2025 Big Sky GeoCon - Mapping the Future: Innovations in Geospatial Technology

Description: 

Introduction & Overview                    
            • Welcome and objectives
            • Introduction
            • Overview of Esri imagery’s role in modern geospatial workflows
            • Importance of high-precision data capture & integration

Large-Scale Data Capture
            • Understanding large-scale data capture
            • The role of mobile lidar and drones in capturing extensive data sets
            • Integrating multiple data sources (ground-based, aerial, and mobile)
            • Mobile Lidar Overview
            • Use cases: transportation, urban planning, asset management

Drone LiDAR and Photogrammetry
            • Drone-based lidar vs. photogrammetry
            • Key differences, advantages and limitations
            • Processing workflows in ArcGIS
            • Esri tools for drone data
            • Site Scan for ArcGIS (data capture, processing and analysis)
            • Using ArcGIS Reality for 3D modeling

Oriented Imagery and Machine Learning
            • How oriented imagery enhances GIS workflows
            • Integrating street-level images and UAS datasets in ArcGIS
            • Feature extraction from imagery and lidar
            • Object detection and automated mapping with ArcGIS AI tools

Pavement Analysis and Drone Dock Integrations
            • Pavement Analysis with TBC and GIS
            • Data integration into ArcGIS
            • Drone docks and autonomous operations
            • Data integration into Esri
 

Scott Oppmann is Esri's ArcGIS Solutions Director. He has over 25 years of experience in the planning, development, implementation, management, and application of technology solutions. 
After pioneering GIS in several government organizations, Scott joined Esri in 2008, with the mission to bridge the gap between government needs and the technology that supports them. He currently leads a team of subject matter experts who design ArcGIS Solutions for common government, utility, and defense workflows.
Prior to joining Esri, Scott was the Application Services Division Manager with Oakland County Michigan’s Department of Information Technology. Scott graduated from Michigan State University with a BS in Urban and Regional Planning.
 
This keynote will highlight how ArcGIS Solutions help you align ArcGIS capabilities with your needs, transform your use of ArcGIS, and maximize your investment in location-based data and technology.