2008 Technical Session Papers
(all
papers are in pdf format)
FRIDAY,
MARCH 7, 2008
LIDAR
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mapping the Invisible:
Using Cokriging to Determine Bedrock Elevations from
LIDAR Elevations and Private Well Completion Report Boring Logs 
Thomas Meyer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of
Connecticut, Department of Natural Resources Mgt & Engr.
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Virtual Surveying and the Intelligent 4D Project
Brian Blevins, PLS, Associate Surveyor, CH2M HIL
GEODESY
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Helping Position the Future of the NGS through the
AAGS Government Programs Committee
Michael Dennis, RLS, PE, MSCE, Owner, Geodetic Analysis,
LLC; Bob Packard;
Steve Briggs; NGS Representative
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Elements of the National Geodetic Survey 10 Year Plan
David Doyle, Chief Geodetic Surveyor, National Geodetic
Survey
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Least Squares and Adjustment Topics
Jack Walker, PLS, Professor of Geomatics,
Oregon Institute of Technology
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The NGS and Real Time Positioning: A Panel Discussion
William Henning, RPLS, Geodesist, National Geodetic Survey;
Dr. Roy K. Dokka, Executive
Director, Louisiana Spatial Reference Center (LSRC) at LSU Center for Geomatics;
Daniel Martin, Geodesist, National Geodetic Survey;
Pamela Fromhertz, M.S., Geodesist,
National Geodetic Survey;
Gary Thompson. B.S., Director/ NCGS, North Carolina Geodetic
Survey
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
A Review of 3-D Transformation Methods for Surveying
Robert Burtch, Professor, Ferris
State University
Krag Caverly,
Ferris State University
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm
The Geodetic Direct and Inverse Problem: A Review of
Methods
Robert Burtch, Professor, Ferris
State University
GIS/MAPPING
8:00 am - 8:30 am
GIS for Dauphin Island,
Alabama
Steve Ramroop, Ph.D., Program
Director, Troy University
8:30 am - 10:30 am
The State of GIS Activities in Surveying State
Societies
Dr. Joshua Greenfeld, Professor,
New Jersey Institute of Technology
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Making Better Maps: Cartographic Design Principles
and Practices for Any Map
Aileen Buckley and Doug Vandegraft
SATURDAY,
MARCH 8, 2008
LEADING EDGE
TECHNOLOGY
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Architectural
Indoor Surveying. An Information Model for 3D Data Capture and
Adjustment
Christian Clemen, Dipl.-Ing., Technical University of Berlin
GIS/MAPPING
8:00 am - 8:30 am
A Framework for Updating Digital Vector Maps
Tarig Ali, Ph.D. Geodetic Science and
Surveying, OSU, Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida, College of
Engineering and Computer Science
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Using Collaboration to Create Efficiencies and
Maximize the Value of Data
Jonathan Knowles, Director of Worldwide Market Development,
Autodesk
10:00 am - 11:30 am
How to Build a National Land Management System
Jamieson Murphy, P.Eng., Project Manager, ESRI
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Principles of Telegeoinformatics
Robert Burtch, Ferris State
University
SURVEYING
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Donation Land Claims — Land, Lives, and Legacy
Ron Singh, PLS, Chief of Surveys/Geometronics
Manager, Oregon Department of Transportation
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
CFeds Program — Fee To Trust Conveyance
Process & How the Standards for Indian Trust Lands Boundary
Evidence Fit into that Process
Greg Argell, Chief Branch of Land,
Titles and Record, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Northwest Region
Tom Caster, BLM Indian Lands Surveyor, Northwest Region
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Advice from Knerr v.
Mauldin to Expert Witnesses: Keep It Simple Stupid
Stephen Hughey, P.L.S., Ph.D.,
Director of Survey, Land Design Consultants,
Harry Gerrity, J.D., Lawyer, Law
Offices of Harry J. Gerrity
MISCELLANEOUS
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
(Also presented on Friday, March 7, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm)
Hollywood Surveyor Heroes and Silver Screen Room: 110
Starlet Surveyors
John Brock, B. Surv, Reg Surv, MA, H. Ramsay &
Co., Australia
SOFTWARE
10:30 am - 11:00 am
How Can You Transfer Survey Field Data to/from the
Office Without Physically Being There? Carlson Sync!
Joe Davis, Northwest Region Director of Sales, Carlson
Software
11:00 am - 11:30 am
How Carlson Software’s Field to Finish Can Save Time
in the Field and Office
Joe Davis, Northwest Region Director of Sales, Carlson
Software