The 2014 Federal GIS Conference Proceedings is a compilation of professional abstracts and presentations delivered February 10–11, 2014, in Washington, D.C.
View the Plenary Session videos and the Technical Session videos (including select Professional Development Workshops and Immersion Summits) on Esri Video for presentations and demonstrations by Esri staff, GIS professionals, and Keynote speakers.
| Title | Presentation | Esri Staff Presenter | Customer Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Security Immersion Summit | Video | Scott Cecilio, Ed Carubis, Craig Cleveland | David Alexander, Director of the Geospatial Management Office, Department of Homeland Security; Mike Howell, Deputy Program Manager, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Dr. Robert Griffin, DHS S&T Director of the First Responder Program, Department of Homeland Security |
| Using ArcGIS on Smartphones and Tablets in Disconnected Environments | Video | Jeff Shaner | |
| How to Tell Your Story: Step-by-Step Recipes for Making Your Own Story Maps | Video | Allen Carroll | Submissions from Chesapeake Commons |
| ArcGIS for Devices - Road Ahead | Video | Jeff Shaner | |
| ArcGIS Cloud Security Roadmap and Best Practices for Federal Agencies | Presentation Video |
Michael Young, Erin Ross | |
| What's New in ArcGIS 10.2 for Server | Presentation Video |
Nikki Golding | |
| ArcGIS Platform for LIDAR Session 1: Managing and Disseminating Elevation derived from LIDAR data | Video | Kurt Schwoppe, Jim Michel | |
| ArcGIS Platform for LIDAR Session 2: Analyzing and Sharing Products Derived from LIDAR | Video | Kurt Schwoppe, Dan Zimble, Brett Rose | Aimee Baldwin, ExelisVIS |
| GeoEvent Processor: Configuration and Troubleshooting | Video | Ken Gorton, Mark Bramer | Vitad Pradith, Physical Scientist, NOAA Office of Coast Survey/Navigation Response Branch |
| Advanced City Engine Workflows | Video | Thom Oaks | Jan Halatsch, CTO, SmarterBetterCities |
| Beyond Where: Using Regression Analysis to Understand Why | Video | Flora Vale, Lauren Bennett | |
| 3D Data Beyond Visualization: Analysis to Solve Real-World Problems | Brett Rose | Nicole Miller, Forensic Services Division, US Secret Service | |
| Applying ArcGIS Spatial Analysis Techniques to Make Better Decisions | Michael Rhoades | ||
| Applying Real-Time Analytics using GeoEvent Processor | Adam Mollenkopf, RJ Sunderman | Edward Pultar, PhD, President/Spatial Scientist, Valarm | |
| ArcGIS and the Cloud: A Management Perspective | Andrew Hendrickson | ||
| ArcGIS Certification | Michael Green | ||
| ArcGIS Enterprise Systems: Performance and Scalability | Presentation | Andrew Sakowicz | |
| ArcGIS for Aviation | Presentation | David Wickliffe, Will Reynolds | |
| ArcGIS for Desktop 10.2 Tips and Tricks | Bill Raymond | ||
| ArcGIS for Emergency Management | Ryan Lanclos, Jeff Baranyi | Chris Kuryak, COO, Recovers | |
| ArcGIS for Intelligence | Presentation | Renee Bernstein, Tara Mott, Jo Fraley | Don Barker, DoD |
| ArcGIS for Law Enforcement: Advanced Use Patterns | Presentation | Carl Walter, Rob Feuerstein | |
| ArcGIS for Mobile Devices: An Overview of Technical Applications | Jeff Shaner | Julie Anbarchian, Greg Goblich, Yaping Ao, FDA | |
| ArcGIS for State and Local Government | Presentation | Nikki Golding | |
| ArcGIS for the Military: Analyzing the Operational Environment | Presentation | Matt Funk, Gary Sheppard | |
