GIS in Action 2025

In 2023 the State of Oregon updated the Transportation Planning Rules (TPR) to include additional requirements regarding multi-modal inventory and reporting associated with Jurisdiction Transportation System Plans (TSPs). To support jurisdictions in complying with the revised TPR, ODOT launched a Multi-Model Inventory Project in 2024.

The Multi-Modal Inventory Project will develop multi-modal datasets for 48 jurisdictions within the state’s eight Municipal Planning Organizations (MPOs). Datasets developed by the project include roadway, freight, transit, active transportation, and crash datasets with standardized geometries and TPR-compliant attributes.

This effort presents a unique opportunity to develop statewide standards, provide data to jurisdictions that they do not currently have and make their work more efficient.

Using ArcGIS Experience Builder, GIS-related web applications can be created by arranging and configuring components known as widgets. Core capabilities are provided by out-of-the-box widgets, while custom widgets can be added to allow for workflows and operations that may not otherwise be accommodated. In this session, the value of custom widgets will be discussed and the process of creating widgets will be explained. A range of audience interests will be served, from offering a general appreciation of the possibilities through to guidance for those who may wish to develop widgets themselves.

The City of Gresham and Dewberry have combined forces to bring the power of GIS to several municipal departments. From the fire department to community services, this collaboration has expanded the use of geospatial technology in ways that have increased awareness of impact and progress of the city's administrative responsibilities. Through the use of tools such as FME and VertiGIS, and the leveraging of ESRI web-based platforms such as QuickCapture and Experience Builder, we have brought creative solutions to longstanding challenges. Join Jacob Mark and Sara Hopkins as they discuss this journey.

Recreational Trail Map - An interactive Web Application built with ESRI's Experience Builder: Hood River County (GIS) has developed a user-friendly, interactive web application for accessing recreational trails in Hood River County. Built using ArcGIS Online and Experience Builder, this web application allows county staff to update and manage trail information in real-time. Utilizing digital mapping products improve safety and awareness for all trail users and help with communications in natural disasters.

Learn how this web application was built using the developer addition of Experience Builder and why online maps are critical for recreating in a dynamic envrionment.

Last year at GIS in Action I presented on updates Metro has made to our RLIS Housing dataset in preparation for the upcoming Urban Growth Report and ended with a game called “What is it?” where we looked at examples of regional housing and tried to agree on a housing type based on available data. This year I’ve been working on a similar project with non-residential data, and am ready for a new round of “What is it? Non-Residential Edition!”.

Another part of our Urban Growth Report is an employment forecast- how much land do we need to accommodate future job growth in the region? What type of buildings do we need on that land? Before we can talk about what we need for the future, we need to understand the types of building we have now and how they are being used. In this talk I’ll walk through a GIS exercise looking at available data sources and my attempts to turn that into a building use. Then we will wrap it up with some fun, crowd-sourced building identification.

Many people are familiar with using Arcade in ArcGIS online for visual enhancement but it can also be used in Dashboards. In Dashboards Arcade can be used to create visual formatting and styling elements for a more user friendly and effective format. It can also be used for calculating fields and statistics from data in order to display better fitted information to your uses. This presentation will show examples of how this has been accomplished and show ways that it can be incorporated into many applications.