Keynote speaker

Mr. Jack Dangermond      read more...
President ESRI

Keynote speaker

Mr. Chris Steenmans      read more...
Head of EEA data management group, European Environment Agency

Topic: Perspectives of developing a shared European integrated spatial information service for the environment

Keynote speaker

Mr. Lars Lorensen CTO NESA      read more...

Topic: Experience with implementing integrated enterprise IT Solutions using GIS

Keynote speaker

Mr. Jean Poulit      read more...
EUROGI President

EUROGI-EUROpean umbrella organisation for Geographic Information

Topic: EUROGI, INSPIRE, development of GIS in Europe

DEFENCE
Moderator: Göran Mårtenson

Enhancing Defence Capabilities through an Enterprise GIS

In a highly interactive presentation, Chris Dorman & Kerry Phelps from the ESRI Inc European Defence Team will show how a Geographic Information System (GIS) can be used to help commanders make better, faster decisions. The presentation will focus on military GIS capabilities based around a battlefield scenario. The team will then show how these capabilities can be shared across the defence intranet to ensure that all commanders have a common view of the battlespace.

Presenters Chris Dorman & Kerry Phelps , ESRI

DESKTOP GIS - Technical workshop

Introduction to Geoprocessing
(offering 1, next offering wednesday 10.30 - 12.00)

A GIS includes a rich set of tools to work with and process geographic information. This collection of tools is used to operate on the GIS information objects such as the datasets, attribute fields, and cartographic elements for printed maps. This session will introduce the comprehensive collection of tools in ArcGIS 9.0 and how they work with data objects to form the basis of a rich geoprocessing framework.

Presenters Corey Tucker

Introduction to Utility Network and ArcFM

ArcGIS provides the foundation to build complex utility networks and has construction tools to edit these networks. ArcFM builds on the ArcGIS functionality and provides tools to enhance editing, quality assurance, analysis and trace on utility networks.

The session gives a short overview of the special problems with utility networks and the ArcFM tools to solve these problems.

Presenter: Thomas Bak, Informi GIS A/S

Measuring the Impact of EGIS on Organizational Effectiveness (51)

Enterprise GIS represents tremendous potential for delivering business benefits in the form of reduced cost and improved customer service. Spatial IT professionals believe it, and many utility organizations are proving it. But most business and IT leaders today would like EGIS even more if they had a means of actually assessing its impact on their organization, in terms of improved decision-making capabilities, streamlined work processes, and even employee job satisfaction. In this paper the author will present several metrics and measurement techniques for quantifying the organizational benefits of EGIS, including case study examples and results across a variety of utility organizations. Beyond the numbers, the data and its interpretation will lead to a discussion of some key ideas about improving the effectiveness of enterprise GIS.

Presenter: Jeff Meyers

An enterprise organisation gives a broad and dynamic range of needs and demands for GIS services.

This presentation will describe how we try to cope with this challenge at different levels without seeing GIS as the goal, but as a means to support the rest of the organisation in fulfilling their tasks.

• Strategy
  • Detecting the needs of the organisation which makes the foundation of the strategy
  • Consolidating – both technical and organisational
  • Cooperation
  • Working with integrated information systems rather than isolated
• Technical
  • Choosing server Hardware/software configuration
  • Systems & User Administration
  • Controlling software at the clients desktop.
• Organisation
  • (Super) user organisation
  • Helpdesk
  • Education

Where is GIS in Aalborg moving to – technologies and methodologies to come?

Finally we make a status of which areas to focus on when implementing GIS in organisations with great diversity in purpose and usage types.

Presenter: Niels Vemmelund/Jens H Sørensen

A Decision Support System for Classification and Representation of Fuzzy Soil Boundaries (25)

We present a way of classifying/representing map unit transition zones. High-resolution data (EM38, DEM, aerial photos) are used for classification of soil map unit boundaries. Boundaries are repositioned and the width of the transition zone determined. Multiple grids expressing the changing transition zone width are a flexible tool for modeling spatial distribution of soil types and -attributes.

Presenter: Mette B. Greve & Mogens H. Greve

Seeking for unknown landfill sites- historical review using historical arial photos (23)

Historical aerial photos are a source of unlimited information of the open land development through time. Conversion of single aerial photos mosaic orthophotos makes it possible to screen and systematic analyse large areas in aspect of the historical presence of landfill sites and other relevant environmental risk areas. We have in Denmark analysed over 300 km2 and have located 2-3 unidentified landfill sites pr. km2. We will show the use of ArcView as the tool for identifying these areas.

Presenter: Palle Ejlskov

Assessment of spatial quality - implications on calculation of area (21)

Error exists only between reality and measurements. Assessing the difference between alternative versions of measurements - e.g. by digitizing - can give important information about the methods used for measurement. Based on this the presentation introduces a number of classic and new approaches to assessment of inaccuracy as implemented in ArcGIS. Finally it is demonstrated how inaccuracy of digitized lines influences the accuracy in calculated areas by means of Monte Carlo simulation.

Presenter: Hans Skov-Petersen

ArcIMS and ArcIMS Developer: Publishing Maps and Metadata with ArcIMS

If you are just beginning to explore the possibilities of ArcIMS, then this session will provide a basic overview and introduction to what ArcIMS is, how it is used, and how to get started with it. This session will offer an introduction to the architecture, features, and capabilities of ArcIMS and how to use it to your advantage. Topics will include authoring services, creating Web sites, administration of your site, and optimization.