| ArcGIS for the Military: Domestic Operations | Presentation | Joe Bayles, Bill Raymond, John Tully, Andrew Smialek | |
| ArcGIS for the Military: Intelligence Workflows | Phil Suarez, Lyle Wright | ||
| ArcGIS for the Military: Land Operations | Presentation | Scott Cecilio, Ben Conklin, Gary Sheppard | |
| ArcGIS for the Military: Maritime Operations | Curt Hammill, John Fry, Lyle Wright | Michael Sarhan, Marine Corps Intelligence Agency | |
| ArcGIS Marketplace and other App Stores | Presentation | April Nichols | |
| ArcGIS Online Content | Tosia Shall, Lloyd Carmack | Lindsay Goodwin, NOAA | |
| ArcGIS Online Security: Establishing an Action Plan to Move Forward as a Federal Community | John Young, Michael Young | Tony LaVoi, GIO, NOAA; Jerry Johnston GIO, DIO; Stephen Lowe, GIO, USDA; Harvey Simon, GIO EPA | |
| ArcGIS Online Security: Presenting Federal Perspectives and Approaches | John Young, Michael Young | Stephen Lowe, GIO, USDA; Tony LaVoi, GIO, NOAA; Chris Lowe, CISO, USDA | |
| ArcGIS Online Steps for Success | Owen Evans, James Miller | Erin Grimm & Elise Pittman, USPS | |
| ArcGIS Online Subscriptions for Organizations: Publisher Workflows | Michael Rhoades | ||
| ArcGIS Online Subscriptions for Organizations: User Workflows | Michael Rhoades | ||
| ArcGIS: Implementation Patterns for Government | Dan O'Leary, Witt Mathot | Nathan Beck, FDA | |
| ArcGIS: The GeoPlatform | Marten Hogeweg | Jerry Johnston, DOI; Tony LaVoi, NOAA; Harvey Simon, EPA | |
| Authoring Great Web Maps | Bonnie Stayer | Stephen Ansari, Blue Raster | |
| Best Practices for ArcGIS Version Migration | Presentation | Mark Williams, Parker Spence | |
| Big Data and Analytics: the Fundamentals | Presentation | Mansour Raad | |
| Big Data Spatial Analytics: the Practice | Presentation | Mansour Raad | |
| Creating a Staff Development Plan with Esri | Michael Green | Marita Cook, Mission Manager, GEOINT Program, FBI | |
| Creating an Effective GIS Technology Strategy | Presentation | Andrew Sakowicz | |
| Creating Successful Map Layers for ArcGIS Online | Owen Evans | Matt Felton, DataStory | |
| Deploying ArcGIS for Server using Managed Services | Presentation | Andrew Sakowicz, Erin Ross | |
| Deploying Portal for ArcGIS Within Your Own Infrastructure | Presentation | Witt Mathot, Dan O'Leary | |
| Designing, Publishing, and Using Dynamic and Cached Map Services | Darren Baird | ||
| Editing Strategies for Enterprise Geodatabase | Tim Clark | Paul Rabatin, IC | |
| Enabling Cartographers: Geoplatform.gov | Billie Leff, Sinam Al-Khafaji, Stephen Bryce | Jerry Johnston, GIO, DOI; Lee Pera, EPA | |
| Esri Best Practices for Technology Change Management | David Schneider, Mark Williams | Kathleen Cheeseman, Simmy Yau, FDA | |
| Esri Global Demographic, Business and Lifestyle Data | Presentation | Cathy Spizzack | Darren Gemoets, Aquilent, Inc. |
| Esri Global Demographic, Business and Lifestyle Data | Cathy Spizzack | Ronald Wilson, HUD | |
| Facilities: GIS and Integrated Workplace Management Systems | Sheila Steffenson, April Nichols | John Smart, IBM TRIRIGA | |
| Facilities: Indoor Location Utilization and Tracking | April Nichols | Michael Healander, GISi | |
| Facilities: Operations Management | April Nichols, John Young | Stu Rich, PenBay | |
| Facilities: Portfolio Management and Planning | John Young, Craig Cleveland | Ruth Kroeger, GSA, Public Building Service, Urban Planning Team | |
| Facilities: Safety and Security | John Young | Larry Newman, Spatial Systems | |
