calgis 2007 printed program

CalGIS

the value of gis

oakland, californiaapril 4 to 6, 2007

www.calgis.org

two thousand and seven

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Welcome

Welcome to the 2007 California GIS Conference!

The theme of this year’s conference is “The Value of GIS” and we believe

you will find this conference invaluable.

It has been my pleasure to serve as Chair for this non-profit, volunteer

produced, non-vendor specific California GIS conference. I want to thank all of you for attending

and making the conference a rewarding learning experience.

This has been a team effort by our CalGIS 2007 Committee, BAAMA, the host URISA Chapter, the

other co-sponsor California URISA chapters, many volunteers and great sponsors, and our

conference manager. We have assembled a broad range of peer-to-peer presentations, panel

discussions, poster displays, introductory classes on GIS and remote sensing, and Gold sponsor

workshops for you to participate in this year. Again, this year we are including the “Geography Bee”,

several receptions, a poster competition, raffles, and more. Please take time to visit and thank our

sponsors for helping sustain the CalGIS conference.

Our Opening guest speaker on Wednesday morning is David Sonnen, a geospatial visionary who will

set the stage for the conference by discussing some of the emerging technologies that may

significantly affect the way we apply GIS in the future.

Our Closing Friday brunch will feature four guest speakers. With the increasing recognition that

Mashup-Virtual Globe technologies are changing the way we GIS practitioners do business, three

guest speakers will discuss aspects of their respective Mashup-Virtual Globe technologies:

Patrick Hogan, Project Manager for NASA World Wind

Aric Weiker, Director of Marketing for the Microsoft Virtual Earth platform business

Michael T. Jones, Chief Technology Officer, Google Earth

Our fourth guest speaker will be Sean Walsh, Senior Advisor to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Mr. Walsh is involved in numerous strategic policy initiatives and will present a State perspective.

Thanks for joining us at CalGIS 13!

Bill Clement, Conference Chair

2007 CalGIS Conference

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Guest SpeakersSean WalshSenior Advisor to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

As senior advisor to the Governor, Mr. Walsh is involved in numerous strategic policy initiatives including the Governor’sambitious 20 billion dollar public private partnership initiative, public safety proposals and interaction with the UnitedStates Military on issues that support our national security and economic relationship with the Department of Defense.He currently serves as Chair of the Governor’s Interagency Council on Chronic Homelessness. Prior to Mr. Walsh’sappointment to senior advisor, he served as the director of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR).

Patrick HoganProject Manager for NASA World Wind

Patrick Hogan, Project Manager for NASA World Wind, is a former pilot, deep-sea diver, and high school scienceteacher, and a current Registered Geologist in the State of California. He has managed the NASA Learning Technologiesprogram for four years, after a dozen years with the NASA environmental, health and safety office at Ames ResearchCenter and some time with the EPA and the Geotech industry.

Aric WeikerDirector of Marketing for Microsoft Virtual Earth

Aric Weiker is the Director of Marketing for the Virtual Earth platform business. He is a 12-year Microsoft employee whorecently returned to the Virtual Earth team after spending the past 5 years as a Business Development Manager forWindows. He got his start at Microsoft building maps for the first versions of Streets & Trips, MapPoint and EncartaVirtual Globe and then striking licensing deals with map data vendors. He holds an MBA from the University ofWashington and a BA from the University of Colorado.

Michael T. JonesChief Technology Officer for Google Earth

Michael is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Keyhole (recently acquired by Google), which provides the uniqueGoogle Earth service for distributed geospatial visualization to users worldwide. He is a popular technical presenter, aninventor with eleven issued US patents, a director on private company boards, and an associate in several interestingSilicon Valley projects. He was formerly President & CEO of Intrinsic Graphics, Director of Advanced Graphics Software atSilicon Graphics responsible for OpenGL, Performer and all other graphics APIs, co-founder of a movie coloring company,and a computer graphics consultant during the 1980s. He has been a computer programmer since the fourth grade.

In his personal life, Michael is a supporter and advocate of the Gigapxl Project with the ambition to preserve all 788UNESCO World Heritage sites using the unique visual capabilities of the Gigapxl cameras. Michael is an avidphotographer active in digital photography of landscapes, nature, architecture, and travel.

Dave SonnenContributing Editor at Directions Magazine, and President of Integrated Spatial Solutions, Inc.

Dave Sonnen is a Contributing Editor at Directions Magazine, and President of Integrated Spatial Solutions, Inc. Davidhas been involved in the Spatial Information Management marketplace for more than 28 years and has been IDC's seniorconsultant for spatial information management since 1991.

His IDC Spatial Information Management reports are widely regarded as the industry's most accurate and influentialsource for thoughtful leadership with a focus on emerging geospatial trends and technologies. His experiences includethe design, implementation, management and marketing of spatial and other large-scale information systems.


Wednesday, April 4, 20077:00 am Registration Opens:

Hosted by: Google

8:00 – 9:30 am General Session and Opening Keynote

9:30 – 10:30 am Educational Session 1

10:30 – 11:00 am Networking Break – Exhibit Hall

11:00 – 12:00 noon Educational Session 2

12:00 noon – 1:30 pm Lunch on your own –Explore Downtown Oakland

1:30 – 3:00 pm Educational Session 3

3:00 – 3:30 pm Break – Exhibit Hall

3:00 – 4:00 pm Interactive Poster Session 5 – Exhibit Hall


5:00 – 6:30 pm Welcome Reception

7:00 – 10:00 pm Off-site “FourFour” Social

9:30 am – 6:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open

Thursday, April 5, 20078:30 am Registration Opens

8:30 – 10:30 am Gold Sponsor Sessions

9:30 – 10:30 am Educational Session 6

10:30 – 11:00 am Networking Break – Exhibit HallHosted by Caltrans

11:00 – 12:00 noon Educational Session 7

12:00 noon – 1:30 pm Networking Lunch (box lunch provided) –Exhibit Hall


3:00 – 3:30 pm Networking Break – Exhibit HallHosted by CDM


5:00 – 7:00 pm Networking Reception – Exhibit Hall

5:30 – 6:30 pm Geography Bee – Exhibit Hall

8:30 am – 7:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open

Friday, April 6, 20079:00 am – 12 noon Closing Brunch and Guest Speakers

Exhibit Hall Close

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Program At-A-Glance

Contents1 Welcome

2 Guest Speakers

3 Program At-A-Glance

4/5 Wednesday Sessions

6/7 Thursday Sessions

8 Friday Session

8 Special Events

8 Sponsor Ads

9 Downtown Oakland

10 Sponsor List

11 Conference Floor Plans

12/13 Sponsor Descriptions

14/15 Speaker Cross-Reference List

16-29 Abstracts

30/31 2007 Planning Committee

32 Sponsor Ad

33 13 years of Cal GIS

34 2008 Cal GIS Conference

General InformationIf you need any assistance please let usknow at the Registration/Information Desk.

Conference HoursWednesday, April 4, 20077:00 am – 6:30 pm

Thursday, April 5, 20078:30 am – 7:00 pm

Friday, April 6, 20079:00 am – 12 noon

Exhibit Hall HoursWednesday, April 4, 20079:30 am – 6:30 pm

Thursday, April 5, 20078:30 am – 7:00 pm


7:00 - 8:00

COFFEE

Simmons3&4

Room 208

Room 202

Room 203

GIS Profession Geospatial Data GIS and Utility Management GIS Integration and Innovation

GIS in Education GIS Technology GIS and Utility Management GIS Integration and Innovation

LUNCH (on your own)/Vendor Exhibits

Enterprise GIS Geospatial Data GIS and Utility Management GIS Integration and Innovation

Afternoon Break 3:00 - 3:30

Enterprise GIS Geospatial Data GIS and Utility Management GIS Integration and Innovation

Exhibit Hall

Evening Reception

GUEST SPEAKERS: Jewett BallroomDavid Sonnen

IDCThe Future of GIS

W-01-930, ID: 99GIS Professional Certification and GISCIRuthAnne HarbisonCity of Merced

W-02-1100, ID: 170Spatial Information Resource Management: Reframing GIS Standards & PoliciesBrian J. CullisCH2MHill

W-02-1130, ID: 42Accurate Vineyard Mapping for Precision AgricultureM. Kim CordellRay Carlson & Associates, Inc.

W-02-1000, ID: 30Revealing the AT&T CA & NV (GIS West) Spatial Data InfrastructureMalcolm AdkinsMichael Baker Jr

W-03-1000, ID: 154The Value Of GIS In A Mid-sized Engineering Firm: Bridging The GapGavin O'LearyProvost & Pritchard Engineering, Inc

W-01-1100, ID: 142GIS for the Lower Division Geography LabWilliam HarmonOhlone College

3:30to

5:00

Session

4

W-Poster-300, ID: 100Applied GIS: Mapping Environmental Health DataGalatea KingCalifornia Environmental Health Tracking Program

W-01-330, ID :25 Estimating GIS Return On Investment: the Empirical WayBruce JoffeGIS Consultants

W-01-400, ID: 118Qui est Roi de la Monarchie?Fred VoglerMarin County Community Development Agency

3:00to

4:00

Session

5(Posters)

W-Poster-300, ID:12Unlocking Intrazonal Travel Activities with GIS in Vehicular Emissions ModelingPeng WuInstitute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis

W-Poster-300, ID:47West Nile Virus Surveillance for Santa Clara County in 2006Dr. Noor S. TietzeSanta Clara County Vector Control District

W-Poster-300, ID:51Identifying San Joaquin County Census Tracts With Late Prenatal Care Using GISKaren PfisterSan Joaquin County Public Health Services

W-Poster-300, ID:43Utilizing GIS and Traffic Collision Data to Characterize Safe Routes to SchoolKevin MeconisRiverside County Department of Public Health

W-Poster-300, ID:50Centerline Map of San FranciscoMichael WebsterSan Francisco State University

W-Poster-300, ID:57Neighborhood-level built and social environments and physical inactivityRiti ShimkhadaUniversity of California, Los Angeles

W-Poster-300, ID: 147GIS analysis of potential future renewable energy generationMui LayUniversity of California, Davis

8:00 - 9:30

KKeynote

9:30to

10:30

Session

1

W-04-930, ID: 98Web based mappingEric WaldmanMicrosoft Virtual Earth Team

W-04-1000, ID: 94Extending Your GIS with Open SourceCharlie CrockerAutodesk

W-02-930, ID: 52Creative Commons and Geographic Information SystemsBlair AdamsCity County of San Francisco

W-03-930, ID:14 Bridging the GAP between CAD and GISColin HobsonOpen Spatial Inc.

W-04-1100, ID: 84Easy, Fast, and Convenient: Adopting Web Application Metrics to Develop Innovative Geospatial ApplicationsDennis WuthrichFarallon Geographics

W-04-1130, ID: 87Developing Web Applications with Public and Freely Available APIsAlexei PetersFarallon Geographics

11:00to

12:00

Session

2

W-03-1100, ID: 139Improving the Accuracy and Completeness of Utility Data at MCAS MiramarDavid S. JohnsonIntergraph

W-03-1130, ID: 132Using GIS and a Database Application to improve Stormwater Management in SD BayRick HendricksonRBF Consulting

W-01-1130, ID: 80Digital Elevation Models - Creating and Use in the ClassroomNathan JenningsAmerican River College

1:30to

3:00

Session

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W-01-200, ID: 129Integrating Spatial Technology Across a State EnterpriseJeff AkersCH2M HILL Enterprise Management Solutions

W-02-200, ID: 146Migrating basemaps to TeleAtlas: Challenges and data rectification strategiesPrashant Jawalikarbd Systems, Inc.

W-03-200, ID: 124Lessons Learned: Building a Comprehensive Substructure Utility Database at LAXMike SabbatinoCarter & Burgess

W-04-200, ID: 127Synergy Between DFIRM Updates and HAZUS®MH Assessment for Orange County, CARay LenaburgFEMA

W-01-230, ID: 75"GI What?"Ian WhiteUrban Mapping, Inc

W-04-230, ID: 107GIS in DoC - It's More Than Just Paper MapsRobert YohaCalifornia Department of Conservation

W-03-430, ID: 34Accessing Information Stored In Maximo Using ArcReaderBill TuckerSanta Clara Valley Water District

W-04-430, ID: 73Explorations in Immersive 1:1 Scale 3-d mappingBrian B. QuinnCity of Berkeley

W-04-330, ID: 141Avalanche Hazards on MT ShastaDavid PattersonUS Forest Service

W-03-330, ID: 7The Big Payback: Utility TV results on Intranet web GISBill ClementCentral Contra Costa Sanitary District

W-03-400, ID: 4Implementing a GIS for a Recycled Water UtilityTim HayesCity of San Jose Environmental Services Department

W-04-400, ID: 74Google Earth Enterprise Implementation at CaltransRoger EwersCalifornia Department of Transportation

W-Poster-300, ID:81Mapping Streetlights with ArcGISElizabeth ProctorPG&E

W-Poster-300, ID:923D Viewing of GIS layers and DEMs to Improve MappingJim EllisEllis GeoSpatial

W-Poster-300, ID:60Coccidioidomycosis in LA County: Spatial relationships with constructionPeter Capone-Newton MDLos Angeles County Department of Public Health

W-Poster-300, ID:106Contemporary Environmental Conservation in San Diego County, CaliforniaMelanie CaseyCounty of San Diego, Dept of Planning and Land Use

W-01-130, ID: 109GIS in the organizationJohn HuieContra Costa County

W-02-130, ID: 155Spatial Reconciliation: How I put myself out of a jobGloria HumbleCity of Palo Alto

W-03-130, ID: 136GIS-Based Utility Master Planning at San Diego State University: A Case StudyDouglas HenstridgeCarter & Burgess, Inc.

W-04-130, ID: 103Lessons Learned with Rapid Deployment of Web Enabling Geodata/Applications at City of San MateoPatrick CreveltCity of San Mateo

W-02-230, ID: 37A Prioritized California Spatial Data InfrastructureMalcolm AdkinsMichael Baker Jr.

W-03-230, ID: 79Call Before You Dig! – The Role of GIS in Locating Facilities in the FieldEszter TomposPG&E

W-01-430, ID: 123Finding Your Spatial Return on Investment in Local GovernmentStephen HoffmanIntergraph

W-02-430, ID: 153GeoSync: Low Cost Tool to Extract, Geocode and Load Spatial DataSatinder Bhalla bd Systems,Inc

W-02-330, ID: 130GIS Data Quality Management Shortcomings, Failings of the GIS CommunityCraig GoochPsomas

W-02-400, ID: 97Custom Tools Used for Workflow Management and QA Processes in a Digital LandbaseMark MorrisonMichael Baker, Jr., Inc.

W-Poster-300, ID: 168Geospatial Wine Grape Quality Modeling and Differential Harvest for Precision AgBalaji SethuramasamyrajaCalifornia State University, Fresno

W-Poster-300, ID: 169GIS-Supported Environmental Due Diligence of over 900,000 Acres of TimberlandsGreg StemlerGeomatrix Consultants

W-Poster-300, ID: 171Using Climate Maps in Olive Fly Management DecisionsKris Lynn-PattersonU.C. Kearney Ag Center

W-Poster-300, ID: 178"Soils to Go" for Cooperative Extension: Providing Soils Maps on DVD and the InternetJerry SchmiererUniversity of California

Morning Break 10:30 - 11:00

12:00 - 1:30

5:00 - 6:30

Time

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Wednesday, April 4, 2007


7:00 - 8:00

COFFEE

Room 204

Room 205

Room 206

Simmons1&2

ExhibitHall

GIS Applications Geospatial Data GIS in Public Policy GIS in Agriculture


GIS Applications Geospatial Data GIS in Public Policy GIS in Agriculture

12:00 - 1:30LUNCH (on your own)/Vendor Exhibits

GIS Applications GIS in Environmental Management GIS in Health GIS in Agriculture


GIS Applications GIS in Environmental Management GIS Applications GIS in Agriculture

Exhibit Hall

5:00 - 6:30Evening Reception

GUEST SPEAKERS: Jewett BallroomDavid Sonnen

IDCThe Future of GIS

Exhibit Hall Hours9:30 - 6:30

W-08-930, ID: 205The Benefits of Enlisting Interdisciplinary Teams to Develop High Order GIS ProjectsReg ParksParks Vineyard Trellis Systems

W-08-1000, ID: 186Implemention of Geospatial Technologies in U.C. Cooperative Extension: Challenges, SuccessesMaggi KellyU.C. Berkeley

W-08-1100, ID: 173Rapid Non-destructive Detection of Vine Water Status Using Spectra Water Absorption Feature in the Near-infraredSusan Ustin, U.C. Davis

W-08-1130, ID: 202Application of SEBAL for Improved Water Management in Agriculture, Natural resurces and Urban EnvironmentsByron Clark, SEBAL North America

W-08-230, ID: 204NDVI Use In ViticultureJay HuttonGrayhawk

W-08-130, ID: 175Mapping Vineyard Water BalanceLee Johnson, CSU Monterrey Bay, NASA Ames

W-08-200, ID: 174Commercial Use of Images by the End User in AgricultureTim StoneBritz Fertilizer

W-07-1100, ID: 189Panel Discussion:Web GIS for Health and Environmental Justice

Moderator: Mike ByrneOffice of Statewide Planning and Health

Panelists: Neal Richman, Neighborhood Knowledge CaliforniaJanine Kupert, United Way of the Bay AreaDon Taylor, California Children and Families Commission

W-06-1100, ID: 112An Overview of the Benefits and Uniqueness of LiDAR Terrain Data for Regional Mapping ProjectsDevin KelleyHJW GeoSpatial, Inc

W-06-1130, ID: 95Incorporating LiDAR Data into City of San José WorkflowsVicky A GallardoCity of San José

W-Poster-300, ID: 140Examining the Distribution of Monodominant (Dicymbe corymbosa) Tropical Forests in Guyana with Satellite ImageryRebecca Degagne, Humboldt State University

W-Poster-300, ID: 137Supporting California Healthcare: Using GIS in the EnterpriseMichael O'NeillCA Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development

W-Poster-300, ID: 108San Mateo County Fire Jurisdiction MapJie HeSan Mateo County

W-Poster-300, ID:77The Evolving Use and Creation of PG&E's Electrical System MapMichael AllenPG&E

W-Poster-300, ID:61Mapping Nonnative Aquatic Plants with an Image-processing AlgorithmCatherine HuybrechtsEndpoint Environmental

W-Poster-300, ID:72Problems Encountered With Two Geocoding MethodsColleen ReidUC Berkeley

W-Poster-300, ID: 199Using GIS to Identify Potential Cooridors Used by North American Badgers in the SF Bay Area and Monterey CountiesTanya DiamondSan Jose State University

W-Poster-300, ID: 200Contra Costa Emergency Services within Quake ZonesCatrina ChristianDiablo Valley College

W-07-930, ID: 188Panel Discussion:GIS and Land Trusts

Moderator: Maegan LeslieGreen Info Network

Panelists:Tom Scharfenberger, Conservation ConsultantRuskin Hartley, Executive Director, Save the Redwoods LeagueLaura Mercer, Tri-Valley Conservancy

W-06-930, ID: 187Panel Discussion:Acquiring, Processing, and Using LiDAR Data

Moderator: Jim EllisEllis Geospatial

Panelists:Randy Rhoads, Airborne 1 CorporationDevin Kelley, HJW GeoSpatialMatt Sagues, Marin County Open Space District, GIS AnalystRune Storesund, Storesund Consulting

W-05-930, ID: 149Community Impact Assessment using a GISGary LaskyCaltrans

W-05-1000, ID: 121Infill Development Planning using GIS Modeling with Parcel Information GapsDoug MendePsomas

W-05-1100, ID: 145Using GIS to Identify Infill Housing Opportunities in the City of Los AngelesDave Van MouwerikIGIS Technologies, Inc

W-05-1130, ID: 38Finding and Envisioning Viable Urban Development NeighborhoodsEarl G. BossardSan Jose State University

W-07-200, ID: 89Annual Changes in Community Risk Factors and CharacteristicsDon TaylorCalifornia Department of Education

W-Poster-300, ID: 161Pediatric Health in Santa Clara County: Challenges and OpportunitiesLeah VaughnSanta Clara County Department of Public Health

W-Poster-300, ID:70Feather River ArcIMSPatrick J. ParsonsDepartment of Water Resources, State of California

W-Poster-300, ID:76Creating Exhibit G Drawings that Meet FERC StandardsBrandon OberbauerPG&E

W-Poster-300, ID:78Monitoring Sedimentation in PG&E Reservoirs – Bathymetric StudyEszter TomposPG&E

W-Poster-300, ID: 58Risk of Childhood Leukemia and Brain TumorsChris HooperEnertech Consultants

W-Poster-300, ID: 126Variations in Pipeline Diameter by CountyYara JassoCDM

W-07-430, ID: 17GIS for Wine Country Restoration and Water ReuseJonathan PosnerCDM

W-07-330, ID: 125Using Google Maps to Present Enviornmental Health DataMelvin S. BernsteinAlameda County

W-07-400, ID: 44Mapping Tire Piles with Satellites Saves California Agency Time and MoneyCatherine HuybrechtsEndpoint Environmental, LLC

W-06-330, ID: 31Monitoring Riparian Areas with Remote Sensing TechniquesDonald G. PricePacific Gas and Electric Company

W-05-330, ID: 150Quickly Conveying Useful Information To Your AudienceMegan SaylesURS Corporation

W-05-400, ID: 49Imagery and GIS in the legal environmentDavid RuizHJW Geospatial

W-05-430, ID: 133Using KML Regions to Display Large Data Sets in Google EarthRoger AndreGoogle

W-08-330, ID: 191The Value of Spatial Statistics in Agriculture

Konstantin KrivoruchkoESRI

W-07-130, ID: 122Mapping a Measure of HIV Acquisition Risk in San Diego CountyRebecca L. HorneCalifornia Department of Health Services, Office of AIDS

W-05-130, ID: 138Mobile GIS and Tablet PC - Benefits and LessonsHan ChuPsomas

W-06-400, ID: 32Integrating GIS and remote sensing to map San Francisco Estuary salt marshesKarin TuxenUniversity of California, Berkeley

W-07-230, ID: 110Promoting the value of GIS: California Department of Health Services experienceSvetlana SmorodinskyCalifornia Department of Health Services

W-06-230, ID: 22Using GIS to more accurately and efficiently address the CEQA GuidelinesChad FlynnChristopher A. Joseph & Associates

W-05-200, ID: 101Planning With GPSDavid JacobusRBF Consulting

W-05-230, ID: 19Mobile GIS- A Railway Corridor Environmental AnalysisMelisa CaricPBS&J

W-06-130, ID: 190Panel Discussion:Overview of GIS and Environmental Protection

Moderator: Larry OrmanGreen Info Network

Panelists: Bettina Ring, Bay Area Open Space CouncilCarey Knecht, Greenbelt AllianceRainer Hoenicke, San Francisco Estuary Institute

W-06-430, ID: 116Spatial Analysis of Selenium in the Salton SeaSeth StarkCH2M Hill

W-Poster-300, ID: 201An Urban Oasis in the Woods: A GIS AnalysisMichael WebsterSan Francisco State University

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Wednesday, April 4, 2007


8:30 - 9:30

BREAKFAST

TimeSimmons

3&4Room 208

Room 202

Room 203

Room 204

GIS Policy and Programs GIS Technology GIS Technology GIS Technology GIS Technology


GIS Policys and Programs Geospatial Data GIS and Public Safety GIS Integration and Innovation GIS Applications

12:00 - 1:30BOX LUNCH/Vendor Exhibits

Innovative Enterprise GIS GIS Applications GIS and Public Safety GIS Integration and Innovation GIS Applications


Innovative Enterprise GIS GIS Applications GIS and Public Safety GIS Integration and Innovation GIS Applications

5:00 - 7:00Reception in Exhibit Hall

Th-01-830, ID:104Panel Discussion:Parcel Basemap Geodata: Resolving the Public Records Controversy

Moderator: Bruce JoffeGIS Consultants

Panelists:Oscar Jarquin, CalTrans Office of GISJohn Huie, Contra Costa CountyPeter Scheer, California First Amendment Coalition

8:30 to

10:30

Session

6

Th-02-830, ID: 193Geodatabase: New Flavors, New Capabilities;ArcGIS Server: Comprehensive Server-Based GIS

Danny Krouk & Justin FanESRI CA/NV/HI Regional Office

Th-03-830, ID: 192

Autodesk

Th-04-830, ID: 194Baker Maps California:163,707 square miles in two-hours

Baker

Th-05-830, ID: 195Terrainscapes™ 2007: California NEXTMap® USA for California Geospatial Professionals

Intermap

Th-01-930, ID:105Panel Discussion:Digital Parcel Map Data Sharing Standards Issues and Remedies

Moderator: Dennis KleinBoundary Solutions

John Ellison, California Resource AgencyDr. James F. Quinn, UC Berkeley

Th-05-200, ID: 90Waterway Maintenance and Geospatial InformationThomas MoorhouseClean Lakes, Inc.