An important part of having maps and data on the Internet is notion of Metadata.
Metadata is an integral part of ArcIMS 9.0 and ArcGIS 9.0 and provides the basic foundation for a distributed GIS. You create metadata in ArcCatalog, then publish it using the ArcIMS Metadata Server. The published metadata documents are stored in an ArcSDE database. The Metadata Explorer -a Web application- and ArcCatalog can be used to search the catalogs of published metadata. This session also will show how to successfully implement metadata using ArcCatalog and ArcIMS. Improvements have been made to Metadata Services for ArcIMS 9.0, including new options for configuring how documents are indexed. Doing so requires cooperation and communication between metadata authors and ArcIMS server and ArcSDE database administrators -all should attend.

Presenter: Jan Juul Jensen , Informi GIS

DEFENCE
Moderator: Göran Mårtenson

Developing Net-Centric Operations with ArcGIS.

NATO and many European nations are contemplating the benefits and implications of a net-centric approach to military operations. In this presentation John Day, the ESRI Inc Defence & Intelligence Team Manager, will demonstrate the new capabilities of ArcGIS 9 (ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Engine) in a defence enterprise through some real US examples. The presentation will include discussions on the US Network-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) concept, the Commercial Joint Mapping Toolkit (C/JMTK), the Defence Geospatial Intelligence Network (DGINet) and the US Theatre Geospatial Database (TGD).

Presenter: John Day, ESRI

DESKTOP GIS

Linear Referencing and ArcGIS

Linear referencing in ArcGIS increases your ability to understand, maintain, and analyze linear features, such as highways, city streets, railroads, and rivers, as well as distribution networks such as telephone lines and water and sewer networks. This session will provide an introduction to what linear referencing is and will describe how to perform linear referencing and dynamic segmentation tasks in ArcGIS.

This session will also present case studies for linear referencing with an emphasis on transportation. The session will introduce some important design topics and implementation choices that were made in the development of sample data sets.

Presenter: Jay Sandhu, ESRI

UTILITY - User presentations
Moderator: Kees van Loo, ESRI

Facility Management in ZCE (Czech Electric Energy Distributor) centralized into ArcFM (10)

A Czech regional energy distribution and transmission company, ZCE, implemented ArcFM in one year. Replacing of an old ArcInfo7 application followed Miner and Miner project methodology. All user requirements were met with relatively small extent of programming, because customisation extended ArcFM generic functions. ArcIMS server and GIS-SAP integration spread electric network data through whole organisation.

Presenter: Petr Skála

Using GIS to calculate the potential for small hydro power plants in Norway (31)

The potential for small power plant in Norway have until recently been unknown. The government required a mapping of these resources and NVE found that by using GIS and newly developed datasets made it possible to calculate the theoretical potential. The calculative work started in 2003 and by July 1. 2004 70 % of the work was completed. It is estimated that the whole country will be analysed by September 1. 2004. The presentation will show the method, how to use and work with the data, the problems solved and some results.

Presenter: Astrid Voksø

From SICAD/Open to ArcFM UT; a smooth evolution for EWR in Worms (44)

AED-SICAD is focused on vertical solutions for the utilities and the land management sector, where it has in Europe unique know-how and expertise. The necessity to supply the utility and cadastre markets quickly with a next generation of product solutions made it impossible to re-implement its proprietary GIS base (SICAD/open) in a manageable time and cost frame. Therefore, AED-SICAD decided in 2002 to re-implement its vertical solutions for land management and utilities on the state-of-the-art ESRI ArcGIS platform, basing its solution in Java and .NET to provide truly business-enabling products.

A major concern has been how to migrate our existing customer base into the new ArcGIS based technology. A suite of procedures and tools was developed to make this migration to an evolution. The presentation will emphasize how an important user EWR in Worms (Germany) made the move towards this new technology. Now they posses the world most flexible and technologically advanced GIS editing and viewing environment.

Presenter: Gerald Kreuwel

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SCIENCE & PLANNING - User presetation
Moderator: Pernille Hobitz, Informi GIS / Jerry Johnson, ESRI

Using GIS in fishery science at the Danish Institute for Fisheries Research (15)

In this presentation, examples of the use of GIS in the Danish Institute for Fisheries Research (DIFRES) are given. There are projects with very different objectives and use of different GIS software going on at DIFRES at the moment. One of the projects that will be presented is called CODYSSEY (Cod spatial dynamics and vertical movements in European waters and implications for fishery management). One of the objectives of the project is tracking of single cod in the Bornholm Basin in the Baltic Sea with the help of Electronic Data Storage Tags. Data is displayed with the help of Tracking Analyst and 3D Analyst for ArcGIS. Other maps that are results of analysis carried out as a part of this project show the distribution area of cod in the Bornholm Basin in the Baltic Sea since the 1950’ies. Three maps from the CODYSSEY project are shown in the ESRI Map Book 2004. Two other projects at DIFRES that will be presented are using GIS for the placement of mariculture and shellfish production in Denmark. In both cases, a model that rated the suitability of different areas for mariculture and shellfish production respectively was established with Spatial Analyst for ArcGIS.

Presenter: Kerstin Geitner

Applicability of available Geodata in high mountain environmental
research (16)

Applicability of available Geodata in high mountain environmental research – examples from the Khumbu Himal Area (NEPAL)

Presenter: Josef Gspurning

ISSNEW – A Conception of GIS and Simulation Systems Cooperation for sustainable groundwater management (13)

The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) came into effect to sustainably protect water resources and to define general objectives in water management. To enable appropriate action planning and to fulfil the obligations to report the status of the water bodies, it is im-portant to use up-to-date spatial data as stored in an information system in combination with well-proved simulation systems. ISSNEW (Information and Simulation System to Evaluate Non-Point Nutirient Entries into Water Bodies) is a project to develop such an integrated information and simulation system. At this the data gathered and maintained in a Geographic Information System (GIS) are used by a coupled system of existing simulation programs for nitrate turnover and transport. In addition the results of the simulation systems will be returned to the information system.

