In celebration of GIS Day Luke Rogers, UW College of Forest Resources will
present the first in a quarterly series of talks addressing the uses of
GIScience in the Disciplines. Luke will present on two interrelated
efforts which he has been leading in Washington State. Abstracts and
event details are provided below and at the UW Geospatial Club website:
http://depts.washington.edu/asprs/events.shtml
GIScience in the Disciplines: GIS MegaProject and Informing the
Legislature with GIS
Weds Nov 19 2:00pm
Odegaard Library Room 220
Refreshments will be served
More information about GIS Day is available at http://www.gisday.com/
When: 11/19/2008 2:00 PM
Title: GIS MEGAPROJECT - Building the Washington State Parcel Database
Presented by: Luke Rogers - UW, College of Forest Resources Research
Scientist and co-chair of the Washington State Parcels Working Group
Abstract: In October 2006 a group of federal, state, tribal and local
government participants came together to explore whether there was
interest in and a willingness to pursue the development and coordination
of a statewide parcel framework data set that would be accessible to
various participating agencies. At the conclusion of that meeting the
Washington State Parcels Working Group was formed and has been meeting
monthly ever since. This project is designed to construct a single,
regularly updated, statewide parcel dataset based on data provided by
city, county, state, and federal agencies that develop and maintain parcel
data within Washington State. The purpose is to reduce the cost,
inefficiencies, and redundant efforts of state and federal agencies, as
each independently and periodically contacts parcel data originators for
current data sets. The first version of the Washington State Parcel
Database was distributed to Parcels Working Group members in September and
soon the project team will begin collecting data for the 2008 database.
This talk will focus on the political, personal, technical and legal
aspects of gathering, transforming and publishing parcel data and explore
some possibilities for the future of parcel data in Washington State. URL:
http://depts.washington.edu/wagis/projects/parcels/
When: 11/19/2008 3:00 PM
Title: Informing the Legislature with GIS - Retaining Working Forestlands
Presented by: Luke Rogers - UW, College of Forest Resources Research
Scientist and Research Lead on Strategic Forest Retention
Abstract: In a budget proviso to the College of Forest Resources the
Washington State Legislature requested "recommendations for retaining the
highest valued working forest lands at risk of conversion to non-forest
uses and should include an examination of means to enhance biodiversity
through strategic retention of certain lands, as well as economic
incentives for landowners to retain lands as working forests and provide
ecosystem services". This talk will highlight the GIS components of our
research including use of the Washington State Parcel Database, the unique
challenges of working on legislatively requested projects and some of the
results of our analysis that were presented to the Northwest Environmental
Forum in late October.
URL: http://www.nwenvironmentalforum.org/newnews.html
This talk is co-sponsored by the University Libraries and the UW
Geospatial Club.
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Anne Zald
Map Collection & Cartographic Information Services
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900, Seattle, WA 98195
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206-543-2725
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