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November 17-18, 2010University of Houston

4800 Calhoun Rd. Houston, Texas 77004University Center (2nd floor)

www.HoustonAreaGISDay.org

Sponsors:

Exhibitors:

Schedule of Events on November 17, 2010-University of Houston

Houston Room Exhibit Hall9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. Welcome & Introductions, Recognition of Dignitaries

Kim Ricker, Rice University

9:10 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. Opening Address and Remarks by Dr. John Casey, University of Houston

9:20 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker: Drew Stephens, The GIS Institute“Components of Disaster Management & ReadinessStrategies Utilizing GIS”

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall and Map Gallery Open (open also Nov. 18)

Bluebonnet Room Speaker Presentations10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m Patti Joiner, Knudson LP

“Planning and Use of GIS”

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Andre Bally, Harris County PID/CAMS“The CAMS Map Viewer – A Comprehensive Browser Based Map Viewing Solution”

11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Jeff Scarborough, Dannebaum Engineering“Use of Internet Based GIS for Water DistributionDecision Support”

12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Jeff Ledbetter, Greater Houston 9-1-1“Routing Emergency 9-1-1 Calls in a Next GenerationEnvironment

1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Daniel Bally, City of Houston“Locating 3D Microwave Transmission Obstructions”

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. David Moss, Harris County Appraisal District“What’s Hurting GIS Websites: Data, Data, & Design!”

2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Jeff Saunders, Texas Task Force 1 (TX_TF1)“Use of GIS for Search & Rescue”

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Steven Stewart, petroWEB“GIS Integration with Oil & Gas Applications”

Table of Contents

Exhibitor List and Profiles Page 3-7, 14-15, 16

GIS Day Student’s day Event Schedule. UH GIS Map Page 8, 9

Exhibit Hall Layout Page 10-11

Sponsor Acknowledgement Page 12, 13

Mobile Unit, Geocaching, Computer Lab, Poster Sponsors Page 16

Biography of Keynote Speaker Page 18

GIS Committee Members Acknowledgement Page 19

Special Thanks to our 2010 GIS Day Planning Committee and Their Organizations

Vincent Sanders, University of Houston

Khadijah Bilal, Harris County Appraisal District

Vince Hamilton, Michael Baker, Inc.

Jeff Ledbetter, Harris County 9-1-1

Scott Lamon, Harris County Flood Control District

Jean Niswonger, Rice University

Mandy Lu, City of Houston, PWECasey Lyde, Fort Bend County

Maria Vera, Houston TranStarChristina Dischinger, Harris County PHES

Lori Kircher, City of Houston, PWE

Ashok Wadwani, Applied Field Data Systems

Dr. Shuhab Khan, University of Houston

Janet Kohlhase, University of Houston

Robert LaBarbera, Houston-Galveston Area Council

Greg Arnold, Missouri City

Noel Estwick, Prairie View A&MGrant Garrison, Port of Houston Authority

Nicholas Popovich, ESRIDavid Moss, HCAD

Melvic Degracia, Harris County PID

David Feinstein, RS&H

Larry Nierth, City of Houston, P&D

Andre Bally, Harris County PID, CAMS

Kim Ricker, GIS Chair, Rice University

Allison Alford, Western Data Systems

Keynote Speaker

Drew StephensExecutive Director, The GIS Institute

The Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Geographic Data Committee is pleased to announce Drew Stephens, Executive Director of the GISInstitute as this year’s GIS Day 2010 keynote speaker.

Shortly after the Deepwater Horizon Explosion on April 20, 2010, and subsequent fire and sinking of its Mobile Offshore Drilling unit in Houma, LA, a team of “GIS Smoke Jumpers” from across the US deployed to Houma. Drew Stephens of the GIS Institute, served as the GIS Unit Lead in the Incident Command Post.

In his keynote, Stephens will examine the components of disastermanagement and strategies for the GIS aspects of disaster preparedness, as well as give an inspiring look at how the "people" component of GIS is the most important part of "being ready".

