Tucson GIS Co-op

Minutes

• Education: GIS and GPS classes and seminars
• SAIAT
• ArcGIS II – see schedule for class at above link
• GIS Intern position (Peter Johnson)
• Currently having issues with HR responding. Discussions of a possible work around would be to use a Temp agency. However, this would still have to be coordinated through HR.
• PAG Ortho ’08 Project (Manny Rosas)
• The vendor has been selected and negotiations will likely start in December. USGS also might contribute some funds.
• GDB Subcommittee (Steve Whitney)
• Update on the linear referencing process and findings. Question was asked about the ability to store event tables outside the GDB. Disconnected editing was also mentioned as a possible solution for all the jurisdictions to maintain their own data.
• ePortal update (Steve Whitney)
• The PowerPoint is complete and meetings have be setup with OPW and Stantec also showed some interest.
• Executive Committee (Dave Koss)
• No updates

• GIS Fair on GIS Day - City/County Public Works Building, November 16
• GITAz Fair & Picnic – Marriott University Park & Reid Park, Thursday November 29
• Southwest Users Group Conference – Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 30 – November 1
• ESRI Homeland Security GIS Summit – Denver, Colorado, November 5-7

o ESRI DevSummit - Palm Springs, California, March 17–20, 2008

o Autodesk University – Las Vegas, Nevada, November 27-30, 2007

Craig Erlandson GIS Analyst Davis-Monthan AFB

The field calculator is simple tool with potential that most users only scratch the surface of. Using the free EasyCalc package, it is possible to populate fields with a wide array of spatial data on an as-needed basis or as part of a workflow.

http://www.ian-ko.com/free/free_arcgis.htm

• Proposed future presentations / demos

o Linear Referencing

o PRO - Property Research Online http://www.tucsonaz.gov/pro

• Co-op Holiday event – December meeting will have refreshments and some time set aside for networking.
• Steve Whitney will be representing the Tucson Area Co-op at AGIC. He will attend quarterly meeting and report back to the Co-op. This will open up possibility for State wide collaboration and who knows what else.
• Standardized Symbology - A question was asked about standardized symbology and if anyone currently has some or if anyone plans to develop some. The general consensus was that no standard has been adopted and most used just use the ESRI symbology and customize as needed.
• Metadata standards – Discussions about what should be required in any publically available GIS data metadata. ISO, FDGC and homegrown formats were mentioned as possible solutions. Setting up a Metadata committee might be a future endeavor.