Download Past BAAMA Presentations

A sampling of presentations made at BAAMA meetings are available below. To see a complete list of all past presentations and speakers, go to our past events page.

January 26, 2012
Public Safety
USGS, Menlo Park, CA
8:30AM to Noon

• Ken Duker, Homeland Security & Public Outreach Coordinator for the City of Palo Alto presented Emergency Response in Palo Alto (1.4 MB PDF)
• Dave Coggeshall, Program Director Golden Gate Safety Network presented Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley Disaster Management Initiative
  Additional Resources from Dave's Presentation are: Web Version of Presentation and Other Demonstration Links (5.4 MB PDF)
• Tom Munson, PG&E Public Safety Supervisor and Elizabeth Proctor, PG&E GIS Analytics Supervisor presented on The Role of Spatial Data in PG&E's First Responders Safety Program

September 22, 2005
Spatial Geodatabases
MetroCenter Auditorium
8:30AM to Noon

• Daniel McAlister presented MySQL Spatial Extension (1 MB PDF)
• Dan Geringer of Oracle New England Development Center presented Oracle's Spatial Technologies (1.2 MB PDF)
• Harsh Gautam of City of San Jose Public Works GIS presented City of San Jose Leverages Interoperable Spatial Technology (2 MB PDF)

May 26, 2005
Cartography
MetroCenter Auditorium
101 Eighth St., Oakland
8:30AM to noon

• Dr. Richard Taketa of San Jose State University discussed the basic principles of map design.
  Introduction to Cartographic Design (3MB PowerPoint file)
• Larry Orman of GreenInfo Network defined principles and best practices for creating compelling maps.
  Principles for Effective Cartography and Map Design Samples (300K PDF)

November 18, 2004
8th Annual BAAMA GIS Day Event: Entering the World of GIS
Morgan Hall 101, UC Berkeley
5:00PM to 8:00PM

• John Radke participated in the panel, Careers in GIS.
  View powerpoint file (1.9MB PPT file)

January 22, 2004
GIS Impacts Policy and Policy Impacts GIS: State, Regional and Local Inititatives
101 Eighth St. (MetroCenter building), Oakland, CA
8:30AM to noon

• Prioritizing Capital Resource Allocation Options: Using GIS to Calculate Consent
  George White, Public Innovation Works
  View powerpoint file (1.08MB ppt file)
• Coordinating Statewide and Regional GIS Policy: The Role of CGIA and BAR-GC
  Mike Skowronek, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, California Geographic Information Association, Bay Area Regional GIS Council
  View powerpoint file (1.15MB ppt file)
• Advocating a Policy for Data Access: The ODC Model Data Distribution Policy
  Bruce Joffe, Open Data Consortium, GIS Consultants
  View presentation (868KB PDF)

September 25, 2003
3D/Visualization
8:30AM to noon
Meeting was co-sponsored by the Oakland Museum of California

• Jon Zucker of MultiGen-Paradigm presented how you can use realtime 3D visualization for urban planning projects. View powerpoint file (4.13 MB PPS file - powerpoint not required to view this file)

July 31, 2003
A Public Sector Insider's Guide to On-Line Mapping Applications
Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), 101 Eighth St., Oakland, CA

• Charlie Crocker of Farallon Geographics provided a brief overview of Internet mapping technology
  View powerpoint file (379 KB PPT file)
  
• Christine Frost and John Leon of Fremont discussed an economic development site (FocusOnFremont), a Megan's Law site and an Intranet sites for GIS data sharing
  View powerpoint file (3.03 MB PPT file)
  
• Brian Quinn of Berkeley discussed the City of Berkeley's enterprise approach to developing web-based mapping applications. Read about ArcIMS implementation at the City of Berkeley (111KB PDF file)
  

May 15, 2003
What you need to know about GIS, GPS, and Surveying
City of Milpitas Community Meeting Center, 457 E. Calaveras, Milpitas, CA

• Review of the changes to the NCEES (National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors) Model Law, soon to be released (722KB PDF version of Powerpoint File)
  Bruce Joffe, GIS Consultants
  

April 24, 2003

March 20, 2003
GIS Education, Employment and Professional Development

• The GIS Profession: Views from the Field (Panel Session)
  
• URISA's GIS Certification Program
  • View powerpoint presentation (67KB PP)
  • View the GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) web site
  • View URISA's Certification web page
    
• Getting a GIS Job: What Are Employers Looking for? (Panel Session)
  
• Setting Up To Be Your Own Boss (view PDF)

January 23, 2003
GIS for Asset Management and GASB34
View flyer with detailed schedule and speaker abstracts

• GASB34, Asset Management, and GIS (62.5KB Powerpoint File)
  Jerrod Gerbaud, Hansen, Inc.
  
