15th Annual NYS GIS Conference Highlights- Conference Program
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15th Annual NYS GIS Conference Highlights- Conference Program |
Monday, October 4, 1999
9 am Pre-conference Workshops
Workshop: GIS in Local Government
Topics:
• Techniques for getting started with GIS
• GIS funding sources
• Funding and other resources available from the NYS • Archives and Records Administration
• Soliciting for GIS services and products
• Techniques for managing GIS consulting projects
• Keys to long term success: Firsthand experiences implementing GIS
• Open panel discussionSpeakers: Austin Fisher, Applied GIS, Inc.; Michael Stoogenke, Sear-Brown Group; JoAnne Rydzynski, New York State Archives and Records Administration; Kevin Corcoran, Town of Glenville; Richard Birch, Dutchess County; Chris Round, Town of Queensbury; Martin Weiss, Oswego County; Tom Sears, Steuben County; John Thomas or Carol Schmidt, City of Rochester
Workshop: GIS for Public Safety
Moderator: Scott Sherwood and Sam Wear
GPS-Based AVL Systems for Law Enforcement in New York State: The State of the Science and A Look at the Future,
Josh Landers, President, P6 Incorporated, Yonkers, NY.
Rochester Police Department Crime Analysis Using GIS, Lt. Michael Wood, Rochester Police Department.
GIS for Crime Analysis, Skip Heise, ESRI, Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts.
Image Data for E911 Base Maps, David Washburn, REIS Inc.
New York City Metropolitan Area Earthquake Loss Estimation Study, Daniel O'Brien, New York State Emergency Management Office, Albany.
11 am Exhibits Open
1:00pm Conference Opening and Welcome
1:15 pm Opening Keynote speaker: Jack Dangermond, President and Founder, ESRI
2:15 pm State of the State in GIS
Moderator: Bruce Oswald, Director,
NYGIS Coordination Program
NYSGIS Coordination Program Workgroup/Advisory Group Updates, Tom Hart, NYS Department of State (DOS); Lee Herrington, SUNY-ESF; Sharon Oskam, NYS Library; Cheryl Benjamin, NYS Department of Transportation (DOT); Sam Wear, Westchester County GIS; Bob Freeman, Committee on Open Government; Bob Brower, Cayuga County Planning; Bruce Jones, Eastman Kodak
State Agency Updates, Bill Johnson, NYS DOT
Year 2000 Emergency Preparedness, Tom Hart, NYS DOS
3:30 pm Break
4:00 pm Concurrent Sessions 1
1A: GIS in Education
Moderator: Lee Herrington, SUNY-ESFGIS in Schools—An Overview, Steve Brown, University of Texas at San Antonio
Examples of GIS Classroom Applications, Grades 8 – 12, David Wang, Manhasset Public Schools
ESRI Education Solutions, Peggy Harper, ESRI Education Solutions1B: 3D GIS--The New Dimension
Moderator: Ed Freeborn, NYSTEC
Urban Data Solutions 3D GIS,Andrew Lerner, Urban Data Solutions
A 3D Object-oriented Spatial Data Model, Extending the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's Vector Product Format (VPF), Kevin C. Trott, PAR Government Systems Corporation, Rome.
The Use of RealTime Simulation in the Design Process, Charles Hixon, Bergmann Associates, Rochester.
The Community Planning and Simulation Project, Michael Kwartler, New School for Social Research , New York.1C: The Latest and Greatest in GIS: Vendor Presentations
Moderator: Marty Goldblatt, NYSOPRS
Autodesk GIS: Bringing Information Down to Earth, Sean Fitzpatrick, Autodesk
Web Enterprise GIS, Barry Blanchard, Intergraph Corporation
ArcInfo 8: A New GIS for the New Millennium, Skip Heise, ESRI-Boston
The Internet IS changing everything!, John McCarthy, MapInfo
5:30 pm Reception, Exhibits, and Poster Session
Poster Session
Municipality-In-A-Box, Josephine Amato, Westchester County Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Department of Information Technology, White Plains, NY
Decadal Snapshots from the NY-NJ-CT Metropolitan Area Urbanization Project, Roger Barlow, Dan Sechrist and Janet Tilley, U.S. Geological Survey; Ann-Margaret Esnard and Yizhao Yang, Cornell University Department of City and Regional Planning; Rob Pirani, Regional Plan Association
The Growth and Decline of Barcelona, New York: Using GIS to Document Local History,Chris Campbell, Leslie Cook, Jason Corrigan, Maria Dolce, Matthew Mercurio, SUNY College at Fredonia Interdisciplinary Studies in GIS
Visualize Westchester County GIS data in 3D, Xiaobo Cui, Geographic Information System, Department Of Information Technology, Westchester County, New York
School Districts and Educational Facilities Map, Paul Gisondo, Associate Planner and Mike Selig, Program Specialist (GIS)- Westchester County Department of Planning
Westchester County Telecom Preliminary Network Design,Tim Gulden, Geographic Information Systems, Department of Information Technology, Westchester County, White Plains, NY
Land Use and Land Cover Mapping Using DOQQs in Tompkins County, NY, Sharon Heller, Tompkins County Information Technology Services
Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County New York Water and Sewer Project, Ana Hiraldo, Westchester County Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Department of Information Technology, White Plains, NY
Virtual Hudson Estuary: A Tool for Managing the Hudson, Theresa Kennedy, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
Using GIS to Visualize State Government Telecommunication Network Infrastructure and Topology,Matt Mercurio, New York State Technology Enterprise Corporation (NYSTEC), Rome, NY
Tracking Temporal Changes in Ground-water Contaminant Concentrations,Pete Nimmer, EA Engineering, Newburgh, NY
GIS for Cultural Resource Management: Predictive Modeling of Archeological Prehistoric Site Location in Greene County, New York, Sheri M. Norton, Department of Geography and Planning, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, and Charles E. Vandrei, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, New York
Census 2000 Local Address Review Project for Monroe County, Scott Sherwood, Center for Governmental Research Inc., Rochester, NY
Lake Oscawana Watershed Project: Integrating Clearinghouse Data with Local Data, Scott Sherwood, Center for Governmental Research Inc., Rochester, NY
Georeferencing, Lisa Snopkoski, Binghamton University
Visualization and Analysis of Radio Coverage for the NYS Thruway Authority,Jeff Walton, New York State Technology Enterprise Corporation (NYSTEC)
6:45 pm Banquet
Map Contest Awards and Door Prize Presentation
Speaker: Dr. Don Rodbell, Assistant Professor of Geology, Union College: Tales from the Treks: Five years of Global Climate Change Research by Union College students in the Andes Mountains of Peru and Ecuador.
