After introducing the webinar series, the first part of this two-part webinar will be about the role of the CT GIS Office (GISO), how it was formed and functions, what services and guidance it provides, and how it works with partners across the state. Specifically, the CT GIS Office coordinates geospatial data acquisition and creation, provides standards and training, and supports analytic capabilities for GIS users.

The second part of the webinar will be a technical discussion about image services and describe how they are different from map and features services. We will describe how to find and connect to them, what functions are available, and how online and desktop GIS software (ArcGIS Pro and QGIS) handles them. The focus will be on the soon-to-be-released 2023 statewide aerial imagery.