Instructor: Tripp Corbin, GISP
Room: Scarbrough 4, Lobby Level
One way to meet demands for providing superior service levels and operational efficiencies under tightening budget constraints is to leverage new technology that places GIS data in the hands of field crews. This allows for improved management and better maintenance of work processes to properly appraise infrastructure assets and to meet service request response times. This workshop is designed to provide local government managers with practical guidelines for building an effective mobile GIS program across multiple departments.
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Instructors: Pat O’Connor and Mike Ireland
Room: Scarbrough 2, Lobby Level
Location: Regency Ballroom, 2nd Floor
Welcome to the 20th Anniversary GIS/CAMA Technologies Conference in Savannah!
Hear from leaders of IAAO and URISA, and from the Conference Chairs as we begin the milestone conference, in the birthplace of the event.
We'll then hear from Mike Vaquer who will give us a Savannah History Lesson that starts in 1730 and brings us up to today, dispelling some myths, and providing some interesting tidbits along the way.
Keith Cunningham will then discuss the use of drones for 3D property imaging, and how that factors into the IAAO desktop review process:
Property Imaging Technology: 150 Years of History
Since the first cameras, imaging technology and their platforms have co-evolved. The first air photos were of Paris in the 1850s. As cameras improved, platforms grew from balloons to airplanes. The first use of aerial photography for tax assessments was in the 1920’s. Today’s imaging sensors now include digital cameras, lasers, and radar. The platforms and their perspective have also changed, including satellites in space. The next step in this evolution will include drones capable of hovering at close range creating three-dimensional photomodels for GIS and CAMA technologies.
What a powerhouse way to start the conference!
Room: Scarbrough 1-2, Lobby Level
Level: Beginner
Discover the unique challenges and opportunities in the future of valuation, new statistical techniques, and technology. The results of the Residential Modeling Contest will also be revealed in this session.
Keywords: Tribal lands, statistics, modeling contest
Moderator: Linda Cwiek
Level: Intermediate
Room: Trustees Hall, 2nd floor
Three experienced assessment professionals share some things to consider to be sure you are communicating clearly and authentically. Both talks are intended to be interactive, with audience participation and discussion giving participants new ways to look at existing patterns and communication in our own workplaces.
Presentation topics covered in this section will include 1) A real-life return on investment (ROI) methodology from Africa, measuring the benefits to society and local government when a modernized assessment system is enacted; and 2) In today’s workplace we all need to communicate better, faster, and clearer than ever before.
The second presentation will provide direction to help clear common workplace communication hurdles. Learn ways to improve e-mail etiquette, achieve conference call consistency, move from meeting mayhem to meeting order, and successfully navigate day-to-day communication opportunities. Learn valuable communication skills that will increase your effectiveness in the workplace.Systems, Professional Development, Communication Skills
Moderator: Danielle Simpson, Boulder County, Boulder , CO
Level: Beginner
Room: Scarbrough 3-4, Lobby Level
This session discusses the advantages and challenges of migrating and maintaining a parcel dataset within Esri's Parcel Fabric. Maintaining your data in the Parcel Fabric buildins a solid foundation that can be leveraged to offer several advantages throughout your office and beyond by implementing the Local Government Information Model ArcGIS Online.
Keywords: Parcel Fabric, ArcGIS Online, local government
Moderator: Mazher Ahmed, CIAO, GISP, Kane County
Keywords: Commercial valuation, appeals, Big Box, location
Moderator: Patrick O’Connor, O’Connor Consulting Inc., Plano, TX
Level: Beginner
Room: Scarbrough 3-4, Lobby Level
Integration of GIS and CAMA is at the heart of this conference’s message and mission. Learn how to achieve full value from integration of both your GIS and CAMA, and learn what pitfalls to avoid. Then, share your hard work mining your integrated data via public-facing web mapping tools and story maps that make your data easy to understand.
Keywords: GIS, CAMA, integration, web mapping, story maps, web services
Moderator: S. Jay Graber, Apex Software
Keywords: change detection, property records, sketches, imagery, GIS, automation, integration
Moderator: S. Jay Graber, Apex Software, San Antonio, TX
“I’ll take Data Aggregation for $500, Alex.”
A great way to wind down after a full day of sessions. Join us for GIS/CAMA 2016 Parcel Jeopardy! Learn a bit, enjoy some snacks and play along before heading out for a fun evening in Savannah.
Tuesday, February 23 – GHOST SAVANNAH!!
Ghost Walking Tours - $20 (pay in cash directly to tour guide)
(Sign up at Registration no later than 10:00am on Tuesday February 23)
7:00 pm – Ghost & Folklore Tour – meet at Colonial Park Cemetery Entrance – 90 minute walking tour
9:00pm – Haunted Pub Crawl – meet at Molly McPherson’s – 2 hour walking tour
Room: Trustees Hall, 2nd floor
This session provides an overview of emerging policy and technological trends that will affect of assessing in the near term and possibly the long term. Topics include state and provincial educational requirements and delivery methods, operational uses of online tools in data collection and verification, the application of IAAO standards to technology, and the use of available online resources in daily operations. Following this overview, the session follows a path that will eventually lead to a national parcel database in the United States. The ongoing trend to aggregate and share data at local, state, and regional levels is rapidly gaining momentum, inevitably resulting in a fully functional national database. Learn the current status of this initiative, the influence other countries have had on the process, and the role of assessors as a vital source of authoritative data.
