12:00 – 12:30: Education, Standards, Data Acquisition Advocacy & Communications Committee Breakout Sessions
June 22, 2018
Friday, June 22, 2018
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Location
Hartford, CT 06114
Details
31 people in attendance
9:00 – 9: 15: Introduction
- Mark H welcomed everyone at 9:15am.
9:15 – 9:45: Committee Updates
Standards – Mark Goetz, MetroCOG
- Had committee meeting on 6/21
- Working on recommendations for coordinate systems, guidance on transformations etc
- Also working on standards for web applications (best practices for web services, applications etc)
- Going to be initiating storm water working group after July 1
- DOT is spearheading working group for survey control and administrative boundaries
Communications – Steven Birney, Norwalk
- New website has been launched.
- Currently in the process of loading the meetings minutes
- Old site now directs you to the new site
- Want to add sub-committee and meeting notes to the website
- Open to suggestions
Education – Cary Chadwick, UConn CLEAR
- Committee has not formally met but they are gearing up for GIS Day on Wednesday Nov 14th
- It will probably in Hartford. Have reserved Hartford Public Library
- Still looking for volunteers for a committee
- Mostly conference calls
- 1 site visit
Data Acquisition Advocacy – Erik Snowden, CRCOG
- Working on a white paper to present to legislative champions for the flight
- Could use a new angle and advice on who to talk to in the legislature
- Currently talking to NRCS, USGS, and reps from Mass RI VT about multi state flight
- Multi-state flight would be 4 band 6 inch imagery. CT could do 6” with 3” buy up 300 – 350 K for 6” for the entire state
- Mark G asked if it included LiDAR. Erik indicated that it does not.
9:45 – 10:15: Public Act 18-175 – Tyler Kleykamp, Chief Data Officer, Office of Policy & Management
10:15 – 10:30: Break
10:30 – 11:15: State Hazard Mitigation Plan – Meghan McGaffin, Milone & MacBroom
11:15 – 12:00: Lidar: uses for the cloud – Jason Parent, UConn
12:00 – 12:30: Education, Standards, Data Acquisition Advocacy & Communications Committee Breakout Sessions
March 23, 2018
Friday, March 23, 2018
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Location
Metropolitan District Training Center
125 Maxim Road
Hartford, CT 06114
Details
Meeting Agenda – Meeting Notes
8:30- 9 AM – Networking
9:00-9:15 AM – Welcome, discussion of storm response systems and methods
9:15-9:45 AM – Project Updates:
- MS4 Status update – Amanda Ryan, UConn CLEAR
- Statewide planimetrics discussion- Mark Goetz, Metro COG (PRESENTATION SLIDES)
- How can GIS help cemetery managers – Jeff Nolan, Central Cemetery of Brookfield, CT
9:45 – 10:15 AM- Steering Committee vote (new members listed below)
10:15-10:30 AM – Field Data Collection with GeoData Services & Replication, Steven Birney, Norwalk, CT
10:30-11:45 AM- New 2022 Datum, Dan Martin, NOAA (PRESENTATION SLIDES)
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM – ArcGIS Pro, Tom Schwartzman, Esri (PRESENTATION SLIDES)
12:30 – Committee break-out discussions
Reminder! Spring NEARC will be held at UConn on May 8th. Great opportunity for CT GIS Network members to attend and showcase our work.
New steering commitee members, elected to a 3-year term:
Education: Cary Chadwick
Non-Profit: Steve Perry
State: Dan Czaja
Utility: Keith Anderson
Member-at-large: George Obeng
Member-at-large: Jeff Nolan