Tuesday, October 5, 1999
7:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am Concurrent Sessions 2
2A:Enterprise GIS
NYS Office of Mental Health’s Statewide Facility Information and Management System, John Merola, Geographic Data Link.
Expanding Enterprise GIS into Regional GIS, Joseph Jones, Nassau County Geographic Information System, Mineola.
Delivering Enterprise-wide GIS Tools at the Long Island Rail Road, Arthur J. Lembo, Jr., Bowne Management Systems, Inc., Mineola.2B: Partnerships for GIS Development
Cayuga County NASA Regional Application Center, Robert Brower, Cayuga county Planning, Auburn.
Joint Mapping/GIS Projects, Al Roy, New York State Electric and Gas Corporation, Binghamton.
Using Spatial Information to Strengthen Business Activities, Lindi J. Quackenbush and Paul F. Hopkins, SUNY-ESF, Syracuse.
9:20 am Concurrent Sessions 3
3A: Modeling
A Spatially-Implicit Modeling Package for Multi-Disciplinary Use on the World Wide Web, William M. Stiteler IV and Dr. Paul F. Hopkins, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse.
GIS: Re-engineering the Approach to Analytical Problem Solving, Lana Khitrik, David M. Frazier and Marek Ostrowski, URS Greiner Woodward Clyde, Buffalo.
The Monroe County Farmland Protection Plan: Using GIS and LESA to Target Farmland for Protection and Profitability Efforts at the Municipal Level, Ben Houston, Chris Sciacca and John Lamb, Monroe County Department of Planning and Development, Robert N. King, Cornell Cooperative Extension- Monroe County3B: Emerging Technologies
The Use of Geo-processing Tools in Support of Electronic Commerce: An Example from PRICELINE.COM, Arthur J. Lembo, Jr., Bowne Management Systems, Inc., Mineola.
Practical Implementation of a Spatial Data Warehouse, Richard Annitto, Bowne Management Systems, Inc., Mineola.
Enterprise Workflow Reengineered with Network Centric Geospatial Technology, Sean Fitzpatrick- Autodesk
10:35 am Break
11:00 am Concurrent Sessions 4
4A: Data
CUGIR: The Foundations of a Clearinghouse, Tom Gale and Nan Hyland, Cornell University, Ithaca.
NYS DEM-based Terrain Modeling with ArcView 3D Analyst: What You Need to Know, David L. Miller, SUNY College at Cortland.
Data Analysis and Visualization with GIS: Case Studies on the Geologic Project in Southeastern California and the Environmental Project in Brunswick, Maine, Bai Tian, P. L. Nimmer, C. E. McLeod- EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Newburgh, C. E. Jacobson, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, G. B. Haxel- U.S. Geologic Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, D. R. Sherrod- USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawaii National Park, HI, R. M. Tosdal- U.S. Geologic Survey, Menlo Park, CA.
Advanced Floodplain Modeling/Mapping for Schoharie Creek, John Weed, Calvin Reed & George Washburn-PAR Government Systems Corp., Howard Pike- NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation4B: Local Government
Ithaca Maps- City on the WebDoug Foster, City of Ithaca
SARA Grants for GIS Projects: Improving Your Funding Chances, JoAnne L. Rydzynski, New York State Archives & Records Administration, Albany.
GIS Enhancements to the NYS Real Property System, Bill Godell, NYS Office of Real Property Services, Albany.
GIS and Parks Management, Orest P. Ciolko, Wendel, Buffalo.
12:45 pm Lunch
1:45 pm Concurrent Sessions 5
5A: Remote Sensing and Data Acquisition
GIS and Remote Sensing Lessons Learned - Labor Day Storm, Fred Howe, New York State Technology Enterprise Corporation, Rome.
Assessing the Impact of Urban Land Use to Sediment Discharge using GIS: A Case Study of the Cazenovia Creek Watershed, Erie County, New York, Tao Tang, SUNY College at Buffalo.
Airborne Sensors – Changing the Way GIS Data is Captured, Chris Barnard, EarthData International, Branchburg, NJ5B: Implementing Geographic Information Systems
Selecting the Proper GIS Deployment Strategy, Larry Spraker, Applied GIS, Inc., Schenectady.
The System at work at the Adirondack Park Agency, John Barge, New York State Adirondack Park Agency, Ray Brook.
Nassau County’s Approach to Tax Mapping within an Enterprise GIS, Richard P. Slutzah, Bowne Management Systems, Inc., Mineola.
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm Concurrent Sessions 6
6: Local Government
Inner City Inaccessibility: Supermarkets and the Transit-Dependent in Syracuse, Joe Grengs, Cornell University, Ithaca.
Development of a City Wide Geographic Information System, Keith McKeeve, Geodata Link.
4:10 Conference concludes