The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas

Fiscal Year 1999-2000 Annual Report

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Appendix A: Publications | Appendix B: Public Service | Appendix C: Staff Listing

Appendix B: Public Service

Provided a tour and demo for the University of Arkansas Geography class Introduction to Cartography. September 30, 1999.

Member Intergraph Corporation’s GeoMedia Steering Committee, one of approximately 10 GeoMedia users from various professional backgrounds who provide input and direction for product enhancements and fixes for Intergraph’s GeoMedia and related products. July 1999 – February 2000.

Provided a tour of CAST to David Jefferies, an ex-timber industry professional, interested in current GIS/GPS application for forestry. July 23, 1999.

Attended Land Information Board Meeting in Little Rock representing the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies. July 1999.

Met with Mark Dangerfield of Acxiom Corp. in Conway, AR regarding current geospatial data trends. July 1999.

Attended the ESRI Users Conference in San Diego. July 1999.

Attended URISA Conference in Chicago and presented our research methods and findings regarding the Arkansas Source Water Protection project in Arkansas. August 1999.

Assisted Finley Edward, University of Arkansas Civil Engineering Department, in using the interactive mapper. August 2, 1999.

Provided six member of the Bank of Fayetteville an Introduction to GIS short-course here at CAST. This meeting was one of three, meetings scheduled to cover the material. August 5, 1999.

Assisted Mike Withrow with the Washington County NRCS office regarding ArcView data. August 1999.

Provided legislative boundaries for the State of Arkansas to Mike Graves at Acxiom Corporation in Conway, Arkansas. August 1999.

Attended CADIS planning meeting at GENESIS regarding the conceptual planning of the summers project and goals. August 1999.

Attended SWAP project leaders/planning meeting in Little Rock at the USGS offices. August 1999.

Assisted University of Arkansas undergraduate student, Jeff Young with GIS research efforts. August 1999.

Attended the ASLA Conference in Boston and co-presented a workshop on the GIS methods documented in the book GIS in Site Design (written by Karen Hanna and Brian Culpepper) to approximately 100 people. September 1999.

Attended the Aurora Partnership Conference at CTED and served as a recorder for the session titled Business Models that Work. September 1999.

Met with Mark Scheopfle, enthnographer with the National Park Service for three days regarding a future software development project between CAST and the NPS Cultural Resources office in Washington D.C. September 1999.

Hosted CAST’s booth and presented a presentation at the Fifth Biennial Arkansas GIS Users Form Conference in Eureka Springs. This year’s title of the conference was Building a Common Base for GIS in Arkansas. September 8-10, 1999.

Assisted University of Arkansas Sociology student, Aaron Scott with a demographic change study for Baxter County. He was working with Dr. Bill Schwab on an outreach project from their department to an Arkansas community. September 1999.

Assisted a Kansas Environmental Agency representative with a business data request from Acxiom Corporation in Conway, Arkansas. September 1999.

Assisted Tim Snell of the Nature Conservancy with a mapping project and powerpoint presentation of endangered species within the Springfield Plateau. Met with Tim on two separate occasions during this month and spent a total of 10 hours supporting his Nature Conservancy research. September 1999.

Assisted University of Arkansas student, Janet Coleman, with GIS data research. September 1999.

Assisted University of Arkansas Chemistry Professor, Charles Wilkins, with GIS research questions. September 1999.

Participated in 2 separate, hour long GeoMedia conference calls with 10 other Steering Committee members from across the United States. September 1999.

Assisted Steven Clifft with the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism with some geospatial data for the state. October 1999.

Assisted Michael White of the University of Arkansas accounting with database design and GIS mapping questions. October 1999.

Assisted Georgia Buckner of GDT, Inc. regarding transportation projects and expansions of our highway networks within Arkansas. October 1999.

Provided 3 maps to Lyle Godfrey of the Arkansas Department of Health for an EPA meeting/report he was attending. October 1999.

Gave Devon Galloway of the USGS office in Sacramento, CA a tour of CAST’s facilities while he was on campus for a speech he was giving. October 1999.

Consulted with Kim Hesse, a local Landscape Architect, about extraction of the tree canopy from a LANDSAT image. October 1999.

Assisted David Mather of the USA-CERL laboratory concerning GIS integration. October 1999.

Answered a few questions about GIS from Brett Trimmer at the City of Rogers. October 1999.

Attended a Union County SWAP project meeting at the Little Rock office the USGS. I was chosen by Dr. Ken Steele to represent the University of Arkansas. October 1999.

Represented CAST at an Arkansas State Land Information Board Meeting in Little Rock. October 1999.

Constructed a draft of the project guidelines for the proposed MAIN project and delivered the draft protocol to Shelby Johnson, State Land Information Coordinator in Harrison, Arkansas. October 1999.

Discussed Battlefield Planning Strategies with Gary Sullivan, Cultural Resource Manager at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield in Springfield, Missouri. October 1999.

Assisted Randy Jones of the First Electric Cooperative of Arkansas with a presentation on GIS in the State of Arkansas that was held in the Capitol Rotunda on Nov. 19^th. These presentations were geared towards informing our state legislature on the importance of geospatial technologies within state government. October 1999.

Provided James Jackson of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality with some of the GIS tips and tricks used for the Arkansas SWAP project. I also provided him with a list of contacts regarding data acquisition from the federal government. October 1999.

Attended the Arkansas Information Technology Summit held in Fayetteville on the University of Arkansas campus. November 1999.

Hosted a visiting researcher from the Netherlands who conducted some brief, visualization research at CAST while in the US. Ron Van Lammeren is a Landscape Architect from Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands. November 1999.

