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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

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 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

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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

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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

     

    Location

    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

    Pope Park

    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

                    -Presentation  

     

    10:15 – 10:30: Break

     

    10:30 – 11:15: State Hazard Mitigation Plan – Meghan McGaffin, Milone & MacBroom

                    -Presentation

     

    11:15 – 12:00: Lidar: uses for the cloud – Jason Parent, UConn

                    -Presentation

     

    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