Presenter: O. Arndt and P. Schätzl

EMBEDDED & SERVER GIS

Developing with the ArcGIS System

ArcGIS provides the complete framework for developers. Anyone wanting to develop GIS solutions should attend this session. The session does not focus on how to program but rather outlines what can be done and ways to proceed in developing with the ArcGIS system. Topics include an introduction to the architecture, developer possibilities, supported APIs, and the various resources available. This session establishes a road map for developers through the rest of the technical sessions. You should attend this session to determine which of the other technical sessions will be beneficial for you and give you an idea of how to approach development using ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Server, and ArcGIS Engine.

Presenter: Allan LaFramboise, ESRI

Australian government and Mobile GIS (61)

The Australian government recognises the importance of mobile GIS as part the effort in dealing with homeland security and counter terrorism and is funding projects to facilitate the application of mobile GIS technology for this purpose. CommandMap is one such project, which aims to facilitate the deployment of mobile technology and seamlessly integrate basemap and live in-field data from National Security, Emergency and Data agencies into an integrated system. This session discusses and demonstrates how CommandMap is built on ESRI server, desktop and mobile technologies to deliver command and control capabilities with features such as automated asset tracking, in field data capture and editing with wireless transmission to a central server and central situational monitoring.

Presenter: Elvin Slavik

Enterprise Data Management for Gripen Aircraft and Support Systems (71)

Geographical databases are used in many functions in an aircraft system. An operational military aircraft system does not only consist of the aircraft but also ground based mission support and training systems where databases are used. In the Aircraft there are databases for the electronic map and the navigation subsystem. In mission planning and evaluation systems there are databases for terrain analysis, 3D-visualisation, 2D-map visualization etc. In the training simulator system are the databases for OTW (Out-the-Window) visualization, IR/Radar sensor imaging, IOS (Instructor/Operator Station) 2D-maps and of course a copy of the aircraft databases.

For the usefulness and credibility of the whole system, it is crucial that the geographical databases are correlated and it is easy to imagine effects of databases not being correlated. The problem is very similar to what is found in distributed simulations where connected simulators use different natural environment databases.

This paper describes design principles and architecture of the Digital Map Generating System (DMGS) developed to support the Swedish Gripen fighter and its support systems (training simulators and mission planning system) with correlated geographical databases.

The DMGS has three basic functions

• Import geographical data from different formats and store them in a database.
• A core system with database for storage of geographical data and editor to modify and adjust geographical data
• Export modules that export selected data to the appropriate format for use in the respective systems

The system is based on ESRI Arc-GIS and ERDAS Geosystems IMAGINE.

Presenter Göran Ancker

Uncertainty in GIS With a User’s Perspective (41)

As use of GIS becomes more and more frequent in most types of organisations it is relevant to hoist a warning sign concerning unlimited and uncritical use of this efficient tool for most businesses. There are a number of evident uncertainties in GIS, due to a different circumstances. A number or these uncertainties are to be discussed as follows:

The first uncertainty depends on how the preparations for development and implementation are carried out. It is easy to neglect the time consuming job to explore what is supposed to be supported by use of GIS, with insufficient use case descriptions or activity analysis descriptions leading to poor geo data requirements as the important output. How to avoid this trap will be discussed during the presentations.

A second uncertainty depends on lack of relevant data or lack of sufficient data quality for the GIS operations which are supposed to be performed. Specifying relevant data is a subsequent activity to the use case description or activity analysis description. Data quality is a matter of data production quality, data quality characteristics, data quality assurance and data quality declarations, the latest enabling the user to decide whether to use a specific data set or not. These issues become more and more important as GIS is used more and more by persons without knowledge about the origin of the used data sets. Some proposals will be given during the presentation.

A third uncertainty is related to the interpretation of results obtained by different GIS processes. This is, mainly, a training issue internally within the organisation implementing GIS. It is important to understand what data and analysis results or presentations mean, but it is as important to realise, and understand what they do not mean. Some aspects on internal staff training are discussed during the presentation. They are mostly based on experiences from GIS use in the Swedish Armed Forces and GIS use in numerous Swedish city administrations.

A fourth uncertainty depends on integrated use of many different data sets in GIS analysis operations. These data sets were basically produced for different purposes, with different data models, for different scale intervals for use, with different completeness, with different accuracy etc. It is easy to fall into the pit of misuse of data sets, only because they are available and seem to fit for the specific task. One solution on this problem is user driven cartographic generalisation. This will be discussed a little. Also, some advice to avoid this pit will be presented.

A fifth uncertainty depends on incorrect GIS analysis operations. They do not reflect what was supposed to be done due to different circumstances. A number of these circumstances and how to avoid problems will be discussed

Presenter: Mats Söderberg, LtCol (Ret’d)

ARCGIS

ArcGIS Fundamentals: What's New in ArcGIS 9 and what’s ahead

The goal of this session is to highlight the new capabilities and enhancements to the ArcGIS with version 9. With version 9 map creation and analysis have been greatly enhanced in all product levels (ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo) of the ArcGIS Desktop, ArcSDE and the geodatabase. You will learn what these enhancements are and how to apply them through a series of presentations. This session will cover the following topics:

• ArcMap shortcuts and productivity tools
• ArcMap cartographic enhancements
• Working with Raster data
• Extensions
   o Maplex for ArcGIS
   o ArcGIS Data Interoperability
• Improvements in annotation editing
• Geoprocessing and modeling
• Compress versions while users are online
• Rasters are a full member of the geodatabase
• Geodatabase XML
• Performance optimizations
• Caching (schema and data)
• Editing optimizations
Finally some of the key features and initiatives that are being work on for next release will be discussed.

