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2024 Big Sky GeoCon - Pioneering Partnerships with GIS

The Montana Association of Geographic Information Professionals (MAGIP) is excited to once again meet in person and we look forward to your participation at this year’s 2024 Big Sky GeoCon!

8:00am MDT

Introductory Level ArcGIS Pro Parcel Fabric (this is a virtual session) BoardroomFrank Conkling GIS for NG9-1-1 and Addressing (Full day) East Hart Albin RoomBob Cochran Introduction to Python Programming (Full Day) West Hart Albin RoomDavid Howes

9:00am MDT

Getting Started with ArcGIS Arcade (Full Day) West Babcock RoomEric Pimpler Introduction to Experience Builder (Full day) East Babcock RoomKara Utter

12:00pm MDT

Lunch on Own On your own

1:00pm MDT

Survey123 (1/2 Day) BoardroomCurtis DeVault

5:30pm MDT

MAGIP Meet Up Angry Hanks

8:00am MDT

Integrating field data, remote sensing, geospatial analysis, and machine learning into a standardized workflow: study design, data collection, modeling, interpretation, surface creation, and visualization using... BoardroomJohn Hogland Intro to AGOL (1/2 Day) West Babcock RoomBrian Klapstein • Ethan Ritzen Drone Part 107 (Full Day) East Hart Albin RoomBart Bauer • Jeremy Crowley Introduction to ArcGIS Pro Python Tools and Processes Development (Full Day) West Hart Albin RoomDavid Howes

9:00am MDT

Intermediate Experience Builder (Full Day) East Babcock RoomKara Utter

12:00pm MDT

Lunch on Own On your own

1:00pm MDT

GeoSpatial Field Solutions (2 hour) BoardroomMel Philbrook Intro to QGIS (1/2 Day) West Babcock RoomRandy Hale

4:00pm MDT

Poster/Map Gallery & Sponsor Showcase North/South Ballroom

6:00pm MDT

Pub Crawl! Along the Billings Brew Trail Various Breweries and Distilleries

8:00am MDT

Official Welcome & Conference Kick-off South Ballroom

8:30am MDT

Creating Custom GIS Web Applications to Manage Historic and Cultural Resource Information East Babcock RoomPaul Senne • Mike Eidum Montana State Library GIS Coordination Strategic Plan West Babcock RoomJeff Sprock, MAGIP President • Erin Fashoway • Matt Trebesch RUSTIC: Remote Uncrewed System for Timber Inventory and Classification East Hart Albin RoomBart Bauer • Jaylene Naylor • Erich Schreier The End of an Era: Web AppBuilder is retiring…are you ready? West Hart Albin RoomHelen Paris • Aaron Oxley

9:00am MDT

Enhanced Governance for Improving NG9-1-1 Spatial Data Quality West Babcock RoomJeffrey Young • Mike Eidum Data Harmonization: Getting the Most out of your Lidar Data Set East Hart Albin RoomMelissa Christie • Erich Schreier From Ditch Cards to GeoAI: City-County of Butte-Silver Bow's Lead and Copper Rule Journey West Hart Albin RoomHelen Paris • Kyle Burke • Liz Lahey Wisdom, Guidance, and Inspiration from the World of the GIS Coordinator East Babcock RoomJeff Sprock, MAGIP President • Mike Powell • Tom Kohley • Aaron Vaughn • David Howes • Erin Fashoway • Lee Macholz

9:30am MDT

Complete UAS/UAV Imagery Solutions using ArcGIS Reality East Hart Albin RoomRyan Richardson • Erich Schreier Local Government SIG West Babcock RoomAndrew Stickney Cost of Bad Surveys and Mapping from Data Failures West Hart Albin RoomHelen Paris • Curtis Clabaugh

10:30am MDT

Coffee & Networking Break North Ballroom

11:00am MDT

Student Panel East Hart Albin RoomRob Ahl • Ken Bixby • Erich Schreier Introduction to Open Source Geospatial with some Practical Examples East Babcock RoomRandy Hale • Tessa Switzer Parcels/Land Records Roundtable West Babcock RoomJeff Sprock, MAGIP President • Dan Janosko • Chris French • Mike Snook • Jeff Hedstrom Fiber Utility Asset tracking - design through operations West Hart Albin RoomHelen Paris • Nathan Hoople • Sarah Rose

12:00pm MDT

Hosted Lunch featuring presentation by Tim Urbaniak South Ballroom

1:30pm MDT

Field Data Collection and Analysis in a High School Classroom East Babcock RoomSarah Tabor • Mike Eidum One and a half centuries of USGS topographic mapping West Babcock RoomJeff Sprock, MAGIP President • Elaine Guidero Google Earth Engine: PM2.5 Prediction Map Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data and Machine Learning East Hart Albin RoomAspen Morgan • Erich Schreier Leveraging GIS to Enhance Land Acquisition Tracking for Utilities West Hart Albin RoomCurtis DeVault • Helen Paris • Austin Reeves

