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UGRC's blog keeps partners informed on important GIS announcements in Utah. Blog posts cover important data updates, GIS tools, geospatial tips and tricks, as well as coordination opportunities and events.
Blog posts are compiled into a monthly or bimonthly Utah GIS newsletters (view complete Newsletter Archive). Subscribe to the newsletter at the bottom of any page on gis.utah.gov.
Possible GPS Disruption from Sept. 13 - 29
The Utah Geospatial Resource Center (UGRC), along with the Utah Statewide Information and Analysis Center (SIAC), has been made aware of planned GPS testing ...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 09/08/2023
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads data layer. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about the R...
Making the best of change with Porter
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 d...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 08/04/2023
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads data layer. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about the R...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 07/21/2023
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads data layer. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about the R...
Introducing palletjack: Updating AGOL feature services from external sources
From the I Love Being Lazy department
Municipal Boundaries, Second quarter update for 2023
We are halfway through 2023 and the annexations are slowing down. Hopefully that is not related to the flooding or the threat of. This quarter we got the lat...
Results Update: Detecting Cooling Towers with Computer Vision Tools
If you were at the 2023 Utah Geographic Information Council (UGIC) Conference in May, you might remember that I presented on Generating Useful Data with Comp...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 06/08/2023
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 04/06/2023
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Municipal Boundaries, First quarter update for 2023
We begin 2023 with many cities jumping out to get a head start on the year with multiple annexation for them. Heber City led the way with four in three month...
Trailheads, a Collaborative Approach
At UGRC, we serve up datasets from a vast array of sources. Some, like municipal boundaries, are created in-house. Others are pulled from a single steward, l...
Utah Crushes Broadband Challenge through Collaboration
From the I Challenge You to a Duel department
Base maps: Out With the Old, In With the New
It has been almost a decade since UGRC has updated the look and feel of any of the base maps but changes are on the way! The current suite of base maps were ...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 02/10/2023
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 03/10/2023
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Municipal Boundaries Final update for 2022
It is the end of another long year and, ready or not, 2023 is here. It was another year of growth for the state which has slowed down some. The top contribut...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 01/12/2023
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Python Shorts: Loading an Open SGID Layer into pandas
There are a myriad of ways you can access data from the Open SGID. However, these all require some form of desktop client application. What if you want progr...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 12/13/2022
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 11/14/2022
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 10/07/2022
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 09/07/2022
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 08/05/2022
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Introducing Masquerade
Masquerade is a new proxy service hosted by UGRC that makes our geocoding service and Open SGID datasets easily accessible in Esri products. It does this by ...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 06/15/2022
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 05/17/2022
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Is Your Home Close Enough to the Nearest Fire Station?
Living close to a fire station can be noisy, but on the other hand, not living close enough can result in delayed, or even worse, inadequate fire service. Th...
Introduction: Utah LiDAR Coverage Application
Since 2006 UGRC has partnered with various agencies to acquire public domain high resolution LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) elevation data for areas in ...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 04/08/2022
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
UGRC Web Service Legislative Funding Request Update
UGRC received additional funds for our work on the Web API and associated services. UGRC did not receive all funds requested however we did get ongoing funds...
Introducing Open Source Places
There’s an exciting new data layer that has been recently added to the State Geographic Information Datasource (SGID): Open Source Places. This is a brand-ne...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 03/10/2022
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Python Shorts: The Benefits of Unit Testing
In the realm of programming, “unit testing” is an automated way of testing small, individual “units” of your code to ensure that when given a specific set of...
Municipal Boundaries Final update for 2021
Finally the end of 2021 is here. Another year of ups and downs and growth has slowed down. Utah County once again leads the growth with 18 annexations and Ca...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 02/10/2022
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 01/12/2022
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Python Shorts: Flattening Arrow Code
“Arrow Code” refers to a series of nested if statements that increase your indentation level at each statement, creating an arrow of whitespace when the ifs ...
Weaving the Fabric - Building Authoritative Geospatial Datasets through Collaboration, Relationships, and Data Standards
Many Hands Make Light Work
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 12/13/2021
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
2021 Aerial Photography Acquisition Completed
We are pleased to announce the 2021 aerial photography acquisition is finally completed. This acquisition will provide statewide 60cm 4-band imagery from the...
Introducing the Official UGRC API Client
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 mak...
UGRC Voter Count Tool for Redrawing Precincts
Utah’s statewide election districts have been released and many local governments are now in the process of redrawing their precincts to accommodate the chan...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 11/09/2021
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 09/03/2021
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
2020 Census Redistricting Data in Easy to Use GIS Formats
Good news, 2020 census redistricting data is now available for Utah in easy to use GIS formats!
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 08/06/2021
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Municipal Boundaries Update for Second Quarter of 2021 (July 1)
This July we’re finding ourselves in the middle of a very hot and dry summer, and we hope everyone is keeping cool and hydrated. The state is opening up agai...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 07/14/2021
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 06/04/2021
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 05/07/2021
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Introducing UGRCodes
Are you tired of fighting with esoteric municipal FIPS codes? Have you even tried using them? It’s not easy and it’s certainly not intuitive. Five digit inte...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 04/13/2021
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
UGRC Next-Generation 911 Update
Over the last several months the newly renamed Utah Geospatial Resource Center (UGRC) has been working hard to prepare the state for its transition to Next-G...
AGRC Name Change to Utah Geospatial Resource Center (UGRC)
During the 2021 General Session, the Utah Legislature agreed to change the name of AGRC to the Utah Geospatial Resource Center (UGRC), as passed in House Bil...
Municipal Boundaries Update for First Quarter of 2021
It’s a new year and a new start for the state. While we entered the year still under pandemic restrictions, which we have been under for a little more than a...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 03/05/2021
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 02/05/2021
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 01/08/2021
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Municipal Boundaries Final Update for 2020
Finally 2020 is behind us. Despite the year’s challenges, the hardworking folks in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office and all those working in the city and cou...
Connecting to the Newest SGID Offerings
As of December 31, 2020, UGRC’s SGID10 database has been deprecated. At this point, it is no longer our “star player”.