Presenter: Jim Henderson, ESRI

Any current or future users of ArcGIS

All levels

Basic knowledge of the geodatabase will be helpfull

DESKTOP GIS - Technical Workshop

Spatial Analyst:
Using Raster GIS,Suitability Modeling and Emergency Response Planning.

Are you new to GIS or living in a vector world? Would you like to expand your spatial modeling skills? We'll discuss raster data concepts, tools for spatial modeling with raster data, and how to apply them in traditional site selection/suitability models.

Presenter: Carsten Bøcker, Informi GIS

GIS and BUSINESS INTEGRATION User Presentation
Moderator: Jens Kudsk Jensen, Informi GIS - Wojtek Gawecki, ESRI

Data Access and Integration Through GIS (27)

As oil and gas companies, government agencies and private business investigate how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their various technical workflows and business processes it is logical to look at how they handle their metadata. As the leading provider of oil and gas exploration and production information in the world, IHS Energy has developed GIS tools and technologies based on ArcGIS 8&9 that give customers best in breed Data Access and Integration Solutions.

This presentation will provide insight as to how IHS Energy addresses global data access and integration issues allowing their customers to maximize the value of their data and ArcGIS investments.

Presenter: Jim Blaha

Introducing ArcGIS as integration layer for data management at Wintershall (39)

Wintershall specializes in energy and is a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF AG. Wintershall is active in exploration, production and trading of crude oil and natural gas, focusing on the core areas Europe, North Africa, South America, Russia and Caspian.

Mid 2003 Wintershall commenced an ArcGIS initiative aiming to spatially enabling their corporate data stores for enhanced data accessibility through ArcGIS interfaces, more and more spatial analysis is carried out.

Within Wintershall the whole ArcGIS technology suite is used. The IT infrastructure consists of various database servers, Citrix, SAN (storage area network) and a flexible license usage worldwide. Datamodels were build using case tools (Visio).

Presenter: Karina Schmidt

SAP - GIS integration. The challenge for the future is to integrate GIS with the enterprise business systems (45)

Presenter: Benedikt Pointer

SERVER GIS Technical Workshop

Introducing ArcGIS Server and the Road Ahead

ArcGIS Server is a new product at ArcGIS 9 that supports building GIS server applications using ArcObjects. This session gives an overview of the ArcGIS Server product, including how it is used by end users, administrators, and application developers. An overview of the architecture of the ArcGIS Server is also discussed.

Presenter: Jan Juul Jensen, Informi GIS

Changes in direction for sailing chart resolution (32)

Sailing charts have traditionally focussed on the safe passage of surface vessels with the resolution of their data reflecting the draft of the vessels using the charts. Submariners however place different demands on charts which can be created to suit their needs. This paper will show how the Royal Danish Administration of Navigation and Hydrography uses its SDE based depth database to supply data for the creation of charts and an ArcIMS service to place safety margins on the charts.

Presenter: John Woodward

Predictive Sensor Collection Utilizing ArcMap and STK Sensor Analyst (57)

The Geospatial Intelligence Advancement Testbed (GIAT) integrates and utilizes advanced technologies to bring new, relevant capabilities to the GeoIntel user community. GIAT has begun implementing traditional sensor collection technologies combined with mapping functionalities of ArcMap. This presentation will discuss the capabilities and applications of qualitative and predictive sensor analysis for use by the Geointelligence community.

Presenter: Deep Damle

Operation Global Mirror - Using GIS Tools to Enable Military-Civil Collaboration and Emergency Response (53)

Operation Global Mirror was a US Department of Homeland Security supported emergency preparedness exercise that took place in May, 2004. The exercise presented a terrorist incident scenario that crossed government jurisdictional boundaries. The jurisdictions included the United States Air Force, and two local governments, the City of Colorado Springs and El Paso County. Fifty-two (52) government and non-government agencies participated in the exercise. The U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), working with the City of Colorado Springs and El Paso County, demonstrated a prototype integrated GIS, AVL and peer-to-peer network solution that enabled a military service, state and local agencies to act as one entity in responding to an emergency. AFSPC provided real-time access to activities that were taking place in their emergency operations center (EOC) at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. The City of Colorado Springs and AFSPC EOCs were able to communicate directly during the incident through a secure virtual network, as well as view GIS activities that were happening remotely at the site of the incident. This presentation will examine the organisational and jurisdictional challenges of military and civil agency GIS collaboration during emergency events. We will also discuss various perspectives of agencies that participated in and benefited from collaborative GIS activities. The session will also present the technical data and GIS and communication tools that enabled successful interagency collaboration.

Presenter: Ed Riegelmann

Geodatabase Fundamentals and the Road Ahead

The ArcGIS geodatabase includes an object-oriented geographic data model together with all-relational data storage and support for long transactions. This session will discuss the key elements of the geodatabase model including object classes, feature classes, subtypes, relationship classes, and geometric networks. We will also present overviews of the database design process and the editing and long transactions model for the database.

Presenter: Corey Tucker, ESRI

This session will provide an overview of ArcPad, ESRI’s software for mobile GIS and field mapping. Integration of ArcPad into enterprise ArcGIS systems and components used to deploy ArcPad in the field will be discussed. Further more will the ArcPad Application Builder be presented and samples shown. Finally also latest developments in ArcPad and plans for future versions will be covered.

Presenter: Jim Henderson, ESRI /Elvin Slavik, Maptel

Anyone interested in mobile and handheld GIS as well as those looking at how to deploy and integrate field GIS into their enterprise systems.

