| Agenda |
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| 8:00 - 9:00 am |
Registration - $35.00
(Checks only, no Credit Cards or PO’s) |
| 9:00 – 9:15 |
Welcome
Gina Torres, Town of Groton, NEARC President
Jon Caris, Spatial Analysis Lab, Smith College |
| 9:15 – 10:45 |
Session 1 |
Track 1
(Room 103-104) |
Town of Amherst's Mapping Initiative
Michael Olkin, Town of Amherst, MA & Drew Meren, Infotech
Spatial Real Property and Assessment Information Systems
Girk Cakmak and Scott Mastellon, Bowne Management Systems, Inc.
Effective GIS for Smaller Municipalities in Challenging Economic Times
Steve Anderson, Applied Geographics, Inc. |
Track 2
(Room 208) |
Leveraging Map Services: The New Solution for Geospatial Data Sharing
Sam Wear, Westchester County (NY) GIS
The Future of 3D GIS Visualization: the GPU and the Web
Robert Holicky, Geoweb3d Inc. |
Track 3
(Room 205) |
Synchronizing Photos to Tracklog Points
Peggy Minnis, Pace University
More Active People (MAP): Using GIS to Fight Childhood Obesity in Southeastern CT
Ryan McCammon, Ledge Light Health District
Download Map |
| 10:45 – 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 – 12:00 |
Session 2 |
Track 1
(Room 103-104) |
ESRI & Autodesk: Getting from here to there and back again
Guido Stein, Applied Geographics, Inc.
Unleashing the Power of Data Interoperability
Niels P. la Cour & Alexander Stepanov, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Track 2
(Room 208) |
Open Source Web Architecture + Proprietary Map/Data Software = Rich Interactive Mapping Experience
Steven Romalewski, CUNY Graduate Center
Using Web Map Services for Historical Maps Mash-Ups
Benjamin Spaulding, Map and Geographic Center at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT |
Track 3
(Room 205) |
Pro Bono GIS for Non-profit Conservation Organizations
Kay Sadighi, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation; Berkshire Natural Resource Council
Establishing Biological Potential to Support Restoration Goals and Connecticut’s Anti-degradation Policy
Mary Becker, Chris Bellucci & Mike Beauchene, CT Department of Environmental Protection |
| 12:00 – 1:30 |
Brief NEARC Business meeting (12:15)
Lunch, ESRI Presentation (12:30-1:30) |
| 1:30 – 2:45 |
Session 3 |
Track 1
(Room 102-103) |
Risky Business: Physical Asset Management Tactics Reduce Costs
Rod Lovely, VUEWorks, Inc
Download Asset Risk Calculator Spreadsheet
Establishing a Facilities Information Infrastructure
Stuart Rich, Penobscot Bay Media |
Track 2
(Room 208) |
Integrating Document Management with ArcGIS Server for Local Governments
Larry Spraker, Fountains Spatial
Mad Maps: Enter the Rhode Island Digital Atlas
Greg Bonynge, University of Rhode Island |
Track 3
(Room 205) |
Displaying Potential Sea Level Rise Impacts in the United States using ArcObjects and VBA
Kate Doiron, Clark University
Coastal Inundation Mapping and Climate Change
Chris Watson, UMass Boston |
| 2:45 – 3:00 |
Refreshments |
| 3:00 – 4:00 |
Session 4 |
| Spatial Analysis Lab |
Creating Cartograms: Making Geographic Areas Speak Volumes
Andy Anderson, Amherst College
See the Cartogram Video
Download Sample Geodatabase (zip)
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| Room 205 |
Meeting: NE Water/Wastewater/Stormwater GIS Users Group
April Kelly, Springfield Water and Sewer |
| Room 103-104 |
Presentation: Adding the time dimension, considerations for using and comparing digital geographic layers over time ,/a>
Alex Chaucer, Robert Jones, Skidmore College |
| TBD |
Geowall
TBD |
| 4:00 - 5:00 |
NEARC User Group Forum/Open Discussion
Smith College Pub |
| All Day |
GPS Muster
On the lawn; click here for results |
