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* GEONETCOM SEMINAR CHANGE JANUARY 18, 2000 - AT&T AND SPRINT SOLUTIONS


* NEW GIS SOLUTION FOR POWER COMPANIES


* LINKS TO GIS SITES


* SEMINAR ARCHIVES POSTED




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* NEXT WEEKS GEONETCOM SEMINAR

We had a change in schedule for next weeks GeonetCom Seminar. Instead of
showing "Mapping Analyzing and Distributing Facilities Data with Time
Warner" we will be presenting "Learn how AT&T and Sprint brought their
GIS
to the Web." This seminar will be presented by Dan Richards of POND
Co., and
promises to be very informative. Dan will be demonstrating the actual
GIS
Web Sites for AT&T and Sprint and will explain how they were created
and the
technology used. Dan is very "hands on" so come prepared with your
questions! Everyone in the communications industry should plan to
attend.


* NEW GIS SOLUTION FOR ELECTRIC COMPANIES


Electric Industry members, I am very excited tell you know about a new
solution from Autodesk called PowerLine. With Autodesk PowerLine you can
access, query, and combine any data - distribution maps, customer
information, outage data, facilities inventories, vehicle locations, and
engineering drawings - on your company intranet or extranet. This
solution
will be featured in our next GeonetCom seminar, Georgia Power, on
Tuesday,
January 11. This is pretty amazing technology. I highly encourage
everyone
in the Electric industry who is interested in spatial information as
decision support to take a look at this product. For more information on
PowerLine, please come to: <http://www.geonetcom.com/powerline.html>


* LINKS TO GIS SITES


One of the most requested additions to GeonetCom News is links to real
GIS
sites in our industries. Autodesk.com has an excellent list of GIS sites
with descriptions, and links to the MapGuide viewer (FREE). All
GeonetCom
members have access to this site. If you would like to see how the Web
is
changing the way we do business, come to:


  <http://www.autodesk.com/products/mapguide/customer.htm>



* SEMINAR ARCHIVES POSTED
The following GeonetCom Archives are posted in the Seminar Archive
section
at: <http://www.geonetcom.com>


***NEW THIS WEEK***
Internet GIS for the Municipality - Jonathan Pickus, Las Vegas Valley
Water
District
Thousands of paper maps. One web site. No problem. See how experts in
Las
Vegas transform their paper-based maps into dynamic web sites using
Autodesk
MapGuide. Don't miss demonstrations of this city's amazing GIS Web
site. If
you want to know where GIS in government services is going, this
seminar is
for you.



GeonetCom Keynote Address - Dr. Joe Astroth discusses the future of GIS
and
the impact the internet is having on spatial information management.


Implementing an Enterprise GIS Solution - Dan Lemkow discusses the
enterprise
challenge, functional requirements, technology integration, and solution
pressures of Enterprise GIS.


Using GIS to Competitive Advantage - Mike Delacey goes through the
implementation of an integrated GIS solution for NEON. This seminar
includes
live demonstrations of AutoCAD Map and Autodesk MapGuide.

Autodesk is sponsoring Internet GIS Seminars at http://www.geonetcom.co
m.
in association with USGS, URISA & Geocommunity.
the seminars run about 1 hour and are broadcast over the net for the
video portion and the audio portion is over a toll free phone
connection.
Check it out.

This should be of interest to lots of people in GISMO!


  <<00-104_.doc>>

C. Peter Goslett

• Enter timely items (especially jobs and meetings) into the listserv yourself! Just email gismonyc@egroups.com
• Keep your email address current with out listserv administrator, Noreen Whysel whysel@... t
• Any and all changes in your contact information go to our database administrator Mark Ryvkin ryvkin@ho tmail.com
• If you have ideas on how to creatively use the listserv for any GISMO purpose, bounce them off Ben Miller epsilc@...

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Jan 28 (Fri): GISMO Meeting @ Fund for the City of New York, 121 6th Ave, 6th Floor; 12-2:30 PM. Program: John Musolino of Newsday will speak about the use of GIS in Newsday operations.

Jan 21 (Fri): MapInfo NYC User Group @ South Gate Tower Hotel, 371 7th Ave, 9-11:30 AM. Guest speaker: Andy Dressel, MapInfo Professional Product Manager; RSVP to Carole Stepp/Theresa Frankewicz (212) 244-0280 caroles@teqserv ices.com

Jan 26 (Wed) OR Jan 27 (Thurs) 8:30-12:30 PM: Non-Profit Technology Planning for the Millennium (A half-day conference offered on two dates.) @ The Private Industry Council, 17 Battery Pl, 5th Floor; $10 registration fee. Information: Alicia Altmueller (United Way) (212) 251-2507

EDUCATION

GISMO member Dr. Zvia Segal Naphtali, will again teach her popular course Applications of Geographic Information Systems @ NYU. Both MapInfo and ArcView software will be available for hands-on instruction in developing GIS applications. A number of GISMO members make guest appearances. Classes are held on six successive Fridays from February 4-March 10 from 9 AM- 1 PM. Non-credit tuition is $950. For more information: (212) 998-7450 or zvia.naphtali@...

NEW MEMBERS

GISMO has revised its membership policy. Interested parties are still encouraged to come to meetings. Networking still thrives on this! But Listserv privileges may be granted to those who complete a GISMO database form and file a statement of their interest in the organization. We welcome:

• CHRISTINA KNIGHT has joined the Community Mapping Assistance Project team at NYPIRG and was a cheerful participant in GISMO's "last mailing". (212) 349-6460; cknight@...
• GEORGE DAVIS is with Eberhard Systems a reseller of AutoDesk products. Eberhard sponsors periodic free seminars about this software. George has been a frequent visitor to GISMO but had somehow eluded our database. (516) 436-5800; george@...

HydroQual, Inc., an ENR environmental 200 firm and a worldwide leader in water and wastewater issues, seeks a creative, motivated GIS Technician for our expanding business.

As a HydroQual GIS Technician in this full-time, temporary assignment (which may lead to full-time), you will be responsible for the coordination of data and the creation of maps for projects involving our client companies.

Successful candidates will possess the proven ability to manipulate data and create clear, easy-to-understand maps.

Other requirements include the following:

• BS/BA – Geography or Environmental Science
• Proficiency in ArchView, GIS, and MapInfo
• Superior organizational skills
• Strong detail orientation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• One year hands-on experience in mapping

Ideal candidate must enjoy problem-solving and have a strong interest in geography, maps, planning, and environmental engineering. An eye for detail and an understanding of how to develop aesthetically appealing maps is critical to success in this position. The ability to work independently and handle high-volume, routine work assignments with minimal direction is essential. A commitment to excellence is a must.

HydroQual offers personal and professional growth opportunities and an attractive benefits and compensation plan. Forward resumes with salary requirements to: HydroQual, Inc., 1 Lethbridge Plaza, Mahwah, NJ 07430, Attn: CPC-GOGIST or hqij obs@.... Fax: 201-529-5728. EEO.

Hi Donna!

I think that was Linda Nessel, Senior Extension Associate, Workforce
Development Program, Cornell University

Ph.      212-340-2920
email    ljn2@...

Have a happy Holiday!

Mark Ryvkin


>From: Rubenswhed@...
>Reply-To: gismonyc@egroups.com
>To: gismonyc@egroups.com
>Subject: [gismonyc] Re: Replying to Listserv Messages
>Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:02:08 EST
>
>At a GISMO meeting many months ago I met someone from Cornell Extension who
>had a workforce development program training low income people in GIS (at
>least I think that is the target pop). I  cannot find her name. If someone
>knows, please email me, Donna Rubens, Dir of Res and Dev at the Women's
>Housing and Economic Dev Corp in the so Bronx. Thx
>
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At a GISMO meeting many months ago I met someone from Cornell Extension who
had a workforce development program training low income people in GIS (at
least I think that is the target pop). I  cannot find her name. If someone
knows, please email me, Donna Rubens, Dir of Res and Dev at the Women's
Housing and Economic Dev Corp in the so Bronx. Thx

Ads are occasionally part of the free listserv service.
This one was really a non sequitur.

Unfortunately, you need to pay $5/month to have ad-free group tools on
eGroups.  Thus, the bizarre honey mustard announcement.  If anyone is
interested in subsidizing an ad-free site, let me know.

