FINAL PROGRAM

NACIS 2009 SACRAMENTO

WEDNESDAY OCT 7

8:30 PM - 5:00 PM Practical cartography day

fresno / el dorado / diablo room

Opening Remarks

Nick Springer, Springer Cartographics

Neil Allen, Allan Cartography/Benchmark Maps

Natural Earth Vector Data (a multi-scale global data product)

Tom Patterson, National Park Service

Nathaniel Kelso, Washington Post

Creating Multi-Scale Online Maps in ArcGIS

Mamata Akella, ESRI, Inc.

Adobe InDesign for Atlas Page Layout Design

Alethea Steingisser, InfoGraphics Lab, University of Oregon

From Arc to Illustrator:

A practical workflow for production cartography

Kevin McManigal, Adventure Cycling

Demonstration of Ortelius: an alternative GIS

Jill Saligoe-Simmel, Ortelius

Extending the Google Maps API for Event Animation Mashups

Robert E. Roth, Kevin S. Ross, GeoVISTA Center, The Pennsylvania State University

Open Source GIS

Alex Mandel, OSGF

Introducing the ArcGIS Bump Mapping Tool

Aileen Buckley,  ESRI, Inc.

Indiemapper Demonstration

David Heyman, Axis Maps, LLC

Ideas for Creating Smaller Interactive Map File Sizes in .swf Format

Derek Tonn - Founder and CEO, mapformation, LLC

Closing Remarks

Laptop Sessions

12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM practical map librarian day

departs from lobby @ 12 noon

Lunch at University of California-Davis

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Tour of Map & GIS Data Collection, Shields Library

Kathy Stroud, Map & GIS Librarian, University of California-Davis

Searching OPACs using geographic coordinates

Marcy Bidney, Maps Library, Pennsylvania State University

6:00 PM Return to Holiday Inn Sacramento Capitol Plaza

2:45 - 5:30 pm NACIS board meeting

john Q. ballroom

7:00 PM Opening Session

california room

Keynote speaker

Michal Migurski, Stamen Design, “Read/Write Mapping”

Opening Reception

Renew friendships over drinks and hors d’ouvres!

8:30ish PM Student poster competition

hermosa room

Paulo Raposo, Kamran M. Khan, and David Andrew Janes, The Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto / University of Toronto. Bio.Diaspora Cartography - Visualizations of Potential Pandemic Spread by Global Air Traffic.

Jillian Bolino, Ohio University. Building Up, Crumbling Down and Moving Out: Real Estate Trends in Our Recession.

Anne McTavish, San Francisco State University. C. Hart Merriam’s boundaries of the Wintoon Indians in Northern California.

Travis M. White, University of Kansas. Cultural Transit Map of the Conterminous United States.

Tim Stallmann, Maribel Casas-Cortes, Sebastian Cobarrubias, Craig Dalton, Liz Mason-Deese, and Lan Tu, UNC-CH Counter-Cartographies Collective. disOrientation 2.0: your guide to UNC-CH.

Timothy J. Johnson, Mark M. Smithgall, Adam C. Thomas, and Robert E. Roth, The Pennsylvania State University. From Print to Screen: Redesigning the Penn State University Campus Map.

Jesse Nett, University of Oregon. Housing History: Greater Yellowstone Region.

Kevin McGrath, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Moon.

Daniel M. Bochman, University of Wisconsin - River Falls. Physical Map of Yellowstone National Park.

Mark Smithgall, The Pennsylvania State University. A Political Map of Alaska.

Sayoko J. O. Wu, Humboldt State University. Road and Trail Closures Due to the Halema'uma'u Crater Eruption.

Daniel P. Huffman, University of Wisconsin Cartography Lab. Rising Skyline.

Robert E. Roth and Jin Chen, The Pennsylvania State University. US Cervical Cancer Mortality 2000-2004: New Methods and New Findings.

Mike Boruta, Ohio University. The Million Dollar Highway.

8:30ish PM map gallery

hermosa room

Tom Harrison, Tom Harrison Maps. Beyond the Printed Map.

Stephen Engle, Center for Community GIS. Community Cartography.

Michael Fournier, US Board on Geographic Names/Census Bureau, Meredith Westington, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Dan White, U.S. Forest Service. Introduction to the US Board on Geographic Names.

Elbie Bentley, Ohio University. A Narrative Atlas of the Gunnison-Beckwith Survey for the Pacific Railroad, 1853-1954.

