NYS GIS Conference- Preliminary Program

17th New York State Geographic Information Systems Conference
Preliminary Program

Monday, October 29, 2001
7:00am		Exhibit Set-up
8:00		Registration Opens
8:30		NYS GIS Coordinating Program Workgroup Meetings
		8:30-10	NYS Clearinghouse Workgroup Standards & Data Coordination Workgroup Education Workgroup (tentative)
		10:30- Noon	Local Government Advisory Council
		Noon-1:00 pm	ESRI Water Users Group
9:00		Concurrent Sessions 1
	Workshops [Note: Preregistration is required]
9-Noon	Session 1B: Deploying GIS on the Internet Larry Spraker and Austin Fisher, Applied GIS
9-Noon	Session 1C: Modeling 3D Urban Environments Tutorial William Starner, and David McKeown, Terrasim
9-11:15	Session 1D: Introduction to GIS Steve Smith, Cornell University Extension
10:15	Break
10:30 - Noon	Session 2: GIS Software- The Latest ArcGIS – Enterprise GIS, Chris Attridge, ESRI-Boston Oblique Digital Aerial Imagery - A Supplement to Orthophotos, Scott Sherwood, Pictrometry, Inc. Digital Orthophotos: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Mark Safran, Triathlon- Macdonald Dettwiler Information Services
11:00		Exhibits Open
1:00pm		Conference Welcome and Plenary Session
1:15		Keynote Speaker: Susan Lambert, President, National States Geographic Information Council GIS in the U.S.- What's Now? What's Next? Susan Carson Lambert is a nationally renowned leader in state GIS. She is a provacative speaker, acclaimed for her passion and insight as well as her boundless energy. Ms. Lambert will discuss national trends ans issues impacting GIS users now and in the future.
2:15		The State of the State: GIS in NYS Government, Bruce Oswald, NYS Office for Technology The State of the State in GIS will highlight many of the fast paced changes that have occurred in New York State GIS over the past 12 months. Learn of new programs instituted that may benefit you as well as ones planned for the coming years. See innovations in technology as well as visions for the future. Also, learn how data has been developed and GIS used to directly aid police, fire fighters and rescue workers in New York City in their heroic efforts to recover from the World Trade Center disaster.
3:15		Break
3:45		Concurrent Sessions 3
	Session 3A: Interactive Mapping Map-NY: Adirondack Park Agency, NYS DEC, Housing and Community Renewal, et al. NYS DEC Environmental Navigator: A Web-based Mapping Application, Gerry Colborn, Lois Klatt, and Eric Shyer, NYS DEC Session 3B: GIS in the Economic & Social Environment Imagery and Geographic Information System Tools for Residential Real Estate, Trevis Gigliotti, Chen Shan, Kevin Riordan, Lindi Quackenbush, Paul Hopkins, NASA Affiliated Research Center at SUNY-ESF, and Cynthia Dietz, Geofocus, Skaneateles, NY Using GIS to Marry Ecology and Economy – The OIK/OS Experience, Mark Haberle, Applied GIS, Inc. GIS for Cultural Resource Management, Benjamin K. Haavik, Historic House Trust of New York City Session 3C: Uncloaking the Black Box – Map Accuracy and Quality Assessing Map Accuracy, Steve Stehman, SUNY-ESF QA/QC for New York Counties: Techniques and Lessons from Parcel and Land Base Projects, David Weaver, Applied Geographics, Inc. Session 3D: GIS in Education The 2001 Conference on Remote Sensing Education, Auburn, NY, Lee Herrington, SUNY ESF Developing a GIS Program: The CCC Experience, Abu Badruddin, Assistant Professor of GIS, Cayuga Community College GIS in Action in the Classroom, Rick Fritschler and Kingston School District teachers Ask the Expert
5:15		Reception/ Poster Session/ Exhibits
6:30		Banquet , Speaker, Door Prizes, GIS Partnership Award

