MONDAY
(Mon.) Pre-Conference Full Day Workshop: Python, Notebooks, and ArcPy
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM — Instructor: Roger Dunn (Orem City)
- Required materials: A Windows laptop or Surface with wifi (or data) with ArcGIS Pro 3.2 or later, installed and licensed
- The goal of this one-day class isn’t to memorize everything about Python and ArcGIS Pro. Rather, the goal is to show you the tip of the iceberg of what’s possible with these technologies, and to prove to yourself that you can do this.
- The first half of this training day will cover the basics of ArcGIS Pro Notebooks and the core, built-in Python data types (called classes). By noon, you will have written working Python Notebook cells containing numbers, words, lists, loops, if statements, and print statements.
- The second half of this training day will cover the basics of mapping, data access, and tools using ArcPy for Python and ArcGIS Pro. By the end of the day, you will have written working Python code which alters a map, analyzes an attribute table, and performs some basic geoprocessing.
(Mon.) Pre-Conf. Full Day Workshop: Learn R
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM — Instructor: Simon Brewer (University of Utah)
- Introduction to R
- Introduction to the R language and software
- Basic data input/output
- Basic data manipulation
- Simple plotting with ggplot2
- R and spatial data
- Introduction to sf objects
- Data input/output
- Simple spatial analysis
- Plotting with tmap
- Using R for data science
- Brief introduction to data science
- Machine learning basics
- Machine learning workflows (preprocessing, variable selection)
- Assessing and understanding machine learning models
TUESDAY
(Tues.) Pre-Conference Full Day Workshop: Python, Notebooks, and Pandas
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM — Instructor: Roger Dunn (Orem City)
- Required materials: A Windows laptop or Surface with wifi (or data) with ArcGIS Pro 3.2 or later, installed and licensed
- The goal of this one-day class isn’t to memorize every tool in ArcGIS Pro or to learn everything about pandas classes and methods. Rather, the goal is to show you the tip of the iceberg of what’s possible with these technologies, and to prove to yourself that you can do this.
- The first half of this training day will cover beyond the basics of ArcGIS Pro Notebooks, and will cover simple Python functions and iterators. By noon, you will have written working Python code which defines and uses Python functions, selects features, and edits geographic data.
- The second half of this training day will cover the basics of the pandas library for Python. By the end of the day, you will have written working Python code which analyzes two different layers, finds common and unique values between them, finds outliers, and creates calculated values from existing ones.
(Tues.) Pre-Conference Full Day Workshop: Processing Drone Imagery with Little or no Budget
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM — Instructor: Mark Quilter (UTAH DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD)
- The class will run about 8 hours. The morning session will work with single images and video. During this section image scale, object measurements, and image properties will be discussed. Class exercises will involve making measurements using open source and freeware.
- The next morning section participants will work with processing multiple images and video files to make mosaics using freeware. Discussion on how to fly a mapping mission without automated mission app. Work with video from manual mapping mission. Students will extract frames and use frames to make mosaic of area.
- The afternoon will focus on review of open source and freeware for extracting data from imagery, making orthomosaics, 3-D models, and point cloud files from imagery. Free image classification software will be shown (may have students do exercise). Extensive overview of Open Drone Mapper (webODM) software will be presented. Discussions on methods to ensure successful production of orthomosaics and 3-D models.
- Syllabus with web links for all software used in the class will be provided as well as class notes. Students need to download software on a laptop for class exercises
(Tues.) Pre-Conference HALF Day Workshop: ArcGIS Online: Building skills in data management, cartography, and instant apps
***AM Session – 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM — Instructor: David Vaillancourt and Will DeLany (Esri)
***PM Session – 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM – Same thing both sessions
- This workshop will have a combination of Hands-on exercises and demonstrations. You’ll get hands on experience building ArcGIS dashboards and learn the finer capabilities of building gorgeous maps in ArcGIS Online. We’ll work with some of the recent cartographic tools for building eye-catching maps and discuss some of the data management and analytical capabilities in ArcGIS online, such as feature layer views and appending and managing data. Lastly, we’ll review the most modern methods for build web applications. Come join us for a fun and practical workshop!
(Tues.) Pre-Conference HALF Day Workshop: Experience Builder
***AM Session – 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM — Instructor: Grace Tueller (Provo City)
***PM Session – 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM – Same thing both sessions
- ArcGIS Web AppBuilder will be retired at the end of 2025, and it’s recommended that users migrate their apps to ArcGIS Experience Builder. In this session, we will rebuild an existing Web AppBuilder app in Experience Builder and explore some of the new functionality provided by Experience Builder. You will learn about widgets, page layout, themes, mobile optimization and more.