IGIS TECHNOLOGIES INC Information

IGIST continues to provide onsite GIS expertise to LAFCO. LAFCO relies on IGIST to handle various day-to-day map requests, GIS analysis for special projects, parcel inquiries, and website support. IGIST has an employee that works onsite at LAFCO for approximately 1,300 hours per year. June/2008 IGIST has been awarded a contract by the US Forest Service GSTC to develop training curriculum for producing accurate and effective Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUM). IGIST will be developing curriculum content for the MVUM program, which has been in place since 2005. Both ILT (instructor-led training) and webcast course content will be created. The curriculum will address four main areas of the MVUM map producers: 1) improve cartographic skills and the ensure the appropriate use of templates, 2) understand and interpret business rules so that maps correctly reflect policies, 3) clarify NEPA rules that affect map outputs, and 4) ensure that USFS rules and regulations are reflected in the MVUMs, and not rules or data that come from other agencies. A pilot ILT course and webcast will be offered at the end of course development, and USFS feedback from these courses will be incorporated into the final delivered curriculum. June/2008 The US Forest Service GSTC has contracted with IGIST to enhance the Advanced Cartographic Concepts course, and to teach 2 instances of the 4 day class. The Advanced Cartographic Concepts course, which was developed 2 years ago for the GSTC, is being enhanced to include two more topics. One topic is Data Mining, and it shows GIS Analysts how to incorporate geospatial data from the Internet into the cartographic products they create. This includes both the downloading of data from common websites and also the use of various web services to access data directly from ArcCatalog. The other topic addresses the use of Maplex to improve the labeling process when creating maps. Once the course has been revised, IGIST will send a trainer on-site to teach 2 sessions of the class to USFS GIS specialists. June/2008 IGIST has been awarded a contract to enhance and revise the RLGIS (Refuge Lands GIS) application for the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). RLGIS was originally developed under ArcView 3.x, as an effort by FWS Region 6 to tailor a GIS application that directly addressed the geospatial needs of the FWS Refuges. It has since been rewritten (by ESRI) for ArcGIS, and after considerable use by several FWS regions, a list of application enhancements and data model revisions have been identified. The enhancements and revisions will affect both the ArcMap application and the ArcPad application portions of RLGIS. May/2008 The US Forest Service GSTC has tasked IGIST to convert an existing Spatial Modeling course from a traditional ILT (instructor-led training) format to a web-based eLearning module. IGIST developed a course titled Model Builder Tools for Natural Resources Applications for the Bureau of Land Management in 2006. The USFS requested to have this course updated, and converted to an online format. The course is to be redesigned and rewritten in an eLearning format, and then published out to a set of Flash files. Once this has been accomplished, all USFS personnel will have access to the course content via a web browser, providing a cost effective and convenient way of training GIS users within the USFS. Mar/2008 IGIST was hired as a subcontractor to PSOMAS to provide programming services for the Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, AZ. IGIST was hired to work on two specific parts of a contract that PSOMAS has in place with the airport. Using ArcGIS Server, a web application is being developed to interact with a database in order to visualize and review a community noise reduction plan. Another task involves mapping and analysis in support of a proposed train system that will link the airport with the Phoenix trolley system. Jan/2008 CALIBRE has hired IGIST to customize and webcast a GIS course in spatial modeling to its employees situated at a number of different Army bases throughout the country. IGIST is adapting portions of an existing course developed in 2006, so that it can be delivered as a webcast using phone conferencing and desktop sharing software. Lectures with PowerPoint slides will be delivered during two four hour sessions for the students. The students will perform hands-on exercises using locally installed versions of ArcGIS Desktop software, manipulating data that they download from an IGIST server. Jan/2008 The US Forest Service GSTC tasked IGIST to teach a class at the Eastern Southern Regional University (ESRU). Every year Region 8 and Region 9 of the USFS meet for two weeks of training in Columbus, OH. At this two week event, USFS personnel receive training in a wide-ranging variety of subjects. IGIST taught at the 2007 ESRU event, and this year was invited to return to offer a 5 day course in Cartography. Jan/2008 A series of awards have been made to IGIST by the BLM National Training Center in Phoenix, AZ, to provide onsite training for the BLM region that includes Montana and the Dakotas. As the BLM in Montana/Dakotas moves towards a more centralized approach to GIS, IGIST has been tasked to provide multiple onsite classes to this region through September 2008. Course include, but are not limited to, Advanced Cartographic Concepts, Introduction to ArcGIS 9.2, Agency Migration to the Geodatabase, Model Builder Tools for Natural Resource Applications, Geodatabase Editing and Quality Control Using PLTS, Editing in the Geodatabase Environment, and courses addressing the use of ArcSDE in accessing BLM data from centralized servers.