Taking a Closer Look at Election Results - Using GIS to Paint the Political Landscape
You’ve probably heard the saying, there are many ways to peel an orange. Similarly, you’ve likely noticed, there are many ways to display election results. I...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 12/04/2020
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Utah's COVID-19 Testing Sites Map: The Importance of Relationships and Resources
Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, whenever you create a webmap you’re anxiously hoping people will use it. I remember watching the stats for my first real ...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 11/06/2020
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 10/09/2020
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Municipal Boundaries Update for Third Quarter 2020 (Calendar Year)
As we move into the third quarter of 2020, the year is almost through. While some things have slowed down, life goes on. Annexations have been coming through...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 09/04/2020
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Municipal Boundaries Update for First Half of 2020
As you may have noticed, a lot of different things are going on in the world right now. UGRC staff are now working from home, and we’re communicating mostly ...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 07/28/2020
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
GIS - Thinking Beyond the Map
If you’re reading this post, you’re already aware that geospatial technology (a.k.a. GIS) has become an essential part of our daily lives. Its capabilities e...
Enhancements to the SGID Utah Trails Dataset 06/26/2020
We are happy to announce significant updates and enhancements to the Utah Trails dataset. For one, the dataset was renamed to Utah Trails and Pathways. The n...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 06/24/2020
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
The Role of GIS during a Pandemic: Why the “Where” Is So Important for the Coronavirus
Having worked with UGRC for the past three years, I’ve started to notice that GIS is involved in just about everything. That’s why I’ve found it so interesti...
A Brief Tutorial on Exploring the Open SGID with Open Source Python Tools
The accompanying Python Notebook for this blog post can be found here on Google Colab.
Latest Developments in Bike-Related GIS Data Resources
It’s been said that “four wheels move your body, two wheels move your soul.”
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 05/20/2020
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
Greg Bunce on His Journey toward GIS and How He’s Still Learning
In this article, we’re trying something a little different. I normally only interview the new UGRC employees, and, even then, I just send them a list of ques...
Introducing the Open SGID Database - A New Publicly Available Data Offering
It seems so long ago now, but it was less than a year ago when we first hinted at the possibility of a new SGID offering (then again last fall). We are final...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 04/08/2020
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Roads and Highway System data page where you will find information about th...
TURN GPS Coordinate Update
The Utah Reference Network Global Positioning System (TURN GPS) provides real-time high precision centimeter positioning. Some reference stations within the ...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 02/28/2020
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Open Data site where you preview and obtain SGID Roads data. Also, please v...
UGRC Purchase of Hexagon Imagery
UGRC recently purchased a license to Hexagon’s statewide high resolution aerial photography (6” and 12” pixels) on behalf of Utah state, regional, and local ...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 02/07/2020
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Open Data site where you preview and obtain SGID Roads data. Also, please v...
Cognitive Maps - The Science Behind our Brain’s Internal Mapping and Navigation System
I bet you remember where you were on the morning of September 11th, 2001 when you heard the news. I’d venture to say that you also remember the city, state, ...
Municipal Boundaries Final update for 2019
Once again we’ve come to the beginning of a new year. There’s nothing we can do to prevent it; time moves on and progress is made, as the folks in Utah Count...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 12/23/2019
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID Roads feature class. Please visit our Open Data site where you can preview and obtain SGID Roads data. Also, plea...
Automating Next-Generation 911 Law Enforcement Boundaries
UGRC has created a Python script for law enforcement boundaries that automatically builds jurisdiction polygons based on existing boundaries (primarily count...
SGID Product Relaunch Update
In a June 2019 post “SGID Then and Now,” we touched on where we thought the SGID is going. Based on the survey responses from that article, we have changed d...
3DEP Lidar Proposal for 2020
In October a partnership of Utah organizations submitted a proposal to the USGS 3DEP FY19/20 BAA for over 18,217 square miles for 2020 Lidar acquisition proj...
Municipal Boundaries update for Third Quarter 2019 (calendar year)
It’s already over three-quarters of the way through the year, and while things slowed down while everyone is enjoying the summer, yet we’re still trying to c...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 10/9/2019
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server. Updated roads data is ...
2019 and 2020 Utah Aerial Lidar Acquisition - Updated
UGRC has awarded Aero-Graphics, Inc. and The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. to acquire 26,036 square miles of aerial lidar elevation data. The lidar will be a com...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 09/5/2019
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server. Updated roads data is ...
Digital Maps - How Chance, Timing, and Heritage Shaped Modern GIS
When you dig into the history of mapping, it’s remarkable how certain things come about. If you zoom in far enough, you discover seemingly coincidental occur...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 08/8/2019
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server. Updated roads data is ...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 07/10/2019
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server. Updated roads data is ...
Municipal Boundaries Update for Second Quarter 2019 (Calendar Year)
We are at the halfway point in the year, or the beginning of the fiscal year, depending on how you look at it, and things in Utah are moving along. The Unite...
Where Will Population and Jobs Grow along the Wasatch Front?
Seven new GIS datasets are now available that provide annual projections, through 2050, of population and job densities for the Salt Lake - Provo - Ogden urb...
Using Jupyter Notebook for UGRC Collaboration
At UGRC we greatly value collaboration and sharing ideas. A terrific technology to support these values is the Jupyter Notebook project.
Meet Jake Adams - New UGRC Staff
UGRC would like to welcome Jake Adams to the team! Jake will be using his GIS experience working with Cache County and Taylorsville City, as well as his Mast...
2019 UGIC Annual Conference Recap
The Utah Geographic Information Council hosted its annual conference on May 6–10 in Midway to allow GIS professionals, students, and others who are passionat...
The SGID - Then and Now
Access to high-quality GIS data is a privilege, and the fact that it’s open and free is nothing short of amazing. Yes, I’m talking about Utah’s SGID. From a ...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 06/05/2019
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server. Updated roads data is ...
Thoughts from Teaching Google and Amazon New Skills
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...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 05/08/2019
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server. Updated roads data is ...
GIS Wisdom - Exploring the Reverse Approach
Those of us working in GIS know that it’s really powerful and that it’s utilized in just about every industry. If you aren’t yet a true believer, you should ...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 04/02/2019
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server. Updated roads data is ...
