URISA Caribbean GIS Conference - Wednesday Program Details
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
8:30 – 10:00 AM
Plenary Session: From Crypt to Courtroom
Gregory Cooper & Michael King, Motorola Investigative Support Services
A fun break from daily pressures of conference attendance, as two former profilers present their investigation into the mysterious death of King Tut, the young Egyptian Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. Can modern investigative and forensic technologies assist in solving a murder that occurred over 3,300 years ago? The presenters will share clips from their Discovery Channel investigation of "The Assassination of King Tut”.
10:00 – 10:30 AM: Break in Exhibit Hall
Exhibit Hall Hours 10:00 AM-3:30 PM
Educational Sessions
10:30 – 12:00 Noon
Data Issues in Disaster Management
Having access to useful data is critical to the success of any project. This session examines methods of data collection for emergency management and looks at data availability and quality issues.
- Data Availability and Quality: A Major Handicap to Effective Disaster Management in the Caribbean
Jacob Opadeyi, PhD; Eva Chin, M.Sc.; and Shahiba Ali, M.Sc., Centre for GeoSpatial Studies, Engineering Institute, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago - A Strategy for Managing Geo Hazards (Floods and Landslides) in Trinidad and Tobago
Serwan Baban, University of the West Indies, Department of Surveying, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago - GIS Data Collection for Emergency Management
Anthony Sani, Sani International Technology Advisors Inc, Markham, Ontario, Canada
Michael Chapman, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coastal Resource Management
- Protecting Parks and Protected Areas in the Turks and Caicos Islands By Defining, Mapping, Monitoring and Enforcing
Judith Campbell, Turks & Caicos Islands Government, Grand Turk, Turks And Caicos Islands
Anthony Sani, Sani International Technology Advisors Inc, Markham, Ontario, Canada - Anguilla Coastal Resource Assessment, Monitoring and Management Project
Silvia Ernie and Nicola Francis, Government of Anguilla, The Valley, Anguilla -
Mapping Coastal Phenomena in Trinidad through the Integration of GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques
Deanesh Ramsewak, University of the West Indies, Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago
Web-Based GIS I
- Utilities, Business and Organizational GIS - The Possibilities, Potential and Power of a Web-Based GIS
Philip Corbin, Barbados Light & Power Co Ltd, St Michael, Barbados - Developing a Successful Internet Mapping Initiative Using ArcIMS
Jason Close, Latitude Geographics Group Ltd, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - Juturna - The re-development of a Online Mapping System developed with Open Source Technology
Anna Goldberg, MGP Information Systems, Markham, Ontario, Canada
GIS Development Initiatives
- Evaluating GIS Growth in Jamaica
Nadine Jones, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
Cecille Blake, Ministry of Land and Environment, Kingston, Jamaica - Bermudian National Spatial Data Infrastructure or Mid-Atlantic Muddle?
Mark Griffin, Bermuda Government, Hamilton, Bermuda - Performance Indicators: An Essential tool for The Recapitalisation of GISs
Dr. Garfield Giff, OTB Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM: Lunch & Exhibits
Educational Sessions
1:30 – 3:00 PM
Modeling I
- The Application of GIS to Simplify and Improve the Accuracy of An Orthogonal Polynomial Sugar Cane Yield Model
Francis Felix, University of the West Indies, Mona Geoinformatics, Kingston, Jamaica - How to Achieve a Jurisdiction-wide Addressing System
Susan Nelson, Alachua County Fire/Rescue, Gainesville, Florida, USA - Use of Location Modeling and GIS for Healthcare Delivery in the Dominican Republic
Jeffrey Osleeb, University of Conneticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
Samuel Ratick, Clark University, School of Geography, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Land Information Systems
This session will focus on overcoming the difficulties of creating, maintaining and providing access to government land information data.
- The Challenges in Building a Parcel Database for the TCI
Leroy Charles, Ministry of Natural Resources, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands
Anthony Sani, Sani International Tech Advisors Inc, Markham, Ontario, Canada - Weaving Parcel Fabric - Creating and Managing a National Digital Parcel Database
Alex Piliptchak, International Land Systems Inc, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA - Land Information Management System for the Housing Development Coorperation of Trinidad and Tobago
Sudesh Botha, GISCAD LTD, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Web Based GIS II
- Implementing A Web Based GIS System: The eLand Jamaica Experience
Darren Hall, National Land Agency, Kingston, Jamaica - Generating World Files and Geo-Referencing Earth Imagery Available on the Internet
Cyrus Dawsey, Auburn University Dept of Geography, Auburn, Alabama, USA - Using Web GIS and Web Services for Real-Time Data Management
Chris Cirillo, OneGIS, Atlanta, Georgia USA
GIS Information Implications
- Accuracy Considerations in the Use of Digital Elevation Models for Coastal Vulnerability Assessment
Paul Zandbergen, University of South Florida Department of Geography, Tampa, Florida, USA - Issues in Metadata for Secondary Geo-Based Data Sets in Developing Countries
Serwan Baban, University of West Indies, Dept of Surveying, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
3:00 – 3:30 PM: Break in Exhibit Hall
Educational Sessions
3:30 – 5:00 PM
GIS in Law Enforcement
Having “data” is not enough in today’s battle against crime. Investigators need more information, reliably and quickly. It’s 2:00 a.m. and a violent felony has just occurred. How do we get necessary historical information to those who need it, when they need it? In most agencies, when this occurs, the agency’s crime analyst is probably comfortably sleeping the night away, yet patrol officers and scene detectives need information now.
During this session, attendees will step outside the box and expand beyond GIS to look at not only technology but the investigative processes. When law enforcement agencies merge technology and investigative protocols, agencies are better equipped to face the demands of high tech crimes, multiple platform approaches and limited resources in order to apprehend violent felons. Some violent crime case reviews will be used in this presentation.
- Gregory Cooper and Michael King, Motorola, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Urban Planning
Urban planners are faced with managing issues such as parcel, zoning and land use data, transportation networks, and urban growth. This session will present several case studies that use GIS-based methods for monitoring and forecasting community needs in order to accommodate future needs and ensure quality of life indicators.
- GIS at Work in Montserrat
Lavern Rogers, Government of Montserrat Physical Planning Unit, Montserrat - The Establishment of a Master Plan for the South Western Peninsula of Trinidad
Desmond Dougall, GISCAD Limited, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - Geo-Images in Combating Land Degradation in the Caribbean: Opportunities and Challenges
Raid Al-Tahir, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Ron Mahabir, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Mobile Field Service Solutions
- Field Information System Alternatives
Jim Hargis, harGIS LLC Field Information Systems, Englewood, Colorado, USA - GIS-based Mobile Field Service Solutions for Enterprise Asset and Customer Management
Anthony Palizzi, Spacient Technologies, Inc, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA - What's New in GPS Technology for Mobile GIS
Mauricio Jaimes, Trimble, Miami, Florida, USA
Spatial Analysis
- Barbados Statistical Service - Poverty Mapping Using GIS
Sudesh Botha, GISCAD LTD, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - Poverty in Atlanta: A Spatial Analysis
Glenwood Ross, Morehouse College, Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA - A Geoinformatics Based Approach to Identify Optimum Waste Disposal Site Locations in Trinidad and Tobago
Serwan Baban, University of West Indies, Dept of Surveying, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
7:00 – 11:00 PM
Social Event/Dinner