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GIS Technology Showcase
January 19, 2011
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Hilton Vancouver Metrotown
6083 McKay Avenue, Burnaby,
Canada V5H 2W7
On January 19th, 2011, the British Columbia Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA BC) hosted a one day "GIS Technology Showcase" seminar.
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PRINTABLE SEMINAR MATERIAL
agenda - aBSTRACTS - SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES - SPONSORS
SEMINAR AT A GLANCE
ABSTRACTS, SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES and PRESENTATIONS
Speakers showcased the use of GIS technology as they presented their ideas and experiences from various projects or initiatives.
- Use of Twitter to Provide Crowd Sourced Location Information – ABSTRACT , BIO , PRESENTATION
- Reality, reality and augmented reality – ABSTRACT , BIO
- BCeMap – A Multi Agency Situational Awareness System for the Province of BC – ABSTRACT , BIO , PRESENTATION
- No Instructions Required: Taking the GIS out of Web Mapping – ABSTRACT , BIO , PRESENTATION
- Integrated Asset Management at the City of Vancouver – ABSTRACT , BIO , PRESENTATION
- The Many Worlds of OpenStreetMap – ABSTRACT , BIO , PRESENTATION
- Leveraging Technology: Using Imagery in Assessment – ABSTRACT , BIO
- Survey-Enabled Imagery - A New Direction in GIS Data Collection or Why Are You Still in the Field? – ABSTRACT , BIO , PRESENTATION
- Mobile Tap App/Parks iPhone App – ABSTRACT , BIO
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AGENDA
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. |
Registration
Breakfast and Coffee |
INTRODUCTION |
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. |
Welcome to the Seminar - GIS Technology Showcase
Derik Woo, President, URISA BC
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8:45 - 9:05 a.m. |
Use of Twitter to Provide Crowd Sourced Location Information
Speaker:
Drew Rifkin, Account Executive, Safe Software
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| 9:05 - 9:25 a.m. |
Reality, reality and augmented reality
Speakers:
Karl Swannie, CEO, Cloverpoint
Len Rodrigues, Senior Principal - Sector Leader, Stantec |
| 9:30 - 10:10 a.m. |
BCeMap – A Multi Agency Situational Awareness System for the Province of BC
Speakers:
Gurdeep Singh, Portfolio Manager, GeoBC
Kris Hayne, Business Area Expert, EMBC
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10:10 - 10:40 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
10:40 - 11:20 a.m. |
No Instructions Required: Taking the GIS out of Web Mapping
Speaker:
Chad Huntington, Geomatics Coordinator, Langley Township
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11:25 - 12:05 p.m. |
Integrated Asset Management at the City of Vancouver
Speaker:
Martin Tilt, GIS Analyst, City of Vancouver
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12:05 - 1:15 p.m. |
Lunch Break |
| 1:15 - 1:35 p.m. |
The Many Worlds of OpenStreetMap
Speaker:
Alan McConchie, PhD Candidate, UBC Department of Geography
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| 1:35 - 1:55 p.m. |
Leveraging Technology: Using Imagery in Assessment
Speakers:
Kim Boyd, Senior Business Analyst, BC Assessment
Dwayne Scallion-Pond, Manager of Business Systems, BC Assessment
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| 1:55 - 2:25 p.m. |
Survey-Enabled Imagery - A New Direction in GIS Data Collection or Why Are You Still in the Field?
Speaker:
Paul Currie, Business Development Manager - Mobile Mapping, McElhanney
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| 2:25 - 2:45 p.m. |
Mobile Tap App/Parks iPhone App
Speakers:
Peter Cech, Communications Specialist, Metro Vancouver
Stephen Suddes, Visitor Services & Partnerships Division Manager, Metro Vancouver
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2:50 - 3:10 p.m. |
Closing Remarks and Door Prizes |
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SEMINAR SPONSORS
Thankyou to our sponsors for helping to make this event possible. For sponsorship information for future events, please click here.
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Thankyou for joining us on January 19th to see how GIS Technology is being utilized today!
AN "ALMOST PAPERLESS" SEMINAR
URISA BC helped the environment by minimizing the amount of printed material handed out at the seminar. All materials (seminar agenda, speaker biographies, presentation abstracts, etc.) will remain available after the seminar on the URISA BC website at www.urisabc.org .
URISA BC thanks the SPONSORS and PRESENTERS for making this event possible.
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