Make Old Dojo Builds More Beautiful With UglifyJS
Do you have an old project that uses the Dojo Build System (DBS) that has suddenly refused to build? I’ve come across this issue recently and it can be frust...
*Important* TURN GPS Coordinate Update April 1, 2019
TURN GPS provides real-time high precision centimeter positioning. As some reference stations within the network move slightly over time due to earth’s crust...
Maps on the Hill 2019
The eighth annual Maps on the Hill (MOTH) event, hosted by the Utah Geographic Information Council (UGIC) and UGRC, was held on March 7, 2019, at the Utah St...
Note from the Director Regarding the Google Imagery Deprecation
The State of Utah has enjoyed the relationship we have had with Google related to the purchase of the Google Imagery product. Our original contract with Goog...
The Western Grid, Explained
Have you ever wondered why the patterns of development in the Western United States are so orthogonal (i.e., “right-angled”)?
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 02/23/2019
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server. Updated roads data is ...
Yearly Update for Tax Entities and Areas
As of January 28, we’re officially in tax season, and UGRC can help you stay informed about taxation in Utah! We have updated our 2018 year-end tax entity da...
Municipal Boundaries Final Update for Calendar Year 2018
There have been several changes and annexations in Utah since September 1, 2018; read on to learn about some of the general updates, as well as the specific ...
PLSS Fabric Version 2.1 Release
UGRC has published Version 2.1 (V2.1) of the Utah Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Fabric for the start of 2019.
Best Practices for Building Web AppBuilder Widgets
Recently, I have been working on a project building custom Web AppBuilder (WAB) widgets for a client. This has been an interesting digression from our typica...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 01/24/2019
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server. Updated roads data is ...
Image Service Deprecation
The UGRC brownout of the mapserv image services on mapserv.utah.gov from January 5 through 10, 2019, in preparation for the ArcGIS Server upgrade was very su...
NAIP 2018 Mr. Sid County Mosaics Available
The statewide 2018 National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) aerial photography is now available. This year the imagery is higher resolution .6 meter (60 ...
New 2018 Google Imagery
The new 2018 high-resolution Google imagery (6” pixels) is available through UGRC’s Discover server1! Updated areas (map below) include what Google calls the...
Creating New State Plane Zone for 2022
In 2022 the NGS plans to publish a series of new horizontal reference frames that will replace the NAD83 and a vertical reference frame that will replace the...
The SGID, Moving Forward
In an effort to ultimately consolidate and organize as much State GIS data as possible, UGRC has been gathering information about SGID data layers managed by...
Meet Erik Neemann - New UGRC Staff
UGRC would like to welcome Erik Neemann to the team! Erik brings a background in meteorology, as well as years of experience in the Air Force, to his new rol...
Submit New Trails for Governor's 1,000 Miles Campaign
Bike Utah is looking for the help of GIS experts throughout the state to track all family-friendly (criteria explained below) bike paths, lanes, and trails c...
ArcGIS Server 10.6 Upgrade
UGRC is planning to upgrade the mapserv ArcGIS Server system to version 10.6.1 within the next few weeks. For the majority of our users, we do not expect any...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 11/29/2018
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server. Updated roads data is ...
Multimodal Travel Shed Project
A travel shed is the set of all the destinations that can be reached from a location within a specified time budget. Travel sheds are valuable both for visua...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 10/11/2018
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server. Updated roads data is ...
Meet Nathan Kota - New UGRC Staff
UGRC would like to welcome Nathan Kota, the new Information Technology Manager. Nathan is going to help build and manage the development team as well as take...
The Next UGRC WebAPI
The current WebAPI has been in production serving the public for multiple years. It handles millions of requests for spatial information every month and is f...
Upcoming: Vector Tile Base Maps
As mapping applications on mobile devices become increasingly widespread, UGRC is in the early stages of supplementing its raster base map offerings with new...
Survey Monument Replacement and Restoration County Grant Program 2018 Updates
On September 5, the Monument Replacement and Restoration Committee (MRRC) met to finalize a request for proposals from Utah counties for grants to protect or...
UGRC Innovation Award Grant
The DTS Technology Advisory Board has recently awarded UGRC an innovation grant of $25,000 for the Digital Assistant Skill for Voting Project.
The Incredible Shrinking SGID
Over the past several months, UGRC has been reviewing the usage of the State Geographic Information Database (SGID) data layers in order to determine how to ...
Newest city added to state and Municipal Boundary updates for Third Quarter 2018
We would like to welcome the newest incorporated town: Bluff, in San Juan County. On July 19, 2018, Bluff joined the state’s growing list of towns, becoming ...
Utah's NG911 GIS Roadmap
As the State of Utah moves closer to NG911, GIS data providers will soon be required to adhere to national standards set forth by the NENA and the UCA 911 Di...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 08/14/2018
UGRC recently completed updates to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server. Updated roads data is ...
Municipal Boundaries Update for Second Quarter 2018 (Calendar Year)
The year is half over, and we just keep rolling along. This is the municipal boundaries update for the second quarter of the 2018 calendar year. There’s a lo...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 06/27/2018
Updates were recently made to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server.
Leveraging Git and GitHub to Manage the Lifecycle of Custom ArcGIS Tools
As GIS developers, we are often expected to provide the same custom tool for multiple versions of ArcGIS Desktop (or ArcGIS Pro). For example, some users are...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 05/30/2018
Updates were recently made to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server.
Implementing Babel via Grunt
Have you ever felt your excitement build after seeing some cool, new JavaScript feature only to find out that it isn’t supported in all of the browsers that ...
2018 Utah LiDAR Acquisition - Completed
UGRC has awarded Aero-Graphics, Inc. (AGI) to acquire 10,450 square miles of LiDAR Elevation data. The LiDAR will be a combination of USGS Quality Level 1 (Q...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 04/12/2018
Updates were recently made to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server.
Don't Make Users Think about Updating Software
As software developers, we want the people who are using our software to enjoy not hate the experience. Developers strive to create a positive user experienc...
BAS Census Submission for 2017–2018
The US Census Bureau conducts the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) annually to collect information about selected legally defined geographic areas. The i...
Cache-Breaking for Faster Web Application Updates
When Production Is Broken, It Needs to Be Fixed Now! Recently, the URL changed for one of the map services we use in several of our applications. This came a...