All levels.

None.

Bicyclists’ accessibility in urban areas – an evaluation using the TVISS
method (29)

Bicyclist\'s accessibility in urban areas has been investigated in a project sponsored by the Swedish national road administration. The entire pedestrian and bicycle network in six Swedish cities was investigated using a handheld pc with ArcPad software. A large database was formed with information about road type, width, paving, obstacles and the standard of all crossings. ArcView with its Network Analyst was then used to measure accessibility for vulnerable road users.

Presenter: Linnea Viklund

Allocation of emergency units for tunnel incidents intervention (17)

The number of tunnels in Slovenia is increasing, thus locating fire brigade units with trained people and special equipment for intervention in case of tunnel road accidents is acquiring greater importance. According to tunnel classification, a location-allocation model to optimize the existing units' allocation was applied in ArcInfo. For simulation purposes a potential demand for intervention was calculated and the potential spatial accessibility was investigated. Stress was laid upon the tunnels which require specialized emergency vehicle intervention in cases of incidents.

Presenter: Dejan Paliska

Map-Matching algorithms for GPS-data
- Methodology and test on data from The AKTA roadpricing experiment in Copenhagen (50)

The literature has only to a limited extent considered the problem of tracking entire routes by GPS and linking this to a graph of links and nodes. Most GPS-units uses intuitive algorithms for map matching. However, this may not lead to coherent and correctly matched routes. The paper presents problems and solutions for the use of GPS to track cars routes in a road network. These are tested on data from the AKTA project which collected data on 500,000 trips, with 2,5x10^8 GPS-points map-matched related to a 300,000 link network. It appeared that intuitive algorithms were insufficient when using standard GPS equipment over the 2x12 weeks time-periods. It was accordingly necessary to develop new algorithms that can be used to process GPS-data. The results of this can be used for behavioural analyses, transport model estimation, speed measurement and congestion monitoring. The paper presents and compares different algorithms with respect to calculation time and precision.

Presenter: Otto Anker Nielsen

Overview of ArcGIS Server for Developers

ArcGIS Server is a new product at ArcGIS 9 that supports building GIS server applications using ArcObjects. Developers can use the ArcGIS server API to build Web applications, desktop applications and, to an extent, the server itself by creating custom server objects and Web services. All developers who are interested in developing applications with or extending Arc GIS Server should attend this session. The information presented in this session complements other developer sessions focused on the application developer framework ArcGIS Engine.

Presenter: Allan LaFramboise, ESRI

Defence Enterprise GIS in Action – An Anti-Terrorism Scenario .
To bring together all the elements of the Defence Track’s first day, Chris Dorman and Kerry Phelps from the ESRI Inc European Defence Team will show a live demonstration of a fictitious scenario based around an anti-terrorism operation. The demonstration integrates data from a range of sources, includes the use of non-GIS software, uses all aspects of ArcGIS 9 and shares the results over an enterprise.

Presenter: Chris Dorman and Kerry Phelps

OGC Standards in Practice(6)

The Open GIS Consortium (OGC) develops specifications to define how data is to be decoupled from applications. One OGC specification, Simple Features - OLE/COM (SFO 1.1) defines an API for access to simple features such as points, lines, and polygons. Using this interface, client applications can directly connect and access any OGC-compliant SFO data provider.The OGC\'s Geographic Markup Language (GML) specification defines a spatial data interchange format. This specification is very rich and expressive, and is becoming an industry-standard approach to move data from one system or location to another. Since GML is a relatively new and complex technology, GML issues and common misconceptions will be discussed and clarified at the presentation. The lessons learned while working with the OGC Simple Features COM interface will also be shared. This knowledge session will be of interest to those who are planning to use or are already users of these technologies in their own products or projects.

Presenter: Dale Lutz

ESRI's Interoperability and Open Standards Strategies: from Mobile and the Web to the Enterprise

ESRI is involved in a number of initiatives that deal with interoperability, open standards and specifications. These encompass not only standards bodies and consortia but also core research and development projects specific to the GIS and geospatial communities such as OGC. In addition, ESRI is also closely involved with other global bodies and initiatives dealing with the web and overall IT. Many of these are being lead by global organizations such as ISO and W3C. ESRI follows a broad and encompassing technology and business strategy that works with core software development practices, business partner development projects (such as the new ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension developed jointly with Safe Software), leading standards bodies such as OGC and ISO and cooperative technology initiatives with other leading technology vendors such as Microsoft and IBM. This session will cover the various aspects of ESRI's plans and strategies in these areas and demonstrate some of the latest interoperability functionality in its latest product offerings.

Presenter: S.J Camarata , ESRI

Technology Update for Mobile GIS (12)

Mobile GIS improves decision making and enables more timely response to problems. The technologies needed for mobile GIS applications, including handheld computers, wireless technology and GPS positioning solutions, are continuing to improve and evolve. This paper will give an update on the latest advancements in this field.

Presenter: Richard Williams

Overview of converging technologies applicable to mobile GIS (56)

ArcPad has greatly enhanced mobility and field use of enterprise GIS data in many organisations. This session looks at in particular at the convergence of computing, positioning and communications technologies in handheld devices and the applications for mobile GIS and includes a presentation of developments underway to support emerging technologies. Included is a presentation of exciting development is real world application of wireless technologies and development of support for smartphones.

Presenter: Elvin Slavik

ArcGIS Geoprocessing: Scripting in ArcGIS

Geoprocessing is a vital part of most GIS operations. It is important to have an efficient and effective way of managing geoprocessing needs. Scripting support does this. Users will be able to execute simple processes (single function) or complex processes (piggy-backed multifunction processes with validation). Scripts can be recycled and executed without the user being present. This session will go over the scripting support for geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS, focusing on the use of Python to automate tasks and creating new tools.

