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Busy time of year...

Good Friday Afternoon,
Well we are a little over one week away from the 22nd Annual Regional SCAUG Conference in McAllen, TX. There have already been countless hours of time and effort put into this conference before the first attendee arrives. We hope you take time at some point in this conference to stop for a moment & appreciate the opportunity you have both personally & professionally to attend this event. Use your time wisely & go home from the event richer & more professionally equipped to do your job than ever.

On a local note, OKSCAUG hosted a booth this Wednesday ( March 14, 2012) at GIS day at the Oklahoma State Capitol. We are fortunate to have several excellent professionals on the OKSCAUG Committee. This resource allowed the booth to be attended constantly even though everyone working the SCAUG booth had their own booths to attend as well. It is a very committed & talented group that I am blessed to be associated with.


At the SCAUG booth we had over 160 contacts sign up for the free Kindle Touch give away. Troy Messer from McCloud, OK was the winner at the drawing held that day. OKSCAUG hosted bottled water & various give away items through the day. All in all it was a very productive day with many old faces & several new ones signing up as SCAUG contacts.



Have a good weekend & I hope to see you in McAllen. Be careful if you are traveling on Spring break:)
CEB III

Ethics Workshop for Geospatial Professionals

Tarrant County College and the University of Texas at Dallas are partnering to host a free half-day workshop for GIS professionals. This workshop will explore ethics in the geospatial and mapping field and will help you to better understand what ethical dilemmas you may face, and how to analyze and solve them.
The workshop will begin with discussions on what principles should be guiding your decisions, various approaches to defining ethics, and what role the various certification agencies play in promoting these guidelines. Next, real-world scenarios that may raise an ethical dilemma will be presented and through open discussion resolutions will be developed.
Attendees should come away with a better understanding of the meaning and practice of professional ethics, how this affects your day to day operations, and how to resolve ethical dilemmas that may present themselves.
Hosts:
Dr. Stuart B. Murchison, Ph.D., C.P., GISP
David W. Allen, GISP

Friday, March 9th
8:30 am to Noon
The Energy Auditorium at TCC’s Trinity River campus
300 Trinity Campus Circle, Ft. Worth

RSVP to David.Allen@my.tccd.edu to receive a parking pass

Mobile and the New GIS Revolution - The GIS industry and Web maps are on the verge of a revolution. Mobile is that revolution. Strong statements, but tracing the history; GIS applications first migrated from the desktop to the Web.nomenclature can be a time-consuming task. ESRI moved from ArcInfo, to ArcIMS and ArcGIS. On the Web Google introduced slippy maps and gobs of free data.

Upcoming SCAUG Events

Good Snowy Monday Morning from Oklahoma,

Hopefully everyone is enjoying a warm day in the office while watching the snow fall outside. Here is a quick update of the upcoming events around the SCAUG region that you might want to participate in.

OKSCAUG Public Safety User Group Meeting at Edmond, OK - February 15, 2012
111 have currently signed up with several still planning on signing up.
Please take a moment to view the event & sign up if you can.
http://www.scaug.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1175551&eventId=404949&EventViewMode=EventDetails

Oklahoma GIS Day at the State Capitol / OKC, OK - March 14, 2012
2 floors of exhibits showcasing public, private, educational & various aspects of GIS throughout the state of Oklahoma. SCAUG will have a booth offering water & pop. Come by and see us.
http://okmaps.onenet.net/GIS_day.htm

22nd Annual Regional SCAUG Conference In McAllen, TX - March 26-30, 2012
Come see the resources McAllen, TX has to offer. Training seats are still available for several classes.
Register now online at : http://www.scaug.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1175551&eventId=380300&EventViewMode=EventDetails

I hope you have a good week,
Shellie

Happy New Year to everyone. Hope you have a wonderful 2012 year!


The first OKSCAUG User Group meeting of 2012 will be held on Wednesday, February 15, from 8:30 am until 11:30 am at the Edmond Fire Training Center in Edmond, OK. The theme of the meeting will be Public Safety and GIS.


The 12th Annual ILMF (International LiDAR Mapping Forum) was held in Denver, CO. Monday January 23 through Wednesday January 25th. The International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) is the premier event for the LiDAR industry attracting professionals from all over the world. Expectations were for approximately 600 plus delegates from 30 countries to be in attendance. The Denver venue alternates with New Orleans as the home of the ILMF (http://www.lidarmap.org). The latest in the rapidly growing industry of LiDAR technology, its’ applications, and associated issues and their impacts are well represented at ILMF. One of many items of note was a presentation in the Basics to LIDAR Workshop Series entitled ArcGIS 10.1 by Peter Becker & Clayton Crawford (Esri) that provided an overview of significant new capabilities in ArcGIS 10.1 (Beta) for handling large collections of LiDAR data including the management, modification, and access to a wide range of applications. The ILMF is a great conference to attend if you want to stay on top of the latest technology, issues, applications, etc. involving LiDAR data.

Call for Presentations

2012 SCAUG Conference
Please send abstract & title by February 10, 2012 to Betsi Chatham
Title of Presentation
Abstract (300 words or less)
Name(s) of authors/presenters
Company/Organization Name(s)
Specify 30-minute or 60-minute time slot (includes Q&A)
Registration is required for Presenters