Newest Updates for Tax Data 2018
With April just around the corner, it’s tax time again. If you don’t procrastinate and you’ve already done your taxes, you might be interested in knowing jus...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 03/16/2018
Updates were recently made to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads and SGID10.Transportation.RoadsODM feature classes that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE databas...
Success with Serverless
In this post, I’d like to share the success story of our recent testing of serverless computing. We’ve been having some issues with a print-proxy service, an...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 02/15/2018
Updates were recently made to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads and SGID10.Transportation.RoadsODM feature classes that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE databas...
SGID Data Lifecycle
Over the past several months, UGRC has been updating the State Geographic Information Database (SGID) data lifecycle process. The data lifecycle process star...
Maps on the Hill 2018
The seventh annual Maps on the Hill event was held on January 30, 2018, in the Utah State Capitol building rotunda. This annual event provides a valuable opp...
PLSS Fabric Version 2.0 Release
Finally, an update for the Utah Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Fabric! The Utah Geospatial Resource Center (UGRC) has published a PLSS Fabric Version 2.0 (...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 01/19/2018
Updates were recently made to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads and SGID10.Transportation.RoadsODM feature classes that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE databas...
Municipal Boundaries update for Fourth Quarter 2017 (calendar year)
It is the end of the year and here is the final tally for Annexations in 2017. The total number of Annexations and Disconnections processed this year is on p...
Transitioning to a New World, ArcPro
I have spent the last 4 months learning and using ArcPro while also learning a new job (see the end of this post). Like many of my fellow GIS users, I was he...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 01/04/2018
Updates were recently made to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads and SGID10.Transportation.RoadsODM feature classes that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE databas...
Hey, Utah! Are you ready for Next Generation 911?
Preparing for Next Generation 911 (NG911) is largely a group effort by individuals and agencies at the local, state and national levels. UGRC is one of those...
3DEP Lidar Proposal for 2018
In October, a partnership of Utah organizations submitted a proposal to the USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) for 2018 Lidar acquisition projects. After preli...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 11/30/2017
Updates were recently made to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads and SGID10.Transportation.RoadsODM feature classes that reside on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database...
Dumbing Down Terrain with Contour Polygons
While technology advances towards products with greater resolution and accuracy, sometimes more data isn’t always better data. Sometimes, being able to see g...
The Evolution of a Python Script
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 ...
New Utah Web Page for Important Census LUCA Information
If you manage city or county address data in GIS or other formats, UGRC has a new web page with Utah-specific information about the Census Bureau’s Local Upd...
Utah Recognized in NSGIC Geospatial Excellence Awards
Through its Geospatial Excellence Awards, the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) recognizes individuals and organizations that advance th...
Census LUCA Training for Utah
As a lot of folks know, it’s in Utah communities’ interest to get a full population count during the upcoming 2020 census. For example, funding formulas for ...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 10/27/2017
Updates were recently made to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads and SGID10.Transportation.RoadsODM feature classes that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE databas...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 09/29/2017
Updates were recently made to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads and SGID10.Transportation.RoadsODM feature classes that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE databas...
New 2017 Google Imagery
The new 2017 high-resolution Google imagery (6” pixels) is available through UGRC’s Discover server! Updated areas (map below) include the what Google calls ...
FOSS4G 2017
The 2017 International FOSS4G Conference (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) took place in Boston, MA with a record attendance of around 1500 atte...
An update to School Districts in the Salt Lake County area
Jordan School District and Murray School District have mutually agreed to a boundary adjustment as described below: The portion of Murray City that reside...
Municipal Boundaries update for Third Quarter 2017 (calendar year)
We are heading into fall now and everyone seems to be getting things in order for the end of the year. UGRC has been working with cities and counties to get ...
UGRC System Status Page
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 Tur...
Major update coming to the SGID Statewide Roads Data Model
It has always been one of our goals to stay ahead of the coming changes at the NextGen 911 and FHWA level, so after much statewide coordination and feedback,...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 08/15/2017
Major changes to the Statewide Roads Data Model are coming on September 13th, 2017. Please take the time to read the blog post detailing the changes.
ArcGIS Online Web Mercator and Opendata
UGRC is transitioning State Geographic Information Database (SGID) web services from UTM NAD83 to the Web Mercator projection. Overall, we feel that this wi...
Converting SGID data downloads to Drive
File-based data products in remain an important component of Utah’s State Geographic Information Database (SGID). In a change designed not to be noticed by u...
UC2017-The Science of Where
Sizewise, the 2017 Esri User Conference turned out to be the biggest UC yet, with over 16,000 attendees. This year’s theme was The Science of Where - Unlock ...
Scheduled Maintenance License Manager
UGRC will be upgrading the Esri Enterprise License Manager for Esri software managed through UGRC. We will be upgrading from 10.4.1 to 10.5.1. This change ...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 07/18/2017
Updates were made recently to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server.
Municipal Boundaries update for second quarter 2017 (calendar year)
The year is half over and we keep rolling along. This is the Municipal Boundaries update for the second quarter of the 2017 calendar year. Things picked up a...
DOGM Oil and Gas Wells Data Update
On June 1, 2017, the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining retired 5 old databases and went online with a new database. This prompted many changes to the data...
Rethinking Geocoders: Adding Local Vernacular into the Build Process
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 G...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 06/19/2017
Updates were made recently to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server.
UGRC Presentations at UGIC
UGRC staff had a great time last week at the UGIC Conference in Park City. Every year we appreciate the opportunity to meet face to face with all the great p...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 05/17/2017
Updates were made recently to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server.
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 04/06/2017
Updates were made recently to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server.
Latest News from the Utah Mapping Emergency Technical Team
Established in 2013, the Utah Mapping Emergency Technical Team (UMETT) is a UGIC committee that recognizes the potential threats of natural and man-made disa...
devsummit 2017
The ESRI Dev Summit this year was great, as always. We much prefer this smaller more intimate conference to the much larger User Conference. They pack the sc...
