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10:30am PDT

A Journey of GIS Data Integration into an Asset Management System

Thursday May 21, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am PDT

A Journey of GIS Data Integration into an Asset Management System – Eliud Flores Saenz – City of Pullman

This presentation details the path the City of Pullman took in preparing its GIS data into a third-party asset management system.

It will discuss the challenges, insights, and lessons learned during that process, as well as the strategies that were implemented and devised to centralize data into a single authoritative GIS-focused source. Among such challenges that will be discussed are: lack of geospatial data for tracked assets, incomplete legacy data from authoritative sources, differing definitions of what constitutes an asset across departments and workflows that were implemented to solve said challenges. I will also expand upon some Cartegraph-specific troubleshooting and creative solutions we are trying to implement to get the most use out of this system in conjunction with our Esri ArcGIS Portal.

While this presentation focuses on Pullman and Open Gov’s (formerly Cartegraph) Asset Management system, its principles and strategies detailed here are broad enough in scope to be universally useful across the spectrum of asset management systems. Such as creating a standard for asset IDs and managing data structures.

Speakers

Eliud Flores Saenz

GIS Analyst, City of Pullman

Eliud Flores Saenz is a GIS Analyst with the City of Pullman, where he serves as one of the organization’s GIS data stewards. With three years of municipal GIS experience, he works on a variety of projects spanning data management, asset tracking, and operational support for city... Read More →

Thursday May 21, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am PDT
407-408

Government, EAM

11:30am PDT

Rebuilding King County’s Open Data Platform for the Cloud Era

Thursday May 21, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm PDT

407-408

King County has undertaken a major modernization of its King County GIS Open Data portal to improve reliability, enhance user experience, and transition away from aging on premise infrastructure. The previous Open Data site was built on an older Esri Configurable App and depended on datasets stored on a server scheduled for retirement in June 2026—along with several datasets that will also be decommissioned at that time. To meet these challenges, King County redesigned the site using Esri’s Hub Initiative and migrated all content to new, hosted layer views in ArcGIS Online.
This presentation will walk through the technical and organizational steps involved in rebuilding the King County GIS Open Data site, including content redesign, data retirement and redirect strategies, and approaches for ensuring continuity of service during system and dataset retirement. The session will highlight the communication and outreach efforts used to keep internal and external users informed throughout the transition. Additionally, challenges to sharing hosted feature layer views through a hub site will be discussed. Attendees will gain practical insights into modernizing an enterprise Open Data environment while minimizing disruption to their stakeholders.

Speakers

Thomas Ryan

Principal IT Engineer, King County

Tom is a Principal IT Engineer at King County's GIS Center. His work includes developing custom web application to support GIS data, metadata, and property reporting. Previously he worked at Kitsap County, Apple, and the City of Seattle. He graduated with a Bachelor’s in Geography... Read More →

Mary Ullrich

IT Engineer - Senior, King County

Mary is a Senior IT Engineer at the King County GIS Center with 26 years of experience. She specializes in Web GIS administration, interactive GIS applications, and coaching GIS users through the intricacies of GIS software. Her work has included GIS database design, analysis, mapping... Read More →

Thursday May 21, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm PDT
407-408

Government, Open Data

2026 WA GIS Conference