Associates

Jack Cibor

Positions Held:
GIS/Remote Sensing Specialist, Earthspan (formerly Center for Conservation Research and Technology) September 1999—Present.

GIS Responsibilities:

• Applied GIS to basic and applied wildlife research and to environmental education for K-12 students and the public
• Was solely responsible for all GIS activities at Earthspan.
• Worked with biologists to visualize, communicate , and analyze animal tracking data
• Downloaded, edited and archived animal satellite tracking data
• Managed ArcIMS system, including acquisition of hardware, configuration of server, installation of ArcIMS, development and maintenance of maps to be served
• Developed GIS-based (ArcIMS) lessons for middle school environmental science curriculum
• Worked with researchers to publish research findings
• Managed the creation of kiosk software application for use at the Bateman Education and Administration Center visitors center, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Other Responsibilities:

• Handled web page design, construction and maintenance, maintained office network, network printers, router, reinstallation of operating systems, trouble shooting, hardware acquisition, maintenance of computer equipment
• Aided in development of grant proposals
• Managed, formatted and distributed electronic newsletter
• Participated in raptor trapping/survey field work
• Assisted in fitting raptors with tracking devices

Geospatial Consultant (Contract) North Star Science and Technology, LLC January 2000—Present

• Provided technical support for tracking technologies
• Managed project to create proprietary data processing software
• Provided technical support for proprietary processing software
• Constructed and maintained web site
• Printed map posters
GPS Operator (Contract), Airborne 1 Corporation April 2002 - Nov 2002
• Operated GPS equipment, collecting data to be used to differentially correct LIDAR data.

Education:
• Bachelor of Science, Geography and Environmental Systems December 1998, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Cartographic Certificate, Department of Geography and Environmental Systems May 1999, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Continuing Education:
• Fall 2000, Database Management for Environmental Applications, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Fall 2002, Applied Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Skills:
Software:

• GIS: ArcGIS Desktop 9.x and 8.x (Arcinfo license) including Spatial Analyst, 3D, Publisher, Tracking Analyst, ArcPress, ArcIMS Erdas Imagine, ArcView 3.x. w/Spatial, 3D, Image, Tracking ext.
• Graphics: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
• Web: Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Presentation: PowerPoint, Publisher, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office Suite
• Operating Systems: Windows 98, NT, 2000, XP
• Database: Microsoft Access

Hardware:

• Web Server: Windows 2000 Server edition
• Large Format Printer: HP 800PS plotter
• Network Routers: Wired and wireless

Publications:
• Peer Reviewed Articles
McGrady et. al “Movements by juvenile and immature Steller's Sea Eagles Haliaeetus pelagicus tracked by satellite.” Ibis. 2003; 145(2): 318-328

• Maps in Print
Young, Ken. Peru’s Humid Eastern Forests. : Centre for Research on Cultural and Biological diversity of Andean Rainforests (DIVA) , 1999.

Conference Presentations:
• Deer-Vehicle Collisions: Using ArcIMS to Display Deer Tracking Data and Accident Locations
ESRI International User Conference July 2001
• Using GIS and Satellite Received Transmitters to Visualize Avian Migration
ESRI International User Conference July 2001

Professional Organizations
• Society for Conservation GIS, July 2002—Present
• American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), May 2000—May 2001

Languages:
• Polish

Prof. Dr. Manfred Ehlers

Current Positions:
Professor for GIS and Remote Sensing and Director, Research Center for Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing (FZG), University of Vechta, Germany
Scientific Director, Center of Excellence for Geoinformatics (GiN) in Lower Saxony, Germany
Director, Steinbeis Technology Transfer Center for Applied Geoinformatics and Environmental Research (STAGU), Vechta, Germany

Academic and Faculty Positions previously held at:
Research Associate, Institute for Marine Research, University of Kiel, Germany (1975 – 1977)
Research Associate, Institute for Photogrammetry and Engineering Surveys, University of Hannover, Germany (1977 – 1984)
Research Scientist, Laboratory for Remote Sensing and Mapping Sciences, University of Georgia, USA (1984 – 1988)
Associate Professor, Department of Surveying Engineering and Research Scientist, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA), University of Maine, USA (1988 – 1990)
Full Professor and Chair, Department of Geoinformatics, International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands (1990 – 1992)

Education:
M.Sc. (Diplom) in Mathematics, University of Kiel, Germany (1975)
Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in Remote Sensing, Digital Image Processing and Photogrammetry, University of Hannover, Germany (1983)
Habilitation (Dr.-Ing. habil.), Digital Image Processing, Remote Sensing and GIS, University of Hannover, Germany (1987)

Research Interest:
Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Analytical Remote Sensing, Integration of GIS and Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics Concepts, Environmental Monitoring/Information Systems, Advanced Techniques for Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Data Fusion Techniques, Digital Photogrammetry