Moderator: William Stephenson
Level: Intermediate
Room: Scarbrough 3-4, Lobby Level
This track incorporates first-hand experience and honest advice from two of the country’s leading assessment offices: Jefferson County, Kentucky, and Harris County, Texas. Jefferson County staff will discuss what they have learned when choosing supporting applications and services such as imagery, sketches, mobile data, permitting, and GIS/CAMA software. Harris County, will discuss its parcel data migration to the ESRI parcel fabric model, while highlighting lessons learned and challenges faced. Attend these sessions to learn from assessment world experts who know the questions to ask when integrating GIS and CAMA tools.
Moderator: Rachel Parrinello, GISP
Come together with our esteemed panel to celebrate 20 years of GIS/CAMA conference adventures.
This panel comprises industry pioneers who will graciously share their accomplishments, encouragement, and inspiration.
Hear ideas from the folks who started it all…..the grassroots GIS/CAMA conference back in 1997…..and reflect on how the GIS/CAMA conference came to be what it is today.
Audience participation is encouraged. Ask the panelists your best questions, give your opinions, and get ready to rock the boat!
Don’t miss this one….
Moderator: Bob Bates, Alachua County (FL) Property Appraiser's Office
Interviewer/Facilitator: Ed Crane, Esri
Panelists:
Cindy Domenico, Boulder County (CO) Commissioner
Susan Marlow, MAPPS President, Stantec
Pete Rodda, IAAO President, Chowan County (NC)
Ruel Williamson, International Property Tax Institute
See first hand how Tyler Technologies’ unrivaled appraisal and tax solutions make it possible for you to have all CAMA and GIS data in one comprehensive view to solve critical business needs while improving productivity and efficiencies — giving you more time to focus on serving the citizens in your community.
Sorry, this session is full. Please contact Tyler Technologies at sales@tylertechnologies.com if you’d like to schedule a personal demo session during the conference.
Level: Intermediate
Room: Trustees Hall, 2nd floor
Integration of diverse large datasets, from publicly held aerial imagery, to census data, to parcels including their attributes and values, is becoming the new normal at both the local assessment level and at state and national levels. Who is using your data and for what purposes? How are other users linking their data to your data and integrating it within their own workflows? Conversely, how is your organization improving data mining and integration of new data sources into your own workflow? Come to this session and think about how data sharing can help society integrate, visualize, and understand spatial trends by working together.
Level: Intermediate
Room: Scarbrough 1-2, Lobby Level
Learn the language of automated valuation models (AVMs). Multiple third party analytical applications will be showcased in this session.
Moderator: Bill Wetzel
Level: Intermediate
Room: Scarbrough 3-4, Lobby Level
Learn techniques used for sharing GIS data with open source and cloud technologies. Resources you can use today to visualize and share your GIS data.
Moderator: Leighann Coates, Thimgan & Associates
Room: Regency Ballroom, 2nd Floor
We are happy to welcome guests from the Property Records Industry Association (PRIA) who just happen to be meeting in Savannah this week. PRIA is the leading resource for the property records industry and, as such, develops and promotes standards, best practices and white papers to enhance operational functions for its members (Recorders of Deeds and their business partners).
This panel will discuss the responsibilities of the recorder’s office and how it impacts GIS and assessors. We'll integration possibilities between land records and GIS departments and the potential benefits to the broader community. We will also discuss future collaboration opportunities between the county recorder’s office, GIS department and the assessor’s office.Moderator: Larry Burtness, recorder, Washoe Co., NV, and PRIA Vice President
Directions:
From the Hyatt lobby, turn right onto W Bay St. Walk 2 blocks to Williamson St. Turn right onto Williamson St.
Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos (314 Williamson St)
By using web-based data services, data management is enhanced making it easier for public access. Providing web access capabilities and enhanced map features, more efficient data sharing and transparency is possible.
Moderator: Sita Nanthavong, Washington County, Fayetteville, AR
Keywords: complete web access, bridged data access
Level: Intermediate
Room: Trustees Hall, 2nd floor
From colonial parcel creation to integrating GIS and CAMA, dedicated professionals have been working to improve the US land administration system. This session will deliver an interesting and engaging look back.
Moderator: Bob Bates
Keywords: history, land records, CAMA, revitalization
To cap off this track, these presenters will explore how location variables interact with spatially related data.
Moderator: William Stephenson, Washington County, Fayetteville, AR
Keywords: Location, geographically weighted regression (GWR), K-nearest-neighbor (k-NN)
Room: Regency Ballroom, 2nd Floor
Building a coalition to deliver an enterprise GIS is challenging and fraught with political landmines. This exclusive session will deliver the realistic tools and techniques to create cooperation, demonstrate need, calculate ROI and secure funding.
(Don't leave early! You might win one of two Apple iPad's to be raffled druing this session, generously donated by Thimgan & Associates.)
Moderator: Rachel Parrinello, GISP
Speakers:
William “Pete” Rodda, CAE, RES, President, International Association of Assessing Officers, Roper, NC
Keywords: ROI, organization, multijurisdictional, crossover, funding
