CalGIS - Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Breakout Sessions
9:00-10:30 AM

Hot Topics
Innovations at the USGS
Making relevant information available to their clients is a top priority for the USGS. With the enormous amount of data that is available, making it findable is a key goal. The topographic map is the foundation of most mapping that has been done in the United States.

• The New Generation of Topographic Maps at USGS
  Drew Decker, US Geological Survey, San Diego, CA
• Metadata for Map Services
  Sam Wear, GISP, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  Rob Dollison, Geospatial One-Stop/FGDC, Reston, VA

GIS Operations
The California GIO Perspective
A panel of county GIS leaders, moderated by the State GIO, will discuss the issues important to their organizations, successful projects, and their perspective of the role of GIS in county operations.

Panelists:     

• Mark Greninger, Los Angeles County
• Mike Cohen, San Bernardino County
• Zacharias Hunt, Santa Barbara County
• Jeff Orton, Kern County

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM  
Lunch, CGIA Awards & Closing Keynote Speaker

Eric Waldman
GeoSpatial Specialist
Bing Maps - Microsoft Corp.
Having started with a BA in Environmental Design from UC Berkeley, Eric Waldman has 25+ years of experience in GIS & Mapping industry with a strong background in Remote Sensing, 3D Visualization and Web Mapping Services.  His background includes: Managing Sales/Marketing at Hitachi Software Engineering, Western Regional Manager at Space Imaging, Vice President Photon Research, Sr Director GlobeXplorer, and for the last 4 years as GeoSpatial Specialist with the Bing Maps team in Microsoft Corp.

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