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The meeting will be at the Boulder County Administration Building, 1325 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80302. The meeting will start at 8:00 am with coffee, juice, and breakfast-y fare. Please be prompt to get some food and hear about GISCO goings-on and a GIS “state-of-the-state” from Colorado State GIS Coordinator Jon Gottsegen. Again, you do NOT have to be a GISCO member to attend  and there is NO COST for the meeting. Here’s the latest agenda that I’ve received – I’ll be talking at 1:00pm – hope to see you there!

8:00-8:30am

Registration – Coffee, juice, donuts, etc.

8:30-8:45am

Welcome, greeting, business announcements – Frank Orr - GISCO

8:45-9:15am

Update on State Activities – Jon Gottsegen - Jon.Gottsegen@state.co.us

9:15-9:45am

Using a GIS to manage Agricultural Water Resources at Boulder County Parks and Open Space

Kristina VanDenBosch,– kvandenbosch@bouldercounty.org

Summary: The Boulder County Parks and Open Space program began in 1975 as a single property. Since that first acquisition in 1975 the Parks and Open Space program has grown to more than 97,000 acres, including directly owned properties and conservation easements held over private property. In addition to the land, BCPOS has a large water portfolio. These water resources, used predominantly for agricultural production, have a value in excess of an additional $60 million. Making decisions about the management of these water resources for agricultural production requires a thorough understanding of complex information, including climatic conditions, natural and artificial water systems, agricultural practices, and legal conditions. Learn how Boulder County Parks and Open Space has designed and implemented an integrated GIS, based on the existing technology structure, to effectively manage these water resources.

9:45-10:15am

Automatically Assigning User-Defined Unique IDs in ArcSDE

Dave Murry – DMurray@CityofWestminster.us

Summary: The automatic assignment of unique IDs in a GIS environment is described in this presentation. The process uses a versioned ArcSDE database environment and Microsoft SQL Server script to assign a unique ID to each new record. The key to the successful automated assignment of unique IDs in a versioned environment is making sure the database is compressed and that no edits are outstanding. This requires the automation of the SDE version process and the editors adhering to these versions. The business process allows for the ID assignment to be one day out of sequence. Some organizations require immediate propagation of IDs and this method would not work for them. Also, environments that do not version their datasets would not necessarily need to use this process but they could take advantage of the automated steps described here. The presentation will review various alternatives explored when developing this method. Future enhancements as well as possibilities for different approaches will be discussed.

10:15-10:30am

Break

10:30-11:00am

On-Demand Spatial Solutions

Frank Orr - Frank.Orr@CH2M.com

Summary: CH2M HILL’s ODSS Small Government Edition is a managed enterprise GIS for government organizations without the time or specialized resources to build and maintain a comprehensive, scalable GIS. CH2M HILL can provide the specialty servers, software, and support so that your staff spend more time focused on your core mission and less time figuring out how to access and support the GIS. ODSS provides a number of advantages compared to other enterprise GIS implementation approaches:

· Lower up-front capital and overall operating costs

· Predictable, subscription-based pricing

· Rapid deployment of industry leading GIS technology and data sources

· GIS accessible by all staff using only a browser—no need for specialty software!

· Guaranteed service levels and scalability

11:00-11:30am

DRCOG Data Catalog

Jonathan Harahush - JHarahush@drcog.org

Sara Eberhardt - SEberhardt@drcog.org

Summary: The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) had a business need to develop and maintain a regional data catalog comprised of up-to-date regional data and its associated metadata. The DRCOG Geospatial Team did not have significant budget for additional commercial software or vendor support to build and deploy this Web-based application so we leveraged our collective knowledge and experience and built a framework consisting of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in our existing IT environment. The basis for developing this application was to create an open data framework to share regional land use and transportation planning data with DRCOG member governments, internal staff, partner agencies and the public through a searchable web interface. We’ll highlight the project focusing on the open source solutions involved such as PostgreSQL with PostGIS, Geoserver and OpenLayers to name a few. We will also discuss the project’s success and challenges and what the future holds for future FOSS projects at DRCO.

11:30-12:00 noon

Best Practices for Mobile GIS Technology Integration

Glenn Vlass - glenn@cartopac.com

Summary: Today, many local and state governments are deploying mobile solutions, many of which have workforces in the field with more than a hundred users. Determining requirements, defining data work flow and understanding how data is to be moved between the office and the field are all essential steps in order to be successful. This presentation will help you understand key issues and determine how to plan for a mobile implementation and integrate it into an existing GIS. Already have a mobile application in the field? Learn best practices, improve your efficiency and increase your ROI. Learning objectives include:

· Discuss the essential requirements to successfully deploy mobile applications within your workforce.

· Learn the value of defining a data work flow for your mobile application before deployment of your mobile workforce.

· Understand the challenges faced by many Municipalities when deploying mobile applications.

1:00-2:00pm

Building Great Apps for Your Maps

Dave Bouwman - dbouwman@dtsagile.com

Brian Noyle – bnoyle@dtsagile.com

Summary: The GIS community is faced with a number of challenges and opportunities today when developing applications for the GeoWeb. In this session, speaker Dave Bouwman (http://blog.davebouwman.com) will discuss what to consider when developing GeoWeb applications. Real-world examples will be used to illustrate and explain development concepts relating to using an agile development process, selecting map canvases, interface design, back-end service design, and unit testing. Some of the technologies covered will include ASP.NET model view controller (MVC), MbUnit, esri.map, and OpenLayers.

2:00-2:30pm

Getting The Lay of the Land: Free and (mostly) Easy Mapping of Land Resources With The Help Of Government Web Services

Brian Timoney - brian@thetimoneygroup.com

Summary: Be a hero to your clients and co-workers by quickly whipping up comprehensive snapshots of land use in the west by tapping the WMS services offered by the USGS and BLM. More than simply topos and land grid, with these services you can stream federal land ownership, oil & gas leases, coal & geothermal, etc. Imagine: no shapefile downloads, no stacks of DVDs on your desk. Even better, your users won’t need fancy software to view your handiwork: we’ll show you how stream this info into Google Earth as well as create your own browser-based map using Open Layers. By showing the utility and flexibility of streaming open-standards web services, we’ll highlight the difference between public entities making their data accessible and merely making it available (e.g. shapefile download via FTP–hello 1999!).

2:30 – 3:00

The GIS in Higher Education Summit

Jamie Fuller - j.d.full@gmail.com

Summary: On Friday, April 24, 2009, professors and instructors from across the state gathered at Colorado State University in Fort Collins to discuss the role of higher education in geospatial technologies. The GIS in Higher Education Summit attracted representatives from over 15 colleges and universities and facilitated discussion on topics including: strategies for coordinating geospatial programs and certificates offered across the state; articulation between community colleges and universities; possibilities for sharing resources across campuses—curricula, data, teaching methods; efforts to establish standards for certificates, minors, majors, and other degrees; and what is expected from GIS students once they are out in the workforce. The Summit marked a starting point for collaboration among academic institutions teaching GIS and related subjects. A centralized website and a listserv are initial items to establish; coordination with both GIS Colorado and the state GIS office on these efforts seems imperative! The “GIS in Higher Education” website (currently under construction) will be demo’d and comments will be welcomed.

3:00 – 3:15

Break

3:15 – ??

Breakout Sessions:

• Commercial and Public Data Updates – Dave Murray
• GIS Education and Mentoring – Esther Worker
• National Hydrography Dataset Stewardship Committee – Chris Brown
• SWUG 2009 Planning Committee