Mike Boruta, Ohio University. Walk with the Ancients: Mapping a Modern-Day Pilgrimage on the Great Hopewell Road.

Mike Boruta, Ohio University. Mouths Wide Open: Words Overheard in Athens, Ohio, Autumn 2008.

Brian Greer, Xing Liu, Travis Clark, Pascal Akl, Timothe Vincent, and Robert Mazur, Michael Baker Jr. Inc. Sacramento River Watershed Master Plan.

Kathy Harris, Stanford University Spatial History Lab. The Spatial History Project.

Hans van der Maarel, Gemeente Apeldoorn / Red Geographics. Stadsplattegrond Gemeente Apeldoorn.

Tom Patterson, U.S. National Parks Service. Cross-blended Hypsometric Tints.

Amy Cohen, The Everglades Foundation. Old is the New New: Transforming an historic map of the Florida Everglades for GIS compatibility.

 

Stuart Allan, Benchmark Maps. The new look of California.

THURSDAY OCT 8

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Plenary breakfast

river view ROOM

Annual society business meeting

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM sessions

FRESNO ROOM

I. Design with the user in mind (Chair: Barbara Buttenfield)

Justin March and Mathew A. Dooley, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, "Exploring the effectiveness of tweening in cartographic animation"

Carolyn Fish and Kirk Goldsberry, Michigan State University, "The effects of smooth transitions in animated choropleth maps on human change detection"

Megan Lawrence, Matthew E. Millett, Lindsay Naylor, and Amy Lobben, University of Oregon, "Egocentric perspectives in map search"

EL DORADO / diablo room

II. Visualizing history (Chair: Max Baber)

Chester Harvey, Anne Kelly Knowles, Toral Patel, and Alex Yule, Middlebury College, "Evolutions of the camp system: The challenge of visualizing historical change"

Whitney Berry, Erik Steiner and Zephyr Frank, Stanford University, "Terrain of History: 19th century Rio de Janeiro's Property Market"

Ruth Askevold, San Francisco Estuary Institute, "Reoccupying historical maps to recreate historical landscapes."

11:15 AM – 12:45 PM sessions

FRESNO ROOM

I. Mapping the physical landscape (Chair: Aileen Buckley) 

David Asbury, Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration, "Prioritizing restoration opportunities for steelhead/rainbow trout (O. mykiss) in coastal watersheds of central and southern California"

Charlie Frye, ESRI, "Infusing choropleth maps with geography"

Paul Fyfield, Mattye Dahl, and Jim Rounds, Bureau of Land Management, “The Pacific Northwest Recreation Map Series”

EL DORADO / diablo room

II. Innovative atlases (Chair: Virginia Mason)

James E. Meacham, Esther Jacobson-Tepfer, and Alethea Steingisser, University of Oregon, "Archaeology and landscape in the Mongolian Altai: Development of an atlas and an integrated website"

Elbie Bentley, Ohio University, "A historical expedition atlas in narrative form"

John V. Ward, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, "Utilizing geospatial technology to map community assets in the River North District of Racine, Wisconsin"

12:45-2:15 PM  LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

1:15-2:15 PM  meeting

el dorado / diablo ROOM

U.S. National Committee to the International Cartographic Association

2:15 PM - 4:15 PM sessions

FRESNO ROOM

I. Practical Map Librarianship (Chair: Terri Robar)

Tsering Wangyal Shawa, Princeton University, "A Map Scanning Workflow from Start to Finish"

Terri Robar, University of Miami, "Map Librarianship for the Non-Librarian"

Brandon Plewe, Brigham Young University, “ ‘Mappifying’ the Digital Library"

Open discussion and planning forum for future practical map librarian day events

EL DORADO / diablo room

II. Emerging visualizations (Chair: Amy Griffin)

Mark Harrower, David Heyman, Zachary Forest Johnson, Ben Sheesley, and Andrew W. Woodruff, Axis Maps LLC, "Indiemapper"

James Robertson, University of Montana, "Interactive mapping - the open source route"

Andy Szybalski, Google, “Maps give you superpowers: lessons from Street View”

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM sessions

FRESNO ROOM

I. Critical cartographies (Chair: Margaret Pearce)

Jörn Seemann, Louisiana State University, "A plea for regional cartography and mental maps"

Mark Denil, National Naval Ice Center, "What is a radical cartography?"