Teaching Experiences:
Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Digital Image Processing, Environmental Monitoring, Geoinformatics, Computer Cartography
Responsible for the establishment of undergraduate and graduate programs in Environmental Sciences and Geoinformatics as well as for the development of internet based continuing education programs in GIS and Geoinformatics (UNIGIS professional express)

Research Projects:
Principal and Co-Principal Investigator for a number of research projects from different funding agencies, including U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF); German Research Foundation (DFG); German Ministry for Science and Technology (BMBF); German Ministry of the Interior (BMI); NASA; German Agency for Space Applications (DARA); European Union; Ministry of Environment, Lower Saxony; Ministry of Science, Lower Saxony, German Environmental Foundation (DBU); Federal Commission for Education and Research (BLK); University of California at Santa Barbara, USA; International Insti-tute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), The Netherlands; German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ)

Consulting Projects:
Responsible for a number of consulting projects for public and private institutions, including BellSouth Systems, Atlanta, USA; Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS), Ottawa, Canada; ERDAS, Inc., Atlanta, USA; German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ); United Nations Development Program (UNDP); United Nations Environment Program (UNEP); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR); the West Indies Devel-opment Bank

Publications and Presentations:
He has published more than 260 papers on GIS, mapping, digital image processing, remote sensing, Geoinformatics, digital photogrammetry, and environmental monitoring. He is the author of the monograph ‘Digital Image Processing’ published by the Institute of Photogrammetry, University of Hannover. He wrote chapters for a number of books including ASTM publications STP 1126 ‘Geographic Information System (GIS) and Mapping Practices and Standards’, and STP 1279 ‘Remote Sensing and GIS for Site Characteriza-tion: Applications and Standards’, the UNESCO Man and Biosphere (MAB) Digest 12 ‘Advanced Data Acquisition and Analysis Technologies for Sustainable Development’ and the Cambridge University Press publication ‘Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS’.
He has given over 250 presentations at scientific and professional meetings and conferences including Keynote Addresses at the ‘6th International Conference on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics’ in Baden-Baden (Germany), the ‘International Association of Pattern Recognition’ (IAPR) Technical Committee 7 (TC7) Workshop in Delft (The Netherlands), the ‘Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences Symposium’ on ‘GIS and Remote Sensing for Environmental Analysis’ in Zürich, the ‘GEOINFO 2000 Conference’ in Santiago de Chile, at the AGIT 2001 Symposium in Salzburg, Austria, the 2003 SPIE Conference on ‘Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications and Geology’ in Barcelona (Spain), the ‘Asia GIS 2003 Conference’ in Wuhan (China) as well as numerous Invited Papers at various Geoinformatics, mapping and GIS, remote sensing and photogrammetry conferences.

Conference Organization:
He has organized and chaired a number of national and international conferences and work-shops including the SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering) Conferences "Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications and Geology", in Toulouse, France (2001), Aghia Pelagia, Crete, Greece (2002), Barcelona, Spain (2003), and Maspalomas, Spain (2004); the "3rd European Research Network for the Application of Geomorphol-ogy and Environmental Impact Assessment to Transportation Systems (GETS) European Union (EU) Workshop" in Vechta, Germany (1999); the ISPRS Workshops on "New Develop-ments in GIS", Milan, Italy (1996), "Requirements for Integrated Geographic Information Systems", New Orleans, LA (1994); and "3D in Remote Sensing and GIS: Systems and Applications", Munich, Germany (1991).

Address:
FZG
University of Vechta
P.O. Box 1553, D-49364 Vechta, Germany
Phone: (+49) 4441-15423
Fax: (+49) 4441-15583
Email: mehlers@fzg.uni-vechta.de
URL: http://www.stagu.de/me/

Jeffrey John Hemphill

Professional Experience:
Government Employment:
City of Santa Barbara (1991-1994)

NASA funded Graduate Student Researcher (1997-2002)

Consulting Employment:
ITT Industries (3/97-10/97)
Investigation of potential ground water contamination evidence using historical aerial photography. Responsibilities included interpretation, archiving, image enhancement, and graphical production of maps and figures. The analysis for two reports utilized more than 100 photographs of varying quality/scale and included more than 50 annotated figures.

US Department of Justice Environmental Division (2/98-12/98)
Investigation of wetlands destruction using aerial photography and GIS. Responsibilities for this case, which spanned over a year and a half, were to generate accurate maps of wetlands loss from the interpretation of aerial photography and field survey data of soil conditions, hydrology and plant/tree species. It was my job to create and maintain a vector GIS database and create graphics and maps that integrated all of these data layers. The ArcInfo database that was compiled contained over 300 coverages that were used to calculate statistics and generate maps for the three reports produced.

