GEOGRAPHY AWARENESS WEEK 2002

Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation
Northern Arizona University
November 18-22

 

THEME:

 GUIDING & PROTECTING COMMUNITIES
THROUGH GIS

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

(under construction)

MONDAY, NOV. 18
            To Be Announced

TUESDAY, NOV. 19

Event: Keynote Speaker: Modeling Urban Growth with GIS - Hoyt Johnson, Planning Consultant, Phoenix - Cosponsored by the Master of Liberal Studies Program
Location: TBA
Time: TBA - LUNCHEON PRESENTATION
Everyone Invited!

 

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20

Event: GIS Day Conference
Location: SW Forest Sciences Building (Bldg. 82), Room 17, Northern Arizona University (Click For Map)
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Everyone Invited!

 

·         6:30pm – 6:45pm: Dr. Samantha Arundel, Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation, Northern Arizona University

• GIS and the NAU Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation

·         6:45pm – 7:00pm: Rob Weber, Owner/Manager, Pinnacle Mapping Technologies

• Riparian vegetation mapping using traditional remote sensing and contemporary image processing techniques, Hopi Reservation, Arizona

·         7:00pm – 7:15pm: Dr. Dharmesh Jain, Director, Department of Geographic Information Systems, Coconino County

• GIS implementation and applications in the public sector

·         7:15pm – 7:30pm: BREAK

·         7:30pm – 7:45pm: Trent Hare, Astrogeology Team, U.S. Geological Survey

• How GIS is used for mapping extraterrestrial bodies, Mars landing site analysis, and satellite planning

·         7:45pm – 8:00pm: Mark Manone, Research Associate, Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University

• Using GIS to monitor sediment storage and transport in the Colorado River through Grand Canyon

·         8:00pm – 8:15pm: Tracey J. Felger, Physical Scientist, Grand Canyon National Park

• Air tour overflights at Grand Canyon National Park

·         8:15pm – 8:30pm: BREAK

·         8:30pm – 8:45pm: Terry Arundel, Geographer, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Colorado Plateau Field Station

• The importance of Walnut Canyon National Monument as habitat for

cougars (Puma concolor) in an urban interface environment

·         8:45pm – 9:00pm: Joe Crouse, Applications Systems Analyst, Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University

• The use of GIS and remote sensing technologies for Ecological Restoration Institute projects will be discussed.  Fuels mapping, fire modeling, and both overstory and understory vegetation mapping projects will be presented.

 

THURSDAY, NOV. 21

Event: Keynote Speaker: Homeland Security and GIS in Arizona - Eugene Trobia, Arizona State Cartographer
Location: SW Forest Sciences Building (Bldg. 82), Room 17, Northern Arizona University (Click For Map)
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Everyone Invited!

 

Event: Poster Session & Food
Location: SW Forest Sciences Building (Bldg. 82), Main Lobby , Northern Arizona University (Click For Map)
Time: 8:00pm - 9:00pm

             Everyone Invited!
 
FRIDAY, NOV. 22
            To Be Announced

 

QUESTIONS? 
    Please contact Debbie Martin at 928-523-2650 or email: Deborah.Martin@NAU.EDU
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