Preliminary Program
Friday, June 19, 2009
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine, Maine
This is a preliminary program. We are currently waiting for complete titles and abstracts from several speakers. These will be posted as soon as possible.
*This program is subject to change.
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8:00 - 8:25 |
Registration |
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8:25 - 8:30 |
Welcome |
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9:00 - 12:00 |
GIS 101 GIS 101 - Bridgit Kirouac, Maine Office of GIS
Outreach and Training Coordinator, will provide a 2.5 hour introductory
course on GIS. This is intended for
new or beginning GIS users and will cover topics such as: · What is GIS ·
Spatial data ·
Vector vs.
raster data ·
Spatial
queries ·
Lots of time
for on-screen demos and answering your GIS questions |
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9:00 - 12:00 |
Metadata in the Morning Gretchen Heldmann, Town of Hampden Part I - Metadata overview - Matthew Bampton,
USM Associate Professor of Geography, will provide a fascinating, in-depth
look at metadata, focusing on the importance of metadata, different types of
metadata, and the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) standard. Part II - Using the GeoLibrary Board metadata portal - Gretchen Heldmann, GeoLibrary Board member and GIS Coordinator for Hampden, will showcase the new GeoLibrary metadata portal. This tool, developed in cooperation with USM and funded by the Maine GeoLibrary Board, will allow any entity to register metadata for publication to other users. In addition, the tool provides a map viewer and the ability to load shapefiles for serving out to other users. |
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9:00 - 12:00 |
Emerging GIS Technologies Michael Smith, Maine Office of GIS Part I - Using Google Earth as a web presentation
tool for geospatial data - Chris Halsted, Maine's Google Earth guru, will
show how to create simple but highly effective presentations of spatial data
using Google Earth. He will also
demonstrate some of the many Google Earth files he has created for Maine
state agencies. Part II - An overview of open-source GIS tools
- Michael Smith, Maine State GIS Manager, will demonstrate some very low-cost
(FREE!) GIS tools that are available, including Quantum GIS, MapWindow, GDAL,
and MapServer. Many organizations are
turned off by the high cost of commercial GIS software, when in reality with
a little investigation they can take advantage of free software, with no
licensing restrictions. |
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Noon - 1:30 |
Lunch A lobster, steak or vegetarian lunch is included
with your registration fee. You will need your meal ticket to get your meal. |
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1:30 - 2:00 |
MEGUG Annual Business Meeting and
Announcements All meeting attendees are welcome to join MEGUGs Members and Board for our annual, but brief, business meeting. The board will consider business issues brought to the floor by members at the meeting. In addition to any issues raised by members, we have two major agenda items:
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2:00 - 5:00 |
Land Surveying for GIS Professionals Richard Eaton, RW Eaton Associates Richard Eaton, PLS, and owner of RW Eaton of
Westbrook ME will present a synopsis of land surveying for GIS professionals
including: 1) A history of land surveying in Maine 2) A history of land use in Maine 3) Deed descriptions 4) Real estate and boundary law 5) Current practice of land surveying 6) Advances in technology and the future of land surveying and GIS |
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2:00 - 5:00 |
Acquiring and Using Lidar Tom Asbeck, Flight Operations and Production Manager
at Aero-Metric, will cover three aspects of a LiDAR project once the
determination has been made that LiDAR is the right technology to use: 1) How do I write an RFP, and what information do I
need to provide to potential vendors to insure the LiDAR data set meets my
needs at a competitive price? 2) Once I receive the data, how do I QA/QC it to make
sure it meets the requirements of my project? What elements of the LiDAR
dataset should be checked to make sure I received what I paid for? 3) What other potential applications can this rich
dataset be used for? |
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2:00 - 5:00 |
Web Services Technologies Michael Smith, Maine Office of GIS Dan Walters, US Geological Survey This workshop will cover several areas to explain
what web services are, how to access them, and how to make them There are four parts to the presentation: Part I - Introduction to GIS Web Services -
Bob Bistrais will explain what they are, what the standards are (WMS, WFS,
WCS, WPS, and proprietary services), and how to consume them in ArcGIS, QGIS,
MapInfo, and Google Earth Part II - A Partial Catalog of Web Services -
Dan Walters, Maine's USGS liaison, will present an overview of GIS web
services that are relevant to MEGUG members, including those by the EROS Data
Center (USGS - EDC), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), the US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), the Maine Office of GIS (MEGIS),
and the Maine GeoLibrary Board. Part III - Creating web services in ArcGIS with
ArcGIS Server - Tom Marcotte, Maine Dept. of Transportation (DOT) GIS
Systems Analyst, will demonstrate the web service capabilities of ArcGIS
Server, the most popular commercial package for GIS web services and
applications, and show some examples from Maine DOT. Part IV - Creating open web services with
MapServer - Michael Smith, Maine State GIS Manager, will demonstrate how
to create Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) compliant web services using
MapServer, the most popular open-source package for creating GIS web services
and applications, and show some examples from work the State of Maine has
done with the Maine GeoLibrary Board. |
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5:00 |
Farewell - 1954 Lecture Hall |
The Registration Fee for this conference is $70.00 for members or $85.00 for non-members and $40.00 for students (Follow this link for membership info). Please make checks payable to "Maine GIS User's Group".
Rooms are available for overnight guests, the rate is $50 (up to 2 people can fit in one room, rooms have shared bath with one other room). Breakfast is also available for Friday morning for $8.50.
To register,use our registration page, or contact:
Steve
Harmon
Maine GIS User Group
P.O. Box 958
Windham, ME 04062
For more information, please contact:
Dan Walters
Chair, Maine GIS User Group
danwalters@usgs.gov
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GIS User Group
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Last Modified: May 14, 2009 by Michael White