MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2003
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Fieldwork Tools
8:30 am - 10:00 am Tucson 38
Mobile Computing Devices and Field Enumeration Activities at the Census Bureau, Gerald J. Coleman, and Andrea Grace Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau
That "Old" Manual: The Manual of Surveying
Instructions Next Edition and the Modern Cadastre, Robert W. (Bob) Dahl, Bureau of Land Management
Paper #1 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/FieldworkTools331.pdf
Paper #2 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/FieldworkTools331a.pdf
Municipal GIS
8:30 am - 10:00 am Tucson 39
Sub-foot Accurate Municipal GIS without GPS: Tempe, Arizona’s GIS System, Michael C. Gatewood and James R. Cristea, R.L.S., Public Works Department, City of Tempe
Maricopa County, Arizona - Developing and Implementing the Largest Non Federal Cadastral Resurvey in the U.S. using GPS for a High Accuracy GIS Base Map and Cadastre Preservation, Brian Dalager, BS RLS, Maricopa County Department of Transportation
The GPS Cadastral Survey for the Area Service Highway (SR 195), Yuma County, Arizona, James G. Donahue, Donahue Consultants
Paper #1 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/MunicipalGIS331.pdf
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Panel Session
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Tucson 37
The New ACSM: Evolving into the Future
Curt Sumner, Executive Director, ACSM, moderator
This is a session to learn about the strategic planning efforts for ACSM and the proposed new structure for the organization. Come to learn why the change is proposed and the benefits that will come with it. Bring your questions and suggestions for making ACSM the best it can be.
Modeling and Methodology
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Tucson 38
Solving Large Scale Land Use Allocation Models in Raster GIS. Robert G. Cromley and Dean M. Hanink, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
On the Discontinuous Nature of Kriging, Thomas H. Meyer, Department of Natural Resources Management and Engineering, University of Connecticut
Polygonal Decomposition for Planar Arrangement of Lines in GIS Applications, Tibor Steiner, Florian Twaroch, Martin Peternell, Advanced Computer Vision GmbH - ACV, Richard Maltis, mDATA GmbH
Paper #1 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/ModelingandMethodology331.pdf
Paper #2 - http://www.canr.uconn.edu/nrme/faculty/bios/meyer_t_h_acsm2003.pdf
Local GIS and Surveying
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Tucson 39
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Parcel GIS: An Application of a Transactional Cadastral Reference, Don Hulst, GIS Coordinator, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Grand Forks GIS, Roger E. Grimsley, P.L.S., Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.
Trials and Tribulations of Defining and Mapping Newly Redrawn Election Precinct Boundaries in Yuma County, Arizona, August 2002, James G. Donahue, PLS
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Advances in Cartography
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Tucson 38
Animated Battle Maps with PowerPoint, Dr. Scott A. Loomer, Science Advisor for Geospatial Science, National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Estimates for the Information Hiding Potential of Digital Cartographic Data, Matt Rice, Keith C. Clarke, Sarah Battersby, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
Object Size Discrimination and Non-visual Cartographic Symbolization, Matt Rice, R. Daniel Jacobson, Reginald G. Golledge, and David Jones, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
Paper#1 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/AdvancesinCartography331.pdf
Panel Session
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Tucson 39
FEMA Forum on Cooperating Technical Partners for Flood Hazard Mapping, Part 1,
Wendy Lathrop, PLS, Moderator, with FEMA representatives and Maricopa County Water District representatives
In the ongoing efforts to keep ACSM membership apprised of the latest developments in flood hazard mapping, this panel session will include FEMA staff as well as participants from Maricopa County Water District, which is a Cooperating Technical Partner in FEMA's initiative allowing technically adept communities and agencies to take a bigger role in local floodplain mapping and management. As in prior FEMA forums presented for ACSM, we can expect the latest updates in procedures, technology, and regulations.
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Panel Session
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Tucson 39
FEMA Forum on Cooperating Technical Partners for Flood Hazard Mapping, Part 2, Wendy Lathrop, PLS, Moderator, with FEMA representatives and Maricopa County Water District representatives
Future Directions for Mapping
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Tucson 38
The Achievements and Status of the Open GIS Consortium: A Mapper's Perspective, Cliff Kottman, Open GIS Consortium
The National Map, Robin Fegeas, U. S. Geological Survey
Data Integration of Layers and Features for The National Map, E. Lynn Usery, U.S. Geological Survey
TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2003
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Panel Session
8:30 am - 10:00 am Yuma 29
U.S. National Grid
Moderator: David Doyle, National Geodetic Survey, NOAA
Discussion of the U.S. National Grid, which has been adopted by FGDC as a Federal standard, its definition and applications.
