Version 7 of the UGRC website is here (3 min)

After months of hard work, we're thrilled to deploy version 7 of our UGRC website! We streamlined navigation making it easier than ever to find the information, data, and services you need. All of our

SGID breaking changes from SITLA (3 min)

If you depend on any of the geospatial services from The School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA), you might have noticed that the services started having issues on the 5th of Octob

Making the best of change with Porter (5 min)

In today's fast-paced and interconnected world, GIS data are a key part of decision making and provide the backbone of innovation and progress. These roles demand high quality data with a methodical

Introducing the Official UGRC API Client (2 min)

Assigning a geographic coordinate to an address, otherwise known as geocoding, is one of the simplest ways to enable data to be visualized on a map. This makes geocoding a gateway to a Geographic Info

Thoughts from Teaching Google and Amazon New Skills (9 min)

Developing software for digital assistants is fun and a refreshing change from typical GIS projects. Over the past few months, UGRC was lucky enough to spend some time developing equivalent skills for

Don't Make Users Think about Updating Software (6 min)

As software developers, we want the people who are using our software to ~~enjoy~~ the experience. Developers strive to create a positive user experience to increase the popularity and usage of their

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

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 , the RTK GPS service, and the handling over one million r

Removing and Replacing the Esri Web Adaptor (3 min)

The 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. The web adaptor

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

The first commit to our 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 campaign to f

Authoritative Utah Geocoding Results (4 min)

Geocoding Assurance Why you should trust the resultsThe UGRC is a great resource for deriving information from the . Geocoding an address is one of the more popular and useful free services. But it

Using UGRC's Geocoding and Map-based Web Services (1 min)

The Department of Technology Services hosts a monthly scheduled [https://docs.google.com/a/utah.gov/document/d/1XOEXOIGdl2LHSXVDr3q5szpqVcAw6VgFTSVoXq15ZDM/edit] Enterprise Developer Group (EDG) brown bag presentation series. The previous session recordings can be found on the DTS youtube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUuw5SFmgapGToUfRd5xGVw] channel. Steve Gourley from UGRC participated in the EDG last month and presented on UGRC's GIS/map technology-based web service offerings -- Unlock your API key. Making UGRC data available through http [http://steveoh.github.io/Presentations/2014/UGIC/#0] -- contains the slides for the presentation. Give the video a watch if you are interested in finding out more about UGRC web services or picking up some new information from the developer of the API. Hope to see you at the next EDG brown bag!