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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 wasfortunate 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


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4th Annual East Texas Geospatial Conference

Regional Applications and Issues

2630 January 2010

Preliminary Program

Tuesday 26 January 2010

8:30 am4:00 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 am5:00 pm Grand Ballroom Baker Pattillo Student Center 2.601

RegistrationFoyer

8:30 am11:30 am McKibben Education Building 324

Introduction to Remote Sensing Workshop (continued from Tuesday)

8:30 am11:30 am

Introduction to Advanced Plume ModelingArthur Temple College of Forestry and

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

Center

8:30 am11:30 am

ArcPad WorkgroupMcKibben Education Building, RM 304JInstructor: Jason

Grogan, Geospatial Data Acquisition Specialist II, Columbia Regional Geospatial Service

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11:00 am Grand Ballroom Baker Pattillo Student Center 2.601

Vendor Exhibits Open12:10 pm1:40 pm Grand Ballroom 2.601

Luncheon Keynote Speaker

Jim ScottDirector

Texas Natural Resources Information System

TNRIS

ORGANIZED SESSIONS I

1:45 pm3:25 pm Theater 2.101

Thinking about Cartography in the GIS World

Moderator: Johnny Brown Geospatial Applications Specialist II, CRGSC

Presenters:

1:452:15Johnny Brown, Geospatial Applications Specialist II, Cartographys Role in GIS

Products

2:152:45Llane Hines, General Manager, Sanborn, Cartography in the Real World of GIS 2:453:15Todd Ullrich, RealWorldFX, Visualizing the Earth on Globes Using GIS

Processes

2:253:45Summary and Questions

1:45 pm3:25 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,


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3:25 pm3:45 pm Vendor Visitation - Coffee Break

ORGANIZED SESSIONS II

3:45 pm5:25 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 CenterUniversity 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

3:45pm5:25 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 pm6:30 pmGrand Ballroom 2.601

Poster Session


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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 pm8:30 pm

Dinner Grand Ballroom

Thursday 28 January 2009

7:30 am12:00 pm Grand Ballroom Baker Pattillo Student Center 2.601

RegistrationFoyer

8:00 am10:30 am

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

Geospatial Trainer I, Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center System

ORGANIZED SESSION III

8:30am10:10am Theater 2.101

Geospatial Tools and Models for Interpreting Landscapes in the GIS World

Moderator: Darrel McDonald, Columbia Center, SFASU

8:308:50Yanli Zhang, et al., Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, SFASU,

Introduction of a LiDAR Data Processing Tool and a Case Study

8:509:10C. Duane German, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Update on the State of

the Texas Ecological Systems Mapping Project

9:109:30Cherie Edwards and Chalonda Jasper, USDA Forest Service, WEB SOIL

SURVEY: Analyzing Soil Characteristics for Midstory Removal on the Sam Houston Ranger

District

9:30 9:50LaRied Oates, Columbia Center, Landscape Pattern Analysis of the American

Burying Beetle, Camp Maxey, Texas


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8:30am10:20am 2.201

Tools, Models and Applications in the GIS World

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

8:308:50Allison Bergman, Center For Regional Heritage Research, The Development of a

Campus Web-based Mapping Application for Stephen F. Austin State University

8:509:10Cliff Sunda, Center for Economic Development and Research, Arthur Temple

College of Forestry and Agriculture, Modeling the Potential Economic Value of Rural Lands

Using GIS

9:109:30John Chapman, et al., Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, SFASU,

Assessing LiDAR Accuracy for Forest Measurement

9:309:50Amanda Bataineh, USDA Forest Service, National Forests and Grasslands in

Texas, Leica Photogrammetry Suite: An Example of What It can do for You9:5010:10 Kyle Souza, TractBuilder, LLC, Understanding and Drafting Metes & Bounds

Descriptions in a GIS

ORGANIZED SESSIONS IV

10: 20 am12:00 pm Theater 2.101

Modeling, Geoprocessing and Spatial Analysis of Landscape Elements

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

10:2010:40Josh Pierce, Wildlife Biologist, Southern Research Station, Using ArcGIS

Model Builder to Produce a Model for Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) Foraging

Analysis

10:4011:00Jason A. Engle, District Biologist, USDA Forest Service, Angelina/Sabine

National Forests, Using GIS Technology to conduct a Red-cockaded Woodpecker Foraging

Analysis

11:0011:20Applications of ArcGIS and the Model Builder Tool for Predicting Archaeology

Sites on the Sabine National Forest, Texas

11:4012:00 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


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10:20 am12:00 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 pm1:30 pm Lunch Grand Ballroom 2.601

Preserve America Project

Celebrating Community Partners

12:25Dr. 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 pm3:25 pmTheater 2.101

Cultural Landscapes and Interpretation in the GIS World

Moderator: LeAnn Wheeler, General Manager, URS

1:452:20Jeffrey Williams, GIS Systems Administrator, SFASU -El Camino Real de Los

TejasNational Historic Trail: Royal Road to the Caddo

2:202:40Perky Beisel, Assistant Professor Public History, SFASU, Mapping and

Interpreting Cemeteries in East Texas

2:403:00Zac Selden, Graduate Assistant, Center for Regional Heritage Research, SFASU-

Toward an Enhanced Comprehension of Washington Square: Interpretation and Preservation of

a Caddo Mound Site

3:003:25LeAnn Wheeler, GIS Manager, URSFt Worth Historic Resources Survey

Synopsis


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1:45 pm3:25 pm2.201

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 tomake 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

3:30pm5:10 pmTheater 2.101

Columbia Regional Service Center System: Status, Initiatives and Research Agendas

Moderator: P.R. Blackwell

Panelists:

Kevin MulliganDirector, Center for Geospatial TechnologyTexas Tech University

Raed AlDouriDirector Regional Geospatial Service CenterUniversity of Texas-El Paso

Joe KrugerAssociate DirectorGeospatial LabLamar University

Ken TobinDirector, Center for Earth and Environmental SciencesTexas A&M University

International

5:15 pm5:30 pm Theater 2.101

Wrap Up and Close of Organized Conference Sessions


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Friday 29 January 2009

8:30 am11:30 am

National Weather Service Beta Workshop (full)

30 January 2010

8:00 am2:00 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 visitinghttp://www.visitnacogdoches.org/
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