April 2025 SGC Meeting

Location

Parks and Recreation

Liberty Memorial Building

604 E Boulevard Ave.

Bismarck, ND 58505

Meeting Agenda

• Minutes and Information
• Legislative Bills
• Esri Licensing
• Accessibility
• Geospatial Data Preservation
• Roundtable/Open Forum

Meeting Recap

• Minutes and Information
  • Do not install 3.5 until SQL Server upgraded - Planned for April 30
  • USGS has upgraded The National Map Viewer
• Legislative Bills
  • HB 1429 - the "robot bill" - includes UAV and focuses on stalking
• Esri Licensing
  • Agencies are beginning to ask lots of questions, still planning for Esri to visit us
  • Agencies need to inventory their users and their software entitlements
• Accessibility
  • Beginning last year, there is a greater push for accessibility
  • Elaine pointed out the useful ArcPro tool:  View - Color Vision Simulator
  • Some very good resources found at:
    • https://nsgic.org/initiatives/accessibility/ 
    • https://nsgic.org/knowledge-base/accessible-mapping-june-27-2024/ 
    • https://www.ada.gov/resources/2024-03-08-web-rule/ 
• Geospatial Data Preservation
  • SGC last discussed this in 2012
  • Excellent presentation at https://nsgic.org/knowledge-base/gis-101-data-preservation-april-3-2025/
  • Archivists and geospatial users/professionals need to work together
• Roundtable/Open Forum
  • Rod reported 25 more cities planned for this year at QL1
  • USGS historical quads added to aerial.dwr.nd.gov

Last updated:  April 15, 2025