Municipal Boundaries update for first quarter (Calendar year)
Municipal Boundaries update for first quarter 2017 (calendar year)
Yearly update for Tax Entities and Areas 2016
We have finished the updates for the Utah State Tax Entities and Areas for 2016! The new new data is available online from the Sales Tax Areas and Tax Entiti...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 03/09/2017
Updates were made recently to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server.
Removing and Replacing the Esri Web Adaptor
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?
Maps on the Hill 2017 Contest Winners
In an effort to reward the best work at Maps on the Hill 2017, a judged contest was added to this year’s event in the capitol rotunda. Recognition and small...
New Services on Discover Imagery & Base Map Server
The information on this page could be outdated. For the most recent information visit the Discover page.
National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) 2016 Imagery Now Available
The 2016 National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) aerial photography is now available from the 2016 NAIP 1 Meter Orthophotography page. The imagery was c...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 02/08/2017
Updates were made recently to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server.
Forced GitHub; A reflection on a new website using GitHub and Jekyll
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, 2016. Between that first...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 01/10/2017
Updates were made recently to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server.
Important GIS Web Services Continuity Notes from DNR and UGRC
GIS web services are relied upon by increasingly. Here are two important service update announcements:
Utah PLSS Parcel Fabric Update
The final extract for the Utah PLSS Parcel Fabric has been delivered to UGRC by the BLM and its contractors. The PLSS map layer is now actively being maintai...
NAIP 2016 Mr. Sid County Mosaics Available
The statewide 2016 National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) 1 meter aerial photography is now available. The imagery is currently only available as 3-ba...
FFSL Launches New Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal
Earlier this summer, The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands launched a new Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal (uWRAP) to educate and inform the pub...
Where and How? High Resolution Base Maps and Google Imagery Usage
It has been about 18 months since the statewide high resolution (6”) aerial photography content and services, licensed from Google and funded through the Ut...
Road Centerlines: Schema Update and Regional Workshop Notes
This year, UGRC has devoted a significant amount of energy toward realigning our processes for maintaining a statewide road centerline layer. The desire is t...
Watershed Restoration Initiative Wins 2016 Digital Government Award
The updated Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) Application will be adding a Digital Government Achievement Award to its trophy case this month. WRI was o...
Third Quarter 2016 Municipal Boundaries Updates
We are into the third quarter and updates to the Municipal Boundaries are available now. All of these documents can be reviewed on the 2016 Municipal Certifi...
New 2016 Google Imagery
The information on this page could be outdated. For the most recent information visit the Discover page.
Utah SGID Trails Data Layer Updates
In July, UGRC staff completed a significant update to the statewide trails GIS map layer. The updates integrated trail data published by each of Utah’s Natio...
2016 Utah LiDAR Acquisition Updated
UGRC has awarded Quantum Spatial Inc. (QSI) and Digital Mapping Inc. (DMI) to acquire 3,182 square miles of LiDAR Elevation data. The LiDAR will be a combina...
SDE Application Server Connects Deprecation
UGRC is pleased to be able to provide SGID layers as a service in ArcGIS Online (AGOL). For many years UGRC has allowed everyone and anyone to connect to the...
Division of Water Rights Inventories Irrigation Canals in Utah
In 2014, the Division of Water Rights (DWRi) was tasked with creating an inventory of irrigation canals in the State of Utah. The legislation requiring the i...
Second Quarter 2016 Municipal Boundaries Updates
We are half way through the year already and updates to the Municipal Boundaries are available now. This quarter, Delta City had a large expansion to include...
Feedback Wanted: Draft Statewide Road Centerlines Schema v3.0.x
Since 2003, UGRC has maintained a statewide aggregation of road centerline GIS layers sourced from local data stewards. This layer is one of the hardest work...
Data Schema Released for Expanded GIS Parcel Sharing
In May, the Land Information Records work group, a committee of county, regional, and state agencies, released its recommendations for sharing an enhanced se...
SITLA is Moving to the Utah PLSS Parcel Fabric
The State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) is currently in the process of migrating land ownership data to the most curren...
Mapping Utah’s Wireless Emergency Call Routing System
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 projec...
GPS Signal Jamming
GPS signals in the Western US may be jammed due to testing conducted by the US Department of Defense. There are no references to the specific types of tests ...
UGRC's Latest Where in Utah Quiz and UGIC 2016 Conf Recap
The annual Utah Geographic Information Council (UGIC) Conference was held May 9-13, 2016 in Bryce Canyon, Utah. The conference had over 200 attendees and ove...
UGS Aquifer Data Updated May 2016
GEOSCIENCE.Aquifer_RechargeDischargeAreas represents areas of recharge and discharge for various basins and valleys in Utah compiled by the Utah Geological S...
Work Group Recommends Expanded GIS Parcel Sharing
A Proposal for Voluntary Expanding Parcel Data Sharing
BLM-Utah Offers New Recreation Maps for Mobile Devices
The Bureau of Land Management’s Utah State Office (BLM-Utah) released a dozen new geo-referenced maps in May, and expects to have fifty available by the end ...
25 Years Ago: Laying the Foundation for Utah GIS Success
For those of us not in the GIS field at the time, 1991 was a significant year in Utah and beyond…
DNR Continues to Build GIS Value with ROI Documentation
Now in its second year, DNR’s initiative to measure and document GIS results has proven to be an indispensable activity to shed light on the true impact GIS ...
First Quarter Updates and beyond.
Catching up and doing the updates for the first quarter or the year 2016. The following list represents all the annexation that came through the Lt. Gove...
Mark Your Calendar: UDOT/UGRC Regional Road Centerline Meetings - Correction from Newsletter
Utah’s statewide road centerline dataset, built in partnership with local government GIS staff expertise, is a highly valued state data asset.
UGRC Storage Migration
UGRC is in the process of migrating some of it’s SGID content, downloadable via FTP, from High-Speed Network Attached Storage (HNAS) to Google Cloud Storage ...
Guest Blog: Things I Learned Working at the Utah UGRC
Hi there! I’m Christy. I work at a small consulting firm in downtown Seattle called SGSI. I also teach a summer GIS Programming course at the University of W...
Utah SGID Statewide Roads Data Layer Updates 4/15/2016
Updates were made recently to the SGID10.Transportation.Roads feature class that resides on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server.