Surveying in Popular Culture
8:30 am - 10:00 am Tucson 38
Superstar Surveying: Hollywood Style!,
John F. Brock. Rose Atkins & Associates Pty. Limited, Australia
Hollywood Movie Surveyors: the "R" Rated Version!, John F. Brock, Rose Atkins & Associates Pty.
Geoids and Their Uses
8:30 am - 10:00 am Tucson 39
Can We Use The NGS High Resolution Geoid Model to Obtain Survey Quality Elevations
William E. Henning, GW Stephens, Inc.
Local Geoid Correction For Elevation from GPS, K. Jeyapalan, Civil Engineering, Iowa State University
GIS and Public Participation
8:30 am - 10:00 am Tucson 40
Public Participation GIS Project, Robert MacArthur, Ag.Arizona.EDU
Ethical Implications of Partnerships in Developing and Using Information Technologies in North Philadelphia’s Harrison Community Compact, Michele Masucci, E-Collaboration Research Center, Temple University
Web-based PPGIS: Internet-assisted Public Participation in Urban Planning, Dr. Tan Yigitcanlar, Research Fellow, Centre for Research into Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures, The University of Queensland
Paper #1 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/GISPublicPart41.pdf
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Panel Session
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Yuma 29
NGS Public Forum
Moderator: Burt Smith, National Geodetic Survey, NOAA
An overview of NGS products and services with the chance to offer suggestions on which are important to you and feedback on how NGS might improve its service.
Records and Testimony
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Tucson 38
Experiences of Reconciling Cadastral Records in a Dual Land Registration System in Ghana,
Dr. Francis W. Derby, Penn State University, Dr. Ing. C. Fosu and S. W. Kuranchie, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
The Expert Witness: The Impact of Kuhmo, Salvatore Marsico, Pennsylvania State University
Surveying Applications
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Tucson 39
Repeatability Analysis of GPS Baseline Vectors Estimated from Various Software, Jenn-Taur Lee, Department of Information Management, Ching Yun Institute of Technology
Investigation of the Quality of Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS Positioning, Tom Taylor, PLS, California Department of Transportation and Mushtaq Hussain, Ph.D, PE, California State University, Fresno
Impact of New Federal Geographic Data Committee Positioning Accuracy Standards on the Surveying and Mapping Community,
Renee Shields, National Geodetic Survey, NOAA
Paper #1 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/shields.pdf
GIS Implementation
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Tucson 40
Issues and Techniques in Building a Spatiotemporal Parcel Management System on an Object-relational Database Platform. Bo Guo and Russ Heisinger, Maricopa County Assessor’s Office
GIS migration: a change of mindset. How to make it a less painful experience, Ing. María Flor Álvarez Taboada, Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Scheugenpflug, Geodesy, Cartography and Photogrammetry Engineering; EST. Ingeniería Agraria. Universidad de León
Alignment of GIS Methodology and Business Practices, Michael C. Gatewood, Public Works Department, City of Tempe
Paper #1 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/GISImplementation41.pdf
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Panel Session
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Tucson 38
The Future of Surveying Engineering Education
Steve Frank, New Mexico State University, Moderator, with Kate Beard, University of Maine, Gary Jeffreses Texas A&M, Bill Hazelton, The Ohio State University, Greg Tuttle, and Bob Dahl, Bureau of Land Management
Environmental Applications
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Tucson 39
OPUS Revisited, Gerry Mader, Neil Weston, National Geodetic Survey, NOAA
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project (CERP), Ronnie Taylor, National Geodetic Survey, NOAA
Comparison of Automatic and Semiautomatic Methods for Estimating Timber Volume, David Miranda, Ulises Diéguez, Rafael Crecente, Escola Politécnica Superior, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Automated Mapping
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Tucson 40
Automated Map Insetting in SMIMS, Ming Liu and David Alexander, U.S. Census Bureau
Automated Map Scale Determination, James Allor and Marcus Reid, U.S. Census Bureau
Automating the Creation of High Volume Highly Detailed Maps, Deanna Fowler, U.S. Census Bureau
Paper #1 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/AutomatedMapping41.pdf
Paper #2 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/Mapping41a.pdf
Paper #3 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/Mapping41b.pdf
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
New Methodologies
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Yuma 29
A New Approach to Categorical Resampling,
Daniel R. Steinwand, USGS, EROS Data Center
Stratified Land-use Classification with Aerial
Photography and Remote Sensing, M. Marey,
R. Crecente, U. Fra, Department of Agroforestry Engineering, Department of Geography. University of Extremadura, University of Santiago de Compostela
Research of the Development Technique of Office
GIS, Niu Deli Xu Su Hang Qin, Zheng Zhou Institute
of Surveying and Mapping
Paper #1 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/NewMethodologies41.pdf
