GEO 481 PRESENTATION GIS Profession in Western New

GEO 481 PRESENTATION GIS Profession in Western New York or “How I Have (Just Barely) Survived 25 years practicing GIS in Western NY” Greg Coniglio Data Intelligence Group (GIS) Rochester lead La. Bella Associates November 12, 2019

GEO 481 PRESENTATION Discussion Outline • History of GIS in Western New York • Trends in GIS • How GIS is Used Locally • • Municipal Government Environmental and Engineering Consulting • GIS Software • Case Studies • La. Bella’s Data Intelligence Group • GIS Jobs • Open Discussion

GEO 481 PRESENTATION History of GIS in Western NY • Role of the UB Geography Department • Erie County Water Authority / Town of Amherst / GIS Resource Group • Local Consulting Groups

GEO 481 PRESENTATION Trends in GIS • Crossing Many Disciplines (it’s not just Geography) • Subject Matter Experts GIS Self-Service (“GIS+”) • • Biology Engineering Planning Health • Leverage Upcoming Software and Technology • • • Tablets/Mobile Mapping High accuracy GPS Drones. Io. T • Programming / Scripting • • • Arc. GIS Online / Leveraging ESRI Web Apps Desktop Development in Arc. Map / Arc. GIS Pro Scripting (Python) for automating tasks

GEO 481 PRESENTATION How GIS is Used Locally • Municipal Governments • • Heavy user Often have Dedicated GIS Analysts and Leadership Erie County / Niagara County / Amherst / Tonawanda GIS Contracts • Consulting Firms • • • Use in “Dedicated” Work GIS Analysis Cartography for Figure Production In Reports Field Data Collection “Standalone” GIS Consulting • Energy Industry • • • Solar / Wind Siting Permitting Field Recon

GEO 481 PRESENTATION GIS Software ESRI Desktop Software – Arc. GIS Desktop and Arc. GIS Pro for Analysis, Cartography

GEO 481 PRESENTATION GIS Software ESRI Arc. GIS Online – web mapping application templates ESRI Arc. GIS Server/Enterprise – Allows you to program/develop custom solutions

GEO 481 PRESENTATION GIS Software ESRI Arc. GIS Collector – Field Data Collection Collector works on tablet devices (i. Pad, i. Phone, Androids, etc. ) to provide an easy interface for data collection Data collected and integrated directly into ESRI format Bluetooth enabled GPS devices can yield very high accuracy

GEO 481 PRESENTATION Case Studies Town of Irondequoit, NY (Monroe County) – Internet Mapping

GEO 481 PRESENTATION Case Studies Environmental Analysis – Energy Corridor – New York State (Python Arc. Py)

GEO 481 PRESENTATION Case Studies MS 4 Storm Water Mapping – Town of Victor, NY (Ontario County)

GEO 481 PRESENTATION