School Bus Routing based on SGID Roads
A few months ago I had the opportunity to work with Marc Healy at the Granite School District Transportation department. He was sending me corrections he ne...
Why I Speak at Conferences and You Should Too
Recently, I tried to gather all of the presentations that I have participated in during my career up to this point (~10 years). I was able to find materials ...
3D Elevation Program Proposal
In October 2015, UGRC, in partnership with local, state, and federal partners submitted a proposal to the U.S. Geological Survey’s 3D Elevation Program (3DE...
Converting Dojo-AMD Projects To TypeScript
At some point in every TypeScript introduction that I have been to, the presenter says something to the effect of:
Now You Know: About the gis.utah.gov v6.0 Refresh
Four years is a long time for anything, and that certainly applies to website releases. For a number of reasons, gis.utah.gov, has been overdue for a refresh.
Utah Broadband Outreach Center Releases Revamped Availability Map
The Utah Broadband Outreach Center in the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) released an updated residential broadband map today (broadband.uta...
Survey Monument Replacement and Restoration County Grant Program
The 2015 Utah Legislative General Session passed Senate Bill 264, which established the Monument Replacement and Restoration Committee (MRRC), as well as fun...
End of year updates for the Municipal Boundaries are available
Finally the end of year updates for Municipal Boundaries are here. Seem like there are a lot of procrastinators like myself out there. 15 out of the 36 chang...
What is HTTPS, and should we be using it?
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (https) combines the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with the Secure Socket Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) ...
The Earth is Not Round! Utah, NAD83 and WebMercator Projections
GIS users working on statewide projects in Utah need to know the specifics of three primary coordinate systems: Geographic (latitude/longitude), UTM NAD83, a...
Department of Natural Resources Launches New Watershed Restoration Initiative Website
The Department of Natural Resource's Division of Wildlife Resources recently launched a new website, geo-database, and project proposal site for Utah's Water...
Using UGRC's new Web Mercator Services in Your Web Maps
The instructions on this page are dated. Using Discover services with the Esri JavaScript API v4.x contains more current information.
Google Imagery Service Speed Enhancements & More
The information on this page could be outdated. For the most recent information visit the Discover page.
Big Happenings with Public Land Survey System GIS
Good things are happening in Utah regarding the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), also known as the township, range, and section grid, which forms the founda...
NENA National Guidance for GIS Address Points
Wouldn't it be great if there were concrete best practices to guide the stewardship of GIS address point layers? And what if they were flexible and also prov...
Mock your Dojo AMD modules with StubModule.js
When testing AMD modules it is sometimes necessary to verify how it interacts with it's dependencies. For example, you might be writing a module that makes X...
Updates for the Municipal Boundaries are available now
As we head into the last third of this year, we find two new towns in Utah. In Wasatch County we now have Interlaken Town just north of Midway in the Heber V...
Boost Your Productivity With Vim
I was surprised to realize today that I have never written about one of my favorite tools that I use to write code. It's something that absolutely transf...
Best Practices for Loading Data into an SDE
</a>UGRC has developed a best practices checklist for preparing data to load into a presentation themed SDE environment. We developed the document to ...
Statewide Lidar Plan for Utah
To aid the planning efforts for future Lidar acquisitions in Utah, UGRC and the Utah Department of Natural Resources have collaborate...
Google Imagery (Update, July 2015)
The information on this page could be outdated. For the most recent information visit the Discover page.
New 84009 Zip Code in Salt Lake County
The US Postal Service recently assigned a new zip code, 84009, to be used for the portion of the existing 84095 South Jordan area that is west of the Bangert...
UGS Updates Quaternary Faults Data
The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) updated the Quaternary Fault and Fold Database and Map of Utah on July 1, 2015, incorporating new data and a complete review...
Can you complete the "Where in Utah" quiz?
UGRC had a great time at the 2015 Utah Geographic Information Council (UGIC) Conference at Snowbird. The pre-conference training, plenary speeches, and break...
Staying in the Zone with AMD Butler
[Update(3/17/16): This plugin has been ported to an Atom Editor package called amdbutler.] A few months ago, I built a simple plugin for Sublime Text 3 ...
Google Imagery: WMS and WMTS Imagery Services, & Other Reminders
The information on this page could be outdated. For the most recent information visit the Discover page.
Updates To Political Districts & Voting Precincts datasets April 2015
Utah Political Districts: Political districts for state-level offices (Congressional, State House, State Senate, and State Board of Education) are available ...
Utah's Open Data Portal and the SGID
SB70, passed in the 2014 general session of the Utah Legislature, provided funding to create the state Open Data Portal as recommended by the Utah Transpare...
First DNR GIS ROI Contest Concludes with Overwhelming Success
The Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR) honored six employees from five divisions as a part of its GIS Return on Investment (ROI) Contest. Tanna Fulle...
Windows Scheduler: Get Your Priorities Straight
Here at UGRC we have a variety of tasks (usually python scripts) that need to be run on a schedule. These are usually workflows that scrape and ETL data for ...
Summarizing Utah GIS Data Needs for NG 9-1-1
The success of the emergency response process that is initiated by dialing 9-1-1 has always been dependent on understanding and verifying locational informa...
Using Utah's Google Imagery License
The information on this page could be outdated. For the most recent information visit the Discover page.
Utah Acquires High Resolution Aerial Photography License
Last month (January 2015), UGRC led an effort to purchase a license to Google's statewide high resolution aerial photography (6" pixels) on behalf of a partn...
How To Use UGRC Base Maps in QGIS
Most people know about UGRC’s awesome base maps. They are very popular and provide high quality cartography using the latest and greatest data from the Utah ...
Utah Statewide Recreation Database
The Governor's Office of Economic Development's Outdoor Recreation Office has partnered with UGRC on a project to build a statewide trails database. A statew...
USGS GeoPDF Topographic Maps
Want an aerial photograph and a topographic map all packaged into one file, in a pdf format? Then the USGS GeoPDFs may be the answer. These GeoPDFs are simil...
How to Wire up Travis-CI to your JS Projects
For the past six months, UGRC has been using Travis CI to automatically test and lint our projects each time we push a commit to the associated GitHub reposi...