Th-05-430, ID: 35Environmental Data Presented via ArcIMSDeborah MartinAlameda County Environmental Health Department

Th-04-400, ID: 82Conflation-Based Data IntegrationsSamuel SmithRefractions Research Inc.

Th-05-230, ID: 162Integrating High Resolution Imagery with ArcGIS for Urban Water ConservationAndrew LewisSanborn Mapping Company

Th-04-1100, ID: 170Spatial Information Resource Management: Reframing GIS Standards & PoliciesBrian J. CullisCH2MHill

3:30to

5:00

Session

9

Th-01-330, ID: 55Modeling our 3D World with Google Earth and Google SketchUpWei LuoGoogle

Th-02-330, ID: 151Silver StrikeJames K. CrossfieldDept. of Civil and Geomaics Engineering and Construction, CSU, Fresno

Th-03-330, ID: 164GIS & Computer Aided Dispatch - Help Where It's NeededCharlie CullenThe City of Palo Alto

Th-02-400, ID: 158Wiki GIS: Transition to a Distributed SystemCraig Parada

Th-03-400, ID: 163California Tsunami Hazards: Science, Policy, and ManagementKevin MillerCalifornia Office of Emergency Services

Th-02-430, ID: 64Stereo Feature Mapping using NAIP ADS40 1-meter ImageryShawn SladeLeica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging

Th-03-430, ID: 56Earthquake Risk Evaluation for Gas Pipelines: Leveraging GIS IntegrationGordon YePacific Gas & Electric Company

Th-01-400, ID: 102Local Update of Census Addresses ProgramLinda AkersUS Census Bureau

11:00to

12:00

Session

7

1:30to

3:00

Session

8

Th-02-200, ID: 11The Intersection of Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence and Geographic Information SystemsWilliam HollandGeoAnalytics Inc

Th-03-200, ID: 69GIS-Based Public WarningArt BotterellContra Costa CountySheriff's Community Warning System

Th-02-230, ID: 21Putting the Where next to the What and the Why - Geospatial Support for SAP BusinessOliver MainkaSAP Labs LLC

Th-03-230, ID: 159Mapping Planning Points of Dispersion and Populations in Santa Clara CountyDavid HillSanta Clara County Public Health Department

Th-01-200, ID: 198Panel Discussion:Planning for the Next Generation GIS in Government

Moderator: Malcolm AdkinsMichael Baker Jr.

Panelists: Blair Adams, City of San FranciscoOscar Jarquin, CaltransJohn Huie, Contra Costa CountyJoe Concannon, SACOG

Th-03-130, ID: 53The Next Big One: Mitigating Catastrophe with GISJohn RadkeUniversity of California, Berkeley

Th-04-430, ID: 13A comparison of using map sheets vs databases for storing engineering mapsColin HobsonOpen Spatial Inc.

Th-01-1130, ID: 131GIS Development Through Collaborative Government PartnershipsTony PietropolaGeodecisions

Th-02-130, ID: 144Delivering Documents – GIS for Low Cost Document ManagementJean-Paul LavoieGeodesy

Th-04-230, ID: 24Connecting the Silos: Adventures in Sharing Geospatial InformationJohn EllisonCalifornia Resources Agency

Th-01-130, ID: 86Squeezing Value From Your Enterprise GeodatabaseAdam LodgeFarallon Geographics

Th-03-1130, ID: 63Moraga-Orinda Fire District - Wildland Risk AssessmentChris HallfordMoraga Orinda Fire District

Th-04-1130, ID: 9The Value of GIS/CAD IntegrationJason HillIdeate Inc.

Th-05-130, ID: 119Use of GIS in Mapping Levee Foundation Materials - Sacramento Delta RegionChristopher HitchcockWilliam Lettis & Associates, Inc.

Th-05-1130, ID: 128Bay Area Business Park CatalogSteve RaneyCities21.org

Th-02-1130, ID: 65ADA Transition Planning Using GIS for Decision SupportGeorge WhitePolicy Innovation Works

Th-01-1100, ID: 28Planning a Successful and Practical Enterprise GISKaren Underhill, Ph.D., GISPRBF Consulting

Th-02-1100, ID: 67Herding Cats and the Use of Catnip For Building Inter-Agency CollaborationEric Sandoval, Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

Th-03-1100, ID: 160Wildfire Risk Information ProductMarcus GlassSanborn Mapping Company

Th-05-400, ID: 45 Using web-based GIS in environmental compliance at PG&EKassim VisramPacific Gas & Electric Company

Th-04-330, ID: 88Work Order and Service Request Monitoring System at the City of HoustonJon PolayeSpatial

Th-05-330, ID: 66Steelhead Spawning Sites and Gravel Replenishment: Patterns Within the CarmelEric Sandoval, Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

Th-04-130, ID: 113Real-time, Real-world Location-enabled Service Oriented ArchitecturesJustin M. LokitzAcquis, Inc.

Th-04-200, ID: 91Mobile (and other) Integration of GIS Data through the use of XML and ServicesIan Fitzgerald, GISPTruckee Donner Public Utility District

Th-05-1100, ID: 16Travel Time: An Empirical Method for Determining Average Network SpeedsJames M. JohnstonMichael Baker Jr. Inc.

5:30 - 6:30Geography Bee

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Thursday, April 5, 2007


Room 205

Room 206

Simmons1&2

Room 210

ExhibitHall

GIS Technology GIS Applications GIS in Agriculture Symposium GIS in Agriculture Symposium

Enterprise GIS GIS in Education GIS in Agriculture GIS in Agriculture

Enterprise GIS Geospatial Data GIS in Agriculture GIS in Agriculture

Enterprise GIS Geospatial Data GIS in Agriculture GIS in Agriculture

Th-07-930, ID: 134Local Educative Letters and reorganization of educative net from the use of SIGAntónio RochetteEscola Superior de Educação da Guarda, Portugal

Th-07-1000, ID: 135The use of GIS in territorial valorisationAna LopesEscola Superior de Educação da Guarda, Portugal

Th-06-830, ID: 196

TeleAtlasTeleAtlas: GIS Data Summit

Th-07-900, ID: 10Managing Infrastructure Data in Both a CAD & GIS EnvironmentSandeep MenonIdeate Inc.

Th-07-430, ID: 111UCB Fire Center: Providing science-based solutions to wildfire-related challengeCasey CleveUC Berkeley

Th-07-400, ID: 62To Build a National Levee DatabaseMichael J. BishopMichael Baker Jr. Corporation

Th-06-430, ID: 156Spatial Solutions as Small Business OpportunitiesJerry PlattUniversity of Redlands

Th-06-200, ID: 96Leveraging your Geodatabase as a Business SystemGarrett DunwoodySan Mateo County Assessor

Th-07-330, ID: 83LRS and County BoundariesGerry ShoemakerCaltrans

Th-07-200, ID: 120Using Street-level Imagery at the City of Livermore Won Yi@City

Th-07-230, ID: 117 CIRGIS participation in the National MapPaul Van ZuyleChannel Islands Regional GIS Collaborative

Th-08-200, ID: 177Soil Survey Information from USDA on the InternetEdd RussellUSDA NRCS

Th-08-230, ID: 183Online Climate Variability Threshold Maps with Real-time CIMIS Weather Data Links for Growers and ResearchersKris Lynn-PattersonUC Kearney Ag Center

Th-06-130, ID: 165GIS and Nevada County GovernmentAmber BecklerCounty of Nevada

Th-06-1130, ID: 85The Role of Spatially Enabled Databases in Enterprise GIS Jeff SaundersFarallon Geographics

Th-08-1100, ID: 197Short Course; Part II

The Value of Remote Sensing for Assessing Vegetation and New Horizon's for Precision Agriculture

Jack Paris, EarthMap SolutionsRobert Blair

Th-08-930, ID: 197Short Course; Part I

The Value of Remote Sensing for Assessing Vegetation and New Horizon's for Precision Agriculture

Jack Paris, EarthMap SolutionsRobert Blair

Th-07-1130, ID: 48Managing a GIS-GPS Certificate ProgramBinita SinhaDiablo Valley College

Th-06-230, ID: 8The Value of New GeoSpatial TechnologyBill ZemanGeoSpatial Consulting Services

Th-06-330, ID: 71New Town, New Data and the GIS SolutionErin MutchMountain House Community Services District

Exhibit Hall Hours9:30 - 6:30

Th-06-1100, ID: 39From Shapefile to Enterprise Multi-user Mobile EditingJustin M. LokitzAcquis, Inc.

Th-08-130, ID: 178 Providing Soils Maps for Cooperative Extension OnlineJerry SchmiererColusa County Farm Advisor

Th-07-1100, ID: 40Online GIS at the Community CollegeWarren RobertsRio Hondo College

Th-07-130, ID: 148 Automatic Image Processing and Fusion for GIS ApplicationsJacob YadegarUtopiaCompression Corporation

Th-06-400, ID: 54Migrating Parcel Data From CAD to Geodatabase - Was it Really Worth it?Gulla GisladottirCounty of Santa Cruz, Assessor's Office

Th-08-330, ID: 206Moderated Session:Multi-Level GIS Applications in Agriculture

No Sessions Scheduled

No Sessions Scheduled

Th-09-330, ID: 181Trials and Triumphs in Converting Operations to ArcMAPTom HawkinsCA Dept. Water Resources

Th-09-400, ID: 180GIS and the Irrigated Lands Program in the Kings River WatershedSonja ThiedeKings River Conservation District

Th-09-430, ID: 203Habitat quality and landscape permeability for San Joaquin Kit Fox in the San Joaquin Valley of CaliforniaScott Phillips, CSU Stan. Endangered Species Recovery Program

Th-09-130, ID: 184Building a GIS PortalRobin WoodScanControl

Th-09-200, ID: 179Use of GIS Technology for Information Retrieval and Analysis Capabilities for a U.C. Research and Extension CenterGreg MontezU.C. Kearney Ag Center

Th-09-230, ID: 185Field Data Management and Utility in Mosquito Control GISJodi HolemanConsolidated Mosquito Abatement

BOX LUNCH/Vendor Exhibits


5:00 - 7:00

BOX LUNCH/Vendor Exhibits


Reception in Exhibit Hall

8:30 - 9:30

BREAKFAST


12:00 - 1:30

5:30 - 6:30Geography Bee

William Holland, GeoAnalystics, Inc. “Creating an Enterprise GIS Data Integration System in Support of Domestic Security and Performance Management”

Tom Lanini, U.C. Davis “New Development in Precision Weed Management”

Dan Munk, Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Fresno County “Methods and Results from Field Level Analysis and Cotton Field Mapping”

Blake Sanden, U.C. Davis and Riverside “Correlation of Geo-referenced NDVI for Pistachios and Cotton with Plant Data and Soil Salinity”

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Thursday, April 5, 2007


Time

9:00 - 12:00

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Brunch and Keynote

CGIA Awards

GUEST SPEAKERS: The Coming Role of Virtual Globes in Geospatial Applications

Michael Jones, Google

Sean Walsh, Senior Advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger

Aric Weiker, MicrosoftPatrick Hogan, NASA

Jewett Ballroom

Exhibit Hall Closed

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Friday, April 6, 2007

Special Events

Poster SessionInteractive Poster Session, Wednesday April 4, 3:00 - 4:00 PM.

Posters will be on display throughout the entire conference at the sponsor exhibit hall. The interactive poster session will be

held on Wednesday, 3 to 4 pm, where you'll have a chance to meet the authors and discuss their work. You will also have a

chance to vote for your favorite poster. For CalGIS People's Choice Award, please evaluate each poster’s general quality,

communication of a GIS concept or process, cohesive presentation, and cartographic quality. Then, please fill out the ballot you

received at registration and drop it off in the ballot box by Thursday, April 5th, 3:30 pm.

“Four/Four” SocialWednesday, April 4th @ 7:00 – 10:00 PM

Held at the Washington Inn - 495 Tenth Street (across from the conference location)

The Four/Four Social is a sponsored event that will be sure to provide a fun and relaxing evening with hor d’oeuvres, cocktails

and jazz piano! Prize giveaways as well as special guest favors…don’t miss it!

This event is sponsored by: Michael Baker Jr., Inc. / TeleAtlas / AirPhotoUSA, A Digital Globe Company

Geography Bee2nd Annual Geography Bee, Thursday April 5, 5:30 - 6:30 PM.

The Geography Bee is a fun competition where teams from each URISA Chapter show off their geographical prowess.

Questions about California's geography and history, as well as arcane and interesting trivia are offered during a one-hour live

game show. Join the audience to cheer for your team. (Interested in joining a team? Space is limited, so contact your local

URISA board early.) Come to the main hall on Thursday evening to see if Southern California URISA holds their title from 2006

or if another team can better recall the places, names, and events that make California the place we love to apply our GIS!


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California Geographic Information

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Intermap Technologies 103

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Tele Atlas 203

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AirPhotoUSA 111

California C.A.D. Solutions, Inc. 108

Carter & Burgess, Inc. 310

CH2M Hill 309

HJW GeoSpatial, Inc. 208

Ideate, Inc. 210

Intergraph 211

L.A. CAD 112

L-3 Communications 308

Munsys, Inc. 110

Psomas 107

RBF Consulting 307

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California Surveying & Drafting Supply 117

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EarthData International 314

eSpatial, Inc. 317

Facet Technology Corporation 215

GeoAnalytics, Inc. 311

GeoDecisions 212

Geospatial Imaging & Informatics

Facility (GIIF) at UC Berkeley 218

Geospatial Technologies in Agriculture 221

Google No Booth

Harte-Hanks Global Address 120

Latitude Geographics Group Ltd. 121

Leica Geosystems 213

LizardTech 318

Mapcon Mapping, Inc. 319

MoosePoint Technology, Inc. 114

Océ North America, Inc. 217

Orion Technology, Inc. 313

PBS&J 219

Pictometry International Corporation 118

Prison Industry Authority 113

Refractions Research 115

RouteSmart Technologies, Inc 116

Sanborn 216

ScanControl 316

Won TechVision 315

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2007 Sponsors


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Autodesk, Inc.Autodesk, Inc. the world leader in 2D and 3D design softwarethat integrate best of breed CAD and GIS tools for commercialand Government users. For more information visit:www.autodesk.com.

BakerThe Geospatial Information Technologies unit of Baker providesGIS consulting, needs assessments and technologyimplementation, photogrammetric mapping, digitalorthophotography, data conversion, remote sensing, GPS andconventional field inventory and surveys.

ESRIESRI is the world leader in the geographic information system(GIS) software industry. ESRI software helps you accomplish tasksfaster, easier, and more efficiently. www.esri.com

Intermap TechnologiesIntermap Technologies is in the business of creating and licensinghighly accurate 3D digital models of the earth’s surface. Ourobjective is to proactively build a library of affordably-pricedelevation data and imagery products of unprecedented accuracy;thereby, enabling a wide range of innovative commercial,government, and consumer applications.

Metropolis New MediaMetropolis is the hosting service provider of choice for GISprofessionals looking to deploy web-based GIS solutions usingESRI ArcIMS, ArcSDE and ArcGIS Server.

Tele AtlasTele Atlas is a leading provider of digital map data andgeocoding solutions for base map applications in government:Dynamp/2000: Comprehensive streets, addresses, census &postal data; Dynamap/Transportation: Enhances street networksand routing intelligence; Tele Atlas/One: A program for providingone map in the government enterprise. www.teleatlas.com

SILVER

AirPhotoUSAAirPhotoUSA, A Digital Globe Company, is the clear leader in theglobal commercial Earth imagery and geospatial informationmarket. (www.digitalglobe.com)

California C.A.D. Solutions, Inc.Specializing in GIS implementations that are said to beimpossible.

Carter & Burgess, Inc.As a full service architecture, engineering, and managementconsulting firm, Carter & Burgess works with clients across thenation to implement practical solutions to their informationsystems needs.

CH2M HillCH2M HILL offers IT management consulting, spatial solutiondevelopment, technical education and IT managed servicesacross the entire client enterprise.

HJW GeoSpatial, Inc.HJW GeoSpatial provides innovative solutions withuncompromised quality. Services include: Photogrammetry,LiDAR Terrain Modeling, Orthophotography, Quality Oversight,Spatial data fusion.

Ideate, Inc.Ideate Inc. provides geospatial solutions for integrating CAD andGIS to efficiently manage Engineering, Public Works, Utilities, andfacilities data

IntergraphIntergraph enables agencies to easily access the data necessaryto make better, faster decisions to responsibly manage publicinfrastructure. Our geospatial management solutions includeland information, public works, and transportation.

L.A. CADL.A. CAD is a full-service consulting, training and support center,focused on Autodesk solutions. www.lacad.com

L-3 CommunicationsL-3 Communications Enterprise IT Solutions is an industry leaderin geospatial services, with experience providing innovativesolutions for the effective integration of mission data withgeospatial information.

Munsys, Inc.Munsys provides turnkey applications and asset mappingsolutions for utilities and government, bridging the gap betweenEngineering and GIS.

PsomasProviding full lifecycle GIS services supporting government andutility business needs with effective software, data, and consultingsolutions.

RBF ConsultingRBF Consulting provides GIS services to private and public sectorclients throughout the western U.S. For additional information,visit www.RBF.com.

Topcon CaliforniaTopcon California is the leading California supplier of precisionpositioning products to a number of markets including GIS,Construction and Survey.

Towill, Inc.Towill, Inc. is a leading provider of geomatics services andtechnologies, including land surveying, aerial photography,LiDAR, photogrammetric mapping, and GIS.

USGSThe USGS serves the nation by providing reliable scientificinformation to describe and understand the Earth; minimize lossfrom natural hazards; manage natural resources; and enhance ourlives.

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Sponsor DescriptionsBRONZE

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing -Northern California RegionASPRS: the Imaging and Geospatial Information Society

Azteca Systems, Inc.GIS-Centric Asset Maintenance Management Solution Software.

California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)Caltrans works to improve mobility of all types across California.

California Governor's Office of Emergency ServicesThe Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) coordinatesstate agencies' response to major disasters. OES often calls onits GIS Unit to assist during these events with their mappingneeds.

California Surveying & Drafting SupplyCalifornia's largest Authorized Distributor for Trimble LandSurveying and Mapping/GIS systems. We offer sales, service,rentals, training and a statewide VRS network.

CDMCDM is a consulting, engineering, information management andoperations firm delivering exceptional service to public andprivate clients worldwide since 1947.

EarthData InternationalEarthData offers high-quality geospatial data for mappingprograms worldwide.

eSpatial, Inc.eSpatial, a Global Enterprise Geospatial Software andTechnology Company.

Facet Technology CorporationFacet Technology Corporation---leading provider of street-levelimagery and GIS technology solutions.

GeoAnalytics, Inc.GeoAnalytics specializes in the design and implementation ofSpatial Intelligence Systems.

GeoDecisionsGeoDecisions is an information technology company specializingin GIS.

Geospatial Imaging & Informatics Facility (GIIF) at UC BerkeleyServing natural resource geoinformatics for California academia,government, and the public.

Geospatial Technologies in Agriculture Current GIS Techniques in California’s Agricultural Industry andAgricultural Research.

GoogleGoogle Earth puts the world's geographic information at yourfingertips.

Harte-Hanks Global AddressInternational address quality solutions with geocode, mapping,proximity and routing functionalities.

Latitude Geographics Group Ltd.Geocortex: Helping people succeed with web-based geography.

Leica GeosystemsLeica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging delivers accurate, efficientgeospatial imaging software.

LizardTechSince 1992, LizardTech has delivered state-of-the-art technologyfor managing and distributing massive, high-resolution digitalcontent.

Mapcon Mapping, Inc.Supplying quality geospatial information for intelligent decisionmaking since 1987.

MoosePoint Technology, Inc.GeoSmart.net - Fast, Easy, Powerful Development Environmentfor Enterprise Web GIS.

Océ North America, Inc.Océ TCS500 – the fastest, large format color print-copy-scansystem available.

Orion Technology, Inc.Orion Technology Inc. is everything Web-GIS for yourorganization.

PBS&JNational multi-discipline engineering firm providing geospatialproducts and services.

Pictometry International CorporationPictometry – Provider of Patented Oblique imagery, integrateswith multiple GIS Applications.

Prison Industry AuthorityGIS, Document Imaging, And Technology services forgovernment agencies.

Refractions ResearchRefractions Research is a geospatial consulting and developmentcorporation based in Victoria, British Columbia.

RouteSmart Technologies, Inc.Route optimization software for public works operatingenvironments.

SanbornSanborn offers end-to-end spatial solutions to GIS mappingcustomers.

ScanControlUniversal multi-language mobile field data collection andenterprise GIS solutions.

Won TechVisionAward-winning solutions: street-level visual intelligence and GISdecision support system.


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CalGIS 2007 Speaker ListScheduled Abstract ID Primary Author Title AffiliationW-03-400 4 Tim Hayes Implementing a GIS for a Recycled Water Utility City of San Jose Environmental

Services DepartmentW-03-330 7 Bill Clement The Big Payback: Utility TV results on Intranet web GIS Central Contra Costa Sanitary

DistrictTh-06-230 8 Bill Zeman The Value of New GeoSpatial Technology GeoSpatial Consulting ServicesTh-04-1130 9 Jason Hill The Value of GIS/CAD Integration Ideate Inc.Th-07-900 10 Sandeep Menon Managing Infrastructure Data in Both a CAD & GIS Environment Ideate Inc..Th-02-200 11 William Holland The Intersection of Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence and GeoAnalytics Inc.