Presenter: Corey Tucker, ESRI

Using GIS to integrate Cadastre and Title Registry Solutions (20)

Good governance and effective public administration recognize land as the principal source of wealth and indeed wealth generation in a society. Land rights that provide secure tenure and facilitate broad private ownership enable society to develop dynamic land trading practices and formation of land markets. No country can develop or sustain a civil society or promote economic development without internal confidence and public acceptance in its land rights and system of land administration.

Presenter: Peter Rabley

Database Maintenance, Cartography and Map Production with PLTS for ArcGIS

PLTS for ArcGIS is a collection of software applications built on top of ArcGIS for high-volume database production, maintenance, quality control, cartographic product generation, and work flow management. This session will give a detailed overview of the different components of PLTS Foundation, which includes the PLTS Data Loader, the GIS Data Reviewer, PLTS editing tools, the Map Production System and the Job Tracking Extension (JTX). All of these components will be discussed and demoed during this session.
PLTS also comes as industry specific production solutions that extend PLTS Foundation to produce databases and map adhering to industry specific production requirements. The four solutions currently available, Defense, Nautical, Mapping and Aeronautical, will be briefly discussed.

Presenter: Rasmus Hassing, Informi GIS

Anyone who is interested in geographic database production, cartography or map production.

All levels.

None.

ArcGIS Extensions: Introduction to the Data Interoperability Extension.
This session will focus on the new ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension and cover the direct read capabilities through the Browse tree, the new Interop Datasources root node in ArcCatalog, use of interoperability data sources within the geoprocessing framework, new data interoperability Import/Export tools and creation of custom formats using the Workbench application.

Presenters: David Maguire, ESRI & Dale Lutz, Don Murray, Safe Software

Geospatial data Infrastructure: Implementing the GIS Portal Toolkit


This session will present the GIS portal toolkit, ESRI’s technology and services solution for implementing local, regional, national, and global spatial data infrastructure (SDI) portals. GIS portals organize content and services such as directories, search tools, community information, support resources, data, and applications. They provide capabilities to query metadata records for relevant data and services and then link directly to the online sites that host content services. The content can be visualized as maps and used in geographic queries and analyses. The session will provide in-depth details on the architecture and implementation of the GIS portal toolkit and discuss various aspects and considerations of implementing SDI portals.

Presenter: Jan Juul Jensen, Informi GIS

Network Engineer & ArcSchematics

Network Engineer and ArcGIS Schematics extend ESRI’s ArcGIS architecture to work with networks in highly specialized solutions.

Network Engineer has a wide range of tools for optimizing the work with complex telecommunication networks – eg. blown fibre networks. These tools range from work order management to editing, visualizing inside and outside plants, tracing, reporting and plotting. Different proposed designs can be evaluated with price-estimates before making decisions.

The session gives an overview of the application and shows a case oriented blown fiber network demo.

ArcGIS Schematics enables users to automatically generate, visualize and manipulate schemas from geometric network data stored in a geodatabase or from nonspatial data and explicit connectivity attributes. This could be telecom or electric utility network where a non-geographical representation of connected network features is needed – or for instance a schema illustrating the outbreak and geographical spread of a disease.

This session will focus on giving an overview of the concepts and architecture of ArcGIS Schematics through different examples.

Presenters: Søren Tollund Christensen, Thomas Bak, Informi GIS

Anyone interested in telecommunication and/or networks in general

Presenter(s): Kurt Andersen, Informi GIS

Anyone editing data in ArcMap.

Beginner to Intermediate

Basic knowledge of ArcGIS

ArcGIS Extensions: Network Analyst – An Introduction

The session will provide an introduction and overview of the ArcGIS Network Analyst. The Network Analyst features and functions will be discussed as well as the new Network Dataset. Analysis supported include finding paths, tours, allocations and generating service areas, identifying closest facilities and more. The Network Dataset provides an improved connectivity and navigation attribute model for transportation networks. Key topics will include network specification and construction, use of analysis tools, and integration with the geoprocessing framework.

Presenter: Jay Sandhu, ESRI

Development of Digital Cartography for the Danish Army (26)

The Danish Army Materiel Commando (HMAK) in cooperation with National Mapping and Cadastre (KMS) are carrying out a development project aiming at developing digital cartography for the army's GIS Systems. Cartography is developed on various ESRI platforms.

The project consist of three elements: a national multi-scale digital map based on various sources (VMAP and TOP10DK); a manual for visualization of VMAP data for international missions, and a modernization of topographic paper maps.

Virtual Urban Planning (VUP): Reality-based 3D city models and GIS (59)

Methods for 3D city planning have been developed for the city of Århus over the last three years. The paper will show the challenge of city planning in Århus and the requirements for a reality-based 3D city model. Methods for the generation of 3D models are presented and final results are shown. Tools for the analysis in urban planning are pointed out which results in a 3D model that meets the requirements of the community through integration within GIS datasets.

Presenter: Kilian Ulm

WEGE 2002 – Geographic Information System for Road Infrastructures (58)

WEGE 2002 is fully addressed the maintenance needs of the “Provincial Road Cadastre” and aims to facilitate and improve “Government-to-Government” (G2G) collaboration and “Government-to-Citizen” (G2C) communication. WEGE 2002 provides public administrations with the technological Internet/Intranet platform needed to activate services such as:
· A common and shared geographic database (ArcSDE based);
· A set of Internet/Intranet GIS tools (ArcIMS based);
· A web portal for citizens and businesses;
· A bi-directional real time G2C communication system.

