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taking gis to the public
June 06, 2005
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Ramada Plaza Conference Resort
10251 St. Edwards Drive
Richmond, B.C.
URISA BC is hosted a seminar entitled Taking GIS to the
Public in June 2005. The purpose of the one-day seminar was to showcase
how GIS and other technologies are being used for public participation
and in emergency situations. The seminar was made up of two tracks: GIS
for Public and Emergency Response.
GIS for Public: GIS for the Public was the topic of the
first five presentations of the day. Two municipal presentations focussed
on how GIS is used to enhance other municipal web-based applications.
These were followed by two provincial and one NGO presentations on publicly-accessible
land and map repositories. Attendees were able to gather a number of ideas
about how GIS can play a role in disseminating a variety of forms of information.
The underlying data and technology used were highlighted.
GIS and Emergency Response: GIS and Emergency Response
was the topic for the final three presentations of the day. The presenters
brought several different perspectives from provincial, municipal, and
private sectors. Again, participants were exposed to a variety of uses
of GIS and mapping technologies, all focused on improving our ability
to respond to emergency situations of different types.
ANNOUCEMENT
PROGRAM
| 8:00 - 8:30
a.m. |
Registration
Doors Open and Breakfast and coffee |
| INTRODUCTION |
| 8:30 - 8:50
a.m. |
Welcome to the Seminar
- Taking GIS to the Public
Gurdeep Singh, President URISA BC
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| 8:50 - 9:20
a.m. |
Burnaby's Community Asset Mapping
System
Speakers: Margaret Manifold, Social Planner, Derik
Woo, GIS Supervisor, City of Burnaby
Presentation
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| 9:25– 9:55 a.m. |
Integrating a Community Oriented
Webpage with GIS
Speakers: Francesca Buck, Community Web Page Administrator,
Meng Li, Computer Programmer/Analyst, City of Vancouver
Presentation
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| 10:00 -
10:30 a.m. |
Land and Resource Data Warehouse
Access Services
Speaker: Chris Spicer, Head, Access Services - Strategic
Planning & Corporate Projects, BC Ministry of Sustainable
Resource Management
Presentation
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| 10:30 - 10:50 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 10:50 -
11:20 a.m. |
British Columbia Geospatial Delivery
with MapPlace.ca
Speaker: Larry Jones,
Senior Geoscientist , BC Ministry of Energy & Mines
Presentation
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| 11:25 - 11:55 a.m. |
Saskatchewan's Emergency Response
Mapping - Finding Our Way
Speaker: Duane McKay, Director, Government of Saskatchewan
Presentation
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| 11:55 - 1:20 p.m. |
Lunch Break |
| 1:20 - 1:50
p.m. |
Where's My Map? (Practical Use
of GIS in Real-life Emergency Situations)
Speaker: Jody Sydor, Director, North Shore Emergency
Management Office
Presentation
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| 1:55 - 2:25
p.m. |
Community Mapping Network
Speaker: Susan Jesson, GIS Analyst, Community Mapping
Network
Presentation
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| 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. |
Public Alerting in Canada: A British
Columbia Perspective on Emergency Notification
Speakers: Lionel Eshleman, Emergency Management Program
Manager, TELUS Geomatics, Ron Martin, City of Vancouver, Dorit
Mason, City of Coquitlam
Presentation
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| 3:05 - 3:25
p.m. |
Closing Remarks and Door Prizes
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