North Dakota GIS Users Conference - October 23-25, 2006

The North Dakota GIS Users Conference was a very successful event with a record 146 registered attendees from state agencies, counties, cities, higher education, utilities, and businesses attending presentations, workshops, and an exhibit area. Approximately 49% of the participants were from state agencies, 17% from businesses, 13% from higher education, 10% from counties, 5% from federal agencies, 3% from cities, and 3% from utilities. There were also 44 non-registered walk-ins. The conference was held at the North Dakota Heritage Center and the Comfort Inn in Bismarck. The theme was "Spatial Strategies" with a focus on industry trends, new technologies, data sharing and distribution, and practical application of GIS.

The Users Conference was kicked off by a keynote presentation in the Heritage Center from former Wyoming Governor Jim Geringer.

After the keynote, the Full GIS Technical Committee meeting was held. More information can be found in the Full GISTC minutes.

Presentations were made by (where possible presentations are available):

Workshops were provided by:

Univ. of North Dakota Geography Department (2 workshops)
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI): Workshops (2 workshops)
Pro-West and Associates, Inc.
US Geological Survey

Exhibitors were:

Houston Engineering, Inc.
Pro-West and Associates, Inc.
Frontier Precision, Inc.
Environmental Systems Research Institute
BullBerry Systems, Inc.
Horizons, Inc.
ATLIS Geomatics
Univ. of North Dakota Geography Department
Compass Tools, Inc.
Bartlett and West Engineers
Univ. of ND, Northern Great Plains Center for People and the Environment

Conference Sponsors were:

Houston Engineering, Inc.
Pro-West and Associates, Inc.
Frontier Precision, Inc.
Environmental Systems Research Institute
BullBerry Systems, Inc.
Horizons, Inc.
ATLIS Geomatics
Univ. of North Dakota Geography Department
Compass Tools, Inc.
Bartlett and West Engineers

The North Dakota GIS Technical Committee (GISTC) developed and hosted the GIS Users Conference. The GISTC would like to thank the following individuals and groups for their help and assistance:

Gov. Hoeven's Chief of Staff Bill Goetz - opening comments at the keynote presentation
Former Wyoming Gov. Jim Geringer - keynote presentation
North Dakota Information Technology Department - network, registration, administrative assistance (Jared B., Arvada H., Ron M., Laura W., Tom M., Terry S., Vaughan H. and a BIG thank you to Jennifer P. whom we'll miss big time)
North Dakota Heritage Center - hosting the keynote meeting and the earlier executive meeting (Beth C.)
Comfort Inn - conference facilities including food and beverages (special thanks to Nettie and Bernie)
North Dakota Association of Counties - development and hosting of the online conference survey tool (Terry T.)
North Dakota Department of Transportation, Information Technology/Multi-Media Section - development of the social event sponsor sign (Skip S.)
North Dakota Department of Transportation, Information Technology/Photo Section - conference photography (Garry R.)

The GISTC extends a special thanks to those who spent their valuable time preparing for the presentations, workshops, and exhibits...and traveling to Bismarck to share their ideas with the GIS community. The GISTC wants to recognize the sponsors of this conference, their assistance is much appreciated! The GISTC wants to also thank all of those who took time from their work load to attend the GIS Users Conference events, in many cases traveling a long distance.

We hope to see you at the next North Dakota GIS Users Conference!

Bob Nutsch
GIS Coordinator
State of North Dakota

GIS Keynote, Presentations, Workshops and Exhibits

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» Keynote...

Introductory Remarks (16kb jpg)	Bill Goetz (16kb jpg)	Jim Geringer 1 (17kb jpg)	Jim Geringer 2 (16kb jpg)
Jim Geringer 3 (16kb jpg)	Jim Geringer 4 (18kb jpg)	Jim Geringer 5 (15kb jpg)	Jim Geringer 6 (20kb jpg)
Speaker Gift 1 (20kb jpg)	Speaker Gift 2 (19kb jpg)

» Presentations...

Bridging Borders 1 (25kb jpg)	Bridging Borders 2 (25kb jpg)	Census Bureau (27kb jpg)	Emergency Management (23kb jpg)
ESRIUC Recap (26kb jpg)	Exploring 3D Datasets (32kb jpg)	Facility Profiler (27kb jpg)	Fargo Data Sharing (31kb jpg)
General Audience (38kb jpg)	Geospatial Snow Index 1 (27kb jpg)	Geospatial Snow Index 2 (kb jpg)	LIDAR 101 (33kb jpg)
Linen To Linux (44kb jpg)	OpenSource At SWC (23kb jpg)	OpenSource GIS (32kb jpg)	Remote Data Access (27kb jpg)
Sponsor Presentation 1 (32kb jpg)	Sponsor Presentation 2 (32kb jpg)	Sponsor Presentation 3 (31kb jpg)	Sponsor Presentation 4 (26kb jpg)
Surveying and GIS (37kb jpg)	USDANAIP 1 (37kb jpg)	USDANAIP 1 (37kb jpg)	Web Mapping (47kb jpg)

» Workshops...

ArcGIS Tips and Tricks 1 (36kb jpg)	ArcGIS Tips and Tricks 2 (44kb jpg)	Geoprocessing (39kb jpg)	Mobile GIS 1 (40kb jpg)
Mobile GIS 2 (61kb jpg)	Mobile GIS 3 (47kb jpg)	NHD (38kb jpg)	Remote Sensing (39kb jpg)
Whats New In ArcGIS 1 (45kb jpg)	Whats New In ArcGIS 2 (40kb jpg)

» Exhibit area...

ATLIS 1 (29kb jpg)	ATLIS 2 (34kb jpg)	Bartlett and West (36kb jpg)	BullBerry (32kb jpg)
CompassTools 1 (37kb jpg)	CompassTools 1 (37kb jpg)	ESRI (35kb jpg)	Frontier Precision (28kb jpg)
Horizons (35kb jpg)	Houston Engineering (31kb jpg)	ProWest and Associates (34kb jpg)	UMAC (41kb jpg)
UND (38kb jpg)	General 1 (40kb jpg)	General 2 (35kb jpg)	General 3 (32kb jpg)
General 4 (34kb jpg)	General 5 (35kb jpg)	General 6 (37kb jpg)	General 7 (35kb jpg)
General 8 (38kb jpg)	General 9 (34kb jpg)