Wireless Signals and LiDAR Derived Elevation Models
Specialized software allows the modeling of cellular, radio, or wireless internet signal propagation and coverage. Better, more accurate results for wireless...
Maps Assist in Accessing Election Results
Results from yesterday's elections for statewide and local offices are available via a new, revamped website: https://electionresults.utah.gov/. Visitors to ...
Using UGRC's Geocoding and Map-based Web Services
The Department of Technology Services hosts a monthly scheduled Enterprise Developer Group (EDG) brown bag presentation series. The previous session recordin...
Proposed Lidar Project, Northern Utah
UGRC, in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources (Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands and the Utah Geological Survey) and Department of ...
Statewide Address Points: Best Practices
UGRC has been working with county addressing authorities and GIS staff to develop a statewide address point dataset. We are now using address points as the p...
grunt-esri-slurp
[Update(3/17/16): ESRI has released a bower package for the JS API that removes the need for this project.] Running the Dojo Build System with ESRI's JavaScr...
Coordinating a Statewide Recreational Trails GIS Dataset
Several agencies, at the local, state, and national-levels, have expressed a strong interest in a statewide, integrated, recreational trails GIS dataset. Mar...
Large Format Utah Political District Maps Now Available
Click to view large format map detail This month, UGRC and the Lt. Governor’s office published large format (34 x 22 inches) maps of every Utah House and Sen...
Updates to Municipal Boundaries for the State of Utah
Updates were made recently to the SGID10.BOUNDARIES.Municipalities feature classes that reside on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server. The following highlig...
National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) 2014 - Early Access Web Service
The USDA's 2014 New, statewide one meter 2014 aerial photography is currently being collected as part of the National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP). ...
Significant Changes to the Utah Land Ownership GIS Layer
Utah's School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finalized a 60,000 acre land swap on May 8, 2014. ...
PLSS Corner Management Web Application Redesign
The PLSS Corner Management Web Application has been updated with a cleaner look which is much more user friendly. The PLSS web app gives users the ability to...
Feedback Wanted: Proposed Best Practices for Tagging Utah Metadata
UGRC has developed a draft 'best practices' document for assigning metadata tags to esri 'Item Description'-style metadata. Tags play an important role in se...
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Version 2.0 Release
On April 30, UGRC published Geographic Coordinate Database (GCDB) version 2.0 to the townships, sections, and quarter section divisions of the Public Land Su...
New updates to Municipal Boundaries layers
Updates were made recently to the SGID10.BOUNDARIES.Municipalities feature classes that reside on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server. The following highlig...
Give it a Try: One Page GIS Data Maturity Assessment
Locational analysis, using GIS, is extremely powerful for discovering opportunity and other business analytics. GIS provides a platform to bring information ...
Map Spotlight: Enhanced Wetlands Dataset from the Utah Geological Survey
The US Fish & Wildlife Service's National Wetland Inventory (NWI) initiative has been mapping wetlands in Utah since the 1980's. These maps are in the pr...
GPS Network News
On April 1, 2014 the State of Utah UGRC will complete its upgrade of the legacy software platform for The Utah Reference Network GPS (TURN GPS) to the new Tr...
Map Spotlight: Mining Heritage Story Map Website
The Abandoned Mine Reclamation unit of DNR's Division of Oil, Gas and Mining recently published an excellent example of how maps can be appropriately integra...
Map Spotlight: Wind Turbines and Feature Services
Earlier this month, the USGS released a public-facing interactive wind turbine map and GIS dataset that depicts more than 47,000 onshore wind turbine locatio...
My Favorite Sublime Text 3 Plugins & Configs
I'm a huge fan of Sublime Text 3. I love it's simplicity and strong package community. Here's a list of my favorite packages and config tweaks: Packages Pac...
LiDAR 2013-2014 Wasatch Front Acquisition Update
Last fall, UGRC contracted with Watershed Sciences Inc. (WSI) to acquire 1,352 square miles of USGS Quality Level 1 LiDAR elevation data. The project area in...
GPS Network now on Trimble Pivot VRS System
UGRC is pleased to announce the Trimble Pivot VRS System is now live. The install is complete and testing has proven repeatable results. This means it is tim...
New Utah Geocoding Toolbox for ArcGIS Desktop
This tool has been updated to work with ArcGIS Pro. Some of the information below may be outdated. Please refer to GitHub for the most current documentation.
A day in the life of Utah's ArcGIS Server Base Maps
"Base map web services" provides access to pre-rendered multi-scale maps that show more detailed map features at finer scales and less detail at larger scale...
Newest updates to the Municipal Boundaries
Updates were made recently to the SGID10.BOUNDARIES.Municipalities feature classes that reside on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server. 2014 brings to Utah a...
Quick JavaScript Tip: The Arguments Object
Recently, as I was slowly working my way through Rebecca Murphy's excellent js-assessment test suite, I ran into a problem that was quite vexing. I was creat...
Mapping Spotlight: Division of Water Resources Interactive Maps
The Division of Water Resources (DWRe) at the Department of Natural Resources has created an interactive map gallery using ArcGIS Online to showcase all of D...
A day in the life of the Utah's SGID ImageServer
As part of responsibilities for maintaining the Utah's State Geographic Information Database (SGID), UGRC has operated web services that deliver aerial photo...
Geography Awareness Outreach in November
In honor of Geography Awareness Week, which was November 17-23, 2013, GIS Day events were held at various locations along the Wasatch Front. GIS Day was held...
Using Base Maps with Non-standard Coordinate Systems in LeafletJS
Since LeafletJS seems to be what all of the cool kids are using these days and it shows no signs of slowing down, I thought that it would be fun to figure ou...
Utah Mapping Resources: Well-Prepared for NextGen 9-1-1
Change is in the works for how the 9-1-1 system connects those in need with emergency responders. The National Emergency Number Association (NENA), which rep...
Mapping Spotlight: SITLA Competitive Lease Offering
The State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) has made a map that displays current and historic Competitive Lease Offering U...
Update on the TURN GPS Network Upgrade
As announced in a previous blogpost, the TURN GPS Network is undergoing a system upgrade and a change in spatial reference from NAD 83 (CORS 96) epoch 2002 ...