Geographic Information SystemsW-Poster-300 12 Peng Wu Unlocking Intrazonal Travel Activities with GIS in Vehicular Institute of Transportation Studies,

Emissions Modeling University of California, DavisTh-04-430 13 Colin Hobson A comparison of using map sheets vs databases for storing Open Spatial Inc.

engineering mapsW-03-930 14 Colin Hobson Bridging the GAP between CAD and GIS Open Spatial Inc.Th-05-1100 16 James M. Johnston Travel Time: An Empirical Method for Determining Average Network Speeds Michael Baker Jr. Inc.W-07-430 17 Jonathan Posner GIS for Wine Country Restoration and Water Reuse CDMW-05-230 19 MELISA I. CARIC MOBILE GIS- A RAILWAY CORRIDOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS PBS&JTh-02-230 21 Oliver Mainka Putting the Where next to the What and the Why - SAP Labs LLC

Geospatial Support for SAP BusiW-06-230 22 Chad Flynn Using GIS to more accurately and efficiently address the CEQA Guidelines Christopher A. Joseph & AssociatesTh-04-230 24 John Ellison Connecting the Silos: Adventures in Sharing Geospatial Information California Resources AgencyW-01-330 25 Bruce Joffe Estimating GIS Return On Investment: the Empirical Way GIS ConsultantsTh-01-1100 28 Karen Underhill, Ph.D., GISP Planning a Successful and Practical Enterprise GIS RBF ConsultingW-02-1000 30 Malcolm Adkins Revealing the AT&T CA & NV (GIS West) Spatial Data Infrastructure Michael Baker JrW-06-330 31 Donald G. Price Monitoring Riparian Areas with Remote Sensing Techniques Pacific Gas and Electric CompanyW-06-400 32 Karin Tuxen Integrating GIS and remote sensing to map San Francisco University of California, Berkeley

Estuary salt marshesW-03-430 34 Bill Tucker Accessing Information Stored In Maximo Using ArcReader Santa Clara Valley Water DistrictTh-05-430 35 Deborah Martin Environmental Data Presented via ArcIMS Alameda County Environmental

Health DepartmentW-02-230 37 Malcolm Adkins A Prioritized California Spatial Data Infrastructure Michael Baker Jr.W-05-1130 38 Earl G. Bossard Finding and Envisioning Viable Urban Development Neighborhoods San Jose State UniversityTh-06-1100 39 Justin M. Lokitz From Shapefile to Enterprise Multi-user Mobile Editing Acquis, Inc.Th-07-1100 40 Warren Roberts Online GIS at the Community College Rio Hondo CollegeW-02-1130 42 M. Kim Cordell Accurate Vineyard Mapping for Precision Agriculture Ray Carlson & Associates, Inc.W-Poster-300 43 Kevin Meconis Utilizing GIS and Traffic Collision Data to Characterize Safe Riverside County Department of

Routes to School Public HealthW-07-400 44 Catherine Huybrechts Mapping Tire Piles with Satellites Saves California Agency Time and Money. Endpoint Environmental, LLCTh-05-400 45 Kassim Visram Using web-based GIS in environmental compliance at PG&E Pacific Gas & Electric CompanyW-Poster-300 47 Dr. Noor S. Tietze West Nile Virus Surveillance for Santa Clara County in 2006 Santa Clara County Vector Control

DistrictTh-07-1130 48 Binita Sinha Managing a GIS-GPS Certificate Program Diablo Valley CollegeW-05-400 49 David Ruiz Imagery and GIS in the legal environment HJW GeospatialW-Poster-300 50 Michael Webster Centerline Map of San Francisco San Francisco State UniversityW-Poster-300 51 Karen Pfister Identifying San Joaquin County Census Tracts With Late

Prenatal Care Using GIS San Joaquin County Public Health ServicesW-02-930 52 Blair Adams Creative Commons and Geographic Information Systems City County of San FranciscoTh-03-130 53 John Radke The Next Big One: Mitigating Catastrophe with GIS University of California, BerkeleyTh-06-400 54 Gulla Gisladottir MIGRATING PARCEL DATA FROM CAD TO GEODATABASE - County of Santa Cruz, Assessor's

WAS IT REALLY WORTH IT? OfficeTh-01-330 55 Wei Luo Modeling our 3D World with Google Earth and Google SketchUp GoogleTh-03-430 56 Gordon Ye Earthquake Risk Evaluation for Gas Pipelines: Leveraging GIS Integration Pacific Gas & Electric CompanyW-Poster-300 57 Riti Shimkhada Neighborhood-level built and social environments and physical inactivity University of California, Los AngelesW-Poster-300 58 Chris Hooper Risk of Childhood Leukemia and Brain Tumors and Enertech ConsultantsW-Poster-300 60 Peter Capone-Newton MD Coccidioidomycosis in LA County: Spatial relationships with construction Los Angeles County Department

of Public HealthW-Poster-300 61 Catherine Huybrechts Mapping Nonnative Aquatic Plants with an Image-processing Algorithm Endpoint EnvironmentalTh-07-400 62 Michael J. Bishop To Build a National Levee Database Michael Baker Jr. CorporationTh-03-1130 63 Chris Hallford Moraga-Orinda Fire District - Wildland Risk Assessment Moraga Orinda Fire DistrictTh-02-430 64 Shawn Slade Stereo Feature Mapping using NAIP ADS40 1-meter Imagery Leica Geosystems Geospatial ImagingTh-02-1130 65 George White ADA Transition Planning Using GIS for Decision Support Policy Innovation WorksTh-05-330 66 Eric Sandoval Steelhead Spawning Sites and Gravel Replenishment: Monterey Peninsula Water

Patterns Within the Carmel Management DistrictTh-02-1100 67 Eric Sandoval Herding Cats and the Use of Catnip When Building Monterey Peninsula Water

Inter-Agency Collaborations Management DistrictTh-03-200 69 Art Botterell GIS-Based Public Warning Contra Costa County (CA) Sheriff's

Community Warning SystemW-Poster-300 70 Patrick J. Parsons Feather River ArcIMS Department of Water Resources,

State of CaliforniaTh-06-330 71 Erin Mutch New Town, New Data and the GIS Solution Mountain House Community

Services DistrictW-Poster-300 72 Colleen Reid Problems Encountered With Two Geocoding Methods UC BerkeleyW-04-430 73 Brian B. Quinn Explorations in Immersive 1:1 Scale 3-d mapping City of BerkeleyW-04-400 74 Roger Ewers Google Earth Enterprise Implementation at Caltrans California Department of TransportationW-01-230 75 Ian White "GI What?" Urban Mapping, IncW-Poster-300 76 Brandon Oberbauer Creating Exhibit G Drawings that Meet FERC Standards PG&EW-Poster-300 77 Michael Allen The Evolving Use and Creation of PG&E's Electrical System Map PG&EW-Poster-300 78 Eszter Tompos Monitoring Sedimentation in PG&E Reservoirs – Bathymetric Study PG&EW-03-230 79 Eszter Tompos Call Before You Dig! – The Role of GIS in Locating Facilities in the Field PG&EW-01-1130 80 Nathan Jennings Digital Elevation Models - Creating and Use in the Classroom American River CollegeW-Poster-300 81 Elizabeth Proctor Mapping Streetlights with ArcGIS PG&ETh-04-400 82 Samuel Smith Conflation-Based Data Integrations Refractions Research Inc.Th-07-330 83 Gerald Schumacher LRS and County Boundaries CaltransW-04-1100 84 Dennis Wuthrich Easy, Fast, and Convenient: Adopting Web Application Farallon Geographics

Design Metrics to Develop Innovative Geospatial Applications


Scheduled Abstract ID Primary Author Title AffiliationTh-06-1130 85 Jeff Saunders The Role of Spatially Enabled Databases in Enterprise GIS Farallon GeographicsTh-01-130 86 Adam Lodge Squeezing Value From Your Enterprise Geodatabase Farallon GeographicsW-04-1130 87 Alexei Peters Developing Web Applications with Public and Freely Available APIs Farallon GeographicsTh-04-330 88 Jon Polay Work Order and Service Request Monitoring System at the eSpatial

City of HoustonW-07-200 89 Don Taylor Annual Changes in Community Risk Factors and Characteristics California Department of EducationTh-05-200 90 Thomas Moorhouse Waterway Maintenance and Geospatial Information Clean Lakes, Inc.Th-04-200 91 Ian Fitzgerald, GISP Mobile (and other) Integration of GIS Data through the use of Truckee Donner Public Utility District

XML and ServicesW-Poster-300 92 Jim Ellis 3D Viewing of GIS layers and DEMs to Improve Mapping Ellis GeoSpatialW-04-1000 94 Charlie Crocker Extending Your GIS with Open Source AutodeskW-06-1130 95 Vicky A Gallardo Incorporating LiDAR Data into City of San José Workflows City of San JoséTh-06-200 96 Garrett Dunwoody Leveraging your Geodatabase as a Business System San Mateo County AssessorW-02-400 97 Mark Morrison Custom Tools Used for Workflow Management and QA Michael Baker, Jr., Inc.

Processes in a Digital LandbaseW-04-930 98 Eric Waldman Web based mapping MicrosoftW-01-930 99 RuthAnne Harbison GIS Professional Certification and GISCI City of MercedW-Poster-300 100 Galatea King Applied GIS: Mapping Environmental Health Data California Environmental Health

Tracking ProgramW-05-200 101 David Jacobus Planning With GPS RBF ConsultingTh-01-400 102 Linda Akers Local Update of Census Addresses Program Promotional Workshop US Census BureauW-04-130 103 Patrick Crevelt Lessons Learned with Rapid Deployment of Web Enabling City of San Mateo

Geodata/Applications at City of San MateoTh-01-830 104 Bruce Joffe Parcel Basemap Geodata: Resolving the Public Records GIS Consultants

Controversy - Panel DiscussTh-01-930 105 Dennis Klein DIGITAL PARCEL MAP DATA SHARING STANDARDS ISSUES Boundary Solutions

AND REMDIESW-Poster-300 106 Melanie Casey Contemporary Environmental Conservation in County of San Diego, Dept of

San Diego County, California Planning and Land UseW-04-230 107 Robert Yoha GIS in DoC - It's More Than Just Paper Maps California Department of ConservationW-Poster-300 108 Jie He San Mateo County Fire Jurisdiction Map San Mateo CountyW-01-130 109 John Huie GIS in the organization Contra Costa CountyW-07-230 110 Svetlana Smorodinsky Promoting the value of GIS: California Department of California Department of

Health Services experience Health ServicesTh-07-430 111 Casey Cleve UCB Fire Center: Providing science-based solutions to UC Berkeley

wildfire-related challengeW-06-1100 112 Devin Kelley An Overview of the Benefits and Uniqueness of LiDAR Terrain HJW GeoSpatial, Inc

Data for Regional Mapping ProjectsTh-04-130 113 Justin M. Lokitz Real-time, Real-world Location-enabled Service Oriented Architectures Acquis, Inc.W-06-430 116 Seth Stark Spatial Analysis of Selenium in the Salton Sea CH2M HillTh-07-230 117 Paul Van Zuyle CIRGIS participation in the National Map Channel Islands Regional GIS

CollaborativeW-01-400 118 Fred Vogler Qui est Roi de la Monarchie? Marin County Community

Development AgencyTh-05-130 119 Christopher Hitchcock Use of GIS in Mapping Levee Foundation Materials - William Lettis & Associates, Inc.

Sacramento Delta RegionTh-07-200 120 Won Yi Using Street-level Imagery at the City of Livermore @City Inc.W-05-1000 121 Doug Mende Infill Development Planning using GIS Modeling with Parcel Psomas

Information GapsW-07-130 122 Rebecca L. Horne Mapping a Measure of HIV Acquisition Risk in San Diego County California Department of Health

Services, Office of AIDSW-01-430 123 Stephen Hoffman Finding Your Spatial Return on Investment in Local Government IntergraphW-03-200 124 Mike Sabbatino Lessons Learned: Building a Comprehensive Substructure Carter & Burgess

Utility Database at LAXW-07-330 125 Melvin S. Bernstein Using Google Maps to Present Enviornmental Health Data Alameda CountyW-Poster-300 126 Yara Jasso Variations in Pipeline Diameter by County CDMW-04-200 127 Ray Lenaburg Synergy Between DFIRM Updates and HAZUS®MH FEMA

Assessment for Orange County, CATh-05-1130 128 Steve Raney Bay Area Business Park Catalog Cities21.orgW-01-200 129 Jeff Akers Integrating Spatial Technology Across a State Enterprise CH2M HILL Enterprise

Management SolutionsW-02-330 130 Craig Gooch GIS Data Quality Management Shortcomings, Failings of the GIS Community PsomasTh-01-1130 131 Tony Pietropola GIS Development Through Collaborative Government Partnerships GeodecisionsW-03-1130 132 Rick Hendrickson Using GIS and a Database Application to improve RBF Consulting

Stormwater Management in SD BayW-05-430 133 Roger Andre Using KML Regions to Display Large Data Sets in Google Earth GoogleTh-07-930 134 António Rochette Local Educative Letters and reorganization of educative net Escola Superior de Educação da

from the use of SIG Guarda, PortugalTh-07-1000 135 Ana Lopes The use of GIS in territorial valorisation Escola Superior de Educação da

Guarda, PortugalW-03-130 136 Douglas Henstridge GIS-Based Utility Master Planning at San Diego State University: Carter & Burgess, Inc.

A Case StudyW-Poster-300 137 Michael O'Neill Supporting California Healthcare: Using GIS in the Enterprise CA Office of Statewide Health

Planning and DevelopmentW-05-130 138 Han Chu Mobile GIS and Tablet PC - Benefits and Lessons PsomasW-03-1100 139 David S. Johnson Improving the Accuracy and Completeness of Utility Data at MCAS Miramar IntergraphW-Poster-300 140 Rebecca Degagne Examining the Distribution of Monodominant Humboldt State University

(Dicymbe corymbosa)Tropical Forests in Guyana with Satellite ImageryW-04-330 141 David Patterson Avalanche Hazards on MT Shasta US Forest ServiceW-01-1100 142 William Harmon GIS for the Lower Division Geography Lab Ohlone CollegeTh-02-130 144 Jean-Paul Lavoie Delivering Documents – GIS for Low Cost Document Management GeodesyW-05-1100 145 Dave Van Mouwerik Using GIS to Identify Infill Housing Opportunities in the IGIS Technologies, Inc

City of Los AngelesW-02-200 146 Prashant Jawalikar Migrating basemaps to TeleAtlas: Challenges and data bd Systems, Inc.

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Scheduled Abstract ID Primary Author Title AffiliationW-Poster-300 147 Mui Lay GIS analysis of potential future renewable energy generation University of California, DavisTh-07-130 148 Jacob Yadegar Automatic Image Processing and Fusion for GIS Applications UtopiaCompression CorporationW-05-930 149 Gary Lasky Community Impact Assessment using a GIS CaltransW-05-330 150 Megan Sayles Quickly Conveying Useful Information To Your Audience URS CorporationTh-02-330 151 James K. Crossfield Silver Strike Dept. of Civil and Geomaics

Engineering and Construction, CSU, Fresno

W-02-430 153 Satinder Bhalla GeoSync: Low Cost Tool to Extract, Geocode and bd Systems,IncLoad Spatial Data

W-03-1000 154 Gavin O'Leary The Value Of GIS In A Mid-sized Engineering Firm: Provost & Pritchard Engineering, IncBridging The Gap

W-02-130 155 Gloria Humble Spatial Reconciliation: How I put myself out of a job The City of Palo AltoTh-06-430 156 Jerry Platt Spatial Solutions as Small Business Opportunities University of RedlandsTh-02-400 158 Craig Parada Wiki GIS: Transition to a Distributed SystemTh-03-230 159 David Hill Mapping Planning Points of Dispersion and Populations Santa Clara County Public Health

in Santa Clara County DepartmentTh-03-1100 160 Marcus Glass Wildfire Risk Information Product Sanborn Mapping CompanyW-Poster-300 161 Leah Vaughn Pediatric Health in Santa Clara County: Challenges Santa Clara County Department of

and Opportunities Public HealthTh-05-230 162 Andrew Lewis Integrating High Resolution Imagery with ArcGIS for Urban Sanborn Mapping Company

Water ConservationTh-03-400 163 Kevin Miller California Tsunami Hazards: Science, Policy, and Management California Office of

Emergency ServicesTh-03-330 164 Charlie Cullen GIS & Computer Aided Dispatch - Help Where It's Needed The City of Palo AltoTh-06-130 165 Amber Beckler GIS and Nevada County Government County of NevadaW-Poster-300 168 Balaji Sethuramasamyraja Geospatial Wine Grape Quality Modeling and Differential California State University, Fresno

Harvest for Precision AgW-Poster-300 169 Greg Stemler GIS-SUPPORTED ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE OF Geomatrix Consultants

OVER 900,000 ACRES OF TIMBERLANDSW-02-1100 170 Brian J. Cullis Spatial Information Resource Management: Reframing GIS CH2MHill

Standards & PoliciesW-Poster 300 171 Kris Lynn-Patterson Using Climate Maps in Olive Fly Management DecisionsW-08-1100 173 Susan Ustin Rapid non-destructive detection of vine water status using a University of California, Davis

spectral water absorption feature in the near-infrared.W-08-200 174 Tim Stone Commercial Use of Images by the End Users in Agriculture Britz Fertilizers Inc.W-08-130 175 Lee F. Johnson Mapping Vineyard Water Balance Calif. State Univ., Monterey Bay;

NASA Ames Research CenterTh-08-200 177 Edd Russell Soil Survey Information from USDA on the Internet USDA-NRCSW-Poster 300 178 Jerry Schmierer "Soils to Go" for Cooperative Extension: Providing Soils Maps University of California

on DVD and the InternetTh-09-200 179 G. Montez Use of GIS Technology to Provide Information Retrieval and University of California

Analysis Capabilities for a UC Research and Extension Center Th-09-400 180 Sonja Thiede GIS and the Irrigated Lands Program in the Kings River Kings River Conservation District

WatershedTh-09-330 181 Thomas Hawkins Trials and Triumphs in Converting Operations to ARCMAP Department of Water ResourcesTh-08-230 183 Kris Lynn-Patterson Online Climate Variability Threshold Maps with Real-Time U.C. Kearney Ag Center

CIMIS Weather Data for Growers and ResearchersTh-09-130 184 Robin Wood Building a GIS Portal ScanControl, Inc.Th-09-230 185 Jodi Holeman Field Data Management and Utility in Mosquito Control Consolidated Mosquito Abatement

GIS ApplicationsW-08-1000 186 Maggi Kelly “Implementation of Geospatial Technologies in U.C. UC Berkeley

Cooperative Extension: Challenges, Successes” W-06-930 187 Jim Ellis Acquiring, Processing, and Using LiDAR DataW-07-930 188 Maegan Leslie GIS and Land Trusts Green Info NetworkW-07-1100 189 Mike Bryne Web GIS for Health and Environmental Justice Office of Statewide Planning

and HealthW-06-130 190 Larry Orman Overview of GIS and Environmental Protection Green Info NetworkW-09-330 191 Konstantin Krivoruchko The Value of Spatial Statistics in Agriculture ESRITh-03-830 192 AutodeskTh-02-830 193 ESRI Geodatabase: New Flavors, New CapabilitiesTh-04-830 194 Baker Baker Maps California: 163,707 square miles in two-hoursTh-05-830 195 Intermap The Value of Remote Sensing for Assessing VegetationTh-06-830 196 TeleAtlas TeleAtlas: GIS Data SummitTh-09-930 197 Jack Paris Short Course; The Value of Remote Sensing for

Assessing VegetationTh-01-200 198 Malcolm Adkins Planning for the Next Generation GIS in GovernmentW-Poster 300 199 Tanya Diamond Using GIS to Identify Potential Cooridors Utilized by North San Jose State University

American Badgers in the San Francisco Bay Area andMonterey Counties

W-Poster 300 200 Catrina Christian Contra Costa Emergency Services within Quake Zones Diablo Valley CollegeW-Poster 300 201 Michael Webster An Urban Oasis in the Woods: A GIS Analysis San Francisco State UniversityW-08-1130 202 Byron Clark Application of SEBAL® for Improved Water Management in SEBAL North America, Inc.

Agricultural, Natural, and Urban EnvironmentsTh-09-430 203 Scott Phillips Habitat quality and landscape permeability for San Joaquin kit CSU Stanislaus, Endnagered

fox in the San Joaquin Valley of California Species RecoveryProgram

W-08-230 204 Jay Hutton NDVI Use In ViticultureW-08-930 205 Reg Parks The Benefits of Enlisting Interdisciplinary Teams in the The Vineyard Technology and

Development of High Order GIS Projects Development GroupTh-08-330 206 Jerry Schmierer Panel Discussion: GIS applications in Agriculture Cooperative Extension Farm

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ID: 4 Implementing a GIS for a Recycled Water Utility

Tim HayesCity of San Jose Environmental Services DepartmentThe South Bay Water Recycling Program (SBWR),overseen by the City of San José, California,Environmental Services Department, is the largestrecycled water utility in the Silicon Valley. SBWR hasimplemented a multi-faceted GIS to address manyshortcomings in the system. The use of GIS has led toincreased productivity, faster identification andlocation of field assets, decreased staff frustration intrying to locate critical asset information, andimprovement of the system maintenance workflow.

ID: 7 The Big Payback: Utility TV results on Intranet web GIS

Bill ClementCentral Contra Costa Sanitary DistrictThe project was an integration of web based GISmapping with digital sewer closed circuit televisioninspection results. Pipe segments and associated datacan be graphically selected from the GIS andinspection results reviewed from a personal computerworkstation, resulting in significant cost savings.

ID: 8 The Value of New GeoSpatial Technology

Bill ZemanGeoSpatial Consulting ServicesThe value of some of the new airborne technology isthat it affords GIS decision makers the ability to accessimagery, vector and terrain data to aid in theirplanning and response to many different events. Whattype of digital cameras are available and what are theiradvantages and disadvantages? What is LiDAR? Whatis an IMU? How are DEMs produced from LiDAR,photogrammetry or Sonar? What’s the differencebetween a DEM, DTM and DSM?

ID: 9 The Value of GIS/CAD Integration

Jason HillIdeate Inc.Typically state and local government agencies,environmental engineering firms, as well as privateutility companies consist of an engineeringdepartment and a GIS department both working withthe same data but using different tools and differentformats creating redundancy and inhibited workflow.Maximize control over your organizations engineeringand GIS data by making it accessible to bothdepartments for data access, analysis and distributionincreasing the value of both departments andimproving overall results.

ID: 10 Managing Infrastructure Data in Both a CAD &GIS Environment

Sandeep MenonIdeate Inc.Many organizations have invested in CAD, for it’sdrafting and engineering design capabilities and GIS,for its spatial analysis tools. For these organizationsthere is a definitive need to efficiently and accuratelymove data from CAD to GIS and vice-versa. As aresult, maximizing the return on investment in bothtechnologies is a real challenge. This session focuseson the successful best practices of a governmentagency in Northern California.

ID: 11 The Intersection of Data Warehousing/BusinessIntelligence and Geographic Information Systems

William HollandGeoAnalytics IncThere are two parallel architectures finding their wayinto overall IT architectures in public and privateorganizations: GIS and data warehousing/businessintelligence (DW/BI). Both have similar missions:enterprise support for data integration and informationdelivery. Both have similar approaches: pull data fromdisparate systems, integrate and provide analytics andinformation in ways that has not been achieved before.DW/BI has focused mostly on the aspatial data, and

GIS on the spatial data. This presentation will providean overview of key concepts, the intersection of thesearchitectures, the pitfalls, possibilities, andopportunities.

ID: 12 Unlocking Intrazonal Travel Activities with GIS inVehicular Emissions Modeling

Peng WuInstitute of Transportation Studies, UC DavisThis study proposes a GIS-based method that usesexisting data sources, such as detailed populationdistribution by census tracts and detailed roadnetworks, to disaggregated intrazonal travel activities.By this means, a better representation of the spatialdistribution of travel activities within a TAZ is obtained.Therefore, this results in a more realistic allocation oftransportation-related emissions at the grid cell level.

ID: 13 A comparison of using map sheets vs databasesfor storing engineering maps

Colin HobsonOpen Spatial Inc.A comparison of using map sheets vs databases forstoring engineering maps.The industry trend formanaging both GIS and engineering (CAD) data isincreasingly to use a single data store (database) asopposed to multiple data files and map sheets(drawings). This presentation, based on real worldexamples, examines how this change impactsorganizations and at what cost or savings?

ID: 14 Bridging the GAP between CAD and GIS

Colin HobsonOpen Spatial Inc.Today most CAD systems have GIS functionality andmost GIS systems can work with CAD data yet mostorganizations continue to have both CAD and GISsystems being used in different groups with limitedand ineffective data sharing between them. Thispresentation examines how to bridge the gapbetween CAD and GIS by supporting the use of bothsystems and providing seamless data sharing betweenthem as appropriate.

ID: 16 Travel Time: An Empirical Method for DeterminingAverage Network Speeds

James M. JohnstonMichael Baker Jr. Inc.The increasing popularity and implementation ofIntelligent Transportation Systems to manage thenation’s freeways and highways is providing newsources of real traffic information every day. This paperwill discuss the use of sensor based highway speedmeasurements collected from loop detectors, third-party radar devices and field study methodologies todevelop real and derived travel time impedance valuesand apply them to a statewide GIS transportationnetwork.

ID: 17 GIS for Wine Country Restoration and Water Reuse

Jonathan PosnerCDMThe North San Pablo Bay Restoration and Reuseproject aims to alleviate sensitive ecological and waterresource challenges throughout the study areacomposed of portions of Marin, Sonoma, and Napacounties. The five stakeholder agencies, acting under amemorandum of understanding, are preparing afeasibility study to assess water recycling opportunitiesfor environmental restoration, agricultural and urbanirrigation in the region under the Bureau ofReclamation’s Title 16 Program. The feasibility studywas separated into three phases. GIS has been integralin accomplishing the requirements of Phases I and II,which included the engineering support necessary todevelop the three project alternatives.

ID: 19 Mobile GIS- A Railway Corridor EnvironmentalAnalysis

Melisa CaricPBS&JLearn how we overcame the challenges of sendingmultiple field crews into the field: remote location,timeconstrainsts,personell tracking, synchronization, andautomated QAQC. This transportation corridor hadthree types of data collection built into one tool. Intwo months, 319 miles of environmental data wascollected. See how this project save time and moneyusing 100% electronic data collection.

ID: 21 Putting the Where next to the What and the Why- Geospatial Support for SAP Business

Oliver MainkaSAP Labs LLCThe use of geospatial systems such as GIS has longbeen in the hands of skilled GIS specialists, and withregards to business people in limited markets such asEnterprise Asset Management and site selection.Does the Where of a company’s master data, businesstransactions, and analytical applications matter just aswell as What the company has done (easily viewable ina tabular report), and Why things happened (doinganalytical drill-downs into the business data)? Thispresentation will show the work of SAP’s projectSagres, which tries to determine and prototype thebest SAP/GIS integration scenarios, and will answerthis question from various angles based on studies ofthe needs of business people.

ID: 22 Using GIS to more accurately and efficientlyaddress the CEQA Guidelines

Chad FlynnChristopher A. Joseph & AssociatesAs GISs become more comprehensive, theiraccessibility and applicability to the planning andconsulting industry continues to advance. Each year, anincreasing amount of information is available as GISdata, allowing for integrated analysis by geographiclocation of a variety of topics. At its outset, GIS hadlimited relevance to California Environmental QualityAct (CEQA) documents other than providing genericproject location maps. However, through increasedinformation sharing and technological advances, GISdata is readily available from an abundance of sources.From the initial stages of project design to the moredetailed technical analysis stages, GIS is proving to bean invaluable environmental planning tool. This paperdiscusses relevant environmental impact data layers,sources of this data and how to address the CEQAStatutes and Guidelines accurately and efficientlythrough GIS.

ID: 24 Connecting the Silos: Adventures in SharingGeospatial Information

John EllisonCalifornia Resources AgencyCERES (www.ceres.ca.gov) works on informationarchitecture to make known, integrate and shareenvironmental data. This includes a standards based, webaccessible metadata clearinghouse(http://gis.ca.gov/catalog/), a repository of “framework”geospatial data (http://gis.ca.gov/) and spatially enableddata discovery and navigation tools. Enhancementscontinue with new technologies and design strategies(e.g., XML, AJAX, services oriented architecture). A newstrategy of using web map services rather than centrallyhosted repositories of geospatial data has emerged.ArcGIS Server 9.2 is being used to build a map client and aregistry capable of using web map services from across theInternet. Work is underway on a web portal environmentthat includes an automated content management systemwith facilitated metadata capture and a library function fordigital documents. Future directions include a webapplication where communal editing of spatial objects canoccur in a secure and controlled manner to fostercollaboration on geospatial data.

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Program AbstractsID: 25 Estimating GIS Return On Investment: theEmpirical Way

Bruce JoffeGIS ConsultantsBenefit/Cost analyses of GIS implementation projectshave been criticized for being "soft and squishy", or"too formulaic", or "blue-sky fantasies." But significantexperience now provides concrete, empirical evidenceupon which to detail reality-based projections for GISimplementation proposals. This innovative benefitcalculation method is explained and documented inthe context of a dynamic-allocation cost-projectionmodel, resulting in substantiation for investmentpayback (ROI) and ongoing benefit value.

ID: 28 Planning a Successful and Practical Enterprise GIS

Karen Underhill, Ph.D., GISPRBF ConsultingMore and more public agencies and privatecompanies are finding the value in using GIS. Themore individual departments use GIS the greater thepotential for numerous, out of date, and redundantdatasets. Many have found the solution in anEnterprise GIS system. The potential value of anenterprise GIS includes: Reduction of data redundancybetween departments, Immediate access to the mostcurrent and accurate digital information, Improveaccuracy of available information, Increasedfunctionality, and more efficient management oflimited resources. This presentation describes practicalsteps in the development of an Enterprise GIS frominception to a fully functional system.

ID: 30 Revealing the AT&T CA & NV (GIS West) SpatialData Infrastructure

Malcolm AdkinsMichael Baker JrAT&T California & Nevada (GIS West) have built acomprehensive two-state SDI to support their internalcommunity and licensed third parties. The AT&T SDIcontains most of the core NSDI framework data themes.

ID: 31 Monitoring Riparian Areas with Remote SensingTechniques

Donald G. PricePacific Gas and Electric CompanyWe used orthorectified high-resolution Quickbirdimagery for a riparian vegetation monitoring studyassociated with our Crane Valley hydroelectric projectin Madera County, California. The study included theevaluation of riparian vegetation communities, streammorphology, and proper functioning ecosystemvariables. We used a time series of repeat image datasets for consistent assessments over test and controlareas that would be difficult to accomplish with aerialphotographic mapping methods. Based on imageanalysis and vegetation transect data, a comparisonbetween riparian areas unaffected and affected byhydroelectric operations was made using a ProperFunctioning Condition method.

ID: 32 Integrating GIS and remote sensing to map SanFrancisco Estuary salt marshes

Karin TuxenUniversity of California, BerkeleySan Francisco Estuary salt marshes have complex andheterogeneous vegetation patterns at multiple scales.Many efforts to restore salt marshes in the bay anddelta regions seek to restore wetlands back to theirnatural function, but the question remains how to mapvegetation pattern in a multi-scale manner. In thisstudy, we xmap three salt marshes in the San FranciscoEstuary (two restored and one natural), with respect tothree wetland functions at three different scales: saltmarsh harvest mouse habitat, California clapperrailhabitat, and productivity/carbon sequestration. GISand object-based remote sensing are applied to veryhigh-resolution aerial photography (20 cm), forsegmentation into patches at multiple scales, and then

classification in a hierarchical structure. We will shareresults of our multi-scale maps, as well as compareresults of accuracy assessments and land cover analysisto pixel-based remote sensing methods.

ID: 34 Accessing Information Stored In Maximo UsingArcReader

Bill TuckerSanta Clara Valley Water DistrictThis presentation will explore how the Santa ClaraValley Water District (District) uses ArcReader to allowstaff to access information about pipelineappurtenances through a map interface. The Districthistorically has maintained non-spatial pipeline data inan Oracle-based Maximo database and spatialpipeline data in ESRI's shapefile format. A recentproject to update appurtenance information andcollect coordinates using a Global Positioning System(GPS) has prompted the District to change the wayinformation about pipelines is stored. As a result ofthis project, X and Y coordinate fields have beenadded to the Maximo database. Appurtenance data inthe Maximo database is now accessed with GISthrough a materialized view on the ArcSDE server.

ID: 35 Environmental Data Presented via ArcIMS

Deborah MartinAlameda County Environmental Health DepartmentMany Environmental Health departments in Californialicense the same database product to track allactivities (Envision). We contracted with DecadeSoftware Co. to spatially enable the database usingMap Objects. All tables with a geographic locationnow have lat/long and mapping within the database.We have taken the data from Envision and are using itin ArcIMS queries. We have two websites: one for thegeneral public (URL below) and one for the staff thatrequires authentication.

ID: 37 A Prioritized California Spatial Data Infrastructure

Malcolm AdkinsMichael Baker Jr.The California Geographic Information Association(CGIA) partnered with the US Geological Survey, theCalifornia Resources Agency and the California GISCouncil to develop a Draft Geospatial Framework DataPlan for California. This project served to introduce theCalifornia geospatial community to framework-relevantnational and California initiatives, to filter the NationalSpatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) data themes, andidentify new critical data themes. The resulting reportwill also be the basis of a continued outreach to theCalifornia geospatial community to report findings,capture more detailed data theme information, and setthe stage for operational collaboration and cost sharing.

ID: 38 Finding and Envisioning Viable UrbanDevelopment Neighborhoods

Earl G. BossardSan Jose State UniversityUnderstanding and identifying neighborhoods with longterm sustainable urban development prospects is animportant challenge which can be met by effectivelyorganizing and modeling digital geo-demographic andother data using GIS and database management toolssuch as spreadsheets and the Web. This paper aims toenable analysts to identify neighborhoods meeting, tovarious degrees, (easily pass, just pass, just fail, or clearlyfail) threshold levels of desired criteria for neighborhoodsbeing sought. Maps of pass-fail success and indices ofweighted counts and z-score criteria varying with factorintensities are used to fine-tune fuzzy criteria and indices,leading to selection of neighborhoods with goodprospects to satisfy searches.

ID: 39 From Shapefile to Enterprise Multi-user Mobile Editing

Justin M. LokitzAcquis, Inc.The convergence of high speed wireless networks,

capable computers running the windows mobileoperating system disguised as mobile devices, andenterprise databases that are highly functionalrepositories of spatial data and attributes haveenabled a new breed of mobile software for spatialdata and attribute editing that is simple to use and yetcapable of meeting the specialized demands of GISusers. This talk will discuss the ease at which users cantake shapefiles, load them into a world class spatialdatabase, and edit spatial data and attributes. Thetalk will explain how to do real-time editing whileconnected to the database and how to extract datafrom the database for disconnected editing.

ID: 40 Online GIS at the Community College

Warren RobertsRio Hondo CollegeOne mission of the Community College is to providethe working professional in the community withconvenient & affordable professional development.GIS courses are venturing online offering morelocalized, practical lesson plans. The presentation willshare experiences teaching GIS online and fact findingfrom professionals and other educators in attendance.

ID: 42 Accurate Vineyard Mapping for PrecisionAgriculture

M. Kim CordellRay Carlson & Associates, Inc.Precision agriculture offers vineyard managers anedge, particularly in premium wine-growing areas.Viticulturists who understand and manage thevariations within a single block can produce the qualitygrapes that winemakers want. Managers need to knowthe number of vines in each row, and even the locationof particular vines. GIS is the perfect tool to efficientlyand accurately map a block down to the vine level.This presentation describes a simple grid mappingtechnique that is crucial for the vineyard managerinterested in precision agriculture. The presentationwill also show how this information is the foundationfor financial and asset management tools used to trackcost and revenue.

ID: 43 Utilizing GIS and Traffic Collision Data toCharacterize Safe Routes to School

Kevin MeconisRiverside County Department of Public HealthThe CalTrans Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programprovides funding to improve conditions for children tosafely walk and bicycle to school. Staff from theRiverside County Department of Public Healthidentified six schools with whom to establishpartnerships and improve the walk-ability of thesurrounding communities. An initial characterization ofpotential threats to child safety was needed. Riskquantification was performed by plotting trafficcollisions within a 2 mile radius of each school usingnon-address-specific street data from the StatewideIntegrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS). LocalSRTS project staff will utilize these maps to, 1) quicklycommunicate the relative traffic safety of eachcommunity; 2) identify traffic routes that appeardangerous to pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorvehicles in general, and examine these areas further todescribe potential causal factors or road hazards; 3)advocate alternative routes that minimize risk topedestrian and bicycle traffic; and, 4) guide futureevaluation and analysis.

ID: 44 Mapping Tire Piles with Satellites Saves CaliforniaAgency Time and Money

Catherine HuybrechtsEndpoint Environmental, LLCUp to 40 million tires are disposed of legally andillegally in California every year and. Illegal tiredisposal poses a significant fiscal and environmentalthreat. Previous methods used to locate and managetire piles were time-consuming and costly. Staff at


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Endpoint Environmental (2E) originally helped developan algorithm while working at NASA Ames Researchcenter in a proof-of-concept project funded byCalifornia Integrated Waste Management Board(CIWMB). The TIRe – Tire Identification fromReflectance – Model identifies tire piles as small as 12square meters, or approximately 100 grouped tires, inIKONOS imagery. This mapping method inconjunction with other resources has been found tosave government agencies significant field inspectiontime and financial resources.

ID: 45 Using web-based GIS in environmentalcompliance at PG&E

Kassim VisramPacific Gas & Electric CompanyPacific Gas and Electric Company operates andmaintains an extensive network of gas and electrictransmission and distribution lines in a service areaencompassing approximately 70,000 square miles in 48of California’s 58 counties and serving more than 4.9million electricity customers and 3.9 million natural gascustomers. Maintenance of this critical infrastructure ismandated by both state and federal laws in order toguarantee safe and reliable energy to its customers.This maintenance also has to be done in compliancewith federal, state, and local laws and regulationsrelated to habitat protection, endangered species, soildisturbance, and pollutants. This presentation willshow how web-based GIS is being used to streamlineand enhance the internal environmental reviewprocess. Challenging issues such as data quality,availability, and appropriateness will also be discussed.

ID: 47 West Nile Virus Surveillance for Santa ClaraCounty in 2006

Dr. Noor S. TietzeSanta Clara County Vector Control DistrictThe Santa Clara County Vector Control District hasrelied upon GIS technology to track the mosquito-borne disease, West Nile virus (WNV) and optimizeoperational mosquito control efforts in the countyduring the last three years. GIS has become anindispensable tool in this environmental healthprogram by tracking local WNV foci, describingspacio-temporal distribution of mosquito vectors,notification of residents in “high risk areas” andidentification of senior centers, where residents are athigher risk of contracting this potentially-deadlydisease. During 2006, the district detected andmapped WNV in 217 birds, 18 mosquito samples, 1squirrel and 1 horse. Based on clusters of WNVpositive dead birds and positive mosquito pools,“high risk zones” were delineated and targeted forboth mosquito abatement and informational massmailings to communicate WNV prevention, swimmingpool maintenance and notification of communitymeetings or planned mosquito fogging events.

ID: 48 Managing a GIS-GPS Certificate Program

Binita SinhaDiablo Valley CollegeStudents in the workforce enroll in evening courses ingeospatial technologies to improve their competitiveness.Their experience, academic background, and computerskills vary widely, challenging instructors’ lesson plans andpace. Six core courses are offered and will be discussed.Students in the Intro GPS course learn to integrate papermaps and field data. The remote sensing lab usesprofessional software that is excellent for the workplace,but challenges students with less computer skill. Theadvanced GPS course uses sophisticated equipment. Awell-equipped GIS lab provides introductory andadvanced training and the curriculum accommodatesstudents with varying levels of preparation.

ID: 49 Imagery and GIS in the legal environment

David RuizHJW Geospatial

Historical aerial photography has demonstrated itsvalue when used in a variety of research subjects likegeology, environmental science and planning. HJWGeospatial, Inc. has increased this use by providinghistorical aerial photos in a GIS environment to helplegal clients involved in property disputes. Bypresenting a visually clear understanding of propertyuse and the spatial relationships of property lines andland use, legal clients are able to gain favorable legaljudgments for small yet valuable properties. Thispresentation will study a prescriptive easement lawsuitand how historical images were interpreted andpresented resulting in a positive judgment.

ID: 50 Centerline Map of San Francisco

Michael WebsterSan Francisco State UniversityStreet Centerline Index Map, San Francisco, California.The City and County of San Francisco’s Department ofPublic Works’ Bureau of Street Use and Mapping usecenterlines to map and store street features in the city.There was a need for a large format map withlocational indexing of all the streets in the cityincluding all private “unnamed” streets in the city.This cartographic project includes street, arterial andfreeway centerline symbology with the goal of labelingall centerline features. Also included in the map areneighborhoods, business districts and some regionalfeatures. The map was created exclusively with ESRIArcMap 9.1, utilizing the Maplex extension to creategeodatabase annotation to manage all labeling.

ID: 51 Identifying San Joaquin County Census TractsWith Late Prenatal Care Using GIS

Karen PfisterSan Joaquin County Public Health ServicesBirth certificate data was used to calculate the rate ofindividuals with late entry into prenatal care by zip code.A zip code within the county that had both a high rateof late entry into prenatal care and a high densitypopulation was then selected to analyze further. Becausethe zip code was so large GIS was used to map lateprenatal care cases within this zip code by census tractto see if a smaller area could be identified to target. Theresulting map showed one census tract within the zipcode that had a high rate compared to the other censustracts. Presenting the data geographically allowedprogram staff to identify a more focused area to dooutreach. This was extremely helpful as there are limitedstaff and resources within this program. Furthermore, thisanalysis identified an area that was not previously knownto be disproportionately affected.

ID: 52 Creative Commons and Geographic InformationSystems

Blair AdamsCity County of San FranciscoCreative commons (cc) promotes the simple concept ofglobal collaboration. In order to gain the most benefitfrom (cc) in the realm of Geographic InformationSystems (GIS), a key ingredient will be a commondevelopment platform and data model. With thecontinued maturity of Free and Open Source Software(FOSS) and the advent of server virtualization, the timeseems right for a GIS creative commons. Advances inFOSS such as spatially-aware database extensions, webmap servers, and Web 2.0 interfaces means that it’snever been easier to develop a virtualized turn-keyapplication stack complete with data model. Byeliminating steep software license costs and by greatlyreducing deployment labor costs, FOSS now appearsto be a viable solution. The outstanding questions thatremain are those of functionality and reliability. The Cityand County of San Francisco is currently exploringthese concepts through an internal research anddevelopment initiative and invites CalGIS attendees toshare in our findings.

ID: 53 The Next Big One: Mitigating Catastrophe with GIS

John RadkeUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe Geographic Information Science Center at theUniversity of California, Berkeley, is part of a multi-disciplinary initiative developing strategies forassessing the risks of natural disasters. Formed in thewake of Hurricane Katrina, the Center for CatastrophicRisk Management (CCRM) brings to bear expertisefrom environmental law, resource economics,organizational behavior, engineering (specifically in theareas of earthquake and hydrology). The current focusis the impending threat to the Sacramento River delta,where a century of problematic human interventioncoupled with a recent surge in development andpopulation expansion have exacerbated the dangersposed by nature. GIS is the integrative technology inthe visualization of findings and the building of anenvironmental digital library.

ID: 54 Migrating Parcel Data From CAD to Geodatabase- Was it Really Worth it?

Gulla GisladottirCounty of Santa Cruz, Assessor's OfficeWhen the County of Santa Cruz, California, migrated its GISfrom a CAD based mainframe platform to an SDE/SQLGeodatabase in 2004, the Assessor’s Office startedmaintaining the parcel base in GIS. Migrating to newsoftware and changing the data structure and workflow,proved to be a rather daunting task. In order to minimizethe impact, the Cadastral Data model and the newworkflow were designed to maintain as much consistency aspossible. Find out how and why we did it, what we learnedand whether the investment was worthwhile.

ID: 55 Modeling our 3D World with Google Earth andGoogle SketchUp

Wei LuoGoogleGeographic data have traditionally been employed byprofessionals with substantial training in GeographicScience and tools. Today, however, the general publicis able to access geographic information via variouseasy-to-use platforms including online mapping,portable GPS units, and portable navigation systems.The general public is increasingly used to interpretingand using geographic data. Google Earth, a freegeographic data viewer, is a popular tool with millionsof users. The easy-to-use Google SketchUp providesthe general public with 3D modeling capability. Thepresentation will demonstrate various ways these twoapplications have been combined to yield powerfulproducts. They can be used by urban designers toexplore different design or planning scenarios. Anyuser can model his or her own neighborhood for therest of the world to see and comment on. Using thetwo platforms are effective ways to solicit publicparticipation in the decision making process.Examples of successful implementations will be shown.

ID: 56 Earthquake Risk Evaluation for Gas Pipelines:Leveraging GIS Integration

Gordon YePacific Gas & Electric CompanyEarthquakes are an important risk factor for pipelinesafety in California. Pipeline engineers at Pacific Gas &Electric Company have integrated earthquake riskfactors into their leading edge GIS-based pipelineintegrity management program, which includessophisticated methodology for high consequence area(HCA) determination and rigorous pipelineinspection/audit programs. Collaborating with in-house seismologists and GIS technical experts, a fully-automated earthquake risk evaluation tool for naturalgas transmission pipelines was developed, utilizingreal-time earthquake alerts from USGS. A number ofearthquake scenarios are used to backup theautomated algorithm in case computer systems aredown after an earthquake. Integration of this

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ID: 57 Neighborhood-level built and social environmentsand physical inactivity

Riti ShimkhadaUniversity of California, Los AngelesThe purpose of this study was to examineneighborhood-level predictors of physical inactivityusing cross-sectional surveillance data on adults 18-65years old from the 2002 and 2005 Los Angeles CountyHealth Survey waves, integrated with neighborhood-level data, which are matched to individual-level data bycensus tract of residence reported in the LACHS. Usingdata from the 2000 Census and the Southern CaliforniaAssociation of Governments, neighborhood-levelcharacteristics of the built environment, such as streetconnectivity, were assessed using GIS software. Thesecharacteristics, along with other neighborhood-levelcharacteristics of the social environment, were assessedto estimate their independent effects on physicalinactivity and potential to explain racial/ethnicdisparities in physical inactivity. This study represents themany recent studies in epidemiology that have begunto use GIS technologies for exposure assessment.

ID: 58 Risk of Childhood Leukemia and Brain Tumors

Chris HooperProfessor,Enertech ConsultantsIn a UK study, Draper, et al (1) reported an associationbetween childhood leukemia and distance from thenearest high voltage overhead line to the homeaddress at birth to. The apparent risk was found toextend to a distance greater than would be expectedif magnetic fields from high voltage lines were a causalagent (> 100 to 150 m). We plan to replicate this studyin California using a similar but improved exposureassessment. We are conducting a feasibility study toidentify and provide methodologies for: accurateaddress standardization and geocoding; determinationof distance between birth address and nearestoverhead high voltage transmission line; handling ofmultiple transmission lines and unusual residentialsituations; calculated estimates of average magneticfields from the nearest transmission line; andevaluation of possible bias due to missing data andpotential cofounders(2).

ID: 60 Coccidioidomycosis in LA County: Spatialrelationships with construction

Peter Capone-Newton MDLos Angeles County Department of Public HealthCoccidioidomycosis is a reportable disease inCalifornia. The Los Angeles County Department ofPublic Health compiles a database of incidentcoccidioidomycosis, a disease commonly manifestedas a respiratory illness, caused by exposure to the soilfungus Coccidioides immitis. The database containsapproximately 1,500 cases reported from 1992 topresent with basic demographic data and geocodableaddresses for 96% of cases. Although frequently citedas a reason for increased incidence rates, therelationship between man-made soil disturbances(construction) and coccidioidomycosis incidence hasnot been examined in previous studies, except at anaggregate level. In this study, inspection data fromconstruction sites and building permit data were usedto determine time and location of soil disturbance.Using GIS, spatial and temporal relationships betweenincident coccidioidomycosis cases and constructionactivity will be described. Unlike prior studies, GISpermitted the evaluation of spatial relationshipsbetween permit data and case data at thedisaggregate level.

ID: 61 Mapping Nonnative Aquatic Plants with an Image-processing Algorithm

Catherine HuybrechtsEndpoint EnvironmentalEgeria densa, a nonnative waterweed thriving in theSacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Delta), posestaxing problems to its host environment and thesurrounding agricultural and urban communities. Tounderstand the spatial distribution of the plant,mapping is necessary. Mapping with remote sensingimage-processing techniques can be time-consumingand demand extensive training between interpreters.To reduce the time and training necessary to mapEgeria densa in imagery, Endpoint Environmental (2E)created a quick-response image-processing algorithmcalled the EDIPA – Egeria densa Image ProcessingAlgorithm – Model. The EPIDA Model is capable ofidentifying 90 percent of Egeria densa in Quickbirdimagery. Quick-response mapping means, rapidlyidentifying accurate spatial estimates of Egeria densacoverage for: 1) annual assessment or changedetection maps, and 2) targeting chemical andphysical eradication treatments. Maps produced withthe EDIPA Model are beneficial to managers andstakeholders intent on diminishing the fiscal burdenassociated with controlling nonnative aquatic species.

ID: 62 To Build a National Levee Database

Michael J. BishopMichael Baker Jr. CorporationThe U.S. is lacking a database of the levees across thenation. Details about levees are also sketchy and yetmillions of citizens and dollars of assets are located infloodplains behind levees. USACE and FEMAdeveloped a comprehensive National Levee Datasbase(NLD) Data Model built on geospatial technologies.While USACE is interested in mapping “Federal”levees, FEMA’s interests lie in mapping all leveescertified to protect against a 100 year flood which aremapped on Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) asprotecting. The FIRM mapped levees will be attributedusing the NLD data model. FEMA has an additionalinitiative to quickly map the geometry for leveesnation-wide with a subset of the NLD attributionessential for answering basic questions. This effort,referred to as the Mid-term Levee Inventory, is toprovide information about levee ownership, leveemiles and certification, and protected floodplains soFEMA can produce national summarizations.

ID: 63 Moraga-Orinda Fire District - Wildland RiskAssessment

Chris HallfordMoraga Orinda Fire DistrictThe Wildland Risk Assessment was commissioned bythe Moraga-Orinda Fire District in response to thedevastating Oakland Hills Fire of 1991. Characteristicsof each parcel were determined utilizing RemoteSensing, GIS analysis, site visits, and professionalevaluations. The resulting datasets were developedthrough the combined resources of a fire modeler, GISanalyst and other fire professionals. The followingthree aspects combined to create a cumulative riskrating: Property owner intervention, Fire suppression,Fire behavior. The analysis results are provided in aninteractive web-based mapping application tofacilitate ease of use and public access. Residentswithin the District have a means to identify theirproperty’s Wildland Fire Hazard Risk and to takeappropriate action to reduce their risk. Residents notonly see a visual representation of their risk but alsothat of surrounding properties. Ratings are dynamicand can be updated as property improvements occuror other conditions are improved.

ID: 64 Stereo Feature Mapping using NAIP ADS40 1-meter Imagery

Shawn SladeLeica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging

The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 2005National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP)collected 1-meter ground sample distance (GSD)imagery for California to prepare statewide ortho-imagery. The contractors to the USDA used LeicaGeosystems’ ADS40 digital sensor that records fivebands of data at various look angles. An ancillarydataset from the NAIP collection is softcopy stereoimagery that is easily processed and reasonablyaccurate for regional mapping purposes. With supportfrom Horizons Inc., Leica Geosystems, and HewlettPackard Company, the California Geological Surveyhas been working to upgrade their landslide mappingworkflow to a GIS-based softcopy stereo approach.This new approach holds the potential to drasticallyreduce map preparation time, improve mappingaccuracies, and enhance uniformity betweengeologists by allowing simultaneous stereo viewing. This presentation will discuss the NAIP stereo imagery,software developments to bring the imagery into astereo GIS, and their utility for landslide mapping andother applications.

ID: 65 ADA Transition Planning Using GIS for DecisionSupport

George WhitePolicy Innovation WorksThis purpose of this session is to provide a case studyon preparing the City of Oakland Americans withDisabilities Act (ADA) Public Right of Way TransitionPlan using a geospatial database for decision support.This presentation will demonstrate how a policyframework and workflow process becomes a vital partof creating useful geospatial databases to supportdecision making for a major city. The presentation willalso show how GIS was used to prepare the findings,conclusions, and recommendation of the ADATransition Plan. Finally, lessons learned for those whomay seek to undertake this type of project in the futurewill be identified.

ID: 66 Steelhead Spawning Sites and GravelReplenishment: Patterns Within the Carmel

Eric SandovalMonterey Peninsula Water Management DistrictA shortage of steelhead spawning habitat on dammedrivers has increased the popularity of spawning habitatrehabilitation. Since the construction of the SanClemente dam in 1921 and Los Padres dam in 1948,the spawning gravel of the Carmel River has beentrapped at these two reservoirs. Monterey PeninsulaWater Management District (MPWMD) implemented agravel replenishment program to increase steelheadspawning habitat along two reaches of the CarmelRiver. Using GIS and spatial statistics, MPWMD hasdeveloped a method to evaluate the program’ssuccess and optimize spatial distribution of futuregravel enhancement sites. Using redd abundance, theamount of gravel (weight) and distance toreplenishment sites we have developed a spatialmodel for habitat restoration. This model will helpensure effective management of this area for purposesof restoring steelhead populations in the Carmel Riverecosystem.df

ID: 67 Herding Cats and the Use of Catnip For BuildingInter-Agency Collaboration

Eric SandovalMonterey Peninsula Water Management DistrictWhile the need for generating imagery may vary, manyagencies can use aerial imagery from the samegeographic area. Through cooperation, agencies in aregion can share costs and follow comparablestandards, acquiring imagery with increased resolution,accuracy, or greater geographic extent. The 2003AMBAG Regional Orthoimagery project was meant toprovide local governments and agencies with highresolution orthorectified aerial imagery. It was alsomeant to provide secondary products such as DigitalTerrain Models (DTMs), topographic contours, and


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ID: 69 GIS-Based Public Warning

Art BotterellContra Costa CountySheriff's Community Warning SystemThe international Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) hasbrought geospatial technology to all sorts of public warningsystems. Contra Costa County's Community WarningSystem (CWS) uses CAP to integrate siren, radio and TV,weather radio, telephone, Internet and wireless publicwarning systems. At the heart of CWS is a specialized WebMap Service (WMS) client that enables authorized officialsto activate all those systems while providing enhancedsituational awareness of realtime events.

ID: 70 Feather River ArcIMS

Patrick J. ParsonsDepartment of Water Resources, State of CaliforniaThe use of an ArcIMS intranet application todisseminate information to the project managers of astudy of the pumping and use of water specific to theFeather River Corridor

ID: 71 New Town, New Data and the GIS Solution

Erin MutchMountain House Community Services DistrictThe Mountain House Community has been describedby the Associated Press as the “First New Town of theNew Millennium”. Many innovative measures weretaken to ensure successful project execution, includingthe development of a GIS. The demands for usefulinformation from the GIS have grown with theimmediate need for accurate asset inventory and GASB34 reporting. Paper topics will include moving GISservices “in-house”, inter-agency coordination, GASB34 requirements and design of community-wide GIS.The challenges of CAD to GIS integration will also bediscussed in addition to the update of data standardsfor submission of improvements to accommodate dataconversion into the GIS. Mobile GIS data collectiontechniques will be utilized and our goal is to create anenterprise Server GIS which will support ourdepartments and ultimately the community residents.The Mountain House departments includes includingcommunity development, public works, accounting andoperations & maintenance.

ID: 72 Problems Encountered With Two Geocoding Methods

Colleen ReidUC BerkeleyGeocoding is used to assign geographical positions tostreet addresses. We describe the problemsencountered when geocoding using street and parceldata. Using ArcView 9.1 and GDT street data, twopercent of addresses were not geocoded despitehaving a perfect match score, many addresses withouthouse numbers did match when ArcView defaultgeocoding parameters were used, and addresses with_2 tie candidates often matched to candidates havingwrong zip code, directional prefix, or street suffix.Comparison of geocoding using the CaliforniaDepartment of Health Services Environmental HealthInvestigations Branch 2005 TeleAtlas Address Pointsparcel map found 2.5% of records matched only withparcel geocoding, and 11% matched only with streetfilegeocoding. Distances between the geolocated pointsfrom the two methods ranged from <10 to 1000+ m.Such problems raise concerns about geocoding whenhigh levels of precision are necessary, such as inassigning exposure in environmental health studies.

ID: 73 Explorations in Immersive 1:1 Scale 3-d mapping

Brian B. QuinnCity of BerkeleyReview of how a technology known in the media at turnsas video game, social networking, and virtual economyjust might leapfrog the most sincere efforts of the GISprofession when it comes to 3-d mapping. What if: thepersistent virtual reality published at SecondLife.comwere turned from fantasy-world applications into aprecise rendition of a city's best 3-d physical featuremapping? If so, then a city would be able to maintain apersistent 3-d spatial model that could accomodatesurface and subsurface features, buildings, interiorfurniture, and vegetation--all in a model that could betraversed and experienced simultaneously by many full-size virtual humans serving the interests of public worksor public safety staff, customer service representatives,or members of the public.

ID: 74 Google Earth Enterprise Implementation atCaltrans

Roger EwersCalifornia Department of TransportationGoogle Earth technologies are being implemented atCaltrans, providing a robust interface for the viewing,mining, and presentation of spatially referenced data,whether it be sourced from GIS, CADD, Surveys orDesign units of Caltrans. By enabling these data typesto be viewed together within a rich three-dimensionalcontext of aerial photography, Google Earthsignificantly moves Caltrans forward in terms of dataintegration, awareness of data sources, dataimprovement, and reduced redundancy. Caltrans Officeof GIS has already procured individual Google Earth Prolicenses on behalf of users in our Aeronautics, Design,Maintenance, Rail, R&D, Right of Way, Surveys,Operations, and Transportation System Informationunits. Our next step is the implementation of GoogleEarth Enterprise, which places the functionality ofGoogle Earth technology completely inside the Caltransorganization, available to the entire Department,utilizing internal Caltrans imagery and data.

ID: 75 "GI What?"

Ian WhiteUrban Mapping, IncThe past five years has seen exponential growth in thenumber of GIS users. These neogeographers wereinitially consumers of geodata, but more recently theyhave been prolific content producers, annotatingspatial data to give it meaning and value in their lives.By any estimate, neogeographers outnumber trainedGIS professional by 100 to 1, yet rarely have they heardthe term GIS. Geographic Information Systems hasunquestionably had tremendous impact in the lives ofpeople and organizations, but the lack of explicitunderstanding of the term points to a very differentkind of user. This community has effectively internalizedGIS, changing the way spatial data is defined,collected, stored, used and shared. Internet-based GISis fundamentally different from traditional geospatialthinking—neogeographers require a web-based GIS,while the traditional community wants to provide a GIS-based web. This tension is increasingly evident inmetadata, data formats, storage and distribution.

ID: 76 Creating Exhibit G Drawings that Meet FERCStandards

Brandon OberbauerPG&EExhibit G maps are part of the process for theregulatory approval of non-federal hydropowerprojects with the Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission (FERC).They specifically show in detail allproject features including access roads, tunnels,transmission lines and any other feature used within aspecific “project”. This poster will outline the processPG&E has developed for creating project boundaryGIS files, standardizing Exhibit G map templates, and

creating the necessary files that are submitted to FERCfor approval.

ID: 77 The Evolving Use and Creation of PG&E'sElectrical System Map

Michael AllenPG&EThe Pacific Gas and Electric Company's ElectricTransmission System Map presents an overview of amajor component of California's complex electrictransmission grid. The GIS version of the map hasevolved over a 12 year period to reflect changes in thetransmission system as well as advances in mappingsoftware. Currently in it's eighth edition, the 50"x72"map encorporates 16 layers from a variety of sources:internal company data, commercial vendors and publicagencies. Used primarily as a tool for the planning androuting of future transmission projects, it also serves asa reference during major winter storms for thedeployment of emergency repair services. The PG&EElectric Transmission System Map is an example of along term group effort that has produced a valuableresource for decision making at PG&E.

ID: 78 Monitoring Sedimentation in PG&E Reservoirs –Bathymetric Study

Eszter TomposPG&EPacific Gas and Electric Company operates a vasthydroelectric system that includes 16 river basins, 68powerhouses, 184 miles of canals and 99 reservoirs. Thissystem provides Californians with safe, reliable andclean energy and accounts for 20% of the energy thatPG&E generates. This poster demonstrates an exampleof how GIS is used to help with the operation andmaintenance of hydroelectric assets. The goal of thestudy is to determine annual sedimentation levels in twoof the reservoirs: Rock Creek and Cresta. Surface maps,developed from depth readings, were used to generatedifferential contours to highlight sedimentationaggradation/ degradation in the reservoirs.

ID: 79 Call Before You Dig! – The Role of GIS inLocating Facilities in the Field

Eszter TomposPG&EPG&E operates a vast gas and electric system much ofwhich is underground. Digging into these lines maycause injuries and disrupt vital utility services tothousands of customers. When an excavator callsbefore digging, PG&E responds by marking thelocations of its affected facilities. This presentation willdiscuss how GIS was used to transform a largely paper-based, manual process to an automated ticketprocessing system. Locators now wirelessly receivetickets and electronic maps in the field, resulting insignificant time and cost savings.

ID: 80 Digital Elevation Models - Creating and Use in theClassroom

Nathan JenningsAmerican River CollegeThis presentation will focus on providing an overviewof the 2ft DEM derived from LIDAR for the City ofSacramento. This talk will also cover how this data setwas compared to a lower resolution DEM subsetgenerated by RADAR for teaching purposes.

ID: 81 Mapping Streetlights with ArcGIS

Elizabeth ProctorPG&EPG&E’s GIS group has used ArcObjects to customizean ESRI ArcMap interface to facilitate mapping andediting streetlights data throughout its service area.The Streetlight Mapping application is designed fortablet PC’s and has been deployed to field teamstasked with mapping 720,000 streetlights in about 48California counties. The application uses a customizedArcMap interface to streamline the data collection

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Program Abstractsprocess, enabling users to create GIS data usingnumerous reference sources including aerial imagery,non-spatial “legacy” databases and scanned historicpaper maps, all of which are integrated into theinterface. The mapped and edited streetlights pointsare checked and then brought into PG&E’s enterpriseGIS system, ultimately improving customer service tomunicipal customers as well as enabling efficientresponse to service calls.

ID: 82 Conflation-Based Data Integrations

Samuel SmithRefractions Research Inc.Conflation involves matching features from separatedatasets that are logically equivalent but spatiallydissimilar. The process of conflation supports theintegration of many datasets with entirely differentorigins, as well as the incorporation of updates to abase data-set lacking a unique key by which to tagchanges directly. Refractions Research uses a collectionof conflation and spatial data management tools forseveral large-scale data-integration and maintenanceprojects: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s DetailedSoil Surveys, BC’s Provincial Digital Roads Atlas, BC’sProvincial Corporate Watershed Base, StatisticsCanada’s Electoral Boundary and Census Blocks. Thispresentation will discuss the assumptions, businessrules, workflow and technologies behind conflation-based integrations. Time permitting; we will presentexamples from specific projects.

ID: 83 The Seams of a Seamless Dataset: AnInvestigation into Coincidental Route Centerlines andCounty Boundaries

Gerry ShoemakerCaltransIn California, county boundaries are legally describedin a number of ways: with surveyed points, bearings,and distances; by reference to a known physicallandmark, such as a ridge or a river; or where thecounty boundary runs along a road or highway. Manyof these have changed since the initial record wasestablished. Physical features have been eroded,dammed, and quarried. Roads have beenreconstructed, sometimes with massive grading andalignment changes. For Caltrans, such changes arecritical. County boundaries form the seams of astatewide centerline dataset, between the data of twocounties and potentially two state plane projectionzones. Additionally, where a county boundary and astate centerline are coincident, Caltrans must be ableto reliably calibrate its LRS (linear referencing system)against current centerline data and existing physicalstructures, and to a standardized degree of spatialaccuracy. The current project investigates ten siteswhere centerlines and county boundaries arecoincident, or cross several times within a relativelyshort distance, but where authoritative datasets(including commercial data) differ significantly. Thepresentation will detail the specific scenarios found atthese sites, offer background on the project within alarger Caltrans context, and discuss how to setachievable goals for data quality.

ID: 84 Easy, Fast, and Convenient: Adopting WebApplication Design Metrics to Develop InnovativeGeospatial Applications

Dennis WuthrichFarallon GeographicsGeospatial data and GIS analyses provide knowledgeacross an impressive suite of industries: localgovernment, utilities, emergency response, resourcemanagement, and many other business enterprises.Despite the ability of GIS to provide relevant insight tothese industries, in most organizations only a verysmall minority of people can use (or afford) traditionalGIS applications. The answer to improving access togeospatial information may not lie in pushingtraditional GIS to the web, but instead in using thephilosophy of the web (easy, fast, convenient) to

deliver geospatial knowledge to the people who needit: your clients and colleagues. This presentationexplores how Google Maps, Google Earth, MicrosoftVirtual Earth and other emerging technologies can beintegrated with traditional GIS tools such asgeodatabases and ArcGIS Server to deliver usefulapplications to broad user communities. These“enterprise mashups” promise to dramatically improvethe dissemination of GIS data and analyses to peoplewhile significantly reducing the cost of deploying andmaintaining GIS.

ID: 85 Forecasting and the Value of a Spatially-enabledEnterprise GIS: Good Information Leads to Good Decisions

Jeff SaundersFarallon GeographicsThe goal of most Asset Management Systems is toassist municipal decision-makers in tracking the use offunds for utility maintenance and capital improvementprojects. Over the past decade, these systems havecome to rely on GIS for managing the past andpresent condition of geographically located features,whether they are sewers, storm drains, electricalutilities, street signs or pavements. But for utilitymanagers, the real value of an integrated GIS andAsset Management System comes from the ability tomore effectively budget and allocate limited resourcesfor maintenance and operations. This presentation willhighlight the advantages of using enterprise GIS tosupport critical decisions about resource allocation forasset management by looking at a simple yet powerful“Project Selection” pavement managementapplication. The application offers a simple-to-useinterface that enables GIS novices to import pavement"what-if" scenarios from a pavement managementprogram, view them on the map, and then test howdifferent pavement treatment decisions drive futurebudget requirements.

ID: 86 Squeezing Value From Your Enterprise Geodatabase

Adam LodgeFarallon GeographicsProgressive organizations have spent millions of dollarsover the past decade collecting geodata, purchasingand deploying GIS software, and executing workflowsto maintain their enterprise GIS. This criticalinvestment affords centralized management of (andaccess to) geodata by the organization's desktop GISexperts. But the promise of traditional GIS to deliverhigh value, data rich applications to non-expert userstoo-often falls short. However, there are forward-looking strategies like decentralized databases andnon-traditional visualization tools that can close thegap between your GIS investment and its potentialbusiness value. Learn about innovative strategies andtechnologies that will help you squeeze that gap.

ID: 87 Developing Web Applications with Public andFreely Available APIs

Alexei PetersFarallon GeographicsThe GIS world changed when Google Earth wasintroduced. Subsequently, Google, Yahoo!, andMicrosoft have all developed extensive and freeApplication Programming Interface (API’s) for theirrespective online mapping products. These companiesspent lots of time and money developing the data andAPI’s necessary to support millions of users, and now youcan leverage that time and effort to disseminate yourown GIS data. This presentation will demonstrate someof the possibilities of integrating your GIS data with oneof the freely available API’s. Also explained will be someof the limitations and advantages of this integration aswell as data security. Welcome to the future of GIS!

ID: 88 Work Order and Service Request MonitoringSystem at the City of Houston

Jon PolayeSpatial

Based on eSpatial’s iSMART®, the City of Houston'sPublic Works and Engineering Department hasdeployed a Work Order and Service MonitoringApplication. This application extends a legacy systemthat registers problems derived from customercomplaints or inspections, resources used to solvethose problems (materials and labor), and tracks thebudget dedicated to water and wastewater issues andmaintenance. iSMART extends this system byproviding a Web based, enterprise solution integratedwith reporting and monitoring tools. The system, anintuitive application developed over just few months,analyzes historic data and represents this data in agraphical and easy to use manner that permits theusers to view the work status over maps of the City ofHouston . It shows the City quadrant displaying thecurrent active or work in progress work orders andopen Citizen Requests.

ID: 89 Annual Changes in Community Risk Factors andCharacteristics

Don TaylorCalifornia Department of EducationThe First 5 California GIS is a statewide, online, multi-program needs assessment system used to trackannual changes and inform evolving First 5 needs,systems integration and resource allocation activitiestargeting the health, education, and family functioningaspects of a young child’s life. Risk factors includeelementary schools ranking in the lower three decileson the California Academic Performance Index, andcensus tract “hot spots” of teenage birth andinadequate prenatal care utilization. Communityresources include state preschool sites, elementaryschools, family resource centers, First 5 and HealthyStart-funded elementary schools, WIC sites, Cal-SAFEsites, physician offices, hospitals, and various healthclinics. Community characteristics include census tractestimates of children aged 0-5 years and demographicvariables among women giving birth. We willdemonstrate the First 5 California GIS and discusshow risk factors and community characteristics vary inrelation to resources across geography and time.

ID: 90 Waterway Maintenance and Geospatial Information

Thomas MoorhouseClean Lakes, Inc.Open water, near shore and riparian area aquaticvegetation management techniques require accurateinformation to plan, implement, and monitor projectsin a challenging environment. Commercially availableweb based data, aerial imagery, GIS and GPS areincreasingly being used for a variety of requirementsfrom accurately quantifying abundance anddistribution of target species to regulatory reporting.Techniques being used will be presented.

ID: 91 Mobile (and other) Integration of GIS Datathrough the use of XML and Services

Ian Fitzgerald, GISPTruckee Donner Public Utility DistrictData models, database software, domain lists all areboth different between systems you wish to integrate,and through time will continue to change. Customizingintegration between two systems, without the abilityeasily and cheaply modify those changes within thecustomization, can have a profound effect on yourbusiness, and bottom line. Using XML and WindowsServices will ensure integration occurs near real-time,with fail safe methodology, and easy configuration asproducts change over time, without any re-customizationor programming of the interface. This integration is thewave of the future, and the methodology required tobuild such integration will be discussed.

ID: 92 3D Viewing of GIS layers and DEMs to ImproveMapping

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DEMs are readily available to support interpretations ofenvironment and geology. These DEMs have beengenerated using photogrammetry, IfSAR, and LiDAR.Because most of us perceive the world in 3D, usingDEMs to create 3D models makes it easier for us (andour clients, stakeholders, and the pubic) to understandthe data we have compiled in our GIS. Syntheticstereoscopic pairs can be created by draping images ormaps on a DEM and offsetting corresponding pixels inthe left and right image by an amount equivalent totheir elevation. Vertical exaggeration can be modified –it can be significantly increased to accentuate subtletopographic features in flat terrain. The synthetic stereopairs can be digitally mapped in a GIS, or left-right colorimages and red/blue anaglyphs can be plotted. Vectorlines (proposed pipelines, roads, parcel boundaries,etc.) can be embedded so that they are seen in 3D.Drainage derived from DEMs can be integrated andpollution sources more accurately identified. Vegetationpatterns that are influenced by slope, aspect, andelevation are interpreted more accurately when viewedin stereo. Red/blue anaglyphs can be e-mailed asgeoreferenced jpgs for GIS or “GeoPDFs”.

ID: 94 Extending Your GIS with Open Source

Charlie CrockerAutodeskTo help make it easier for developers to extend thedata access capabilities of their spatial applications,Autodesk released their FDO Data Access Technology(FDO) as an open source project under the OpenSource Geospatial Foundation™ (OSGeo™). Thisinitiative enables developers to tap into and extendthis powerful geospatial data access technology. FDOenables users to work seamlessly and natively on avariety of spatial and nonspatial databases, file formatsand web services, without the need for translation andrisk of data loss. We will show the power of FDO andhow easy it is to leverage several FDO Providersrecently developed by the open source community.These providers extend the data sources available toboth server and desktop GIS applications. You willleave this session understanding more about, FDO,why Autodesk open sourced this key technology, andhow easy it is to extend the power of your GIS.

ID: 95 Incorporating LiDAR Data into City of San JoséWorkflows

Vicky A GallardoCity of San JoséIn 2006, the City of San José, in cooperation with theCounty of Santa Clara and the Santa Clara ValleyWater District, launched a major project to acquirecounty wide LiDAR data with deliverables such as rawLiDAR files both classified and unclassified, a DigitalSurface Model and a Bare Earth Model, 1 and 5 footcontours, extracted vegetation and structure layers,and a top of bank layer for rivers, creeks and canals.This data is to be used for multiple GIS, engineeringand environmental purposes such as planningconstruction and maintenance, site assessment, floodplain mapping, and slope and viewshed analysis.Incorporation of such valuable and voluminousdatasets into City workflows has proven challenging.This talk will outline some of the issues that had tobe overcome to incorporate LiDAR data into Cityworkflows and cover lessons learned thus far fromsuch a large data implementation.

ID: 96 Leveraging your Geodatabase as a BusinessSystem

Garrett DunwoodySan Mateo County Assessorfor review: GIS plays an important role throughoutmany departments in San Mateo County. The future ofGIS at San Mateo County will be how to develop GISinto a business system that provides accurateinformation about complex systems; in a format that isintuitive and straightforward; that will allow the meansnecessary to make accurate and relevant decisions. As

a GIS Manager this approach presents the question ofhow do geospatial technologies provide the functionalimportance necessary to meet the dynamics of achanging world. There are many obstacles that makethe development of a system like this difficult. Eventhough geospatial technologies have been prevalentfor the last few decades their utilization as a businesssystem has been restricted. The bulk of this challengehas been how to create a paradigm shift in the wayspeople visualize and interact with spatial data, mapsand cartographic renderings.

ID: 97 Custom Tools Used for Workflow Managementand QA Processes in a Digital Landbase

Mark MorrisonMichael Baker, Jr., Inc.The AT&T Nevada and California GIS West team hascustomized several tools to improve its workflow,streamlining production and QA processes for thepurposes of maintaining a digital landbase of streets,parcels, and easements. Many ESRI tools are used outof the box, but other tools have been modified orcustom-created by the GIS team to maximizeperformance and quality. The purpose of the session isto demonstrate some of these customized tools, suchas the job tracking tool, which interacts with thedatabase regarding all pertinent information for eachjob. A few tools that will be shown accelerateproductivity and reduce error during the attributionprocess on both streets and parcel polygons. Otherediting and QA tools will be shown and discussed inthe context of the project and how the tools could beused to enhance quality assurance for any company’sGIS landbase project.

ID: 98 Web based mapping

Eric WaldmanMicrosoft Virtual Earth TeamIt started in the late 90’s with simple mapping anddirections. Web based mapping environments haveshifted into overdrive with the advent of highresolution aerial and oblique (birds-eye) imagery,hybrid mapping, and immersive 3D technology. Recentinnovations in web mapping technology and contenthave created new markets of users and have openedthe door to a wide array of developers. What is drivingthis revolution? Where is it taking us? What sorts ofapplications can we expect in the near future?

ID: 99 GIS Professional Certification and GISCI

RuthAnne HarbisonCity of MercedThis Power Point presentation was developed by theGIS Certification Institute. It provides information onthe professional certification process, how todetermine points necessary to qualify in the point-based system, how the process works, and GISCIInitiatives. Those attending this session will gain insiteabout professional certification in GIS.

ID: 100 Applied GIS: Mapping Environmental Health Data

Galatea KingCalifornia Environmental Health Tracking ProgramAs a component of the Central Valley/South CoastChildren’s Environmental Health Demonstration Project(CV/SC), the California Environmental Health TrackingProgram (CEHTP) explored the use of GIS to displayenvironmental health data that is useful and accessibleto the public. To map adverse birth outcomes, CEHTPused a process called density estimation mapping.This method involved calculating a grid of pointsregularly spaced at 0.5 mile intervals, which resulted inoverlapping buffers around each point. Simulatedrates of birth outcomes were assigned to each pointon the grid. Continuous, or raster, surfaces weregenerated using an inverse distance weightingalgorithm that considered the values of the nearesteight buffer centroids. Members of the CV/SCAdvisory Group played an integral role in informing

the data analysis and creation of maps. The AGmembers have used these maps to identifycommunities with high rates which could then betargeted for public health action.

ID: 101 Planning With GPS

David JacobusRBF ConsultingOver the last several months, the RBF Consulting GISDepartment has been incorporating the use of GPSdata collection into a number of different public sectorplanning projects. With the use of ESRI’s ArcPad 7 &Trimble’s GeoXT hand held receivers, RBF staff has beenable to efficiently save time & money by collecting GPSdata. The data collected was incorporated with variousplanning projects such as blight & inventory surveys,Master Plan updates & Transportation Planning projects.For this presentation, I will show examples of projectsthat RBF successfully delivered to out clients with thehelp of GPS data collection, and how they are using thatdata to their benefit today.

ID: 102 Local Update of Census Addresses Program

Linda AkersUS Census BureauThe Local Update of Census Addresses program, alsoknown as LUCA, is a decennial census geographicpartnership program that will allow the Census Bureauto benefit from local knowledge in developing itsMaster Address File (MAF) for the 2010 Census. Tribaland local governments can contribute to a morecomplete enumeration for their community byreviewing and commenting on the list of housing unitand group quarters addresses that the Census Bureauwill use to deliver questionnaires within theircommunity. This hour long presentation will focus onLUCA program concepts, requirements and scheduleas well as introduce the different participation optionsavailable to local, state and tribal governments.

ID: 103 Lessons Learned with Rapid Deployment of WebEnabling Geodata/Applications at City of San Mateo

Patrick CreveltCity of San MateoNever has it been easier to build and deploy webbased GIS applications. Web enabling data quicklyalso provides a great opportunity to continue toeducate and promote the value of GIS for city-wideapplications. However, with the benefit comeslimitations and this session will discuss some of thepitfalls of rapidly deploying data over the internet oryour intranet and where City of San Mateo is movingto solve these issues. Specific highlight will be; userinterface design, challenges with integrating vectorand raster geodata, selecting which data platform(vector vs raster) to build the web applications,managing customer expectations and more.

ID: 104 Parcel Basemap Geodata: Resolving the PublicRecords Controversy

Moderator: Bruce JoffeGIS ConsultantsThe California First Amendment Coalition lawsuitagainst Santa Clara County, in wake of the CaliforniaAttorney General's opinion that the distribution ofpublic-agency parcel data falls under the purview ofthe California Public Records Act, suggests that publicofficials responsible for parcel mapping may want torevise their current distribution policy. This sessionreviews the legal, political, and economic issues (publicaccess vs. the cost of data maintenance), and it offersfive strategies toward resolution that may beacceptable to many points of view. Constructivediscussion among session attendees is expected.

ID: 105 Digital Parcel Map Data Sharing Standards Issuesand Remedies

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Program AbstractsThere is a healthy common culture emerging out ofthe operations of over 55 out of the 58 Counties in theState of California. However, many newly createdparcel GIS databases, and some old ones, currentlyuse procedures so diverse they pose serious obstaclesto the creation of seamless regional/state cadastres.This panel explores emerging interests in reducingthese obstacles from a state, local and private sectorperspective. Also discussed, is how this goal can bebest met as a task within “GIS Commons”.

ID: 106 Contemporary Environmental Conservation inSan Diego County, California

Melanie CaseyCounty of San Diego, Dept of Planning and Land UseThe Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) is acomprehensive, longterm habitat conservation planwhich addresses the needs of species and preservationof natural vegetation communities in the unincorporatedarea of San Diego County. The goal of the plan is tomaintain and enhance biological diversity in the regionand maintain viable populations of endangered,threatened, and key sensitive species and their habitatswhile promoting regional economic viability. GeographicInformation Systems are being implemented to assistin making decisions regarding species coverage andpreserve design. Application of many aspects of GIS arepresented through example of this conservation plan forthe east portion of San Diego County.

ID: 107 GIS in DoC - It's More Than Just Paper Maps

Robert YohaCalifornia Department of ConservationIf you are looking for GIS information on landconservation programs, oil and gas resources, mineralresources, geologic and seismic hazards, earthquakeinformation or even beverage container recyclingzones, you’ll find it in the Department of Conservation(DoC). GIS in DoC started with one workstation andthree people in 1980. Today, 16 programs and morethan 100 technical staff use geospatial technology to:monitor loss of farmland and urbanization; conserveopen space; manage the State's oil, gas andgeothermal resources; zone seismic hazards such asliquefaction and slope failure; remediate abandonedmines; and, map mineral resources and geologichazards such as asbestos and radon – just to name afew things we do. In the process, staff have developednew approaches such as using radar and LIDAR forterrain mapping and slope analysis; 3-D visualization;hyperspectral analysis of structural geology; puttingthe USGS DOQQs into the public domain, and more.

ID: 108 San Mateo County Fire Jurisdiction Map

Jie HeSan Mateo CountyThis map illustrates the Fire Agencies’ plan checkresponsibility area through out the San Mateo County.The uniqueness of the map is: 1)It not only identify eachfire Jurisdiction’s responsible area as to distinguish fromothers, it also show the unincorporated county land thatcontract their fire responsibility to surround fire agenciesother than CDF (California State Department of Fire andForest). The color themes illustrate the relationshipbetween those areas and their correspondingcontracted fire agency. 2)It delineates the special taxareas that belong to San Mateo County, but pay tax tospecial agencies other than San Mateo County. 3)Itshows all the fire stations through out the county. 4)Themaps has been used by CDF, 14 fire jurisdictions in thecounty, LAFCo and county manager office on taxdistribution and some fire jurisdiction merge issues.

ID: 109 GIS in the organization

John HuieContra Costa CountyHow can GIS be positioned within an organization tostage it for success? Particularly when the organizationis large and complex? This presentation will use Contra

Costa County experience to discuss some models thathave worked well for us. We will spend time discussinghow GIS is funded, how it was "sold" to theorganization, what the oversight and governancemodel looks like, what we do to encouragecollaboration across departments, how we measuresuccess, what types of products have come out of theeffort and where we see GIS headed for us over thenext few years. We will also welcome open discussionand solicit input from other agencies that havealternative models that have worked well for them.

ID: 110 Promoting the value of GIS: CaliforniaDepartment of Health Services experience

Svetlana SmorodinskyCalifornia Department of Health ServicesCalifornia Department of Health Services (CDHS)increasingly has been utilizing GIS technology in manyof its programs, ranging from emergencypreparedness and environmental health surveillance tomapping nutrition data and teen birth rates. Still, manyCDHS staff and managers are not aware of GIS or howthis technology may complement their work as avisualization, analysis and decision-support tool. To thiseffect, a team of CDHS GIS users has organized avariety of activities to promote understanding of GISand its value within the Department. In 2006, the firstCDHS GIS Day had over 300 individuals fromSacramento and Richmond offices participate in thedemonstrations, poster displays, a noon-time lecture,the CDHS GIS Day Intranet/Extranet Site, and the“Where in California Are You?” contest. In thispresentation, we will discuss the outreach efforts andprojects at CDHS that promote the value of GIS, whilestandardizing its use among programs.

ID: 111 UCB Fire Center: Providing science-basedsolutions to wildfire-related challenge

Casey CleveUC BerkeleyThe UC Berkeley Center for Fire Research andOutreach was established in 2005, with the mission toprovide tools and science-based solutions to wildfire-related challenges. This presentation will provide anoverview of our three current key activities: creating astatewide urban “burnability” index map for Californiain collaboration with California Department of Forestryand Fire Protection; investigating the spatialrelationship between extreme fire weather and firefrequency using high-resolution modeled weatherdata; and the development of the Fire InformationEngine Toolkit. The FIE Toolkit allows homeowners andcommunities to better understand parcel level firehazards using a science-based wildfire hazardassessment and interactive web-based mappingapplication. It also provides search-by-address wildfiremaps for California, up-to-the-minute wildfire news,and the California Active Fire Mapper.

ID: 112 An Overview of the Benefits and Uniqueness ofLiDAR Terrain Data for Regional Mapping Projects

Devin KelleyHJW GeoSpatial, IncLiDAR-derived terrain data continues to gain wide-spreadacceptance as a fast turnaround, cost effective, highly-accurate solution for regional terrain data products.During 2006, HJW GeoSpatial was involved with roughly2500 square miles of LiDAR related processing, mainly forcountywide datasets. LiDAR terrain data has uniquequalities that can provide dramatic benefits overtraditional data sources. These same unique qualitiesmust be understood by the data end-user, in order to getthe most out of the data, and use it appropriately. Inaddition to its obvious use for bare-earth terraininformation, LiDAR data is inherently rich with featureinformation that can be extracted, modeled and analyzedin GIS environments. This paper outlines specific benefitsof LiDAR that make it appealing, as well the uniquecharacteristics that make it different from traditional aerialmapping terrain products.

ID: 113 Real-time, Real-world Location-enabled ServiceOriented Architectures

Justin M. LokitzAcquis, Inc.Location information is ubiquitous; it can be foundacross all lines of business, all industries, and invirtually every organization in the world. However, asever-present as location information seems to be,enterprises often rely on geographical informationsystems that are far removed from the overallenterprise (enterprise data and business processes). Inthis session we will discuss how location informationcan play a part in the wider enterprise: via SOA.

ID: 116 Spatial Analysis of Selenium in the Salton Sea

Seth StarkCH2M HillAs part of the Draft Programmatic EnvironmentalImpact Report prepared by the California Departmentof Fish and Game and the Department of WaterResources with assistance from CH2M HILL, spatialanalysis of selenium in the Salton Sea was performedfor the no action alternatives and eight proposedalternatives for ecosystem restoration at the Sea. Bothhistoric and modern selenium samples were used in theanalysis, requiring the data to be compiled into a singledatabase. Once the database was created, ESRI'sSpatial Analyst extension was used to interpolate araster dataset for the entire Sea based on 360 historicand modern samples ranging in date from 1995 to2005. Using the interpolated data and the actualsample points, analysis was performed to determineamounts of selenium present in each proposed habitattype for each of the alternatives. This paper discussesthe methods used for that analysis and the results.

ID: 117 CIRGIS participation in the National Map

Paul Van ZuyleChannel Islands Regional GIS CollaborativeThe Channel Islands Regional GIS Collaborativepublishes a Web Mapping Service (WMS) for inclusionin the National Map. With assistance from the FederalGeographic Data Committee's CooperativeAgreement Program, CIRGIS has collected data frommembers, established an ArcIMS server that uses bothlocal and distributed data, and developed applicationsthat use these resources. Along the way, CIRGISlearned how to tap both the data resources and thetechnical capabilities of its members, and to overcomesome of the difficulties inherent in interagencycooperation. The benefits of the project includebroader availability of local data to homeland securityand emergency responders, and a platform forbuilding local and regional GIS applications that canbe shared across many users. The data in the CIRGISservice includes parcels, high-resolution color imagery,elevations from LIDAR and address points, and is easilycombined with other data in applications suchArcExplorer Web Edition

ID: 118 Qui est Roi de la Monarchie?

Fred VoglerMarin County Community Development AgencyThe metaphor for a government organization is amonarchy (not a business). It is inappropriate and self-defeating to use business evaluators such as return oninvestment to assess “value” when departments rarelyknow the cost of providing a given service. The best wayto show the value of GIS is to please the King. Here’s how.

ID: 119 Use of GIS in Mapping Levee FoundationMaterials - Sacramento Delta Region

Christopher HitchcockWilliam Lettis & Associates, Inc.Integration of multiple historic and geotechnical datalayers has allowed mapping of the likely composition ofnatural foundation materials underlying man-madelevees along the lower Sacramento and San JoaquinRivers, including hydraulic mining deposits and man-


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made fills. These foundation materials influence, in part,the susceptibility of the levees in the Sacramento Deltato failure during large flood events and earthquakes.Products include a series of GIS map layers that depictthe: (1) distribution of historical landforms (includingnatural levees, floodplains, and stream channels); (2)likely locations of historic hydraulic mining sediment; (3)lateral extent of man-made levees; (4) distribution andcomposition of historic fills, including levees; and (5)likely composition of foundation materials underlyinglevees. Results of this GIS-based study are being usedfor ecosystem restoration planning and evaluation oflevee system integrity.

ID: 120 Using Street-level Imagery at the City of Livermore

Won Yi@CityThis presentation will demonstrate the latesttechnology in web-based street-level imagery and howit helped the City of Livermore to achieve savings,productivity increase and service enhancement thatresulted in winning of the Grand Prize of HelenPutnam Award for Excellence at the League ofCalifornia Cities in 2006. Citywide deployment of thestreet-level imagery benefited multiple departments ofcity government with useful features such as 360-degree panoramic view at every data capture point,visual management of above-ground infrastructure,public safety, quick search of images by multiplecriteria, measurement and data extraction. Thisimagery can be easily integrated with other geospatialsoftwares and database for multiple applications andcollaboration over the intranet by multipledepartments like Public Works, Police, Planning, etc.

ID: 121 Infill Development Planning using GIS Modelingwith Parcel Information Gaps

Doug MendePsomasAs developable land becomes scarce and moreexpensive in California, developers are designing urbaninfill projects using fragmented reusable and vacantland within city cores. This has occurred for severaldecades in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, andOrange Counties. Currently, the Inland Empire andCentral Valley regions are experiencing these moreintensified demands for infill development. In responseto this, government is struggling to managing growththrough various policies. Combined with smart growthinitiatives, infill development planning is seen as a wayto limit sprawl, provide savings in transportation andinfrastructure costs, conserve agricultural land, andcause less damage to natural habitats. GIS has beenused in every large infill development model. However,are GIS methods showing us an accuraterepresentation of infill potential? This study provides alook at several sites where GIS modeled data iscompared to field tested data with City planning staffinputs on what is being formally proposed. The resultsare surprisingly intriguing.

ID: 122 Mapping a Measure of HIV Acquisition Risk inSan Diego County

Rebecca L. HorneCalifornia Department of Health Services, Office of AIDSIn preparation for a survey of heterosexual San DiegoCounty residents at increased risk for HIV infection,ArcGIS was used to create a choropleth map of HighRisk Areas (HRAs). HRAs were defined as zip codeswith high rates of HIV/AIDS attributed to heterosexualexposure (from California’s HIV/AIDS ReportingSystem) and high rates of poverty (from the 2000Census). A measure of HIV risk for each zip code wascreated by summing the standardized morbidity ratiofor HIV/AIDS and that for poverty. Zip codes above aspecific cut-off point were selected as HRAs. Theseselected HRAs 1) serve as the focal point for thestudy’s goal of assessing HIV risk behaviors, testingbehaviors, and prevention among the targetpopulation, 2) are the basis of the social network

based sampling methodology where HRA residentsmay refer others into the study, and 3) informed thelocation of appropriate interview sites.

ID: 123 Finding Your Spatial Return on Investment inLocal Government

Stephen HoffmanIntergraphThe days of implementing spatial systems becauseothers were doing it or because it “made sense” areover. More and more often, those tasked withimplementing spatial systems in local government arebeing forced to demonstrate what the return oninvestment (ROI) will be so that decision makers canprioritize among the many requests for funds that theyface. This paper explains ROI in local governmentterms which are often different than a private sectorbottom line. The paper also describes ways to beginto measure ROI in local government and suggestswhere to find your largest ROI. Where to find your ROIcan vary greatly depending upon the level of spatialmaturity of your organization. In conclusion, severalreal world examples will be used to illustrate how ROIcan be achieved and measured.

ID: 124 Lessons Learned: Building a ComprehensiveSubstructure Utility Database at LAX

Mike SabbatinoCarter & BurgessLos Angeles World Airports has been engaged forseveral years in the development of a comprehensivesubstructure utility database. The first majoraccomplishments of the LUSAD (LAWA Utility Surveyand Documentation) project resulted in thedevelopment of a record drawing inventory, a utilitydatabase, and viewing tools for LAX. As LAWA initiatesthe development of similar data at its other airportcampuses in Ontario, Van Nuys, and Palmdale we havetaken time to revisit the approach taken for LAX. Fromthis assessment, we have developed an understandingof what worked, what didn’t, and what we might havedone differently. As a result of this honest assessment,a revised project approach has been developed totackle the data development and integration activitiesfor the other airports.

ID: 125 Using Google Maps to Present EnvironmentalHealth Data

Melvin S. BernsteinAlameda CountyUsing GIS plus Alameda County Department ofEnvironmental Health program data, this Google Mapsapplication ("Google Maps Analyzer") creates browser-based displays showing facility/site locations exhibitinga certain characteristic(s). In addition to a map, twopopups are produced: (1) A detail table window listsdata by facility/site. (2) A map marker navigationwindow contains links by facility/site name. Thewebsite is currently limited to internal use.

ID: 126 Variations in Pipeline Diameter by County

Yara JassoCDMPoster was completed to show pipeline diameter invarious counties.

ID: 127 Synergy Between DFIRM Updates andHAZUS®MH Assessment for Orange County, CA

Ray LenaburgFEMAA pilot project intended to demonstrate the synergybetween Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA)’s Map Modernization update of a countywideDigital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) for OrangeCounty, CA and FEMA’s HAZard U.S., Multi-Hazard(HAZUS®MH) developed for FEMA by the NationalInstitute of Building Standards, natural hazard lossestimation software, with products useful toemergency preparedness and mitigation planning.

HAZUS®MH will be a tool used to create aCountywide Risk Assessment Report for flood andearthquake, and a Guidelines Document to allow othercounties or communities to conduct a similarenhancement, will be useful for mitigation planning,public outreach, disaster preparedness, and responseplanning. At the end of this pilot project, FEMAintends for Orange County to have an updated DFIRMas well as material required to update their HazardMitigation Plan and additional data ready for riskassessment and emergency preparedness.

ID: 128 Bay Area Business Park Catalog

Steve RaneyCities21.orgCommute analysis, aerial imagery, and advancedtransportation route maps of 17 Bay Area job centers.Data enables mathematically optimized bus routeplanning and improves “commute trip reduction”target marketing. Includes comparisons of data qualityfrom different sources. The 17 centers support a totalof 594,000 jobs. Solo driving commute mode sharevaries from 85% to 65%. Project funding comes from aU.S. EPA sustainability study, “Transforming OfficeParks into Transit Villages.” The study pioneers newways to reduce suburban climate impact.

ID: 129 Integrating Spatial Technology Across a StateEnterprise

Jeff AkersCH2M HILL Enterprise Management SolutionsArnold Schwarzenegger recently announced the needto invest billions of dollars across the entire state ofCalifornia in the area of infrastructure redevelopment.This investment will touch virtually every majordepartment across the entire state enterprise. Theconcept of spatially-enabling this infrastructureinvestment has significant return on investment impactfor the entire campaign. As part of this presentation,case studies will include an enterprise-wide solutionbeing implemented for Knox County, TN thataddresses more than 100 work processes, as well as aspatial solution addressing land management andemergency response needs.

ID: 130 GIS Data Quality Management Shortcomings,Failings of the GIS Community

Craig GoochPsomasIt is often said that data is the heart of a GIS. If so,bypass surgery may be in order for the public sectorGIS community. Enterprise GIS applications demandrobust data, the equivalent of continuously running amarathon. Sadly, many agencies are not adequatelyprepared for the race. Experience working withhundreds of local governments’ data sources indicatesdata management practices are highly varied andoften inadequate to address the demands of today’sGIS application needs. Often data quality reflectsminimum needs for a narrowly defined use, and thusfalls short in fulfilling broader organizational needs.Today’s trends towards enterprise GIS enablesenhanced delivery of government services, yetexpectation fulfillment is hampered by poor dataquality from legacy systems and affected by poormanagement practices. This paper will present a seriesof best practices that may be applied at any stage ofthe data development and maintenance lifecycle.Industry data standards and best practices present astructured approach for defining and delivering datathat fulfills organizational needs and anticipatesfuture needs. These practices may be applied as acomprehensive methodology or individually adaptedto address specific needs.

ID: 131 GIS Development Through CollaborativeGovernment Partnerships

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Program AbstractsMany successful GIS projects have been accomplishedby government agencies helping governmentagencies. Agencies with years of GIS experience haveoften shared knowledge and business applicationswith those who are just starting out and are looking totake their capabilities to the next level. Collaborationhappens in many different ways, including shared datacollection initiatives, application code sharingagreements, and shared funding to build new orenhance existing GIS-enabled applications. Thispresentation will discuss several successful initiativesfrom around the country where collaboration has beenthe key to successful GIS applications. The examplescover specific collaboration efforts that have occurredamong 1)state/local agencies in a state, 2)stateagencies from different states, 3)Federal & stateagencies. The presentation will also discuss thebenefits of collaboration, such as reducing the cost ofGIS implementation and the specific collaborationagreements that were used to ensure everyonebenefited from the collaboration.

ID: 132 Using GIS and a Database Application toimprove Stormwater Management in SD Bay

Rick HendricksonRBF ConsultingThe NPDES Municipal Stormwater Permit requires thePort of San Diego to minimize pollutants in stormwaterrunoff by annually inspecting facilities on Port tidelands,assessing BMP implementation, and reporting onfindings. The Port and RBF Consulting developed a GISand database application that streamlines theinspection process and greatly improves BMPassessment and annual reporting requirements.Customized electronic inspection forms are generatedfrom the database and include a map that depictsstorm drain system components associated with eachfacility. The database improves data management bystoring annual inspection data and creating customizedinspection reports, including summaries of BMPimplementation. A pollutant tracing application is alsobeing developed in conjunction with the database toallow Port staff to quickly identify possible pollutantsources when a problem is detected within the stormdrain system. This GIS and database applicationincreases the cost effectiveness of the Port’sStormwater Program while ensuring Permit compliance.

ID: 133 Using KML Regions to Display Large Data Sets inGoogle Earth

Roger AndreGoogleWith the release of KML version 2.1, Googleintroduced the concept of Regions. With Regions,users of Google Earth now have the ability to displayvery large data sets without negatively impacting theperformance of the application. They also have theability to control what data is displayed over aparticular location in a hierarchical fashion. Regionscan be applied to any of the data types supported byGoogle Earth and have been successfully used todisplay large orthophoto mosaics, high-resolutionDRG's, and very high feature-count point andlinestring data sets. The ability for users to displaytheir own data in a fashion similar to what is used todisplay Google's default content opens the door for awide variety of uses. This presentation will illustrate theuse of Regions in Google Earth, and discuss ways ofapplying them to imagery and vector data.

ID: 136 GIS-Based Utility Master Planning at San DiegoState University: A Case Study

Douglas HenstridgeCarter & Burgess, Inc.With significant growth in enrollment and agingfacilities, San Diego State University is embarking on amajor capital improvement program, which mayrequire major upgrades to existing utility infrastructure.This drove the decision to embark on a comprehensiveutility master planning effort. This effort presented the

university with the opportunity to developed acomprehensive campus-wide utility system inventorysupporting complete condition and capacityassessments. To support this SDSU engaged Carter &Burgess to map and locate substructure utilitycomponents, prepare a spatial database, performcondition assessment activities, and prepare astrategic plan for future utility system requirements.Beyond immediate needs, the spatial database willsupport maintenance and facility management andenable SDSU staff to track future location,maintenance, and condition of utilities. This willstreamline how SDSU manages utility infrastructure,ensure consistent maintenance, and reduce costassociated with locating or repairing utilities damagedduring construction projects.

ID: 137 Supporting California Healthcare: Using GIS inthe Enterprise

Michael O'NeillCA Office of Statewide Health Planning and DevelopmentThe CA Office of Statewide Health Planning andDevelopment (OSHPD) is in its 7th year of planning for,implementing, and improving enterprise GISoperations (EGIS). EGIS improves OSHPD’s ability toexecute its missions by advancing its ability to analyze,monitor, and disseminate information about healthcarequality statewide. The data comes from healthcarefacilities statewide and is used by all levels ofgovernment, insurers, consultants, healthprofessionals, researchers, and health serviceproviders. GIS capabilities and usage are growing atOSHPD to the point where geospatial services arebecoming mission-critical. This poster will depict themany ways GIS is used currently and will be used in thefuture at our agency and the benefits gained from theinvestment in GIS technology.

ID: 138 Mobile GIS and Tablet PC - Benefits and Lessons

Han ChuPsomasThe Phoenix International Airport has been providingservices to the citizens through its Community NoiseReduction Program (CNRP), in which noise affectedresidents/homes are relocated/sound mitigated. Psomasdeveloped customized mobile GIS applications to bedeployed on tablet PCs with the CNRP field personnelcollecting data, fill out forms, and addressing customerrequests. The program met its intended goals byimproving the data currency, accuracy, and customerservice level, while minimizing errors, duplicativeprocesses, and resource requirements including staff aswell as time. Although portable computing has beenaround, wireless technology has only recently becomesufficiently advanced to allow users to haveuncompromised access to enterprise GIS. Current andupcoming wireless technologies, hardware considerations,practical lessons learned by the industry, and cost/benefitswill be discussed, followed by a case study.

ID: 139 Improving the Accuracy and Completeness ofUtility Data at MCAS Miramar

David S. JohnsonIntergraphMCAS Miramar has been working for over 5 years toimprove the accuracy and completeness of their GISdata. This presentation will focus on methods used toimprove data quality. Survey grade 3D GPS was used tocollect over 10,000 above ground features, an electronicas-built data base was created, 3" imagery collectedand utility specialists queried as part of the process.

ID: 140 Examining the Distribution of Monodominant(Dicymbe corymbosa)Tropical Forests in Guyana withSatellite Imagery

Rebecca DegagneHumboldt State UniversityWhen rapid acquisition of information is necessary,remote-sensing can be a cost effective solution to

mapping landcover over large areas and in regions ofthe world where ground-based measurements arelacking due to physical or socioeconomicinaccessibility or high acquisition costs. This projectuses GIS and low cost, medium resolution Landsatimagery to examine the regional distribution ofDicymbe corymbosa, a monodominant rainforest treefound in the Pakaraima Mountains of western Guyana.Dicymbe corymbosa forests have unique traits thatmay help scientists better understand thephenomenon of high species diversity in the Tropics,and act as habitat islands for numerous species ofnewly-discovered ectomycorrhizal fungi. Distributioninformation is critical to broader study of the speciesand for gaging appropriate future conservationactions. For this project, the value of GIS and remotesensing was demonstrated by the knowledge gainedabout this relatively unknown forest system on alimited budget (less than $3000).

ID: 141 Avalanche Hazards on MT Shasta

David PattersonUS Forest ServiceThis presentation is a cursory analysis of probableavalanche areas on Mt.Shasta, a volcano in the CascadeMountain Range. With approximately 15,000 visitorseach year, this area was chosen as the study site due toits numerous recreation opportunities. The analysis wasconducted with respect to terrain, specifically slope andaspect, and influence on potential slides. Discussionincludes types of avalanches, other factors contributingto possible slides and impact on Mt. Shasta's climbingroutes by these slide areas. Several maps have beencreated to illustrate how these slide areas are affectedby terrain factors.

ID: 142 GIS for the Lower Division Geography Lab

William HarmonOhlone CollegeIn this presentation we will describe how we asgeography instructors at Ohlone College, in additionto offering a GIS certificate, are integrating GISactivities and exercises into our lower divisionGeography Labs (Geography 101L)

ID: 144 Delivering Documents – GIS for Low CostDocument Management

Jean-Paul LavoieGeodesyThe City of Palo Alto takes advantage of their GIS andits comprehensive list of city street names and addressnumbers to create a simple, low cost documentmanagement system that uses just a set of Windowsfolders and files for document storage. This system,called Dox, was created as an interim solution tobridge the gap between an aging, dedicated opticaldisk-based system and a future ERP system. Dox isnow used across multiple departments and providesquick, spatially indexed access to thousands ofscanned paper documents and digital documents.Documents are added to the system by scanning orprinting to PDF (or another format) and dragging thedocument to the appropriate folder. They are retrievedusing Windows Explorer, the City's GIS, or a smart-client application called DoxView. Dox was inexpensiveto create and populate, takes little administration, andis widely used.

ID: 145 Using GIS to Identify Infill Housing Opportunitiesin the City of Los Angeles

Dave Van MouwerikIGIS Technologies, IncThe City of Los Angeles must meet future housingneeds as defined by population projections throughthe year 2030 by SCAG (Southern CaliforniaAssociation of Governments). An important strategyfor the city planners working on future housing is theability to identify parcels ripe for infill housingdevelopment. An ArcGIS Server-based application


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ID: 146 Migrating basemaps to TeleAtlas: Challengesand data rectification strategies

Prashant Jawalikarbd Systems, Inc.Regional Transit Database (RTD) of MetropolitanTransportation Commission (MTC) of San FranciscoBay area contains more than 30000 transit stops, 3000landmarks, 600 route shapes (route geometries) andvarious polygons representing agency service areas,fare zone maps, etc. These spatial datasets are createdbased on Thomas Brother’s maps. As Tele Atlas mapsare more current MTC has selected TeleAtlas basemapfor San Francisco bay area transit agencies. Thebasemap migration results in uneven displacement ofthe point, line and polygon data. Rectification ofunevenly displacement of spatial data, so that itmaintains the spatial reference with the TeleAtlasbasemap, will be discussed. Strategies to rectify thedata automatically using ArcObjects/VB.NET scripts aswell as manual correction will be discussed. Phasedapproach to transition entire dataset from ThomasBrother’s to TeleAtlas basemap will be presented alongwith other lessons learned during the process.

ID: 147 GIS analysis of potential future renewableenergy generation

Mui LayUniversity of California, DavisCalifornia's population growth and energy demandswill continue to increase in the coming years. The goalfor California is to have 20% of the energy producedby the year 1210 come from renewable energy sourcessuch as wind, biomass, solar, etc. GIS tools arecurrently used to evaluate potential future renewablegeneration within the state.

ID: 148 Automatic Image Processing and Fusion for GISApplications

Jacob YadegarUtopiaCompression CorporationThe availability of high-quality digital imagery withincreasingly fine resolution has boosted the value ofGIS but has also introduced new challenges. Moreimportantly, importing, rectifying and registering high-resolution imagery against existing images (forcorrection, update, and fusion) are highly subjectiveand labor-intensive tasks, which cannot be automatedby the existing GIS tools in the market. This workdescribes a new software tool for achieving completeautomation of the abovementioned tasks. Theefficiency and effectiveness of the software suite isdemonstrated by a case study in which GIS images (ofLos Angeles area) with heterogeneous resolutions areautomatically processed and fused for image/mapupdating. We show that deployment of the automatedsoftware suite will greatly reduce the production time(from days in manual processing to minutes ofcomputer processing), providing more accurateand reliable results, and therefore ensuring userconsistency within and across organizations.

ID: 149 Community Impact Assessment using a GIS

Gary LaskyCaltransCommunity Impact Assessment is the evaluation of thesocial and economic impacts of a proposed highwayproject on communities. A CIA is required of federally-funded highway projects to ensure the equitabledistribution of project impacts. The first step in a CIA isto define and profile a project study area and thesurrounding region. Next, spatial and attribute datafrom Census, demographic, employment, business,road, traffic, and Land Use forecasts are secured,thanks to the availability of free, downloadable datafrom government sources. Finally, the impacts of theproject, pro and con, are estimated for the future. GIS

can have significant value in the production andanalysis of a CIA. Advantages of GIS include:enhanced quality and consistency and improvedunderstanding of the CIA analysis by decision makersand the public.

ID: 150 Quickly Conveying Useful Information To YourAudience

Megan SaylesURS CorporationThe value of GIS is not only measured in themagnitude of the data it can compare but also in thetimeliness in which it can occur. URS Corporationutilizes GIS in many ways and my project demonstratesboth of these qualities in the quantity of data layersused and the speed which an answer can be derived.Over 20 data layers were mapped on a convenientsized tabloid sheet in which significant biologicalconstraints were easily observed. To meetrequirements all areas of the project had to have anarcheological survey in the last ten years. Several hadbeen done over this time frame, but their entire extentwas not known. By gathering all the survey boundariesinto a GIS the gaps in survey coverage were quicklyconveyed. At all stages of the project maps andinformation generated from the GIS were invaluable toall the interested parties.

ID: 151 Silver Strike

James K. CrossfieldDept. of Civil and Geomaics Engineering andConstruction, CSU, FresnoGeographic location has a direct bearing upon theprobability of finding significant quantities of silvercoin at banking institutions in California. Recordsdetailing a comprehensive evaluation of over onemillion half dollars will be used. Correlations betweenmedian wage, average age, population density,education level and yield of silver coin in various citiesand counties across a broad spectrum of centralCalifonia will be analyzed. Whether or not poorer, lesswell educated, sparsley populated areas are morelikely to produce greater quantities of silver coin willbe resolved.

ID: 153 GeoSync: Low Cost Tool to Extract, Geocodeand Load Spatial Data

Satinder Bhalla bd Systems,IncCounty of Los Angeles needs to extract the data fromremote departmental databases containing addresses,geocode addresses on the fly and add geocodedaddresses to spatial repository. Data in the remotedatabase changes frequently hence a tool which canautomatically synchronizes the data from the source withcentral GIS repository was needed. A low cost extract,geocode and load [EGL] tool was developed. A .NETweb application was developed to collect the user dataand setup data synchronization task was created.Information about the remote database, field mappings,GIS repository was collected during the process of tasksetup. Synchronizer and Reporting services weredeveloped to run pending tasks and reporting theresults of completed task runs to users. SoftwareDevelopment, GIS and Project Management challengesfaced while developing this application will bediscussed. Scenarios in government or private industrywhere similar applications can be used will be presented.

ID: 154 The Value Of GIS In A Mid-sized EngineeringFirm: Bridging The Gap

Gavin O'LearyProvost & Pritchard Engineering, IncProvost & Pritchard Engineering, Inc. began using GIStechnologies five years ago as an alternative to CAD mapcreation. Attribute based spatial data was somewhatforeign to engineers and surveyors in the company.Showing the value of GIS technology in an engineeringenvironment has been an ongoing education. GIS has

become a necessary tool to meet client needs, and hasgrown from basic map creation to supporting engineersin project tasks. Specific ways that GIS has become avaluable tool at our company will be discussed. Theseinclude GIS techniques for supporting land developmentmaster planning, survey grade GPS with attributecollection, municipal planning, and agricultural waterfacilities design. Techniques for integrating GIS withengineering projects will be discussed. Also, I willhighlight lessons learned while ‘bridging the informationgap’ between the two disciplines of engineering andgeospatial data management.

ID: 155 Spatial Reconciliation: How I put myself out of a job

Gloria HumbleCity of Palo AltoThe City of Palo Alto developed two GIS databasesbecause of differing departmental needs and projecttiming. The Engineering database had to be accurateto support infrastructure management regardless ofhow long its construction took. Planning needed a toolto support the City's Comprehensive Plan and couldn'twait. So Planning built a topologically correct butloosely positioned base map as an interim solution. Inthe subsequent years, each department built a rich setof thematic layers on their respective base maps. In2006, when the more accurate engineering base mapwas finally complete, it became feasible to merge thetwo databases. The task included positionaladjustments, data model changes, and unexpectedpolitical challenges. The result provides a consistentdata set, reduced data maintenance efforts, and loweradministrative costs due to a reduction in GIS supportstaff. This presentation outlines the issues thatsurfaced during this process and the applied solutions.

ID: 156 Spatial Solutions as Small Business Opportunities

Jerry PlattUniversity of RedlandsRecently, the University of Redlands received a $1million grant from the U.S. Small BusinessAdministration (SBA). The grant program is a collectionof initiatives that focus on spatial solutions to smallbusiness problems and opportunities. Features of thegrant include professional growth and development ofGIS expertise by faculty, development of a frameworkfor GIS applications specific to small businessesoperating within the Southern California “InlandEmpire”, and outreach programs that includes local andnational workshops, hosting an international conference,and development of a Small Business GIS website.

ID: 158 Wiki GIS: Transition to a Distributed System

Craig ParadaSan José’s GIS is flexible, rapid reacting, and relativelyinexpensive. This is because it is a confederation ofusers rather than a Central Geographic InformationCenter. The members contribute to, and draw from, acooperatively maintained set of files. All of themembers’ files are to be available to all of theparticipants, but data is “owned” by those who careabout it most. No user can alter another member’sfiles. San José avoided the “big system” approach,and with it, the “big investment” hurdles and “bigfailure” risks. Spreading the ownership empowers thestaff and all the participants.

ID: 159 Mapping Planning Points of Dispersion andPopulations in Santa Clara County

David HillSanta Clara County Public Health DepartmentThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hasdesignated Mass Prophylaxis (MP) planning as a 'targetcapability' and national priority. Potential 'category A'bioterrorist agent diseases include anthrax, plague,smallpox, and tularemia. Speedy and appropriateantibiotic prophylaxis against inhalational anthrax mayprotect against what could cause 90% mortality amongthe exposed. The Santa Clara County Public Health

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Program AbstractsDepartment is assisting in coordination of PODplanning, collaborating with 15 cities to create acomprehensive Mass Prophylaxis plan. Based onmodeling and throughput calculations, we recommendthat for every 20,000 persons, one stationary free-standing POD is made accessible. To date, cities havenominated a variety of facilities including communitycenters, schools, and corporate sites for use as PODs.Using ArcGIS, we represented population density bycensus tract and geocoded currently approved PODsin order to assist cities in prioritizing futurenominations for POD locations.

ID: 160 Wildfire Risk Information Product

Marcus GlassSanborn Mapping CompanyThe CWRIP is a thematic GIS data product (map) thatdescribes the level of wildfire risk on a per pixel basis forall of California. Each pixel is 25m by 25m. A primarydataset, Wildfire Threat, defines the annual likelihood ofa wildfire occurring. Threat is classified from Low toExtreme (i.e. Extreme represents <20 years for a fire tooccur, etc.). Other supplemental data that describeswildfire fuels and fire history is also included. TheCWRIP is required to help fire planners developprevention and mitigation activities to reduce the risk tothe public and property. The product tells you wherewildfire is most likely to occur (which areas are mostprone to a wildfire occurring). This information is usedby planners to schedule mitigation efforts, such ashazardous fuels treatments, and to promote prevention,such as communicating defensible space to the public.The information will also aid local government inidentifying wildfire prone areas and justifying fundingfrom state and federal programs for mitigation throughNFP and Pre-Disaster Mitigation grants.

ID: 161 Pediatric Health in Santa Clara County:Challenges and Opportunities

Leah VaughnSanta Clara County Department of Public HealthUnderstanding Health Disparities in children; CaliforniaHealth Kids Survey

ID: 162 Integrating High Resolution Imagery with ArcGISfor Urban Water Conservation

Andrew LewisSanborn Mapping CompanyWater conservation is quickly becoming a crucial issue,particularly in arid regions of the US. Growingpopulations and increased landscaping threaten todrain supplies. With California accounting for morethan 20% of all irrigation in the US, now is the time tocreate a vision for effective water conservation.Sanborn uses a set of automated, statistical analyses tocreate detailed landcover maps using imagery fromsatellite or aerial platforms. Areas of landcover such asturf grass, shrubs, tree, bare ground, structures, andwater features are all clearly identified. By overlayingparcel vectors on the maps, each parcel is analyzed tocreate a database of irrigated landcover types withineach parcel. Integrating this data with local weatherinformation and standard evapotranspiration models inSanborn’s H2Observe application, analysts produce anaccurate monthly estimate of ideal irrigation water use.Comparing estimates to actual water usage identifiescustomers using inefficient irrigation practices.

ID: 163 California Tsunami Hazards: Science, Policy, andManagement

Kevin MillerCalifornia Office of Emergency ServicesSince 1997 the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA), the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency (FEMA) and the Governor’sOffice of Emergency Services (OES) have undergonethe process of developing tsunami evacuation planningmaps for the State of California. OES is managing theprocess of the inundation projection generation and

has developed a guidance document for use by allcoastal counties and jurisdictions in the state. Theguidance is intended to assist local governments in useof the inundation projections for evacuation planning,and in dissemination of tsunami watch and warninginformation within county as well as to the generalpublic. Tsunami modeling was based on potentialearthquake sources and hypothetical extremeundersea, near-shore landslide sources. Maximumcredible run-up to a specific contour for each countywas determined to be reasonable. Modeling wasperformed by the NOAA/OES-funded University ofSouthern California (USC) Tsunami Research Groupand results were field-verified for accuracy.

ID: 164 GIS & Computer Aided Dispatch - Help WhereIt's Needed

Charlie CullenThe City of Palo AltoThe use of GIS and related technologies in concertwith a Computer-Aided Dispatch system cansignificantly enhance emergency response. Palo Altohas begun to incorporate ANI/ALI cell call locationinformation, in-vehicle GPS, and wireless LAN andWAN with its centralized and distributed GIS dataand software to improve the ability of dispatchers toquickly and correctly identify caller locations, track anddirect police and fire vehicles, and provide emergencyresponders with images and information about theirdestinations. Integrating these technologies whileavoiding interdependence allows for improved yet fail-safe emergency dispatch and response.

ID: 165 GIS and Nevada County Government

Amber BecklerCounty of NevadaFor over ten years, Nevada County GeographicInformation Systems (NCGIS) has provided GISservices for thirty County departments and the Public,including web-based and desktop GIS applications;GPS; spatial and tabular data maintenance, creation,and integration; database development; businessprocess documentation as it relates to GIS; andcustom data analyses and map creation. Benefactorsinclude law enforcement and emergency responders,transportation and public works, landuse planners,election officials, environmental resource managers,local agencies, and the Public. With ongoingenhancements to our spatial and tabular datawarehouse and databases, NCGIS can build reliableapplications that integrate a multitude of disparateCounty databases. County staff rely on GIS data andapplications to complete their daily work. Theapplications and the data that drive them reduce stafftime at the counter, reduce the number of trips togovernment offices by the Public, ensure reliable dataanalysis and reporting, and provide an overallintegrating mechanism between County departments.

ID: 168 Geospatial Wine Grape Quality Modeling andDifferential Harvest for Precision Ag

Balaji SethuramasamyrajaCalifornia State University, FresnoSegregation of wine grapes based on quality hastypically been accomplished by hand harvest and thereis a growing need to mechanize the task during fieldharvest based on quality indicators. The typical qualityindicators for red wine grapes are anthocyanin andbrix. Anthocyanins contribute most of the color to redwine while brix estimate sugar content, which iscommonly used to determine the time of harvest.Anthocyanin and Brix levels of geo-referenced fieldsamples of Cabernet Sauvignon were measured usinga portable near-infrared (NIR) spectrometer. Data wascollected from 437 sampling points in a 45 acrevineyard near Lodi, California. Geospatial analysis ofthe anthocyanin data was used to produce a ‘high’ and‘low’ quality map of the vineyard. The cut offanthocyanin concentration used to differentiatebetween high and low quality was 0.87 mg

anthocyanin/g fruit. Based on this map and a newlydeveloped attachment, differential harvest wassuccessfully demonstrated using commercial winegrape harvesters.

ID: 169 GIS-Supported Environmental Due Diligence ofover 900,000 Acres of Timberlands

Greg StemlerGeomatrix ConsultantsVast acreage and the known presence of over 7,000 oil,gas and water injection wells on the proposedpurchase lands rendered traditional environmental siteassessment approaches and methods infeasible withina reasonable time frame or budget. Geomatrix applieda custom developed GIS-based screening tool withpublic-domain datasets to extract data critical to theenvironmental assessment. Criteria were developed torank the more than 2000 parcels based on theextracted parametric data. The results weredynamically visualized in a series of web-broadcasts tofacilitate the decision making process between theconcerned parties. The use of this screening toolallowed Geomatrix to conduct a meaningfulenvironmental assessment of this huge amount oftimberland within only a few weeks.

ID: 170 Spatial Information Resource Management:Reframing GIS Standards & Policies

Brian J. CullisCH2MHillAdvocates for adoption of GIS standards and policiesoften face daunting organizational challenges thatcan appear insurmountable. This presentation willintroduce the 'spatial information resource' paradigmand use specific examples to show how this conceptcan be leveraged to effectively transform pessimisticsenior decision-makers into your strongest advocatesfor growing and sustaining the use of GIS technologiesthrough GIS standards and policies.

ID: 171 Online Climate Variability Threshold Mapswith Real-Time CIMIS Weather Data for Growersand Researchers

Kris Lynn-PattersonU.C. Kearney Ag CenterResearch shows that Olive Fly populations will die atone day of 105°F, and at lower temperatures forseveral days in a row. An interactive web-map site isbeing developed to bring climatic threshold mapswhich show the distribution of 3 days of 95°, 100° and105°F max. temperature to growers and researchers forthe purpose of making decisions about pesticide use.CIMIS weather stations will also be provided as a maplayer with current maximum temperature attributes.

ID: 173 Rapid Non-destructive Detection of Vine WaterStatus Using a Spectral Water Absorption Feature in theNear-infrared.

Susan UstinUniversity of California, DavisIrrigation scheduling is critical for vineyardmanagement since it affects fruit yield and quality.We examined field-measured hyperspectral remotesensing data to estimate leaf water content, equivalentwater thickness (EWT), and leaf water potential in acommercial vineyard of Vitis vinifera cv Pinot Noir.Correlations were high for EWT at the leaf level, whilecorrelations at the canopy level were non-significantfor many indexes. Nonetheless, different indexes weresuccessful for pre-dawn and midday stem waterpotentials and for water status at the canopy level.These results support use of non-invasivehyperspectral data for monitoring vine water statuswhich could improve efficiency of current methods.


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ID: 174 Commercial Use of Images by the End Users inAgriculture

Tim StoneBritz Fertilizers IncGeo-referenced digital images have been in use as acommercial product by Britz Fertilizers, Inc. for over sixyears; high and low resolution data is cost effectivewhich allows for better use of farming inputs.

ID: 175 Mapping Vineyard Water Balance

Lee F. JohnsonCalif. State Univ., Monterey Bay; NASA Ames Research CenterNASA’s Terrestrial Observation & Prediction Systemincorporates NDVI imagery and water balancesimulation to map crop evapotranspiration, soil moisture,and leaf water potential in California’s North Coastvineyards. The information technology prototype isdesigned to help growers resolve the effects of climate,soil water holding capacity, and crop canopy vigor

ID: 176 Correlation of Geo-referenced NDVI forPistachios and Cotton with Plant Data and Soil Salinity

Blake SandenUniversity of California, Davis and RiversideGeo-referenced digital spectral imagery holds greatpromise for improved natural resources management;providing for potentially low-cost, high resolution datadescribing water use, crop/plant ecosystem vigor andvariations in soil salinity/quality. However, results canbe inconsistent.

ID: 177 Soil Survey Information from USDA on the Internet

Edd RussellUSDA-NRCSKnowledge of soil properties and behavior is essentialin order to make any land use decisions. To facilitatethis, the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Servicehas now made almost all of its Soil Survey dataavailable on the internet.

ID: 178 "Soils to Go" for Cooperative Extension:Providing Soils Maps on DVD and the Internet

Jerry SchmiererUniversity of CaliforniaCA Kearney Agricultural Center and Jerry Schmierer,farm advisor, Colusa County for use by CooperativeExtension, growers, researchers and educators. Themaps are available on DVD or as interactive web maps.

ID: 179 Use of GIS Technology to Provide InformationRetrieval and Analysis Capabilities for a UC Research andExtension Center

G. MontezUniversity of CaliforniaThe University of California has nine Research andExtension Centers throughout the State that are usedto provide land, labor and facilities for research andextension programs in agriculture and natural resources.Through the use of GIS technology, a comprehensivedatabase of attributes for the facility can be assembledand used to support decision-making.

ID: 180 GIS and the Irrigated Lands Program in theKings River Watershed

Sonja ThiedeKings River Conservation DistrictThe Kings River Conservation District has beenworking for over 5 years to support the growers of thevalley in meeting the terms of the California RegionalWater Quality Control Board’s Irrigated LandsProgram. GIS has played a pivotal role in notifyinglandowners and fulfilling the monitoring and reportingrequirements. Various maps, statistics and databaseshave been created in the process of meeting theconditions required under the Program.

ID: 181 Trials and Triumphs in Converting Operations toARCMAP

Thomas HawkinsDepartment of Water ResourcesDWR’s Land Use Survey Program began decades agousing paper USGS maps as field sheets and “cuttingand weighing” for analysis. Its transformed to a systemusing field computers, GPS, AUTOCAD, and ARC/INFOfor digital mapping and GIS analysis. The latesttransformation includes the replacement of AUTOCADwith ARCMAP. Addressed will be why we did it, how itgot done, problems encountered, and the results.

ID: 182 Creating an Enterprise GeoSpatial DataIntegration System in Support of Domestic Security andPerformance Management

William HollandGeoAnalytics, Inc.Food and agriculture have been identified as criticalinfrastructure for the security of our nation; and they’repotential targets for terrorism. The Florida Departmentof Agriculture & Consumer Services (FDACS) isresponsible for readiness in the event of both man-made and natural security threats that could involveagricultural-related human pathogens, animal or plant

ID: 183 Online Climate Variability Threshold Maps withReal-Time CIMIS Weather Data for Growers and Researchers

Kris Lynn-PattersonU.C. Kearney Ag CenterResearch shows that Olive Fly populations will die atone day of 105°F, and at lower temperatures forseveral days in a row. An interactive web-map site isbeing developed to bring climatic threshold mapswhich show the distribution of 3 days of 95°, 100° and105°F max. temperature to growers and researchers forthe purpose of making decisions about pesticide use.CIMIS weather stations will also be provided as a maplayer with current maximum temperature attributes.

ID: 184 Building a GIS Portal

Robin WoodScanControl, Inc.Artisan Farms is a distributed premium wine grapegrowing operation with strategic holdings throughoutCalifornia. The company uses PDA and smartphonedata collection tools to record everything from mealybug trap locations to equipment utilization details.Data is stored in a central database where serverbased GIS is used to present consolidated data anddeliver reports through a web accessible portal. Theportal delivers maps showing real-time information forYield Estimates and Harvest Planning among manyother functions. Each time a map is opened theunderlying database is queried to build thepresentation completely automatically.

ID: 185 Field Data Management and Utility in MosquitoControl GIS Applications

Jodi HolemanConsolidated Mosquito AbatementIn 2004 the Consolidated Mosquito Abatement Districtdid a complete overhaul on its field data collectionprocedures. The result of the overhaul enabled thedistrict to transition into GIS applictions used formosquito control and surveillance with few problems.Mosquito and vector control programs require thetreatment of sources located throught a definedgeographic area. All activities conducted at thesespecific sites must recored as field data. The accurateand effecient collection of field data is essential to anyvector control program. Our field data collection,management and utility in GIS has allowed us to makedecisions and assements on vector control activitieswithin our district.

ID: 186 Implementation of Geospatial Technologies inU.C. Cooperative Extension: Challenges, Successes

Maggi KellyUC BerkeleyGeospatial technologies can be important for much ofthe work we do in Cooperative Extension. This talkdiscusses how geospatial tools are being used inUCCE, and some of the remaining challenges to theirimplementation.

ID: 187 Acquiring, Processing, and Using LiDAR Data

Moderator: Jim EllisEllis GeospatialThis panel will provide up-to-date information for usersof DEMs, images, and topographic maps derived fromLiDAR technology. The experts will discuss theimportance of different parameters and workprocesses to the derived products used in GIS andmapping applications. Lessons learned, case histories,capabilities & limitations, and costs of implementingLiDAR will be presented. The session is structured,beginning with 10-minute presentations by eachexpert followed by 20 minutes of audience questions

Panelists:Randy Rhoads, Airborne 1 CorporationDevin Kelley, HJW GeoSpatialMatt Sagues, Marin County Open Space District, GIS AnalystRune Storesund, Storesund Consulting

ID: 188 GIS and Land Trusts

Moderator: Maegan LeslieGreen Info NetworkThe last decade has seen an enormous rise in the role ofnon-profit land trusts in the conservation of naturalresources. In California, over 200 land trusts are activesecuring areas critical to maintaining biodiversity,agricultural land, scenic corridors and vistas and more.This panel will look at how this dynamic movement,responsible for the protection of millions of acres of land,uses GIS to accomplish its goals – what roles do differenttypes of geospatial technology play in protectingthreatened lands, how do large and small land trustsoperate with GIS, and what are emerging needs?

Panelists:Tom Scharfenberger, Conservation ConsultantRuskin Hartley, Executive Director, Save the Redwoods LeagueLaura Mercer, Tri-Valley Conservancy

ID: 189 Web GIS for Health and Environmental Justice

Moderator: Mike ByrneOffice of Statewide Planning and HealthPublic health has grown dramatically as a central focusfor policy, as new relationships between lifestyles,place and personal health have been uncovered. Thehealth effects of living in suburban sprawl and nearsources of pollution, the potential of poorneighborhoods to better organize their assets torespond to challenges, and many other issues arebecoming core concerns for an ever-wider circle ofinterests. This panel will hear from three outstandingprograms that have each applied web-based GIS increative and effective ways to address these andrelated issues, with projects that use simpleapproaches as well as highly complex technical efforts.

Panelists: Neal Richman, Neighborhood Knowledge California (UCLA)Janine Kupert, United Way of the Bay AreaDon Taylor, California Children and Families Commission

ID: 190 Overview of GIS and Environmental Protection

Moderator: Larry OrmanGreen Info NetworkThe San Francisco Bay Area has tremendousenvironmental assets and a remarkable array of publicinterest organizations, engaged with issues rangingfrom the health of San Francisco Bay, the nature of

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Program Abstractsurban development and Greenbelt protection, and theavailability of open lands for recreation, agriculture andthe conservation of biodiversity. This panel will providean overview of major and exciting new initiatives inthese areas now being undertaken in the region, allsignificantly aided by GIS. Representatives of leadingnon-profit organizations will outline their vision andstrategies, and talk about the role of geospatialtechnology in achieving them.

Panelists: Bettina Ring, Bay Area Open Space CouncilCarey Knecht, Greenbelt AllianceRainer Hoenicke, San Francisco Estuary Institute

ID: 191 The Value of Spatial Statistics in Agriculture

Konstantin KrivoruchkoESRI

ID: 192 Mapping the Urban Forest

AutodeskThe tens of thousands of trees planted by the SanFrancisco Department of Public Works’ Bureau ofUrban Forestry (BUF) and the nonprofit Friends of theUrban Forest (FUF) not only beautify the city, but alsohelp improve air quality, reduce noise and controlstorm water run-off. These groups have joined withAutodesk to develop a comprehensive, dynamic onlinemap of the city’s urban forest. The result: an UrbanForest Mapping System that bridges existing systemsand provides a technological foundation forcollaboration and for engaging San Francisco residentsin the greening of the city. The system is a hybridplatform of open source and proprietary mappingtechnologies, with the MapGuide Open Sourcetechnology platform at the center.

Attend the session and learn how sharing data acrossteams and with the public have helped BUF and FUFbetter understand, plan and measure the impact of SanFrancisco’s urban forest.

ID: 193 Geodatabase: New Flavors, New Capabilities;ArcGIS Server: Comprehensive Server-Based GIS

Danny Krouk & Justin Fan, ESRI CA/NV/HI Regional OfficeESRIThe 9.2 release of ArcGIS includes many enhancementsto the Geodatabase. Come learn about the many newGeodatabase flavors between “personal” and“enterprise”. Also, at this release are many newcapabilities such as Geodatabase Replication andArchiving that add to the palette of ArcGIS capabilities.ArcGIS Server provides a powerful and usable platformfor further web-enabling your GIS operations. Display-optimized web mapping, editing on the web,geoprocessing, and 3D services are among the manyfeatures that are easy to explore and offer excitinggrowth pathways for GIS and IT organizations.

ID: 194 Baker Maps California: 163,707 square miles intwo-hours

Michael Baker Jr.Learn about:- Creation of a geospatial index of statewide imagery

and terrain geospatial datasets- Development of a Central Valley levee inventory- Flood Map Modernization Program and supporting

technology- US-VISIT secure land border initiative and evaluation

of land ports of entry.- Conflating summary real-time traffic data to a

statewide street network- Development of a comprehensive statewide Spatial

Data Infrastructure by private industry, includingpublic land records

- Results of a prioritized lists of core and supplementaldata themes by the California geospatial community.

- US Census Bureau initiatives to update the TIGERdataset in advance of the 2010 census.

- and more

ID: 195 Terrainscapes™ 2007: California – NEXTMap®USA for California Geospatial Professionals Intermap

Terrainscapes™ 2007: California is a two-hour seminarfocused on NEXTMap® USA - Intermap's newnationwide 3D terrain elevation mapping program.The event features users’ experiences anddemonstrations as well as a NEXTMap® USA programoverview. Seminar topics include: NEXTMap® USA - anew base map for California, User Perspectives, 3DVisualization, Demo by CyberCity, Using NEXTMap®USA – California data in your applications

ID: 196 Tele Atlas® GIS Data Summit

TeleAtlasTele Atlas will provide a 60 minute session addressingdata trends in GIS across multiple markets, with anoverview of the programs and technologies of todayand the influence on GIS for state and localgovernment mapping tomorrow. Specific discussionareas include:• Strategic initiatives in mobile mapping: • New developments and initiatives in automotive

navigation • Integration of GIS data and applications in mobile

wireless devices • Tele Atlas®/ONE -- The value of a collaborative

framework for Government Enterprise GIS: • Overview of key California initiatives and partnerships

Tele Atlas will provide insight into the challenges thatall landbase users face in updating and managingchange and providing consistent information for GISusers. The cascading benefits and application choicesrelating to the above topics are great -- bringingoperational efficiencies and transforming GIS into amore powerful tool for the enterprise.

ID: 197 Short Course: The Value of Remote Sensing forAssessing Vegetation and New Horizon's for PrecisionAgriculture

Dr. Jack ParisEarthMap Solutions

ID: 198 Planning for the Next Generation GIS in Government

Moderator: Malcolm AdkinsMichael Baker Jr.There have been significant advances in the movefrom proprietary GIS software solutions that wereexpensive and siloed to a current state where webservices, open source, and dynamic visualization toolsare impacting organizations with mature GIS systems.These Next Generation solutions are introducingmapping to millions at rates not previously seen andre-setting market expectations for traditional GIS. Thispanel discussion will explore how state, regional, andlocal government GIS implementations will beimpacted by the next generation of technology.

Panelists: Blair Adams, City and County of San FranciscoOscar Jarquin, CaltransJohn Huie, Contra Costa CountyJoe Concannon, Sacramento Council of Governments

ID: 199 Using GIS to Identify Potential Cooridors Utilizedby North American Badgers in the San Francisco BayArea and Monterey Counties

Tanya DiamondSan Jose State UniversityBAAMA Scholarship Winner

ID: 200 Contra Costa Emergency Services within Quake Zones

Catrina ChristianDiablo Valley CollegeBAAMA Scholarship Winner

ID: 201 An Urban Oasis in the Woods: A GIS Analysis

Michael WebsterSan Francisco State UniversityBAAMA Scholarship Winner

ID: 202 Application of SEBAL® for Improved WaterManagement in Agricultural, Natural, and UrbanEnvironments

Byron ClarkSEBAL North America, Inc.The Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land(SEBAL®) uses satellite-based sensors andmeteorological data to solve the energy balance atthe earth's surface. The primary outputs are spatially-distributed water consumption (actualevapotranspiration) and biomass production.

ID: 203 Habitat quality and landscape permeability forSan Joaquin kit fox in the San Joaquin Valley of California

Scott PhillipsCSU Stanislaus, Endangered Species Recovery ProgramWe use a habitat suitability model to estimate habitatquality for the San Joaquin kit fox in California’s SanJoaquin Valley. Our model estimates habitat qualitybased on the land use compatibility, an index of terrainruggedness, and vegetation structure based on annualrainfall. The model is used to map areas of relativelyhigh quality habitat. We extend our model to estimatehabitat permeability between areas of suitable habitat.

ID: 204 NDVI Use in Viticulture

Jay Hutton

ID: 205 The Benefits of Enlisting Interdisciplinary Teamsin the Development of High Order GIS ProjectsReg ParksParks Vineyard Trellis SystemsData for complex GIS projects are increasinglyrequired to be of the highest quality, precision andspatial accuracy. Developing a high quality, highaccuracy spatial database involves systematic,stringent measurement methods. Despite theincreasing ease of access to terrestrial and satellite-based measurement devices; interdisciplinary teams ofmeasurement experts and data analysts will developand publish the highest quality spatial data. Failingthat, technicians and analysts with comprehensivetraining in measurement science will become the nextmost likely providers. Once developed, these data willsupport advanced statistical and analytic methods andprovide high order results.

ID: 206 Multi-Level GIS Applications

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