Co-hosted a tour of CAST and presentations to U.S. Congressional aids while they were in town for meetings. November 1999.

Shared the responsibility of creating two "map books" for visiting legislators during the fall. These map books required the production of many custom cartographic products for each legislator’s district and constituency. November 1999.

Provided a working estimate of Geospatial technologies that would be appropriate for assisting economic development within the delta of Arkanas. This information was requested by Jay Dickey’s office in response to the visit his aides made to CAST facilities. November 1999.

Provided Chuck Bitting of the National Park Service, Buffalo Ranger District with some geospatial data for his park. December 1999.

Discussed GIS and Redistricting technologies with Tim Humphries of the Arkansas Secretary of States office. December 1999.

Assisted Daniel Buxton, University of Arkansas student with historic maps of Arkansas and import of data into a GIS. January 2000.

Assisted Jerry Gibson, University of Arkansas student with Business GIS questions. January 2000.

Taught two, one-week EAST training courses in Harrison, Arkansas, with Malcolm Williamson. January 2000.

Assisted University of Arkansas Architecture student with the geological structure of Fayetteville, Arkansas. January 2000.

Assisted Heath Kuszak, University of Arkansas student with his Landscape Architecture project. February 2000.

Co-developed an Economic Development Proposal for the Arkansas Delta. Several proposal development team meetings were held over the course of this month. February 2000.

Provided a demonstration of the RAPIDSITE modeling software to 4 members of the University of Arkansas Architecture School faculty. February 2000.

Discussed GIS project with Gwen Williams of the Arkansas Dept. of Health, Fayetteville office. The result was a group of projects that were executed by the GIS for Business students in the Spring 2000 semester. February 2000.

Attended the EAST Conference in Little Rock and served as a judge for the project competition. Co-attended the CAST booth with Malcolm Williamson and Heath Wallis. March 2000.

Gave a tour of CAST and our GIS research to 8 gifted and talented students from Pea Ridge, Arkansas. They were on campus for a University of Arkansas recruiting effort. March 2000.

Assisted David Harp of Sebastian County Election Commission with district maps for his area. March 2000.

Met with Tommy Johnson of Sebastian County Election Commission and provided 3 digital and hardcopy maps of House District 13. March 2000.

Met with Elaine Padovani of USGS, Reston Virginia, regarding GIS data sources for the southwestern United States. March 2000.

Assisted Andrea Radwell of the University of Arkansas Biological Sciences department with development of a multi-year, joint proposal to be submitted to the EPA – Region 6 office for funding. Constructed a task list and budget for CAST that was submitted within the final proposal. April 2000.

Presented a 30-minute overview of GIS to the Arkansas County Judges meeting in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Approximately 40 judges and local government staff members were in attendance. April 2000.

Gave a brief overview of CAST and our research efforts with the SWAP project to three members of the Arkansas Nature Conservancy. April 2000.

Visited West Helena High School to develop a technical methodology for the completion of their portion of the MAIN project data validation effort. April 2000.

Met with Tony Ramick of the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission regarding a water resources meeting in Northwest Arkansas. April 2000.

Attended the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) meeting in Savannah, Georgia, and provided technical support and guidance for the Arkansas redistricting committee member. May 2000.

Assisted Andrea Radwell of the University of Arkansas Biological Sciences Department with development of a multi-year, joint proposal to be submitted to the EPA – Region 6 office for funding. Constructed a task list and budget for CAST that was submitted within the final proposal. May 2000.

Presented a 30-minute overview of GIS to the Arkansas County Judges meeting in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Approximately 40 judges and local government staff members were in attendance. May 2000.

Gave a brief overview of CAST and our research efforts with the SWAP project to three members of the Arkansas Nature Conservancy. May 2000.

Visited West Helena High School to develop a technical methodology for the completion of their portion of the MAIN project data validation effort. May 2000.

Met with Tony Ramick of the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission regarding a water resources meeting in Northwest Arkansas. May 2000.

Met with Dan Pucket of the University of Arkansas Department of Computing Services and Maribeth Lynes of the Recruiting Office regarding an upcoming conference in July of 2000. I will be presenting a hands-on workshop regarding GIS usage as a recruitment tool. June 2000.

Hosted 4 Saudi Arabian researchers from King Faisal University for three weeks of June while we co-developed a 3-year, 1.6 million dollar research proposal to be submitted later this year to an international funding agency. June 2000.

Met with Mark Peterson of the University of Arkansas Extension Service in Little Rock, regarding an upcoming VISION 2010 meeting in Fayetteville. Defined the GIS session and scheduled presenters and topics for the 4-hour session. June 2000.

Discussed Redistricting software particulars with Ray Hardy of the Oklahoma Legislative staff. June 2000.

Attended ESRI User’s Conference in San Diego CA. June 26-30, 2000.

Presentation Collaboration in Support of the Enterprise: Building infrastructure for improved decision making given to the following. Washington DC. July 28-30.

• Jim Ellickson, Special Project Manager, GDIN Transition Team, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Sytems Development, Department of the Interior.
• Kay Goss, Associate Director, FEMA and staff, FEMA Headquarters.
• Mark Anderson, USGS Liaison to the National Science and Technology Council, Environmental Division and Gerald Hane, special Associate Director of Policy and Plans, National Security and International Affairs Division at Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President.
• John Sutter and David Soller, USGS Earthquakes and Hazards programs.
• Richard Witmer and Patrick Leahy, USGS Division Chiefs for National Mapping and Geology; Lewis Wade, Chief Hydrologist representative; James Devine, Senior Advisor to the Director, USGS, for Science Applications; and program directors in Information Clearinghouses, Biological Resources and earthquakes and volcanoes.
• Program Directors for Hazards, Geomagnetics, Volcanoes and Earthquakes.

