Welcome Updated: 10-13-99
Please join us at historical Williamsburg, Virginia, for NACIS's annual meeting. The program contains over 50 papers and workshops--a record number--on a rich variety of topics in cartography and geo-information sciences. Whether your specialties are in GIS, business cartography, map librarianship, government, or cartographic theory, the program will offer something for you. NACIS prides itself on a congenial atmosphere that is unsurpassed for networking with peers and we offer the lowest registration price ($115 for NACIS members) of any major cartographic conference in North America. This year's meeting site is only 1.5 miles from the center of Colonial Williamsburg, and numerous other historical and recreational attractions are only a short drive away. You will have a perfect opportunity to enjoy sightseeing and attend a dynamic professional meeting.
We look forward to seeing you at Williamsburg!
Cindy Brewer, President
Tom Patterson, Program Chair
Registration
You may register for the Williamsburg meeting by downloading an Acrobat PDF version of the registration form or by requesting a paper form by calling 1-800-558-8993, or by email: cmb@csd.uwm.edu. The early registration deadline is October 4, 1999.
Posters and Exhibits
There is still time to enter a poster or exhibit! Contact Jeffrey McMichael at jmcmichael@gsu.edu by October 1, 1999 to reserve space and discuss what you plan to display in a poster session.
Hotel
NACIS XIX will be held at the Radisson Fort Magruder Inn, Route 60 East, Williamsburg, VA 23187. Reservations can be made by calling the hotel at 1-800-582-1010 prior to September 29th. Specify that you are attending the NACIS meeting. Room rates are $98 for a single or a double.
Other lodging options abound in and around Williamsburg. The Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce Web site lists hotels and motels and contains helpful tourist information.
Getting to Williamsburg
Driving: The Fort Magruder Inn is a 2.5 hour drive from Washington, D.C. via I-95 and I-64. From I-64 take the 242-A exit to route 199 and then a right on route 60. The Radisson Fort Magruder Inn is up ahead one mile on the left.
Map showing the Fort
Magruder Inn (27k)
MapQuest.com
Train: Amtrak has rail service to Williamsburg. Atlantic Coast
timetables are available at:
http://www.amtrak.com/trip/timetables.html
Flying: The closest airport is the Williamsburg/Newport News Airport which is a ten minute taxi ride from the hotel. However, scheduled flights are limited and may be more expensive.
A possibly cheaper and more convenient alternative would be to fly to the Norfolk or Richmond Airports, both of which are a 20 minute drive from the hotel. Ground transportation from the Norfolk and Richmond Airports must be arranged at least 24 hours in advance with Groome Transportation, a limousine service. Call 804-877-9477 if you are going to the Norfolk Airport and 1-800-552-7911 for the Richmond Airport. The fares are identical from either airport; a round trip costs $52 for a single and drops to $38/person for two or more passengers.
Flying to Washington Dulles or Reagan National Airports might give you the cheapest airfare, but both are a 2.5 hour drive from Williamsburg and would require a car rental--unless you can arrange for rides to and from Williamsburg with a NACIS member from the Washington, D.C. metro area.
Ride sharing
and roommate bulletin board
Preliminary Program - NACIS XIX
REGISTRATION
2:00-7:30 pm
NACIS BOARD MEETING
3:00-5:30 pm
OPENING SESSION - James Fort Rediscovery Seth Mallios, Archaeologist,
Jamestown Discovery Project
7:30-9:00 pm
POSTER SESSION/ EXHIBITS/RECEPTION
9:00-11:00 pm
POSTERS AND EXHIBITS
8:00 am-3:00 pm
Session A HISTORICAL
CARTOGRAPHY I
8:00-10:00 am
Chair: Chris Baruth, American Geographic Society Collection
"A
Countrie so Faire" The Mapping of Colonial Virginia
Richard Stephenson, Library of Congress (Retired)
From Battle Plans to Tourist Maps: The Role of the Federal Government
in Preserving the Cartographic Heritage of the Williamsburg-Yorktown Area
Ronald Grim, Library of Congress
The Promotional
Cartography of Captain John Smith
John H. Long, The Newberry Library, Chicago
Session B CARTOGRAPHIC
METHOD AND THEORY
8:30-10:00 am
Chair: Carolyn Weiss, Statistics Canada
Visual
Perception of Oriented Point Symbols for Mapping
Maureen Ann Kelley, San Jose State University
Color
Schemes for Visualizing Climatological and Other Continuous Data
Aileen R. Buckley, Patrick J. Bartlein, and Adam Light, University
of Oregon
Feeling
it Out: The Use of Haptic Visualization for Exploratory Geographical Analysis
Amy L. Griffin, Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University
Session C HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY
II
10:30 am-Noon
Chair: I. Ren Vasiliev, SUNY Geneseo
Out
of bounds, Mapping Over the Edge -- A Look at the English View of the Middle
Atlantic Colonies
Alice C. Hudson, Map Division, NYPL
Where
You Are Is Where You Are Not: Mapping the American Civil War
Earl B. McElfresh, McElfresh Map Co.
Colonial
Maps and GIS: Creating a Database for the Guilford Courthouse National
Military Park
Roy Stine, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Session D DRAWING
SOFTWARE SHOOT-OUT: ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR vs. CORELDRAW vs. MACROMEDIA FREEHAND
10:30 am-Noon
Chair: Tom Patterson, U.S. National Park Service
Panel: Greg Chu, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Richard Furno, Washington Post
Dave Nelson, Mapping Services
LUNCHEON AND ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
Noon-1:30 pm
Session E
PANEL DISCUSSION: CARTOGRAPHIC AND GIS EDUCATION, PREPARING STUDENTS FOR
THE WORKFORCE
1:45-3:15 pm
Chair: Susan N. Muleme, Avenza, Inc.
Panel: Tanya Allison, Montgomery College
Jim Meacham, University of Oregon
Charles Rader, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Charlie Frye, ESRI
Ed Easton, Magellan Geographics
Brian Schmidt, Macromedia, Inc.
Ken Wylie, Adobe Systems, Inc.
Session F UNDERSTANDING MAPS AND DATA
1:45-3:15 pm
Chair: Gordon Kennedy, Washington State Department of Transportation
The
Use of Grid Cell Maps in School Demography
Richard Lycan, Portland State University
Results
and Experiences of Using Focus Groups to Evaluate the U-Boat Narrative:
A Data Exploration System for the U-Boat War 1939-1945
Fritz C. Kessler, University of Kansas
Re-visiting
the Problems of Cartographic Design for Route-based Mapping
Gordon Kennedy, Washington State Department of Transportation
Session G TERRAIN PRESENTATION PRACTICUM
1:45-3:15 pm
Chair: Ev Wingert, University of Hawaii
MapRender3D
Pro from Digital Wisdom, Inc.
David Broad, Digital Wisdom Inc.
Relief
Presentation at The National Geographic Society: A Digital Demonstration
John Bonner, National Geographic Society
Session H PARK AND TOURIST MAPPING
3:30-5:00
Chair: Elisabeth Nelson, San Diego State University
A Brief
History of National Park Service Visitor Maps
Nancy Haack, U.S. National Park Service
The
Power of Maps In Resource Management Decision-Making
Jean E. McKendry, University of Idaho Cooperative Park Studies Unit
and National Park Service Social Science Program
Tourism
Maps and the Amish: Technological Discrepancies in Lancaster County
Alison E. Philpotts, Shippensburg University
Session I UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
3:30 -5:30
Chair: James Meacham, University of Oregon
Introductory
Cartography Reconfigured
Charles Rader, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
The Colorado
Landscape Project: Reflections from the Cartography/Gis and Classroom/Library
Interfaces
Karen S. Cook and George F. McCleary, University of Kansas
GIS
Exercises for the Teaching of Economic Geography
Mark Wiljanen, SUNY - New Paltz
Development
and Maintenance of the University of Oregon's Campus Mapping Program; Integrating
Map Publishing, GIS, Facilities Mapping, and Architectural Building Floor
Plans
James E. Meacham and Andrea C. Ball, Department of Geography, University
of Oregon
CARTOGRAPHIC CONVERSATIONS: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM
EUROPEAN CARTOGRAPHY?
