2006 NSGIC Conference: Day Four, October 4
This is our report from day 4. To be honest you will find more complete analysis of the sessions on Adena Schutzberg's All Points Blog. She's probably the best note-taker, and certainly the best reporter, in the hall.
The keynote speaker for the fourth day of the 2006 NSGIC Conference was Shane Broadway, a State Senator here in Arkansas. Senator Broadway is a supporter of the use of geospatial data; he knows how useful good geospatial data can be. He urged us, though, to focus on the information our audience needs.
Senator Broadway reminded us that "legislators are visual learners." He suggested that we reach out to our legislators by developing geospatial information for them focused on issues that are important to them.
But he urged us to keep it simple: "Show us a map. Don’t show us how you made the map." I think that's good advice for any audience.
We had a short presentation from the Census Bureau about activities now starting to help get our states ready for the 2010 Census.
During our morning sessions, we discussed approaches to enterprise data sharing and heard examples from Ohio, Arkansas and Kentucky. We also saw a panel discussion on the notion of developing a "Transportation for the Nation" initiative to try for a national, integrated, transportation data collection.
After lunch, we heard detailed presentations from some of our major sponsors, including ESRI, Michael Baker, Jr., NASA, Woolpert, Places2Protect, and Digital Data Technologies.
We also focused on working with our Homeland Security and Public Safety Officials. We know that effective Homeland Safety efforts will depend on accurate and comprehensive geospatial data. To make that possible, GIS coordinators need to learn how to effectively work with these agencies. We discussed this in general and focused on the development of new "fusion centers" that serve as information integration and intelligence centers.
Finally, as is traditional, we had a short session on the importance of metadata.
The keynote speaker for the fourth day of the 2006 NSGIC Conference was Shane Broadway, a State Senator here in Arkansas. Senator Broadway is a supporter of the use of geospatial data; he knows how useful good geospatial data can be. He urged us, though, to focus on the information our audience needs.
Senator Broadway reminded us that "legislators are visual learners." He suggested that we reach out to our legislators by developing geospatial information for them focused on issues that are important to them.
But he urged us to keep it simple: "Show us a map. Don’t show us how you made the map." I think that's good advice for any audience.
We had a short presentation from the Census Bureau about activities now starting to help get our states ready for the 2010 Census.
During our morning sessions, we discussed approaches to enterprise data sharing and heard examples from Ohio, Arkansas and Kentucky. We also saw a panel discussion on the notion of developing a "Transportation for the Nation" initiative to try for a national, integrated, transportation data collection.
After lunch, we heard detailed presentations from some of our major sponsors, including ESRI, Michael Baker, Jr., NASA, Woolpert, Places2Protect, and Digital Data Technologies.
We also focused on working with our Homeland Security and Public Safety Officials. We know that effective Homeland Safety efforts will depend on accurate and comprehensive geospatial data. To make that possible, GIS coordinators need to learn how to effectively work with these agencies. We discussed this in general and focused on the development of new "fusion centers" that serve as information integration and intelligence centers.
Finally, as is traditional, we had a short session on the importance of metadata.
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