Attended ESRI User’s Conference in San Diego CA. July 1999.

Met with David Maguire (ESRI COO), Mike Phoenix (Director of Academic Program), and Ed Crane to Finalize language for CAST-ESRI cooperative agreement. July 1999.

Participated in the Open GIS Technical committee meetings and the OGC Management Committee meeting. Co-chaired the Disaster Management SIG, invited speakers included David Ovadia, Director of Business Development British Geologic Survey, Cambridge Positioning Systems, Aide for Aide and Elaine Padovani. Meetings were hosted by the British Ordinance Survey. Southampton, United Kingdom. August 9-13, 1999.

Participated in the Fifth Biennial Arkansas GIS Users Form Conference in Eureka Springs. This year’s title of the conference was Building a Common Base for GIS in Arkansas. September 8-10, 1999.

Conducted site review of CIIMMS (Cook Inlet Information Management and Monitoring system) with Paul Bourget of the U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center. CIMMS is a pilot GDIN project finded using Exxon Valdez funds and additional support from the U.S. Army. Anchorage, AK. September 12-15, 1999.

Participated in discussions aimed at finalizing the workplan for a collaborative project between King Faisal University and the University of Arkansas. The project will identify "best-practice" management regime for failing aquifer underlying the Al-Hassa oasis. Discussants included President Gindan, Vice President Al-Hareky, and Deans from Agriculture and Computing Services. Meetings were hosted by the Ministry of Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and King Faisal University. Hofuf, Saudi Arabia. October 9-15, 1999.

Taught a half-day seminar on geospatial applications for disaster management and was an invited panelist on a roundtable plenary looking into the potential of a real-time disaster management network, at the Institute for Business and Home Safety 6^th Congress. Memphis TN. October 26-28, 1999.

Met with USGS Directors Richard Witmer NMD, Pat Leahey Geology, Jim Devine, Science Advisor and Elaine Padonani to expand and refine the notion of a USGS Research Center on the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus. Met with representatives from the Pacific Disaster Center to discuss possible collaboration. Met with Gerald Hane, Associate Director of Policy at the White House office of Science and Technology Policy to discuss policy issues related to GDIN and the use of geospatial technology. Met with University Consortium members at George Washington University to schedule and define a one-day workshop to be offered at the Annual GDIN meetings in Ankara, Turkey. Washington D.C. November 16-18, 1999.

Met with National Park Service staff members Valleta Canouts, Terry Childs, Larry Karr and Mark Schoefle to discuss options and a plan of work to support National Archeological Data Base (NADB), Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and the Ethnographic Resources Inventory (ERI) actions and budget for FY2000. Washington DC. November 22, 1999.

Attended the MESA (Middle Eastern Studies Association) meetings and met with representatives of the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education. Washington DC. November 19-21, 1999.

Met with USGS Directors Richard Witmer, NMD; Pat Leahey, Geology; Jim Devine, Science Advisor, and Elaine Padonami to expand and refine the notion of a USGS Research Center on the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus. Crafted outline of Memorandum of Understanding and Project Implementation Plan for the Center. Washington DC. December 2-3, 1999.

Participated in the OpenGIS Technical committee meetings and the OGC Management Committee meeting. Co-chaired the Disaster Management SIG, invited speakers included Jim Davis, California State Geologist; Dave Kerlien, Office of Emergency Management; and Richard Muntz, Chair of the Department of Computer Science at UCLA. Los Angeles CA. December 5-7, 1999.

Met with SUN Microsystems executives about the University of Arkansas Center of Excellence and EDNET international programs. Presentations made to Joe Hartley, Director of SUN Education, Global; Joerg Schwartz, and Michael Cosentino about the EDNET program for international technology transfer and CAST as a Center of Excellence site for SUN Microsystems. San Francisco CA. December 9-11, 1999.

Met with USGS Director Richard Witmer, NMD; Pat Leahey, Geology; Jim Devine, Science Advisor and Elaine Padonami to expand and refine the notion of a USGS Research Center of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus. Go-ahead was received for signatures on Memorandum of Understanding and Project Implementation Plan for the Center for Interoperable Geodata to be created on the University of Arkansas campus. Washington DC. January 4-6, 2000.

Participated in the OpenGIS Technical committee meetings and the OGC Management Committee meeting. Co-chaired the Disaster Management SIG. Held numerous planning meetings for upcoming middle eastern trip with Egyptian contacts. Vancouver BC Canada. February 7-10, 2000.

Traveled with Ralph Davis and Brian Culpepper to Hofuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to begin project work on the joint University of Arkansas-King Faisal University collaboration. Held formative discussions, reviewed work plan, and finalized schedule. Hufuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. February 15-19, 2000.

Presentations made to American University of Cairo, MISR University for Science and Technology, 6 October University, and MISR International University detailing EDNET and the University of Arkansas-King Fahd Program’s interest in developing close collaborations with universities in Egypt. Cairo, Egypt. February 20-24, 2000.

A series of presentations were made at American University of Beirut and Lebanese American University to senior administrators and senior academics. Meetings were held with Provost Peter Heath and with the campus Environmental Science committee at AUB. Meetings with the Vice President for Academic Affairs for LAU led to an agreement in principle to pursue EDNET relations. Follow on discussions and a program for continued discussion leading to the development of formal relations were also held. Both AUB and LAU indicated a strong interest in

developing some level of formal relationship. Beirut, Lebanon. February 25-March 3, 2000.

Presented a demo, along with John Wilson, to a group of Pea Ridge High School, gifted and talented students. March 7, 2000.