Stephens is the executive director of The GIS Institute (www.thegisinstitute.org), which he founded in 2001. A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, the Institute is dedicated to facilitating GIS acquisition and implementation for humanitarian and conservation-related organizations that could otherwise not afford GIS tools needed to support their missions. Current projects for Mr. Stephens and the Instituteinclude; developing a citizen science-based

method of tracking and collecting plastic debris in near-shore California, preparing a GIS monitoring center for The Gulf of Mexico,and utilizing GIS to map a future preservation

area of coral reef and mangroves in Belize.

In the recent past, Stephens has worked as President of AllPoints GIS, Inc., providing domestic and international GIS training and services to various organizations in the U.S. such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), The US Forest Service, Antarctic Support Associates, and The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). He also worked for several years as an Applications Specialist/Instructor for ESRI.

15PennWell MAPSearch21

4City of Houston, Planning and Development10

18The GIS Institute2

4Michael Baker Jr. Inc.6

14Infogroup Government17

15Teach Me GIS14

5ESRI7

14Idea Integration13

16Western Data Systems15

15Texas Southern University20

15Tessellations3

14Lone Star College-Montgomery19

7Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC)5

7Harris County ITC (HCITC)/Spatial Services1

7Harris County Public Infrastructure Department4

6Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD)8

6Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD)9

6Fort Bend GIS Consortium11

5Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center18

5City of Houston, PWE, Public Utilities Division16

4City of Houston, PWE, GIMS12

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Exhibitor NameBooth

Exhibitor Profiles Notes

City of HoustonDepartment of Public Works and Engineering

Geographic Information and Management System (GIMS)611 Walker, Houston, TX 77002

Phone: [email protected]

http://www.gims.houstontx.gov

The City of Houston Department of Public Works and Engineering provides detailed infrastructure information and GIS technologies and services to its employees through the Geographic Information & Management System (GIMS). This system is available to the general public online and includes over 300 data layers. Among the online applications fully integrated with GIS, are the Street Cut Permit System (SCPS), Steel Plate Permit System, Traffic and Transportation Permit System, Houston Bikeways, and Utility Analysis System. Other GIS/Web based applications are continually being developed and refined to meet the needs of users.

Baker Energy / Michael Baker Jr.Inc.NorthBelt Office Center II

785 Greens Parkway, Suite 100Houston, Texas 77067 Phone: 281-539-7345

Michael Baker Corporation (AMEX:BKR), founded in 1940, provides engineering and GIS services nation wide. The GIS service line was implemented in 1973 and today Baker has over 400 GIS professionals on staff and provides GIS services in the areas of Transportation, Public Infrastructure, Asset Management, Hydraulics/Hydrology and Systems Integration. Baker is the primary GIS consultant for FEMA and is currently the program manager for the National Map Modernization program for creating new flood insurance maps for the entire nation. Baker has a strong presence in Texas with offices in Houston, Austin, San Antonio,Denton and Arlington. Baker has a data collection and processes established for building digital representations of the physical assets using sophisticated field data collection techniques, proprietary applications for accurate georeferencing of construction documents and automated methodologies for digitizing and verification of the GIS data products.

City of Houston Planning & Development 611 Walker St., 6th Floor, Houston, TX 77002

GIS Services Help Desk: (713)837-7777Fax: (713)837-7716

The Planning & Development Department maintains and operates the City of Houston Geographic Information System (COHGIS). COHGIS staff utilize data provided by Federal, State, County and local government entities to produce data sets that are distributed and used by other GIS operations, both public and private, within this region. The department is also leading an initiative to create an Enterprise GIS Service, focused on bridging access to the City's various data resources through data standards, enterprise database technology, Web portal services and new applications development. A core team of GIS analysts and developers is currently undertaking this exciting challenge.

Exhibitor Profiles

Columbia Regional Geospatial Service CenterStephen F. Austin UniversityNacogdoches, TXwww.crgsc.org

The Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center (The Columbia Center), established in 2005 by Congress, is the national model for a growing network of regional centers, delivering the most up-to-date geospatial information and tools for regional support with•emergency planning and response •economic development •natural resource management

The Columbia Center provides backup services, data storage and redundancy to other regional centers, and serves as a conduit between local, state and federal entities.

Esri Houston Satellite Office11200 Westheimer, Suite 630Houston, TX 77042p: 713.401.0658 f: 713.782.5958www.esri.com

Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) software has given clients the power to think and plan geographically for over 40 years and is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide. GIS helps cities, governments, universities, and Fortune 500 companies save money, lives, and our environment. From transporting ethanol to studying landslides, GIS combines hardware, software, and data to collect, manage, and analyze geographic information, which helps people view relationships, patterns, and trends. Solve problems and make better decisions by looking at your valuable data in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared.

