Regional Applications and Issues

4th Annual East Texas Geospatial Conference

Baker Pattillo Student Union – Stephen F. Austin State University

26 – 30 January 2010
Platinum Level Sponsors

Gold Level Sponsors

Co-Sponsors
 James E. Scott III, Director Texas Natural Resources Information System

Jim Scott is a landscape architect whose education and professional career has focused on the
application of geographic information systems to environmental planning and analysis and as a
resource for guiding executive decision making.

His early career was marked by opportunities to design large scale environmental planning
projects consisting of "New Towns" and large scale development projects. In this role he was
fortunate to work with a wide range of visionary landscape architects and scientists who adopted
and expanded techniques of overlay analysis using GIS.

In 1990, he founded a company that became one of the largest Landsat imagery services
providers developed specialized analysis for international oil & gas development, natural
resource exploration and transnational gas pipeline routing projects such as Bolivia to Brazil,
Chad to Cameroon, Turkmenistan to Pakistan, and the Trans Andean pipeline. Jim has co-
authored and presented papers with energy companies executives documenting the significant
economic benefits of multi-disciplinary decision making using GIS.

Jim has served as Director at TNRIS since 2005, and in addition to supporting TNRIS'
Geospatial Clearinghouse role has been responsible for recent implementation of the National
Flood Insurance Mapping Program as well as the State's High Priority Imagery and Data Sets
program.

Jim is a graduate of the School of Environmental Design at the University of Georgia

 4th Annual East Texas Geospatial Conference
Regional Applications and Issues
26 – 30 January 2010
Preliminary Program

Tuesday 26 January 2010

8:30 am – 4:00 pm McKibben Education Building 324

Introduction to Remote Sensing Workshop (continues on Wednesday morning)

Instructors: Gayla Mullins, Texas Natural Resources Information Systems and

Teresa Howard, Center for Space Research, University of Texas at Austin

The workshop will provide an overview of remote sensing techniques. Students will use ERDAS
software for the workshop. The workshop is sponsored by TexasView.

Wednesday 27 January 2010

7:30 am – 5:00 pm Grand Ballroom Baker Pattillo Student Center 2.601

Registration – Foyer

8:30 am – 11:30 am McKibben Education Building 324

Introduction to Remote Sensing Workshop (continued from Tuesday)

8:30 am – 11:30 am

Introduction to Advanced Plume Modeling – Arthur Temple College of Forestry and

Agriculture, Room 234 –Instructor: LaRied Oates, Columbia Regional Geospatial Service
Center

8:30 am – 11:30 am

ArcPad Workgroup – McKibben Education Building, RM 304J – Instructor: Jason

Grogan, Geospatial Data Acquisition Specialist II, Columbia Regional Geospatial Service
Center
11:00 am Grand Ballroom Baker Pattillo Student Center 2.601

Vendor Exhibits Open

12:10 pm – 1:40 pm Grand Ballroom 2.601

Luncheon Keynote Speaker

Jim Scott – Director
Texas Natural Resources Information System
TNRIS

ORGANIZED SESSIONS I

1:45 pm – 3:25 pm Theater 2.101

Thinking about Cartography in the GIS World

Moderator: Johnny Brown Geospatial Applications Specialist II, CRGSC

Presenters:
1:45 – 2:15 – Johnny Brown, Geospatial Applications Specialist II, “Cartography’s Role in GIS
Products”
2:15 – 2:45 – Llane Hines, General Manager, Sanborn, “Cartography in the Real World of GIS “
2:45 – 3:15 – Todd Ullrich, RealWorldFX, “Visualizing the Earth on Globes Using GIS
Processes”
2:25 – 3:45 – Summary and Questions

1:45 pm – 3:25 pm 2.201

Education vs. Training: Parallels, Pathways and Career Potentials in GIS World
Moderator: John Boyett, District Forester III, Texas Forest Service

Presenters:
John Boyett, District Forester III
Karina Hollands, Assistant J3, GPS/GIS Operations Commander, TMF WADA Strike Teams
Charles Ashton, Geospatial Trainer I, CRGSC
Liz Hutchinson, Computer Sciences, Stephen F. Austin State University
Dale McMillan, Houston,
 3:25 pm – 3:45 pm Vendor Visitation - Coffee Break

ORGANIZED SESSIONS II

3:45 pm – 5:25 pm Theater 2.101

Managing GIS Data: Issues and Challenges in the GIS World

Moderator: Diana Gunter, Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center

