Utah Geospatial Podcast

1. UGRC has a new logo!
2. Statewide 6-inch imagery update 
3. Utah Geographic Information Systems Advisory Council (GISAC)
   • Utah Public Notice website (search for GISAC in the search tool)
4. SGID Data Tiers (categorizing SGID data)
5. National Address Database (NAD)
6. NSGIC’s Geospatial Maturity Assessment (GMA)
7. Redistricting and Census data
   • Kem C Gardner Policy Institute 2020 Census
   • UGRC 2020 Census data page
   • US Census upcoming data release
   • US Census 2020 redistricting data news release
8. Next Generation 911 update
   • Utah Communications Authority (UCA) 911 Division
   • UGRC NG911 Database
   • UGRC - automating NG911 boundaries
   • UGRC - NG911 Road map
9. Elections
   • Utah Independent Redistricting Commission
   • Civix election management solutions
   • UGRC voting precinct data
   • UGRC address point data
10. Streamlined Sales tax

The Utah Geospatial Resource Center | gis.utah.gov

In this episode, we hear from Kate Staley at SITLA - State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration.  

SITA was established by Utah Legislature in 1994 to administer the state trust lands.  One of the very popular datasets that they manage is the Land Ownership GIS layer.  

Listen in, as Kate takes us behind the scenes with managing state trust lands data.

Related Links:

• SITA, Explained
• SITA's Land Ownership GIS layer
• PLSS and the Western Grid, Explained
• UGRC's data-sharing qualifications
• Sharing data to the SGID through the Open SGID (ArcGIS Online)

The Utah Geospatial Resource Center | gis.utah.gov

On this episode we here from Sean Fernandez on the importance of surveying and the role of the state surveyor in Utah.  This will become a regular segment called the Survey Corner.  

• Article on PLSS and Surveying: The Western Grid, Explained

Location matters

• Check out UGRC’s good idea platform, called Darwin. Feel free to submit an idea to UGRC.
• Read more about UGRC initiative to build a statewide pseudo addressing grid where users can click on the map and get a suggested address for that area.

The Utah Geospatial Resource Center | gis.utah.gov

Today we hear from Buck Ehler at the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife Resources.

• Link to DNR's Utah Wildlife Migration Initiative

The Utah Geospatial Resource Center | gis.utah.gov

Welcome to episode one of the Utah Geospatial Podcast hosted by Matt Peters and Greg Bunce.

In this episode we discuss:

• The state GIS office 
  • The role of the office and some SGID history
  • Name change from AGRC to UGRC
• Statewide NG911 data
• Utah election information
• Get the latest Utah imagery
• Get the latest Utah LiDAR data
• Contributing data to the SGID
• Notable legislation from the 2021 session
  • Utah Housing Affordability Amendments
• Utah Geographic Information Systems Advisory Council (GISAC)
• UGIC 2021 Bryce Canyon
• Census 2020 geographies now in the SGID

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You can find more information about the Utah Geospatial Resource Center on our website.

Theme music by Jens East - Daybreak: feat. Henk (Creative Commons license)

The Utah Geospatial Resource Center | gis.utah.gov