Education:
Santa Barbara City College - Associates in Liberal Arts (6/94)
University of California, Santa Barbara - BS Physical Geography (6/97)
University of California, Santa Barbara - MA Geography (6/02)
University of California, Santa Barbara - PhD Geography (* in progress)

Academic Awards:
Deans Honors (Fall 1995 and Spring 1995), Honors in Geography (Spring 1997)
Academic Senate Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Geography Excellence in Teaching Award 2002

Academic Work:
Hemphill J.J. (1997). California Marine Protect Areas GIS Database (CA MPA). Online GIS Resource and Guide Book. http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/projects/mpa/
Hemphill, J.J. (2002). The California Marine Protected Areas Database: Compilation and Accuracy Issues. Invited Presentations for SPECIAL SESSION: GIS in Support of Marine Protected Areas, Reserves and Sanctuaries. AAG meeting, Los Angeles, CA. http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/aagss02.html
Hemphill J.J. (2002). Assessing Landslide Hazard Over a 130-Year Period for La Conchita, California. Vignettes of the Santa Barbara Area, Prepared for the 2001 Annual Meeting of The Association of Pacific Coast Geographers – Santa Barbara, CA 23-28. http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/projects/la_conchita/
Hemphill J.J. (2002). On the Value of Coordinating Landsat Operations. Unpublished MA Thesis. http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/projects/thesis/hemphill_landsat_thesis.html
Loveland, Thomas R., John E. Estes, Timothy W. Foresman, Joseph Scepan, Karen D. Kline, and Jeffrey J. Hemphill. (2000). Chapter 6 Large-Area Land Cover Characterization, in Global Environmental Databases – Present Situations; Future Directions, Ryutaro Tateishi and David Hastings, editors. Hong Kong: ISPRS, 105-125.

Teaching Experience:
Maps & Charts (Geography 12) Winter 1998
Introduction to Air Photo Interpretation & Remote Sensing (Geography 115A) Fall 1999/2001
Intermediate Digital Image Processing (Geography 115C) Spring 2001
Introduction to GIS (Geography 176A) Summer 2002

Address:
University of California - Santa Barbara
Department of Geography
1629 Ellison Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Email: jeff@geog.ucsb.edu

James Stein

Current Position:
National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, Washington, DC
Geographic Information Systems Specialist, in contract to the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER), Cultural Resources Geographic Information Services (CRGIS).

Education:
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
Bachelor of Science Degree in Geography/Certificate in Cartography, December, 1996. Concentration in physical geography, geographic information systems (GIS), and aerial and satellite digital image processing.

Publications and Presentations:
The Use of MRLC Landsat Data in a Study of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites, presented at the 2003 ESRI International Users Conference, San Diego, CA (July 2003)
Remote Sensing and The Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Historic Preservation Study, presented at the Ninth Biennial Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference, San Diego, CA, and published in the conference proceedings (April 2002)
Use of GIS and Remote Sensing to Analyze Threats to the Battlefield Landscape, presented at the National Park Service Spatial Odyssey 2001, Primm, NV (December 2001)
Preserving the Past: Geospatial Technologies Combine to Document and Protect Historic Buildings, published in GPS World, vol.11, no.2 (February 2000)
Resource Management and Monitoring Using Large-format Photography and GPS and GIS Technology, presented at the George Wright Society Biennial Conference, Asheville, N.C., and published in the conference proceedings (March 1999)
Applying GPS to Historic Preservation and Architectural Surveys, presented at the George Wright Society Biennial Conference, Asheville, N.C., and published in the conference proceedings (March 1999)
Cultural Rresource Management Tools: Geographic Information Systems and Global Positioning Systems, session presentation at the 1999 Restoration and Renovation Conference, Washington, D.C. (January 1999)
Applying GPS to Historic Preservation and Architectural Surveys, presented at the 1998 Trimble Users Conference, San Jose, CA, and published in the conference proceedings (October 1998)
Conducting Architectural Survey with Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Presentation at the Vernacular Architecture Conference, Annapolis, MD (May 1998)

Webpage Development:
San Juan National Historic Site Photo Project
Documents the GPS/GIS project supporting Jack Boucher’s (NPS HABS) large-format photo survey of San Juan NHS.
Applying GPS to Historic Preservation and Architectural Surveys
Documents a project that was done to investigate the use of GPS and GIS in historic preservation and architectural surveys
Remote Sensing and the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Historic Preservation Study
Discusses the use of classified Landsat TM images in surveying battlefield landscapes.

Contact:
Email: James_Stein@contractor.nps.gov

Daniel A. Zimble

Professional Experience:
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Vienna, VA
International Relations Technical Marketing Specialist. Position involved representing ESRI in sustainable development related initiatives. Primary activities include demonstrating ESRI’s suite of GIS software and it’s relevance to efforts in the international relations market. In particular, the position included demonstrating the use of GIS technology for agriculture, biodiversity conservation, forest management, market development, good governance via the establishment of national spatial data infrastructures.

