Session Tracks and Descriptions

All authors submitting an abstract will be asked to choose a track category that best fits their presentation. You may choose only one track.

GIS in the Engineering Office
Integrating GIS in the engineering, planning and design processes is critical when managing complex project data. To establish new markets in a competitive industry—engineers, planners and designers are integrating GIS in their project lifecycles, ultimately improving project efficiency company wide. The result is centralizing spatial data in a repository that is in connection with a variety of data sources and departments that fuel workflow. This in turn heightens geospatial distribution and reduces project costs.

GIS in the Field—Inspection/Construction/Documentation
This track will focus on construction field processes and documentation. Demonstrations will focus on how GIS is utilized to manage site planning, survey data collection, construction of civil infrastructure, and how this information is further used in GIS maintenance and operations.

Geodesy and GIS
This track will host presentations on geodesy—the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement, representation, and modeling of the Earth. Learn the latest trends and innovations about how geodetic science tools are being integrated with GIS, including designing global and national control networks by utilizing standards and survey rules applied in spatial computations such as projections, datums, and data structures.

GPS Technology
This track will explore Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies and the multiple ways it can feed into geographic information system (GIS) as data collection—from “Survey Grade” GPS to submeter applications. As GPS has become more available and relied upon, this tool has entered every mapping industry known. What was once only a geodetic survey tool has now reached across many markets to enable location-based services by utilizing GPS technology, the internet, and GIS.

Survey Accurate GIS
This track focuses on collecting, importing, converting, and storing spatial measurement and computational fabrics for agencies and private businesses of any size. Discussion points will focus on integrating survey computations, pre-existing networks, import of spatial database classes and relationships, and workflow advantages.

Using GIS as a Business Tool
This track focuses on research and new techniques being used in the geospatial industries that offer improvements in the way surveyors, engineers, and GIS professionals conduct everyday business. Learn more about new approaches to typical surveying and mapping assignments and how GIS can expand your office resources into new markets.

Survey and Engineering GIS Case Studies
This track will consist of real world examples and testimonies of how geospatial industry leaders are successfully applying GIS technology technologies to their existing surveying & engineering workflows, including but not limited to server technology, advanced editing, visualization, and interoperability.

GIS in Hydrographic Surveying
This track will explore hydrographic surveying techniques that use GIS as a data management system for underwater mining or exploration, hydro engineering, and marine survey and construction. Learn how GIS users are creating digital terrain models (DTM), contours, cross sections, and image compressions in the hydrographic arena.

GIS Design Tools
This track will focus on GIS design tools used in surveying and engineering to manage the construction of buildings, roads, public utilities, subdivisions, and other forms of civil infrastructure. Hear from engineers, planners, and surveyors who make ready use of GIS content in combination with engineering and surveying computations.

GIS for Facilities Management
As GIS provides new capabilities for facilities managers, emphasis has been focused on accounting for our facilities and managing interior spaces more proactively. This track will discuss some of the potential for using GIS to manage and monitor facilities.

Land Management
This track focuses on integrating surveying and GIS into land systems. Attendees will learn about GIS architecture, geodatabases, and how survey & measure management coexist with legal description fabric and planning parcels and how the data is distributed and used by the public.

Survey & Engineering GIS Lab
This track session will be dedicated to a Hands-On Learning Lab open to all attendees for an opportunity to learn more about GIS. You’ll receive approximately 45 minutes of training, consisting of a recorded lecture and a hands-on software exercise. Topics to choose from include: Introduction to ArcGIS Desktop, Introduction to Cadastral Editor in Survey Analyst, Working with CAD Data in ArcGIS, Creating a Map in ArcGIS, and Working with Coordinate Systems. No special registration for the Learning Lab is required; this is included in your registration.