From tah@gi.alaska.edu Tue Feb 3 23:03:28 2004 From: tah@gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 14:03:28 -0900 (AKST) Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting Friday Feb 27, 4:30pm at UAF's IARC Room 417 Message-ID: Please mark your calendar: There will be a NASDUG meeting on Friday Feb 27, 4:30pm in IARC Room 417 on the West Ridge of the UAF campus. Further information regarding the speaker and topic, location, and parking will be provided about a week before the meeting. Best regards, Tom Heinrichs Sean Triplett From dverbyla@uaf.edu Thu Feb 5 17:12:17 2004 From: dverbyla@uaf.edu (Dave Verbyla) Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 08:12:17 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference next week in Anchorage...website in this email Message-ID: <40227971.5090307@uaf.edu> Hi Folks, In case your interested, the website for the Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference is: http://www.thecoordinatorsinc.com/asmc CONTINUING EDUCATION Short Courses Tuesday-Friday, February 10-13 Four full days of short courses designed to provide professional continuing education, sponsored by: * Alaska Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing * Alaska Section of the American Congress on Surveying & Mapping * Alaska Society of Professional Land Surveyors * Alaska Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association GIS Jam Session Wednesday & Thursday, February 11-12 The GIS Jam Session, sponsored by the Alaska Arc User Group, is designed for those who want to focus on GIS for two jam-packed days. Included are twelve 90-minute workshops, technical papers, a poster session, and project demonstrations. Workshops are divided into basic (Track A) and advanced (Track B) levels and are open to any conference registrant. Technical Sessions Thursday & Friday, February 12-13 This year's technical sessions, conducted 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, will feature a variety of issues and projects from a diverse group of surveying, mapping, remote sensing and GIS professionals. From tah@gi.alaska.edu Mon Feb 23 20:35:38 2004 From: tah@gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:35:38 -0900 (AKST) Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting rescheduled from 2/27 to 3/25/04 Message-ID: Dear NASDUG participants, Due to extenuating circumstances, the NASDUG meeting planned for this Friday 2/27 has been rescheduled to Thursday 3/25. The meeting will be held on UAF's West Ridge at the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) Room 401 at 4:00 on Thursday March 25. Details will follow about a week prior to the meeting. Sorry for any any inconvenience. Regards, Tom Heinrichs Sean Triplett NASDUG co-chairs From helen@arcus.org Thu Feb 26 03:17:18 2004 From: helen@arcus.org (Helen Wiggins) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:17:18 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] New Arctic GIS Website Message-ID: Dear NASDUG Folks: The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS), on behalf of the National Science Foundation, has recently launched an Arctic GIS Website in order to foster information sharing and collaboration regarding Arctic GIS issues. The website is available at: http://www.arcus.org/gis/index.html The website includes information from Arctic GIS meetings, several pages of annotated weblinks, a discussion forum, and a news & events page. I would like to encourage you to take a look and send to me any suggestions for improvement, ideas for future developments, etc. Below is a copy of the announcement we circulated through a few relevant list-servs; I apologize for any cross-listings. Best regards and look forward to your input, Helen Wiggins ARCUS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arctic GIS Website Launched Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Geospatial Information Infrastructure (GII) Developed by The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) The website is available at: http://www.arcus.org/gis/index.html For further information, please contact: Helen Wiggins, ARCUS Project Manager (helen@arcus.org) ------------------------------------ BACKGROUND Arctic researchers have recommended, in a number of contexts, a coordinated effort linking data resources across geographic and disciplinary boundaries in the Arctic in order to advance a wide variety of efforts. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related practices such as distributed data sharing and collaboration, standards development, and metadata documentation (Geospatial Information Infrastructure, or GII) provide the tools and concepts to meet the needs for enhanced data analysis, visualization, and coordination. On behalf of the National Science Foundation's Arctic Research Support and Logistics Program, ARCUS has developed the Arctic GIS website to encourage and catalyze further discussion and planning on arctic Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Information Infrastructure efforts by providing information and a forum for discussion to the international arctic research community. CONTENTS The Arctic GIS Website includes: - Information from meetings convened to discuss Arctic GII, including workshop reports and summaries, powerpoint presentations, and agendas - Annotated lists of websites relevant to Arctic GII - Arctic GIS Discussion Forum - an online bulletin board to foster discussion and collaboration - News and events Potential future website developments, depending on community need, might include items such as: expansion of weblinks list, a searchable interface of arctic data providers, a Frequently Asked Questions page, and other related products and services that would advance further development of Arctic GII. CONTACT INFORMATION We welcome your input and feedback on the website and all aspects of Arctic GII. Please feel free to provide your input by joining the Online Discussion Forum at: http://www.arcus.org/gis/forum.html or by contacting: Helen Wiggins, ARCUS Project Manager (helen@arcus.org) -- Helen V. Wiggins, Project Manager Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) 3535 College Rd., Suite 101 Fairbanks, AK 99709-3710 Phone: 907.474.1600 Fax: 907.474.1604 helen@arcus.org Visit ARCUS on the Internet http://www.arcus.org. From prakash@gi.alaska.edu Fri Mar 5 01:35:48 2004 From: prakash@gi.alaska.edu (Anupma Prakash) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 16:35:48 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS-GPS course for Alaska teachers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <001701c40252$2fcf8700$561ee589@PRAKASH> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C40206.BFE7DF00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear All, =20 Sponsored by the Alaska Space Grant Program, this summer (June 7 - June = 18, 2004), I am giving a new and specialized course for Alaskan school = teachers (grades 7-12) on the use of GIS and GPS. The course is tailored to = conform to the national and state science and geography standards. It has a = limit of 14 teachers. We encourage teachers to come in groups of 2 from their = school, if this is possible. We promote geographic and ethnic diversity amongst = the course participants. =20 The flyer for the course is available at http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash/teaching/brochure.pdf =20 =20 =20 Another thing we like to point out to our teachers is that often such courses are very expensive (typically costing $400 per day per person) = but this is not the case with our course. Additionally the teachers will get = a lot of teaching material, data, and a one year license of the Arcview = GIS package to take to their school - all for free.=20 =20 I request your help in spreading the word to Alaska school districts, = and encouraging the science and geogrpahy teachers to particiapte in this = great offer. Should you wish to have any more information or have any questions/concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. You can also contact Neal Brown, Director Alaska Space Grant program ( Email: nbrown@eagle.ptialaska.net )or Rebecca Lees (Becky) ( Email: rebecca.lees@gi.alaska.edu ) for more information or logistical support. =20 Thank you for your help and cooperation. =20 Best regards Anupma =20 Anupma Prakash UAF, Geophysical Institute 903 Koyukuk Dr; PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320; USA =20 Phone: 1-907-4741897 Fax: 1-907-4747290 Email: prakash@gi.alaska.edu URL: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash =20 =20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C40206.BFE7DF00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dear All,

 

Sponsored by the Alaska Space Grant Program, this summer (June 7 – June 18, 2004), I am giving a new and specialized course for = Alaskan school teachers (grades 7-12) on the use of GIS and GPS. The course is = tailored to conform to the national and state science and geography standards. It = has a limit of 14 teachers. We encourage teachers to come in groups of 2 from = their school, if this is possible. We promote geographic and ethnic diversity = amongst the course participants.

 

The flyer for the course is available at http://w= ww.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash/teaching/brochure.pdf  

 

 

Another thing we like to point out to our teachers is that often = such courses are very expensive (typically costing $400 per day per person) = but this is not the case with our course. Additionally the teachers will get a = lot of teaching material, data, and a one year license of the Arcview GIS = package to take to their school – all for free.

 

I request your help in spreading the word to = Alaska school districts, and encouraging the science and geogrpahy teachers to particiapte in this great offer. Should you wish to have any more = information or have any questions/concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. = You can also contact Neal Brown, Director Alaska Space Grant program ( Email: = nbrown@eagle.ptialaska.net )or Rebecca Lees (Becky) ( Email: rebecca.lees@gi.alaska.edu ) for more information or logistical support.

 

Thank you for your help and cooperation.

 

Best regards

Anupma

 

Anupma Prakash

UAF, Geophysical Institute

903 Koyukuk Dr; PO Box 757320

Fairbanks, AK  99775-7320; USA

 

Phone: 1-907-4741897

Fax: 1-907-4747290

Email: prakash@gi.alaska.edu

URL: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash

 

 

 

 

