Geospatial Goes Global

Geospatial Goes Global: From Your Neighborhood to the Whole Planet ASPRS 2005 Annual Conference March 7-11, 2005 l Baltimore, Maryland Final Program �� When the experts need answers �� they think �� 1 �� When the experts need answers �� they think �� 1 Table of Contents ASPRS and the conference planners thank the following sponsors for their generosity. Welcome from the Mayor of Baltimore................................1 Sponsors ..............................................................................2 Platinum Medallion Partner Welcome from the Chair......................................................3 Welcome from the President................................................5 ASPRS Officers, Staff, and Conference Committee...............6 Frequently Asked Questions ................................................7 Session Categories...............................................................9 My Day-at-a-Glance Sunday..........................................................................10 Monday.........................................................................10 Tuesday.........................................................................14 Wednesday....................................................................20 Gold Sponsor Thursday.......................................................................36 Friday............................................................................54 Program ............................................................................11 Exhibit Hall Floor Plan......................................................62 Exhibit Listing....................................................................63 Classified Session Evening at the National Aquarium in Baltimore Exhibit Hall Reception Exhibitor Directory.............................................................64 Box lunch Presenter Index .................................................................75 Conference Bags Moderator Index................................................................79 Silver Sponsor Hotel Floor Plan................................................................80 City Maps ...........................................................................83 Conference Proceedings.....................................................84 Exhibit Hall Reception Conference Proceedings Evening at the National Aquarium in Baltimore Exhibit Hall Reception Bronze Sponsor Images courtesy of RSI and NASA. Other images courtesy of the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association. Box lunch Lanyards Pens 2 3 ASPRS Potomac Region, the 2005 Conference Planning Committee and I are pleased to welcome you to the ASPRS 2005 Conference and to the great City of Baltimore! The theme for this year’s conference is “Geospatial Goes Global: From Your Neighborhood to the Whole Planet.” Our theme, developed by the late Dr. Jan Gervin, will expound on the many technologies that abound in our profession to help our neighbors here and around the world. As educators, analysts, technologists, surveyors, engineers, planners, managers, photogrammetrists, photo interpreters, geographers, geographic information scientists, mapping scientists, remote sensing scientists, and students, you will hear presentations from the youngest and brightest in the industry and some of the world’s most renowned experts in their fi elds. We have a superb program planned with well over 400 technical and special session presentations covering the gamut of geospatial technologies and applications to manage our environment, regulate our development, prepare for disasters, improve our data sharing, build our enterprise assets, strengthen our national security, and advance the quality of life in neighborhoods around the globe. Our Poster Sessions include over 70 presentations and demonstrations that will be available for viewing during the week. We are also hosting several technical tours and a Classifi ed Session. Preceding our technical presentations we are offering 14 outstanding workshops that will address current topics in the ever advancing fi elds of imaging and geospatial information and provide resources for the academic, government and private sector users of these technologies to stay current. CEUs will be awarded for these workshops. Our Keynote address will be given by Dr. Chip Groat, director U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) who serves as the U.S. representative to GEO, the international organization shaping the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), which is a critical piece of what we view the future to be for managing natural resources and protecting and creating an environment that is healthy and economically benefi cial. On Thursday, our plenary session speakers– Santiago Borrero, Secretary General, Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) and Jack Dangermond, president, ESRI, respectively will share their visions of a global quilt of spatial information using web services and the internet, and promoting international cooperation and collaboration in support of local, national and international spatial data infrastructure developments. In addition, incoming ASPRS President Karen Schuckman will deliver her address on “Mapping the Way for the Next Generation of ASPRS.” Closing our conference will be Paul Rooney of FEMA and Bert Beaulieu, director of the Offi ce of the Americas in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Analysis and Production Directorate, speaking on the topics of Flood Disasters and Homeland Security. An exceptional range of products and services, many of them just released, are on display by over 100 vendors in the Exhibit Hall located in the Marriot Waterfront Hotel, the conference headquarters. The Exhibit Hall is open Wednesday through Friday. 2 3 We have three noteworthy social events. The fi rst is the Welcome Reception hosted by the Potomac Region and its immediate Past President Dr. Brad Doorn and President Nate Smite on Tuesday evening. The theme of the reception will be a “Taste of Baltimore.” The second is our annual social held on Thursday evening at the National Aquarium

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