19th Annual Louisiana Remote Sensing and GIS Workshop
April 29, 30, and May 1, 2003
Cajundome Convention Center, Lafayette, Louisiana

Keynote Speaker -- Introduction – Robert E. Stewart, Jr.
Monitoring and Understanding Change in Real Time

Dr. Charles G. Groat, Director, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

Session 1
Spatial Analysis and Public Health – Moderator, Tony Lewis

The Application of GPS, GIS and Spatial Analysis to the Recovery and Analysis of Scattered Human Remains
Authors: Michael Leitner, Mary H. Manhein & Ginesse A. Listi, Department of Geography and Anthropology, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

The Spatial and Temporal Distribution of West Nile Virus in Louisiana in 2002
Authors: Karen Gruszynski, Alma Roy and John Malone, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA, and Gary Balsamo, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public Health, New Orleans, LA

Managing Louisiana’s Public Water Supply with GIS
Author: Perry M. Lopez, C-K Associates, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA

Tracking Seasonal Movements of Mosquito Populations in
St. Tammany, Orleans, and Jefferson Parishes, Louisiana
Authors: Richard Campanella, Center for Bioenvironmental Research-Environmental Informatics Lab, Tulane University New Orleans, LA, Dr. Dawn Wesson, Center for Infectious Disease at Tulane School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, Kevin Caillouet, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, and Dr. Raquel Gleiser, WHO Collaborating Center, LSU Med Vet School, Baton Rouge, LA

Techniques for Geographic Profiling
Authors: Joshua Kent, LA Geographic Information Center, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA and Dr. Michael Leitner, Department of Geography and Anthropology, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

LDEQ GIS Center "Make-A-Map" Application
Authors: Andy Venuto(DEQ), Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Baton Rouge, LA, and Dal Hunter, Environmental Systems Research Institute, San Antonio, TX

Public-Participatory Land Use Decision Making System (LUDEMS):
Conceptual Development Using Web-GIS
Author: Ban, Yong Un, Department of Environmental Studies, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

RS & GIS Make Possible and Practical the Application of Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Management Theory to Natural Resource Management
Authors: H. J-H. Whiffen, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Vicksburg, MS, and A. B. Elliott, C. K. Baxter, W. B. Uihlein, III, and R. R. Wilson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture, Vicksburg, MS

A Climate-Based Risk Assessment Model for Malaria in Eritrea
Authors: J.B. Malone, J.C. McCarroll, Kelsey McNally, and Michael Perich, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, E Poggi, P Chinnici, and F.J. Igualada, United Nations Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea, Asmara, Eritrea, D. Sintasath, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, T. Ghebremeskel and J. Shililu, Ministry of Health, Asmara, Eritrea, J.D. Corbett, Mudsprings Geographers, Temple TX, and Robert Ford, USAID, EGAT, Washington DC

The Nacogdoches City-wide GIS Data Conversion Project: Integrating Training and Professional Development
Authors: Darrel McDonald, Bill Gardner, and Tred Riggs, University HUES GIS Lab, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, and David Smith, City Engineering Department, Nacogdoches, TX

Error Budget Analysis in LIDAR Mapping
Authors: John Craig and Jay Arnold, 3001, Inc., Gaineville, FL

100 Years of Land Change for Coastal Louisiana: 1956-2050
Authors: James B. Johnston, John Barras, Steve Hartley, Greg Steyer, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette and Baton Rouge, LA, and Antonio Martucci, and Sijan Sapkota, Johnson Controls, Inc., National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA

Remote Sensing In Secondary Education: An Underappreciated Resource
Authors: Ann-Marie Cain, Department of Geography and Anthropology, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

Quickbird High-Resolution Satellite System, Products and Real-World Applications
Author: Brett P. Thomassie, DigitalGlobe Mississippi Operations, Stennis Space Center, MS

FLI-MAPÒ A Near-Field Remote Sensing System For Corridor Mapping Applications
Author: Morgan Reed, P.E., John Chance Land Surveys, Inc., Lafayette, LA

LH SYSTEMS ADS40 Digital Aerial Sensor for Orthophotography and Remote Sensing Applications
Authors: Jay Arnold, and Jeremy Conner, 3001, Inc., Gainesville, FL

Automating the Process of Grouping Contiguities Areas as a Flexible GIS Analysis
Author: Li Zou, System Sciences, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

Metadata: A GIS Best Practice
Author: Lynda Wayne, GeoMaxim / FGDC, Asheville, NC

GeoSpatial Safety and Emergency Management Tools
Author: Keith Jester, Veridian Systems Division, Stennis Space Center, MS

Developing a Municipal Address Layer by Geocoding Utility Meter Data
Author: Joe Werger, Lafayette City/Parish Government, Lafayette, LA

Ronnie Harris
Mayor, City of Gretna

Sherel Martin
Assessor, St Mary Parish

Pam Jones
Assessor, Lincoln Parish

Morgan. Herring
GIS Analyst, Ouachita Parish Assessor's Office

Pete Peters
Louisiana Tax Commission

Using GIS to Examine Unpaved Road Sediment Contribution in Bayou De’Loutre Watershed
Authors: Marta Graves and G.H. Weaver, School of Forestry, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA

The Role of GIS in Forest Certification
Author: Dr. Kerry Livengood, Roy O. Martin Lumber Company, Alexandria, LA

GIS in the Wood Product Industry
Author: F. Scott Leachman, WEYERHAEUSER, Ruston, LA

GIS and Homeland Security
Author: Traci C. Tracey, ESRI – Environmental Systems Research Institute, San Antonio, TX

Spanish Pensacola and West Florida Land Ownership (1781-1821)
Author: Harry J. Wilson, Department of Geography and Anthropology, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

Using GIS/Remote Sensing to Manage Tribal Lands
Author: Laura Ramage, Applied Geo Technologies, Greenville, SC

NOAA's Homeland Security Roles
Author: Ted Lillestolen, NOAA Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD

Craig Peterson, NASA

Jim Wescoat, NIMA

Michael F. Park/USACOE

Jay Mayeaux/La. OEP

Soil Survey Digitization for Louisiana Parishes
Authors: Joan C. Kester, Johnson Controls World Services, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, Steve B. Hartley, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, and Jerry Daigle, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Alexandria, LA

Development of a Climate Driver Data Base for the Louisina Brown Marsh Studies
Authors: Erick M. Swenson, D. E. Evers, and John M. Grymes, III, LSU,
Baton Rouge, LA

In Essential Waters: A Study of Blue Crab Movement Using Acoustic Telemetry
Authors: Dominique Duval-Diop and Mark Benfield, Department of Geography and Anthropology, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

Hurricane Mitch: Coastal Habitat Mapping
Authors: Lawrence R. Handley and Christopher J. Wells, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, and Jesse L. Thibodeaux, II, Jason L. Dugas, Kelly C. Mouton, Bryan Haviland, and Kristine D. Martella, Johnson Controls World Services, Inc., National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA

Marsh Dieback Aerial Photography, 2000-2001
Authors: Lawrence Handley, Chris Wells, Pat O'Neil, and Steve Hartley, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette LA, and Dennis Lichtenberg, Kelly Mouton, and Kristine Martella, Johnson Controls World Services Inc, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA

Atchafalaya Sediment Delivery (AT-02)
Authors: Jason Dugas, Adrienne Garber, and Kelly Mouton, Johnson Controls World Services, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, and James B. Johnson, Lawrence R. Handley, and William R. Jones, U. S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA