The Southwest User Conference proceedings is a compilation of professional abstracts and presentations delivered at the conference held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, December 2–4, 2014. Esri users contributed a fundamental part to the conference by submitting and presenting their presentations on a diverse collection of GIS applications.
| Title | Presentation | Author | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geodesigning Parks for People | Bob Huer & Krista Grochowski | Natural Resources: GIS for Communities | |
| Strategic Conservation Planning with GIS | Alex Wood | Natural Resources: GIS for Communities | |
| Tracking Paleontological Resources Establishing a Paleontology GDB for Public Lands | Michael Grieco | Natural Resources: GIS for Communities | |
| Understanding Asset Management using Cityworks Maintenance Score | Presentation | Matt Harman | Technology: GIS for Asset Collection |
| Using GIS to Make our Smart Phones Work | Antoni Allred | Technology: GIS for Asset Collection | |
| So You Bought a UAV. Now What? | Presentation | Genie Hays | Technology: Unmanned Data Collection |
| How Would You Like to Use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles? | Presentation | Bill Timmins | Technology: Unmanned Data Collection |
| Work in Streets Web Application that Can Save Money | Presentation | Colleen Swain & Brian Zheng | State and Local Government: GIS at Work |
| Supporting Metropolitan Redevelopment with GIS | Presentation | Tim Gaulden & Josh Sammons | State and Local Government: GIS at Work |
| Supporting Metropolitan Redevelopment with GIS- Part 2 | Presentation | Tim Gaulden & Josh Sammons | State and Local Government: GIS at Work |
| Developing Travel Shed TAZ Using ArcGIS | Erich M. Rentz | GeoDesign: GIS for Business & Travel | |
| GIS Line-Of-Business Application: Simplified PHX (nPORT) Approach | Robert Pacheco & Ajara Naik | GeoDesign: GIS for Business & Travel | |
| Application of GIS in the Validation of Regional Travel Forecasting Models | Petya Maneva | GeoDesign: GIS for Business & Travel | |
| Potential for Regional Hyperspectral Imaging Surveys in the American Southwest | Presentation | Stu Giles & Todd Hoefen | Technology: Imaging and GIS |
| Creating the High Resolution NHDPlus | Presentation | Jeff Simley | Technology: Imaging and GIS |
| Agile Development and GIS | Presentation | Ariel Doumboya & Jerry Ornelas | Technology: Imaging and GIS |
| Local Government Data Model / Data Migration | Presentation | Robert Wright | GeoDesign: GIS in Our Community |
| Building a Municipal Enterprise GIS Program | Timothy Pitts | GeoDesign: GIS in Our Community | |
| Advancing the Navajo Housing Authority with a Land Information System | Nadine Clah, David Turk (URS) & Eric Nemeth (URS) | GeoDesign: GIS in Our Community | |
| Conservation Almanac: A GIS Database of Lands Conserved Using Public Funds | Presentation | Michael Hannon | Natural Resources: GIS for a Better Society |
| Storymaps: Non-Profit Uses Case and Customization Tips and Tricks | Presentation | Smitty Smith & Carolyn Ives | Natural Resources: GIS for a Better Society |
| Uranium Mining in New Mexico & the Navajo Nation | Larry Heard | Natural Resources: GIS for a Better Society | |
| Esri's ModelBuilder to Automate USFS Ecological Condition Assessment | Michael Grieco & Nick Viau | Managing a GIS: Cartographic Tips from the Experts | |
| Building a GIS for K-12 School Planning and Facilities Management | Patricia Apt | Education: GIS in Education for Administration and Instruction | |
| Creating ArcGIS.com Organizational Accounts for New Mexico Schools | Michael DeMers | Education: GIS in Education for Administration and Instruction | |
| Use What You Got | Mitch Tweedy | Technology: Mobile GIS from the Experts | |
| BLM/NMDGF Hunting Maps Program—CarryMap Observer | Presentation | Jeremy Zimmerman | Managing a GIS: GIS for the Public |
| Leveraging the ArcGIS Platform to Update 40 year-old Game Distributions in Arizona | Presentation | Ryan Nosek | Managing a GIS: GIS for the Public |
| Using FIA Plot Data and MTBS Data Products to Analyze the Effects of Fire on Forests in the Interior West | Chuck Werstak | Managing a GIS: GIS for the Public | |
| Wildland Fire GIS: Day in the life of a GIS Specialist (a 16 hour day) | Presentation | Aaron Seifert | Public Safety: GIS for Disasters |
| Using GIS in Emergency Management and Response | Jason Close | Public Safety: GIS for Disasters | |
| Effective Management of Fluids in the Shale Gas industry Using GIS | Ashwin Dhanasekar | Natural Resources: GIS for Energy | |
| The Power of the Flow Network | Presentation | Cynthia Ritmiller | Natural Resources: GIS for Energy |
| Mapping a Traditional GIS Course Onto a Quest-Based Learning Platform | Presentation | Michael DeMers | Education: Alternative Looks at GIS |
| Unite for Literacy's Book Desert Map: Changing the Community's Conversation | Presentation | James Shelton | Education: Alternative Looks at GIS |
| Calculating Cumulative Non-Negative Elevation Gain for Bicycle Route Choice Modelling | Erich Rentz | Managing a GIS: GIS for Public Investigation | |
| Using GIS to Identify Hazards in the Wildland Urban Interface: Opportunities for Applied Service Learning | Presentation | Kathy Whiteman | Managing a GIS: GIS for Public Investigation |
| Administrating and enabling success with ArcGIS Online. | Presentation | Jeremiah Lindemann | Technical Workshop |
| ArcGIS as a Platform: Putting it all Together | Tom Murray | Technical Workshop | |
| ArcGIS Collector and Operations Dashboard | Presentation | Jason Channin | Technical Workshop |
| ArcGIS for Land Records—Think Outside the Parcel | Presentation | Jayson Hagen | Technical Workshop |
| ArcGIS for Open Data | Presentation | Matt Bullock | Technical Workshop |
| ArcGIS for State and Local Government: An Overview | Presentation | Matt Bullock | Technical Workshop |
| ArcGIS GeoEvent Processor for Server | Presentation | Jayson Hagen | Technical Workshop |
| ArcGIS Online Best Practices | Presentation | Bern Szukalski | Technical Workshop |
| ArcGIS Pro | Presentation | Jeremiah Lindemann | Technical Workshop |
| Best Practices for Implementing ArcGIS for Water Utilities | Presentation | Jason Channin | Technical Workshop |
| Creating a Workforce Development Plan | Presentation | Diane Wagner | Technical Workshop |
| Creating a Smart 3D city Model from Start to Finish | Presentation | Dave Vaillancourt | Technical Workshop |
| Esri's Living Atlas of the World | Presentation | Shane Matthews | Technical Workshop |
| Intro to Portal for ArcGIS | Presentation | Tom Shippee | Technical Workshop |
| System Tools for Enterprise GIS | Tom Murray | Technical Workshop | |
| The ConnectED Initiative and Esri | Esther Worker | Technical Workshop | |
| What's New in ArcGIS for Server 10.3 | Presentation | Tom Shippee | Technical Workshop |
| Working with Lidar in ArcGIS | Presentation | Dave Vaillancourt | Technical Workshop |
| Data Prep Tools: Community Maps Program Training | Presentation | Shane Matthews & Tamara Yoder | Post-Confernce Seminar |