Hosted visiting administrators from 6 October University in Egypt and provided tour and demo. March 13, 2000.

Hosted a group of visitors from USGS under the new center that USGS established at CAST. March 27-28, 2000.

Provided tour and demo for Don Peterson, Leo Yanda, and representatives from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. March 31, 2000.

Participated in the OpenGIS Technical committee meetings and the OGC Management Committee meeting. Co-chaired the Disaster Management SIG. Invited speakers included Frank Lochter (DNFK), John Rowley (Geobase), USGS Emergency response specialists and representatives of the Earthquake Response Center. Redlands CA. April 3-5, 2000.

Provided demonstration for Sandra Johnson of MapInfo. April 13-14, 2000.

With Fred Limp, presentations of CAST model and R&D directions, educational framework etc. Briefing provided by NIMA detailing a number of geospatial applications and data development/fusion initiatives. Preliminary discussions and presentations concerning Cooperative Agreement with National Imaging and Mapping Agency (NIMA). Bethesda MD. April 19-20, 2000.

Invited member of the US Department of State’s delegation to the 3rd annual Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN) Conference. Represented the University of Arkansas, CAST and USGS. Invited member of Standards Plenary. Program committee member and participant in day long workshop. Two Presentations. Ankara, Turkey. April 24-27, 2000.

Participated in very preliminary discussions with the Vice Rector and several Deans at one of Turkey's foremost Universities. A follow on trip has been scheduled for June to review the University of Arkansas MEST initiative and the colleges interest in creating new partners in the region. Discussions were hosted by Bogzazci University. Istanbul, Turkey. April 27-29, 2000.

Intensive meetings were held with the Provost, Dean of International Relations, Dean of Continuing Education, Director Social Research Center, Director Desert Development Center and the Theban Mapping Project of American University of Cairo. A collaboration was agreed to in principle and a schedule to formalize this collaboration and to establish specific work areas was agreed to. Cairo, Egypt. April 30-May 6, 2000.

Meetings with senior MapInfo staff and Administrators to finalize the language for a Center of Excellence in Enterprise Applications and to establish a Scope of Work (SOW) for our upcoming collaboration. Key aspects of this include CAST participation in the upcoming Web Mapping II OpenGIS testbed and an agreement in principle to work to fund "interns" at CAST

leading to regular funding of graduate assistants. Troy NY. May 23-25, 2000.

Attended OGC Technical committee meeting. Chaired Disaster Management and Public Safety SIG. Invited Speakers included representatives from USGS, DFNK, Anglia Polytechnic University School of Health Care Practice. Attended Web Mapping Working groups, semantics SIG and position dependent mobile systems SIG. Munich, Germany. June 5-9, 2000.

Invited discussions with Administrators and Faculty from Bogazici University and with SUN Microsystems personnel and Administrators from Middle East Technical University. Discussions focused on establishing collaborative relations between the University of Arkansas and entities in Turkey to support Faculty and Student exchange, collaborative research and the extension of MEST activities. Ankara, Turkey. June 11-13, 2000.

Attended ESRI User’s Conference. Held discussions with ESRI administrator and developers regarding instituting a final cooperative agreement and undertaking joint technology initiatives. San Diego CA. June 26-30, 2000.

Held a GPS workshop for participants of the American Quarternary Association meetings in Fayetteville. May 21, 2000.

Represented CAST at the Arkansas Technology Summit in Little Rock. July 1999.

Presented a demonstration of MAVA-LULC and BRIM projects for a Contingent from the republic of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyz. August 1999.

Provided remote sensing and image processing assistance to Geosciences Research Assistant Alynne Bayard and Professor David Stahle for their work on the Cross Timers project. August-December 1999.

Provided remote sensing and image processing assistance to biology graduate student Dawn Browning. August-December 1999.

Participated in the Fifth Biennial Arkansas GIS Users Form Conference in Eureka Springs. This year’s title of the conference was Building a Common Base for GIS in Arkansas. September 8-10, 1999.

Filled a data request for R. K. Bansal of the University of Arkansas Engineering Department. September 1999.

Filled a data request and provided assistance with image processing to Matt Dale and Wayne Nuckolls, proprietors of Agricultural Information Management, Glendale MS. October 1999.

Filled a data request for Chris Etherton of the Plum Creek Timer Company. October 1999.

Provided a demonstration of MAVA-LULC and BRIM Projects for Jim Wiseman of Boston Univesity. November 1999.

Assisted in preparation of materials and participated in a demo and tour of CAST by a group of Arkansas Legislators. November 1999.

Represented CAST at the National Remote Sensing Applications Conference and Workshop at Auburn AL. November 1999.

Presented demonstration of remote sensing technology for 30 students from Pegs Academy of Pegs OK. November 1999.

Provided demonstration of CAST remote sensing facilities and current remote sensing research project to Geosciences faculty candidate Cordula Robinson. February 2000.

Provided demonstration of CAST remote sensing facilities and current remote sensing research project to Geosciences faculty candidate Pamela Jansma. February 2000.

Provided demonstration of CAST remote sensing facilities and current remote sensing research project to Carolyn Elgin and Monty Montieth of the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute. April 2000.

Provided remote sensing and image processing assistance to Professor Art Brown and Research Assistant Andrea Radwell of Biological Sciences on a proposal submitted to EPA. April 2000.

Assisted with the selection and acquisition of remote sensing data by Dr. Peter Ungar of Anthropology. May 2000.

Data request from Brando Neal, University of Oklahoma, Benton County LULC. July 1999.

Provided demonstration for Laura Getz of Little Rock. July 1999.

