GIS-Pro 2019

Emergency Preparedness for GIS  (Half-Day Workshop) - Limited Availability  
Sunday, September 29, 2019 - 8:30 AM-12:00 Noon
Instructor:
Theresa (Tari) Martin, GISP, Program Specialist, National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation

Today, natural and man-made disasters are becoming more complex, costly, and frequent. First responders and emergency managers are relying more and more on geospatial technology to prepare for, respond to, and recover from these disasters. There is a pressing need for cross-training on the non-technical disciplines GIS staff is being asked to support. Specifically, public safety (emergency management, police and fire services) and the rigid work flows which accompany their daily duties, often prove foreign to those unfamiliar with these activities.

To accommodate their needs in a time-sensitive situation, our experience is that the key is to arm the GIS professional with enough knowledge of emergency management and first responder activities, so they can effectively discern the needs of the incident commander and quickly produce the spatial document(s) which best support decision making in an emergency.

This workshop is divided into three parts:

• First, a brief overview of the Incident Command structure and the National Incident Management System which provide the framework under which public safety and homeland security operations occur.
• We will introduce the Geospatial Concept of Operations and the integration of geospatial technology across the mission areas (Protection, Prevention, Mitigation, Response and Recovery).  Throughout we will show common situations at the local level specific to each discipline and showcase studies/examples of how GIS is used to support each.  
• We will also discuss relevant data sets to public safety, resources and emerging technologies, and suggestions for the integration of GIS into their organization’s disaster preparedness planning.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the roles of emergency management and the first responder disciplines and how they differ.
• Communicate a basic understanding of the federal level emergency response structure and updates to the National Response Framework to focus on the Community Lifelines Construct.
•    Learn best practices for supporting operators and decision-makers, coordinating at a regional level, and communicating critical information to the public.

Cost: One full-day or half-day workshop is included with full conference registration; $195 if only attending a workshop or adding a second half-day workshop

Thanks Data Transfer Solutions & New Light Technologies sponsors of the workshop notepads.

NG9-1-1 and the GIS Workflow (Half-Day Workshop)
Sunday, September 29, 2019 - 1:00 - 5:00 PM
Instructor:
Keri Brennan, GISP, Michael Baker International, DATAMARK Product Manager, Indianapolis, IN

Description: This URISA Certified Workshop is aimed at the GIS professional who is currently supporting or may support their emergency communications division in the future. In a fully operational next generation 9-1-1 system, GIS is the core component in determining how a 9-1-1 call is routed to the correct public safety answering point (PSAP).

This technology shift will have profound impacts on local data maintenance workflows, local data access, and data fidelity. We recognize there is a sincere lack of education available aimed at the GIS professional who may not be as versed with the 9-1-1 terminology or needs. This workshop is intended to provide an overview of next generation 9-1-1, GIS’ role in such a system, the implications on local workflows, and to illustrate common pain points and sources of errors in local GIS datasets.

Learning Objectives:

• Become familiar with basic next generation 9-1-1 terminology and concepts
• Recognize GIS’ role in a fully operational next generation 9-1-1 system
• Understand the implications on local GIS workflows to meet the demands of a next generation 9-1-1 system
• Begin to understand immediate steps that can be taken in preparing GIS assets for next generation 9-1-1

 
Intended Audience: GIS Managers, Emergency Management and Public Safety professionals.

Requirements: None

Cost: One full-day or half-day workshop is included with full conference registration; $195 if only attending a workshop or adding a second half-day workshop

Increasingly, sea level rise and development in flood-prone areas are leading to a rise in concerns about community sustainability. Additionally, droughts and coastal water issues are of seasonal and long-term concern. Methods of resiliency and mitigation using GIS capabilities can inform communities about options for planning and multi-benefit infrastructure investment and restoration projects.