------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C40206.BFE7DF00-- From fffh@uaf.edu Fri Mar 5 08:51:31 2004 From: fffh@uaf.edu (Falk Huettmann) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 23:51:31 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] FGDC Meta data workshop, pre-announcement Fairbanks July In-Reply-To: <001701c40252$2fcf8700$561ee589@PRAKASH> Message-ID: <004b01c4028f$0eef01e0$9e2de589@system> This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01C40243.9F0759E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Dear Colleagues, this is a pre-announcement for a FGDC-NBII Metadata workshop in Fairbanks, to be held app. July 12-16. As you might know, Metadata are basically a legal requirement to document public, GIS and research data nowadays. It matters for NSF studies, as well as for Federal and Governmental agencies etc. This 4 days course is supposed to deal with the creation of Metadata, Metadata tools, and show as well examples and experiences from various users. I am supposed to be the local host for the FGDC NBII crew which will be giving the workshop. If the course will happen and once it is officially confirmed, I shall let you know more details. More then; best regards F. Falk Huettmann PhD, Assistant Professor Biology and Wildlife Dept., Institute of Arctic Biology University of Alaska Fairbanks AK 99775-7000 USA Email fffh@uaf.edu Phone 907 474 7882 Fax 907 474 6716 ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01C40243.9F0759E0-- From prakash@gi.alaska.edu Wed Mar 24 19:41:44 2004 From: prakash@gi.alaska.edu (Anupma Prakash) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:41:44 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS career fair at Wood Center: March 25th In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <001901c411d8$098a4040$561ee589@PRAKASH> Dear All, The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), formerly known as NIMA is holding a career fair at Wood Center, UAF, tomorrow, Thursday, March 25th from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. There intent is to eventiully hire several students and people with geospatial extpertise. So please take out time to meet with them and spread the word with your students too. The contact person there are Sharon Morris ( morriss@nga.mil ) and Laura Thompson (thompslj@nga.mil ). The web site for NGA is www.nga.mil Best regards Anupma Anupma Prakash UAF, Geophysical Institute 903 Koyukuk Dr; PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320; USA Phone: 1-907-4741897 Fax: 1-907-4747290 Email: prakash@gi.alaska.edu URL: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash From Sean_Triplett@blm.gov Wed Mar 24 21:42:32 2004 From: Sean_Triplett@blm.gov (Sean_Triplett@blm.gov) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:42:32 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] (no subject) Message-ID: Dear NASDUG participants, Due to extenuating circumstances, the NASDUG meeting planned for this Thursday 3/25 has been cancelled. However please take note: The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), formerly known as NIMA is holding a career fair at Wood Center, UAF, tomorrow, Thursday, March 25th from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. There intent is to eventually hire several students and people with geospatial expertise. So please take out time to meet with them and spread the word with your students too. The contact person there are Sharon Morris ( morriss@nga.mil ) and Laura Thompson (thompslj@nga.mil ). The web site for NGA is www.nga.mil Sorry for any inconvenience. Sean Triplett Geographer Alaska Fire Service/BLM P.O. Box 35005 Ft. Wainwright, Ak 99703 (907) 356-5587 http://fire.ak.blm.gov/ From tah at gi.alaska.edu Wed Apr 7 11:29:21 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Wed Apr 7 11:29:25 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] Cartographer (Remote Sensing Specialist) GS-1370-11/12 Message-ID: I am posting this on behalf of Joe Calderwood, Geospatial Services Group Leader, US Forest Service, Alaska Region, Juneau. This is an outreach notice; the actual job vacancy announcement will be out shortly. Joe's contact information is below, if you have questions. --Tom ============================================== **** OUTREACH NOTICE **** Alaska Region, Regional Office Engineering & Aviation Management Staff Juneau, Alaska Cartographer (Remote Sensing Specialist) GS-1370-11/12 The Alaska Region, Regional Office anticipates recruiting shortly, for a Cartographer (Remote Sensing Specialist) in Juneau, Alaska. This position is located in the Geospatial Services Group of the Engineering and Aviation Management Staff in the Regional Office. Incumbent provides technical expertise in resource and mapping photogrammetry (including aerial photography and orthophotography), remote sensing (including space and airborne sensors image processing, and global positioning systems) for resource and mapping applications. Position Title: Cartographer (Remote Sensing Specialist) Tour of Duty: Permanent Full-Time Duty Station: Juneau, Alaska Description of Duties: Serves as a technical authority on all aspects of remote sensing applications. Provides information, advice and technical support concerning digital and analog aerial photography, space and airborne sensors, orthophotography, image processing, and global positioning systems (GPS) for resource and mapping applications. Performs research, technical guidance, design and field support for remote sensing activities and projects. Plans and incorporates imagery, mapping and data standards within assigned regional programs. Remains abreast of developments in remote sensing and related sciences, such as photogrammetry, cartography and geographic information systems. Prepares detailed cost estimates for use in obtaining project funding or bid evaluation. Plans and executes the collection of remotely sensed geographic data. Coordinates projects, plans and programs with a wide variety of entities such as universities, corporations and national, regional, state, and local organizations. Includes the Forest Service's Remote Sensing Application Center and the Geospatial Services and Technology Center. Provides leadership in the transfer of technology and is responsible for technical training in the fields of aerial photography, space and airborne sensors, orthophotography, image processing, photogrammetry, and global positioning systems (GPS). Ensures regional or national directives, policies, or strategies are properly interpreted and implemented by Forest and Ranger District-level personnel. Prepares correspondence, technical reports, estimates, fact sheets, status reports and schedules to complete project assignments. Makes technical recommendations and assists field personnel to acquire remotely sensed data and products from public and private vender sources. Serves as a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative on survey projects, and aerial photography, photogrammetry and image processing work contracted to private firms. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Those who are interested must meet the qualification requirements for the GS-1370 series covered by the Professional and Scientific Standards. The OPM Qualification Standards Handbook is available for review at any federal personnel office OR on the Internet at: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-IV/A/GS-PROF.HTM and http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-IV/B/GS1300/1370.HTM In addition to meeting the basic education requirements, applicants must have one year of specialized experience at the next lower level. Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement. Time-in-grade requirements must be met within 60 days of the closing date of the announcement. Series, Grade, and Cost-of-Living Allowance: GS-1370-11/12. In addition to the employee's base salary, Government employees working in Alaska are assured a Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) of 25 percent of their annual base salary through December 2004. For information on the position: Contact Person: Joe Calderwood Phone Number: 907-586-7966 Email address: jcalderwood@fs.fed.us If you are interested in the position, please fill out the attached form and send it to Robin Airozo at rairozo@fs.fed.us by close of business April 16, 2004. For information about the duty station: http://www.juneau.com and http://www.kinyradio.com/ Special Information: Day care facilities are available on the premises. Government housing is not available. We are looking for a motivated person who would consider this position as an excellent opportunity for career advancement. We encourage you to express your interest in this position. OUTREACH NOTICE FORM Alaska Region, Regional Office Engineering & Aviation Management Staff Respond by: Close of Business April 16, 2004 Position Title/Series/Grade: Cartographer (Remote Sensing Specialist) GS-1370-11/12 Duty Station: Juneau, Alaska I am interested in this position and will check http://www.usajobs.opm.gov for the announcement, or I will call the contact person. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Name: Date: Address: Phone: E-Mail: Current title/series/grade/location: Duty Station Preference? Type of appointment you are currently under (e.g., Career, Career-Conditional, Excepted-ANILCA, Excepted VRA, etc) Are you currently a Federal employee: YES NO Briefly describe why you will be a quality candidate for this position: From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon May 3 08:55:53 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon May 3 08:55:57 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting Thurs. May 13 4:00 UAF GI Globe room Message-ID: NASDUG members, We have a NASDUG meeting scheduled for Thursday May 13 at 4:00 in the UAF Geophysical Institute Globe Room; see below for logistics details. I am really looking forward to our talks. Our main speaker will be Will Putman, Forester/GIS Coordinator for the Tanana Chiefs Conference. We'll also have a second, shorter presentation from Jason Williams of the USGS EROS Data Center regarding the current status of the Landsat program. We will provide refreshments before and after the meeting, so please fell free to come and chat with colleagues. Will Putman will speak on "High-resolution satellite image processing in the Tanana Valley". Will and Alaska DNR Forestry staff orthorectified and classified a large amount of high-resolution satellite data. They are creating vegetation and community maps using the imagery. Will will present a case study of this ongoing project. He would like it to be informal and interactive, so please bring your questions. See some of their maps at: http://www.tananachiefs.org/maps/ Jason Williams will give us an update on the Landsat program. Landsat 7 suffered a mechanical failure in May 2003. Landsat 5 continues to gather useful data. Planning for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (aka Landsat 8) is progressing. The USGS EDC is producing Landsat 7 products that fill in the gaps in the SLC-off data. See http://landsat.usgs.gov and http://landsat7.usgs.gov/slc_off.html The meeting will be held in the UAF Geophysical Institute's Globe room. This room is straight behind the front (south) entrance to the Elvey Building. The Elvey Building in on the west end of campus and easily identified by the 10-meter satellite dish on its roof. I've arranged for parking ticketing to be suspended for the meeting, so you may park in any of the "UAF decal" spaces in front of or behind the Elvey building. Please avoid using other visitor and reserved spaces. Most students will have left campus, so finding a free space should not be a problem. Here's a map: http://www.uaf.edu/campusmap/blue_zone.html Best regards, Tom Heinrichs Sean Triplett NASDUG co-chairs Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs@gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon May 3 11:52:14 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon May 3 11:52:17 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] ArcGIS training by GeoNorth this May Message-ID: NASDUG users, Lisa Idell of GeoNorth (an Anchorage-based GIS firm) has asked me to bring several ArcGIS classes they will be teaching here at the UAF campus to your attention. If you are interested and have questions, please contact Lisa using the information below. If you would like to take either of the "ArcGIS for Natural Resources" classes, she needs your registration very soon--by Weds. May 5. ArcGIS for Natural Resources I May 17-18, 2004 http://www.geonorth.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=training.dsp_training_class_detail&class_id=460 ArcGIS for Natural Resources II May 19-20, 2004 http://www.geonorth.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=training.dsp_training_class_detail&class_id=469 Introduction to Programming ArcObjects with VBA May 24-28, 2004 http://www.geonorth.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=training.dsp_training_class_detail&class_id=434 Lisa Idell lidell@geonorth.com 1000 O'Malley Road, Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99515 Direct: 907-646-4503 Cell: 907-350-4614 Main office: 907-677-1500 Toll-free: 877-725-1500 x203 Fax: 907-677-1502 http://www.geonorth.com Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs@gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue May 4 10:59:02 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue May 4 10:59:05 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] ESRI ArcView Maintenance information Message-ID: NASDUG users, ESRI has asked me to pass this new maintenance policy information along to ArcView license holders. Note the action date of May 15th. This does _not_ affect those of you who are licensed through the University of Alaska's site license. Please direct any questions you have to ESRI staff: Martin Balikov or Terri Morganson . -Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs@gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 11:39:24 -0700 From: Martin Balikov Subject: FW: ArcView Maintenance ArcView Users, ESRI will be sending out the attached letter this week and I want to provide everyone with some additional details. ArcView upgrades are still available from ESRI and our Business Partner Reseller's through May 14th. If you want to purchase an upgrade then please ask for a quote before May 15th. Those quotes will be honored for 90 days so you do not have to purchase until August 14th. If you are at an ArcView version 3.1 or older then this will be your last chance to purchase the following low cost upgrade to version 3.3: * ArcView 3.0 or 3.1 upgrade to 3.3 available for $395, * ArcView 3.2 upgrade to 3.3 available for $99. >From now to October 1st you'll be able to purchase a years maintenance and continue to use your ArcView 3.x licenses for another year. If you have a large number of ArcView licenses in your agency then using the secondary licensing for 9 of every 10 licences can provide a significant savings: * ArcView 3.2 $600 (secondary $300), * ArcView 3.2 with extensions for $1500 (secondary $1200), * ArcView 3.3 $400 (Secondary $200) Until May 15th, * ArcView 3.3 $600 (Secondary $300) From May 15th to October 1st, * ArcView 3.3 with extensions $1000 (secondary $800). These upgrades will include 12 months maintenance and a copy of ArcGIS 9 ArcView. You will be licensed to run either or both on that machine for the next year. There are too many different combinations of products and versions to explain everything in detail here. Many of you have special needs and products including: * moving from Unix ArcView to Windows ArcGIS 9, * moving from Macintosh or version prior to 3.0 to ArcGIS 9, * moving to a concurrent (floating) ArcGIS 9 license from May 15th to October 1st from ArcView 3.2 ($2200) or ArcView 3.3 ($2000) licenses, or * moving MrSID, Streetmap or ArcPress extensions. So, please contact us at ESRI through your local representative, the regional office (360-754-4727) or telebusiness (1-800-447-9778) if you want to discuss the details of your update needs. Thank you, Marty Balikov ESRI Northwest Regional Manager ========================= May 6, 2004 Dear ArcView User: We are pleased to announce that ESRI(r) ArcView(r) 9 and the ArcGIS(r) 9 extensions will soon be available. Highlights of the ArcView 9 release include a new geoprocessing framework, improved annotation and labeling, enhanced raster support, and overall quality improvements. The ArcGIS extensions now include the new ArcGlobe(tm) application included with ArcGIS 3D Analyst(tm); ArcReader(tm) customization via ArcGIS Publisher; and new extensions, Maplex for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Data Interoperability. If you were current on your maintenance on March 31, 2004, you will automatically receive the ArcView 9 update at no additional charge. If you are not current on your maintenance, ESRI would like to share some important information with you to ensure that you receive the ArcView 9 update. Effective May 15, 2004, ESRI will discontinue the fee-based upgrade program for single use licenses of ArcView 8.x, ArcView 3.x, and extensions. To receive ArcView 9 and the ArcGIS extensions, you will need to subscribe to the ArcView maintenance program if your existing licenses are not currently on maintenance. The ArcView software maintenance subscription is a cost-effective program that includes software updates, technical support, and many other benefits. The maintenance subscription for ArcView 3.3 or 8.3 single use licenses is $400 for a primary subscriptionBM__ftnref1[1], which represents a $200 savings from the previous ArcView upgrade program. In addition, maintenance is an annual subscription, making it easy to plan for the cost of support and updates. If you have more than one license of ArcView, you can take advantage of the two-tiered maintenance program, which offers primary and secondary maintenance subscriptions. Secondary maintenance offers many of the advantages of primary maintenance and is available at a lower cost of $200. As many as nine secondary maintenance seats can be purchased for each primary maintenance seat, per product. For information on reactivating your maintenance subscription for ArcView 3.2, 8.1, or 8.2 licenses and the benefits of ESRI maintenance programs, please visit www.esri.com/avmaint . Sincerely, The ArcView Team P.S. Please let us know if you have questions. ESRI is ready to take your call at 1-800-447-9778, or you may contact your local ESRI regional office. [1] If you own one or more single use ArcGIS extensions with ArcView, primary maintenance is $1,000 and secondary maintenance is $800. _____ BM__ftn1[1] If you own one or more single use ArcGIS extensions with ArcView, primary maintenance is $1,000 and secondary maintenance is $800. From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue May 11 18:34:27 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue May 11 18:34:29 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] Reminder: NASDUG meeting Thurs 5/13 4:00 Message-ID: NASDUG members, This is to remind you that we have a NASDUG meeting scheduled for Thursday May 13 at 4:00 in the UAF Geophysical Institute Globe Room. Full announcement: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/pipermail/nasdug-l/2004/000010.html Will Putman's talk will be based upon a paper he presented at the Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference titled: "High-Resolution Satellite Image Processing in Interior Alaska: The good, the bad, and the ugly." If you would like to read it in advance for background, this paper is available at: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/docs.htm Jason Williams will also speak regarding the status of the USGS Landsat program. Not to steal Jason's thunder, but I'm sure he will mention the price reduction for Landsat 7 SLC-off products: http://landsat7.usgs.gov/pricereduction.php By the way, we've reactivated the NASDUG website at: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu -Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs@gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From tah at gi.alaska.edu Fri May 21 16:34:38 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Fri May 21 16:34:40 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS Specialist jobs in Missoula Message-ID: I have been asked to bring these job openings to your attention. The Forest Service LANDFIRE program is seeking 16 GIS specialists in Missoula, Montana. This closes Monday 5/24. See: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/jobs.htm For future reference, if you have a spatial data related position you would like to publicize, please send it to us and we can post it to the NASDUG website. Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs@gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com Wed Jun 9 13:54:12 2004 From: Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com (Jeff Anderson) Date: Wed Jun 9 15:02:47 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS - Geospatial Contacts Message-ID: Northern Alaska Spatial Data Users Group, I'm compiling a GIS / Geospatial contacts list for the state of Alaska and would like to include Federal, State, Local, and Private GIS sources. If any of you would like to be included, please email your contact information to [ mailto:Jeff_Anderson@ak-prepared.com ]Jeff_Anderson@ak-prepared.com. Thanks for your time. Jeff Anderson GIS Specialist FEMA Region X 907-428-7020 From Sean_Triplett at blm.gov Wed Jun 9 15:08:00 2004 From: Sean_Triplett at blm.gov (Sean_Triplett@blm.gov) Date: Wed Jun 9 15:08:02 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS - Geospatial Contacts Message-ID: Jeff, Could you be more specific? I'm compiling a GIS / Geospatial contacts list for the state of Alaska and would like to include Federal, State, Local, and Private GIS sources. Contact list for what? Sean Triplett Geographer Alaska Fire Service/BLM P.O. Box 35005 Ft. Wainwright, Ak 99703 (907) 356-5587 http://fire.ak.blm.gov/ From Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com Wed Jun 9 15:19:24 2004 From: Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com (Jeff Anderson) Date: Wed Jun 9 15:24:38 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] Re: GIS - Geospatial Contacts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sean, When the President issues a disaster declaration and FEMA deploys to the state to coordinate disaster response, recovery, and mitigation, we usually coordiate with state, local, and other Federal Agencies for access to regional datasets that are more detailed than what we've created or received from the Mapping and Analysis Center (MAC) in D.C. We also use contact information to invite and inform others about conferences and training opportunities involving FEMA. Hope this clarifies a little. Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks, Jeff From tah at gi.alaska.edu Thu Jun 10 16:31:14 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Thu Jun 10 16:31:17 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting Thurs. July 22 4:00 UAF GI Globe room Message-ID: NASDUG members, Please mark your calendars for an upcoming NASDUG meeting on Thursday July 22 4:00 at the UAF GI Globe room. The primary speakers will be Terri Morganson from Anchorage, Alaska's ESRI sales representative, and Ryan Dalton from Olympia, Washington, an ESRI technical expert. They will discuss the new Data Interoperability Extension for Arc 9. As the day of the meeting draws near, we will send out a full announcement. You can also find meeting info updates at: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/meetings.htm Regards, Tom Heinrichs Sean Triplett NASDUG Co-chairs From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon Jul 19 12:37:22 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon Jul 19 12:37:24 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting Thursday July 22, 4:00, UAF GI Globe Room Message-ID: NASDUG members, We have a NASDUG meeting scheduled for this Thursday July 22 at 4:00 in the UAF Geophysical Institute Globe Room; see below for logistics details. Meeting updates: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/meetings.htm Our Alaska ESRI representative, Terri Morganson, has arranged for a presentation and demo by one of ESRI-Olympia's technical folks, Ryan Dalton, of the new data interoperability extension to ArcGIS. We know a fair number of you are out of town or in the field, but this opportunity for a presentation from ESRI came up, and we thought the local user community would benefit. We hope to have ESRI back in the fall for an ArcGIS 9 rollout presentation, as well. Speakers: Ryan Dalton, ESRI-Olympia; Terri Morganson, ESRI-Alaska Title: An overview and demonstration of ESRI's newest extension: The ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension Description: The ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension eliminates barriers for data sharing by providing state-of-the-art direct data access, data transformation, and export capabilities. This extension enables ArcGIS Desktop users to easily use and distribute data in many formats. Information is available at: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/datainteroperability/index.html The meeting will be held in the UAF Geophysical Institute's Globe room. This room is straight behind the front (south) entrance to the Elvey Building. The Elvey Building in on the west end of campus and easily identified by the 10-meter satellite dish on its roof. I've arranged for parking ticketing to be suspended for the meeting, so you may park in any of the "UAF decal" spaces in front of or behind the Elvey building. Please avoid using other visitor and reserved spaces. Most students will have left campus, so finding an unoccupied space should not be a problem. Here's a map: http://www.uaf.edu/campusmap/blue_zone.html Best regards, Tom Heinrichs Sean Triplett NASDUG co-chairs Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs@gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From prakash at gi.alaska.edu Fri Jul 23 11:38:16 2004 From: prakash at gi.alaska.edu (Anupma Prakash) Date: Fri Jul 23 11:38:18 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] AGU special session on education outreach in the IPY and IHY In-Reply-To: <20040203225425.13704.31434.Mailman@dogbert.gi.alaska.edu> Message-ID: <200407231938.i6NJcGXG022327@dino.gi.alaska.edu> Dear All, Data integration in a GIS framework plays a very important role in promoting research and education in the field of Earth System Science. Therefore, I'd like to encourage all NASDUG members to submit an abstract to the following session. Please feel free to forward this message to anyone science education and outreach Thank you for your help Best regards Anupma Anupma Prakash UAF, Geophysical Institute 903 Koyukuk Dr; PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320; USA Phone: 1-907-4741897 Fax: 1-907-4747290 Email: prakash@gi.alaska.edu URL: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash Call for Abstracts for Fall 2004 AGU Meeting Session ED01: "Space Observations for Earth System Science: Education Opportunities in the International Polar Year (IPY) and International Heliophysical Year (IHY), 2007" Call for Abstracts: At the AGU Fall 2004 Meeting there will be a special session on "Space Observations for Earth System Science: Education Opportunities in the International Polar Year (IPY) and International Heliophysical Year (IHY), 2007." This session will provide members of the geophysical and space science education communities with a rare opportunity to discuss different initiatives, address how these efforts overlap, and facilitate our plans for the future. Presentations on all aspects of Education and Public Outreach relevant to IPY and IHY are welcome; this session is not restricted to participants in IHY and IPY efforts. We strongly encourage contributions from programs and initiatives which have not been incorporated into the IPY/IHY 2007 plans, but may contribute to IPY and IHY Education and Public Outreach in the future. We hope to have a panel discussion at the end and a town meeting later on to maximize community discussion and input. More information on the IPY and IHY programs can be found at www.ipy.org and www.ihy.gsfc.nasa.gov Session Abstract: The International Polar Year (IPY), which will be concurrent with the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) will involve integrated circumpolar research using present and advanced technologies. IPY and IHY will offer exceptional educational opportunities. An objective of educational outreach will be to recognize the earth as a dynamic system which will require a multidisciplinary and cross border approach. This session will be on the education outreach opportunities and strategies afforded in the IPY and IHY. Focus will be on the importance of disseminating data from space missions, such as the 'A Train', to all levels of users. New data and research findings will promote research and education further. Effective ways to integrate field and local knowledge with satellite based observations will be discussed. A primary goal will be to set up a mechanism for seamless information sharing on a global level for all sectors of society. Conveners: John J. Kelley, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK USA Email: ffjjk@uaf.edu Barbara J. Thompson, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt MD, USA Email: barbara.j.thompson@nasa.gov Anupma Prakash, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK USA Email: prakash@gi.alaska.edu Leonard Johnson, University of Alaska, Fairbanks AK USA email: len.johnsoniii@verizon.net Abstract Submission Deadlines: On-Line Abstracts must be submitted to AGU by 9 September 2004, 2359UT*. At 2359 UT the local times will be: Boston 19.59h New Orleans 18.59h Seattle 16.59h Santiago 19:59h Paris 1:59h Friday 10 Sept. Moscow 3:59h Friday 10 Sept. Tokyo 8:59h Friday 10 Sept. Sydney 9:59h Friday 10 Sept. Membership Requirement: Abstracts can be submitted only when the first author is an AGU member in good standing; if the first author is not an AGU member, the submission must be sponsored by an AGU member in good standing who has agreed to do so. Membership application or renewal must be received no later than 27 August 2004 in order to submit an abstract, and the AGU membership number must be provided with the abstract submission. Membership numbers of first authors will be validated against the AGU membership database, and submission will not be allowed unless membership is current. First Author Policy: A person, as first author, may submit one (1) contributed paper and one (1) invited paper, if the invitation is approved by a Program Committee member for inclusion in the program. If a person accepts the invitation to be the first author on a second invited paper, this person must forgo the first author, contributed paper. In order to submit an invited abstract, the first authors name must appear in the invited author's list provided by session conveners. The only exception to this policy is the submission of abstract to Education (ED) or Public Affairs (PA) sessions. For details on these exceptions please visit In summary, a first author can have the following combination of submissions. a. 1 contributed abstract b. 1 contributed and 1 invited c. 2 invited abstracts, but no contributed abstracts d. 2 contributed abstracts only if one is submitted to a planned Education OR Public Affairs sessions. Abstract Submission Guidelines. Full submission guidelines can be found on the AGU Web site on the 2004 Fall Meeting page, www.agu.org/meetings/fm04/ AGU website: Further information is available at the AGU website at http://www.agu.org/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 8114 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.gi.alaska.edu/pipermail/nasdug-l/attachments/20040723/0a797aa1/winmail.bin From tah at gi.alaska.edu Thu Aug 5 13:24:39 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Thu Aug 5 13:24:42 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] Arc 9 "Working with Labels and Annotation" workshop Sept. 23, 2004 in Fairbanks Message-ID: NASDUG members, There will be a workshop held in Fairbanks on Sept. 23, 2004 called "Working with Labels and Annotation using ArcGIS 9." Cost is $195. Here's the brochure: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/docs/ArcGIS_9_Labels_Annotation.pdf For specific questions about seminar content, please contact Rebecca Seago, ESRI-Olympia, by phone at 360-754-4727, ext. 8956, or via e-mail at rseago@esri.com. Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs@gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From tah at gi.alaska.edu Thu Sep 16 16:58:56 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Thu Sep 16 16:58:59 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] "Dr. GIS" session (9/22) and labeling class reminder (9/23) Message-ID: NASDUG, Please be aware of two upcoming ArcGIS events. First, you are reminded that ESRI will be presenting a labeling class next week, Thursday Sept 23. More information can be found here: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/pipermail/nasdug-l/2004/000021.html http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/docs/ArcGIS_9_Labels_Annotation.pdf Second, the presenters for the labeling class will be coming to Fairbanks midday on Weds Sept 22. Sean, Terri Morganson, and I have arranged for them to host a "Dr. GIS" session, where you bring your problem data sets, questions, and unsolved problems to these technical experts for diagnoses and, hopefully, a cure. Both Sean and I will be out of town next week. Bill Witte of the Geology department has generously offered to host the session in his teaching lab in the UAF Natural Sciences Building. The session will be from 3:30 to 6:00 on Weds 9/22. Here are maps to the Natural Science Building: http://www.uaf.edu/campusmap/green_zone.html http://www.uaf.edu/campusmap/buildings/nsf.html Park in the lot behind (north) of the building. I've made arrangements for parking ticketing to be suspended. Here's how to find Bill's lab: Rm 316, Natural Sciences Facility, 900 Yukon Dr. Enter the NatSci door closest to the large parking lot North of the Bldg. Go straight down the hallway, take the stairway in the atrium up to the 3rd floor, head for the northeast corner of the building. If you miss Rm. 316, Rm. 308 is the Geology Dept. office and folks can direct you from there. Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs@gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu From sgeorge at acsalaska.net Thu Sep 23 18:32:13 2004 From: sgeorge at acsalaska.net (Shari George) Date: Thu Sep 23 19:33:02 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] Landsat Data Continuity Message-ID: <000001c4a1de$b37caac0$1802a8c0@Dimension700> Hi All - I received this through the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Landsat data has been an incredibly valuable tool for science and management throughout Alaska. Your responses are due before COB September 28, so don't delay! ---------- On September 6, 2004 the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) convened a federal Landsat users roundtable. At this roundtable federal agencies were asked to respond to a series of nine questions relating to their use of Landsat data and the effect that a gap in Landsat data would have. OSTP is now asking the broader user community to respond. The nine questions are included in the message from Dr. Gene Whitney below. These questions are also available for your use as a PDF document at: http://intranet.asprs.org/Non-Federal_questionnaire.pdf) or as a Word document at: http://intranet.asprs.org/Non-Federal_questionnaire.doc). Your input is needed as the US government assesses both short and long-term plans for Landsat. Dr. Whitney has requested that you respond directly to him (mailto:gwhitney@ostp.eop.gov) as soon as possible, but before COB September 28. Please take the time to respond to this survey. Also, please forward this to any colleagues that are interested or involved in Landsat. ---------- Thanks, Shari George From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue Oct 5 10:15:26 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue Oct 5 10:15:31 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS training Oct. 26-29 by Blue Skies Solutions Message-ID: NASDUG members, Blue Skies Solutions will be offering GIS training later this month in Fairbanks. Here are the particulars: Fairbanks: October 26 - 29, 2004 An Introduction to GIS Concepts: October 26, 2004 (ESRI) An Introduction to ArcGIS I: October 27-28, 2004 Practical GIS in Alaska: October 29, 2004 Cost for Fairbanks training: $1300 per person for all four days (Oct 26-29) $800 per person the two day ESRI Introduction to ArcGIS I (Oct 27 & 28) The Fairbanks training will be held at the Wyatt Enterprises computer lab at 330 Wendell Ave, Suite B. Info: http://www.blueskiessolutions.net/training.html Brochure: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/docs/Blue_Skies_GIS_Training_Oct_04.pdf Contact: Mike Knapp, mknapp@blueskiessolutions.net, 907-230-4372 http://www.blueskiessolutions.net/index.html Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs@gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue Oct 5 14:38:56 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue Oct 5 14:38:59 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] ArcGIS 9 rollout Oct. 28 in Fairbanks Message-ID: NASDUG members, ESRI will be hosting "ArcGIS 9 and Business Partner Solutions" at the Fairbanks Princess Hotel on October 28, 2004. Registration is from 8-9, with presentations starting at 9:00. You are encouraged to register online in advance. This is a free event. Description, agenda, and link to online registration: http://gis.esri.com/events/index.cfm?fuseaction=showSeminar&shownumber=7422 Brochure: http://gis.esri.com/events/pdf/OLY_ArcGIS-BPS_04.pdf Questions: Terri Morganson, ESRI Alaska, Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs@gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu From Tim_Hammond at ak.blm.gov Tue Oct 12 09:46:14 2004 From: Tim_Hammond at ak.blm.gov (Tim_Hammond@ak.blm.gov) Date: Tue Oct 12 09:57:29 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS internship - please forward Message-ID: BLM's Northern Field Office is advertising for a GIS Specialist Intern to start in January. The position will be filled through the Environmental Careers Organization (ECO), and the full announcement can be found at http://www.eco.org. Qualified candidates who have completed a Bachelor's degree or higher within the last three years are eligible to apply. Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested, and feel free to give my contact information to anyone with questions. Thanks. -Tim Tim Hammond, GIS Coordinator Northern Field Office - 907-474-2210 tim_hammond@ak.blm.gov From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon Oct 25 16:30:23 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon Oct 25 16:30:25 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] Reminder: ArcGIS 9 rollout Oct. 28 in Fairbanks Message-ID: NASDUG, This is a reminder that this event is Thursday of this week at the Fairbanks Princess Hotel. -Tom ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 14:38:56 -0800 (AKDT) From: Tom Heinrichs To: nasdug-l@gi.alaska.edu Cc: Terri Morganson Subject: [nasdug-l] ArcGIS 9 rollout Oct. 28 in Fairbanks NASDUG members, ESRI will be hosting "ArcGIS 9 and Business Partner Solutions" at the Fairbanks Princess Hotel on October 28, 2004. Registration is from 8-9, with presentations starting at 9:00. You are encouraged to register online in advance. This is a free event. Description, agenda, and link to online registration: http://gis.esri.com/events/index.cfm?fuseaction=showSeminar&shownumber=7422 Brochure: http://gis.esri.com/events/pdf/OLY_ArcGIS-BPS_04.pdf Questions: Terri Morganson, ESRI Alaska, Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs@gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu _______________________________________________ NASDUG-L mailing list NASDUG-L@gi.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu/mailman/listinfo/nasdug-l From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue Oct 26 15:31:59 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue Oct 26 15:32:13 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS/Database Professional job open for Bristol Bay Native Association Message-ID: NASDUG members, Below is a job listing you may be interested in. It is also posted at http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/jobs.htm GIS/Database Professional. Will provide mapping analysis and database support to Lands & Resources staff and ensure that the maps and data remain accurate and current. Undergraduate degree. Strong Oracle or related RDBMS skills. Strong macro programming skills (e.g. C++, Visual Basic, VBA). 5+ years experience with GIS applications where GIS technology was used more than 75% of the time. Strong IT skills (e.g., network data management, web server technology) Experience supervising 1-2 other staff members. Dillingham. $40,000/yr to $50,000/yr DOE. Closes November 8, 2004. To apply contact BBNA Personnel at 1-800-478-5257. posting requested by: Marlene A. Andrews, Personnel Specialist Bristol Bay Native Association PO Box 310 Dillingham, AK 99576 Phone 842-5257 ext 337 Fax 842-5932 mandrews@bbna.com Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs@gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Program University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu From wlentz at abrinc.com Wed Nov 10 07:52:15 2004 From: wlentz at abrinc.com (wlentz) Date: Wed Nov 10 07:52:25 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] Municipality of Anchorage converting to NAD83 later this month In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <010a01c4c745$a223e9f0$9100a8c0@Will> I received this from AGDC mailing list. Will Lentz GIS Specialist v 907-455-6777 x105 c 590-9775 AGDC Membership, Charlie Barnwell, Manager, Data/GIS Resources Division, Municipality of Anchorage (MOA), would like the AGDC membership to be aware that the MOA Corporate GIS is going to convert its data from NAD27 to NAD83 on November 22, 2004. The associated metadata will also be updated at that time. The Alaska Railroad and the MOA are sponsoring a course in projections, datums, and other related issues on Monday and Tuesday, November 15 and 16. Charlie suggests that if anyone is interested in participating to contact Pat Kelly at 265.2411 for more information and space availability. The cost for the course is $400. Thank you for your continued interest and participation as we work together to build a solid geospatial data foundation for Alaska. A.C. Brown U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Geographic Science Office 4230 University Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99508 907.786.7002 acbrown2@usgs.gov _______________________________________________ agdc mailing list agdc@listserv-ak.wr.usgs.gov http://listserv-ak.wr.usgs.gov/mailman/listinfo/agdc From prokein at arsc.edu Tue Nov 16 15:01:20 2004 From: prokein at arsc.edu (Peter Prokein) Date: Tue Nov 16 14:58:52 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] Alaska NED DEM Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.2.20041116150033.03495828@mailhost.arsc.edu> Happy Tuesday! Does anyone happen to have the complete Alaska NED DEM by a chance? Thanks, Peter =============================== Peter Prokein Water and Environmental Research Center University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 755860 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-5860 Phone: (907) 474-2720 Fax: (907) 474-7979 From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon Nov 29 14:38:31 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon Nov 29 14:38:33 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] student GIS job at UAF -- Mining Engineering Message-ID: NASDUG, Here is a job opportunity for a graduate or undergraduate student: Student Assistance needed for a project involving Remote Sensing analysis and development of a GIS Database for Assessment of Platinum Placers in Goodnews Bay Region, Alaska. Salary will be offered at $11 - $14 per hour depending upon the experience of the student. The student is expected to work 20 hours per week. Please contact Dr. Debasmita Misra (474-5339 / ffdm1@uaf.edu) or Dr. Anupma Prakash (474-1897 / prakash@gi.alaska.edu) with a copy of your resume. Graduate students are preferred but undergraduate students with the adequate skills will also be considered. Review of applications will start immediately. Regards, Tom From prokein at arsc.edu Thu Dec 2 11:03:08 2004 From: prokein at arsc.edu (Peter Prokein) Date: Thu Dec 2 11:02:47 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] EarthSLOT now on-line Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.2.20041202105732.029c5918@mailhost.arsc.edu> Happy day before TGIF! Cryolist repost, but I figured some of you may enjoy to have a look at EarthSLOT and have some fun flying around and finding their house, or actually doing some science, either way, feel free to post your feedback to the message board we have set up with the support of Arcus. In fact, if you have any kind of question at all, please do use the message board, because chances are someone else has (or will have) the same question and it would be nice to keep all the information in one place. Thanks, Peter >Dear Cryolisters, > >Ever wish you could interactively visualize your field or modeling sites >over the internet in 3D with the ease and quality of a video game? > >Now you can. Check it out: www.earthslot.org. > >EarthSLOT is a pilot project funded by the NSF Arctic Resarch Support and >Logistics program to allow scientists, logisticians, program managers, and >the public better understand the Arctic. (I went a little overboard and >included the Antarctic and everything in between as well...) The system >has been up and running for about 4 months now and I am pretty happy with >the results. This is our first advertisement of the site. If things go >well with increased user loads in the next few weeks, I will send out >another announcement to organize a large simultaneous user-load to test >our goal of serving 1000 concurrent users. Feel free to spread the link >around. > >Here several take-home messages from the web pages: > >- EarthSLOT is intended as a community effort, using data contributions >from you to visualize the earth at the highest resolution possible for the >benefit of the planet and science that goes on here >- I like to think of EarthSLOT as GIS for the rest of us; it has a pretty >robust set of tools in the free viewer and many more using the PRO version >- I would like to propose EarthSLOT as a central tool for IPY science >integration, facilitation, and outreach and am looking for partners. > >Here are few notes about what's possible: > >- Most of what you find here are just examples, the idea behind them is to >give you a better idea of the applications that YOU can create (you have >buy a bit of software to do it yourself, but its cheap) and serve from >your own web page >- There are about 8 different types of terrain/imagery combinations that >you can fly over currently, including hi-res optical, shaded relief, color >slices, etc. Click on the "more info" links to preview them. >- With proper funding, we can burn subsets of the data to DVD along with a >free viewer, so you are not tied to the internet. > >Here are a few notes on flying around: > >- Use the most powerful PC (sorry no macs or unix yet) and fastest >internet connection you have; I'd recommend 200 kbs minimum and 1000 kbs >is preferred >- Data gets temporarily cached on your hard disk, so if you stay in one >area performance will improve dramatically (because you no longer need the >internet connection) >- There is a help file with the free viewer, as well as an FAQ and help on >our web pages. We're out of money now for this project, so please try to >figure as much out on your own and make use of the email forum we set up >before hitting us with tech support questions. I encourage emails on >performance (good or bad) and testimonials (hopefully good!), but ask that >you try it several times and do as much leg work as you can as to whether >its my bandwidth or yours that is the problem. > >I believe that EarthSLOT would make a great extension to nearly any >project or program, but you be the judge and please let me know. > >Cheers, >Matt > > > >====================== >Matt Nolan >Associate Research Professor >Institute of Northern Engineering >455 Duckering Bldg >University of Alaska Fairbanks >Fairbanks, AK 99775-5860 > >Voice: (907) 474 2467 >Fax: (907) 474 7979 >Email: matt.nolan@uaf.edu >Web: www.uaf.edu/water/faculty/nolan =============================== Peter Prokein Water and Environmental Research Center University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 755860 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-5860 Phone: (907) 474-2720 Fax: (907) 474-7979 From Sean_Triplett at blm.gov Fri Dec 3 13:08:37 2004 From: Sean_Triplett at blm.gov (Sean_Triplett@blm.gov) Date: Fri Dec 3 13:08:48 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] Next NASDUG Meeting Message-ID: NASDUG Members, NASDUG will be meeting Friday December 10, 2004 at the Noel Wien Public Library. The meeting will begin at 4:00 pm. Speakers: UAF & AFS will discuss the challenges and successes of mapping Fire Season 2004 Topics discussed: The Alaska Digital Orthoimagery Initiative: For further information: http://agdc.usgs.gov/ Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions! Hope to see you there. Sean Triplett Geographer Alaska Fire Service/BLM P.O. Box 35005 Ft. Wainwright, Ak 99703 (907) 356-5587 http://fire.ak.blm.gov/ From tah at gi.alaska.edu Wed Dec 8 15:33:35 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Wed Dec 8 15:33:43 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting this Friday Dec 10 4:00 Noel Wein Library Message-ID: NASDUG, This is a final reminder regarding this Friday's (12/10) NASDUG meeting at 4:00 in the Noel Wein Library auditorium. This is the Borough library on the corner of Airport Way and Cowles Street. http://library.fnsb.lib.ak.us/books/map.php Kevin Engle of UAF's GINA program and Sean Triplett of BLM's Alaska Fire Service will present the highly successful collaboration of GINA and AFS with satellite imagery and mapping during this summer's fire season. Additional agency and public outreach efforts will also be highlighted. We hope you can join us for their presentation of some fine images, maps used by fire managers, and the processes that went into building, distributing, and using them. Sean and I will also discuss the Alaska statewide mapping initiative that is building momentum. We will let you know the current status and will be seeking additional future input from local users, agencies, Native corporations, NGOs, and the private sector. Refreshments will be provided. Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs@gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Program University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:08:37 -0900 From: Sean_Triplett@blm.gov To: nasdug-l@gi.alaska.edu Subject: [nasdug-l] Next NASDUG Meeting NASDUG Members, NASDUG will be meeting Friday December 10, 2004 at the Noel Wien Public Library. The meeting will begin at 4:00 pm. Speakers: UAF & AFS will discuss the challenges and successes of mapping Fire Season 2004 Topics discussed: The Alaska Digital Orthoimagery Initiative: For further information: http://agdc.usgs.gov/ Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions! Hope to see you there. Sean Triplett Geographer Alaska Fire Service/BLM P.O. Box 35005 Ft. Wainwright, Ak 99703 (907) 356-5587 http://fire.ak.blm.gov/ _______________________________________________ NASDUG-L mailing list NASDUG-L@gi.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu/mailman/listinfo/nasdug-l From D.Verbyla at uaf.edu Tue Dec 14 14:46:58 2004 From: D.Verbyla at uaf.edu (Dave Verbyla) Date: Tue Dec 14 14:52:27 2004 Subject: [nasdug-l] Website for Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference Message-ID: <41BF7B72.8040904@uaf.edu> The Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference is in Anchorage, 22-25 February 2005. The website with a pdf program is: http://www.aksmc.org --Dave Verbyla From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon Feb 2 15:22:33 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 15:22:33 -0900 (AKST) Subject: [Nasdug-l] test message 1 Message-ID: Sean and Dayne, I'm testing the listserv for the NASDUG list. Please ignore the next few messages. -Tom From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue Feb 3 14:03:28 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 14:03:28 -0900 (AKST) Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting Friday Feb 27, 4:30pm at UAF's IARC Room 417 Message-ID: Please mark your calendar: There will be a NASDUG meeting on Friday Feb 27, 4:30pm in IARC Room 417 on the West Ridge of the UAF campus. Further information regarding the speaker and topic, location, and parking will be provided about a week before the meeting. Best regards, Tom Heinrichs Sean Triplett From dverbyla at uaf.edu Thu Feb 5 08:12:17 2004 From: dverbyla at uaf.edu (Dave Verbyla) Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 08:12:17 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference next week in Anchorage...website in this email Message-ID: <40227971.5090307@uaf.edu> Hi Folks, In case your interested, the website for the Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference is: http://www.thecoordinatorsinc.com/asmc CONTINUING EDUCATION Short Courses Tuesday-Friday, February 10-13 Four full days of short courses designed to provide professional continuing education, sponsored by: * Alaska Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing * Alaska Section of the American Congress on Surveying & Mapping * Alaska Society of Professional Land Surveyors * Alaska Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association GIS Jam Session Wednesday & Thursday, February 11-12 The GIS Jam Session, sponsored by the Alaska Arc User Group, is designed for those who want to focus on GIS for two jam-packed days. Included are twelve 90-minute workshops, technical papers, a poster session, and project demonstrations. Workshops are divided into basic (Track A) and advanced (Track B) levels and are open to any conference registrant. Technical Sessions Thursday & Friday, February 12-13 This year's technical sessions, conducted 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, will feature a variety of issues and projects from a diverse group of surveying, mapping, remote sensing and GIS professionals. From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon Feb 23 11:35:38 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:35:38 -0900 (AKST) Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting rescheduled from 2/27 to 3/25/04 Message-ID: Dear NASDUG participants, Due to extenuating circumstances, the NASDUG meeting planned for this Friday 2/27 has been rescheduled to Thursday 3/25. The meeting will be held on UAF's West Ridge at the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) Room 401 at 4:00 on Thursday March 25. Details will follow about a week prior to the meeting. Sorry for any any inconvenience. Regards, Tom Heinrichs Sean Triplett NASDUG co-chairs From helen at arcus.org Wed Feb 25 18:17:18 2004 From: helen at arcus.org (Helen Wiggins) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:17:18 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] New Arctic GIS Website Message-ID: Dear NASDUG Folks: The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS), on behalf of the National Science Foundation, has recently launched an Arctic GIS Website in order to foster information sharing and collaboration regarding Arctic GIS issues. The website is available at: http://www.arcus.org/gis/index.html The website includes information from Arctic GIS meetings, several pages of annotated weblinks, a discussion forum, and a news & events page. I would like to encourage you to take a look and send to me any suggestions for improvement, ideas for future developments, etc. Below is a copy of the announcement we circulated through a few relevant list-servs; I apologize for any cross-listings. Best regards and look forward to your input, Helen Wiggins ARCUS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arctic GIS Website Launched Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Geospatial Information Infrastructure (GII) Developed by The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) The website is available at: http://www.arcus.org/gis/index.html For further information, please contact: Helen Wiggins, ARCUS Project Manager (helen at arcus.org) ------------------------------------ BACKGROUND Arctic researchers have recommended, in a number of contexts, a coordinated effort linking data resources across geographic and disciplinary boundaries in the Arctic in order to advance a wide variety of efforts. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related practices such as distributed data sharing and collaboration, standards development, and metadata documentation (Geospatial Information Infrastructure, or GII) provide the tools and concepts to meet the needs for enhanced data analysis, visualization, and coordination. On behalf of the National Science Foundation's Arctic Research Support and Logistics Program, ARCUS has developed the Arctic GIS website to encourage and catalyze further discussion and planning on arctic Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Information Infrastructure efforts by providing information and a forum for discussion to the international arctic research community. CONTENTS The Arctic GIS Website includes: - Information from meetings convened to discuss Arctic GII, including workshop reports and summaries, powerpoint presentations, and agendas - Annotated lists of websites relevant to Arctic GII - Arctic GIS Discussion Forum - an online bulletin board to foster discussion and collaboration - News and events Potential future website developments, depending on community need, might include items such as: expansion of weblinks list, a searchable interface of arctic data providers, a Frequently Asked Questions page, and other related products and services that would advance further development of Arctic GII. CONTACT INFORMATION We welcome your input and feedback on the website and all aspects of Arctic GII. Please feel free to provide your input by joining the Online Discussion Forum at: http://www.arcus.org/gis/forum.html or by contacting: Helen Wiggins, ARCUS Project Manager (helen at arcus.org) -- Helen V. Wiggins, Project Manager Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) 3535 College Rd., Suite 101 Fairbanks, AK 99709-3710 Phone: 907.474.1600 Fax: 907.474.1604 helen at arcus.org Visit ARCUS on the Internet http://www.arcus.org. From prakash at gi.alaska.edu Thu Mar 4 16:35:48 2004 From: prakash at gi.alaska.edu (Anupma Prakash) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 16:35:48 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS-GPS course for Alaska teachers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <001701c40252$2fcf8700$561ee589@PRAKASH> Dear All, Sponsored by the Alaska Space Grant Program, this summer (June 7 - June 18, 2004), I am giving a new and specialized course for Alaskan school teachers (grades 7-12) on the use of GIS and GPS. The course is tailored to conform to the national and state science and geography standards. It has a limit of 14 teachers. We encourage teachers to come in groups of 2 from their school, if this is possible. We promote geographic and ethnic diversity amongst the course participants. The flyer for the course is available at http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash/teaching/brochure.pdf Another thing we like to point out to our teachers is that often such courses are very expensive (typically costing $400 per day per person) but this is not the case with our course. Additionally the teachers will get a lot of teaching material, data, and a one year license of the Arcview GIS package to take to their school - all for free. I request your help in spreading the word to Alaska school districts, and encouraging the science and geogrpahy teachers to particiapte in this great offer. Should you wish to have any more information or have any questions/concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. You can also contact Neal Brown, Director Alaska Space Grant program ( Email: nbrown at eagle.ptialaska.net )or Rebecca Lees (Becky) ( Email: rebecca.lees at gi.alaska.edu ) for more information or logistical support. Thank you for your help and cooperation. Best regards Anupma Anupma Prakash UAF, Geophysical Institute 903 Koyukuk Dr; PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320; USA Phone: 1-907-4741897 Fax: 1-907-4747290 Email: prakash at gi.alaska.edu URL: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/pipermail/nasdug-l/attachments/20040304/f370c5c5/attachment.html From fffh at uaf.edu Thu Mar 4 23:51:31 2004 From: fffh at uaf.edu (Falk Huettmann) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 23:51:31 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] FGDC Meta data workshop, pre-announcement Fairbanks July In-Reply-To: <001701c40252$2fcf8700$561ee589@PRAKASH> Message-ID: <004b01c4028f$0eef01e0$9e2de589@system> Dear Colleagues, this is a pre-announcement for a FGDC-NBII Metadata workshop in Fairbanks, to be held app. July 12-16. As you might know, Metadata are basically a legal requirement to document public, GIS and research data nowadays. It matters for NSF studies, as well as for Federal and Governmental agencies etc. This 4 days course is supposed to deal with the creation of Metadata, Metadata tools, and show as well examples and experiences from various users. I am supposed to be the local host for the FGDC NBII crew which will be giving the workshop. If the course will happen and once it is officially confirmed, I shall let you know more details. More then; best regards F. Falk Huettmann PhD, Assistant Professor Biology and Wildlife Dept., Institute of Arctic Biology University of Alaska Fairbanks AK 99775-7000 USA Email fffh at uaf.edu Phone 907 474 7882 Fax 907 474 6716 From prakash at gi.alaska.edu Wed Mar 24 10:41:44 2004 From: prakash at gi.alaska.edu (Anupma Prakash) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:41:44 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS career fair at Wood Center: March 25th In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <001901c411d8$098a4040$561ee589@PRAKASH> Dear All, The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), formerly known as NIMA is holding a career fair at Wood Center, UAF, tomorrow, Thursday, March 25th from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. There intent is to eventiully hire several students and people with geospatial extpertise. So please take out time to meet with them and spread the word with your students too. The contact person there are Sharon Morris ( morriss at nga.mil ) and Laura Thompson (thompslj at nga.mil ). The web site for NGA is www.nga.mil Best regards Anupma Anupma Prakash UAF, Geophysical Institute 903 Koyukuk Dr; PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320; USA Phone: 1-907-4741897 Fax: 1-907-4747290 Email: prakash at gi.alaska.edu URL: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash From Sean_Triplett at blm.gov Wed Mar 24 12:42:32 2004 From: Sean_Triplett at blm.gov (Sean_Triplett at blm.gov) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:42:32 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] (no subject) Message-ID: Dear NASDUG participants, Due to extenuating circumstances, the NASDUG meeting planned for this Thursday 3/25 has been cancelled. However please take note: The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), formerly known as NIMA is holding a career fair at Wood Center, UAF, tomorrow, Thursday, March 25th from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. There intent is to eventually hire several students and people with geospatial expertise. So please take out time to meet with them and spread the word with your students too. The contact person there are Sharon Morris ( morriss at nga.mil ) and Laura Thompson (thompslj at nga.mil ). The web site for NGA is www.nga.mil Sorry for any inconvenience. Sean Triplett Geographer Alaska Fire Service/BLM P.O. Box 35005 Ft. Wainwright, Ak 99703 (907) 356-5587 http://fire.ak.blm.gov/ From tah at gi.alaska.edu Wed Apr 7 11:29:21 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 11:29:21 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] Cartographer (Remote Sensing Specialist) GS-1370-11/12 Message-ID: I am posting this on behalf of Joe Calderwood, Geospatial Services Group Leader, US Forest Service, Alaska Region, Juneau. This is an outreach notice; the actual job vacancy announcement will be out shortly. Joe's contact information is below, if you have questions. --Tom ============================================== **** OUTREACH NOTICE **** Alaska Region, Regional Office Engineering & Aviation Management Staff Juneau, Alaska Cartographer (Remote Sensing Specialist) GS-1370-11/12 The Alaska Region, Regional Office anticipates recruiting shortly, for a Cartographer (Remote Sensing Specialist) in Juneau, Alaska. This position is located in the Geospatial Services Group of the Engineering and Aviation Management Staff in the Regional Office. Incumbent provides technical expertise in resource and mapping photogrammetry (including aerial photography and orthophotography), remote sensing (including space and airborne sensors image processing, and global positioning systems) for resource and mapping applications. Position Title: Cartographer (Remote Sensing Specialist) Tour of Duty: Permanent Full-Time Duty Station: Juneau, Alaska Description of Duties: Serves as a technical authority on all aspects of remote sensing applications. Provides information, advice and technical support concerning digital and analog aerial photography, space and airborne sensors, orthophotography, image processing, and global positioning systems (GPS) for resource and mapping applications. Performs research, technical guidance, design and field support for remote sensing activities and projects. Plans and incorporates imagery, mapping and data standards within assigned regional programs. Remains abreast of developments in remote sensing and related sciences, such as photogrammetry, cartography and geographic information systems. Prepares detailed cost estimates for use in obtaining project funding or bid evaluation. Plans and executes the collection of remotely sensed geographic data. Coordinates projects, plans and programs with a wide variety of entities such as universities, corporations and national, regional, state, and local organizations. Includes the Forest Service's Remote Sensing Application Center and the Geospatial Services and Technology Center. Provides leadership in the transfer of technology and is responsible for technical training in the fields of aerial photography, space and airborne sensors, orthophotography, image processing, photogrammetry, and global positioning systems (GPS). Ensures regional or national directives, policies, or strategies are properly interpreted and implemented by Forest and Ranger District-level personnel. Prepares correspondence, technical reports, estimates, fact sheets, status reports and schedules to complete project assignments. Makes technical recommendations and assists field personnel to acquire remotely sensed data and products from public and private vender sources. Serves as a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative on survey projects, and aerial photography, photogrammetry and image processing work contracted to private firms. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Those who are interested must meet the qualification requirements for the GS-1370 series covered by the Professional and Scientific Standards. The OPM Qualification Standards Handbook is available for review at any federal personnel office OR on the Internet at: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-IV/A/GS-PROF.HTM and http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-IV/B/GS1300/1370.HTM In addition to meeting the basic education requirements, applicants must have one year of specialized experience at the next lower level. Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement. Time-in-grade requirements must be met within 60 days of the closing date of the announcement. Series, Grade, and Cost-of-Living Allowance: GS-1370-11/12. In addition to the employee's base salary, Government employees working in Alaska are assured a Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) of 25 percent of their annual base salary through December 2004. For information on the position: Contact Person: Joe Calderwood Phone Number: 907-586-7966 Email address: jcalderwood at fs.fed.us If you are interested in the position, please fill out the attached form and send it to Robin Airozo at rairozo at fs.fed.us by close of business April 16, 2004. For information about the duty station: http://www.juneau.com and http://www.kinyradio.com/ Special Information: Day care facilities are available on the premises. Government housing is not available. We are looking for a motivated person who would consider this position as an excellent opportunity for career advancement. We encourage you to express your interest in this position. OUTREACH NOTICE FORM Alaska Region, Regional Office Engineering & Aviation Management Staff Respond by: Close of Business April 16, 2004 Position Title/Series/Grade: Cartographer (Remote Sensing Specialist) GS-1370-11/12 Duty Station: Juneau, Alaska I am interested in this position and will check http://www.usajobs.opm.gov for the announcement, or I will call the contact person. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Name: Date: Address: Phone: E-Mail: Current title/series/grade/location: Duty Station Preference? Type of appointment you are currently under (e.g., Career, Career-Conditional, Excepted-ANILCA, Excepted VRA, etc) Are you currently a Federal employee: YES NO Briefly describe why you will be a quality candidate for this position: From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon May 3 08:55:53 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 08:55:53 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting Thurs. May 13 4:00 UAF GI Globe room Message-ID: NASDUG members, We have a NASDUG meeting scheduled for Thursday May 13 at 4:00 in the UAF Geophysical Institute Globe Room; see below for logistics details. I am really looking forward to our talks. Our main speaker will be Will Putman, Forester/GIS Coordinator for the Tanana Chiefs Conference. We'll also have a second, shorter presentation from Jason Williams of the USGS EROS Data Center regarding the current status of the Landsat program. We will provide refreshments before and after the meeting, so please fell free to come and chat with colleagues. Will Putman will speak on "High-resolution satellite image processing in the Tanana Valley". Will and Alaska DNR Forestry staff orthorectified and classified a large amount of high-resolution satellite data. They are creating vegetation and community maps using the imagery. Will will present a case study of this ongoing project. He would like it to be informal and interactive, so please bring your questions. See some of their maps at: http://www.tananachiefs.org/maps/ Jason Williams will give us an update on the Landsat program. Landsat 7 suffered a mechanical failure in May 2003. Landsat 5 continues to gather useful data. Planning for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (aka Landsat 8) is progressing. The USGS EDC is producing Landsat 7 products that fill in the gaps in the SLC-off data. See http://landsat.usgs.gov and http://landsat7.usgs.gov/slc_off.html The meeting will be held in the UAF Geophysical Institute's Globe room. This room is straight behind the front (south) entrance to the Elvey Building. The Elvey Building in on the west end of campus and easily identified by the 10-meter satellite dish on its roof. I've arranged for parking ticketing to be suspended for the meeting, so you may park in any of the "UAF decal" spaces in front of or behind the Elvey building. Please avoid using other visitor and reserved spaces. Most students will have left campus, so finding a free space should not be a problem. Here's a map: http://www.uaf.edu/campusmap/blue_zone.html Best regards, Tom Heinrichs Sean Triplett NASDUG co-chairs Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon May 3 11:52:14 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 11:52:14 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] ArcGIS training by GeoNorth this May Message-ID: NASDUG users, Lisa Idell of GeoNorth (an Anchorage-based GIS firm) has asked me to bring several ArcGIS classes they will be teaching here at the UAF campus to your attention. If you are interested and have questions, please contact Lisa using the information below. If you would like to take either of the "ArcGIS for Natural Resources" classes, she needs your registration very soon--by Weds. May 5. ArcGIS for Natural Resources I May 17-18, 2004 http://www.geonorth.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=training.dsp_training_class_detail&class_id=460 ArcGIS for Natural Resources II May 19-20, 2004 http://www.geonorth.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=training.dsp_training_class_detail&class_id=469 Introduction to Programming ArcObjects with VBA May 24-28, 2004 http://www.geonorth.