Meetings, Workshops, & other notable activities:

•Geographic Information for Sustainable Development (GISD): http://www.opengis.org/gisd). Coordinated technical activities related to ESRI’s partnership with the GISD initiative, a U.S. government type III partnership. The initiative was highlighted at the world summit on sustainable development in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2001.
•My Community Our Earth (MyCOE; http://www.geography.org/sustainable). A international student showcase focused on how GIS and spatial technologies can be used to help discover and solve problems related to sustainable development.
•AfricaGIS2001: Nairobi, Kenya (Demonstration on ArcIMS technology given)
•Geographic Information for Sustainable Development: East and South Africa regional meetings:Asmara, Eritrea and Nairobi, Kenya
•International ESRI User’s Conference 2002: San Diego, CA (Organized WSSD special exhibit)
•World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002: Johannesburg, South Africa (Organized and demonstrated ArcGlobe technology to WSSD delegation)
•International Society of Digital Earth-Geobrowser Workshop: December 2002 Beijing, China (Participated in draft geobrowser design activity)
•Defying Ocean’s End Conference: Los Cabos, MX (Supported GIS related efforts during conference)
•International ESRI User’s Conference 2003: San Diego, CA (Presented at Environmental booth and moderated two sessions)
•Digital Earth meeting: Brno, Czech Republic (presentation and demonstration of ESRI technology as it pertains to standards and interoperability)
•South East European Conference on Spatial Data Infrastructures: Sofia, Bulgaria (presentation and demonstration of ESRI technology as it pertains to standards and interoperability)
•AfricaGIS2004: Dakar, Senegal (presentation and demonstration of ESRI technology focused on field data collection, metadata, and GIS based portals)
•Global Spatial Data Infrastructure 2004: Bangalore, India (presentation and demonstration of ESRI technology as it pertains to standards and interoperability).

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Spatial Information Technologies Laboratory (graduate research assistant). Position involved investigating the application of light detection and ranging (lidar) and high-resolution multi-spectral remotely sensed imagery (Space Imaging DAIS sensor) in assessing forest structural attributes.

UMBC Department of Geography & Environmental Systems, Baltimore, MD
Spatial Analysis Laboratory (research assistant). Position involved:

•Preparation and overview of laboratory exercises for GIS and remote sensing courses.
•Continuing research and support for various projects including Lyme disease research. This project investigated the application of GIS and remote sensing technologies in modeling ecological variables associated with the distribution of Lyme disease.
•Project manager for the UMBC-EarthLab contract with NASA-HQ to develop a GIS-based decision support system for NASA headquarters.

Education:
Mississippi State University (MSU), Starkville, MS
M.S. (emphasis in forest ecology, GIS, & remote sensing)
Relevant coursework:Taxonomy of Spermatophytes, Special Topics in Engineering (Remote Sensing),Seminar in Remote Sensing, Statistical Methods, Forest Measurements, Forest Use Seminar, Quantitative Ecology, Regression Analysis, Non-parametric Statistics.

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Baltimore, MD
B.S. in Geography (emphasis in biogeography, GIS, & remote sensing)
Relevant coursework: Physical Geography, Cartography, Ecology and Evolution, Introduction to Environmental Conservation, Natural Environment of the Chesapeake Bay, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Human Geography, Biogeography, Geography of Soils, Plant Resources of the World, Earth System Science, Seminar in Biogeography, Advanced Remote Sensing, Quantitative Techniques in Geography, Ecosystems of North America, Cultural Ecology, Regional Planning, Advanced Applications in Geographic Information Systems, Field Techniques in Geography.

Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC), Annandale, VA
General studies (emphasis in biological sciences)

Field Experience:
University of Mississippi – Field Data Collection (McCall, ID):
Field data collection in various forest habitat and structural types within the “Southern Idaho Batholith Landscape” for U.S. Forest Service and Mississippi State University collaborative forest sustainability research project.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County-EarthLab (Beaufort, SC):
Ground truthing activities in support of NASA AVIRIS landcover classification experiment. Encompassed GPS and sampling of spartina alternaflora.
Northern Virginia Community College - Tropical Field Ecology (Central America):
Itinerary included travel from Belize to Guatemala and finally to the Honduran island of Roatan. Participated in lecture and field exercises at various locations within the countries specified.

Publications:
Zimble et. al, Characterizing vertical forest structure using small-footprint airborne LiDAR. Remote Sensing of Environment 87 (2003) 171-182

Awards:
Recipient of 1999-2000 UMBC Undergraduate Research Award

Activities:
Member, Association of American Geographers, 1997 – present
Member, Society for Conservation GIS, 1999 - present
Member, American Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, 2000 – present

Contact:
Email: dzimble@esri.com