Inventory & Monitoring (I&M)
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2008 GIS and Data Management Meeting
March 31 - April 3, 2008, Fort Collins, Colorado
Background Information
Presentations and Handouts (all are powerpoint files unless otherwise indicated)
Monday Hands-on Training Sessions
- Programming with Python- Brent Frakes and Jacob Morgan
- Raster data and tools available throughout NPS - Roger Johnson and David Duran
- Using the GIS Model Builder- Tim Clark
- Field data collection of geo-tagged photos- Tim Smith
- Digital Photo Metadata - Chris Dietrich
- Transitioning from Shapefiles to Geodatabases- Lisa Nelson
- Migrating from Access to SQL Server- Simon Kingston
Tuesday Sessions
- Welcome and opening remarks (No powerpoint presentation) - George Dickison, Sue Hawkins, and Larry Curran
- Plenary: GPS and Future Directions in Positioning - Dennis McCarthy
- Show and Tell (8.6 MB)
- Cultural Resource Heritage Assets
- Archeological Inventory and Monitoring: The Role of GIS - Anne Vawser
- Mapping the American Civil War: Cultural Heritage on the Web - Matthew Stutts and Kati Singel
- Creating Cultural Resource Spatial Data Standards - Deidre McCarthy
- Collecting and processing multi-year monitoring data
- Collecting Multi-Year Monitoring Data - Jennifer Haack
- Developing an efficient monitoring data summary tool - Alan Williams
- The Use of Long Term Monitoring Data in a Decision Support System - Kevin James
- Tele-monitoring: near- and real-time data acquisition from the field
- Development Of A National Network for Acoustical Monitoring in National Park Units - Kurt Fristrup
- Black Bears, Ursus americanus, Alter Their Home Ranges to Utilize Preferred Foods in Sequoia National Park, California - Karen Folger
- Peregrine Falcon Monitoring Through Webcams - Alan Williams
- Using GPS collars to monitor mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains, California - Lena Lee
- GIS and Data Management Planning
- An Enterprise Geodatabase for Resource Management and Planning: George Washington Birthplace NM General Management Planning Database Development - Bill Slocumb
- Contractors: Getting the Cleanest Geospatial Data Possible - Elena Robisch
- Three Perspectives on GIS Roles within NPS - Patrick Flaherty
- From Projects to Policy, the evolution of NPS Program GIS Organizations (ppt.) (doc.) - John Knoerl
- GPS best practices
- Acquiring remotely-sensed data for resource issues
Wednesday Sessions
- Plenary: Connecting science and management – an information value chain - Mary Klein
- Show and Tell (16.6 MB)
- Tools and techniques for digital image management
- The NCPN Photo Database: A Custom Image Management Application - Russ DenBleyker
- Embedding Digital Images in a File Geodatabase: A Case Study from Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah - Cynthia Wanschura
- Management of Photos for Ecological Monitoring - Dorothy Mortenson
- Using NPS Focus for Image Management - Chris Dietrich
- Managing Data in an Enterprise Data Management Architecture
- Enterprise Management of Lands Tract, Boundary, and Ownership Data - Roger Johnson
- Building Footprint Data Collection and Processing - Allen Sparks
- Using Geodatabase Replication for Distributed Data Management - David Best
- Show and Tell (19.8 MB)
- Acquisition, analysis, and application of climate data
- Introduction to NPClime - John Gross
- Back-end Services for the NPClime Project - Greg Hill
- Developing the NPClime User Interface - Lisa Nelson
- Integrating Climate data into Monitoring Protocols - Brent Frakes
- 3-D Visualization, Modeling and Mapping
- Modeling and Mapping Underwater Monitoring Sites - Judd Patterson
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of 2D vs. 3D Trailhead Maps: A map user study conducted at Zion National Park - Tom Patterson and David Schobesberger
- Using 3D Models to Visualize Planning Alternatives - Ann Rodman
- Developing and storing information in a SQL Server Environment
- Using SQL Server as a Data Integration Platform - Allen Sparks
- Moving the Legacy GRE Tracking Database (GRE DB) to SQL Server - Michael J. Cox and Tim Connors
- Processes and Procedures for Spatial and Tabular QA and QC
- QA/QC and DO#11: How Good is Good Enough? - Kathy Dratch
- National Perspective on NPSpecies QA/QC - Alison Loar
- How Accurate is your boundary? Ask Lands - Jeannie Whitler
- Image Management Requirements Gathering Session
- Tools and Technology Swap Meet
Thursday Sessions
- Geospatial Modernization BluePrint for Transformation (GMBT) - Tim Petty
- Show and Tell (39 MB)
- Creative Cartography: Elegant Solutions to Thorny Problem
- Creating an Atlas for the Yellowstone Area - Ann Rodman
- Satellite Image Maps (The Union of Annotation, Art and Science) - Jeff Bennett
- From Legacy Data to Dynamic Map Making - Jeannie Whitler, Richard Easterbrook, and Jean Olson
- Creating a National Geographic-style Physical Map of the World - Tom Patterson
- The Resource Information Management Challenge – Who's on First?
- A Collaborative Services Culture for Managing Resource Information - Joe D. Gregson
- New Technologies and Old Challenges in the GIS Program - Allen R. Sparks
- Digital Information Services – A Fresh Start from a Complex Legacy - Chris Dietrich
- Innovative Uses of the Web for Data Dissemination
- A Thin-Client Geographic Information System for Resource Managers - Bill Slocumb
- The VSIMS Atlas Project - Bill Thorp
- Use of the Web to Fill Gaps in the Data Lifecycle - Nate Irwin
- The IRMA Project and NPS Applications 2.0 – the Migration to Service-oriented Architecture
- Laying the Foundation for SOA transformation - Randy Leonard
- The New NPSpecies: A Preview of What's Coming - Alison Loar
- The Future of the NPS Data Store and NatureBib - Brent Frakes
- Plenary – "Connect the Dots": integrating park science, planning, and management - Steve Fancy
- Climate Change and NPS: panel discussion
- Managing Resources in an Era of Uncertainty - Leigh Welling
- Addressing Climate Change in General Management Plans (No powerpoint presentation) - Patrick Gregerson
- Climate Data Analysis - John Gross
