GIS Technology

Some of the best features of Google’s mapping app are among the hardest to find–until you know where to look.

Chris Sheldrick explains the benefits of giving everyone an accurate address — from finding help in disaster zones to, yes, delivering a pizza.

More germane to our topic in this blog, though, it also contains a link to the data sets themselves via the Hub Data Portal. The portal is thoughtfully laid out, with the ability to view data by content type and topics.

Held every two years, the GIS Users Conference draws in users of GIS and related technologies from around the state and beyond.

The 2017 Boise Conference will have training, presentations, ESRI doctor’s office, dev meetup, and vendors. Dr. Michael Goodchild will be the keynote speaker.

This is the first map that made me laugh out loud – the Winter Map of Montana, in the Esri User Conference Map Gallery 2017.

Topics of discussion during the conference ranged from federal Indian land and history to humanitarian efforts using GIS technology. Fields using GIS include emergency services, local government and public works, education and agriculture.

The upshot is that very precise GPS just got a lot faster, and a lot cheaper.

The Intermountain GIS Conference is the largest GIS community event in Montana

The conference will include Workshops, Presentations, Posters, Featured Speakers, Exhibitors, and Public Night: All designed to increase your GIS knowledge!