This document provides an agenda for the Eastern Panhandle West Virginia GIS Users Group Meeting taking place on September 18, 2009 at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service NCTC in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The agenda includes presentations on GIS consortiums, funding GIS projects, using Google Earth and GIS, mapping sinkholes using LiDAR, slope modeling and terrain analysis, and an urban tree canopy assessment. There will also be information sharing, a map gallery competition, and tips for using ArcGIS Online 9.3.1. Registration closes on September 4th and seating is limited to the first 80 registrants.

1. Eastern Panhandle West Virginia
GIS Users Group Meeting
Sponsored by Region 9, Jefferson Co. GIS/Addressing Office & NCTC
NCTC
8:00AM – 4:00PM U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service NCTC
Service
Friday, September 18, 2009 698 Conservation Way ▪ Shepherdstown, WV
AGENDA
8:00AM – 8:30AM Registration (NCTC Entry Auditorium)
8:30AM – 9:00AM Welcome & Introductions
Glenn Gravatt, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Carol Crabtree, Region 9 Planning and Development Council
9:00AM – 9:30AM GIS Consortiums: A Regional Solution
Tony Simental, WV Office of State GIS Coordinator
9:30AM – 10:00AM Funding Your GI$
John Dubnansky, L. Robert Kimball & Associates, Inc.
10:00AM – 10:15AM BREAK (Refreshments provided by NCTC)
10:15AM – 10:45AM Understanding Google Earth and GIS
Matthew Mullenax, Parsons Brinckerhoff
10:45AM – 11:15AM Using LiDAR to Map Sinkholes in Jefferson County WV
John Young, U.S. Geological Survey
11:15AM – 11:45AM Information Exchange Session
11:45PM – 1:00PM LUNCH (Provided onsite by Region 9)
1:00PM – 1:30PM “What’s Your Angle?” – Slope Modeling & Terrain Analysis
What’ Angle?”
Jessica Gormont, Jefferson County GIS/Addressing Office
Rachel Shirley, Shepherd University
1:30PM – 2:00PM Urban Tree Canopy Assessment in the Eastern Panhandle
Frank Rodgers, Cacapon Institute
2:00PM – 2:15PM BREAK (Refreshments provided by NCTC)
***Winner of Map Gallery Competition Announced***
***Winner
2:15PM – 3:00PM Tips & Tricks for Using ArcGIS Online at 9.3.1
Drew Kinney and Rachel Weeden, ESRI
Weeden,
3:00PM – 4:00PM Optional Tour of NCTC Facilities
Registration closes on Friday, September 4, 2009.
Seating is limited to first 80 registrants so register today!
Register: (304) 263-1743 or bkidwell@region9wv.com
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