Dumbing Down Terrain with Contour Polygons (4 min)

While technology advances towards products with greater resolution and accuracy, sometimes more data isn’t always better data. Sometimes, being able to see general trends and relative differences pain

The Evolution of a Python Script (7 min)

Python is a very approachable programming language and scripting in python is quick and powerful - Create a file, type some code, and a repeatable script is produced. Python is installed on most compu

Utah Recognized in NSGIC Geospatial Excellence Awards (2 min)

Through its Geospatial Excellence Awards, the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) recognizes individuals and organizations that advance the capabilities of geospatial technology, an

UGRC System Status Page (2 min)

Over the years, GIS is trending more and more towards being web-based. UGRC has tried to keep step with this trend with the addition of the discover, the Turn GPS RTK GPS service, and the Web API hand

Rethinking Geocoders: Adding Local Vernacular into the Build Process (5 min)

UGRC has been working on a project to enhance our approach to geocoding. This grew from the basic idea that humans often view addressing differently than a GIS system. For instance, as GIS professiona

Removing and Replacing the Esri Web Adaptor (3 min)

The Esri web adaptor is a small load balancer/reverse proxy bundled into the ArcGIS Server install but do you know if you need it?ArcGIS Server runs an http server exposed over the private port 6080.

Printing Web Maps with Discover Services (3 min)

Export Web Map ToolThe Export Web Map tool is a geoprocessing tool that comes published as a service () out of the box with ArcGIS Server. From ESRI's docs:This is most commonly used as a print servic

Forced GitHub; A reflection on a new website using GitHub and Jekyll (7 min)

The first commit to our version 6 website was one year and eight months ago on May 26, 2015. We went live with the v6.0 on March 25, . Between that first commit and launch, we started an internal camp

Mapping Utah’s Wireless Emergency Call Routing System (4 min)

UGRC recently assisted the Utah Communications Authority (UCA) on a project to map and analyze wireless 911 call delivery across Utah. The goal of the project was to provide local 911 communication ce