Noreen Whysel


"goslett, peter" <goslett-@...> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/gismonyc/?start=18
> Thank you for sending me the minutes etc., of the last GISMO meeting.
You
> also asked for any anomalies that developed with the transmission,
which is
> why I am replying. Somehow, I don't think that a discussion of
"honey-Dijon"
> is appropriate.
>
> Once again, thank you for a very readable e-mail.
>
> C. Peter Goslett
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Noreen Whysel[SMTP:whysel@...]
> > Sent:         Thursday, December 09, 1999 19:46
> > To:   gismonyc@eGroups.com
> > Subject:      [gismonyc] GISMO BULLETIN: 11-17-99
> >
> > MINUTES:
> >
> > GISMO MEETING: 11-17-99
> >
> > Jack Eichenbaum presided. Tim Lomas was the GISMO greeter. Benjamin
Miller
> > took minutes. Susan Gleason provided program notes. Jay Patel and
Paul
> > Roth handled cleanup. Joanne Rodriguez (FCNY) arranged the meeting.
> >
> > ANNOUNCEMENTS
> >
> > *THE NEXT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON January 28, 2000. Future
programs:
> > John Musolino of Newsday will discuss how GIS is used in news
reporting;
> > Mike Tantala will report on the NYC Earthquake Study; there will be
a
> > presentation on new 3D Remote Sensing applications. Please contact
Jack
> > Eichenbaum jaconet@... if you have other program ideas or would
like
> > to make a future presentation yourself.
> >
> > *James Rausse (Census) and Christy Knight (NYPIRG) handled the
final mass
> > mailing of the newsletter. Future GISMO news will be distributed by
> > e-mail-as part of the ongoing ListServ to which all GISMO members
may
> > contribute at any time.
> >
> > *By general consensus, the group adopted a new GISMO membership
policy. Up
> > to now, the way to join GISMO was to attend at least one GISMO
meeting in
> > order to be entered on the mailing list/database. The new policy
will
> > allow people who are unable to attend a meeting to fill out a form
to
> > provide information about themselves; this information will be
distributed
> > to other GISMO members in the newsletter along with the other New
Member
> > information, and will also be added to the GISMO e-mail list and
database.
> >
> > *Ten GISMO members met for dinner on October 20 to discuss issues
related
> > to the future leadership of GISMO. Jack Eichenbaum expressed his
desire to
> > share with other GISMO members some of the organizational
responsibilities
> > he has carried over the years, and a general discussion of GISMO's
future
> > direction ensued, which built on the discussion of these issues
that took
> > place at the July GISMO organizational meeting. Some specific
follow-ups:
> > Bruce Cahan is taking the lead in setting up "organizational
therapy"
> > counseling with the Fund for the City of New York, which offers
guidance
> > to organizations who are in the process of transition from one
stage of
> > organization to the next; Ben Miller drafted a list of discrete
volunteer
> > tasks related to the evolving, more-electronic "virtual GISMO"
direction
> > in which the organization is heading; and Gary Ostroff volunteered
to
> > begin a bi-monthly GISMO column (to be distributed along with other
GISMO
> > offerings on the ListServ).
> >
> > *We need volunteers to run meetings. Please let Jack Eichenbaum
know if
> > you would be willing to preside at one (or more) GISMO meetings.
> >
> > *In order to make meeting times more convenient, we may try a
breakfast
> > GISMO meeting to see if it allows people to attend who cannot get
away for
> > a lunchtime meeting.
> >
> > *Steve Carr of Technical Services, Inc. announced that they have
teamed
> > with MapInfo in its Penn Plaza NY office to create a local training
center
> > and to provide support to local MapInfo user groups.
> >
> > *Charlie Ridgway is putting together a GIS crew for the Federal
Emergency
> > Management Agency to work in hurricane emergency situations.
Contact him
> > charlie.ridgway@... if you are interested in working for FEMA
during
> > hurricane emergencies.
> >
> > SUBGROUP ANNOUNCEMENTS
> >
> > *Virtual GISMO has experienced a couple of shakedown glitches as we
have
> > gone to the new all-electronic newsletter distribution format.
Please let
> > Noreen Whysel know (by sending a message to the ListServ
administrator) if
> > a message you receive through the ListServ has formatting or other
> > legibility problems.
> >
> > RECENT MEETINGS
> >
> > *Tim Lomas, of Urban Data Solutions, attended the NYS GIS
