Maine GIS Users Group Meeting

November 12, 2004

Atlantic Oaks, Bar Harbor, Maine

 

8:00 to 9:00  Registration

 

9:00 to 9:05  Welcome – Dan Walters, MEGUG President

 

9:05 to 10:35  Session 1

Moderator:  Gordon Longsworth, College of the Atlantic

 

A Multi-Disciplinary, Project-based Approach to GIS Education

Tora Johnson, Visiting Faculty, GIS, College of the Atlantic

 

A Collaborative Approach to Sustainable Land use Planning: Case Studies

 

Using GIS to Present Options for the Future of MDI

Hope Rowan, COA Alumna and Research Associate and Gordon Longsworth, Director, GIS Laboratory, COA

 

Land use Planning Class, Spring 2004: Town of Lamoine

Gordon Longsworth and Fred Stocking Town of Lamoine Conservation Commission

 

A Watershed Approach to Regional Planning

Travis Hussey, COA Watershed and Community Outreach Coordinator and Gordon Longsworth, Director, GIS Laboratory, COA

 

10:35 to 11:00  Break

 

11:00 to 12:15  Session 2

Moderator:  Dr. Sari Hou, Professor, Unity College

 

A Collaborative Tool for Sustainable Land Use Planning Using ArcGIS9 ModelBuilder Draft V.2

Christopher Kroot, Maine DEP and Gordon Longsworth, College of the Atlantic

 

Report on the Maine GIS Education Consortium

Matthew Bampton, University of Southern Maine

Cathleen McAnneny, University of Maine at Farmington

Joe Szakas, University of Maine at Augusta

David Hobbins, University of Maine at Fort Kent

Bill Weigle, University of Maine at Machias

Rosemary Mosher, University of Southern Maine

 

Maine 4-H GIS/GPS Project

Lisa Phelps, Extension Educator, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

 

12:15 to 1:30                                    Lunch

 

1:30 to 3:00  Session 3

Moderator & Panelist:  Mike White, PhotoScience

 

Panel Discussion: Strengthening the relationship between GIS vendors and organizations contracting for GIS services.  The following panelists will draw from their experience to provide insight and advice on contracting for the implementation of GIS and for custom GIS software development.

John A. Ferketic, James W. Sewall Co.

            Gary Volta, Woodard & Curran

Tom Lynch, Northern Geomantics

Richard Sutton, Applied Geographics

           

3:00 to 3:30  Break

 

3:30 to 5:00  Session 4

Moderator:  Dan Walters, GIS Administrator, Maine Office of GIS

 

GIS Applications of the Penobscot Nation

Binke Wang, GIS Specialist, Penobscot Nation

 

Development Tracking in Maine: Documenting the Changing Landscape

            Stacy Benjamin, Senior Planner, State Planning Office

            Judy Colby-George, President, Spatial Alternatives

 

Update on GeoLibrary Activities

Larry Harwood, Maine Office of GIS