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=training.dsp_training_class_detail&class_id=434 Lisa Idell lidell at geonorth.com 1000 O'Malley Road, Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99515 Direct: 907-646-4503 Cell: 907-350-4614 Main office: 907-677-1500 Toll-free: 877-725-1500 x203 Fax: 907-677-1502 http://www.geonorth.com Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue May 4 10:59:02 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 10:59:02 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] ESRI ArcView Maintenance information Message-ID: NASDUG users, ESRI has asked me to pass this new maintenance policy information along to ArcView license holders. Note the action date of May 15th. This does _not_ affect those of you who are licensed through the University of Alaska's site license. Please direct any questions you have to ESRI staff: Martin Balikov or Terri Morganson . -Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 11:39:24 -0700 From: Martin Balikov Subject: FW: ArcView Maintenance ArcView Users, ESRI will be sending out the attached letter this week and I want to provide everyone with some additional details. ArcView upgrades are still available from ESRI and our Business Partner Reseller's through May 14th. If you want to purchase an upgrade then please ask for a quote before May 15th. Those quotes will be honored for 90 days so you do not have to purchase until August 14th. If you are at an ArcView version 3.1 or older then this will be your last chance to purchase the following low cost upgrade to version 3.3: * ArcView 3.0 or 3.1 upgrade to 3.3 available for $395, * ArcView 3.2 upgrade to 3.3 available for $99. >From now to October 1st you'll be able to purchase a years maintenance and continue to use your ArcView 3.x licenses for another year. If you have a large number of ArcView licenses in your agency then using the secondary licensing for 9 of every 10 licences can provide a significant savings: * ArcView 3.2 $600 (secondary $300), * ArcView 3.2 with extensions for $1500 (secondary $1200), * ArcView 3.3 $400 (Secondary $200) Until May 15th, * ArcView 3.3 $600 (Secondary $300) From May 15th to October 1st, * ArcView 3.3 with extensions $1000 (secondary $800). These upgrades will include 12 months maintenance and a copy of ArcGIS 9 ArcView. You will be licensed to run either or both on that machine for the next year. There are too many different combinations of products and versions to explain everything in detail here. Many of you have special needs and products including: * moving from Unix ArcView to Windows ArcGIS 9, * moving from Macintosh or version prior to 3.0 to ArcGIS 9, * moving to a concurrent (floating) ArcGIS 9 license from May 15th to October 1st from ArcView 3.2 ($2200) or ArcView 3.3 ($2000) licenses, or * moving MrSID, Streetmap or ArcPress extensions. So, please contact us at ESRI through your local representative, the regional office (360-754-4727) or telebusiness (1-800-447-9778) if you want to discuss the details of your update needs. Thank you, Marty Balikov ESRI Northwest Regional Manager ========================= May 6, 2004 Dear ArcView User: We are pleased to announce that ESRI(r) ArcView(r) 9 and the ArcGIS(r) 9 extensions will soon be available. Highlights of the ArcView 9 release include a new geoprocessing framework, improved annotation and labeling, enhanced raster support, and overall quality improvements. The ArcGIS extensions now include the new ArcGlobe(tm) application included with ArcGIS 3D Analyst(tm); ArcReader(tm) customization via ArcGIS Publisher; and new extensions, Maplex for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Data Interoperability. If you were current on your maintenance on March 31, 2004, you will automatically receive the ArcView 9 update at no additional charge. If you are not current on your maintenance, ESRI would like to share some important information with you to ensure that you receive the ArcView 9 update. Effective May 15, 2004, ESRI will discontinue the fee-based upgrade program for single use licenses of ArcView 8.x, ArcView 3.x, and extensions. To receive ArcView 9 and the ArcGIS extensions, you will need to subscribe to the ArcView maintenance program if your existing licenses are not currently on maintenance. The ArcView software maintenance subscription is a cost-effective program that includes software updates, technical support, and many other benefits. The maintenance subscription for ArcView 3.3 or 8.3 single use licenses is $400 for a primary subscriptionBM__ftnref1[1], which represents a $200 savings from the previous ArcView upgrade program. In addition, maintenance is an annual subscription, making it easy to plan for the cost of support and updates. If you have more than one license of ArcView, you can take advantage of the two-tiered maintenance program, which offers primary and secondary maintenance subscriptions. Secondary maintenance offers many of the advantages of primary maintenance and is available at a lower cost of $200. As many as nine secondary maintenance seats can be purchased for each primary maintenance seat, per product. For information on reactivating your maintenance subscription for ArcView 3.2, 8.1, or 8.2 licenses and the benefits of ESRI maintenance programs, please visit www.esri.com/avmaint . Sincerely, The ArcView Team P.S. Please let us know if you have questions. ESRI is ready to take your call at 1-800-447-9778, or you may contact your local ESRI regional office. [1] If you own one or more single use ArcGIS extensions with ArcView, primary maintenance is $1,000 and secondary maintenance is $800. _____ BM__ftn1[1] If you own one or more single use ArcGIS extensions with ArcView, primary maintenance is $1,000 and secondary maintenance is $800. From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue May 11 18:34:27 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 18:34:27 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] Reminder: NASDUG meeting Thurs 5/13 4:00 Message-ID: NASDUG members, This is to remind you that we have a NASDUG meeting scheduled for Thursday May 13 at 4:00 in the UAF Geophysical Institute Globe Room. Full announcement: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/pipermail/nasdug-l/2004/000010.html Will Putman's talk will be based upon a paper he presented at the Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference titled: "High-Resolution Satellite Image Processing in Interior Alaska: The good, the bad, and the ugly." If you would like to read it in advance for background, this paper is available at: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/docs.htm Jason Williams will also speak regarding the status of the USGS Landsat program. Not to steal Jason's thunder, but I'm sure he will mention the price reduction for Landsat 7 SLC-off products: http://landsat7.usgs.gov/pricereduction.php By the way, we've reactivated the NASDUG website at: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu -Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From tah at gi.alaska.edu Fri May 21 16:34:38 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 16:34:38 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS Specialist jobs in Missoula Message-ID: I have been asked to bring these job openings to your attention. The Forest Service LANDFIRE program is seeking 16 GIS specialists in Missoula, Montana. This closes Monday 5/24. See: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/jobs.htm For future reference, if you have a spatial data related position you would like to publicize, please send it to us and we can post it to the NASDUG website. Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com Wed Jun 9 13:54:12 2004 From: Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com (Jeff Anderson) Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 13:54:12 -0800 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS - Geospatial Contacts Message-ID: Northern Alaska Spatial Data Users Group, I'm compiling a GIS / Geospatial contacts list for the state of Alaska and would like to include Federal, State, Local, and Private GIS sources. If any of you would like to be included, please email your contact information to [ mailto:Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com ]Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com. Thanks for your time. Jeff Anderson GIS Specialist FEMA Region X 907-428-7020 From Sean_Triplett at blm.gov Wed Jun 9 15:08:00 2004 From: Sean_Triplett at blm.gov (Sean_Triplett at blm.gov) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 15:08:00 -0800 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS - Geospatial Contacts Message-ID: Jeff, Could you be more specific? I'm compiling a GIS / Geospatial contacts list for the state of Alaska and would like to include Federal, State, Local, and Private GIS sources. Contact list for what? Sean Triplett Geographer Alaska Fire Service/BLM P.O. Box 35005 Ft. Wainwright, Ak 99703 (907) 356-5587 http://fire.ak.blm.gov/ From Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com Wed Jun 9 15:19:24 2004 From: Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com (Jeff Anderson) Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 15:19:24 -0800 Subject: [nasdug-l] Re: GIS - Geospatial Contacts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sean, When the President issues a disaster declaration and FEMA deploys to the state to coordinate disaster response, recovery, and mitigation, we usually coordiate with state, local, and other Federal Agencies for access to regional datasets that are more detailed than what we've created or received from the Mapping and Analysis Center (MAC) in D.C. We also use contact information to invite and inform others about conferences and training opportunities involving FEMA. Hope this clarifies a little. Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks, Jeff From tah at gi.alaska.edu Thu Jun 10 16:31:14 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:31:14 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting Thurs. July 22 4:00 UAF GI Globe room Message-ID: NASDUG members, Please mark your calendars for an upcoming NASDUG meeting on Thursday July 22 4:00 at the UAF GI Globe room. The primary speakers will be Terri Morganson from Anchorage, Alaska's ESRI sales representative, and Ryan Dalton from Olympia, Washington, an ESRI technical expert. They will discuss the new Data Interoperability Extension for Arc 9. As the day of the meeting draws near, we will send out a full announcement. You can also find meeting info updates at: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/meetings.htm Regards, Tom Heinrichs Sean Triplett NASDUG Co-chairs From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon Jul 19 12:37:22 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:37:22 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting Thursday July 22, 4:00, UAF GI Globe Room Message-ID: NASDUG members, We have a NASDUG meeting scheduled for this Thursday July 22 at 4:00 in the UAF Geophysical Institute Globe Room; see below for logistics details. Meeting updates: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/meetings.htm Our Alaska ESRI representative, Terri Morganson, has arranged for a presentation and demo by one of ESRI-Olympia's technical folks, Ryan Dalton, of the new data interoperability extension to ArcGIS. We know a fair number of you are out of town or in the field, but this opportunity for a presentation from ESRI came up, and we thought the local user community would benefit. We hope to have ESRI back in the fall for an ArcGIS 9 rollout presentation, as well. Speakers: Ryan Dalton, ESRI-Olympia; Terri Morganson, ESRI-Alaska Title: An overview and demonstration of ESRI's newest extension: The ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension Description: The ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension eliminates barriers for data sharing by providing state-of-the-art direct data access, data transformation, and export capabilities. This extension enables ArcGIS Desktop users to easily use and distribute data in many formats. Information is available at: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/datainteroperability/index.html The meeting will be held in the UAF Geophysical Institute's Globe room. This room is straight behind the front (south) entrance to the Elvey Building. The Elvey Building in on the west end of campus and easily identified by the 10-meter satellite dish on its roof. I've arranged for parking ticketing to be suspended for the meeting, so you may park in any of the "UAF decal" spaces in front of or behind the Elvey building. Please avoid using other visitor and reserved spaces. Most students will have left campus, so finding an unoccupied space should not be a problem. Here's a map: http://www.uaf.edu/campusmap/blue_zone.html Best regards, Tom Heinrichs Sean Triplett NASDUG co-chairs Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From prakash at gi.alaska.edu Fri Jul 23 11:38:16 2004 From: prakash at gi.alaska.edu (Anupma Prakash) Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:38:16 -0800 Subject: [nasdug-l] AGU special session on education outreach in the IPY and IHY In-Reply-To: <20040203225425.13704.31434.Mailman@dogbert.gi.alaska.edu> Message-ID: <200407231938.i6NJcGXG022327@dino.gi.alaska.edu> Dear All, Data integration in a GIS framework plays a very important role in promoting research and education in the field of Earth System Science. Therefore, I'd like to encourage all NASDUG members to submit an abstract to the following session. Please feel free to forward this message to anyone science education and outreach Thank you for your help Best regards Anupma Anupma Prakash UAF, Geophysical Institute 903 Koyukuk Dr; PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320; USA Phone: 1-907-4741897 Fax: 1-907-4747290 Email: prakash at gi.alaska.edu URL: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash Call for Abstracts for Fall 2004 AGU Meeting Session ED01: "Space Observations for Earth System Science: Education Opportunities in the International Polar Year (IPY) and International Heliophysical Year (IHY), 2007" Call for Abstracts: At the AGU Fall 2004 Meeting there will be a special session on "Space Observations for Earth System Science: Education Opportunities in the International Polar Year (IPY) and International Heliophysical Year (IHY), 2007." This session will provide members of the geophysical and space science education communities with a rare opportunity to discuss different initiatives, address how these efforts overlap, and facilitate our plans for the future. Presentations on all aspects of Education and Public Outreach relevant to IPY and IHY are welcome; this session is not restricted to participants in IHY and IPY efforts. We strongly encourage contributions from programs and initiatives which have not been incorporated into the IPY/IHY 2007 plans, but may contribute to IPY and IHY Education and Public Outreach in the future. We hope to have a panel discussion at the end and a town meeting later on to maximize community discussion and input. More information on the IPY and IHY programs can be found at www.ipy.org and www.ihy.gsfc.nasa.gov Session Abstract: The International Polar Year (IPY), which will be concurrent with the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) will involve integrated circumpolar research using present and advanced technologies. IPY and IHY will offer exceptional educational opportunities. An objective of educational outreach will be to recognize the earth as a dynamic system which will require a multidisciplinary and cross border approach. This session will be on the education outreach opportunities and strategies afforded in the IPY and IHY. Focus will be on the importance of disseminating data from space missions, such as the 'A Train', to all levels of users. New data and research findings will promote research and education further. Effective ways to integrate field and local knowledge with satellite based observations will be discussed. A primary goal will be to set up a mechanism for seamless information sharing on a global level for all sectors of society. Conveners: John J. Kelley, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK USA Email: ffjjk at uaf.edu Barbara J. Thompson, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt MD, USA Email: barbara.j.thompson at nasa.gov Anupma Prakash, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK USA Email: prakash at gi.alaska.edu Leonard Johnson, University of Alaska, Fairbanks AK USA email: len.johnsoniii at verizon.net Abstract Submission Deadlines: On-Line Abstracts must be submitted to AGU by 9 September 2004, 2359UT*. At 2359 UT the local times will be: Boston 19.59h New Orleans 18.59h Seattle 16.59h Santiago 19:59h Paris 1:59h Friday 10 Sept. Moscow 3:59h Friday 10 Sept. Tokyo 8:59h Friday 10 Sept. Sydney 9:59h Friday 10 Sept. Membership Requirement: Abstracts can be submitted only when the first author is an AGU member in good standing; if the first author is not an AGU member, the submission must be sponsored by an AGU member in good standing who has agreed to do so. Membership application or renewal must be received no later than 27 August 2004 in order to submit an abstract, and the AGU membership number must be provided with the abstract submission. Membership numbers of first authors will be validated against the AGU membership database, and submission will not be allowed unless membership is current. First Author Policy: A person, as first author, may submit one (1) contributed paper and one (1) invited paper, if the invitation is approved by a Program Committee member for inclusion in the program. If a person accepts the invitation to be the first author on a second invited paper, this person must forgo the first author, contributed paper. In order to submit an invited abstract, the first authors name must appear in the invited author's list provided by session conveners. The only exception to this policy is the submission of abstract to Education (ED) or Public Affairs (PA) sessions. For details on these exceptions please visit In summary, a first author can have the following combination of submissions. a. 1 contributed abstract b. 1 contributed and 1 invited c. 2 invited abstracts, but no contributed abstracts d. 2 contributed abstracts only if one is submitted to a planned Education OR Public Affairs sessions. Abstract Submission Guidelines. Full submission guidelines can be found on the AGU Web site on the 2004 Fall Meeting page, www.agu.org/meetings/fm04/ AGU website: Further information is available at the AGU website at http://www.agu.org/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 8114 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.gi.alaska.edu/pipermail/nasdug-l/attachments/20040723/0a797aa1/attachment.bin From tah at gi.alaska.edu Thu Aug 5 13:24:39 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 13:24:39 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] Arc 9 "Working with Labels and Annotation" workshop Sept. 23, 2004 in Fairbanks Message-ID: NASDUG members, There will be a workshop held in Fairbanks on Sept. 23, 2004 called "Working with Labels and Annotation using ArcGIS 9." Cost is $195. Here's the brochure: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/docs/ArcGIS_9_Labels_Annotation.pdf For specific questions about seminar content, please contact Rebecca Seago, ESRI-Olympia, by phone at 360-754-4727, ext. 8956, or via e-mail at rseago at esri.com. Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From tah at gi.alaska.edu Thu Sep 16 16:58:56 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 16:58:56 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] "Dr. GIS" session (9/22) and labeling class reminder (9/23) Message-ID: NASDUG, Please be aware of two upcoming ArcGIS events. First, you are reminded that ESRI will be presenting a labeling class next week, Thursday Sept 23. More information can be found here: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/pipermail/nasdug-l/2004/000021.html http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/docs/ArcGIS_9_Labels_Annotation.pdf Second, the presenters for the labeling class will be coming to Fairbanks midday on Weds Sept 22. Sean, Terri Morganson, and I have arranged for them to host a "Dr. GIS" session, where you bring your problem data sets, questions, and unsolved problems to these technical experts for diagnoses and, hopefully, a cure. Both Sean and I will be out of town next week. Bill Witte of the Geology department has generously offered to host the session in his teaching lab in the UAF Natural Sciences Building. The session will be from 3:30 to 6:00 on Weds 9/22. Here are maps to the Natural Science Building: http://www.uaf.edu/campusmap/green_zone.html http://www.uaf.edu/campusmap/buildings/nsf.html Park in the lot behind (north) of the building. I've made arrangements for parking ticketing to be suspended. Here's how to find Bill's lab: Rm 316, Natural Sciences Facility, 900 Yukon Dr. Enter the NatSci door closest to the large parking lot North of the Bldg. Go straight down the hallway, take the stairway in the atrium up to the 3rd floor, head for the northeast corner of the building. If you miss Rm. 316, Rm. 308 is the Geology Dept. office and folks can direct you from there. Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu From sgeorge at acsalaska.net Thu Sep 23 18:32:13 2004 From: sgeorge at acsalaska.net (Shari George) Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:32:13 -0800 Subject: [nasdug-l] Landsat Data Continuity Message-ID: <000001c4a1de$b37caac0$1802a8c0@Dimension700> Hi All - I received this through the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Landsat data has been an incredibly valuable tool for science and management throughout Alaska. Your responses are due before COB September 28, so don't delay! ---------- On September 6, 2004 the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) convened a federal Landsat users roundtable. At this roundtable federal agencies were asked to respond to a series of nine questions relating to their use of Landsat data and the effect that a gap in Landsat data would have. OSTP is now asking the broader user community to respond. The nine questions are included in the message from Dr. Gene Whitney below. These questions are also available for your use as a PDF document at: http://intranet.asprs.org/Non-Federal_questionnaire.pdf) or as a Word document at: http://intranet.asprs.org/Non-Federal_questionnaire.doc). Your input is needed as the US government assesses both short and long-term plans for Landsat. Dr. Whitney has requested that you respond directly to him (mailto:gwhitney at ostp.eop.gov) as soon as possible, but before COB September 28. Please take the time to respond to this survey. Also, please forward this to any colleagues that are interested or involved in Landsat. ---------- Thanks, Shari George From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue Oct 5 10:15:26 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 10:15:26 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS training Oct. 26-29 by Blue Skies Solutions Message-ID: NASDUG members, Blue Skies Solutions will be offering GIS training later this month in Fairbanks. Here are the particulars: Fairbanks: October 26 - 29, 2004 An Introduction to GIS Concepts: October 26, 2004 (ESRI) An Introduction to ArcGIS I: October 27-28, 2004 Practical GIS in Alaska: October 29, 2004 Cost for Fairbanks training: $1300 per person for all four days (Oct 26-29) $800 per person the two day ESRI Introduction to ArcGIS I (Oct 27 & 28) The Fairbanks training will be held at the Wyatt Enterprises computer lab at 330 Wendell Ave, Suite B. Info: http://www.blueskiessolutions.net/training.html Brochure: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/docs/Blue_Skies_GIS_Training_Oct_04.pdf Contact: Mike Knapp, mknapp at blueskiessolutions.net, 907-230-4372 http://www.blueskiessolutions.net/index.html Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue Oct 5 14:38:56 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 14:38:56 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] ArcGIS 9 rollout Oct. 28 in Fairbanks Message-ID: NASDUG members, ESRI will be hosting "ArcGIS 9 and Business Partner Solutions" at the Fairbanks Princess Hotel on October 28, 2004. Registration is from 8-9, with presentations starting at 9:00. You are encouraged to register online in advance. This is a free event. Description, agenda, and link to online registration: http://gis.esri.com/events/index.cfm?fuseaction=showSeminar&shownumber=7422 Brochure: http://gis.esri.com/events/pdf/OLY_ArcGIS-BPS_04.pdf Questions: Terri Morganson, ESRI Alaska, Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu From Tim_Hammond at ak.blm.gov Tue Oct 12 09:46:14 2004 From: Tim_Hammond at ak.blm.gov (Tim_Hammond at ak.blm.gov) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:46:14 -0800 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS internship - please forward Message-ID: BLM's Northern Field Office is advertising for a GIS Specialist Intern to start in January. The position will be filled through the Environmental Careers Organization (ECO), and the full announcement can be found at http://www.eco.org. Qualified candidates who have completed a Bachelor's degree or higher within the last three years are eligible to apply. Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested, and feel free to give my contact information to anyone with questions. Thanks. -Tim Tim Hammond, GIS Coordinator Northern Field Office - 907-474-2210 tim_hammond at ak.blm.gov From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon Oct 25 16:30:23 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:30:23 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] Reminder: ArcGIS 9 rollout Oct. 28 in Fairbanks Message-ID: NASDUG, This is a reminder that this event is Thursday of this week at the Fairbanks Princess Hotel. -Tom ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 14:38:56 -0800 (AKDT) From: Tom Heinrichs To: nasdug-l at gi.alaska.edu Cc: Terri Morganson Subject: [nasdug-l] ArcGIS 9 rollout Oct. 28 in Fairbanks NASDUG members, ESRI will be hosting "ArcGIS 9 and Business Partner Solutions" at the Fairbanks Princess Hotel on October 28, 2004. Registration is from 8-9, with presentations starting at 9:00. You are encouraged to register online in advance. This is a free event. Description, agenda, and link to online registration: http://gis.esri.com/events/index.cfm?fuseaction=showSeminar&shownumber=7422 Brochure: http://gis.esri.com/events/pdf/OLY_ArcGIS-BPS_04.pdf Questions: Terri Morganson, ESRI Alaska, Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu _______________________________________________ NASDUG-L mailing list NASDUG-L at gi.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu/mailman/listinfo/nasdug-l From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue Oct 26 15:31:59 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:31:59 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS/Database Professional job open for Bristol Bay Native Association Message-ID: NASDUG members, Below is a job listing you may be interested in. It is also posted at http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/jobs.htm GIS/Database Professional. Will provide mapping analysis and database support to Lands & Resources staff and ensure that the maps and data remain accurate and current. Undergraduate degree. Strong Oracle or related RDBMS skills. Strong macro programming skills (e.g. C++, Visual Basic, VBA). 5+ years experience with GIS applications where GIS technology was used more than 75% of the time. Strong IT skills (e.g., network data management, web server technology) Experience supervising 1-2 other staff members. Dillingham. $40,000/yr to $50,000/yr DOE. Closes November 8, 2004. To apply contact BBNA Personnel at 1-800-478-5257. posting requested by: Marlene A. Andrews, Personnel Specialist Bristol Bay Native Association PO Box 310 Dillingham, AK 99576 Phone 842-5257 ext 337 Fax 842-5932 mandrews at bbna.com Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Program University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu From wlentz at abrinc.com Wed Nov 10 07:52:15 2004 From: wlentz at abrinc.com (wlentz) Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:52:15 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] Municipality of Anchorage converting to NAD83 later this month In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <010a01c4c745$a223e9f0$9100a8c0@Will> I received this from AGDC mailing list. Will Lentz GIS Specialist v 907-455-6777 x105 c 590-9775 AGDC Membership, Charlie Barnwell, Manager, Data/GIS Resources Division, Municipality of Anchorage (MOA), would like the AGDC membership to be aware that the MOA Corporate GIS is going to convert its data from NAD27 to NAD83 on November 22, 2004. The associated metadata will also be updated at that time. The Alaska Railroad and the MOA are sponsoring a course in projections, datums, and other related issues on Monday and Tuesday, November 15 and 16. Charlie suggests that if anyone is interested in participating to contact Pat Kelly at 265.2411 for more information and space availability. The cost for the course is $400. Thank you for your continued interest and participation as we work together to build a solid geospatial data foundation for Alaska. A.C. Brown U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Geographic Science Office 4230 University Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99508 907.786.7002 acbrown2 at usgs.gov _______________________________________________ agdc mailing list agdc at listserv-ak.wr.usgs.gov http://listserv-ak.wr.usgs.gov/mailman/listinfo/agdc From prokein at arsc.edu Tue Nov 16 15:01:20 2004 From: prokein at arsc.edu (Peter Prokein) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:01:20 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] Alaska NED DEM Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.2.20041116150033.03495828@mailhost.arsc.edu> Happy Tuesday! Does anyone happen to have the complete Alaska NED DEM by a chance? Thanks, Peter =============================== Peter Prokein Water and Environmental Research Center University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 755860 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-5860 Phone: (907) 474-2720 Fax: (907) 474-7979 From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon Nov 29 14:38:31 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:38:31 -0900 (AKST) Subject: [nasdug-l] student GIS job at UAF -- Mining Engineering Message-ID: NASDUG, Here is a job opportunity for a graduate or undergraduate student: Student Assistance needed for a project involving Remote Sensing analysis and development of a GIS Database for Assessment of Platinum Placers in Goodnews Bay Region, Alaska. Salary will be offered at $11 - $14 per hour depending upon the experience of the student. The student is expected to work 20 hours per week. Please contact Dr. Debasmita Misra (474-5339 / ffdm1 at uaf.edu) or Dr. Anupma Prakash (474-1897 / prakash at gi.alaska.edu) with a copy of your resume. Graduate students are preferred but undergraduate students with the adequate skills will also be considered. Review of applications will start immediately. Regards, Tom From prokein at arsc.edu Thu Dec 2 11:03:08 2004 From: prokein at arsc.edu (Peter Prokein) Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:03:08 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] EarthSLOT now on-line Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.2.20041202105732.029c5918@mailhost.arsc.edu> Happy day before TGIF! Cryolist repost, but I figured some of you may enjoy to have a look at EarthSLOT and have some fun flying around and finding their house, or actually doing some science, either way, feel free to post your feedback to the message board we have set up with the support of Arcus. In fact, if you have any kind of question at all, please do use the message board, because chances are someone else has (or will have) the same question and it would be nice to keep all the information in one place. Thanks, Peter >Dear Cryolisters, > >Ever wish you could interactively visualize your field or modeling sites >over the internet in 3D with the ease and quality of a video game? > >Now you can. Check it out: www.earthslot.org. > >EarthSLOT is a pilot project funded by the NSF Arctic Resarch Support and >Logistics program to allow scientists, logisticians, program managers, and >the public better understand the Arctic. (I went a little overboard and >included the Antarctic and everything in between as well...) The system >has been up and running for about 4 months now and I am pretty happy with >the results. This is our first advertisement of the site. If things go >well with increased user loads in the next few weeks, I will send out >another announcement to organize a large simultaneous user-load to test >our goal of serving 1000 concurrent users. Feel free to spread the link >around. > >Here several take-home messages from the web pages: > >- EarthSLOT is intended as a community effort, using data contributions >from you to visualize the earth at the highest resolution possible for the >benefit of the planet and science that goes on here >- I like to think of EarthSLOT as GIS for the rest of us; it has a pretty >robust set of tools in the free viewer and many more using the PRO version >- I would like to propose EarthSLOT as a central tool for IPY science >integration, facilitation, and outreach and am looking for partners. > >Here are few notes about what's possible: > >- Most of what you find here are just examples, the idea behind them is to >give you a better idea of the applications that YOU can create (you have >buy a bit of software to do it yourself, but its cheap) and serve from >your own web page >- There are about 8 different types of terrain/imagery combinations that >you can fly over currently, including hi-res optical, shaded relief, color >slices, etc. Click on the "more info" links to preview them. >- With proper funding, we can burn subsets of the data to DVD along with a >free viewer, so you are not tied to the internet. > >Here are a few notes on flying around: > >- Use the most powerful PC (sorry no macs or unix yet) and fastest >internet connection you have; I'd recommend 200 kbs minimum and 1000 kbs >is preferred >- Data gets temporarily cached on your hard disk, so if you stay in one >area performance will improve dramatically (because you no longer need the >internet connection) >- There is a help file with the free viewer, as well as an FAQ and help on >our web pages. We're out of money now for this project, so please try to >figure as much out on your own and make use of the email forum we set up >before hitting us with tech support questions. I encourage emails on >performance (good or bad) and testimonials (hopefully good!), but ask that >you try it several times and do as much leg work as you can as to whether >its my bandwidth or yours that is the problem. > >I believe that EarthSLOT would make a great extension to nearly any >project or program, but you be the judge and please let me know. > >Cheers, >Matt > > > >====================== >Matt Nolan >Associate Research Professor >Institute of Northern Engineering >455 Duckering Bldg >University of Alaska Fairbanks >Fairbanks, AK 99775-5860 > >Voice: (907) 474 2467 >Fax: (907) 474 7979 >Email: matt.nolan at uaf.edu >Web: www.uaf.edu/water/faculty/nolan =============================== Peter Prokein Water and Environmental Research Center University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 755860 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-5860 Phone: (907) 474-2720 Fax: (907) 474-7979 From Sean_Triplett at blm.gov Fri Dec 3 13:08:37 2004 From: Sean_Triplett at blm.gov (Sean_Triplett at blm.gov) Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:08:37 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] Next NASDUG Meeting Message-ID: NASDUG Members, NASDUG will be meeting Friday December 10, 2004 at the Noel Wien Public Library. The meeting will begin at 4:00 pm. Speakers: UAF & AFS will discuss the challenges and successes of mapping Fire Season 2004 Topics discussed: The Alaska Digital Orthoimagery Initiative: For further information: http://agdc.usgs.gov/ Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions! Hope to see you there. Sean Triplett Geographer Alaska Fire Service/BLM P.O. Box 35005 Ft. Wainwright, Ak 99703 (907) 356-5587 http://fire.ak.blm.gov/ From tah at gi.alaska.edu Wed Dec 8 15:33:35 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:33:35 -0900 (AKST) Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting this Friday Dec 10 4:00 Noel Wein Library Message-ID: NASDUG, This is a final reminder regarding this Friday's (12/10) NASDUG meeting at 4:00 in the Noel Wein Library auditorium. This is the Borough library on the corner of Airport Way and Cowles Street. http://library.fnsb.lib.ak.us/books/map.php Kevin Engle of UAF's GINA program and Sean Triplett of BLM's Alaska Fire Service will present the highly successful collaboration of GINA and AFS with satellite imagery and mapping during this summer's fire season. Additional agency and public outreach efforts will also be highlighted. We hope you can join us for their presentation of some fine images, maps used by fire managers, and the processes that went into building, distributing, and using them. Sean and I will also discuss the Alaska statewide mapping initiative that is building momentum. We will let you know the current status and will be seeking additional future input from local users, agencies, Native corporations, NGOs, and the private sector. Refreshments will be provided. Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Program University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:08:37 -0900 From: Sean_Triplett at blm.gov To: nasdug-l at gi.alaska.edu Subject: [nasdug-l] Next NASDUG Meeting NASDUG Members, NASDUG will be meeting Friday December 10, 2004 at the Noel Wien Public Library. The meeting will begin at 4:00 pm. Speakers: UAF & AFS will discuss the challenges and successes of mapping Fire Season 2004 Topics discussed: The Alaska Digital Orthoimagery Initiative: For further information: http://agdc.usgs.gov/ Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions! Hope to see you there. Sean Triplett Geographer Alaska Fire Service/BLM P.O. Box 35005 Ft. Wainwright, Ak 99703 (907) 356-5587 http://fire.ak.blm.gov/ _______________________________________________ NASDUG-L mailing list NASDUG-L at gi.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu/mailman/listinfo/nasdug-l From D.Verbyla at uaf.edu Tue Dec 14 14:46:58 2004 From: D.Verbyla at uaf.edu (Dave Verbyla) Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:46:58 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] Website for Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference Message-ID: <41BF7B72.8040904@uaf.edu> The Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference is in Anchorage, 22-25 February 2005. The website with a pdf program is: http://www.aksmc.org --Dave Verbyla From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon Feb 2 15:22:33 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 15:22:33 -0900 (AKST) Subject: [Nasdug-l] test message 1 Message-ID: Sean and Dayne, I'm testing the listserv for the NASDUG list. Please ignore the next few messages. -Tom From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue Feb 3 14:03:28 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 14:03:28 -0900 (AKST) Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting Friday Feb 27, 4:30pm at UAF's IARC Room 417 Message-ID: Please mark your calendar: There will be a NASDUG meeting on Friday Feb 27, 4:30pm in IARC Room 417 on the West Ridge of the UAF campus. Further information regarding the speaker and topic, location, and parking will be provided about a week before the meeting. Best regards, Tom Heinrichs Sean Triplett From dverbyla at uaf.edu Thu Feb 5 08:12:17 2004 From: dverbyla at uaf.edu (Dave Verbyla) Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 08:12:17 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference next week in Anchorage...website in this email Message-ID: <40227971.5090307@uaf.edu> Hi Folks, In case your interested, the website for the Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference is: http://www.thecoordinatorsinc.com/asmc CONTINUING EDUCATION Short Courses Tuesday-Friday, February 10-13 Four full days of short courses designed to provide professional continuing education, sponsored by: * Alaska Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing * Alaska Section of the American Congress on Surveying & Mapping * Alaska Society of Professional Land Surveyors * Alaska Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association GIS Jam Session Wednesday & Thursday, February 11-12 The GIS Jam Session, sponsored by the Alaska Arc User Group, is designed for those who want to focus on GIS for two jam-packed days. Included are twelve 90-minute workshops, technical papers, a poster session, and project demonstrations. Workshops are divided into basic (Track A) and advanced (Track B) levels and are open to any conference registrant. Technical Sessions Thursday & Friday, February 12-13 This year's technical sessions, conducted 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, will feature a variety of issues and projects from a diverse group of surveying, mapping, remote sensing and GIS professionals. From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon Feb 23 11:35:38 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:35:38 -0900 (AKST) Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting rescheduled from 2/27 to 3/25/04 Message-ID: Dear NASDUG participants, Due to extenuating circumstances, the NASDUG meeting planned for this Friday 2/27 has been rescheduled to Thursday 3/25. The meeting will be held on UAF's West Ridge at the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) Room 401 at 4:00 on Thursday March 25. Details will follow about a week prior to the meeting. Sorry for any any inconvenience. Regards, Tom Heinrichs Sean Triplett NASDUG co-chairs From helen at arcus.org Wed Feb 25 18:17:18 2004 From: helen at arcus.org (Helen Wiggins) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:17:18 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] New Arctic GIS Website Message-ID: Dear NASDUG Folks: The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS), on behalf of the National Science Foundation, has recently launched an Arctic GIS Website in order to foster information sharing and collaboration regarding Arctic GIS issues. The website is available at: http://www.arcus.org/gis/index.html The website includes information from Arctic GIS meetings, several pages of annotated weblinks, a discussion forum, and a news & events page. I would like to encourage you to take a look and send to me any suggestions for improvement, ideas for future developments, etc. Below is a copy of the announcement we circulated through a few relevant list-servs; I apologize for any cross-listings. Best regards and look forward to your input, Helen Wiggins ARCUS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arctic GIS Website Launched Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Geospatial Information Infrastructure (GII) Developed by The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) The website is available at: http://www.arcus.org/gis/index.html For further information, please contact: Helen Wiggins, ARCUS Project Manager (helen at arcus.org) ------------------------------------ BACKGROUND Arctic researchers have recommended, in a number of contexts, a coordinated effort linking data resources across geographic and disciplinary boundaries in the Arctic in order to advance a wide variety of efforts. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related practices such as distributed data sharing and collaboration, standards development, and metadata documentation (Geospatial Information Infrastructure, or GII) provide the tools and concepts to meet the needs for enhanced data analysis, visualization, and coordination. On behalf of the National Science Foundation's Arctic Research Support and Logistics Program, ARCUS has developed the Arctic GIS website to encourage and catalyze further discussion and planning on arctic Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Information Infrastructure efforts by providing information and a forum for discussion to the international arctic research community. CONTENTS The Arctic GIS Website includes: - Information from meetings convened to discuss Arctic GII, including workshop reports and summaries, powerpoint presentations, and agendas - Annotated lists of websites relevant to Arctic GII - Arctic GIS Discussion Forum - an online bulletin board to foster discussion and collaboration - News and events Potential future website developments, depending on community need, might include items such as: expansion of weblinks list, a searchable interface of arctic data providers, a Frequently Asked Questions page, and other related products and services that would advance further development of Arctic GII. CONTACT INFORMATION We welcome your input and feedback on the website and all aspects of Arctic GII. Please feel free to provide your input by joining the Online Discussion Forum at: http://www.arcus.org/gis/forum.html or by contacting: Helen Wiggins, ARCUS Project Manager (helen at arcus.org) -- Helen V. Wiggins, Project Manager Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) 3535 College Rd., Suite 101 Fairbanks, AK 99709-3710 Phone: 907.474.1600 Fax: 907.474.1604 helen at arcus.org Visit ARCUS on the Internet http://www.arcus.org. From prakash at gi.alaska.edu Thu Mar 4 16:35:48 2004 From: prakash at gi.alaska.edu (Anupma Prakash) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 16:35:48 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS-GPS course for Alaska teachers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <001701c40252$2fcf8700$561ee589@PRAKASH> Dear All, Sponsored by the Alaska Space Grant Program, this summer (June 7 - June 18, 2004), I am giving a new and specialized course for Alaskan school teachers (grades 7-12) on the use of GIS and GPS. The course is tailored to conform to the national and state science and geography standards. It has a limit of 14 teachers. We encourage teachers to come in groups of 2 from their school, if this is possible. We promote geographic and ethnic diversity amongst the course participants. The flyer for the course is available at http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash/teaching/brochure.pdf Another thing we like to point out to our teachers is that often such courses are very expensive (typically costing $400 per day per person) but this is not the case with our course. Additionally the teachers will get a lot of teaching material, data, and a one year license of the Arcview GIS package to take to their school - all for free. I request your help in spreading the word to Alaska school districts, and encouraging the science and geogrpahy teachers to particiapte in this great offer. Should you wish to have any more information or have any questions/concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. You can also contact Neal Brown, Director Alaska Space Grant program ( Email: nbrown at eagle.ptialaska.net )or Rebecca Lees (Becky) ( Email: rebecca.lees at gi.alaska.edu ) for more information or logistical support. Thank you for your help and cooperation. Best regards Anupma Anupma Prakash UAF, Geophysical Institute 903 Koyukuk Dr; PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320; USA Phone: 1-907-4741897 Fax: 1-907-4747290 Email: prakash at gi.alaska.edu URL: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/pipermail/nasdug-l/attachments/20040304/f370c5c5/attachment-0001.html From fffh at uaf.edu Thu Mar 4 23:51:31 2004 From: fffh at uaf.edu (Falk Huettmann) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 23:51:31 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] FGDC Meta data workshop, pre-announcement Fairbanks July In-Reply-To: <001701c40252$2fcf8700$561ee589@PRAKASH> Message-ID: <004b01c4028f$0eef01e0$9e2de589@system> Dear Colleagues, this is a pre-announcement for a FGDC-NBII Metadata workshop in Fairbanks, to be held app. July 12-16. As you might know, Metadata are basically a legal requirement to document public, GIS and research data nowadays. It matters for NSF studies, as well as for Federal and Governmental agencies etc. This 4 days course is supposed to deal with the creation of Metadata, Metadata tools, and show as well examples and experiences from various users. I am supposed to be the local host for the FGDC NBII crew which will be giving the workshop. If the course will happen and once it is officially confirmed, I shall let you know more details. More then; best regards F. Falk Huettmann PhD, Assistant Professor Biology and Wildlife Dept., Institute of Arctic Biology University of Alaska Fairbanks AK 99775-7000 USA Email fffh at uaf.edu Phone 907 474 7882 Fax 907 474 6716 From prakash at gi.alaska.edu Wed Mar 24 10:41:44 2004 From: prakash at gi.alaska.edu (Anupma Prakash) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:41:44 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS career fair at Wood Center: March 25th In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <001901c411d8$098a4040$561ee589@PRAKASH> Dear All, The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), formerly known as NIMA is holding a career fair at Wood Center, UAF, tomorrow, Thursday, March 25th from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. There intent is to eventiully hire several students and people with geospatial extpertise. So please take out time to meet with them and spread the word with your students too. The contact person there are Sharon Morris ( morriss at nga.mil ) and Laura Thompson (thompslj at nga.mil ). The web site for NGA is www.nga.mil Best regards Anupma Anupma Prakash UAF, Geophysical Institute 903 Koyukuk Dr; PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320; USA Phone: 1-907-4741897 Fax: 1-907-4747290 Email: prakash at gi.alaska.edu