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Agenda and Materials - Annual I&M Data Managers Meeting, Las Vegas, NV


Meeting Action Items

List of Attendees

April 6-8, 2004

Tuesday, April 6

Morning Session: I&M Data Management Overview and Updates (Chairs: Nelson/Williams)

Welcome and Logistics

Programmatic Updates:

I&M Program Administration (G. Williams)

I&M Data Management (Fancy)

Data Management Strategies (Nelson)

WASO and NPS CIO Issues:

Recent IMC/CIO Activities (Nelson, Garnand)

List of Program and Regional IT Contacts

PRIDE (Garnand)

NR Business Requirements Concept Paper (Garnand)

Network and Prototype Features:

A Portal to GRYN’s Inventory and Monitoring Program (Daley)

Presentation

GRYN Folder Conventions

Tracking Monitoring Phase Accomplishments (Frakes):

Presentation

Example Database

How to Develop Access Add-ins (A. Williams)

Presentation

Example Database

Example Application

Afternoon Session: Inventory Guidance, Updates and Applications (Chair: Schumacher)

Inventory and Application Updates:

Biological Inventories and NPSpecies (Wotawa, Loar, Kingston, Emmerich)

Metadata Projects (Compas, Nelson)

Natural Resource Bibliography (Schumacher)

Geologic Resources Evaluation (O'Meara)

Inventory Status Updates (Nelson)

Remote Sensing and Landscape Assessment/Montoring:

Remote Sensing Data Needs and Updates (Gregson)

LandUse/LandCover Overview (Gross)

Monitoring Frameworks (Gross)


Wednesday, April 7

Morning Session: Data Modeling and Protocols (Chairs: Dietrich/Fancy)

NR Database Template (Dietrich)

Session Intro

NRDT Status, BOFAT

NRDT and Monitoring Protocols (Fancy)

NRDT Show And Tell and Discussion

Topeka Shiner DB, data analysis, Monitoring Protocols (Rowell - HTLN):

Protocol Narrative

Draft SOP for Data Management

Draft SOP for Data Analysis

Example Protocol Database

Metadata

Weed Sentry DB, streamlined forms, app. dev. mission creep (Palmer - MOJN):

Template Layout

GRBA Herp Survey Example

MOJA Plant Survey Example

Salt marsh DB, event data solutions, legacy data issues (Potash - CACO):

Presentation

CACO Salt Marsh Vegetation Monitoring Application

CACO Water Chemistry Application

Salt marsh DB, NRDT modularizing, location data solutions (Stevens - NCBN):

NCBN Database Templates and SOPs

Bat Inventory DB, taxonomic, observer and weather tables (Boetsch - OLYM):

Modularized Templates and Bat Inventory Demo

WHAM DB, AV2Access, GPS Import (A. Williams – SHEN):

WHAM Example Back-end

NRDT conversion to a geodatabase, application tools (Callahan - NE Region):

NRDT as a Geodatabase

Afternoon Session: GIS Program and Applications and Project Management (Chairs: Gregson/Dickison)

Geodatabases

Intro to Geodatabases (Malget)

Getting Started with Personal Geodatabases (Malget)

Basics of Enterprise Geodatabases (Nelson)

I&M Geodatabase Project and The National Map (Gregson)

GIS Standards Process (Gregson)

Database Naming Conventions (Southwould)



GIS Tools and Requirements

AlaskaPak, Theme Manager and ArcGIS to Access Tools for ArcGIS (Southwould)


Project Management Applications Discussion (facilitator – Nelson): Dieffenbach, Boetsch, Lineback, Mortenson

Project Management and Organization in NETN (Dieffenbach)

Project Manager for ROMN (Frakes):

Presentation

Example Database Application

Evening Sessions:

Demos of Image Management Tools:

NetExposure (demo of their web-based software): Potash

ThumbsPlus (general demo of what it can do): Eichenlaub

Other reviewed software: Sappington

NPSpecies Feedback Session: Beer (facilitator)



Thursday, April 8

Morning Session I: Image Management (Chair: Mortenson)

Photo Management Strategy Overview (Mortenson, Eichenlaub)

Draft - Digital Photo Management Strategy - AK I&M Program (Mortenson, Eichenlaub)

WASO Photo Metadata, Links to GIS and Infrastructure (Gregson)

Prototype Photo Viewing Tool - Alaska Support Office (Southwould)

Preliminary Image Management Software Review (Sappington, Provencal, Potash):

Presentation

Image Management Software Options

Image Management Discussion: Infrastructure, Software Needs, Workgroup: task list

Network and Prototype Features:

Image Management Examples (A. Williams):

ActiveX Control for Image Integration with MSAccess:

PolyImage Setup (Run before using Image Samples)

SHEN Image Samples

Tool for Exporting Images

Document Image Pilot Update: Repository for Documents (Mortenson)

Morning Session II: Data Management Planning (Chairs: Frakes/Nelson)

Data Management Planning and Reporting (Nelson - facilitator):

Presentation

Revised Draft Outline

Monitoring Protocol Guidelines

Afternoon Session:  Data Management Processes and Architectures (facilitator - Nelson)

Client/Server Architectures for Data Management Discussion: Wilder, Miller, Boetsch

Data Management Processes Discussion

I&M Websites - Comments/Feedback

Action Items/Future Directions

Discussions/Follow-ups and Meeting Close-out

Concurrent Afternoon Session: EPA Landscape Assessment Tools (facilitator - Gross): Bill Kepner, Darius Semmens, Don Ebert - EPA:

Introducton to Analytical Tools Interface for Landscape Assessment (ATtILA) - Don Ebert

Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment Tool (AGWA) - Darius Semmens, et. al.

AGWA and Channel Geomorphology - Darius Semmens

 

 

   
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