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Subject:        North East Map Organization Annual Meeting, June 7-8, 2007
Date:   Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:25:26 -0500
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Preliminary Program
          Annual Meeting of the NorthEast Map Organization (NEMO)
                              June 7-8, 2007
  Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.), State University of New York
                David Dubinsky Center, 8th Floor of Bldg. A
                         27th Street & 8th Avenue
                              New York, N.Y.

                          Thursday, June 7, 2007

10:00-1:00PM            Registration

10:30-11:30AM           Metadata Creation and Import, Stony Brook
University (Dietz)

11:30-1:00PM            Lunch (on your own)

1:00-2:30PM       PANEL:  Successes in Optimizing Geospatial Access, or
                  What ArcIMS Has Meant For Geospatial Access with a focus
                  on:

                  Data
                        Data management, analysis, and archiving
                        Time-versioned content
                        Variety of image formats offered
                        Data interoperability
                        Data error correction
                        Collection development
                  Access/distribution via server/repository
                  Improved competencies with standards
                  Interorganizational activities

                  Panelists Panelists will address the topic(s) with which
            they are most familiar.
                  Cornell (Steinhart, Corson-Rikert or Jenkins)
                  Delaware (Callahan)
                  Harvard (Siegel)
                  Rutgers (Lathrop)
                  Westchester County (Wear)

2:30-2:45PM       Break

2:45-4:15PM       PANEL: Issues related to GIS Portals (e.g., NEMO, Long
                  Island, Oceans, etc.) versus GIS Clearinghouses with a
                  focus on:

                  Distribution methods/services of Choice
                  Standardization for data/web accessibility
                  Licensing
                  Legal disclaimers
                  Intellectual property rights
                  Pricing
                  Security
                  Collection development policy
                  Methods of leveraging knowledge construction for decision
                     making, job creation, and academic and business
                     research

                  Panelists Panelists will address the topic(s) with which
            they are most familiar.
                  CIESIN (Becker)
                  UConn (McGlamery)
                  Princeton (Shawa)
                  U. of Delaware (Callahan)
                  RIGIS (Bonynge)
                  OASIS (Romalewski)
                  EPA Region II (Simon)

4:15-4:30PM       Break

4:30-5:30PM       "How the British Mapped the Province of New
                  York, 1720-1775", David Y. Allen, Prof. Emeritus, Stony
                  Brook University

5:30-6:30PM       Informal Social Hour (nearby locale)


6:30-9:00PM       Dinner at F.I.T.
                  Mapping the News: The latest and best in mapping
techniques
                  Matthew Ericson et al., The New York Times

                           Friday, June 8, 2007

8:30-9:00AM       Registration

8:30-9:30AM       Breakfast/Map Competition Awards (see
                  http://www.northeastmap.org/ for Map Competition
                  Announcement)

9:30-10:30AM            Business Meeting

11:00-1:00PM            NY Public Library Tour and Refreshments

1:00-2:00PM       Lunch (on your own)

2:00-3:00PM       The New York Times Tour

LOCATION:         Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.), State
University of New York
                  Breakfast, snacks and dinner provided.
                  Easily accessible dormitory and other reasonably priced
                  housing options will be available on a first-come,
                  first-served basis.
                  Travel directions, and quick, nearby lunch options will
                  be provided.

    If you have any registration questions about registration, contact
                           Angelique Jenks-Brown
        Telephone (607) 777-4596    e-mail: [log in to unmask]

Until later,

Cynthia
Science/Map Librarian
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631-632-1159