URL: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash From Sean_Triplett at blm.gov Wed Mar 24 12:42:32 2004 From: Sean_Triplett at blm.gov (Sean_Triplett at blm.gov) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:42:32 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] (no subject) Message-ID: Dear NASDUG participants, Due to extenuating circumstances, the NASDUG meeting planned for this Thursday 3/25 has been cancelled. However please take note: The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), formerly known as NIMA is holding a career fair at Wood Center, UAF, tomorrow, Thursday, March 25th from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. There intent is to eventually hire several students and people with geospatial expertise. So please take out time to meet with them and spread the word with your students too. The contact person there are Sharon Morris ( morriss at nga.mil ) and Laura Thompson (thompslj at nga.mil ). The web site for NGA is www.nga.mil Sorry for any inconvenience. Sean Triplett Geographer Alaska Fire Service/BLM P.O. Box 35005 Ft. Wainwright, Ak 99703 (907) 356-5587 http://fire.ak.blm.gov/ From tah at gi.alaska.edu Wed Apr 7 11:29:21 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 11:29:21 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] Cartographer (Remote Sensing Specialist) GS-1370-11/12 Message-ID: I am posting this on behalf of Joe Calderwood, Geospatial Services Group Leader, US Forest Service, Alaska Region, Juneau. This is an outreach notice; the actual job vacancy announcement will be out shortly. Joe's contact information is below, if you have questions. --Tom ============================================== **** OUTREACH NOTICE **** Alaska Region, Regional Office Engineering & Aviation Management Staff Juneau, Alaska Cartographer (Remote Sensing Specialist) GS-1370-11/12 The Alaska Region, Regional Office anticipates recruiting shortly, for a Cartographer (Remote Sensing Specialist) in Juneau, Alaska. This position is located in the Geospatial Services Group of the Engineering and Aviation Management Staff in the Regional Office. Incumbent provides technical expertise in resource and mapping photogrammetry (including aerial photography and orthophotography), remote sensing (including space and airborne sensors image processing, and global positioning systems) for resource and mapping applications. Position Title: Cartographer (Remote Sensing Specialist) Tour of Duty: Permanent Full-Time Duty Station: Juneau, Alaska Description of Duties: Serves as a technical authority on all aspects of remote sensing applications. Provides information, advice and technical support concerning digital and analog aerial photography, space and airborne sensors, orthophotography, image processing, and global positioning systems (GPS) for resource and mapping applications. Performs research, technical guidance, design and field support for remote sensing activities and projects. Plans and incorporates imagery, mapping and data standards within assigned regional programs. Remains abreast of developments in remote sensing and related sciences, such as photogrammetry, cartography and geographic information systems. Prepares detailed cost estimates for use in obtaining project funding or bid evaluation. Plans and executes the collection of remotely sensed geographic data. Coordinates projects, plans and programs with a wide variety of entities such as universities, corporations and national, regional, state, and local organizations. Includes the Forest Service's Remote Sensing Application Center and the Geospatial Services and Technology Center. Provides leadership in the transfer of technology and is responsible for technical training in the fields of aerial photography, space and airborne sensors, orthophotography, image processing, photogrammetry, and global positioning systems (GPS). Ensures regional or national directives, policies, or strategies are properly interpreted and implemented by Forest and Ranger District-level personnel. Prepares correspondence, technical reports, estimates, fact sheets, status reports and schedules to complete project assignments. Makes technical recommendations and assists field personnel to acquire remotely sensed data and products from public and private vender sources. Serves as a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative on survey projects, and aerial photography, photogrammetry and image processing work contracted to private firms. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Those who are interested must meet the qualification requirements for the GS-1370 series covered by the Professional and Scientific Standards. The OPM Qualification Standards Handbook is available for review at any federal personnel office OR on the Internet at: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-IV/A/GS-PROF.HTM and http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-IV/B/GS1300/1370.HTM In addition to meeting the basic education requirements, applicants must have one year of specialized experience at the next lower level. Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement. Time-in-grade requirements must be met within 60 days of the closing date of the announcement. Series, Grade, and Cost-of-Living Allowance: GS-1370-11/12. In addition to the employee's base salary, Government employees working in Alaska are assured a Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) of 25 percent of their annual base salary through December 2004. For information on the position: Contact Person: Joe Calderwood Phone Number: 907-586-7966 Email address: jcalderwood at fs.fed.us If you are interested in the position, please fill out the attached form and send it to Robin Airozo at rairozo at fs.fed.us by close of business April 16, 2004. For information about the duty station: http://www.juneau.com and http://www.kinyradio.com/ Special Information: Day care facilities are available on the premises. Government housing is not available. We are looking for a motivated person who would consider this position as an excellent opportunity for career advancement. We encourage you to express your interest in this position. OUTREACH NOTICE FORM Alaska Region, Regional Office Engineering & Aviation Management Staff Respond by: Close of Business April 16, 2004 Position Title/Series/Grade: Cartographer (Remote Sensing Specialist) GS-1370-11/12 Duty Station: Juneau, Alaska I am interested in this position and will check http://www.usajobs.opm.gov for the announcement, or I will call the contact person. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Name: Date: Address: Phone: E-Mail: Current title/series/grade/location: Duty Station Preference? Type of appointment you are currently under (e.g., Career, Career-Conditional, Excepted-ANILCA, Excepted VRA, etc) Are you currently a Federal employee: YES NO Briefly describe why you will be a quality candidate for this position: From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon May 3 08:55:53 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 08:55:53 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting Thurs. May 13 4:00 UAF GI Globe room Message-ID: NASDUG members, We have a NASDUG meeting scheduled for Thursday May 13 at 4:00 in the UAF Geophysical Institute Globe Room; see below for logistics details. I am really looking forward to our talks. Our main speaker will be Will Putman, Forester/GIS Coordinator for the Tanana Chiefs Conference. We'll also have a second, shorter presentation from Jason Williams of the USGS EROS Data Center regarding the current status of the Landsat program. We will provide refreshments before and after the meeting, so please fell free to come and chat with colleagues. Will Putman will speak on "High-resolution satellite image processing in the Tanana Valley". Will and Alaska DNR Forestry staff orthorectified and classified a large amount of high-resolution satellite data. They are creating vegetation and community maps using the imagery. Will will present a case study of this ongoing project. He would like it to be informal and interactive, so please bring your questions. See some of their maps at: http://www.tananachiefs.org/maps/ Jason Williams will give us an update on the Landsat program. Landsat 7 suffered a mechanical failure in May 2003. Landsat 5 continues to gather useful data. Planning for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (aka Landsat 8) is progressing. The USGS EDC is producing Landsat 7 products that fill in the gaps in the SLC-off data. See http://landsat.usgs.gov and http://landsat7.usgs.gov/slc_off.html The meeting will be held in the UAF Geophysical Institute's Globe room. This room is straight behind the front (south) entrance to the Elvey Building. The Elvey Building in on the west end of campus and easily identified by the 10-meter satellite dish on its roof. I've arranged for parking ticketing to be suspended for the meeting, so you may park in any of the "UAF decal" spaces in front of or behind the Elvey building. Please avoid using other visitor and reserved spaces. Most students will have left campus, so finding a free space should not be a problem. Here's a map: http://www.uaf.edu/campusmap/blue_zone.html Best regards, Tom Heinrichs Sean Triplett NASDUG co-chairs Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon May 3 11:52:14 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 11:52:14 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] ArcGIS training by GeoNorth this May Message-ID: NASDUG users, Lisa Idell of GeoNorth (an Anchorage-based GIS firm) has asked me to bring several ArcGIS classes they will be teaching here at the UAF campus to your attention. If you are interested and have questions, please contact Lisa using the information below. If you would like to take either of the "ArcGIS for Natural Resources" classes, she needs your registration very soon--by Weds. May 5. ArcGIS for Natural Resources I May 17-18, 2004 http://www.geonorth.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=training.dsp_training_class_detail&class_id=460 ArcGIS for Natural Resources II May 19-20, 2004 http://www.geonorth.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=training.dsp_training_class_detail&class_id=469 Introduction to Programming ArcObjects with VBA May 24-28, 2004 http://www.geonorth.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=training.dsp_training_class_detail&class_id=434 Lisa Idell lidell at geonorth.com 1000 O'Malley Road, Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99515 Direct: 907-646-4503 Cell: 907-350-4614 Main office: 907-677-1500 Toll-free: 877-725-1500 x203 Fax: 907-677-1502 http://www.geonorth.com Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue May 4 10:59:02 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 10:59:02 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] ESRI ArcView Maintenance information Message-ID: NASDUG users, ESRI has asked me to pass this new maintenance policy information along to ArcView license holders. Note the action date of May 15th. This does _not_ affect those of you who are licensed through the University of Alaska's site license. Please direct any questions you have to ESRI staff: Martin Balikov or Terri Morganson . -Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 11:39:24 -0700 From: Martin Balikov Subject: FW: ArcView Maintenance ArcView Users, ESRI will be sending out the attached letter this week and I want to provide everyone with some additional details. ArcView upgrades are still available from ESRI and our Business Partner Reseller's through May 14th. If you want to purchase an upgrade then please ask for a quote before May 15th. Those quotes will be honored for 90 days so you do not have to purchase until August 14th. If you are at an ArcView version 3.1 or older then this will be your last chance to purchase the following low cost upgrade to version 3.3: * ArcView 3.0 or 3.1 upgrade to 3.3 available for $395, * ArcView 3.2 upgrade to 3.3 available for $99. >From now to October 1st you'll be able to purchase a years maintenance and continue to use your ArcView 3.x licenses for another year. If you have a large number of ArcView licenses in your agency then using the secondary licensing for 9 of every 10 licences can provide a significant savings: * ArcView 3.2 $600 (secondary $300), * ArcView 3.2 with extensions for $1500 (secondary $1200), * ArcView 3.3 $400 (Secondary $200) Until May 15th, * ArcView 3.3 $600 (Secondary $300) From May 15th to October 1st, * ArcView 3.3 with extensions $1000 (secondary $800). These upgrades will include 12 months maintenance and a copy of ArcGIS 9 ArcView. You will be licensed to run either or both on that machine for the next year. There are too many different combinations of products and versions to explain everything in detail here. Many of you have special needs and products including: * moving from Unix ArcView to Windows ArcGIS 9, * moving from Macintosh or version prior to 3.0 to ArcGIS 9, * moving to a concurrent (floating) ArcGIS 9 license from May 15th to October 1st from ArcView 3.2 ($2200) or ArcView 3.3 ($2000) licenses, or * moving MrSID, Streetmap or ArcPress extensions. So, please contact us at ESRI through your local representative, the regional office (360-754-4727) or telebusiness (1-800-447-9778) if you want to discuss the details of your update needs. Thank you, Marty Balikov ESRI Northwest Regional Manager ========================= May 6, 2004 Dear ArcView User: We are pleased to announce that ESRI(r) ArcView(r) 9 and the ArcGIS(r) 9 extensions will soon be available. Highlights of the ArcView 9 release include a new geoprocessing framework, improved annotation and labeling, enhanced raster support, and overall quality improvements. The ArcGIS extensions now include the new ArcGlobe(tm) application included with ArcGIS 3D Analyst(tm); ArcReader(tm) customization via ArcGIS Publisher; and new extensions, Maplex for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Data Interoperability. If you were current on your maintenance on March 31, 2004, you will automatically receive the ArcView 9 update at no additional charge. If you are not current on your maintenance, ESRI would like to share some important information with you to ensure that you receive the ArcView 9 update. Effective May 15, 2004, ESRI will discontinue the fee-based upgrade program for single use licenses of ArcView 8.x, ArcView 3.x, and extensions. To receive ArcView 9 and the ArcGIS extensions, you will need to subscribe to the ArcView maintenance program if your existing licenses are not currently on maintenance. The ArcView software maintenance subscription is a cost-effective program that includes software updates, technical support, and many other benefits. The maintenance subscription for ArcView 3.3 or 8.3 single use licenses is $400 for a primary subscriptionBM__ftnref1[1], which represents a $200 savings from the previous ArcView upgrade program. In addition, maintenance is an annual subscription, making it easy to plan for the cost of support and updates. If you have more than one license of ArcView, you can take advantage of the two-tiered maintenance program, which offers primary and secondary maintenance subscriptions. Secondary maintenance offers many of the advantages of primary maintenance and is available at a lower cost of $200. As many as nine secondary maintenance seats can be purchased for each primary maintenance seat, per product. For information on reactivating your maintenance subscription for ArcView 3.2, 8.1, or 8.2 licenses and the benefits of ESRI maintenance programs, please visit www.esri.com/avmaint . Sincerely, The ArcView Team P.S. Please let us know if you have questions. ESRI is ready to take your call at 1-800-447-9778, or you may contact your local ESRI regional office. [1] If you own one or more single use ArcGIS extensions with ArcView, primary maintenance is $1,000 and secondary maintenance is $800. _____ BM__ftn1[1] If you own one or more single use ArcGIS extensions with ArcView, primary maintenance is $1,000 and secondary maintenance is $800. From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue May 11 18:34:27 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 18:34:27 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] Reminder: NASDUG meeting Thurs 5/13 4:00 Message-ID: NASDUG members, This is to remind you that we have a NASDUG meeting scheduled for Thursday May 13 at 4:00 in the UAF Geophysical Institute Globe Room. Full announcement: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/pipermail/nasdug-l/2004/000010.html Will Putman's talk will be based upon a paper he presented at the Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference titled: "High-Resolution Satellite Image Processing in Interior Alaska: The good, the bad, and the ugly." If you would like to read it in advance for background, this paper is available at: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/docs.htm Jason Williams will also speak regarding the status of the USGS Landsat program. Not to steal Jason's thunder, but I'm sure he will mention the price reduction for Landsat 7 SLC-off products: http://landsat7.usgs.gov/pricereduction.php By the way, we've reactivated the NASDUG website at: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu -Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From tah at gi.alaska.edu Fri May 21 16:34:38 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 16:34:38 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS Specialist jobs in Missoula Message-ID: I have been asked to bring these job openings to your attention. The Forest Service LANDFIRE program is seeking 16 GIS specialists in Missoula, Montana. This closes Monday 5/24. See: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/jobs.htm For future reference, if you have a spatial data related position you would like to publicize, please send it to us and we can post it to the NASDUG website. Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com Wed Jun 9 13:54:12 2004 From: Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com (Jeff Anderson) Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 13:54:12 -0800 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS - Geospatial Contacts Message-ID: Northern Alaska Spatial Data Users Group, I'm compiling a GIS / Geospatial contacts list for the state of Alaska and would like to include Federal, State, Local, and Private GIS sources. If any of you would like to be included, please email your contact information to [ mailto:Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com ]Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com. Thanks for your time. Jeff Anderson GIS Specialist FEMA Region X 907-428-7020 From Sean_Triplett at blm.gov Wed Jun 9 15:08:00 2004 From: Sean_Triplett at blm.gov (Sean_Triplett at blm.gov) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 15:08:00 -0800 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS - Geospatial Contacts Message-ID: Jeff, Could you be more specific? I'm compiling a GIS / Geospatial contacts list for the state of Alaska and would like to include Federal, State, Local, and Private GIS sources. Contact list for what? Sean Triplett Geographer Alaska Fire Service/BLM P.O. Box 35005 Ft. Wainwright, Ak 99703 (907) 356-5587 http://fire.ak.blm.gov/ From Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com Wed Jun 9 15:19:24 2004 From: Jeff_Anderson at ak-prepared.com (Jeff Anderson) Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 15:19:24 -0800 Subject: [nasdug-l] Re: GIS - Geospatial Contacts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sean, When the President issues a disaster declaration and FEMA deploys to the state to coordinate disaster response, recovery, and mitigation, we usually coordiate with state, local, and other Federal Agencies for access to regional datasets that are more detailed than what we've created or received from the Mapping and Analysis Center (MAC) in D.C. We also use contact information to invite and inform others about conferences and training opportunities involving FEMA. Hope this clarifies a little. Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks, Jeff From tah at gi.alaska.edu Thu Jun 10 16:31:14 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:31:14 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting Thurs. July 22 4:00 UAF GI Globe room Message-ID: NASDUG members, Please mark your calendars for an upcoming NASDUG meeting on Thursday July 22 4:00 at the UAF GI Globe room. The primary speakers will be Terri Morganson from Anchorage, Alaska's ESRI sales representative, and Ryan Dalton from Olympia, Washington, an ESRI technical expert. They will discuss the new Data Interoperability Extension for Arc 9. As the day of the meeting draws near, we will send out a full announcement. You can also find meeting info updates at: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/meetings.htm Regards, Tom Heinrichs Sean Triplett NASDUG Co-chairs From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon Jul 19 12:37:22 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:37:22 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting Thursday July 22, 4:00, UAF GI Globe Room Message-ID: NASDUG members, We have a NASDUG meeting scheduled for this Thursday July 22 at 4:00 in the UAF Geophysical Institute Globe Room; see below for logistics details. Meeting updates: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/meetings.htm Our Alaska ESRI representative, Terri Morganson, has arranged for a presentation and demo by one of ESRI-Olympia's technical folks, Ryan Dalton, of the new data interoperability extension to ArcGIS. We know a fair number of you are out of town or in the field, but this opportunity for a presentation from ESRI came up, and we thought the local user community would benefit. We hope to have ESRI back in the fall for an ArcGIS 9 rollout presentation, as well. Speakers: Ryan Dalton, ESRI-Olympia; Terri Morganson, ESRI-Alaska Title: An overview and demonstration of ESRI's newest extension: The ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension Description: The ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension eliminates barriers for data sharing by providing state-of-the-art direct data access, data transformation, and export capabilities. This extension enables ArcGIS Desktop users to easily use and distribute data in many formats. Information is available at: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/datainteroperability/index.html The meeting will be held in the UAF Geophysical Institute's Globe room. This room is straight behind the front (south) entrance to the Elvey Building. The Elvey Building in on the west end of campus and easily identified by the 10-meter satellite dish on its roof. I've arranged for parking ticketing to be suspended for the meeting, so you may park in any of the "UAF decal" spaces in front of or behind the Elvey building. Please avoid using other visitor and reserved spaces. Most students will have left campus, so finding an unoccupied space should not be a problem. Here's a map: http://www.uaf.edu/campusmap/blue_zone.html Best regards, Tom Heinrichs Sean Triplett NASDUG co-chairs Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From prakash at gi.alaska.edu Fri Jul 23 11:38:16 2004 From: prakash at gi.alaska.edu (Anupma Prakash) Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:38:16 -0800 Subject: [nasdug-l] AGU special session on education outreach in the IPY and IHY In-Reply-To: <20040203225425.13704.31434.Mailman@dogbert.gi.alaska.edu> Message-ID: <200407231938.i6NJcGXG022327@dino.gi.alaska.edu> Dear All, Data integration in a GIS framework plays a very important role in promoting research and education in the field of Earth System Science. Therefore, I'd like to encourage all NASDUG members to submit an abstract to the following session. Please feel free to forward this message to anyone science education and outreach Thank you for your help Best regards Anupma Anupma Prakash UAF, Geophysical Institute 903 Koyukuk Dr; PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320; USA Phone: 1-907-4741897 Fax: 1-907-4747290 Email: prakash at gi.alaska.edu URL: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~prakash Call for Abstracts for Fall 2004 AGU Meeting Session ED01: "Space Observations for Earth System Science: Education Opportunities in the International Polar Year (IPY) and International Heliophysical Year (IHY), 2007" Call for Abstracts: At the AGU Fall 2004 Meeting there will be a special session on "Space Observations for Earth System Science: Education Opportunities in the International Polar Year (IPY) and International Heliophysical Year (IHY), 2007." This session will provide members of the geophysical and space science education communities with a rare opportunity to discuss different initiatives, address how these efforts overlap, and