Educational support given to University of Arkansas students Geo Graening and Wang Fatt Siew. August 1999.

Data request from Geo Graening, University of Arkansas, LULC project. August 1999.

Data request from Wang Fatt Siew, University of Arkansas, AHTD information. August 1999.

Data request from Mike Withrow, NRCS. August 1999.

Assisted John Murdock, University of Arkansas Farm. August 1999.

Assisted Ansu Gyeabour, Remote Sensing Unit, University of Ghana, West Africa. September 1999.

Participated in the Aurora Partnership’s Place-Based Decision Making in the 21^st Century Conference in Fayetteville. September 1999.

Offered logistical support for the Aurora Conference and CAST Open House in Fayetteville. September 1999.

Assistance given to Ken Hammett of the University of Missouri. September 1999.

Support given to Judy Atkinson of Cabot High School. September 1999.

Data request from Stephanie McSpirit, Eastern Kentucky University, demographic data for Jefferson County Munitions Incineration project. September 1999.

Data request from Les Lane, Arkansas Science and Technology Authority, Camp Robinson/Bell Slough aerial photography. September 1999.

Data request from David Gage, Oklahoma State University, LULC project. September 1999.

Provided demonstrations for various Aurora Conference attendees. September 1999.

Provided tour and demo for Martha Joukowsky, Stigler Lecturer, Brown University. October 1999.

Provided tour and demo for James Wiseman of Boston University. October 1999.

Data request from Craig Hull, City of Elm Springs, land resources data for new highway to XNA. October 1999.

Data request from Plum Creek Timber, imagery. October 1999.

Assisted Kelly Whitecotton, University of Alabama. October 1999.

1999 Gave three University of Arkansas Vector Geomatics presentations: Data Manipulation in Access Databases, Address Matching, and Metadata Seminar. November 1999.

Assistance given to Marge Cotton of Kingston High School. November 1999.

Assistance given to University of Arkansas students Scott Barrett and E. Saleeby. November 1999.

Data request from Maria Panfil, USGS, Buffalo River Watershed. November 1999.

Data request from John Brown, Columbia, GAP Vegetation. November 1999.

Data request from Jami Lockhart, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Lee Creek DOQs. November 1999.

Data request from Steven Hill, Arkansas Geological Commission. November 1999.

Data request from Angela Romy, GCR and Assiciates, Metairie LA. November 1999.

Data request from Jason White, SMSU. November 1999.

Data request from Joan Watkins, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Chancellor’s Office. November 1999.

Provided demonstration for James Dorman, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. November 1999.

Provide demonstration for Peg’s Academy Gifted and Talented students. Tulsa OK. November 1999.

Assisted Aldo Aguilar, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, USFS. November 1999.

Offered support for Mapping the Future – Using Geospatial Technologies in Communities and Local Government in Arkansas, Legislative Visit. November 1999.

Assisted Kim Smith, University of Arkansas Biological Sciences Department, AR-GAP metadata. December 1999.

Assisted Anna Brannon, University of Idaho, Gap Analysis Program. December 1999.

Participated in Digital Delta 2000 Conference in Memphis TN. February 2000.

Provided demonstration for Dr. Robert Murowchick of Boston University. March 2000.

Participated in the International IGUG 2000 Annual Conference in Huntsville AL. May 2000.

Participated in the Fifth Biennial Arkansas GIS Users Form Conference in Eureka Springs. This year’s title of the conference was Building a Common Base for GIS in Arkansas. September 8-10, 1999.

Participated in the Arkansas Information Technology Summitt held in Fayetteville. November 11, 1999.

Attended ESRI User’s Conference in San Diego CA. June 26-30, 2000.

Participated in the Arkansas Technology Summit. This conference brought together some 300+ people from Arkansas including key legislators, government representatives, etc. to discuss the status of technology, especially telecommunications, computer systems, and related areas of concern. Little Rock. July 1-2, 1999.

Participated in Aurora Partnership Conference Planning Team. 1999.

Met with Dr. Morris from WestArk of Fort Smith. July 14, 1999.

Participated in LULC meetings with Ken Steele, University of Arkansas; Earl Smith, Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission, Bruce Gorham of CAST, and others. July 15, 1999.

Participated in CADIS Program planning meetings. July 19, 1999.

Participated in teleconference with Ralph Root of the USGS Center for Biological Information. July 21, 1999.

Attended ESRI Users Conference in San Diego, California. July 26-30, 1999.

Met with IT officials from J.B. Hunt. August 18, 1999.

Met with group from the Arkansas Department of Information Services. September 3, 1999.

Participated in the Fifth Biennial Arkansas GIS Users Form Conference in Eureka Springs. This year’s title of the conference was Building a Common Base for GIS in Arkansas. September 8-10, 1999.

Hosted the national Aurora Partnership Conference held at CTED. The Aurora Partnership is a public/private collaboration to stimulate the development and application of decision support tools, services, and systems for natural resource and environmental management. It seeks to address the needs of policy makers, land and resource managers, and county and community leaders. One hundred and thirty-two people from state, local, and federal government agencies, universities, non-governmental organizations, and corporations participated in this conference. September 28-29, 1999.

Met with visiting Stigler lecturer Martha Sharp Joukowsky. October 6, 1999.

Participated in campus-wide Distance Education Committee. 1999/2000.

Met with NIMA officials visiting CAST. October 15, 1999.

Met with Dr. Morris of West Ark College of Fort Smith. October 27. 1999.

Presented a talk to the International Association of Programs for Agricultural Leaders (IAPAL) in Little Rock. The purpose of IAPAL is to have the directors of agricultural and rural development leadership programs together once a years to share concerns and ideas. October 29, 1999.

Participated in a planning session of the Arkansas Economic Development Council. Met with AEDC MIS and research staff to develop ideas on how AEDC can better use GIS and can use web-based systems to deliver economic development information to consumers. Little Rock. October 29, 1999.

Gave a presentation on geospatial technologies and their current and future applicability to rural development and agriculture to the International Association of Programs for Agricultural Leaders. Little Rock. October 31, 1999.

Presented demo and participated in talks with Jim Wiseman of Boston University. November 3-5, 1999.

Hosted meetings of the EAST Program Director Tim Stephenson, Sponsor Jim Wells, and eight EAST Instructors. November 5, 1999.

Participated in FGDC and GISP meetings in Washington DC. November 8-10, 1999.

Participated in the Arkansas Information Technology Summit held at the Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development on campus. November 11, 1999.

Gave a presentation to 20 Arkansas state and local officials and hosted a visit to CAST by a group of Arkansas Legislative Aids. Booklets of Arkansas maps produced by CAST were distributed. November 12-13, 1999.

Attended OGC Board of Directors meetings in Washington DC. December 14-15, 1999.

Meetings at Governor Huckabee’s office in Little Rock about the SWAG project. January 12, 2000.

Met with Cordula Robinson, candidate for Geosciences Remote Sensing position. February 3, 2000.

Provided a demonstration to Jim O’Connell, a prominent evolutionary archeologist from Utah. February 18, 2000.

Attended GIS 2000 Conference in Toronto, Canada. March 15-17, 2000.

Participated in OGC Board of Directors meeting in Reston, Virginia. March 20-22, 2000.

Gave a presentation to Arkansas General Assembly members on campus to meet about issues involving Mississippi Delta Development. March 31, 2000.

Attended the Society for American Archeologists Convention in Philidelphia PA. April 5-10, 2000.

Hosted a tour and demo for Nancy Delemar of the Arkansas Nature Conservacy and several of their staff members. April 18, 2000.

Presentations given of CAST model and R&D directions, educational framework etc. Briefing provided by NIMA detailing a number of geospatial applications and data development/fusion initiatives. Preliminary discussions and presentations concerning Cooperative Agreement with National Imaging and Mapping Agency (NIMA). Bethesda MD. April 19-20, 2000.

Presented demonstrations and a tour to Dr. Carolyn Elgin and Monty Monteith of the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute of Albuquerque NM. April 25-26, 2000.

Participated in Arkansas IT Task Force presentation in Little Rock. May 5, 2000.

Participated in the International IGUG 2000 Annual Conference in Huntsville AL. May 8-11, 2000.

Presented demonstrations and a tour to Tim E. Hunt of Paragould, Arkansas Board of Trustees member. May 11, 2000.

Hosted the May 2000 Arkansas Land Board Meetings at CAST facilities. Those attending representated the Arkansas Geological Commission, Arkansas Department of Information Services, University of Arkansas at Monticello, Wellsco Graphic Solutions, First Electric Cooperative, Arkansas Department of Arkansas Heritage, Benton County Assessor’s Office, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, City of Jacksonville, the Bureau of Environmental Health Services, and CAST. May 12, 2000.

Attended Department of Defense Cultural Resouces Planning meetings in Maryland. June 12-15, 2000.

Participated in State Land Board meetings in Little Rock. June 21, 2000.

Provided a demonstration for Don Melton, Director of Arkansas Department of Information Services. June 27, 2000.

Participated in the Fifth Biennial Arkansas GIS Users Form Conference in Eureka Springs. This year’s title of the conference was Building a Common Base for GIS in Arkansas. September 8-10, 1999.

Participated in talks with Terry Childs of the National Park Service concerning design and development of the NADB data entry web application prototype. 1999.

Attended the Society for American Archeologists Convention in Philadelphia to provide knowledge and software support to the National Park Service in demonstrating the NADB data entry prototype web application. April 5-10, 2000.

Participated in talks with Sandra Johnson of MapInfo Corporation concerning their alliance with CAST as a Center for Excellence and, specifically, about the MapXtremeJava product, which is a key component of the current SWAG user interface. April 13-14, 2000.

Participated in The Symposium on Ecosystem Management Research in the Ouachita and Ozark National Forests, Hot Springs. Provided wrap-up of research results on Phase II stand-level studies in the USFS Ecosystem Management research project by all research team leaders. October 26, 1999.

Assisted Kjell-Olav of the Center for Land Use and Water Research, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom. Provided information about GRASS software. Their center is using GRAFF in research involving tree squirrel population ecology under varying forest management regimes. October 27, 1999.

Participated in the International IGUG 2000 Annual Conference in Huntsville AL. May 2000.

Bruce Gorham and myself manned the CAST booth at the first Arkansas Technology Summit. This meeting was primarily aimed at educating state legislators and other decision makers in the many issues involved in moving Arkansas forward on the technology front. Fred was a guest speaker at the first day's session. At our booth, we emphasized the recent delta landuse project, the Black River inundation mapping project, and our various support efforts with the EAST program. Fred Limp and I also met with Tim Stephenson, Jim Wells, and Leon McLean to discuss EAST support roles for CAST for the coming school year. July 1-2, 1999.

Participated in discussions about 911 data issues with the Benton County 911 administration. Benton County had recently supplied us with their 911 base map data for use with the CADIS project. This data is currently unprojected. I met with Tom Maringer and several others from the 911 office, as well as Bobby Fanning from the Planning Dept., to discuss geo-rectification of their data, as well as other GIS issues. As a side note, Tom will be entering the ENDY program this fall. Also of note, further examination of the 911 base map data has shown it to have fairly low spatial accuracy. July 13, 1999.

Met with Dr. Sunny Morris, Dean of Career College, Westark College. Besides getting a general tour, Dean Morris got an in-depth look at several current projects at CAST. Fred and Malcolm spoke at length with him about the possible niche that a GIS program at Westark could best fulfill. Dr. Morris also informed us of the new Oracle, Sisko Systems, and Microsoft certification courses available at Westark. July 14, 1999.

Met with Eddie E. Brawley, P.E. of the Metropolitan Planning Organization. The Metropolitan Planning Organization is based in West Memphis, but is actually responsible for multi-county planning. We were able to give Mr. Brawley updates on the status of a variety of data layers for his area, along with potential points of contact at several different state and federal agencies. July 15, 1999.

Provided information to Dennis Heath of Tri-Gloval Technologies. They represent Trimble Navigation Ltd. in the Arkansas market. Besides GPS sales, Tri-Gloval Technologies is involved with data integration, precision ag, and some interesting imagery applications. They offer some interesting employment possibilities within the state, and are interested in presenting some of their projects to our GIS classes. They are enthusiastic about maintaining regular contact with CAST. July 22, 1999.

Provided a demonstration to 20 15-19 year-olds here on campus to participate in 4H state competitions. The topic of these competitions was "Environmental and Natural Resources Management. July 28, 1999.

Participated in the Fifth Biennial Arkansas GIS Users Form Conference in Eureka Springs. This year’s title of the conference was Building a Common Base for GIS in Arkansas. September 8-10, 1999.

Assisted EAST staff in their first training camp for 1st year schools, at their own facilities in Harrison. Jim Isom, Dave Borg, and myself worked with 14 students and teachers from three schools. We assessed the effectiveness of current training curriculum, and made plans for future improvements. September 13-16, 1999.

Provided a demonstration for the 1999 Aurora Partnership Conference held at CTED. John Cromwell, Ben Farley, and Ari Kooshesh, from Fayetteville High School's FASST lab, presented the CADIS on-line GIS applications to the attendees of the 2nd Aurora Conference. Mark Schaefer, of the DOI, John Lewis, of the Bank of Fayetteville, and Tim Stephenson, director of the EAST Initiative, also were in attendence and introduced the students. After the formal presentation, conference attendees were invited to try the system out, and to speak with the students. September 28, 1999.

Hosted a press conference at the Bank of Fayetteville about the CADIS program. John Cromwell, Ben Farley, and Ari Kooshesh, from Fayetteville High School's FASST lab, presented the public debut of the CADIS on-line GIS applications to local press members and Bank of Fayetteville officials. Tim Stephenson, director of the EAST Initiative, also was in attendence and introduced the students. Recognition was also given to the CAST members of the CADIS team.

September 28, 1999.

Provided a presentation of Smart Places program for local government officials. We invited officials from local planning agencies, as well as the Bank of Fayetteville, to attend a presentation by Ralph Root of the USGS, Denver. Ralph demo'd the Smart Places program, which is a place-based decision support system specifically oriented to planning-type issues. After showing some applications from other regions, as well as a demo using some local CADIS data, Ralph explained that the USGS was interested in sponsoring a trial usage of the software by interested parties in the area. CAST will also be involved with this effort, as well as a possible tie-in to the CADIS project. September 30, 1999.

Provided and tour and demonstration for Dr. Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Stigler lecturer for the University of Arkansas Department of Anthropology. Dr. Joukowsky has excavated and analyzed the Great Temple at Petra, Jordan, for last eight years. She is currently working with computer scientists and mathematicians on developing visualization tools for 3D walk-throughs, etc., of Petra. Debbie and I showed Dr. Joukowsky the digital photogrammetric work that Anne and Eben developed, and discussed its application to her particular problems. October 7, 1999.

Provided tour and demo for Dr. Wendy Ashmore. Dr. Ashmore was a visiting Stigler lecturer for the Department of Anthropology. The tour emphasized anthropological and archaeological applications of spatial technologies. February 3, 2000.

Participated in CADIS pre-planning meeting. Met with Bryan Vowels, Senior Vice President of the Bank of Fayetteville, to start preliminary planning for this summer's CADIS project. February 4, 2000.

Participated in regional technology meeting. John Lewis, of the Bank of Fayetteville, hosted a luncheon for some of the technology-oriented businesses and organizations that BoF has been involved with. The primary purpose of the meeting was to make connections between different players who might otherwise not cross paths. Guests included three executives from Interface Computer Center, a couple from BAV Software, and Dr. David Douglas from CISQ at the University. February 7, 2000.

Participated in the International IGUG 2000 Annual Conference in Huntsville AL. May 2000.

Adobe PageMaker technical support – Zola Moon (Rural Sociology). July 23–28, 1999.

ArcView technical support – Jim Taulman (Nature Conservancy). July 28, 1999.

Demonstration/Tour for Northwest Arkansas 4-H Group. July 28, 1999.

ArcView technical support – Indie Braden (Soil Physics). August 4, 1999.

Attended Source Water Assessment Project partners meeting in Little Rock. August 17-18, 1999.

Participated in the Fifth Biennial Arkansas GIS Users Form Conference in Eureka Springs. This year’s title of the conference was Building a Common Base for GIS in Arkansas. September 8-10, 1999.

Attended and aided in presentations at the Aurora Partnership Conference in Fayetteville. September 1999.

Demonstration/Tour for Dr. Richard Smith’s Computer Mapping class (GeoSciences). October 1, 1999.

ArcView technical support – Alynne Bayard (Tree Ring Lab). October 7 and 20, 1999.

Demonstration/Tour for Devon Galloway (Guest Lecturer – USGS). October 8, 1999.

Demonstration/Tour for Arkansas Legislative Group. November 1999.

Data support for Al-Kuwari (GeoSciences). November 15, 1999.

Attended Source Water Assessment Project partners meeting in Fayetteville. December 1-2, 1999.

ArcView technical support – Dawn Browning (Biology). January 6 and 10, 2000

ArcView and ArcInfo technical support – Mike Withrow (Natural Resources Conservation Service). January 6, 2000.

GRASS and UNIX Shell Scripting technical support – Brad Schaeffer (GeoSciences). January 13-14, 2000.

ArcView technical support – Scott Longing (Entomology). January 19, 2000.

ArcView technical support – Darrin Curtis (Industrial Engineering). January - February, 2000.

ArcView technical support – Xiu ? (Civil Engineering). January - February, 2000.

Avenue scripting technical support – Dawn Browning (Biology). February 4, 2000.

MFWorks technical support – Xiu ? (Civil Engineering). February 6, 2000.

Met with Regional Department of Health Officials to assess GIS needs and prioritization. February 10, 1999.

ArcView technical support – Steven Carlson (GeoSciences). February 15, 2000.

Attended Northwest Arkansas GIS User’s Forum Meeting in Fayetteville. February 22, 2000.

Created an email ListServ for the Northwest Arkansas GIS User’s Forum. March 2000.

Demonstration/Tour for Pea Ridge High School Gifted and Talented students. March 7, 2000.

Attended an ESRI Demonstration of ArcInfo 8 in Bentonville. March 9, 2000.

Attended Northwest Arkansas GIS User’s Forum Meeting in Fayetteville. March 16, 2000.

Demonstration/Tour for Dr. Jim Devine and Dr. Elaine Padovani of USGS. March 27, 2000.

Demonstration/Tour for Dr. Tom Paradise (Guest Lecturer – University of Hawaii; GeoSciences Position Candidate). March 28, 2000.

Demonstration/Tour for Dr. Jonathan Bascom (Guest Lecturer – East Carolina University; GeoSciences Position Candidate). March 30, 2000.

Demonstration/Tour for Dr. Glen Mattioli (Guest Lecturer – University of Puerto Rico; GeoSciences Position Candidate). March 31, 2000.

Plotter technical assistance – Dr. Peter Ungar (Anthropology). March 31, 2000.

Plotter technical assistance – Christina Scarlat (GeoSciences). March 31, 2000.

ArcView technical support – Pat McClennahan (Antrhopology). April 4, 2000.

Data support for Jeff Scott (Consolidated Land Services, Inc., Mountain Home AR). April 6, 2000.

Demonstration/Tour for Dr. Malcolm Cleveland’s Introduction to GIS class (GeoSciences). April 7, 2000.

Provided demo and tour for Malcolm Cleveland’s University of Arkansas Spring class. April 7, 2000.

Presented the Seamless Warehouse of Arkansas Geodata project at the Northwest Arkansas GIS User’s Forum Meeting in Fayetteville. April 19, 2000.

ArcView technical support – Alynne Bayard (Tree Ring Lab). April 20, 2000.

ArcView technical support – Tyrone Rogers (GeoSciences). April 24, 2000.

Demonstration/Tour for Carolyn Elgin and Monte Monteith of the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute. April 26, 2000.

Provided a shaded relief image of Arkansas to Liz Lester (University of Arkansas Press) for publication in "Negro Slavery in Arkansas" by Orville Taylor. May 3, 2000.

Data support for Brandon Bottomley (GeoSciences). May 8, 2000.

ArcView technical support – Kelly O’Callahan (GeoSciences). May 10, 2000.

Demonstration for the Arkansas State Land Information Board. May 12, 2000.

Plotter technical assistance – Amy Dunne (GeoSciences). May 18, 2000.

Data Support for Hamilton Bitely (Reliant Energy). May 25, 2000.

Data support for John Cutler (Ozark Regional Land Trust), May 25, 2000.

ArcView technical support – Marty McKimmey (Soil Physics), May 31, 2000.

Met with Jill Anthes and David Glasser (University of Arkansas Community Design Center) to discuss data holdings and availability, May 31, 2000.

Data support for Mitchell Wine (Arkansas State University), May 31, 2000.

Data support for Steve Haag (HNTB Corporation, Dallas TX), June 5, 2000.

Data support for Dr. Tom Foti (Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission) and Tim Nigh (Missouri Department of Conservation), June 8, 2000.

Demonstration/Tour for two groups of twenty 6^th – 7^th grade students from Educational Talent Search, June 13, 2000. Educational Talent Search is a grant program on the University of Arkansas campus that serves about one thousand 6^th – 12^th grade students from twenty-seven area schools. The goal of the program is to encourage these students to continue their education beyond the high school level. The students involved in the demonstration were first introduced to the concepts of Geographic Information Systems, Global Positioning Systems, and Remote Sensing. They then participated in an interactive demonstration involving ArcView GIS Software that allowed each student to create a map of their hometown, or any other town in Arkansas, including roads, railroads, streams, lakes, city limits, and landcover. They were then given an introduction to stereographic viewing through a demonstration of ImageStation, a 3D visualization and photogrammetry software. June 13, 2000.

Data support for John Cutler (Ozark Regional Land Trust), June 15, 2000.

Demonstration/Tour for Dr. Tonya Morgan’s Medical Geography class (Health Sciences), June 21, 2000.

ArcView technical support – Dr. Tonya Morgan (Health Sciences), June 21, 2000.

Attended ESRI User’s Conference in San Diego CA. June 23-30, 2000.

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