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September/2003

IGIST fire mapping paper published in Directions Magazine.

 

 

 

July/2003

IGIST presents papers in two key areas at ESRI UC.

 

    ArcIMS and Geodatabase are high profile topics within the ESRI community.  IGIST analysts presented two papers: “An Enterprise GIS Approach to Geodatabase Design and Migration” and “Integrating ArcIMS Into an Online Title Insurance Collaboration System.”.

 

 

July/2003

IGIST starts ArcGIS extension development for Defense Intelligence Agency.

 

    The DIA has a large number of users that need a quicker way to deal with coordinate information that may be acquired off paper maps or through GPS.  IGIST was contracted to generate the Layer Wizard Analyst for ArcGIS 8.3.  This will allow a more robust and flexible entry of coordinate data as layers in ArcMap.

 

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June/2003

IGIST selected to provide multiple course  training for CALTRANS.

 

    ArcGIS training has traditionally been done centrally in CALTRANS Sacramento office.  Now they are adopting a more efficient delivery of training onsite using IGIST as an ESRI Authorized Instructor.  IGIST will begin to give courses in Irvine.

 

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June/2003

IGIST performs custom ArcGIS training at BLM National Training Center.

 

    BLM invited their GIS specialists from Arizona to be a part of custom course that introduced them to ArcGIS. As well they were able to network about statewide needs and form some preliminary strategies to addressing their migration to Geodatabase.

 

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May/2003

IGIST is hired to teach third ArcGIS course for the City of Burbank.

 

    The City of Burbank is starting to disseminate ArcGIS software and skills to several departments. This is the 3rd in a series of ArcGIS courses that IGIST has given onsite.

 

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April/2003

IGIST is selected by Clark County, NV to develop custom Geodatabase training

 

    Clark County is the central data repository for all users within the county. The move to Geodatabase will impact many agencies in their timeline and ability to use the newest ESRI data format. IGIST will be leading the county by developing some prototype models using Clark County data and instructing users in the region on how to perform many of their data migration tasks.

 

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April/2003

IGIST presents papers and workshops at BLM’s National Resource Tools Conference.

 

    This conference is an annual gathering of BLM professionals nationwide to discuss technology needs related to GIS. IGIST was an exhibitor as well as a presenter of workshops and papers dealing with Geodatabase, Spatial Modeling, and Georeferencing in ArcMap.

 

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January/2003

IGIST is asked to provide six ArcGIS courses for the BLM nationwide.

 

    BLM is acting in a proactive manner to provide training for its vast resource base.  Rather than train one person at a time independently, they use the model to get an entire office on board with new tools by having onsite training. IGIST will be visiting 6 field offices in the West and performing ArcGIS courses with some customization using client data.

 

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January/2003

IGIST begins geodatabase training development for BLM’s National Training Program.

 

    BLM has a massive undertaking to convert their existing ArcInfo Coverages and ArcView Shapefiles to the Geodatabase. In order to facilitate this process with a coordinated effort, IGIST is performing a preliminary needs assessment to produce user-defined standards.  This will be formed into a course that will give field and state offices instruction on modeling procedures, conversion techniques, and geodatabase interaction.

 

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Company News 2003

 

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