2:00pm MDT

ArcGIS Experience Builder Development Considerations East Babcock RoomDavid Howes • Mike Eidum Merging Datasets with Spatial Joins - MDT R/W Data West Babcock RoomJeff Sprock, MAGIP President • Andy Merkel Montana Imagery Working Group East Hart Albin RoomTroy Blandford • Erin Fashoway • Erich Schreier Unlocking the Potential of Geospatial Technology West Hart Albin RoomHelen Paris • Dan Mummert

3:00pm MDT

Coffee & Networking Break North Ballroom

3:30pm MDT

Experience Bridges at MDT West Babcock RoomJeff Sprock, MAGIP President • Brian Klapstein The Montana Drone Ecosystem East Hart Albin RoomJeremy Crowley • Erich Schreier Collecting Critical Infrastructure for Custer County Montana West Hart Albin RoomMatt Trebesch • Maureen Celander • Lin Rich Addressing Roundtable Discussions East Babcock RoomMike Powell • Jason Danielson

4:00pm MDT

Montana Geo-Enabled Elections West Babcock RoomMeghan Burns • Erin Fashoway • Michael Fashoway • Caroline Psaltis MDEQ Mining Bureau Drone Utilization: Increased Safety, Compliance and Efficiency East Hart Albin RoomCarly Russell • Mike Eidum Water Network Management with Esri and VertiGIS West Hart Albin RoomCurtis DeVault • Aaron Oxley

4:30pm MDT

Introducing the Montana Headwaters Tech Hub: Smart Photonic Sensors & Autonomous Systems East Hart Albin RoomJason Yager • Erich Schreier Lidar for Montana: Year 5 West Babcock RoomTroy Blandford • Mike Eidum Persistent Aerial Support: Tethered UAVs in Event Coordination West Hart Albin RoomCurtis DeVault • Jonathan Cordova

5:00pm MDT

Networking Reception & Hosted Dinner/Awards North/South Ballroom

8:00am MDT

Welcome & Announcements South Ballroom

8:30am MDT

Montana Summit General Member Meeting South BallroomJeff Sprock, MAGIP President

9:30am MDT

Transition

9:45am MDT

MSDI Administrative Boundary Update West Hart Albin RoomMeghan Burns • Tessa Switzer MGIA Grant Program - Montana Spatial Data Infrastructure Improvement to Cadastral - Blaine County East Babcock RoomAustin Reeves • Shane Fox Introduction to the new Montana Cadastral Application West Babcock RoomGail Jorgenson • Kenny Ketner Scenario Planning with A Digital Twin of Lewistown East Hart Albin RoomDani Arps • Dan Meehan • Mike Eidum

10:15am MDT

Coffee & Networking Break North Ballroom

10:45am MDT

Demographic and Economic Data Resources for Montana West Hart Albin RoomDave Ritts Gallatin Valley Sensitive Lands Protection Plan East Babcock RoomJon Henderson • Lin Rich Mapping the American West, the History of the PLSS & GCDB West Babcock RoomJeff Hedstrom • Allen Armstrong • Jenny Connelley Streamlining GIS Development with ArcGIS Experience Builder and DevOps: Lessons from the Montana Cadastral App East Hart Albin RoomKenny Ketner • Brock Saylor • Chris Klaube • Mike Eidum

11:45am MDT

Lunch on Own On your own

1:15pm MDT

What's Next for the MT Community Planning Platform? East Hart Albin RoomDan Meehan • Dave Ritts Land Use, Land Cover, and Turf Mapping Utilizing an Object-Based Image Analysis Approach East Babcock RoomAustin Reeves • Tyler Kaebisch • Gail Jorgenson • Jenny Connelley Mapping Riparian Resources for Zoning Regulations West Babcock RoomAndrew Stickney • Mike Eidum Montana Geospatial Information Advisory Council (MGIAC) Panel West Hart Albin RoomErin Fashoway

1:45pm MDT

Application of using Field Maps and UAS for brown trout redd monitoring East Hart Albin RoomAustin Reeves • Tanner Tompkins

2:15pm MDT

Transition

2:30pm MDT

Deriving Hydrography from Lidar East Babcock RoomAustin Reeves • Tyler Kaebisch 3D Insights in Action: Collection, Extraction, and Use Cases for Photorealistic 3D Models West Babcock RoomJason R. Brown • Dorothy Friday • Mike Eidum Map Missoula West Hart Albin RoomSamuel Scott

3:00pm MDT

The National Spatial Reference System: the Common Foundation of Surveying and GIS East Hart Albin RoomBrian Shaw • Tessa Switzer

3:30pm MDT

Conference Concludes - Thank you and safe travels home!