Geocaching Sponsors

GIS Student’s Day Computer Lab Sponsors

Mobile Unit Sponsors

GIS Day Poster Designer

City of HoustonDepartment of Public Works and EngineeringPublic Utilities Division (PUD)Operations Support Branch - GIS Services611 Walker – 21st [email protected] City Public Utilities Viewer:http://mycity.houstontx.gov/pud_public/index.html

The GIS Services Group is tasked with providing GIS technology to all branches within the Public Utilities Division. The group is comprised of Data Management and Data Analysis Teams working towards a common goal of developing the most accurate GIS data sets. These data sets enable the PUD branches to perform their Core Business functions more effectively. The Data Management Team creates and maintains quality geospatial data for the City's water distribution systems and wastewater collection systems while the Data Analysis Team focuses on uncovering insights and trends to improve management decisions.

Exhibitor Profiles

Western Data Systems 14722 Regnal

Houston, TX 77039Office: 281-987-1815 Toll Free: 281-897-1815

www.westerndatasystems.comWestern Data Systems is an authorized Trimble dealer specializing in the sales, rental, training and service/repair of Trimble GPS and Optical Land surveying, Mapping, Marine and Construction products. With offices in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Oklahoma City and Pharr you are never far away from the experts.

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Tessellations Inc.2002 Timberloch Place, Suite 420 Woodlands, TX 77380Phone: 936-321-1998 Fax: 281-667-3253www.tessellations.usTessellations Inc. (www.Tessellations.us) was established in 1998 to serve the Greater Houston Area with high quality Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing services. Our services include on-site user support and end-to-end GIS consulting services. Tessellations is currently servicing several local governments with data conversion, application development, and ArcGIS server tuning and maintenance needs. Tessellations Inc. also has ESRI authorized trainers for Introduction to ArcGIS II and III, and Working with ArcGIS Spatial Analyst. Training can be conducted at either the client site or at our training center in The Woodlands.

Harris County Flood Control District 9900 Northwest Freeway, Houston, TX 77092

Office: 713-684-4000 Fax: 713-684-4140www.hcfcd.org

The Harris County Flood Control District is a special purpose district created by the Statelegislature in 1937 in response to devastating floods that struck the region in 1929 and 1935. TheDistrict's boundaries are coincident with Harris County, and the Harris County CommissionersCourt serves as our "board of directors" to provide our elected representation. In June 1998, theDistrict became part of the new Harris County Public Infrastructure Department, although theHarris County Flood Control District remains a separate legal entity and retains its public identity.The District will be working with the Public Infrastructure Department to identify opportunities forimproved coordination and efficiency with its other divisions. The Flood Control District's missionin simple terms is to: devise the flood damage reduction plan; implement the plan; and, maintainthe infrastructure.

Harris County Appraisal District 13013 Northwest Freeway, Houston, TX 77040

Office: 713-957-7489 Fax: 713-957-7489www.hcad.org

The Harris County Appraisal District, a political subdivision of the State of Texas, is responsible for local property tax appraisal and exemption administration for nearly 640 jurisdictions (taxing units) in America's third most populous county. Over 1.3 million property parcels are located in our service area and consequently in our GIS database. The GIS at HCAD, since its inception in 1993, has become a critical tool used daily by HCAD staff. The result of our GIS, detailed and accurate maps and data, have become the staple for local taxing units and government agencies, property owners and private industry alike.

Fort Bend County GIS ConsortiumRobert "Casey" Lyde - Fort Bend County GIS Administrator

1124 Blume Rd. Rosenberg, TX 77471Office: 281-633-7523

The Fort Bend GIS Consortium is a public entity comprised of local governments that works collectively to achieve the benefits of GIS and related technology. By collaborating, communities unlock opportunities otherwise unavailable because of complexity or cost. Private industry plays a role to the extent that it can provide specialized aspects of these systems. This partnership provides an environment where success is predictable and costs are contained. Periodic meetings bring participants together to see what others are doing and take back new ideas on how to make their GIS program run more efficiently. The increased communication has assisted in data accuracy and sharing as well as to build a sense of community amongst member agencies. Above all, the GIS Consortium works to foster cooperation to solve common problems.