| Facilities: Sustainability GIS | Avinash Srivastava, Sr. Planner & Technical Director for Sustainability, Design + Planning, AECOM, Piloting Sustainability for the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, VA | ||
| Facilities: Sustainability GIS | Mark Elbert, Director of the Office of Web Management, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Mapping at the U.S. Energy Information Administration; | ||
| Facilities: Sustainability GIS | Sandrine Schultz, CNIC HQ Energy Program Manager, CNIC (Commander Navy Installation Command) Navy Shore Geospatial Energy Module | ||
| Facilities: Sustainability GIS | Terry Martin, Leslie Weiner-Leandro | Sandrine Schultz, CNIC HQ Energy Program Manager, CNIC (Commander Navy Installation Command) Navy Shore Geospatial Energy Module; Mark Elbert, Director of the Office of Web Management, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Mapping at the U.S. Energy Information Administration; Avinash Srivastava, Sr. Planner & Technical Director for Sustainability, Design + Planning, AECOM, Piloting Sustainability for the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, VA | |
| Finding Hot Spots using ArcGIS Online: Minimizing the Subjectivity of Visual Analysis | Lauren Bennett | ||
| Fire/Rescue and Next Gen GIS: Are we there yet? | Jennifer Schotke | Peter Hanna, Firefighter & GIS Specialist, Baltimore City Fire Department; Capt. W. Jeff Powell, Planning & Information Technology, Henrico County Division of Fire | |
| Geocoding Techniques and Options for US and International Locations | Presentation | Tosia Shall | |
| Geodatabases: An Introduction | Presentation | Ralph Denkenberger | |
| Geodatabases: An Introduction | Ralph Denkenberger | Kevin Clemence, DoD | |
| Geoplatforms for Aid & Development Coordination | Carmelle Terborgh, David Gadsden, James Tedrick | Lilian Pintea, Jane Goodall Institute; Ari Tavia & Guido Pizzini, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Mali | |
| Get Your Campus on the Map! Introducing the Community Maps Program | Brady Hoak | Brendan Ford, GIS Applications & Systems Administrator, Fairfax County Department of Information Technology, Geographic Information Services | |
| GIS Interoperability: An Introduction | Dave Danko, Marten Hogeweg | Nadine Alameh, PhD, Executive Director, Interoperability Program, OGC | |
| GIS Interoperability: An Introduction | Dave Danko, Marten Hogeweg | Nadine Alameh, PhD, Executive Director, Interoperability Program, OGC | |
| GIS Interoperability: An Introduction | Dave Danko, Marten Hogeweg | Nadine Alameh, PhD, Executive Director, Interoperability Program, OGC | |
| Global Aid, Development, and Conservation Immersion Summit | Carmelle Terborgh, Andrea Huber, James Tedrick, Ken Gorton | Carol Bothwell, Catholic Relief Services; Jennifer Lemberger, Direct Relief; Benjamin Stewart, The World Bank; Rob Rose, Wildlife Conservation Society; Nancy Choi, AidData | |
| Global Geoplatforms | James Tedrick, Carmelle Terborgh, Marten Hogeweg | Jacqueline McGlade, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): UNEPLive; Eric Van Praag, CAF- Latin American Development Bank: GeoSur | |
| Health and Social Services Immersion Summit | Flora Vale | Amy Sadler, VHA Field Analytics; Kevin Willis, VHA Planning Systems & Support Group; Stephen Ansari, Blue Raster; Jennifer Rankin, The Robert Graham Center | |
| HLS GeoCONOPS User Group Meeting | Presentation | Dave Lilley (DHS) - HLS GeoCONOPS; Ron Langhelm (BAH) - HLS GeoCONOPS | |
| Homeland Security Enterprise Enablement Part 1 | Presentation | Justin Sherin (BAH) - Moderator Justin Sherin (BAH) - Welcome/Introductions and brief HIFLD/HSIP overview TBD (OASD & DHS) - HIFLD/HSIP Partnership TBD (NGA) - HSIP Partnership specific Chris Barnard (DHS) - Remote Sensing | |
| Homeland Security Enterprise Enablement Part 2 | Presentation | David Lilley (DHS) - HLS GeoCONOPS Ron Langhelm (BAH) - HLS GeoCONOPS Lewis Summers (DHS) - Geospatial Information Infrastructure (GII) Noah Goodman (ArdentMC) - Geospatial Information Infrastructure (GII) Michael Edwards (DHS) - DHS Common Operating Picture (COP) Richard Fowler (ArdentMC) - DHS Common Operating Picture (COP) | |
| How to Successfully Collect, Analyze, and Implement User Requirements | Presentation | Gerry Clancy, Glenn Berger | |
| Image Services in the Cloud | Kurt Schwoppe, Jim Michel | ||
| Imagery in the ArcGIS Platform | Renee Bernstein, Jim Michel | ||
| Imagery Management and Dissemination | Kurt Schwoppe, Jim Michel | Joan Biediger, Cartographer/GIS Specialist & Brian Vanderbilt, Geospatial Branch Chief, USDA Farm Service Agency, Aerial Photography Field Office (APFO) | |
| Implementing ArcGIS for Facilities | Presentation | Don Hong, Craig Cleveland | |
| Integrating with your Enterprise Systems: Part 1- Business Intelligence | Presentation | Marcella Cavallaro, Evan Caldwell, Lindsey Hays | Joseph Schultz, CBeyondData |
| Integrating with your Enterprise Systems: Part 2- CRM and Sharepoint | Presentation | Marcella Cavallaro, Kevin Sigwart, Evan Caldwell | Imran Bashir, InfoReliance |
| Intelligence Analysis using ArcGIS | Darren Baird, Lyle Wright | Matt Benden, Deputy Operations Officer, ODI, US Marine Corps Intelligence Agency; Emily Little, NGA | |
| Leveraging ArcGIS in the Amazon Cloud | Presentation | Bonnie Stayer | Amy Ramsdell, Blue Raster |
| Leveraging the ArcGIS Platform to Support your Mission | Presentation | Marcella Cavallaro, Evan Caldwell, Lindsey Hays | Kevin Knapp, Tierra Plan: representing US Army Europe ITAM |
| Location Analytics for Healthcare | Presentation | Marcella Cavallaro, Evan Caldwell | |
| Location Enabling Humanitarian Assistance | Andrea Huber, James Tedrick | Brendan Bartow, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), USAID; Jennifer Lemberger, Direct Relief; Gabriele Almon & Jared Hyneman, World Vision; | |
| Make Better Policy Decisions using Esri Community Analyst | Presentation | Marcella Cavallaro, Evan Caldwell | |
| Managing and Publishing Authoritative Data for Non-profits | Ken Gorton, Kurt Eckerstrom, Deepti Kochhar | Doreen Whitley, GIO, National Audubon Society; Sarah Linden, Technology and Innovation Program Manager for BSA Summit Group, Boy Scouts of America | |
| Mapping for the Non-GIS Staff in Your Agency | Presentation | Charmel Menzel | |
| Multi-source Data Fusion | Brett Rose | Jeff Carnes, Office of Geographic Services, Geographic Operations Division 2 (SRH), IC | |
| MyEsri: The Next Generation of Customer Support | Tina Skousen, Greg Welc, Bob Waltrip | ||
| Natural Resources Immersion Summit | Tim Clark, Tosia Shall | What a Landscape Approach Means, Kevin Gallagher, Associate Director (Core Science Systems) Bringing Inventory Data to Life as Intelligent Web Maps, Dr. Richard Guldin, Director (Quantitative Sciences) | |
| Network Analysis using ArcGIS Online | Brady Hoak | Submissions from Washington State Department of Labor and Industries | |