Presenters: Sandro Guzzi / Ugo Morenzetti

Getting the whole picture (33)

IHS Energy provides a number of data and editorial services for international clients. These are separate sources. Building a full picture was time consuming. Using a service based around ArcIMS we can now provide our clients fast access to the most relevant content from one point of entry. This presentation will show how even very casual users can get real value, very quickly.

Presenter: Michael Wynne

DESKTOP GIS

Introduction to Geoprocessing
(offering 2)

A GIS includes a rich set of tools to work with and process geographic information. This collection of tools is used to operate on the GIS information objects such as the datasets, attribute fields, and cartographic elements for printed maps. This session will introduce the comprehensive collection of tools in ArcGIS 9.0 and how they work with data objects to form the basis of a rich geoprocessing framework.

Presenter: Corey Tucker

UTLITY - User Presentations
Moderator: Kees van Loo, ESRI

Spatial Management and Planning of Work Orders (11)

Modern utilities in Poland face changing business environment with a growing role of independent contractors servicing the transmission networks and competing for the maintenance orders. In addition, growing concern about the prices of water supply and sewage disposal services can be observed. Local authorities and represented by them communities expect in-depth evidence of the costs of running water supply and sewage disposal systems. This cost is expected to be reduced by better work organisation and improved overall management.
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Presenter: Maciej Grzenda

20 years worth of experience in using gis in norwegian utilities – leading to substantial improvements in operations, maintenance and public information (30)

Norwegian public utilities have used databases and GIS technology to support everyday operations since the early 1980’s. Some 90% of the Norwegian water and wastewater networks are documented and maintained using the MapObjects based product Powel Water & Wastewater.
The paper will present examples from practical use of how GIS is essential in distribution and use of both technical data and service information. Experiences will be given from integration with other data sources, or with other systems (e.g. decision support, financial, or SCADA).

Presenter: Steinar Muri

Network Engineer@Novis

Novis is a Portuguese leading alternative fixed telco operator that has been using Network Engineer in the Network Construction and Conception team to improve their work processes for the construction and documentation of the fibre network.

The system has been configured several times in order to better serve internal needs, most recently in Inside Plant.

Its usage is now being extended to include other teams such as Transmission and Network Site Facilities.

This presentation will describe the evolution of the system and its main characteristics as well as a prevision of future plans.

Presenter: Maria Joao Godinho

Regional Environmental Planning and Resource Management by using ArcGIS ModelBuilder Technology (24)

During the testing of the beta version of ArcGIS, the ModelBuilder was found to be an extremely useful software to support geoprocessing procedures applied to very large geodatabases for environmental planning and assessment as well as for decision support on a regional planning level.

This new technology allows not only to speed up evaluation procedures, it also helps to create a better understanding and better documentation of complex GIS processing procedures. The results are automatically documented and the workflow of the evaluation as well as the applied assessment and modeling methods. A really big advantage is the possibility to make on the fly changes in the workflow, the processing rules or in the GIS model parameter definitions.

The updated new model run depicts quickly the results of the changes in the related thematical map.

Presenter Jörg Schaller

Linear referencing to assist the classification of Danish river systems (3)

A linear referencing system has been established for river information for the county of Soenderjylland in southern Jutland, Denmark. First, a route dataset created from a map of rivers was defined. Then the river segments were assigned the map unit values from polygon maps on topsoil textural composition, subsurface geology, landscape elements etc. that the rivers flow through. In this way the river segments are subdivided and ready to be classified according to presence or absence of environmental features to be compared with occurrences of, say, various biological activities in the different physical environmental units.

Presenter: Thomas Balstrøm

GIS solutions for Austrian Post (5)

1. DATASTRUCTURE
gis data based on geocoding of all delivery adresses in austria (a esri mapobjects application.) all other infrastrucure elements are derivated from locations of adresses and clustering of adresses.
1.1 locations
delivery adresses, postboxes, delivery bases, postal distribution centers, etc
1.2 areas
postal carrier routes areas, zip code areas (2digit ,4digit ,4++), postal divisions areas etc
1.3 Routes
postal carrier routes, postal truck routes, etc

gis data management system is powered by mapserver (later by ArcIMS).

2. MAIN TASK:
2.1 gis system support the decission processes (deregulating, reduction of post locations, optimizing of carrier routes)
2.2 visualization of delivery areas for local delivery centers (500 local delivery centers),visualization and gis-analysis of carrier routes
2.3 gis streetnet-data providing for optimization of delivery routes
2.4 gis system for updating and geocoding of new adresses
gis data management system is powered by mapserver (later by ArcIMS).

3. example - detailed schema for location analysis of postboxesfulfilling of rules from national regulating authority based on spatial analysis

Presenter: Karel Mauric

ARM (Automated Route Matcher) (60)

Greater Copenhagen Council (HUR) is responsible for maintaining bus service in the area close to the Danish capital of Copenhagen. In the Copenhagen area a ticket allows you to travel by bus, metro and train limited only by time and the number of zones the ticket covers.

Busses, metro and trains are managed by different companies. Therefore, the income from the tickets must be shared according to each company’s share of the passengermileage. For the buses, the number of passengers and the passengermileage is estimated based on GPS measurements of the bus position and on passenger counts. Based on this input and information from the timetables the ARM-application will find the correct bus route and convert data into useful statistic information about passenger movements.

This information also proves very useful when making new timetables, where statistics about delays, average drive time, passenger movements etc is essential in order to adjust the timetable on a specific line in different timeslots during the day. Thus, ARM is a useful tool in maintaining a service level meeting the public and political demands, and presenting the quality of planning and documenting stability of bus service for the public as well as the responsible politicians.