facilitate our plans for the future. Presentations on all aspects of Education and Public Outreach relevant to IPY and IHY are welcome; this session is not restricted to participants in IHY and IPY efforts. We strongly encourage contributions from programs and initiatives which have not been incorporated into the IPY/IHY 2007 plans, but may contribute to IPY and IHY Education and Public Outreach in the future. We hope to have a panel discussion at the end and a town meeting later on to maximize community discussion and input. More information on the IPY and IHY programs can be found at www.ipy.org and www.ihy.gsfc.nasa.gov Session Abstract: The International Polar Year (IPY), which will be concurrent with the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) will involve integrated circumpolar research using present and advanced technologies. IPY and IHY will offer exceptional educational opportunities. An objective of educational outreach will be to recognize the earth as a dynamic system which will require a multidisciplinary and cross border approach. This session will be on the education outreach opportunities and strategies afforded in the IPY and IHY. Focus will be on the importance of disseminating data from space missions, such as the 'A Train', to all levels of users. New data and research findings will promote research and education further. Effective ways to integrate field and local knowledge with satellite based observations will be discussed. A primary goal will be to set up a mechanism for seamless information sharing on a global level for all sectors of society. Conveners: John J. Kelley, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK USA Email: ffjjk at uaf.edu Barbara J. Thompson, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt MD, USA Email: barbara.j.thompson at nasa.gov Anupma Prakash, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK USA Email: prakash at gi.alaska.edu Leonard Johnson, University of Alaska, Fairbanks AK USA email: len.johnsoniii at verizon.net Abstract Submission Deadlines: On-Line Abstracts must be submitted to AGU by 9 September 2004, 2359UT*. At 2359 UT the local times will be: Boston 19.59h New Orleans 18.59h Seattle 16.59h Santiago 19:59h Paris 1:59h Friday 10 Sept. Moscow 3:59h Friday 10 Sept. Tokyo 8:59h Friday 10 Sept. Sydney 9:59h Friday 10 Sept. Membership Requirement: Abstracts can be submitted only when the first author is an AGU member in good standing; if the first author is not an AGU member, the submission must be sponsored by an AGU member in good standing who has agreed to do so. Membership application or renewal must be received no later than 27 August 2004 in order to submit an abstract, and the AGU membership number must be provided with the abstract submission. Membership numbers of first authors will be validated against the AGU membership database, and submission will not be allowed unless membership is current. First Author Policy: A person, as first author, may submit one (1) contributed paper and one (1) invited paper, if the invitation is approved by a Program Committee member for inclusion in the program. If a person accepts the invitation to be the first author on a second invited paper, this person must forgo the first author, contributed paper. In order to submit an invited abstract, the first authors name must appear in the invited author's list provided by session conveners. The only exception to this policy is the submission of abstract to Education (ED) or Public Affairs (PA) sessions. For details on these exceptions please visit In summary, a first author can have the following combination of submissions. a. 1 contributed abstract b. 1 contributed and 1 invited c. 2 invited abstracts, but no contributed abstracts d. 2 contributed abstracts only if one is submitted to a planned Education OR Public Affairs sessions. Abstract Submission Guidelines. Full submission guidelines can be found on the AGU Web site on the 2004 Fall Meeting page, www.agu.org/meetings/fm04/ AGU website: Further information is available at the AGU website at http://www.agu.org/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 8114 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.gi.alaska.edu/pipermail/nasdug-l/attachments/20040723/0a797aa1/attachment-0001.bin From tah at gi.alaska.edu Thu Aug 5 13:24:39 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 13:24:39 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] Arc 9 "Working with Labels and Annotation" workshop Sept. 23, 2004 in Fairbanks Message-ID: NASDUG members, There will be a workshop held in Fairbanks on Sept. 23, 2004 called "Working with Labels and Annotation using ArcGIS 9." Cost is $195. Here's the brochure: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/docs/ArcGIS_9_Labels_Annotation.pdf For specific questions about seminar content, please contact Rebecca Seago, ESRI-Olympia, by phone at 360-754-4727, ext. 8956, or via e-mail at rseago at esri.com. Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu From tah at gi.alaska.edu Thu Sep 16 16:58:56 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 16:58:56 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] "Dr. GIS" session (9/22) and labeling class reminder (9/23) Message-ID: NASDUG, Please be aware of two upcoming ArcGIS events. First, you are reminded that ESRI will be presenting a labeling class next week, Thursday Sept 23. More information can be found here: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/pipermail/nasdug-l/2004/000021.html http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/docs/ArcGIS_9_Labels_Annotation.pdf Second, the presenters for the labeling class will be coming to Fairbanks midday on Weds Sept 22. Sean, Terri Morganson, and I have arranged for them to host a "Dr. GIS" session, where you bring your problem data sets, questions, and unsolved problems to these technical experts for diagnoses and, hopefully, a cure. Both Sean and I will be out of town next week. Bill Witte of the Geology department has generously offered to host the session in his teaching lab in the UAF Natural Sciences Building. The session will be from 3:30 to 6:00 on Weds 9/22. Here are maps to the Natural Science Building: http://www.uaf.edu/campusmap/green_zone.html http://www.uaf.edu/campusmap/buildings/nsf.html Park in the lot behind (north) of the building. I've made arrangements for parking ticketing to be suspended. Here's how to find Bill's lab: Rm 316, Natural Sciences Facility, 900 Yukon Dr. Enter the NatSci door closest to the large parking lot North of the Bldg. Go straight down the hallway, take the stairway in the atrium up to the 3rd floor, head for the northeast corner of the building. If you miss Rm. 316, Rm. 308 is the Geology Dept. office and folks can direct you from there. Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu From sgeorge at acsalaska.net Thu Sep 23 18:32:13 2004 From: sgeorge at acsalaska.net (Shari George) Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:32:13 -0800 Subject: [nasdug-l] Landsat Data Continuity Message-ID: <000001c4a1de$b37caac0$1802a8c0@Dimension700> Hi All - I received this through the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Landsat data has been an incredibly valuable tool for science and management throughout Alaska. Your responses are due before COB September 28, so don't delay! ---------- On September 6, 2004 the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) convened a federal Landsat users roundtable. At this roundtable federal agencies were asked to respond to a series of nine questions relating to their use of Landsat data and the effect that a gap in Landsat data would have. OSTP is now asking the broader user community to respond. The nine questions are included in the message from Dr. Gene Whitney below. These questions are also available for your use as a PDF document at: http://intranet.asprs.org/Non-Federal_questionnaire.pdf) or as a Word document at: http://intranet.asprs.org/Non-Federal_questionnaire.doc). Your input is needed as the US government assesses both short and long-term plans for Landsat. Dr. Whitney has requested that you respond directly to him (mailto:gwhitney at ostp.eop.gov) as soon as possible, but before COB September 28. Please take the time to respond to this survey. Also, please forward this to any colleagues that are interested or involved in Landsat. ---------- Thanks, Shari George From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue Oct 5 10:15:26 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 10:15:26 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS training Oct. 26-29 by Blue Skies Solutions Message-ID: NASDUG members, Blue Skies Solutions will be offering GIS training later this month in Fairbanks. Here are the particulars: Fairbanks: October 26 - 29, 2004 An Introduction to GIS Concepts: October 26, 2004 (ESRI) An Introduction to ArcGIS I: October 27-28, 2004 Practical GIS in Alaska: October 29, 2004 Cost for Fairbanks training: $1300 per person for all four days (Oct 26-29) $800 per person the two day ESRI Introduction to ArcGIS I (Oct 27 & 28) The Fairbanks training will be held at the Wyatt Enterprises computer lab at 330 Wendell Ave, Suite B. Info: http://www.blueskiessolutions.net/training.html Brochure: http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/docs/Blue_Skies_GIS_Training_Oct_04.pdf Contact: Mike Knapp, mknapp at blueskiessolutions.net, 907-230-4372 http://www.blueskiessolutions.net/index.html Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue Oct 5 14:38:56 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 14:38:56 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] ArcGIS 9 rollout Oct. 28 in Fairbanks Message-ID: NASDUG members, ESRI will be hosting "ArcGIS 9 and Business Partner Solutions" at the Fairbanks Princess Hotel on October 28, 2004. Registration is from 8-9, with presentations starting at 9:00. You are encouraged to register online in advance. This is a free event. Description, agenda, and link to online registration: http://gis.esri.com/events/index.cfm?fuseaction=showSeminar&shownumber=7422 Brochure: http://gis.esri.com/events/pdf/OLY_ArcGIS-BPS_04.pdf Questions: Terri Morganson, ESRI Alaska, Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu From Tim_Hammond at ak.blm.gov Tue Oct 12 09:46:14 2004 From: Tim_Hammond at ak.blm.gov (Tim_Hammond at ak.blm.gov) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:46:14 -0800 Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS internship - please forward Message-ID: BLM's Northern Field Office is advertising for a GIS Specialist Intern to start in January. The position will be filled through the Environmental Careers Organization (ECO), and the full announcement can be found at http://www.eco.org. Qualified candidates who have completed a Bachelor's degree or higher within the last three years are eligible to apply. Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested, and feel free to give my contact information to anyone with questions. Thanks. -Tim Tim Hammond, GIS Coordinator Northern Field Office - 907-474-2210 tim_hammond at ak.blm.gov From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon Oct 25 16:30:23 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:30:23 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] Reminder: ArcGIS 9 rollout Oct. 28 in Fairbanks Message-ID: NASDUG, This is a reminder that this event is Thursday of this week at the Fairbanks Princess Hotel. -Tom ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 14:38:56 -0800 (AKDT) From: Tom Heinrichs To: nasdug-l at gi.alaska.edu Cc: Terri Morganson Subject: [nasdug-l] ArcGIS 9 rollout Oct. 28 in Fairbanks NASDUG members, ESRI will be hosting "ArcGIS 9 and Business Partner Solutions" at the Fairbanks Princess Hotel on October 28, 2004. Registration is from 8-9, with presentations starting at 9:00. You are encouraged to register online in advance. This is a free event. Description, agenda, and link to online registration: http://gis.esri.com/events/index.cfm?fuseaction=showSeminar&shownumber=7422 Brochure: http://gis.esri.com/events/pdf/OLY_ArcGIS-BPS_04.pdf Questions: Terri Morganson, ESRI Alaska, Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Project University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu _______________________________________________ NASDUG-L mailing list NASDUG-L at gi.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu/mailman/listinfo/nasdug-l From tah at gi.alaska.edu Tue Oct 26 15:31:59 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:31:59 -0800 (AKDT) Subject: [nasdug-l] GIS/Database Professional job open for Bristol Bay Native Association Message-ID: NASDUG members, Below is a job listing you may be interested in. It is also posted at http://nasdug.gina.alaska.edu/jobs.htm GIS/Database Professional. Will provide mapping analysis and database support to Lands & Resources staff and ensure that the maps and data remain accurate and current. Undergraduate degree. Strong Oracle or related RDBMS skills. Strong macro programming skills (e.g. C++, Visual Basic, VBA). 5+ years experience with GIS applications where GIS technology was used more than 75% of the time. Strong IT skills (e.g., network data management, web server technology) Experience supervising 1-2 other staff members. Dillingham. $40,000/yr to $50,000/yr DOE. Closes November 8, 2004. To apply contact BBNA Personnel at 1-800-478-5257. posting requested by: Marlene A. Andrews, Personnel Specialist Bristol Bay Native Association PO Box 310 Dillingham, AK 99576 Phone 842-5257 ext 337 Fax 842-5932 mandrews at bbna.com Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Program University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu From wlentz at abrinc.com Wed Nov 10 07:52:15 2004 From: wlentz at abrinc.com (wlentz) Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:52:15 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] Municipality of Anchorage converting to NAD83 later this month In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <010a01c4c745$a223e9f0$9100a8c0@Will> I received this from AGDC mailing list. Will Lentz GIS Specialist v 907-455-6777 x105 c 590-9775 AGDC Membership, Charlie Barnwell, Manager, Data/GIS Resources Division, Municipality of Anchorage (MOA), would like the AGDC membership to be aware that the MOA Corporate GIS is going to convert its data from NAD27 to NAD83 on November 22, 2004. The associated metadata will also be updated at that time. The Alaska Railroad and the MOA are sponsoring a course in projections, datums, and other related issues on Monday and Tuesday, November 15 and 16. Charlie suggests that if anyone is interested in participating to contact Pat Kelly at 265.2411 for more information and space availability. The cost for the course is $400. Thank you for your continued interest and participation as we work together to build a solid geospatial data foundation for Alaska. A.C. Brown U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Geographic Science Office 4230 University Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99508 907.786.7002 acbrown2 at usgs.gov _______________________________________________ agdc mailing list agdc at listserv-ak.wr.usgs.gov http://listserv-ak.wr.usgs.gov/mailman/listinfo/agdc From prokein at arsc.edu Tue Nov 16 15:01:20 2004 From: prokein at arsc.edu (Peter Prokein) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:01:20 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] Alaska NED DEM Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.2.20041116150033.03495828@mailhost.arsc.edu> Happy Tuesday! Does anyone happen to have the complete Alaska NED DEM by a chance? Thanks, Peter =============================== Peter Prokein Water and Environmental Research Center University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 755860 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-5860 Phone: (907) 474-2720 Fax: (907) 474-7979 From tah at gi.alaska.edu Mon Nov 29 14:38:31 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:38:31 -0900 (AKST) Subject: [nasdug-l] student GIS job at UAF -- Mining Engineering Message-ID: NASDUG, Here is a job opportunity for a graduate or undergraduate student: Student Assistance needed for a project involving Remote Sensing analysis and development of a GIS Database for Assessment of Platinum Placers in Goodnews Bay Region, Alaska. Salary will be offered at $11 - $14 per hour depending upon the experience of the student. The student is expected to work 20 hours per week. Please contact Dr. Debasmita Misra (474-5339 / ffdm1 at uaf.edu) or Dr. Anupma Prakash (474-1897 / prakash at gi.alaska.edu) with a copy of your resume. Graduate students are preferred but undergraduate students with the adequate skills will also be considered. Review of applications will start immediately. Regards, Tom From prokein at arsc.edu Thu Dec 2 11:03:08 2004 From: prokein at arsc.edu (Peter Prokein) Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:03:08 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] EarthSLOT now on-line Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.2.20041202105732.029c5918@mailhost.arsc.edu> Happy day before TGIF! Cryolist repost, but I figured some of you may enjoy to have a look at EarthSLOT and have some fun flying around and finding their house, or actually doing some science, either way, feel free to post your feedback to the message board we have set up with the support of Arcus. In fact, if you have any kind of question at all, please do use the message board, because chances are someone else has (or will have) the same question and it would be nice to keep all the information in one place. Thanks, Peter >Dear Cryolisters, > >Ever wish you could interactively visualize your field or modeling sites >over the internet in 3D with the ease and quality of a video game? > >Now you can. Check it out: www.earthslot.org. > >EarthSLOT is a pilot project funded by the NSF Arctic Resarch Support and >Logistics program to allow scientists, logisticians, program managers, and >the public better understand the Arctic. (I went a little overboard and >included the Antarctic and everything in between as well...) The system >has been up and running for about 4 months now and I am pretty happy with >the results. This is our first advertisement of the site. If things go >well with increased user loads in the next few weeks, I will send out >another announcement to organize a large simultaneous user-load to test >our goal of serving 1000 concurrent users. Feel free to spread the link >around. > >Here several take-home messages from the web pages: > >- EarthSLOT is intended as a community effort, using data contributions >from you to visualize the earth at the highest resolution possible for the >benefit of the planet and science that goes on here >- I like to think of EarthSLOT as GIS for the rest of us; it has a pretty >robust set of tools in the free viewer and many more using the PRO version >- I would like to propose EarthSLOT as a central tool for IPY science >integration, facilitation, and outreach and am looking for partners. > >Here are few notes about what's possible: > >- Most of what you find here are just examples, the idea behind them is to >give you a better idea of the applications that YOU can create (you have >buy a bit of software to do it yourself, but its cheap) and serve from >your own web page >- There are about 8 different types of terrain/imagery combinations that >you can fly over currently, including hi-res optical, shaded relief, color >slices, etc. Click on the "more info" links to preview them. >- With proper funding, we can burn subsets of the data to DVD along with a >free viewer, so you are not tied to the internet. > >Here are a few notes on flying around: > >- Use the most powerful PC (sorry no macs or unix yet) and fastest >internet connection you have; I'd recommend 200 kbs minimum and 1000 kbs >is preferred >- Data gets temporarily cached on your hard disk, so if you stay in one >area performance will improve dramatically (because you no longer need the >internet connection) >- There is a help file with the free viewer, as well as an FAQ and help on >our web pages. We're out of money now for this project, so please try to >figure as much out on your own and make use of the email forum we set up >before hitting us with tech support questions. I encourage emails on >performance (good or bad) and testimonials (hopefully good!), but ask that >you try it several times and do as much leg work as you can as to whether >its my bandwidth or yours that is the problem. > >I believe that EarthSLOT would make a great extension to nearly any >project or program, but you be the judge and please let me know. > >Cheers, >Matt > > > >====================== >Matt Nolan >Associate Research Professor >Institute of Northern Engineering >455 Duckering Bldg >University of Alaska Fairbanks >Fairbanks, AK 99775-5860 > >Voice: (907) 474 2467 >Fax: (907) 474 7979 >Email: matt.nolan at uaf.edu >Web: www.uaf.edu/water/faculty/nolan =============================== Peter Prokein Water and Environmental Research Center University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 755860 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-5860 Phone: (907) 474-2720 Fax: (907) 474-7979 From Sean_Triplett at blm.gov Fri Dec 3 13:08:37 2004 From: Sean_Triplett at blm.gov (Sean_Triplett at blm.gov) Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:08:37 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] Next NASDUG Meeting Message-ID: NASDUG Members, NASDUG will be meeting Friday December 10, 2004 at the Noel Wien Public Library. The meeting will begin at 4:00 pm. Speakers: UAF & AFS will discuss the challenges and successes of mapping Fire Season 2004 Topics discussed: The Alaska Digital Orthoimagery Initiative: For further information: http://agdc.usgs.gov/ Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions! Hope to see you there. Sean Triplett Geographer Alaska Fire Service/BLM P.O. Box 35005 Ft. Wainwright, Ak 99703 (907) 356-5587 http://fire.ak.blm.gov/ From tah at gi.alaska.edu Wed Dec 8 15:33:35 2004 From: tah at gi.alaska.edu (Tom Heinrichs) Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:33:35 -0900 (AKST) Subject: [nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting this Friday Dec 10 4:00 Noel Wein Library Message-ID: NASDUG, This is a final reminder regarding this Friday's (12/10) NASDUG meeting at 4:00 in the Noel Wein Library auditorium. This is the Borough library on the corner of Airport Way and Cowles Street. http://library.fnsb.lib.ak.us/books/map.php Kevin Engle of UAF's GINA program and Sean Triplett of BLM's Alaska Fire Service will present the highly successful collaboration of GINA and AFS with satellite imagery and mapping during this summer's fire season. Additional agency and public outreach efforts will also be highlighted. We hope you can join us for their presentation of some fine images, maps used by fire managers, and the processes that went into building, distributing, and using them. Sean and I will also discuss the Alaska statewide mapping initiative that is building momentum. We will let you know the current status and will be seeking additional future input from local users, agencies, Native corporations, NGOs, and the private sector. Refreshments will be provided. Regards, Tom Tom Heinrichs 907-474-6897 tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu Technical Services Manager, GINA Program University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757320 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 fax: 907-474-7290 http://gina.alaska.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:08:37 -0900 From: Sean_Triplett at blm.gov To: nasdug-l at gi.alaska.edu Subject: [nasdug-l] Next NASDUG Meeting NASDUG Members, NASDUG will be meeting Friday December 10, 2004 at the Noel Wien Public Library. The meeting will begin at 4:00 pm. Speakers: UAF & AFS will discuss the challenges and successes of mapping Fire Season 2004 Topics discussed: The Alaska Digital Orthoimagery Initiative: For further information: http://agdc.usgs.gov/ Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions! Hope to see you there. Sean Triplett Geographer Alaska Fire Service/BLM P.O. Box 35005 Ft. Wainwright, Ak 99703 (907) 356-5587 http://fire.ak.blm.gov/ _______________________________________________ NASDUG-L mailing list NASDUG-L at gi.alaska.edu http://www.gi.alaska.edu/mailman/listinfo/nasdug-l From D.Verbyla at uaf.edu Tue Dec 14 14:46:58 2004 From: D.Verbyla at uaf.edu (Dave Verbyla) Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:46:58 -0900 Subject: [nasdug-l] Website for Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference Message-ID: <41BF7B72.8040904@uaf.edu> The Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference is in Anchorage, 22-25 February 2005. The website with a pdf program is: http://www.aksmc.org --Dave Verbyla