Spring NEARC 2025

This case study presents a semi-automated workflow for managing public map requests in a water utility using ArcGIS Survey123, Power Automate, and Power BI. The solution replaces manual emails and task assignments with standardized forms, automated notifications, and performance dashboards, enhancing efficiency, accountability, and service delivery through low-code tools.

Join us in a demo of a comprehensive incident reporter for public works use. Features include hotspot mapping, volume loss calculations, and revenue loss estimation. We cover the essential workflow, equations, and beneficial features for users.

This presentation will cover the techniques used to develop a spatially accurate state-wide inventory of every mile of lane mile of lane markings, turn markings, and crosswalks in the state. The Team will go over the database design, workflow, and planning process to manage a large state wide dataset of pavement markings in the State of Connecticut.

Maps can’t be accessible, can they? That’s been the thought for most of our collective GIS careers. A federal mandate (the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title II) in April 2024 changed that, by requiring that all governments ensure their digital content and services meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, also known as WCAG, by April 2026 (for large state/local governments). As we started to dig into what accessible interactive maps really meant, we discovered that we typically build for the 75% of people who define themselves as not having a disability. This made us wonder what types of experiences the 25% (people who do define themselves as having disabilities) had with our digital GIS products. Although this is a mandate, we’ve grown to understand map and GIS accessibility is so much more than a requirement. It’s also a responsibility to make our maps and applications available to anyone who wants and needs to use them. Today, we'll share our journey thus far on learning about accessibility and web maps. We’ll introduce you to the federal mandate and WCAG. We’ll share some basic precepts for thinking about accessibility in GIS. We’ll also review some of the basic strategies we use to ensure our web maps—the base of most digital GIS products—are accessible. We hope our story helps you feel confident to start your journey in GIS accessibility.

This presentation showcases the development of the Connecticut GIS Submission Hub for parcel and CAMA data, utilizing ArcGIS Online, Survey123, Hub, and Dashboards. The system streamlines data collection and access. The hub provides specific stakeholders with tailored dashboards, enabling seamless data downloads and visualization. This solution enhances collaboration, and accessibility.

CTData created a resource map for the North Hartford Promise Zone to help community users locate affiliated providers, programs, and other services. This session covers its collaborative design, data sharing efforts, and plans for future development.

ArcGIS StoryMaps can be utilized as a tool to communicate pertinent information to hundreds of landowners who reside in residential subdivisions that have been subject to the 3-acre stormwater permit that was issued by the State of Vermont in 2020.

ArcGIS Online (AGOL) can apply GIS data relating to global policy frameworks to improve decision-making for a more sustainable future. This presentation will explore the process of building the Spatial Biodiversity Information System of The Bahamas, from conducting the user needs assessment to the platform development to the technical training. This platform supports biodiversity conservation for a sustainable world and is built in a sustainable manner to be managed by local partners.

MHP's Center for Housing Data will share how we are partnering with local stakeholders to build a novel and comprehensive GIS database to evaluate housing development potential for every parcel in Western Massachusetts.