GIS ApplicationS & Data Integration

Dec 13, 2007
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Burnaby Hilton
6083 McKay Avenue, Burnaby,
Canada V5H2W7

Tel: +1-604-438-1200
Fax: +1-604-431-7782

URISA BC hosted a seminar on GIS Applications & Data Integration on Dec 13, 2007 at the Burnaby Hilton Hotel adjacent to Metrotown just off Kingsway.

Geographic Information Systems are no longer a niche application with government and private sector organizations. Staff are realizing the value of accessing their business information using location-based technologies. Whether it is viewing tax and utility data for properties in a specific geographic area or viewing asset maintenance information on a map along with other geographic data, GIS applications and processes are becoming more tightly integrated with an organization’s other business information.

In addition, with the increased use of GIS, more organizations are collecting geographic data and making it available to others. Recent technologies have allowed disparate companies to share their complementary data and present it in a seamless “mash-up” application.

By the resounding feedback we have received so far this event was successful in its purpose. We hope you gained some useful insight into what other users are doing with GIS and that you derived some value from attending, which you can in turn utilize in your workplace.

Thank you to our presenters and sponsors. Events like this are successful because of all of you. We hope this event was as beneficial to you as it was to the attendants.

The presentations from the event have been added to this page for your future reference.

We look forward to seeing you at our future events.

The URISA BC Executive

PROGRAM and PRESENTATIONS

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.	Registration Doors Open and Breakfast and coffee
INTRODUCTION
8:30 - 8:50 a.m.	Welcome to the Seminar - GIS Applications and Data Integration James Andrusiw, President URISA BC
PRESENTATIONS
8:50 - 9:25 a.m.	Integration: The Road More Frequently Travelled Speaker: Steve Scheepmaker, Manager, Geomatics Services, Township of Langley View Presentation
9:30– 10:00 a.m.	Integrating Cityworks & Musing on the # 13 Speakers: Barbara Davey, Application Services Manager, Gary Harms, Application Architect, City of Surrey View Presentation
10:00 - 10:25 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:25 - 10:55 a.m.	VanMap Integration at the City of Vancouver Speakers: Jonathan Mark, GIS Manager, Zsigmond Balogh, GIS Programmer/Analyst, Meng Li, GIS Systems Analyst, City of Vancouver View Presentation
11:00 - 11:30 a.m.	Beyond our COSMOS Speaker: Mark Laudon, GIS Analyst, City of Surrey View Presentation
11:30 - 12:40 p.m.	Lunch Break
12:40 - 1:10 p.m.	iMove - Integrating Transportation Information from across the Region Speakers: Keenan Kitasaka, Manager, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Cam Telford, iMove Project Manager, Translink View Presentation
1:15 - 1:45 p.m.	Accessing SCADA data through GIS Speaker: Dan Tancon, Supervisor, GIS & Web Development, Metro Vancouver View Presentation
1:45 - 2:05 p.m.	Coffee Break
2:05 - 2:35 p.m.	Data Integration In Public Safety Speakers: David Hamilton, Manager Public Safety & GIS, Robert Darts, GIS Coordinator, E-Comm View Presentation
2:40 - 3:10 p.m.	Leveraging Google and Open Source Spatial Technologies for Local Government Speakers:Jason, Birch, Senior Applications Analyst, Chris McLuckie, Senior Applications Analyst , City of Nanaimo View Presentation
3:10 - 3:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks and Door Prizes