Tuesday, October 30, 2001
7:00 am		Continental Breakfast NYS GIS Coordinating Program Listening Session
8:00		Concurrent Sessions 4
	Session 4A: Modeling, Analysis, & Simulation Studies, 1 GIS Archaeological Predictive Modeling in Greene County, New York,Sheri M. Norton, Applied GIS, Inc. Spatial Simulation of the Dynamics of Establishment of Secondary Forest in Abandoned Pastures in the Central Amazon, Karin T. Rebel, Susan J. Riha, Marco A. Rondon, Ted R. Feldpausch, and Erick C.M. Fernandes, Cornell University Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Determine the Suitability for Wetland Restoration, Agriculture, and Development within the Cowaselon Creek Watershed Area (CCWA), Madison, New York, Scott Ingmire, Madison County Planning Department Session 4B: GIS and Technology "Where Am I" - Wireless GIS, Barry M. Blanchard, Intergraph Corporation Use of Internet Mapping Application in a Secure Network Environment, Linh H. Le, New York State Department of Health Customizing ArcIMS--Tips and Tricks, Mark Scott, ESRI Session 4C: Uncloaking the Black Box 2 Tutorial: Designing the Spatial Framework, Paul Hopkins, SUNY-ESF Case Study: Aligning Practice and Theory, Paul Schenkle, Monroe County Developing a GIS Landbase Westchester County, NY – Technical Issues and Lesson’s Learned, James Cannistra, Sanborn Map Company Ask the Expert
9:15		Break
9:45		Concurrent Sessions 5
	Session 5A: GIS Bytes the Big Apple Allan Leidner, NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications and Rich Goodden, PlanGraphics Session 5B: Street-Based Applications Project SCORECARD: A GIS Based Decision Support System for Maintaining Street Cleanliness in New York City, Anthony Longo, Nesw York City Mayor’s Office of Operations, and Evan Gorin, Bowne Management Systems A Phased Approach to GIS-based Highway Infrastructure Management, Laura Lynn Palmer, Suffolk County Department of Public Works NYSDOT Photolog Viewer and Route System, Frank Winters, New York State Department of Transportation Session 5C: Uncloaking the Black Box 3– Analyzing Spatial Data Tutorial: Spatial Data Analysis Techniques, Art Lembo, Cornell University Development of a County-wide Slope Map, Lucius Willis, Binghamton University Application of GIS in Studying the Energy, Economic, and Environmental Benefits of Using Dairy Manure as Renewable Energy Source and Designing Distributed Energy System in New York State, Jianguo Ma, Cornell University Ask the Expert
11:00		Mini-Break
11:15		Concurrent Sessions 6
	Session 6A: Modeling, Analysis, & Simulation 2 Siting Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Facilities Using GIS, Austin Fisher, Applied GIS, Inc., Schenectady, NY, Tom Bourgeois, Pace University and/or Dana L. Levy, NYS Energy Research and Development Authority Sea Surface Temperature from AVHRR as a Predictor of Crustacean Zooplankton Density, David Warner and Art Lembo, Cornell University Brownfield Inventories and Assessments, Mark Wheeler, Applied GIS Session 6B: GIS in the 3rd Dimension Using Compound Topographic Attribute Data Derived from DEMs to Identify Potential Wetland Areas, Nick Colas, Cayuga County Department of Planning and Economic Development and Mark Bowersox, Cayuga County Department of Information Technologies CommunityViz- Visualizing Change in Ontario County, New York, Kevin Schultz, Ontario County Planning & Research Department Real-time 3D Urban Visualization and Simulation, Dave McKeown, TerraSim, Inc. Session 6C: GIS in West Nile Virus Management Programs Use of GPS and GIS Technology to Monitor and Analyze West Nile Virus in Rockland County, Doug Schuetz, Rockland County West Nile Virus and GIS: Determining Spary Boundaries by Tracking patterns of Bird Location, Jeff Quackenbush, Oneida County Using GIS Technology to Copmbat West Nile Virus in Metropolitan New York City, Allan Leidner, NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications Session 6D: Copyrights and Government Data: The Suffolk County Case Penny Wells LaValle, Suffolk County and Darlene Van Sickle, NYS Office for Technology Ask the Expert
12:30pm		Lunch
1:30		Concurrent Sessions 7
	Session 7A: Modeling, Analysis, & Simulation 3 A Real-time Immersive Virtual Traffic Environment Simulation, Youngseok Kim and T. Kesavadas, State University of New York at Buffalo Broome County Traffic Signal Pre-emption, Steve Lange, McFarland-Johnson, Inc Modeling In-Stream Temperature of the Beaverkill Watershed, Beth Gardner, Cornell University Session 7B: Remote Sensing Land Cover Classification Using Satellite-Sensed Imagery and Its Texture Values, Tilak B. Shrestha, PAR Government Systems Corporation Remote Sensing and Forestry Applications in the Northeast, Paul F. Hopkins, William M. Stiteler IV, Cheng Zhu and Kerry L. Van Siclen, SUNY-ESF Session 7C: Census 2000: Data and Geographic Products Census Data and Access to It; Developing Generic Census Reports of Value to the NYS GIS Community; Developing a NY TIGER Users Group, Bob Scardamalia, Empire State Development State Data Center Ask the Expert
Wednesday, October 31, 2001
9:30 am –4:30pm	Introduction to Digital Orthoimagery Workshop NYS Office for Technology Center for Geographic Information [Register for workshop on-line at http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/training/dortho_albany.htm]