Karen M. Tifonoff, Bloomsburg University, "The map poems of Richard Hugo"

EL DORADO / diablo room

II. "The business of cartography: Stories of start-ups, stumbles, survival and success"

Hans van der Maarel and Derek Tonn, organizers & moderators

Panelists: Hans van der Maarel, Red Geographics; Derek Tonn, mapformation; Dennis McClendon, Chicago CartoGraphics; and Alex Tait, International Mapping

6:30 PM NACIS Night out

River City Brewing Company

friday oct 9

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Cartographic Perspectives panel

fresno / el dorado / diablo room

Fritz Kessler, Frostburg State University; and Scott Freundschuh, National Science Foundation, moderators. Panelists: Tanya Buckingham, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Amy Griffin, University of New South Wales @ ADFA; Mark Harrower, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Nick Springer, Springer Cartographics.

10:15 AM - 12:15 PM sessions

FRESNO ROOM

I. Cartography and institutional histories (Chair:

Brandon Plewe)

Tsering W. Shawa, Princeton University, "Mapping of Tibet"

Leo Dillon, U.S. Department of State, "Cartography meets foreign policy: 23 years of mapmaking at the U.S. Department of State"

Christopher Kotecki, Archives of Manitoba, "The Cumins Map Company: 1917-1932"

Bruce Hicks, Ed Symons, and Ada Cheung, Center of Geographic Sciences, "New model for delivering geomatics training at the Center of Geographic Sciences"

EL DORADO / diablo room

II. Interface design and tech (Chair: Amy Griffin)

Jeremy White, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Multi-touch interfaces for map navigation"

Michael Wurtz, University of the Pacific Library, "A new way to search old maps"

Alex Tait, International Mapping, "Designing physical map models to serve both sighted and visually impaired users"

Kiichi Takeuchi and Patrick Kennelly, Long Island University, "Maps for apps"

12:00 NOON - 2:45 PM NACIS board meeting

river view room

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM  sessions

FRESNO ROOM

I. Indigenous cartographies (Chair: Michael Hermann)

Noel Ring, Geographer, Retired; Lois Wardell, Latitude Engineering; and Elaina Hyde, University of Amsterdam, "Northeast stone star maps: An Indigenous enigma"

Eliana Macdonald, Ecotrust Canada, "Maps for Living Proof"

John Cloud, NOAA, "Following the trails of the Kohklux map"

EL DORADO / diablo room

II. Making and mapping multi-scale data (Chair: Patrick Kennelly)

Barbara P. Buttenfield, University of Colorado - Boulder; Cynthia Brewer, Pennsylvania State University; and E. Lynn Usery, USGS Center for Excellence in Geospatial Information Science, "Place still matters: Generalizing the National Hydrography Dataset by local terrain and climate"

Aileen Buckley, ESRI, "Soil cartography: Phase 2"

Cynthia Brewer, Barbara P. Buttenfield, and E. Lynn Usery, "Designing The National Map produced by USGS for multi-scale online use"

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM  sessions

FRESNO ROOM

I. Rethinking traditional techniques: evaluations and solutions (Chair: Max Baber)

Janelle Payne, University of Redlands, "GIS tools for cartographic representation of spatial data uncertainty"

Anthony C. Robinson, Robert Roth, and Alan M. MacEachren, Pennsylvania State University, "Developing standards for map symbology"

Judith Tyner and Deborah Hann, California State University-Long Beach, "Which way is north: Projections and north arrows in elementary school workbooks"

Andrew W. Woodruff, Axis Maps LLC, Robert E. Roth, Pennsylvania State University, and Zachary Forest Johnson, Axis Maps LLC, "Value-by-alpha mapping: An alternative to cartograms"

EL DORADO / diablo room

II. New tools for new cartographies (Chair: Mathew Dooley)

Jeremy White, James Burt, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Greg Allord, USGS, "Automated georeferencing of scanned historical USGS quadrangles."

Stuart Miller, Star-Apic, "Producing quality mapping quickly and efficiently with Mercator"

Nick Martinelli, TerraSeer, "Spatial analysis and visualization on the web"

Michael Braymen, Pennsylvania State University, and Fritz Kessler, Frostburg State University, "A GIS tool for evaluating distortion of projections"

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM  BANQUET

california / balboa / calaveras ROOM

Dinner & Cash bar

Pecha Kucha (Host: Virginia Mason)

Geodweeb Geopardy! (Host: Dennis McClendon)