Geospatial Models for Pollinator Habitat Conservation: A Decade of Use  

Juli Anna McNutt, Lark Environmental, Inc Get ready to dive into the world of butterflies and geospatial habitat suitability models with Ms. Juli Anna McNutt.  She will draw from her biology expertise and share innovative GIS-based permitting solutions that have been used for protecting threatened pollinator species’ habitats.  Her experience, spanning a decade and covering one million acres, is set to describe the utilization of GIS for streamlined permitting.  She …

Utility Line Locating with RTK Technology

Joel Pauling, Intermountain Sales Inc. This presentation provides a high-level overview of utility line locating, with a primary focus on RTK (Real-Time Kinematic) technology in pipe and cable locators. Traditional electromagnetic locating methods are examined alongside RTK advancements, which improve positioning accuracy through centimeter-level GPS corrections.  The vLoc3 RTK-Pro locator is introduced as a groundbreaking solution that integrates GNSS RTK accuracy with utility locating, offering survey-grade data collection. Key topics …

Optimizing Land Records Management with ArcGIS

Joe Peters, Esri We will discuss how ArcGIS can be used to maintain the accuracy, quality, and currency of land records information. For parcel mappers: Maintain an accessible system of record for authoritative parcel data with out-of-the-box land transaction tools that align with industry best practices. For appraisers: Improve the quality of property valuations with tools to visualize key property characteristics on a map, discover neighborhood patterns, analyze sales ratios, …