NW Washington GIS Users Group Meeting – December 17, 2004

Public Utility District No. 1 of Skagit County, Aqua Room

1415 Freeway Drive, Mt. Vernon (map on back)

9:00 – 9:45  Participants Roundtable:  an opportunity to introduce yourself and provide some information on your current activities, concerns and/or needs

9:45 – 10:00   Break Time:  have a cup of coffee, a cookie, network with your neighbor and make new contacts

10:00 to 10:30  Tim Hyatt - Nooksack Tribe

     Hydraulic Modeling of Nooksack Channels - the use of TINs and hydraulic modeling techniques to determine the potential for reconnecting old meanders and back channels

 10:30 to 11:00  Matt Nash - Island County Public Works

     LIDAR Applications at Island County - the use of LIDAR for drainage delineation and for public works applications

  11:00 to 11:55  Chris Behee and Roland Behee – GIS Professionals  

                  (Astronomy Enthusiasts in their off-time)

     Terrain Analysis of Extra-Terrestrial Objects

  The challenges of coordinate systems and projections on the moon

  Down-to-earth applications for tips, techniques and lessons from lunar hill shading

  Discussion of the Planetary Interactive Gis on the Web Analyzable Database (PIGWAD) for working with Mars topography using GRASS

11:55 to 12:00  Gene Hoerauf

     Report on WAGIC teleconferences and a call for presenters and/or

   hosts for future meetings.

Instructions for reaching the meeting site:  take I-5 to the College Way exit in Mount Vernon (exit 227).  Turn west on College Way and left (south) on Freeway Drive.

Look for PUD building on the right.  If you reach Blade Chevrolet you have gone too far.

N.B.  These meeting notices are sent by e-mail and snail mail.  If you wish to change how you get yours, or to add or change an address, please send a note to geneh@cc.wwu.edu or to Gene Hoerauf, Huxley/Geography, MS 9085, WWU, Bellingham, WA  98225