The GIS InstitutePO Box 5533

Asheville, NC 28813Phone: 303-881-1595

http:/thegisinstitute.orgFor more information on the GIS Institute, please see Page 18 Keynote Speaker note.

TeachMeGIS.comJennifer Harrison, President713-278-78833000 WilcrestHouston, Texas 77042www.TeachMeGIS.comInner Corridor Technologies, Inc., is a leader in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)consulting and training in Houston. Staffed with GIS professionals who have extensiveindustry experience, our ESRI® Authorized Training Partner team offers high qualitytraining, locally, at a reasonable price. At our office or in your training room, for large groups ora few people, with ESRI materials or our custom courses, TeachMeGIS.com can help with yourtraining needs. Our professional GIS consulting staff members are also available for short- orlong-term projects. Please call us if you need help meeting your company’s goals for GIS.

Texas Southern University3301 Cleburne, Houston TexasUrban Planning & Environmental PolicyProgram Recruiting Desk: 713/313-4836TSU established its first Masters of City Planning program in the 1970’s. In 2003, a reconstituted program Urban Planning & Environmental Policy continued the tradition of offering geographic Information systems classes as a staple. TSU have been a licensed user of ESRI GIS programs since 1988 with the advent of ArcInfo 1.0. Currently students are trained using all aspects of the ArcInfo platform. The program offers both a Masters in Urban Planning & Environmental Policy (MUPEP) and a PhD. The Masters program has four concentrations with Geographic Information Systems using ESRI state of the art ArcInfo programs utilized in all concentrations. We are committed in staying relevant in all aspects of our urban environment by utilizing the best faculty, resources, and systems to foster competent graduates’ that can take the call from day one.

PennWell MAPSearch1455 West Loop South, Ste 400, Houston, TX 77027www.mapsearch.comPennWell MAPSearch is an energy information provider to the oil, gas, electric and related industries. Information is provided as GIS (Geographical Information Systems) data, or in wall map, state map, or atlas format. PennWell MAPSearch provides the most accurate, timely and complete GIS data available for North American petroleum pipelines and electric power infrastructure. Our databases encompass natural gas, crude oil, refined product, LPG/NGL, petrochemical pipelines and their facilities. Our data and maps are used by petroleum pipeline companies, exploration and production companies, energy marketing companies, financial investment firms, consulting companies that serve the energy industry, governmental agencies, and other related organizations every day.

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Lone Star College-Montgomery3200 College Park DriveConroe, TX 77384-4500

Montgomery.LoneStar.eduLand Surveying Program Director:[email protected]

The Division of Business and Social Sciences at Lone Star College-Montgomery offers classes that are dynamic, in-demand and high-tech that set up our students for success in computer information technology and business as well as the social sciences. Our Land Surveying program prepares students to enter a high-tech profession that uses state-of-the-art equipment to determine the exact location and measurement of points, lines, and contours of the earth's surface as a land surveying technician. Lone Star College System consists of five colleges including LSC-CyFair, LSC-Kingwood, LSC-Montgomery, LSC-North Harris, and LSC-Tomball, six centers, LSC-University Center, LSC-University Park, Lone Star Corporate College, and LSC-Online. With more than 58,000 students in credit classes this fall, LSCS is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and third largest community college system in Texas. To learn more visit LoneStar.edu.

Idea Integration3200 Southwest Freeway, Houston, TX 77027

Office: 713-353-4503 [email protected]

Idea Integration strategically combines front-office solutions (strategy consulting, user experiencedesign, application development) with back-end implementation (customer relationshipmanagement, business intelligence, enterprise application integration, and GIS) for strong financialreturns on large-scale, core IT, and business projects. As an experienced e-business integrator,we synthesize disparate data and information into knowledge, and apply our creative vision to craftpowerful solutions to our clients' business challenges. With vertical expertise in healthcare, energy,technology, retail, and especially the public sector, our clients include Fortune 1000 and middle market companies in the United States and federal, state, and local governments and educationalinstitutions.

Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Data Services 3555 Timmons Lane, Suite 120, P.O. Box 2277 Houston, TX 77027 Office: 713-627-3200 Fax: 713-993-2481 www.h-gac.com

The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) is a voluntary association of local governments and local elected officials in the 13-county Gulf Coast Planning Region, an area of 12,500 square miles with over 5 million people. Local elected officials organized H-GAC in 1966 after authorization by State enabling legislation. H-GAC now has 132 local government members, including all major general-purpose local governments in the 13-county region: 13 counties, 105 cities, 14 school districts. H-GAC gives highest priority to serving local government needs to help them plan for tomorrow. It promotes voluntary approaches in region-wide purchasing, solid waste management, air and water quality, workforce development, criminal justice system improvements and law enforcement officer training, transportation system improvement planning, 9-1-1 emergency communications, services to senior citizens, and other significant areas of concern to local government.

Harris County Information Technology Center (ITC)Architecture Team, Front Office Applications/GIS andThe Spatial Services Committee for Harris County1310 Prairie Suite 1501, Houston Texas, 77002Travis Conner: [email protected], 713-368-0006

Enterprise-wide GIS functionality is available to Harris County departments through the Information Technology Center (ITC). Identifying and meeting the business’ demands is a core challenge in a new era at ITC. Our Front Office Applications team is growing with additional GIS tools. More than answering “Yes” to the question “Can you print a map for me,” we enjoy showing how a geographical point can have mountains of information behind it. GIS can use business information and add logic to solve crimes, help decisions about where to place polling locations, better assign parolees to probation officers, and map underground utilities in parks “as built”, not “as designed”. Through our customers in Harris County departments, citizens are better served with GIS technology.

Harris County Public Infrastructure DepartmentCAMS (County Asset Management System)1001 Preston, 5th floor, Houston, Texas 77002, 713-755-7194

The Harris County Asset Management System (CAMS) was established in June 2004, during the Capital Improvements Hearing, in which the Harris County Commissioners’ Court authorized; “Management Services and PID to develop an asset management system for tracking of infrastructure. Included will be a centralized system for recording all county owned land including historic cost and values. These records will assist the County Auditor in preparation of the county’s financial statements.” To date the CAMS team has developed several solutions utilizing various technologies. Show cased for GIS Day, a corner stone application, the CAMS Viewer, is a browser based mapping application which provides a user friendly interface for non GIS experts to view various map features which originate from the Public Infrastructures Geographic Information System (GIS) and their associated data sets from multiple databases. This solution brings a more comprehensive data view to our project managers and our executive level personnel to assist them with their decision making processes or to better direct their project related questions to the appropriate personnel. Utilizing this and other toolsets, the CAMS team has also been able to develop a more accurate inventory of county assets. This tool can be used by the Harris County Auditor to assist with their asset reconciliation processes.)

Contact: Al BenekTitle: Vice President, Government Division

Address: 5711 S. 86th Circle, Omaha, NE 68127

Phone: 800.555.5211Fax: 402.978.4403

Email: [email protected] Address: www.referenceusagov.com

Infogroup® is a leading provider of business and residential information for government, reference,research and analytics. It provides accurate, in-depth information on 14 Million U.S. Businesses,115 Million U.S. Households, 215 Million U.S. Consumers, as well as Historical data, Canadiandata, International data, data processing, email addresses, analytics and related services.Government officials and contractors use Infogroup geo- coded data for transportation modeling,emergency preparedness/management, environmental impact analysis, hazard mitigation, economic development, research, planning, education, investigative purposes and more.Our business file contains 160 elements on more than 14 million U.S. businesses—including thebusiness name, location, franchise code, industry classification code, the number of employees,and the sales volume. Infogroup provides geo-coded employer and household data ready forimmediate importing into all GIS platform products using its standard latitude-longitudecoordinates. Numerous national organizations, state, federal and local government agencies,including the FBI, Homeland Security and Department of Transportation, use our consumer andbusiness information to make critical decisions every day.

Sponsor Acknowledgement

University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

The University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, with nearly 400 faculty members and approximately 4,000 students, offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in the natural sciences, computational sciences, and mathematics. Faculty members in the departments of biology and biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, geosciences, mathematics, and physics have internationally recognized collaborative research programs in association with UH interdisciplinary research centers, Texas Medical Center institutions, and national laboratories.

