15th Annual NYS GIS Conference Highlights
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15th Annual NYS GIS Conference Highlights |
| Conference Statistics | |
| Registrants: 497 | Increase from 1998: 57.28% (181 registrants) |
| Exhibitors: 27 | Increase from 1998: 17.39% (4 exhibitors) |
| Speaker Presentations: 44 | Increase from 1998: 30.30% (10 presentations) |
| Map Contest Winners | |
| Best Cartographic Map | |
| 1st | Michael Stoogenke, The Sear-Brown Group- Eastern Lanke Ontario Basin: Land Cover Corresponding with Environmental Impacts |
| 2nd | John Barge, NYS Adirondack Park Agency- Adirondack
Park Land Use and Development Plan Map and State Land Map Karin Verschoor, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation- The Adirondack Forest Preserve |
| Best Analytic Product | |
| 1st | David Frazier, URSGWC- GIS Modeling and Data Analysis for Landfill Design |
| 2nd | Nick Colas, Cayuga County Planning Department- Derecho Storm Event- Labor Day 1998: Cayuga County, NY (central portion) |
| 3rd | Sheri Norton, University of Albany- GIS for Cultural Resource Management: Predictive Modeling of Archeological Prehistoric Site Location in Greene County |
| Many thanks to the contributors of last year's door prizes | |
| Blue Marble Geographics | Geographic Calculator Geographic Transformer |
| Intergraph | GeoMedia |
| Niagara Mohawk | Coolers; Travel alarms |
| Hansen Information Technologies | Mugs; Portfolios |