URISA/NENA Addressing Conference - Tuesday Schedule
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
8:30 – 10:00 AM
Welcome & Keynote Address
Gordon Chinander, 2008 Conference Chair, will welcome attendees to the conference and introduce NENA and URISA leaders.
Don Cooke, industry pioneer and URISA 2007 GIS Hall of Fame Inductee , will then provide the keynote address to begin the conference.
"Addressing in the Age of Neogeography"
Just when we were feeling confident that forty years of GIS experience had taught us everything we needed to know about addressing, along came Google Earth, Personal Navigation GPSes, Web 2.0, and other disruptive technologies to stir things up for us. Our keynote speaker Don Cooke will attempt to sort out and explain what he calls the "Google Earth Revolution" and how it relates to our mission of making addressing effective and unambiguous. We're caught between rising expectations for effective addressing on one hand, but also unprecedented opportunities to leverage citizens' input to help us do our jobs better.
10:00–10:30 AM
A coffee break will energize attendees for the educational sessions and networking ahead.
10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon
Educational Sessions
Addressing
Addressing Fundamentals
This session will cover fundamentals of address assignment and maintenance.
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Addressing Fundamentals
Diane Tuzinkiewicz, Bay County Emergency Response and 9-1-1 Emergency Services, Panama City, FL
Case Studies
9-1-1 Consolidation: Tales from the Trenches
Do we use the forbidden “C” (consolidation) word? No, not in a public place. Does consolidation have a negative connotation? This session discusses what can be achieved with data cooperation/sharing between agencies and jurisdictions.
- Guilford Metro 911 Consolidation – GIS Case Study
Rachel Kilby, Guilford Metro 911, Greensboro, NC
Emergency Response
GIS Fundamentals
Are you one who struggles with what a GIS layer, point, polygon, or centerline is? After many years as a police dispatcher, Dianna Thurston was “promoted” into the exciting world of GIS. In this session, she and Kathy Liljequist will share with you their tips and tricks for making GIS more useful, fun, and less intimidating.
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Braille Method of GISDianna Thurston, City of Longview, Longview, TX
Kathy Liljequist, GISP, GeoComm Inc, Saint Cloud, MN
12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM
Roundtable Discussion Luncheon
Attendees will have lunch while discussing topics of interest to the profession. a great way to get to know people with similar interests to expand your professional network!
1:00– 1:30 PM
Dessert Break in Exhibit Hall
The exhibit hall is open until 6:30 PM.
1:30 – 3:00 PM
Educational Sessions
Addressing
Working with Address Schemes, Road Networks and Abstract Addresses
This session will discuss the frameworks for addressing, and how to work with the addresses that don't fit.
- Off the Grid: Dealing with Site Names and Abstract Addresses
Paul Tessar and Bruce Reagan, DenverGIS, Denver, CO - Address Schemes: Foundations for Address Assignment and Quality Assurance
Martha Wells, GISP, Spatial Focus, Inc., Birmingham, AL
Sara Yurman, GISP, Spatial Focus Inc, Decatur, GA - Relating Addresses to Road Networks within the Framework of FGDC Standards: An Avenue to Better Address and Road Network Data
Sara Yurman, GISP, Spatial Focus Inc, Decatur, GA
Ed Wells, GISP, Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, Washington, DC
Carl Anderson, GISP, Fulton County, Atlanta, GA
Case Studies
Mapping: Integral to Interoperability
Over three-fourths of all information is spatial in nature. If you can ask "Where?" about any data or information, then it has a spatial component. This session deals with how mapping is necessary for spatially orienting data and how it plays an integral role in connecting data and information in our world.
- Unlocking Public Safety Interoperability: Regional Address Management Strategies
Craig Gooch, Psomas, Riverside, CA
Kyler Diershaw, GeoPrise, Lake Oswego, OR - Unified Desktop for Dispatch – A Map-Centric World
Paul McLaren, Positron Public Safety Systems, Atlanta, GA
Emergency Response
GIS Data and E 9-1-1
Increasingly, enhanced 9-1-1 data and GIS data are relied upon to supply accurate, timely information to emergency responders. The presentations in this session provide ways to “grade” your data, evolve your data over decades, and keep your data in synch with partners and other data sources.
- 9-1-1, ALI, and GIS Data Report Card
Kathy Liljequist, GISP, GeoComm Inc, Saint Cloud, MN - Portland Metro's Street Centerline: Partnerships and Processes 20 Years Out
Minott Kerr, Metro Data Resource Center, Portland, OR - An In-Depth Look at Data Synchronization
Kathy Liljequist, GISP, GeoComm Inc, Saint Cloud, MN
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Beverage Break in Exhibit Hall
3:30 – 5:00 PM
Educational Sessions
Addressing
Regional and Statewide Approaches to Address Data Sharing
This session will review three major case studies of address coordination and data sharing across city, county and statewide enterprises
- Implementing a Coordinated, 7-County Address Points Dataset... Daily... Yikes!
Mark Kotz, Metropolitan Council, Saint Paul, MN - Maintaining, Integrating, and Disseminating
Mark Wroblewski, Erie County, Sandusky, OH
Ronald Cramer, Digital Data Technologies, Inc, Columbus, OH - Indiana's Approach to Local GIS Address Data Integration for Regional and Statewide Applications
Jill Saligoe-Simmel, Indiana Geographic Information Council, Indianapolis, IN
Case Studies
Dealing with Data
What is your greatest challenge to obtaining accurate addressing? This session focuses on refining the 9-1-1 and addressing databases in order to achieve a high rate of precision.
- Finding and Managing Duplicate Street Names: The Case of Park County, CO
Eric Wilson, Park County GIS, Fairplay, CO
Martha Wells, GISP, Spatial Focus Inc., Birmingham, AL
Sara Yurman, GISP, Spatial Focus Inc., Decatur, GA - NG911 GIS: How Accurate is My Data?
Jerry Merlick, Contact One, Austin, TX - Making Your Addressing Work for You and Others
Marc Berryman, Greater Harris County 911, Houston, TX
Emergency Response
GIS & Emergency Response
Attend these presentations and hear how GIS is used by emergency responders for both catastrophic events and everyday use.
- How the Twin Cities use GIS to Route Wireless 911 Calls
Gordon Chinander, Metropolitan Emergency Services Board, Saint Paul, MN - Where’s the Fire? How the South Summit Dispatch Center Came to Know GIS
Christina Lingenfelter and Karen Gregorcic, City of Green, Green, OH - City of Longview Emergency Response Team
Dianna Thurston, City of Longview, Longview, TX
5:00 – 6:30 PM
Networking Reception in Exhibit Hall
Attendees will enjoy 'quality time' with the exhibitors and fellow attendees over light appetizers and beverages before heading out to explore Portland!
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