GIS Response in an Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

Instructor: Mark Schmidt, Butler County GIS
9 am to 12 pm, Tuesday, October 24, 2023

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Natural disasters can strike at any moment, and their impact can be devastating. Preparedness is crucial to ensure that individuals and communities can respond effectively to natural disasters. This workshop will focus on how to implement basic GIS datasets and workflows to ensure that you, as a GIS professional, are prepared to respond to a disaster. Specifically, participants will:

1. (Web AppBuilder) Create a Situational Awareness viewer – Damage Path & Summary Report of items in path such as census population and address points (Additional items could be added later such as critical infrastructure, estimated valuation and hazardous materials)
2. (Web AppBuilder) Create a Live Incident viewer – Zone map layouts and print widget
3. (QuickCapture) Initial Search mobile app
4. (ArcGIS Pro) Create required datasets – Zones, Damage Path, Initial Search points
5. (ArcGIS Pro) Publish the datasets into AGOL

Attendees will need to bring a laptop with the ability to connect to wifi*. They will also need an ArcGIS Online account. If they don’t have an account, we can set them up on our AGOL for class, however, they must notify us ahead of time if this is needed. ArcGIS Pro is required to publish to AGOL along with creating map layouts, but any version of Pro should work. A mobile device (smart phone or tablet) is recommended but not required. We will be configuring a QuickCapture project, so having a mobile device would be nice to see it working.

* Don't miss out on the class if you cannot provide your own laptop! Contact us at kamappers@gmail.com for options for borrowing a device.

Cost: $75 for KAM members / $125 for non-KAM members

Introduction to ArcGIS Pro

Instructor: Amy Roust, GISP, City of Lawrence, KS
1 pm to 4 pm, Tuesday, October 24, 2023

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In this workshop, we cover basic GIS terminology and complete hands-on exercises to learn how to create and style a printable map using data from a file geodatabase and an Excel spreadsheet. This is a great opportunity for people who have not had formal training on desktop software and are interested in learning the fundamentals of geographic information systems. Topics include: basic GIS terminology, options for geospatial data storage, setting up a Pro project, setting symbology and labeling, and creating a layout. Attendees will need to bring a laptop with ArcGIS Pro 3.x installed*.

* Don't miss out on the class if you cannot provide your own laptop! Contact us at kamappers@gmail.com for options for borrowing a device.

Cost: $75 for KAM members / $125 for non-KAM members

Python Primer for ArcGIS Pro
Instructor: Teach Me GIS
8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Tuesday, October 24, 2023

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Tailored to the non-programmer, this course introduces the attendees to scripting basics: variables, loops, conditional statements, etc. via a series of short lecture presentations and hands-on “try-its” to accomplish a worthwhile task. The task is to create a script that will write a log file of broken links in a project and then run that script as a tool from ArcToolbox. Attendees will need to bring a laptop with the ability to connect to wifi*.

Course outline

Thank you, Teach Me GIS, for working with KAM to offer this workshop at a reduced rate for our conference!

* Don't miss out on the class if you cannot provide your own laptop! Contact us at kamappers@gmail.com for options for borrowing a device.

Cost: $250 per person if paying by check / $260 if paying by credit card.
Class size is limited to 20 students.

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Kansas NG911 GIS Data Maintainer
Instructor: Sherry Massey, Kansas Data Access and Support Center (DASC)
9 am to 12 pm, Tuesday, October 24, 2023

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In the Kansas NG911 GIS Program, the Data Maintainer is the person who will be performing the actual maintenance of GIS data for the NG911 Program. Every PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point) must have a certified Data Maintainer or have a maintenance contract with a vendor that has a certified Data Maintainer on staff. Those completing this class will be certified as Kansas NG911 Data Maintainers.

Topics to be covered: The role of GIS in NG911; an update on the status of the NG911 program in Kansas; the role of the Data Maintainer and the responsibilities that come with the position; the Kansas NG911 GIS Data Model and its requirements; the tools available to assist in data maintenance; and a discussion of geoMSAG maintenance and the GIS role in telephone record accuracy. During the Behind-the-Scenes of the NG911 Toolbox, we will go in-depth covering the details of certain tools and how they work and how users can leverage the tools to make their data life easier.

Cost: Free. Registration required.

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