conference in
> > Albany (along with 5-600 others, most of whom were government
employees,
> > few of whom were from NYC). He saw an interesting, well-done
presentation
> > by Michael Kwartler which featured an application based on ESRI's 3D
> > Analyst.
> >
> > *Jack Dangermond spoke at the Northeast Arc Users conference, which
took
> > place from November 7-10.
> >
> > *Mark Ryvkin attended the Long Island GIS meeting at the Brookhaven
> > National Labs, where the federal program to develop a GIS database
for the
> > Long Island cancer study was discussed, and several vendors made
> > presentations.
> >
> > *The NYC ESRI Users Group met on 9-22 at Hunter. According to Susan
> > Gleason, 100 people heard Wendy Dorf's and Al Leidner's
presentation on
> > the City basemap, and Bob Sklar and Jeff Osleeb showed material
from the
> > Quality Control program for the project. Dave LaShell demonstrated
the new
> > ArcView 3.2.
> >
> > *George Davis gave an AutoCAD/desk seminar on 10-13 in Haupphauge.
> >
> > *Many people and many vendors attended the 2-day NY Technology
Conference
> > at the Brooklyn Marriott on 11-9, where the presentation by the NYC
GIS
> > basemap committee was among the best-attended sessions.
> >
> > UPCOMING MEETINGS
> >
> > *The Data Connection X conference has been rescheduled from
11-18-99 to
> > 3-8-00, due to delays in the move of the CUNY Grad Center to the
former B.
> > Altman building on 34th Street.
> >
> > *The Census Bureau is holding a seminar on the forthcoming 1997
Economic
> > Census and on the 2000 Census on 11-17.
> >
> > *The NYC ESRI Users Group is meeting on 11-18 for a presentation by
EPA
> > staff on its recently completed NYS photoquad project, and for a
> > presentation by Chris Schielein on a LION-based application ESRI is
> > developing for NYC DOT's street-inspection force.
> >
> > *During Geographic Awareness Week, Hunter College's Geography
Department
> > will be showing the equipment in its SPARS Lab, and on 11-19,
Richard
> > Cippoletti, Senior GIS Analyst at NJ Transit, will make a
presentation.
> >
> > *The next GISMO meeting will take place on 1-28-00 at the Fund for
the
> > City of New York.
> >
> > ADVOCACY
> >
> > *Thus far the the NYC GIS basemap has been available to NYC, NYS and
> > federal government agencies (with related GIS projects) and their
> > contractors. Beyond these users, no general mechanism or protocol
has yet
> > been developed for distributing the NYC basemap based on merit,
cost, or
> > need. Without an organized effort to obtain general access to the
basemap,
> > it may not be available to many of those who could benefit from it.
Past
> > attempts to obtain access to NYC geographic data have confronted
different
> > policies with different City agencies. Some popular databases like
the
> > RPAD file from the Department of Finance are available as at-cost
FOIL
> > requests; while the "Bytes of the Big Apple" are licensed and for
sale by
> > the Department of City Planning.
> >
> > *Although NYC has not yet joined the NYS GIS Cooperative, the State
of New
> > Jersey has announced its intention to do so.
> >
> > GISMO PROJECTS
> >
> > *Mark Ryvkin is taking over responsibility for managing the GISMO
database
> > from Michael Fluss. Please e-mail changes in your contact
information to
> > him at mryvkin@....
> >
> > *On the weekend of May 6-7, 2000, the Queens Museum in Flushing
Meadow
> > Park will sponsor a GISMO-organized series of events oriented
toward the
> > general public. 10 GISMO members have thus far volunteered to
participate,
> > with projects involving children and maps, and other hands-on
activities.
> > Contact Sandra Russell (212-669-3756) if you would like to
participate.
> >
> > *Mike Tantala, a Ph.D. student at Princeton, reported on his study
on the
> > management of earthquake risks in NYC. In order to establish the
risks of
> > a potential earthquake in NY-where one earthquake is expected per
hundred
> > years-he is developing a database of building information that
includes
> > both the type and value of the building stock and its fragility.
Using a
> > MapInfo-based program, he will then develop a ground-shaking map to
assess
> > the impact of potential earthquake hazards on the city's building
stock.
> >
> > NEW MEMBERS
> >
> > >Kofi Ayim tracks projects for NYS DOT's Program Management
Division.
> > (718) 482-6469; owurakofia@....
> >
> > >Olivier Brutus, of Gandhi Engineering, is working on a retaining
wall
> > project in all five boroughs of New York City. (718) 264-1191;