• Sewer GIS and Asset Management in San Francisco (5.32MB Powerpoint File)
  Greg Braswell, IT Manager, Bureau of Engineering, Dpt. of Public Works, City/County of San Francisco
• GIS for Pavement Management (1.06MB Powerpoint File)
  Seth W. Clark, GeoData Analytics, LLC
  
• 21st Century Asset Management: Oakland Curb Ramp Inventory (2.03MB Powerpoint File)
  George White, Managing Director, Policy Innovation Works
  James Johnston, GIS Programmer/Analyst, Geotopo
  Kate Gillespie, President, 3D Visions
  

August 22, 2002
Green GIS: Protecting & Restoring the Environment

• Green GIS: Protecting and Restoring the Environment (18.4MB zipped PPT file)
  Lynn Frederico, GreenInfo Network
• North Bay Riparian Station Watershed Information Repository (4.71MB PDF)
  Andy Peri, Bay Model Association Program Director
  

April 18, 2002

• San Francisco GIS: Distribution and Application Development Approaches (10.4 MB Powerpoint File)
  Eric Seamon, GIS Division Chief, City and County of San Francisco
• Web-Based GIS at EBMUD (3.10 MB Powerpoint File)
  Bruce Rankin, EBMUD
  
• The Open GIS Consortium, Geospatial Data Sharing, and Interoperability (2.83 MB Powerpoint File)
  Phillip C. Dibner, Board Chairman, Bay Area Shared Information Consortium (BASIC) and Chairman of the OGCs Special Interest Group for Natural Resources and the Environment (NRESIG)

January 24, 2002

• Fact Sheet re: GIS Response to 9/11 Attacks in NYC (13 KB PDF)
  Laszlo Mariahazy - Regional Vice President, Plangraphics, Inc.
• To obtain copy of 26 MB Powerpoint Presentation by Laszlo Mariahazy, contact Mike Skowronek
  

November 14, 2001 (GIS Day Event)
5th Annual Map/Poster Contest & Gallery

• Download GIS "How To" Exercise (compiled by John Falkowski)
  • Africa Boundaries - ArcExplorer Project (AEP File)
  • Sample Data for GIS Exercise (2.40 MB Zip File)
  • GIS Exercise Instructions (PDF File) - Acrobat Reader Plug-In (Required to view file)
  • ESRI ArcExplorer Browser (Required to complete exercise)
  • Instructions for Adding Data Layers to ArcExplorer (PDF File)
  • "What is GIS" Flyer (PDF File)
    
    
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  • Land Use Change and Effects on Water Quality in the Lake Tahoe Basin: Applications of GIS (6.38 MB Powerpoint File)
    Christian Raumann, Western Geographic Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
  • 20,000 Kilometers Over Death Valley: The GPS View of the Sliding Rocks (9.69 MB Powerpoint File)
    Paula Messina, San Jose State University
    
    
• View Maps from Event
  • View Kid's Maps (3.70 MB Powerpoint File)
• • View Maps (3.06 MB Powerpoint File)
  • View More Maps (3.74 MB Powerpoint File)
  • View Even More Maps - landscape format (3.01 MB Powerpoint File)
    
    
• View Event Photos
  • View Photographs of Attendees (4.81 MB Powerpoint File)
  • View More Photographs of Attendees (4.05 MB Powerpoint File)

September 20, 2001

• Sacramento Regional Digital Orthophoto Project (1.86 MB Powerpoint File)
  Roger Exline, GIS Manager, Sacramento County
  Kallen Bailey, ImageAmerica Corp.
• Contra Costa County Orthophoto Project (4.33 MB Powerpoint File)
  Elizabeth "Lis" Klute, GIS Coordinator, Contra Costa County
  Bill Zeman, HJW & Associates, Inc.
• Santa Clara County Ortho-Rectified Color Aerial Photography Project (5.89 MB Powerpoint File)
  Kevin Briggs, Sr. Civil Engineer/GIS Manager, City of San Jose DPW

July 19, 2001

• GIS Strategies for the City & County of San Francisco (3.71 MB Powerpoint File)
  Erich Seamon, Chief - GIS, Dept. of Telecom.& Info. Systems, City & County of San Francisco
  Jeffrey Johnson, GIS Analyst, Dept. of Public Works, City & County of San Francisco

June 1996

• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Presentation
  Olof Hansen, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation