8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

First step in the voyage of discovery: accessing geospatial data for research and analysis with ArcGIS, Presented by Demetrio P. Zourarakis, Kentucky Department of Geospatial Information.

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8:30 AM to 12:00 PM

(1/2 day workshop)

Geocoding Data, Spatial Joins and Querying for Institutional Research and other projects requiring address locations, Presented by Vince DiNoto, Jefferson Community and Technical College

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1:00 PM to 4:30 PM

(1/2 day workshop)

Georeferencing and Digitization of Civil War Battlefields and Other Paper Maps, Presented by Vince DiNoto, Jefferson Community and Technical College

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8:30 AM to 4:30

ArcGIS Business Analyst for Educators and Industry, Presented by Mike Rudibaugh, Lake Land College

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This session involves introducing the ArcGIS Business Analyst Extension relative to data, applications, and potential limitations for educators and industry professionals. Goals of the session are to cover the following topics;

• Data sets included relative to demographics, business, and consumer expenditure data relating to marketing profiles of consumers;
• Educational applications and demonstrations profiling topics relating to political science, history, and sociology;
• Marketing and business applications and demonstrations associated with locating businesses around target consumer markets for economic development;
• Licensing and cost options for accessing ArcGis Business Analyst.

8:30 AM to 4:30

Oblique Air Photos using Pictometry On Line Workshop, Presented by Andrew Mendola

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The workshop will contain following content:

• Introduction to Oblique Air Photos – Andy
• Introduction to POL – Andy
• Hands on exercises to explain tools in POL – Andy
• Use of POL in Education - Tom
• POL and Public Safety Exercise – Andy
• Discussion of Exercise – Andy
• Time for questions and addressing how they can incorporate POL and Pictometry into their courses
  

For years, the GEOINT community has been discussing the establishment of education and training standards for GEOINT professionals--perhaps something similar to program instituted by the Defense Department's Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act. In the interim, the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has instituted a program to formally accredit GEOINT programs at the baccalaureate and graduate level. In educating and training GEOINT professionals, is there a place for a GEOINT program certification at the nation's community colleges? What would a community college GEOINT program look like? And how would a community college GEOINT program gain USGIF accreditation?

Though imperceptible at the beginning of the Computer Age, the rate at which the amount, complexity and interconnectedness of data and information are growing is now exponential. Understandably, this phenomenon is overwhelming the capacity of users, educators and students for discovery and analysis. The temptation is to either access only the readily consumable information, or to altogether "shut" our senses to the tidal wave of data and information coming out way by means of mobile and static devices. An emerging new trend in information management is to be part of what some call "data science". In a way, we all pull information from the "cloud", cross-validate from different sources, make quick decision as to accuracy and precision. We do engage in this endeavor on a daily basis. Geospatial (geographically referenced) data push the boundaries of "data science" in the sense that they are special. As they marry non-spatial attributes to spatial – and even temporal - dimensions in an explicit way – notoriously, coordinates result from the use of numerous and confusing coordinate systems in 2, 3 and even 4 or more dimensions. This presentation will provide examples of current models and strategies for tapping into the cloud, when looking for geospatial information and data "layers", familiarizing the audience with the current data models and the type of information that can be extracted from these very specific data sets. The focus will be on providing the attendees with useful resources and strategies to develop curricular content, drawing from "real world" examples while using readily accessible software.

This discussion will both demonstrate and discuss map interfaces to be used in conjunction with an ArcGIS Server. Some of the interfaces which will be discussed will include, Google Maps, Bing Maps, Flex Builder, Silverlight and Html 5. Included in the discussion will be the usage of relational databases so that browser based editing can be accomplished. The system architecture will also be discussed. Data resources such as Esri basemap layers will be shown.

What GIS can do and what one can do in the GIS field can be surprisingly different. GIS can be a crystal ball to predict future trends in any community but often it is not used for that end. The goal of this presentation is how to cope with the realities in the Public Sector GIS field and still get the little things done that can make a community better. It is important to balance the softer people skills that are often overlooked in a highly technical field where constant change is the norm. In a three year span our organization went through two ESRI upgrades, a new operating system, new computers and a new email system but the same road blocks and problems persisted, human nature remained the same.

This session involves introducing the ArcGIS Business Analyst Extension relative to data, applications, and potential limitations for educators and industry professionals. Goals of the session are to cover the following topics;

• Data sets included relative to demographics, business, and consumer expenditure data relating to marketing profiles of consumers;
• Educational applications and demonstrations profiling topics relating to political science, history, and sociology;
• Marketing and business applications and demonstrations associated with locating businesses around target consumer markets for economic development;
• Licensing and cost options for accessing ArcGis Business Analyst.

Earth Observation Day (EOD) is an annual STEM education and outreach effort of AmericaView, a non-profit consortium of 39 states working to promote the use remote sensing imagery in research and education. EOD celebrates the Landsat mission – a joint NASA/USGS effort that has been providing continuous global satellite data since 1972 – by engaging K-12 teachers and students in mapping their local land use/land cover using Landsat data. AmericaView scientists and educators have developed freely available lesson plans, activities, and other resources in support of EOD – and they are available to support participating teachers and students. This talk will describe the history and goals of EOD, explore the range of materials available to K-12 teachers and students, and provide information on becoming involved in Earth Observation Day.

The Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission (NKAPC) and LINK-GIS is working with local schools to bring a basic understanding of GIS to students. We are building working relationships with classroom teachers and computer lab staff to offer a one or two class period GIS introduction including video, PowerPoint, and a hands on lab using local data and ESRI's ArcReader software.

In 2005 the United States Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a contract to complete Phase II Eastern Kentucky to Morehead State University. The contract specifics were to collect and submit to the USGS place names of the eastern half of Kentucky. Phase 2 aimed to compile place names not compiled in phase I which was competed in the 1970s.Place names collected during phase 2 were to be included in the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) maintained by the USGS (http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html) In August 2007 Morehead State University was again selected by the USGS to complete Phase II for the western half of Kentucky thus completing the entire compilation for Kentucky's phase 2.
These contracts ended in August 2009 and September 2011 receptively. This presentation will discuss methods, problems, successes and the results of the two contracts,. In addition the presentation will look at what should be the future of GNIS in Kentucky. Also presented are the more colorful place names and in some cases the derivation of the names.

Bring GIS out of the office is not a new concept, but with new technologies now available it's easier than ever. This presentation will demonstrate various projects that the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet currently has in development. Also covered will be how a mobile project can be built quickly and easily and discuss the different devices that can be used.

8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Using ArcGIS Server by Vince DiNoto

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This workshop will develop hands on understanding of how to use and configure Esri ArcGIS Server to develop web maps. The participants will learn proper configuration of the server, including the correct settings for IIS and ArcGIS Server as well as an understanding of ArcSDE, file and SQL databases.

The participants will build spatial maps, utilizing services such as ArcGIS online and ArcGIS Server to understand how services can be used to create basemaps. The participants will build services on an ArcGIS Server that can be consumed by web services such as Esri web application, Google maps, Flash Builder, etc.

Participants should be able to build geospatial maps using Esri ArcMap v 10.0 as base knowledge. No prior knowledge of server side GIS is required.

Proposed Topics list
•· Utilizing online services to as basemaps (both local and web).
•· Configuring ArcGIS Server and IIS
•· Utilizing File Geodatabases
•· Understanding of Relational Database
•· Creating map services
•· Creating a Web map using Esri ArcGIS Server
•· Using Service in other Web Applications such as Google Maps, Flash Builder, Silverlight, etc.