| Network Analyst and Transportation Analytics | Brady Hoak | Kyle Dixon, ECS Federal Contracting to USPS | |
| On-the-Fly Image Analysis | Presentation | Dan Zimble, Kevin, J. Butler | Patrick Collins, ExelisVIS |
| Open Government: Open Data | Bill Greer | ||
| Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS | Presentation | Joe Bayles | |
| Optimizing your Cell Phone (SIGINT) Analysis | Presentation | Rob Feuerstein, John Conte | |
| Producing GEOINT with Esri Defense Mapping | Presentation | Heather Murnane, Brian Demers | |
| Python: Beyond the Basics | Presentation | Joel McCune | |
| Python: Getting Started | Presentation | Joel McCune | |
| Road Ahead: ArcGIS for Desktop | Jim McKinney, Thom Oaks | ||
| Road Ahead: ArcGIS for Devices | Jeff Shaner | ||
| Road Ahead: ArcGIS Online | Owen Evans | ||
| Securing ArcGIS Server Services | Presentation | James Cardona | |
| Sharing Tradecraft with ModelBuilder and Geoprocessing Services | Darren Baird | ||
| Solving your Top 10 Production Issues with ArcGIS Extensions | Presentation | Eric Ray, Dewey Marino | |
| Spatial Analysis Tools for Site Suitability | John Fry, Lyle Wright | ||
| Spatial Pattern Analysis: Mapping Trends and Clusters | Flora Vale, Lauren Bennett | Amy Sadler, VHA Field Analytics | |
| Standardized Data Production Strategies across your Enterprise | Presentation | Dewey Marino, Eric Ray | Ron Buzzard, Army Geospatial Center |
| Standards In Action | Presentation | Dave Danko, Marten Hogeweg | |
| The Cyber Supply Line: A Geospatial Approach to Cybersecurity | Presentation | Ken Stoni, Scott Cecilio | |
| The importance of Data Quality within your Enterprise | Presentation | Eric Ray, Heather Murnane | |
| Thinking Spatially with GIS | Presentation | Suzanne Foss | Robert Miller, IC |
| Transportation and Economic Development Immersion Summit | Owen Evans, Charmel Menzel | Rob Dingess, President (Geospatial Transportation Mapping Association); The Changing Context of MAP-21: The Use of GIS for Performance Based Planning, Greg Slater, Planning Director (Maryland State Highway Administration); Emerging Technology Trends in Transportation, Terry Bills, Transportation Industry Manager (Esri); MAP-21 and Safety Management: GIS and Safer Roads, Dr. Tom Horan (Claremont Graduate University) FHWA's All Roads Network and HPMS Integration, Joseph Hausman (US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration) Esri's Roads and Highways to Meet MAP-21 Requirements, Gary Waters and Tom Brenneman (Esri) | |
| Understanding ArcGIS Deployments in Public and Private Clouds | Ty Fabling | Taylor Keen, Campus GIS Coordinator, University of Maryland | |
| Using Enterprise Workflows to Manage your GIS | Presentation | Kevin Bedel | |
| Using Location Analytics and GIS to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse | Marcella Cavallaro, Evan Caldwell | Erin Grimm and Elise Pittman, USPS, OIG, James Miller | |
| Using the ArcGIS Landscape Analysis Tools and Services | Presentation | Suzanne Foss | |
| Web Editing in ArcGIS | Presentation | Carl Walter, Rob Feuerstein | |
| Web Enabling Databases with ArcGIS for Server | Brady Hoak | Aaron Wulf, Customs and Border Patrol | |
| What You Need to Know about Managing an Enterprise GIS Project | Presentation | Gerry Clancy, Glenn Berger | |
| Working with Metadata in ArcGIS | Presentation | Marten Hogeweg | |
| Working with Scientific Data in ArcGIS | Presentation | Kevin Sigwart, Dan Zimble | Matt Rosencrans and Sudhir Shrestha, NOAA CPC |