Kansas Association of Mappers

2025 Conference Exhibitors

Gold Exhibitors

Esri

Esri, the global market leader in geographic information systems (GIS), offers the most powerful mapping and spatial analytics technology available. Since 1969, Esri has helped customers use The Science of Where to unlock the full potential of data to improve operational and business results. Today, Esri software is deployed in more than 350,000 organizations including the worldâ€™s largest cities, most national governments, 75% of the Fortune 500, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri engineers the most advanced solutions for digital transformation, IoT, and location analytics to create the maps that run the world. Visit us at esri.com.

Geospatial Training Services

https://geospatialtraining.com

Since 2005, Geospatial Training Services has provided high-quality training opportunities for over 12,000 GIS professionals. Our training events are presented in several different formats including traditional classroom, live-online, self-paced online with access to the instructor, and self-paced. Our goal is to provide you with the training materials you need in the format you want.

State of Kansas Agencies

Kansas Department of Agriculture – Division of Water Resources

The Division of Water Resources administers 30 laws and responsibilities including the Kansas Water Appropriation Act which governs how water is allocated and used; statutes regulating the construction of dams, levees and other changes to streams; the state's four interstate river compacts; as well as coordinating the national flood insurance program in Kansas.

Kansas Water Office

The Kansas Water Office (KWO) was established in 1981 as the water planning, policy, coordination and marketing agency for the state.

The primary statutory function of the agency is the development and implementation of the Kansas Water Plan. KWO, in coordination with the Kansas Water Authority, also reviews all water laws and makes recommendations to the Governor and Legislature for needed legislation to ensure water policies and programs address the needs of all Kansans.

Kansas Department of Health and Environment – Division of Environment, Field Services, Watershed Management Section

The Watershed Management Section implements Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, coordinating programs designed to eliminate or minimize pollution that does not come from the end of a pipe. The section develops and reviews strategies, management plans, local environmental protection plans, and county environmental codes intended to control nonpoint source pollution.

Surdex, a Bowman Company

https://www.surdex.com/

Surdex, a Bowman company is a photogrammetric mapping firm that has been supplying accurate and precise geospatial information to a diverse client base for 70 years. We provide our clients with mapping services, including aerial image acquisition, lidar acquisition and processing, digital orthoimagery production and planimetric and topographic mapping.

Silver Exhibitors

SAM

www.sam.biz

Founded in 1994, SAM has grown to become one of the largest providers of geospatial data solutions and construction phase services in the United States. The company offers a complete suite of geospatial services including professional land surveying, airborne/mobile/ terrestrial LiDAR, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE), Utility Coordination (UC), Building Information Modeling (BIM), aerial mapping, and photogrammetry. SAM also provides construction phase services through its wholly owned subsidiary, SAM-Construction Services, LLC (SAM-CS).

SAM’s complete geospatial approach gives us the tools and skills to develop efficient and customized solutions for projects of any scale. This gives our clients the benefit of a single point of contact for a comprehensive set of surveying and mapping products. The size of our available workforce means we are able to use these tools effectively to accomplish even large-scale projects on accelerated schedules. Our market expertise includes rail and roadway, oil and gas, electric, gas distribution, telecommunications, water, public sector, and federal experience, and our project portfolio demonstrates a proven track record for a wide variety of clients.

As the nation’s largest combined geospatial and construction services firm, SAM offers an extensive range of geospatial services for collecting and analyzing complex data across a wide range of markets and engineering projects. Our national reach, broad expertise, and applied technologies allow SAM to capture even the most challenging physical environments from coast to coast—and deliver practical insights and high-quality georeferenced data with unrivaled speed and accuracy. Our vast scope of services plays a vital role in providing the foundational data, input, insight, and oversight needed for project success.

Bronze Exhibitors

Panda Consulting

https://pandaconsulting.com

Panda Consulting is a professional services firm specializing in complete consulting services to help you understand the maintenance and integration of the GIS data within Local Government agencies. We provide complete consulting, design, and data conversion services of all GIS data structures, complete training services, and maintenance services in the event that you are looking for cost-effective ways to maintain your data in either the short or long term.

Panda is recognized throughout the United States as experts on the creation and maintenance of highly accurate Land Record databases. Panda emphasizes client relationships and provides GIS services beyond simple data conversion, including design, procurement, implementation, training and software, and hardware upgrades.