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Spring NEARC 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Smith College Campus Center
Northampton, MA
Agenda
Program may be subject to change
8:00 - 9:00 am Registration - $35.00 (Checks only, no Credit Cards or PO’s)
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome
Niels la Cour, NEARC User Group President
Jon Caris, Spatial Analysis Lab, Smith College, Northampton, MA
9:15 – 10:45 Session 1
Track 1 The New ArcGIS Building Data Model
Stuart Rich, Principal/GIS Practice Manager, Penobscot Bay Media, Camden, ME

Bridging the Information Domains of Architecture Engineering Construction and Facilities Management with Geospatial Information Infrastructure
Paul Cote, Lecturer/GIS Specialist, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA

Inside Out – Enhancing FM Capabilities with GIS
Mike Parkin, Manager Facilities Information Systems, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Track 2 Outdoor Recreationalist Use of Consumer-Level GPS and Topo Software
Jonathan Shefftz, J. Shefftz Consulting, Amherst, MA

Using ArcReader for the Low End/No End User
John Stachelhaus, Coordinator, RI Statewide Planning – RIGIS, Providence, RI

Map2Pdf: Providing Easy Access to GIS
Brad Tatham, GIS Services, Tucson AZ
Track 3 Quabbin Reservoir Culvert Mapping Project
Scott Campbell, Philip Lamothe, Don Wakoluk, MA Department of Conservation

Data Retrieval and Viewing Made Simple in a Mobile Environment
Michael Rutkowski, Camp, Dresser & McKee, Cambridge, MA

Centimeter GPS Mapping
Emerson Bornman, Keystone Precision Instruments
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:00 Session 2
Track 1 Developing a GIS Storefront
Scott Shader, Director of Planning and Data Systems, UMass Medical, Worcester, MA
Track 2 The Maine GeoLibrary GeoPortal – The Next Generation of Enterprise GIS
Christopher Kroot & Glen Wilson, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Track 3 3D in ArcGIS – Past, Present and FutureGary Smith, Green Mountain GeoGraphics, Burlington, VT

Integrating ArcGIS, Google Earth, and Open Source Tools
Buzz Hoagland, Bob Thompson, Mike Olkin, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
12:30 – 1:30 ESRI, Supporting our Changing: Climate, Economy, Technologies...
Come hear about GIS and ESRI in 2008
1:30 – 2:45 Session 3
Track 1 Integrating Technologies for Campus Facilities Infrastructure and Asset Management: Lessons Learned
Rich Grady, President, Applied Geographics Inc., Boston, MA

GIS and CAFM Integration
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Track 2 Viewshed Protection Planning for the Saratoga Battlefield Region
Sarah la Cour & Reid Bertone-Johnson, Dodson Associates, Ltd., Ashfield, MA

Valley Vision 2: One Way to Envision Smart Growth in the Pioneer Valley Region
Jim Scace, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, West Springfield, MA
Track 3 The Geography of Health: Mapping Community Needs and Assets
Jane Garb, Frank Robinson, Deidre Callanan, Richard Wait, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA

Economic Effects of Recent Legislation on the Geography of Matchday Attendance in English Football
Joshua Stein, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
2:45 – 3:00 Refreshments
3:00 – 4:00 Approaches to Implementing ArcGIS Server
Steve Anderson, Applied Geographics, Windsor, CT

ArcGIS Server User Group
Tim Gunn
4:00 NEARC User Group Forum/Open Discussion
Smith College Pub
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