Approaches to Teaching
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Tucson 38
Delivering Quality Distance Learning Programs in Surveying: Issues and Concerns, Indrajith D. Wijayratne, School of Technology, Michigan Technological University
Teaching Geodesy with a Project, James A. Elithorp, Ph.D., P.L.S., Department of Mathematics and Physics, Troy State University
A Student Survey Project Combining Control and Retracement Surveys of a Subdivision to Produce GIS-ready Geospatial Information in an Enhanced Report of Survey, Wesley Parks, Pennsylvania State University
Coastal and Shoreline Mapping
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Tucson 39
Geodetic & Tidal Control-The Foundation of Coast Restoration Projects, Joe Evjen, National Geodetic Survey, Kristin Tronvig, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, NOAA
Extraction of Mean High Water Shoreline Using Airborne Lidar and Vertical Datum Transformations, Jon Bailey, Mike Aslaksen, Jason Woolard, Remote Sensing Division, National Geodetic Survey, NOAA
Shoreline Data Explorer, George Frank, National Geodetic Survey, NOAA
Census TIGER, Present and Future
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Tucson 40
The Future of the Census Bureau’s Geographic Support: Modernizing the MAF/TIGER System, Timothy Trainor, U.S. Census Bureau
Designing And Implementing Fully Automated Commercial Mapping Software: A Case Study of the U.S. Census Bureau's Urbanized Area Mapping Project, William Thompson, U. S. Census Bureau
Paper #1 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/CensusTiger41.pdf
Paper #2 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/CensusTiger41a.pdf
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2003
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Remote Sensing Analysis
8:30 am - 10:00 am Tucson 29
Specialized Image Mapping of Coral Reef Environments Using Remotely Sensed Data: Molokai, Hawaii, Pat S. Chavez, Jr., Miguel G. Velasco, JoAnn Isbrecht, and Michael E. Field
U. S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona and Santa Cruz, California
Analysis and Classification of Remotely Sensed Satellite Data Using Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Systems Techniques, Sharath Tadepalli, Civil Engineering, Purdue University
Cost Analysis of the Application of Various Photointerpretation Techniques to Land Use
Classification, M. Marey, U. Fra, R. Crecente, Department of Agroforestry Engineering, Department of Geography. University of Extremadura University of Santiago de Compostela
Paper #1 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/RemoteSensingAnalysis42.pdf
Map Projections
8:30 am - 10:00 am Yuma 30
A Method for Reducing Map Projection Distortion in Areas of Significant Topographic Relief, Michael L. Dennis, Shephard-Wesnitzer, Inc. and Western Australian Centre for Geodesy, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
An Investigation into the Use of a Single Zone Map Projection for Illinois; Russell W. Olsen, PLS
The Pseudo Coordinate Cadastre in the United States; Carlton A. Brown, University of Maine
Paper #1 - http://www.mapprojections42.pdf/
Paper #2 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/russellolsen.pdf
10:30 am 12:00 pm
Poster Session
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Yuma 29
Remote Sensing in Paradise
Mapping Coral Reefs Using Digitized Aerial Photographs and Airborne Laser Bathymetry: Molokai, Hawaii, JoAnn Isbrecht, Miguel G. Velasco, and Pat S. Chavez, Jr., U. S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona
LIDAR Image Mapping of Hawaii: Molokai and O’ahu, Miguel G. Velasco, JoAnn Isbrecht , and Pat S. Chavez, Jr., US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona
Mapping Landscape Vulnerability to Wind Erosion in the Mojave Desert using Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery, Miguel G. Velasco, Pat S. Chavez, Jr., and David J. MacKinnon, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona
Paper #1 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/RemoteSensing42.pdf
Vendor Solutions 1
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Yuma 30
Location, Location, Location: The Key to Profitability for Wireless Data Services,
Joe Astroth, Autodesk Location Services
Introducing Accela Health Automation, Doug Morrison, Accela, Inc.
Paper #1 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/VendorSolutions42-1.pdf
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Surveying in Archaeology
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Yuma 29
The Benefits of Using Reflector Less Total Station in Archeology (Case Study Petra),
Eng. Fawwaz Ishakat, Queen Rania's Institute of Tourism & Heritage, Hashemite University
Petra - A Case Study, Eng.Fawwaz Ishakat, Queen Rania's Institute of Tourism & Heritage, Hashemite University
Vendor Solutions 2
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Yuma 30
Collaborative Connections to Profitability:
The New Business Ecosystem, Terry Bennett, P.L.S, L.P.F., Autodesk, Inc.
Crossing the Design-Construct Chasm - Innovations in Data Sharing, Chris Pair, Bentley Systems
Creating Highly Accurate Digital Terrain Models with Vehicles by Combining RTK GPS, Gyroscopes, and Mounted Sensors, David Fagerman, RPLS, Bentley Systems
Paper #1 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/VendorSolutions42a.pdf
Paper #2 - http://www.acsm.net/sessions03/VendorSolutions42b.pdf
