|
|
ESRI Cave and Karst News
Welcome to the latest issue of ESRI Cave and Karst News, a newsletter for and about the ESRI Cave and Karst GIS user community. Visit the ESRI GIS for Cave and Karst Web site. You are receiving ESRI Cave and Karst News because you are involved in cave and karst geographic information system (GIS) activities or related fields and interests. To submit items for publication, contact Bernie Szukalski. To subscribe to Cave and Karst News, visit http://www.esri.com/subscribe. Top News
ESRI International User Conference Draws Near Connect, learn, and share with GIS users August 7–11, 2006, at the ESRI International User Conference, in San Diego, California. The conference Web site offers a variety of resources including online planning tools, conference and preconference agendas, family activities, and more. 9th Annual ESRI Cave and Karst SIG Meeting Tuesday, August 8 The 9th Annual ESRI Cave and Karst Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 8. The meeting will provide an opportunity for those interested in cave and karst GIS to meet others and learn more about the community. All levels of experience and interest are welcome. The SIG meeting will feature two guest speakers: Aaron Addison Summary: The decentralized characteristics of speleology have given rise to a multitude of data gathering and data storage techniques. In many cases, researchers are collecting the same data using different methodologies. This is undesirable not only because of the repetition of work but, more important, because many of the more scientifically interesting caves are such fragile environments that they cannot tolerate additional data collection. Cave science and GIS have both made great advances. As information management and storage become more and more important for speleology, the ArcGIS family of products and the geodatabase model may provide much-needed tools to advance science. This presentation will discuss the results of a recent research project to create a foundation geodatabase model for speleology. Rhonda Glennon Summary: Cartographic representations in ArcGIS 9.2 provide advanced methods of symbolizing features. Karst scientists can use this functionality to implement the appropriate cartographic conventions and cave and karst symbol sets in ArcGIS. Since representations allow changes to be made for cartographic purposes without affecting the feature's associated spatial geometry, they provide the flexibility to depict the inferred, approximated, or temporal features common in karst landscapes. With representations, karst scientists can create high-quality maps in ArcGIS without having to export to a separate graphics software package. For more information regarding the Cave and Karst SIG meeting, e-mail Bern Szukalski or call him at 909-793-2853, extension 1315. Hawaii Speleological Survey Receives Cave and Karst Grant The Hawaii Speleological Survey (HSS) recently received an ESRI Conservation Grant for ESRI software in support of ongoing work and activities in Hawaii. HSS is a project of the National Speleological Society whose mission is to collect data (locations, passage maps, resource inventories, and other data) about caves in the state of Hawaii. The data is used to support scientific inquiries and provide information to land managers for decision support. Detailed property maps showing caves are useful in planning where roads and buildings should be located. The HSS database consists of more than 500 cave entrance locations and many cave surveys, and ArcView is being used to display this data in formats that are more readily usable by planners and for public information programs. For more information about ESRI Cave and Karst conservation grants, please contact Bern Szukalski. ESRI Offers Instructional Series Podcasts ESRI podcasts are a no-cost and easy way to get the latest news and information from ESRI. On the go or at your desk, listen to instructional series podcasts, speaker series podcasts, and more. Read more or subscribe to ESRI Podcasts. Tips for Creating Cool Contours Featured in ArcUser Although focused on contouring glacial terrain, an interesting article published in the April–June issue of ArcUser provides tips and helpful insight for anyone interested in developing better 3D models. The article includes downloadable sample data so that you can follow along and learn new techniques. View the article [PDF-1.61 MB]. View all ArcUser online articles and tutorials. Now Available—Creating and Maintaining Metadata Using ArcGIS Desktop The ESRI Virtual Campus recently announced a new offering titled Creating and Maintaining Metadata Using ArcGIS Desktop. The course provides details on creating and using metadata, the key information that documents a dataset. Documenting datasets allows people to efficiently find them, evaluate their usefulness for a particular project, and share them with others. This course shows how metadata supports efficient management and use of spatial data and teaches practical strategies for creating and maintaining metadata using ArcGIS Desktop software. Participants learn how to write proper metadata using tools in ArcCatalog and how to automate metadata workflows using templates. More Training Cave and Karst News Wanted News and calendar items for ESRI Cave and Karst News are wanted. If you have any news concerning cave and karst GIS activities or events, send a brief description along with URLs (if any) to Bern Szukalski for inclusion in an upcoming issue. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home | Products | Services | Industries | Training | Support | Events | News | About ESRI |
