Esri Mid-Atlantic User Group

Newsletter

Fall 2017
Welcome to the Fall 2017 edition of the Esri-MUG Newsletter. If you have a calendar
item, GIS activity, or GIS news item that might be of interest to us all, please submit it
to our secretary, Sue Hoegberg, at shoegberg@dewberry.com.

2017 Public Sector GIS Conference

Its time to start thinking about exhibiting or presenting at this years conference!
The conference will be held on December 5-7, 2017 at the Sheraton Philadelphia
Downtown. The call for papers and registration link are posted at
http://www.esri.com/events/public-sector. Be sure to choose the Philadelphia
location.

Abstracts are due by October 27th.

Early bird conference registration ends October 13. Also please notice that an
additional discount on the registration fee is available if you reserve a hotel room,
but you MUST reserve your room first to receive the discount.

Presidents Message
By Brendan Ford
Brendan Ford, Esri-MUG
I am excited to return for another stint as the Esri-MUG President
President. A lot has changed since I was last the President of
MUG, the conference landscape being the most dramatic of
those changes. It appears that our annual Esri-MUG
conference is giving way to a regional version of the Esri Public
Sector GIS Conference. As a group we look forward to
supporting that effort as we would the annual MUG
conference.

This past spring the group completed our second successful spring one-day conference
where we hit the maximum registrations. We were delighted to have five student
speakers among the presentations. We plan to make the spring meeting an annual
event at UMUC and we look forward to your active participation in the future. We also
held our annual golf tournament where we raise scholarship money for students in GIS.

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As a group we continue to look for ways to share technology ideas, experiences and
creative uses of Esri software, and networking and career building opportunities. I
encourage you to participate as a member of the board and get more involved in the
GIS community.

Esri-MUG SIG at Esri UC

The 2017 Esri International User Conference was held from July 10-14, 2017 in San
Diego, CA. Rachel Weeden (Esri) and Dan Hunter (Gannett Fleming) hosted an Esri-MUG
Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting on Tuesday evening July 11 at 5:30 p.m. The
meeting was well attended and many were new to the MUG. After a brief explanation
of the MUGs mission and a round table of introductions by all attendees, Rachel and
Dan moderated a rousing round of GeoJeopardy. The meeting was capped with a bit
more social networking where folks chatted about GIS and their work interests before
heading out for an evening in San Diego.
Visit the conference web site at http://www.esri.com/events/index.html for more
information about the Esri International User Conference.

Esri-MUG Golf Outing

By Golf Outing chairman Tom Schweitzer
The Esri- MUG 2017 Golf Outing was held on August 2nd at Needwood Golf Course in
Derwood, MD. Once again the weather cooperated with sunny skies, and nice temps.
We had 12 players attend the event, pairing off into 3 teams.

GIS Day Events in the Mid-Atlantic

GIS Day is November 15, 2017! GIS Day provides a forum for users of geographic
information systems (GIS) technology to demonstrate real-world applications that are
making a difference in our society.
The first formal GIS Day took place in 1999. Esri president and co-founder Jack
Dangermond credits Ralph Nader with being the person who inspired the creation of GIS
Day. He considered GIS Day a good initiative for people to learn about geography and
the uses of GIS. He wanted GIS Day to be a grassroots effort and open to everyone to
participate.
GIS Day is celebrated the Wednesday of National Geography Awareness Week, which is
itself celebrated the third week of November each year. Hundreds of GIS Day events
are planned this year across the globe on nearly every continent. Many agencies and

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organizations throughout the Esri-MUG area observe GIS Day by hosting local events that
highlight GIS and their efforts in using GIS. A list of GIS Day events to be held in the
Mid-Atlantic area is shown below.
For more information about GIS Day visit http://www.gisday.com/

Pennsylvania Maryland
Allegheny National Forest GIS Day GIS Day at Johns Hopkins University
Warren, PA Baltimore, MD

Bethlehem Center School District GIS Day GIS Day at Reveal

Fredericktown, PA Fulton, MD

Central Pennsylvania GIS Day Intro to ArcGIS

Harrisburg, PA Ft. Meade, MD

Chevrons Appalachian/Michigan Business MDE GIS Day

Unit GIS Day Baltimore, M
Moon Township, PA
Washington College GIS Day
Kings College Geographic Information Day Chestertown, MD
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Virginia
Lancaster County GIS Day Agriculture and Blue Raster GIS Day for Washington-Lee
GIS High School
Lancaster, PA Arlington, VA

Penn Commercial Business/Technical Commonwealth Center for Children and

School GIS Day Adolescents GIS Day
Washington, PA Staunton, VA

Penn State GIS Day Dewberry GIS Day

State College, PA Fairfax, VA

New Jersey George Mason University

Haddonfield Middle School GIS Day Fairfax, VA
Haddonfield, N
GIS Day Class for Homeschoolers
Delaware Centreville, VA
City of Dover GIS Day
Dover, DE GIS/PSAP Education Day
Bristol, VA
Delaware GIS Day
Dover, DE Granby High School Careers in GIS
Norfolk, VA
University of Delaware GIS Day
Newark, DE Hampton Roads VDOT GIS Day
Suffolk, VA

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Henrico County GIS Day Richmond VDOT GIS Day
Henrico, VA Richmond, VA

NASA Langley Research Center GIS Day University of Richmond GIS Day
Hampton, VA Richmond, VA

Old Donation School GIS Day West Virginia

Virginia Beach, VA U.S. Gas Operations GIS Day
Charleston, WV

Esri-MUG Officers
Office Name Phone E-Mail
President Brendan Ford 703-324-3792 brendan.ford@fairfaxcounty.gov

Tom Thomas.Schweitzer@atkinsglobal.com
Vice President 240-264-8016
Schweitzer

Treasurer Mario Field 202-727-1761 mario.field@dc.gov

Secretary Sue Hoegberg 703-849-0419 shoegberg@dewberry.com

Board of Directors Meetings

Board of Directors Meetings are held via conference call the second Thursday of each
month. Please join us and get involved! Contact Sue Hoegberg at 703-849-0419 or
shoegberg@dewberry.com for more information, dates and times, call-in number, etc.

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