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Benton Belcher Building Mapping Apps in HTML5 In this session learn why HTML5 is quickly becoming the new standard for building mobile mapping “apps” targeting tablets and smartphones. After a short overview of what HTML5 is, we’ll discuss some modern technologies and toolsets like MapDotNet, jQuery, KnockOut and PhoneGap for building a mobile mapping apps. Finally, we’ll showcase an HTML5 app written for the Florida Department of Agriculture, Division of Forestry for mapping fire incident data across the state. This session will be a good overview of where mobile application development is headed as well as a mix of technical information for getting started on your first HTML5 app.
Greg Mauldin GIS and Watershed Management:

Paramaterizing Water Resource Models and Geo-enabling Temporal Data 		GIS technology is a valuable asset for water resource management by providing scientists and engineers a method for using spatial data to accurately and efficiently compute input parameters for non-spatial water quantity and water quality models. Additionally, GIS provides an environment that allows the model results to be viewed spatially and used analytically with other GIS datasets. Examples of how GIS can assistin water resources analysis include hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, mapping floodplains, evaluating TMDL requirements and assessing the effectiveness of water quality BMPs. Examples of using GIS data and tools for computing water resource model parameters and some case studies will be presented.
Georgianna Strode Where do People Live?

An Introduction to the Cadastral-based Expert System Dasymetric System (CEDS) for Population Estimation 		Population data assumes an even population distribution across polygons, and it gets tricky estimating population for part of a census block. There are many estimation methods, but this presentation focuses on a cadastral-based method that interpolates census data with tax parcel data. This presentation outlines several methods for population estimation; explains the rationale for the CEDS method; demonstrates examples of use in emergency management and health situations; and discusses the current efforts underway to create this data at a statewide level.
Jimmie Montgomery City of Thomasville

Mapping the Public Works 		The City of Thomasville's 5 year comprehesive plan to map the city's entire utility infrastructure will be discussed including the acquisition, editing and production of the final production data which represents, Gas, Water, Sewer, Electric, Communications, Storm Sewer, Roads, Signs and any related structures for Public Works.
Ned Cake, GISP A Case For Automation in Local Government GIS

(AKA, What the heck is ETL) 		An overview of GIS automation processes and how they are implemented at Tallahassee - Leon County GIS. This presentation includes several real world examples of processes that are currently in production at TLCGIS.

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Kevin Shortelle Assessment of Water Quality of a Eutrophic Lake in North Central Florida On-the-water monitoring and sampling are routinely conducted to assess water quality, pollutant loading, and algal concentrations in area lakes. While effective, these in situ data collection programs are oftentimes labor intensive, costly, and prone to measurement error. Remote sensing may serve to complement in situ monitoring of lakes and has the potential to be a cost effective approach to lake management. Analysis is conducted using Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) imagery that is calibrated with in situ water clarity measurements. Landsat TM exhibits moderate spatial resolution with seven broad spectral bands that are appropriate for monitoring local and regional-scale environmental and surface conditions. Its primary advantage for lake management applications is its relatively high temporal resolution, wide spatial extent, and spatial resolution suitable for monitoring lakes four hectares and larger. In particular, its 30 m spatial resolution (roughly 0.1 hectare) enables mapping in-lake variability. The study area involves Newnans Lake in Alachua County, FL.
Matt Still, Esri ArcGIS Online

Using it’s self-service capabilities to improve sharing and collaboration within your organization 		ArcGIS Online gives organizations the ability to manage their geospatial content and publish their maps, applications, and data. Organizations get flexible data storage and administrative controls for managing users, access levels, and content. ArcGIS Online isn’t just for GIS professionals. It enables entire departments and users throughout an organization to leverage the power of GIS in an easy-to-use interface. It includes tools for customizing the home page, map viewer, and gallery and gives organizations unrestricted use of the ArcGIS APIs, templates, and tools. This simplifies access to maps and data, making it easy to share resources across the organization and to your users and customers.