August 2026 SGC Meeting

Location

Department of Agriculture

600 East Boulevard Ave.

Bismarck, ND 58505

Meeting Agenda

• Minutes and Information
• Landsat
• Railroad Mileposts & Crossings
• Strategic Plan
• Roundtable/Open Forum

Meeting Recap

• Minutes and Information
  • Geospatial Summit - help spread the word - presentations, sponsorship, attendance
  • ArcMap - only the Game and Fish is still using this, need to move to ArcPro for upcoming database upgrade
  • Bob provided a brief summary of the recently concluded MAGIC Clearinghouse Summit
• Landsat
  • USGS Liaison Elaine provided a number of links to a recent webinar
  • https://nsgic.org/knowledge-base/usgs-landsat-program-august-4-2026/
  • https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/landsat-science-products 
  • Landsat 10 is planned for possibly 2031
• Railroad Mileposts & Crossings
  • Existing mileposts and crossings are not current 
  • We now have as an authoritative data source REST endpoints from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
  • Bob will look into using the REST web service as a means to update the GIS Hub data including simply pointing to the FRA data
• Strategic Plan
  • Discussed the continuity of government goal
  • SGC reviewed past work and discussed next steps including listing of assumptions for doing their jobs
  • Standards are important especially so in times of emergency when data sharing is key
• Roundtable/Open Forum
  • NR

Last updated:  September 21, 2026