GIS Co-op

May Meeting Agenda - 05/17/2005

3:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.

COT IT - Pueblo Room

481 W Paseo Redondo

http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/gis/

Agenda

- Thanks to Grant for his time and effort in bringing us this presentation!

- Arrangements are being made to obtain the presentation from Grant so that members may receive an electronic copy

- Also, electronic copies of the articles in Grant's book that he passed around, "Using Geographic Information Systems in Institutional Research", are available for purchase at the following link: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jissue/106600521. Abstracts can be viewed for free.

- To purchase the entire monograph containing Grant's article, follow this link: http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787972819.html.

2. IDT Access to COT/Public GIS Presentation - Walt Coleman, IDT

- This presentation was cancelled

3. New GIS Coop Intern - Linda Coon, PC DSD

- Congratulations to Kaoru Johansen on her new position as GIS Intern! Kaoru brings a wide range of GIS experience to the table and is sure to continue the great work that Johnathan Z. had done previously.

- Welcome aboard, Kaoru!

- Linda Coon explained that the Kaoru will be working on, but not limited to: address quality reports, Development Systems Parcel Search, and producing monthly reports

4. Open ArcGIS License - Dave Koss

- Dave Koss suggested, (which has been discussed by the Education Subcommittee), that the Coop purchase one server-based license of ArcGIS for use by any GIS Coop members (COT only, at this point) to share when available. In other words, this would be a city-wide license that could be used by anybody who reserves the copy for use

- Groupwise (COT's email system) was suggested as a reservation system for this open license use

- It was mentioned that idea could give those who wish to make the initial transition into GIS, those who wish to migrate from ArcGIS 3.x to Arc 8.x, those who wish to develop programming/coding skills, etc. could benefit from this

- The setup would work like this (simplified version): the ArcGIS software is installed on the user's PC, the license is installed on a server at COT IT, and when a user needs to use it, they login and start using ArcGIS (provided it isn't reserved by anyone else but that person).

- Licensing with other organizations outside of COT was mentioned and still needs to be researched, as there may be legal issues that have to be covered. The Coop sincerely hopes that this level of sharing will become a reality in the very near future

5. Education Subcommittee - Larry

- The Education Subcommittee has met twice and has discussed some ideas that will be developed some more by the next Coop meeting. Some of those ideas are:

6. Open Floor

- Bryn Enright is looking for an automated rectification process when working with aerial

- New orthos will be available in the Fall of 2005

- Anita Velasco of COT General Services mentioned that a $1 million RFP for GIS activities is being conducted by the State's Department of Administration in support of Cochise, Santa Cruz, and Pinal counties (ongoing contract). Please contact her for more information on this topic at: Anita.Velasco@tucsonaz.gov or Adam Iten, State of AZ 911 GIS Coordinator, at the State of Arizona's Department of Administration - 602.771.3911 - adam.iten@ad.state.az.us

- It was mentioned that we may need to start planning for a bigger GIS budget and become more organized in allocating funding for activities and resources we wish to procure. This issue will be examined over the next few months

- COT is holding a "Presenting on Technical Topics" class on May 25^th for COT employees who feel the need to brush up on such items.

- COT EM has sent $8,000 to PAG for Pictometry photos as promised

- The ESRI International Users Conference is going from July 25^th to the 29^th. Cost is $1295 for the duration of the regular conference or $425 per day.