One of six departments in the college, the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences offers a 15-credit-hour graduate certificate in geographical information systems designed to provide students with knowledge and experience to compete and work in the GIS field in both the public and private sectors. The combination of courses focuses on acquisition, storing, visualization, modeling, and analysis of information on spatial phenomena with some emphasis on geospatial applications. Nine credit hours of core courses comprise Introduction to GIS, GIS Applications, and Remote Sensing. Each is a three-credit-hour course. Students also take three credit hours of electives from the following: Advanced GIS for Geologists, Advanced Engineering GIS, and GIS courses from other UH departments such as social sciences. Additional requirements are a research project supervised by a qualified professor in the area of a student’s specialty or a senior research project for well-qualified undergraduates, selected topics in geology, or a thesis or dissertation hours for graduate students.

For more information about this certificate program, contact Shuhab Khan, Associate Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, at [email protected], or by telephone at 713-743-3411.

SCAUG-South Central Arc User Groupwww.scaug.orgHAUUG-Houston Area Arc Users Grouphttp://houstonareagis.org

SCAUG is the South Central Arc User Group, an organization dedicated to the benefit of users of ESRI’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software. Since 1990 SCAUG has provided GIS resources and tools for GIS users and professionals in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Membership connects you to a community of knowledgeable professionals in this growing GIS industry. Save the date for the 21st Annual SCAUG Conference, San Antonio, TX April 4-8, 2011.

Rice University, Fondren Library, Room B40, GIS/Data CenterHead: (713) 348-5691. Support Specialist: (713) [email protected] http://library.rice.edu/gdc

Rice University has consistently ranked among the top 20 universities in the U.S. overall and has received recognition for quality of student life and best value among private universities. The GIS/Data Center (GDC) in Fondren Library at Rice University offers GIS instruction, support, andconsulting services to the Rice Community, as well as area non-profits, educational institutions, and local governments. The GDC offers a series of free 2-hour GIS short courses on a variety of topics, providing users with hands-on experience using GIS to approach real-world situations. The GDC also provides individualized instruction and assistance to students, staff, and faculty in over 30 departments and houses a large collection of digital GIS data, specializing in the greater Houston region.

Sponsor Acknowledgement

Houston Tran Star 6922 Old Katy Road, Houston, TX 77024

Office: 713-881-3000 www.houstontranstar.org

Houston TranStar, is the transportation and emergency management center for the greater Houston region. It is responsible for the planning, design, operation and maintenance of more than 15,000 miles of roadways. Camera views of traffic on Houston’s highways and now traffic signal outages are also at www.HoustonTranstar.org. The City of Houston, METRO, Harris County, and the Texas Department of Transportation provide current and planned road construction project information in the Roadworks website at http://roadworks.houstontranstar.org

The Virginia and Andre Bally GIS Study Scholarship, established by the Bally family, awards $500 to a Houston area high school student that wins the GIS Day Essay Competition.

Dannenbaum Engineering 3100 West AlabamaHouston, TX 77098

Phone: 713-520-9570www.dannenbaum.com

Founded in 1945, Dannenbaum Engineering is a long term success story. Proof of our staying power is evident both in the enduring relationships we build with our clients and in the long-lived projects we help them construct. Over 60 years we’ve seen markets shift, client expectations expand and technology evolve in astounding ways. Yet through it all, our framework has remained stable and our strategy has never wavered. By combining depth of experience with forward-thinking solutions, Dannenbaum is helping clients achieve their goals and expectations.

Thank you very much to our sponsors, without whose generous contributions GIS Day would not be possible.

Michael Baker, Inc- See Page 4 The GIS Institute- See Pages 6 and 18Infogroup – See Page 14 WDS – See Page 15

Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.1700 West Loop South, Suite 1450

Houston, Texas 77027713 840-1511

Malcolm Pirnie, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ARCADIS-US, is one of the largest firms in the U.S. focused exclusively on environmental issues. For more than 100 years, we have provided environmental engineering, science and consulting services to over 5,000 public and private clients. Our Red Oak Consulting group combines environmental expertise and hands-on engineering and operational experience with cutting-edge management know-how to help clients identify and manage issues affecting their information technology strategies, architectures, infrastructures, systems, and organizations.

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