The Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University, the East Texas GIS & GPS Users Group (ETUG), and South Central Arc GIS Users Group (SCAUG) are pleased to announce the 3rd Annual East Texas Geospatial Conference, designed to bring together GIS professionals, addressing coordinators, 9-1-1 and emergency response specialists, Forestry and Natural Resource professionals for networking, learning, and training opportunities.

Title	Presenter	Download
Contaminants in Biota for the United States-Mexico Border Region: A Relational Geodatabase	Sylvia Wilson	PDF
The 2008-2009 Texas OrthoimageryProgram: Project Status and Aerial Data Products	Gayla Mullins	PDF
Upgrading and Maintaining the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) for Texas	Daniel Pearson	PDF
Texas Ecological Systems Classification Project: Mapping Texas’ Plant Communities	Amie Treuer-Kuehn	PDF
GIS and Emergency Response: A Responder’s Perspective	Bod Koenig	PDF
GIS in Utilities Industry	Mark McGuire	PDF
GIS Professional Certification and GISCI	Justin Cure	PDF
Hurricane Ike: Decision Making Support	Lance Wood	PDF
“Accuracy: It’s all relative?”: Imagery Accuracy Assessment	Charles Ashton	PDF
Two Way Street Between KML and ArcGIS Files	LaReid Oates	PDF
Land Conservation in a Changing Environment	Julie Shackelford	PDF
Mapping of Selected Cemeteries in East Texas	Darrel L. McDonald, Karen Mitchell, Daniel Scognamillo	PDF
Mapping Uses and Issues for Groundwater Conservation Districts	David Alford	PDF
Building Community One Map at a Time	Richard Berry	PDF
USGS Activities in Texas	Bob Joseph	PDF
Hurricane Ike’s Effects on the Upper Texas Gulf Coast	Donald Owen, Richard Ashmore	PDF
East Texas GIS & GPS User Group Meeting	Justin Cure	PDF

You may download a copy of the conference program here.
You may download a copy of the schedule for Microsoft Outlook here.

Robert Joseph, Director USGS Texas Water Science Center, January 21st
Mary Jo Naschke, Public Information Officer for the City of Galveston, January 22nd

Infrastructure Applications Emergency Management Heritage Tourism Economic Development

Conservation Issues Nature Resource Applications Cultural Resource Management Water in East Texas

Five technical workshops will be held at an additional cost of $15 each. Sessions will include ArcPad I, ArcPad II, Geocoding in ArcGIS 9.3, Weather Mash-ups and Introduction to Plume Modeling. In addition, a GISP certification overview will be held for $10.

January 21-23, 2009

The Fredonia Hotel in Nacogdoches


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$50 includes lunch both days and dinner on Wednesday evening (with a bit of a social thrown in afterwards).

Download the following form, print it, fill it out, and mail it to the address on the form:

Registration Form

Oral presentations will be limited to 15 minutes followed by 3-5 minutes of questions. If needed, a longer time frame can be given with advanced notice. Please submit an 150 word abstract paper or poster via email to: dmcdonald@crgsc.org. Please note if you have needs for any special equipment.

Submit your map/poster to be entered into the poster competition at registration. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three posters.

Vendor sponsorship is available at three levels:

• Platinum ($500) which provides recognition in the conference flyer, a vendor booth, conference registration for one individual and recognition for support of the social.
• Gold sponsorship ($300) which will provide recognition in the conference flyer, a vendor booth and registration for one individual.
• Silver sponsorship ($200) which will provide recognition in the conference flyer and one conference registration.

Contact any of the following people:

Darrel L. McDonald
Assistant Director E/T
Columbia Center
936-468-1347
936-468-6114
dmcdonald@crgsc.org

Charles Ashton
Geospatial Trainer I
Columbia Center
cashton@crgsc.org

Justin Cure, GISP
GIS Manager
City of Longview
(903)237-2700
jcure@ci.longview.tx.us