Presenters:
Dr. Robert Strader, Computer Sciences, Stephen F. Austin State University
Abdel Quezada, Regional Geospatial Service Center – University of Texas-El Paso
Diaz, Arturo and K. Tobin, Center for Earth and Environmental Studies, TAMIU, Laredo,
“Developing a Merged Hazardous Material Database along the Texas-Mexico Border”
Mike Coffee, Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center
Justin Cure, GIS Manager, Longview, Texas

3:45pm – 5:25 pm 2.201

Public Safety Opportunities in the GIS World

Moderator: Dr. Wendell Saddler, Tarleton State University

Presenters:
Collin Rizzo, Homeland Security Coordinator, Galveston County
John Streeb, GIS Technician and 911 Addressing Coordinator, Nacogdoches County
Bryan Dunaway, GIS Technical Specialist, Harris County Office of Emergency Management
Shane Diaz, Geospatial Applications Specialist I, Columbia Center, SFASU
Dr. Wendell Saddler, Tarleton State University

5:15 pm – 6:30 pm – Grand Ballroom 2.601

Poster Session
Charles Van Hoose, Bryan Padelford, and Dr. Yanli Zhang, Arthur Temple College of Forestry
and Agriculture, SFASU, “Buy Local – Nacogdoches”

Karen Mitchell, GISP, USDA Forest Service, National Forests and Grasslands in Texas, “Using
Sketch Mapping to Designate Hurricane Ike Damage on Davy Crockett National Forest”

Herbierto Garcia, et al. “Building a Mosaic: Recreating the 1939 Landscape of Nacogdoches
County, Texas from Aerial Photographs”

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Dinner Grand Ballroom

Thursday 28 January 2009

7:30 am – 12:00 pm Grand Ballroom Baker Pattillo Student Center 2.601

Registration – Foyer

8:00 am – 10:30 am

Weather Mashups, McKibben Education Building 324 Instructor: Charles Ashton,

Geospatial Trainer I, Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center System

ORGANIZED SESSION III

8:30am – 10:10am Theater 2.101

Geospatial Tools and Models for Interpreting Landscapes in the GIS World
Moderator: Darrel McDonald, Columbia Center, SFASU

8:30 – 8:50 – Yanli Zhang, et al., Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, SFASU,
“Introduction of a LiDAR Data Processing Tool and a Case Study”
8:50 – 9:10 – C. Duane German, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, “Update on the State of
the Texas Ecological Systems Mapping Project”
9:10 – 9:30 – Cherie Edwards and Chalonda Jasper, USDA Forest Service, “WEB SOIL
SURVEY: Analyzing Soil Characteristics for Midstory Removal on the Sam Houston Ranger
District”
9:30 – 9:50 – LaRied Oates, Columbia Center, “Landscape Pattern Analysis of the American
Burying Beetle, Camp Maxey, Texas”
8:30am – 10:20am 2.201

Tools, Models and Applications in the GIS World

Moderator: I-Kuai Hung, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture

8:30 – 8:50 – Allison Bergman, Center For Regional Heritage Research, “The Development of a
Campus Web-based Mapping Application for Stephen F. Austin State University”
8:50 – 9:10 – Cliff Sunda, Center for Economic Development and Research, Arthur Temple
College of Forestry and Agriculture, “Modeling the Potential Economic Value of Rural Lands
Using GIS”
9:10 – 9:30 – John Chapman, et al., Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, SFASU,
“Assessing LiDAR Accuracy for Forest Measurement”
9:30 – 9:50 – Amanda Bataineh, USDA Forest Service, National Forests and Grasslands in
Texas, “Leica Photogrammetry Suite: An Example of What It can do for You”
9:50 – 10:10 Kyle Souza, TractBuilder, LLC, Understanding and Drafting Metes & Bounds
Descriptions in a GIS”

ORGANIZED SESSIONS IV

10: 20 am – 12:00 pm Theater 2.101

Modeling, Geoprocessing and Spatial Analysis of Landscape Elements

Moderator: Jason Grogan, Geospatial Data Acquisition Specialist II, Columbia Center

10:20 – 10:40 – Josh Pierce, Wildlife Biologist, Southern Research Station, “Using ArcGIS
Model Builder to Produce a Model for Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) Foraging
Analysis”
10:40 – 11:00 – Jason A. Engle, District Biologist, USDA Forest Service, Angelina/Sabine
National Forests, “Using GIS Technology to conduct a Red-cockaded Woodpecker Foraging
Analysis”
11:00 – 11:20 – Applications of ArcGIS and the Model Builder Tool for Predicting Archaeology
Sites on the Sabine National Forest, Texas”
11:40 – 12:00 Kathleen Ward, et al. GIS Program Coordinator, USDA Forest Service,
“Geoprocessing and Model Builder Applications for Assessment of Landscape Scenic Quality in
the Angelina National Forest, Texas”
10:20 am – 12:00 pm 2.201

Mapping Applications during Severe Weather Events in the GIS World

Moderator: Charles Ashton, GIS Trainer I, Columbia Center, SFASU

Keith Wright, Deputy City Manager, City of Lufkin

Russell Grubbs, Water Utilities Manager, City of Nacogdoches
Tara Triana, Special Projects Coordinator, Nacogdoches County
Keith Stellman, National Weather Service, Shreveport
Lance Wood, National Weather Service, Galveston

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch Grand Ballroom 2.601

Preserve America Project – Celebrating Community Partners

12:25 – Dr. Steve Bullard, Dean, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture. “Welcome
and College Overview”
Teresa Coble, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, “Cemetery Interpretation:
Using Technology to Keep the Meanings Alive”
Julie Shackelford, Director Programs in Texas, The Conservation Fund, “Economic
Development and Conservation in East Texas: Issues and Opportunities”

ORGANIZED SESSIONS V Theater 2.101

1:45 pm – 3:25 pm – Theater 2.101

Cultural Landscapes and Interpretation in the GIS World

Moderator: LeAnn Wheeler, General Manager, URS

1:45 – 2:20 – Jeffrey Williams, GIS Systems Administrator, SFASU -“El Camino Real de Los
Tejas National Historic Trail: Royal Road to the Caddo”
2:20 – 2:40 – Perky Beisel, Assistant Professor Public History, SFASU, “Mapping and
Interpreting Cemeteries in East Texas”
2:40 – 3:00 – Zac Selden, Graduate Assistant, Center for Regional Heritage Research, SFASU-
“Toward an Enhanced Comprehension of Washington Square: Interpretation and Preservation of
a Caddo Mound Site”
3:00 – 3:25 – LeAnn Wheeler, GIS Manager, URS – “Ft Worth Historic Resources Survey
Synopsis”
1:45 pm – 3:25 pm – 2.201

Managing Natural Resources Using GIS in the GIS World

Moderator: Dave Kulhavy, College of Forestry and Agriculture, SFASU

Presenters:

Kathy Ward, GIS Program Coordinator, USDA Forest Service

Josh Pierce, Wildlife Biologist, Southern Research Station
Keith Cook, Forester/GIS Specialist, Sam Rayburn, US Army Corps of Engineers
Steven Lange, Regional GIS Specialist (TWIMS), Texas Parks and Wildlife Division
David Alford, General Manager, Pineywoods Groundwater Conservation District

Management of natural resources requires access to the most accurate and current information to
make critical decisions for an agency to reduce risk, use funds effectively and provide quality
information to disparate stakeholders. In addition, internal and external demands are increasing
the complexity of those decision-making matrices. The growth geospatial data is one tool helping
managers to assess and meet these challenges.

ORGANIZED SESSIONS VI Theater 2.101

3:30pm – 5:10 pm – Theater 2.101

Columbia Regional Service Center System: Status, Initiatives and Research Agendas
Moderator: P.R. Blackwell

Panelists:
Kevin Mulligan – Director, Center for Geospatial Technology – Texas Tech University
Raed AlDouri – Director Regional Geospatial Service Center – University of Texas-El Paso
Joe Kruger – Associate Director – Geospatial Lab – Lamar University
Ken Tobin – Director, Center for Earth and Environmental Sciences – Texas A&M University
International

5:15 pm – 5:30 pm Theater 2.101

Wrap Up and Close of Organized Conference Sessions

Friday 29 January 2009

8:30 am – 11:30 am

National Weather Service Beta Workshop (full)

30 January 2010

8:00 am – 2:00 pm McKibben Education Building 324

SAR vs. WADA Field Experience (see web site for details: crgsc.org/training events or ask
for information at the registration desk)

Limit: 30 participants – No fee

Parking Suggestion

There is a parking garage directly south of the Baker Pattillo Student Center. All day
parking is $ 6.00.

The conference hotel is the Fredonia Hotel (564-1234). There is a block of rooms under
East Texas Geospatial Conference.

Other lodging can be found by visiting http://www.visitnacogdoches.org/

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