ARM was delivered in the final version in January 2004. ARM has proved to be a very useful program. The seminar will be held by the project managers and will explain about the lessons learned, the process of the development, how the data is captured and treated and how the results may be used in future.

Presenter: Carsten Jensen (HUR) and John Bo Jensen (Informi GIS), June, 2004

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Traffic Safe Young Car Drivers
– Experiments with Intelligent Speed Adaptation and web application to main-tain a speedmap (28)

To reduce the number of persons killed and injured in road accidents, Intelligent Speed Adap-tation (ISA) and other ITS-systems will be a key factor in the road safety work in the future. The INFATI project is the first ISA project in Denmark and have 4 focus area where the pres-entation concentrate on the second area.

1. The development of a second generation of an ISA equipment and software
2. The development of digital speed maps and a web application for local authorities to update the position of signs.
3. A 3 year period of testing with 300 young car drivers as participants in our project
4. Research, evaluation and reporting of the research will be documented in two PhD dissertations.
   

Presenter: Ian Berg Sonne

ArcGIS Extensions: Using 3D Analyst

Geared toward new or potential users, this session provides an overview of the ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension functionality. The presentation will highlight the techniques for visualizing GIS data in three dimensions with the ArcScene and ArcGlobe applications as well as demonstrate the GeoProcessing analysis functions provided by the ArcGIS extension. The topics will include an introduction to the 3D Analyst applications, extension of core ArcGIS functionality by the 3D Analyst, various data types relevant to 3D modeling, the use of aerial imagery in conjunction with surfaces to enhance 3D models, 3D animation, 3D stereo viewing, and conveying realism using 3D Symbology.

This session will include a discussion of how tools are used for surface creation and analysis. This includes both raster and TIN based methods. Instruction on how many of the tools work will aid understanding and ensure proper use.

Presenter: David Maguire, ESRI

Future Defence Trends – Facilities Management, Force Protection, Homeland Security & Homeland Defence

To round-off the defence track, John Day the ESRI Inc Defence Team Manager will look to possible future European trends for Defence GIS. He will base his presentation on his experience of US defence and intelligence developments in GIS over the last few years. The presentation will include an exploration of the use of GIS in facilities management, force protection, homeland security and homeland defence.

Presenter: John Day, ESRI

DESKTOP GIS - technical session

ArcGIS Editing:
Labeling and Annotation
Using Maplex Extension

This session starts with an overview of the text placement capabilities in ArcMap, including label placement options, conflict detection, conversion from labels to annotation, and editing geodatabase annotation.
Then the Maplex extension to ArcGIS 9 is presented. Maplex provides automated text placement functionality to produce high-quality cartographic output. You will see an overview of functionalities in the extension to fine-tune the location of text using user-defined placement rules and how to convert and maintain text as geodatabase annotations. The session will recommend work flows to maximize the Maplex extension’s capabilities to reduce production time and create superior output.

Presenter: Rasmus Hassing, Informi GIS

Use of public OIS data from throughout Denmark from a web-based service (22)

A short description of what OIS data is and how it is distributed. There will be a demonstration of how it is possible to obtain access to all property related data from Denmark just by having an internet access. In ArcGIS it is possible to analyse data made available via a web server.

Presenter: Nikolaj Møller Nielsen

Agricultural web based GIS to manage vineyards in Catalonia, Spain (7)

The Department of Agriculture of the Catalan Regional Government has developed a web based Geographic Information System in order to register, maintain and control the vineyard parcels, more than 90.000 through 65.000 ha, of the whole region. This innovative GIS fully started to work in January 2004 and is being used by more than 400 agriculture officials spread in different county offices, and will be open at the end of 2004 to 27.000 farmers and vineyard holders through the internet. Main actors of the wine sector of Catalonia (cooperatives, cellars, parcel holders, farmers...) have been involved in its design during more than 2 years.

This agricultural GIS is entirely based on ESRI ArcIMS/ArcGIS technology, and allow users to locate and visualize any vineyard parcel on top of orthoimages, but also query about their agronomic attributes, edit their boundaries and generate agricultural statistics reports. The geometry of the parcel is linked not just to primary information about the vineyard, but also to legal documents and property records. In addition, an integrated process allows officials to register step by step the different events that occur in the parcel through time (digitizing a new parcel, plantation and uprooting of vineyard, updating property data, ....). In 2005, it is expected to survey and control acreages of vineyard using GPS technology.

Presenter: Jaume Royo Llobet

EMBEDDED GIS

Overview of ArcGIS Engine for Developers

ArcGIS Engine is a new developer product for creating and deploying custom GIS applications. ArcGIS Engine provides developers with the ability to build a wide range of ArcObjects software-based applications. This session will introduce the new ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit and the different Engine runtime options. Developers will learn about the types of applications that can be created, what libraries and APIs are available, supported development environments and platforms, and how to deploy these applications to end users.

Presenter: Allan LaFramboise, ESRI

DESKTOP GIS

Building and Using Network Dataset and Introducing future product-ideas -Traffic Analyst

In this session focus will be on building networks out of multiple features to support multi-modal networks, different attributes (with scripts), connectivity groups, handling turns and support for directions.

Finally one of the ideas for future tools and applications will be presented. Traffic Analyst – A Traffic Modeling package based on ArcGIS and the Geoprocessing framework.

More infomation about Traffic Analyst

Presenter: Jay Sandhu, ESRI and Thomas Israelsen, Rapidis

CLOSING SESSION

Jack Dangermond - ESRI, David Maguire - ESRI, Klaus Gerlich - Informi GIS