Mapping Spotlight: DWR Pheasant Release Areas
As a new feature for gis.utah.gov, UGRC is working with state and local government to spotlight some of the many interesting and useful maps being created i...
Utah Broadband Project Update
The Utah Broadband Project, a joint effort between the Utah Public Service Commission, the Governor's Office of Economic Development, and the Utah Geospatial...
Mac OSX + VMware Fusion + ESRI's ArcGIS Server
While there's endless arguments about whether Mac's or PC's are better for web development, there's not much argument that Mac OSX is the most popular platfo...
TURN GPS Network Updates
This week UGRC began a transition to updated TURN GPS Network software by doing the initial install on a separate server from the existing system. The two s...
The ESRI API for JavaScript/Dojo Build System Saga Continues...
That's right, my entire app JS is in this one file *including @ESRI modules* https://t.co/06S4KCtkuR cc @DavidSpriggs @derekswingley — Scott Davis (@SThomas...
New Address Point Cached Map Service
UGRC recently released an address point map service. The service contains a cached version of Utah’s Statewide Address Points dataset. Direction...
Utah Works with the United States Census Bureau
UGRC is in the process of finalizing a data sharing agreement with the United States Census Bureau. The agreement will formalize the Bureau’s use of Ut...
Newest updates to Municipal Boundaries
Updates were made recently to the SGID10.BOUNDARIES.Municipalities feature classes that reside on the Utah SGID ArcSDE database server The following highligh...
UGRC Web Mapping Services Demo
UGRC offers a variety of mapping-related web services that make it easy to add authoritative Utah web maps to your applications. The two most popular are our...
UGRC Base Map Services Now Accessible via ArcGIS Online
UGRC is beginning limited use of ESRI's combination data portal and SaaS technology, ArcGIS Online (AGOL). Over the next few months, we will be experimenting...
Utah GIS Framework Data for 800 Please, Alex...
ATrebek: "The answer Is.. 'At almost a million points and growing, this new statewide data resource adds extra precision to address location.'"</p> KJe...
New Release of atlas.utah.gov
UGRC recently released a new version of atlas.utah.gov, a map viewer that allows users to inspect the statewide base map services that highlight terrain, lan...
Utah SGID Layer Updates
UGRC has updated some layers in the State Geographic Information Database (SGID). The updates are a result of the work that's been done for the Utah Broadban...
Utah Statewide Address Geocoding Web Service Upgrade
Last week, UGRC finished a substantial upgrade to the Utah statewide address locator (geocoding) web service. This service utilizes point and road-based addr...
Progress Update, Utah Address Points GIS Layer
UGRC is currently working with County governments to build a statewide address point dataset. To date, UGRC has collected over 846,000 address points from Co...
ESRI JSAPI 3.4 and the Dojo Build System
In a previous post, I outlined how I use the Dojo Build System to optimize my web app code for production. Specifically I showed how I get around the problem...
Recommended GIS Resources from NSGIC.org
The National State Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) exists to 1) Promote statewide geospatial coordination activities in all states 2) Advocate for ...
Using the UGRC Web API to geocode addresses
Geographic coordinates for Utah addresses can now be located using the UGRC’s Web API. This is the same API that are used by UGRC web applications.
State of Utah Global Positioning Reference Network, One-Time Maintenance Funding
In 2005, the Utah Legislature, recognizing the need to support highly accurate GPS applications for surveying, engineering, construction, and GIS data collec...
911 PSAP Boundaries Interactive Map
The two maps below show the 911 PSAP Boundaries and the State Agency Dispatch Boundaries. Clicking on the points will display the name, address and non-emerg...
GIS Day 2012 Recap
Students at Salt Lake Valley GIS Day November 2012 The annual Salt Lake Valley GIS Day, which is sponsored by the Utah Geographic Information Council (UGIC) ...
Introducing the new UGRC Newsletter
On November 14, UGRC sent the first edition of a short-format newsletter to subscribers who signed up on the gis.utah.gov website. The newsletter features re...
Tracking Server Response Times with the Google Spreadsheets API and asp.net
We've been noticing some speed issues with our mapserv machines recently and are trying to figure out the issue. In an effort to have a little insight into t...
Utah Municipal Boundary Updates
The latest version of the Municipal Boundaries layer is now available in SGID93, SGID10, and download via FTP. It was updated on Oct 10, 2012 and includes al...
Juab and Millard Counties Adjust Shared Boundary
Late this spring, the Millard and Juab County Commissions agreed to adjust the counties' common north-south trending boundary, in an area generally west of I...
Interactive Map of State Fire Restrictions
UGRC, in partnership with the Governor's Office, the Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, and the State Fire Marshal have released an interactive map...
GIS jobs in Utah....via Twitter
Over the years organizations have approached the Utah Geospatial Resource Center (UGRC) to post GIS or mapping-related job recruitments. We are eager to cont...
Utah Oil and Gas GIS Data Updates
Utah Oil and Gas Well GIS Data As a reminder, the GIS dataset depicting Utah Oil and Gas Wells is updated nightly on UGRC's ArcSDE (v.10) database server, vi...
Update to Address System Quadrants
An update was recently made to SGID10.LOCATION.AddressSystemQuadrants. The purpose of the update was to add address system quadrants to Wasatch County that h...
#utmap: A Twitter Tag for Utah GIS
Twitter is a low commitment social media tool that can be great for professional collaboration and sharing. It allows users to quickly search and scan recent...
Apple, Google, 3D and GIS
The next few days mark an interesting time in the geospatial industry. As geo-guru Peter Batty noted, rarely do a couple of the world's largest companies pu...
Using The Dojo Build System To Speed Up Your ESRI JavaScript API Apps
As your JavaScript projects get more and more complex, loading all of your Dojo javascript files can really slow down your load time. All those dojo.require ...
Maps n' Mobile: Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Reporting
Scott Davis, UGRC Developer recently presented at the 2012 ESRI Developer's Summit an a newly released application to help UDOT and the State Division of Wi...
Redistricting interactive map available
Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell announced the launch of the Political District Maps website. The website will display interactive maps of the state house, stat...
UGRC presents to Legislature
UGRC had an opportunity to update the Public Utilities and Technology Interim Committee on its recent projects. It was a great opportunity to bring some vis...