• Restoring Coastal Louisiana One Shoreline at a Time
  Richard Poche, GISP, PLA, GIS Manager, St. Bernard Parish Government,  Chalmette, LA
  Martin Mantz, Coastal Restoration Program Manager, Nunez Community College, Chalmette, LA
• Identification of Roadways At Risk from Sea Level Rise
  Michael Gilbrook, PhD, GISP, AICP, Senior Geospatial Professional, HDR, Orlando, FL
• Spatiotemporal Quantification of Multibenefit Floodplain Restoration
  Joshua Viers, Ph.D., Professor, University of California, Merced, CA
• Web Application to Report Future Drought Streamflow Probabilities
  Chintamani Kandel, Geographer, US Geological Survey, Richmond, VA 

GIS based solutions can be used in emergency response and preparedness for asset management. Learn how local governments can build resilient asset management with GIS to prepare emergency responders with efficient systems and how technology innovations are allowing for improved 9-1-1 indoor location accuracy.

• Resilient Asset Management vs. Emergency Preparedness
  Arnab Bhowmick, CEO, Aakavs Aktivov Asset Management, Issaquah, WA
• Improved 9-1-1 Indoor Location Accuracy For Mobile Devices
  Deb Rozeboom, PMP, ENP, GISP, General Manager - GeoComm West Coast Office, Saint Cloud, MN
  
  
  

This session will explore the use of GIS methods to identify the relationships between food-dependent vulnerabilities and community sustainability. Topics covered include commercial food diversion methods to reduce landfill volume and tracking post-disaster population movement at the Census block level using food stamp data.

• Visualization Workflows in Jupyter Notebooks, ArcGIS Pro and Portal
  Al Mowbray, GIS Specialist, Oregon Metro, Portland, OR
• Tracking Poverty Movement at the Census Block Level
  Lynn Dupont, GISP ASLA, GIS Manager/Principal Planner, Regional Planning Commission, New Orleans, LA

Locating addresses and people precisely and accurately is more important than ever. Finding the exact location of an address is a major focus of emergency responders and community data managers. Attend this presentation to learn more about location precision of addresses related to spatial reference systems, community data management, and related workflows for 9-1-1 emergency preparedness.

• Addresses and Geographic Names as Spatial Reference Systems
  Martha Wells, GISP, Consultant, Spatial Focus LLC, University Park, MD
  Ed Wells, Retired, URISA Past President
• How the State of Hawaii Reached Over 99% Synchronization Between MSAG and GIS
  Katja Krivoruchko, GIS Manager, Akimeka LLC, Kihei, HI

Attend this session to learn how GIS modelling and data can be used to measure natural resource impacts during project design, measure situational awareness and resource management, and disaster trends for predicting future events.

• How Close Was It? Assessing City Tornado Risk in Louisiana
  Michael Crosby, PhD, Assistant Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing, Louisiana Tech University-School of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry, Ruston, LA
• USGS Event Support Maps and the 3D Elevation Program - Lidar in FL, PR, and USVI
  Xan Fredericks, GISP, Lidar Coordinator/Associate National Map Liaison, US Geological Survey, St Petersburg, FL
  Chris Cretini, National Map Liaison, US Geological Survey, Lafayette, LA
• NPDES and Natural Resource Tracking at Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA)
  Marian Batton, GISP, Senior GIS Analyst, JMT Technology Group, Hunt Valley, MD

This session will review lessons learned and optimal project workflows for high-production throughput for multi-scale mapping, historical GIS development, and community architecture tracking.

• Multi-Scale Mapping with Large Production Output – Lessons Learned and Moving Forward
  Sara Boyer, Graphics Specialist, USGS – NGTOC, Lakewood, CO
  William Marken, GISP, Chief, Cartographic Applied Research Section, USGS – NGTOC, Rolla, MO
• Discovering Mid-Century Architecture in State College, Pennslyvania
  Albert Rozo, Digital Preservation Specialist, Penn State University Libraries, University Park, PA
• Urbanizing Kitchener Waterloo: A Historical Geospatial Perspective
  Eva Dodsworth, Geospatial Data Services Librarian and Markus Wieland, GIS Specialist, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Canada

This panel will explore how GIS has been used to promote disaster resilience. Learn what data you need, what challenges you might expect when collecting and disseminating data, and what best practices you should employ. This is also a great opportunity to share your own experience with using GIS for disaster resilience with the task force.

• Panelists:
  Kevin Mickey, GISP, CTT+, Director Professional Development and Geospatial Education, The Polis Center @ IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
  Bradley Dean CFM, CE, Communications & Partnerships Specialist, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  Shane Hubbard, Associate Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Theresa (Tari) Martin, GISP, Program Specialist, National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation