2008 Conference

Technical Program

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Tuesday, May 6

Session 1A: Future of Marine Charting

Chair: John Lowell (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA)

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CHS & HPD – The New Hydrographic Production Environment Lynn Patterson (Canadian Hydrographic Service) Paper
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Future of Nautical Charting at NOAA Julia Powell (NOAA), Travis Newman, Beata Van Esch, Rafael Ponce, Paul Lewis and Jorge Arias Paper
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IHO S-100 – The New Hydrographic Geospatial Standard for Marine Data and Information Robert E Ward (International Hydrographic Bureau) Paper
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High definition bathymetry production, distribution and updating Louis Maltais (Canadian Hydrographic Service) Paper
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12:00-13:00 Poster Presentations Authors (affiliation of principal author)
Divide and Impera: An Analysis of the River Schelde Project George Spoelstra (QPS bv) Poster
Debris Mapping in Lake Borgne, Louisiana Paul Donaldson (SAIC), Gary Davis, Rebecca Quintal and Walter Simmons Poster

Session 1B: Cadastral systems for sustainable land management

Chair: Peter Sullivan (Surveyor General, Canada)

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Canadian contributions to land management in Africa: The future is both there and here Brian A Ballantyne (Canada Centre for Cadastral Management) and Peter Sullivan Paper
The Socio-Economics of Yala Swamp and implications of American based Dominion Farm Ltd., Reclaims National Heritage in KENYA. John Vorster (Department of Environment and Conservation, Victoria Institute for Research on Environment and Development-VIRED Int’l.) Abstract
Informing the Duty to Consult: Mapping Aboriginal Spatial Demands in Canada Khaleel Khan (Canada Centre for Cadastral Management) and Brian Ballantyne Paper
Multimedia Data in Land Records Systems: Field trials in Nigeria Michael Barry (University of Calgary) Paper
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12:00-13:00 Poster Presentations Authors (affiliation of principal author)
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Session 2A: Legal issues and sovereignty, UNCLOS

Chair: Wendell Sanford (Foreign Affairs and International trade Canada)

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Baseline Claims and Sea-Level Rise Trent Palmer (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) Paper
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From the Arctic to the tropics: The U.S. UNCLOS Bathymetric Mapping Program James Gardner (University of New Hampshire), Larry Mayer and Andrew Armstrong Paper
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Ice and No Ice: The Canadian UNCLOS Bathymetric Mapping Program J. Richard MacDougall (Canadian Hydrographic Service), Wendell Sanford and Jacob Verhoef Paper
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14:30-15:00 Poster Presentations Authors (affiliation of principal author)
Boundary Bay Boundary Brian A Ballantyne (Canada Centre for Cadastral Management) Poster
FoSMiner – An added value tool for UNCLOS article 76 implementation Aldino Campos (EMEPC), Manuel Abreu, Fernando Pimentel and the EMEPC Task Group Poster

Session 2B: Cadastral innovation and technology

Chair: Chris Chiasson (Altus Geomatics, Canada)

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Geo-Referencing Requirements of Surveys of Canada Lands Brian Thompson (Natural Resources Canada) Paper
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Cadastral Evolution in British Columbia Brent Taylor (Polaris Land Surveying Inc.) and Jeff Beddoes (Senior Deputy Surveyor General of British Columbia) Paper
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Defining boundaries using only coordinates: Appealing to plasticity. Brian A Ballantyne (Canada Centre for Cadastral Management) Paper
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The LTSA and the Office of the Surveyor General Mike Thomson (Land Title and Survey Authority of BC) Paper
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14:30-15:00 Poster Presentations Authors (affiliation of principal author)
None

Session 3A: Mapping from land to sea – I

Chair: Richard Sanfaçon (Canadian Hydrographic Service)

Papers Authors PDF
Facing Challenges with New Techniques: Southeast Alaska to the Aleutian Islands Bob Richards (Fugro Pelagos), Andrew Orthmann, Robert Richards Jr., Dean Moyles and Carol Lockhart Abstract
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Surveying Objects – Efficiencies in Data Acquisition and Transformation Andrew Leyzack (Canadian Hydrographic Service) Paper
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14:30-15:00 Poster Presentations Authors (affiliation of principal author)
Development and Assessment of Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Products for Shoreline Mapping Lynnette Morgan (NOAA), Shachak Pe’eri and Andrew Armstrong Poster

Session 3B: Future of the Survey profession

Chair: Hugh O’Donnell (MMM Group International Inc., Canada)

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Supporting Lifelong Learning and Education of Geomatics Professionals Steve Y. W. Lam (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Paper
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Licensing issues for cadastral surveying: Parochialism, cooperation & mobility Khaleel Khan (Canada Centre for Cadastral Management) Brian A Ballantyne, and Peter Sullivan Abstract
A Vision for the Future of the Surveying Profession in Canada James Statham (Canadian Council of Land Surveyors), J. Hugh O’Donnell, Michael O’Sullivan and Sarah Cornett Paper
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14:30-15:00 Poster Presentations
None

Wednesday, May 7

Session 4: Vertical referencing systems / issues

Chair: Fred Stephenson (Canadian Hydrographic Service)

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Vertical Datum Issues for Continuity from the Land to the Seafloor Christian Andreasen (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) Paper
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Developing a Concept of Operations for Military Surveys to IHO Standards without Shore-Based Stations Maxim Van Norden (NAVOCEANO), Elliot Arroyo-Suarez and Rodney Ladner Paper
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Tightly Integrated Inertially-Aided GPS Network Positioning for Marine Hydrography Peter Canter (Applanix Corp.), Richard Brennan and Edward Van Den Ameele Paper
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Atlantic Canada’s Real-Time Water Level System (Observations, Predictions, Forecasts and Datums on the Web) Phillip MacAulay (Canadian Hydrographic Service), Charles O’Reilly and Keith Thompson Paper
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10:00-10:30 Poster Presentations Authors (affiliation of principal author)
Updating the International Great Lakes Datum (IGLD) Thomas Landon (NOAA, National Ocean Service) and Stephen Gill Poster
Using Globally-corrected GPS solutions to assess the viability of hydrodynamic modeling in the
Bay of Fundy
Ian Church (University of New Brunswick), John Hughes Clarke, Susan Haigh, Mike Lamplugh, Jon Griffin and Russell Parrott Paper
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Monitoring Changes in Mean Sea Level across the Arctic with Tide Gauges and GPS Receivers Terese Herron (Canadian Hydrographic Service), Michael Craymer, Andrew Leyzack and Carol Robinson Poster
Development of a vertical reference surface in coastal zones: A case study on the Atlantic coast Azadeh Koohzare (McElhanney Consulting Service Ltd.) Poster
Integrating Topographic and Hydrographic Data (Land & Water) Mike Williams (US Army Corps of Engineers) Paper
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Session 5: Data integration and management: problems and solutions

Chair: Jean Gagnon (Canada Centre for Cadastral Management)

Papers Authors PDF
An evaluation of CARIS Bathy DataBASE as a bathymetric data management solution for CHS Quebec Jean-Guy Nistad (Centre Interdisciplinaire de développement en cartographie des océans), Karen Cove, Frédéric Lavoie Paper
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Integration of Hydrographic Data Products in a Global GIS António Calado (EMEPC), Manuel Abreu, Rogério Chumbinho, Alberto Silva and Luís de Sousa Paper
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Composite Source Feature File: Simplifying the Complexities of Near Shore Hydrography Kyle Ward (NOAA) and Megan Palmer Paper
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The National Hydro Network (NHN) Yves Belzile (Natural Resources Canada) Paper
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12:00-13:00 Poster Presentations Authors (affiliation of principal author)
Adjusting the Nautical Cartography from ED50 to EtrS89 in a Database Production Environment Aldino Campos (EMEPC), Virgilio Chim, Ana Navarro and Fernando Artilheiro Poster
Reconciling Multiple Riverine Surveys in a Single Charting Product Database David Dodd (University of Southern Mississippi) Poster

Session 6: Mapping from land to sea – II

Chair: Dick Pickrill (Natural Resources Canada)

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Merging Marine and Land Data for Coastal Area Mapping Mark MacKenzie and Nadia Theriault (CARIS) Paper
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Integration of Multibeam Bathymetry and Lidar Surveys of the Bay of Fundy, Canada Russell Parrott (Natural Resources Canada), Brian Todd, John Hughes Clarke, Jonathon Griffin, Bruce MacGowan, Michael Lamplugh and Timothy Webster Paper
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Comparing LiDAR and Acoustic Bathymetry Using Total Propagated Error (TPE) and the Combined Uncertainty and Bathymetry Estimator (CUBE) Algorithm Carol Lockhart (Fugro Pelagos), Douglas Lockhart and Jose Martinez Paper
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Multiple Applications of Bathymetric liDAR James Guilford (Tenix LADS, Inc.) and Megan Palmer Paper
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14:30-15:00 Poster Presentations Authors (affiliation of principal author)
Bridging The Land/Water Boundary Using SHOALS Bathymetric Lidar Eric Yang (Optech Incorporated), Michael Sitar, Wenbo Pan, Karen Francis Poster

Session 7: Data for new / emerging clients

Chair: Gerd Glang (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA)

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Human Vulnerability and Climate Change: An assessment of Greater Vancouver’s human vulnerability to sea level rise in 2100 Emily Nixon (Ministry of Health, BC) Paper
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An Introspective Approach to Enabling Discovery, Understanding and Appropriate Use of NOAA Hydrographic Data for New and Emerging Clients Jeremy McHugh (NOAA), Dan Neumann, John Tucker and James Hiebert Paper
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The Complexities in the Design and Definitions of the North West Atlantic Data Set: Searching for Rational Architecture to implement Diverse Bathymetric Data Herman Varma (Canadian Hydrographic Service), Gerard Costello, Ron MacNab, Tobias Spears and Christine Delbridge