7:30-9:00 pm -- Hospitality Suite
Hosted by Greg Chu and Mike Peterson
Session J EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION CENTER
(ESIC)
8:00-10:00 am
Chair: James R. Anderson
Just Ask Us
Diane Brittle, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
On-line and Outreach: the Delaware Geological Survey Earth Science
Information Center in the New Millennium
William S. Schenck, Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware
National Datasets Incorporating the National Spatial Data Infrastructure
Framework Criteria: The National Hydrography Dataset and the National Elevation
Database
John C. Fouke, U.S. Geological Survey, Rolla, Missouri
Land Boundary Information System: A Comprehensive Website for the
Distribution of Florida Geographic Data
Jim Anderson, Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center,
Florida State University
Session K PREPARATION AND DISSEMINATION
OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
8:30-10:00 am
Chair: Sona Andrews, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The
History and Development of Online Mapping and Distributed GIS
Jeremy W. Crampton, George Mason University
Map
Design for High Volume Automated Mapping at the US Census
Andy McIntire, US Census Bureau
South-East
Toronto Health Data Mapping System: Community-University Collaboration
as a Method for Design of a User-driven Mapping System
Byron Moldofsky and Peter Gozdyra, University of Toronto
Session L SMALL
BUSINESS CARTOGRAPHY ROUNDTABLE, KEEPING UP WITH THE SOFTWARE AND DATA
EXPLOSION: EXPERIENCES AND STRATEGIES
10:30 am-Noon
Chair: Alex Tait, Equator Graphics, Inc.
Panel: Dennis McClendon, Chicago Cartographics
Dan Van Dorn, free-lance cartographer
Tom Patterson, U.S. National Park Service
Session M ATLASES
10:30 am-Noon
Chair: James Minton, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Developing
a Socioeconomic Atlas Series for National Parks
Jean E. McKendry, University of Idaho Cooperative Park Studies Unit
and National Park Service Social Science Program
Atlas
of Antarctic Research
Cheryl A. Hallam, U.S. Geological Survey
America's
Online, Interactive Atlas: The National Atlas of the United States of America
Brigitta A. Urban-Mathieux, U.S. Geological Survey
Session N EXPLORING
ANIMATION AND 3D
1:30-3:00 pm
Chair: Mark Harrower, Pennsylvania State University
The Influence
of Verbal Commentary on Fly-By Animated Terrain Maps
Keith Rice, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Animated Series to Demonstrate the Distortion of Map Projections
Claudia James, University of Akron
3D
Visualizations of the Prehistoric Olduvai Gorge
Hassan S. Hodges and Michael J. Medler, Department of Geography, Rutgers
University
Session O CARTOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES AND CHANGES
1:30-3:00 pm
Chair: Dennis McClendon, Chicago Cartographics
Cartography
in a Class Action Suit: Himelrigh v. PPG
Joe Stoll, University of Akron
Producing
"Good" Maps when Non-Cartographers Control Design
Trudy A. Suchan, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Cartographic
Challenges and Changes at MapQuest.com, Inc.
Dan Etter and Herwig Schutzler, MapQuest.com, Inc.
Session P FEDERAL AGENCIES
3:30-5:30 pm
Chair: Megan Kealy, U.S. National Park Service
CIA Cartography: Past, Present, and Future
Jerry Fields and Doug Stiles, Central Intelligence Agency
Cartographic
Information at the Department of State: International Boundaries, Sovereignty,
Place Names, and GIS
Leo Dillon, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, U.S. Department
of State
The
United States Board on Geographic Names Toponymic Standards for Cartographic
Application
Roger L. Payne, USBGN, U.S. Geological Survey
Session Q NEW PERSPECTIVES
3:30-5:30 pm
Chair: Ellen White, Michigan State University
Molecules,
Metaphors and Maps
Joseph Poracsky, Portland State University
Poems
Shaped Like Maps: (Di)Versifying the Teaching of Geography, II
Adele J. Haft, Hunter College: City University of New York
Parallel
Atlas, 38 00N: A Transboundary Cartography for Korea's Evolving Demilitarized
Zone (DMZ)
Deborah Natsios, Natsios Young Architects, NY, NY
In
Maps the Story Unfolds through Space not Time
Steven R. Holloway, Oikos Work Arts, Missoula, MT
NACIS BOARD MEETING
3:30-5:30 pm
ANNUAL BANQUET
6:30-10:00 pm
Best Article in Cartographic Perspectives Award
Student Web Map Contest Awards
Speaker: Barbara J. Ryan, Associate Director for Operations, U.S. Geological Survey
WORKSHOPS
3D
Landscape Visualization with 3DNature's World Construction Set 4.5
Ev Wingert, University of Hawai`i and Pacific Mapping
8:30 am-5:00 pm
Animated
and Interactive Cartography with Macromedia Director
Mark Harrower, Pennsylvania State University
8:30 am-Noon
Making
Web Maps Interactive
Mike Peterson, University of Nebraska-Omaha
1:00 pm-5:00 pm