Highlighting GIS

GIS 101: Basic Concepts and Uses for Local Government This session will present an overview of what is GIS, some basic concepts, and a high level summary of its uses in local government operations.  Users should expect to come away with a broad understanding of this important technology.  The concepts presented will serve as a basis for the second morning session covering specific examples of GIS usage for assessors, planners, and other local government personnel, to be presented immediately after this session.

ESRI Intro session part 2 This session will present specific examples of uses of GIS in local government. Demonstrations will cover topics such as GIS usage in land records management; planning; public works; and other examples.  This session will be of interest to assessors, planners, public works employees, and other municipal employees.  Users should expect to come away with an understanding of some of the specific uses of GIS in local government.  The demonstrations presented will build on the concepts presented in the preceding session entitled "GIS 101: Basic Concepts and Uses for Local Government," and those attending should ensure they have attended the first session.

Virtual Maine, an Emergency Situational Awareness System. The Maine Emergency Management Agency has developed a situational awareness system called "Virtual Maine." Virtual Maine provides emergency personnel access to a wide variety of data, locations of reported events from a bridge washout, car accident, a plane crash, descriptions, personnel involved, issues that need attention, status, photographs, etc. It provides access to a variety of weather feeds. The 511 system is accessible, providing information on roads and traffic. Near real time power outage data is displayed. The system will be available to county and local governments who collaborate with MEMA during emergencies.

The focus of this presentation is how the system may be used. The main software components that are used will be identified; however this is not a technical presentation on how it was built. Virtual Maine is built on two primary software products, Google Earth Enterprise and WebEOC.

Maine's Broadband Revolution. The adoption and use of broadband is critical to Maine’s rural and regional growth.

Education’s Role in Broadband Availability and Adoption. This session will focus on new directions, applications and programs happening now, to benefit our rural and urban citizens.

Economic Development and Innovation. This session will discuss the public-private partnership between municipalities and providers with funding and use of broadband as a focus.

Health Information Technology. Real life experiences in implementing Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems and the exchange of health care data and results and telehealth. Discussed will be the advantages and challenges, and opportunities for improved efficiency and health care outcomes.

Understanding Maine’s Broadband Landscape. This session provides an overview of the ConnectME Authority’s ARRA Mapping and Planning projects. 

GovOffice User Group

Be sure to learn about new features that GovOffice will introduce in 2012. We’ll also address online payments, best practices and contemporary design solutions. We encourage all of our Maine clients (over 70) to attend this important session. Our aim is to strengthen your municipal online presence. The event is also open to those considering moving their websites to GovOffice – www.govoffice.com. Presented by Ross Heupel, Marketing Dir., GovOffice Web Solutions

Social Media

Tools for Transparency - How to Find Success Using Facebook. This workshop will educate participants about how to use Facebook to communicate more efficiently. Discussed will be the different capabilities between a personal page and a business page, explain how to better engage your citizens and how to manage and utilize the social media site.

Other GIS Offerings:

Maine GeoLibrary Adopts Land Use Codes. This presentation will describe the process leading to the new land use codes and provide an overview of the codes and how they can be applied.

Using Stakeholders to Develop a Watershed-Scale Land Use Suitability Model. In this presentation, we examine the development of stakeholder-driven land use models to integrate stakeholder values with empirical spatial data.

Maine Statewide Orthoimagery 5-year Program. The need for improved planning, assessment, and response has been a heightened subject of concern for federal, state, and local agencies nationwide. This workshop will explore the scope of services, accuracy and products produced by the Maine project.

NextGen 9-1-1 for Maine. This session will provide an overview of the NG9-1-1 system that Maine will be deploying in 2013. This new technology uses GIS data to locate, route and identify appropriate responders when requests are made for emergency services.

Maine's Strategic Broadband Plan: An Overview. In this presentation, an overview will be given of the needs assessment's main results and the strategic plan's key recommendations.

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