Tuesday, March 13 and
Wednesday, March 14
Meetings and Presentations

Thursday, March 15
Full Day Workshops

• 1:00 - 1:30 PM
  Welcome
  • MAGIP President
  • Mayor of Miles City
  • County Commissioner
  • Representative of Miles City Community College
• 1:30 - 3:00 PM
  GIS in Government Panel
  • Panel made up of Counties and Agencies using GIS in South Central and Eastern Montana. The panel will be moderated by Chuck Egan, former Stillwater County Commissioner and promoter of government GIS.
  • Each panel member will briefly discuss the GIS process in their county or agency and then open up for questions later.
• 3:00 - 3:15 PM
  Break
• 3:15 - 3:45 PM
  Montana land Information Act and Grants program
  • Stewart Kirkpatrick, State of Montana GIS Coordinator
• 3:45 - 4:00 PM
  Needs assessment for Eastern Montana GIS.
  • Chuck Egan, Stillwater County
• 4:00 - 4:30 PM
  Breakout Sessions
  • Small government GIS
    • Jim Larson, GIS Manager, Stillwater County
    • Bryant Ralston, ESRI
  • Montana State Library GIS Data Clearinghouse
    • Sibyl Govan, NRIS Projects Manager, Montana State Library
  • Space is available for other meetings
• MAGIP Sponsored Banquet
  Miles City Town and Country Club/Louie's Restaurant
  Corner of 4th and Eagle
  
  • 5:00 PM -- Cocktails
  • 6:00 PM -- Dinner
  • Dinner Speaker -- Historian Amorette Allison

• 8:00 - 8:30 AM
  Continental Breakfast
• 8:30 - 9:00 AM
  Why MAGIP
  • Gerry Daumiller, MAGIP President
  • Bryant Ralston, MAGIP Board of Directors
  • Active List Server
  • Quarterly Vector Newsletter
  • WebEx conferencing ability
  • Professional Development Opportunities
  • Technical Committee
  • SIGs - Local government, Water/wastewaster, GPS users
  • Website, meeting planning
  • Eastern Montana Chapter of MAGIP?
• 9:00 - 10:00 AM
  DES, GIS, and Homeland Security
  • Bryant Ralston, ESRI
  • Butch Renders, Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator, Richland County
  • Eric Eidswick, Critical Structures Coordinator, Montana Department of Administration
• 10:00 - 10:15 AM
  Break
• 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  Breakout Sessions
  • E911 Survival Kit
    • Becky Berger, Montana 911 Program Manager
    • Jim Larson, GIS Manager, Stillwater County
  • GIS at the National Weather Service
  • Tanja Fransen, Warning Coordination Meteorologist
  • Tom Frieders, Warning Coordination Meteorologist
  • The Montana Control Point Database
    • Rj Zimmer, PLS, GIS Director, DJ&A; Engineering, Surveying, and Mapping
    • Stewart Kirkpatrick, GIS Coordinator, Montana Dept of Administration
• 12:00 - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
  • Miles Community College
• 1:00 - 3:00 PM
  Breakout Sessions
  • All Thing Cadastral
    • Stewart Kirkpatrick, GIS Coordinator, Montana Department of Administration
  • Farm Services Agency Common Land Units (CLU)
    • Dane Schnidt, USDA Farm Services Agency
    • Lori Margheim, USDA Farm Services Agency
  • Precision Agriculture
    • Catherine Maynard, Ph.D.
      State Geospatial Analyst
      USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
      
    • Van Shelhamer
      President
      GeoEssentials, Inc.
    • Height Modernization
  • 3:00 - 3:15 PM
    Break
  • 3:15 - 4:15 PM
    GIS and the Derby Fire
    • Evacuations, Rescues, and Aftermath
      Columbus Rural Fire Department
    • GIS information from the Eastern Montana Fire Complexes
  • 4:15 - 5:00 PM
    Breakout Sessions
    • Building GIS partnerships across Eastern Montana and the state.
    • Space is available for other meetings

Introduction to ArcGIS 9.2

• Presenter: Jim Larson, Stillwater County GIS
• Learn about ESRI's newest software version

Using Remote Sensing for Land Management Decisions

• Presenter: Van Shelhamer, GeoEssentials, Inc.
• Ever wonder how remote sensed images, collected by satellites or airplanes, can be used for making land management decisions or determine vegetative conditions on large land areas? If so, this hands-on-workshop is for you. A brief explanation of the principles of remote sensing and how plants interact with the electromagnetic spectrum will be presented.
  
  Participants will have hands-on experience in measuring light reflectance values of various plants to further their understanding of the concepts of remote sensing. A producer will present how he uses images and geospatial technologies on his operation. Participants will be at the computer using MultiSpec software, provided free to participants, to examine images of Eastern Montana, determine visual differences in the images, experiment with false coloring, and identify different vegetative areas. Vegetation classification of an image can be used for management decisions and has application in a number of agricultural situations. Participants will learn how to access LandSat satellite and other images for your area of interest from MontanaView.

Spatial Data Modeling and Database Design with the GeoDatabase

• Presenter: Stuart Challender, Montana State University
  ESRI Staff
• This workshop will introduce data modeling concepts in the context of a database design process resulting in a logical database schema that can be implemented in the ESRI GeoDatabase.
  
  Concepts are intended to build the knowledge base and skills necessary to develop spatial databases that adequately support the intended applications. This is important for people developing GIS applications that address local issues as well as providing important background information for people interested in participating in the Montana Land Information Advisory Council (MLIAC) grant initiatives or statewide database development by providing standardized data to Montana Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) framework efforts.
  
  This workshop will benefit people new to data modeling as well as those who are looking to upgrade their data models to the GeoDatabase. Specific topics include:
  • Spatial data models
  • Relational database concepts
  • Database design process
  • Building a database schema (specifications for the database)
  • Examples of data models
  • Implementing the schema in the Geodatabase (hands on)
  • Documentation / metadata