> > oli.hydraulics@....
> >
> > >C. Mondello Browner has been a project manager for the past 12
years with
> > NYC Housing Preservation and Development's D.A.M.P. Disposition
Services,
> > where he has been involved with Help Desk issues. He had his first
> > introduction to GIS last week at the Marriott conference, and came
today
> > to learn more. (212) 863-7433; mondellobro@... t.
> >
> > >You-Qun Cao is a Planning Coordinator with NYS DOT. (718) 482-4532;
> > ycao@....
> >
> > >Sharada M. Greene is a coordinator in the construction group at
NYS DOT,
> > where she uses ArcView to improve the efficiency of data transfer
between
> > operating divisions. (718) 482-4081; sgreene@.... us.
> >
> > >Mike S. Henriquez is the GIS coordinator in the Structures - Bridge
> > Management System at NYS DOT. (718) 482-4045; mhenriquez@...
te
> > .ny.us.
> >
> > >Gordon Kraus-Friedberg is with the MIS division of the Agency for
Child
> > Development, where he works with daycare facilities around the
city, doing
> > demographic analyses of client areas and other planning. (718)
260-6289;
> > gordonkf@....
> >
> > >Pamela Lee is with the Technical Group of the New York Metropolitan
> > Transportation Council, where she works with Best Practice Models,
trip
> > tables, and other forms of transportation data. (212) 938-3408;
> > plee@....
> >
> > >Christian Michel is an ArcView user with the Regional Plan
Association.
> > (212) 253-2727x341; christian@....
> >
> > >Berta Nemirovsky is involved with computer design at the NYS DOT.
(718)
> > 482-6684.
> >
> > >Christopher J. Nimmo is with Urban Data Solutions. (212) 741-0725;
> > c-nimmo@....
> >
> > >Jayani Y. Patel is with the Maintenance Division of NYS DOT; his
goal is
> > to put ownership data on the agency's GIS. (718) 482-4652;
> > jpatel@....
> >
> > >Melvis Soto is with the Automation Division of NYS DOT, where he
keeps
> > track of where highway projects will take place over the next five
years.
> > (718) 482-6587; msoto@....
> >
> > >Ismail Soyugenc is with the Hagstrom Map Company, which is moving
to
> > digital data; he plans to learn to use GIS. (718) 784-0055;
> > isoyugen@....
> >
> > >Mike Tantala, is at Princeton University, where he is writing a
Ph.D.
> > dissertation on managing earthquake hazards in NYC (see above).
(609)
> > 258-4652; mtantala@...
> >
> > >Yuming Uang is with Navigation Technologies. (516) 682-3262;
> > guntheruang@....
> >
> > NEW JOB
> >
> > >Tim Lomas has a new job with Urban Data Solutions, a company that
> > produces 3D models of cities, and has data on 30,000 buildings in
> > Manhattan, 15,000 buildings in Chicago and in Washington, D.C., and
10,000
> > buildings in Boston that it plans to provide on the Web. (212)
741-0725;
> > tlomas@...
> >
> > PROGRAM:
> >
> > presented by Dave LaShell (ESRI)
> >
> > ESRI's ArcView Spatial Analyst 2 extension will include a new
application
> > called ModelBuilder which will enable users to quickly build and
interact
> > with spatial models. Users can construct models using process
wizards or
> > by dragging icons representing data (grid themes) and functions
(such as
> > slope, buffer, and overlay) into the model and connect them with
lines to
> > show how the data is processed. The flow diagrams created in the
model are
> > a convenient way to build spatial models and to document and
present one's
> > models to others.
> >
> > Models can be saved and rerun using different input data. They can
be
> > rerun using different function parameters that allow users to
calibrate
> > their models or examine how they perform using different sets of
values.
> > The ModelBuilder allows users to share their models with others.
This
> > means that organizations can develop model "templates" for
processing
> > specific types of data and then distribute those templates to their
users.
> > Their users can then attach their own data to the model and run it
using a
> > consistent or prescribed modeling strategy.
> >
> > These new tools can be used to construct spatial models in any
application
> > area. The examples that were demonstrated were: 1) a model that
determines
> > the highest erosion areas based on the analysis of slope, soil type
and
> > vegetation datasets; and 2) a model that determines the most
desirable
> > properties based on the analysis of property values, crime
statistics and
> > distances from local schools. (notes by Susan Gleason)
> >  _____ 
> >
> > eGroups Spotlight:
> > Hone= y mustard lovers! -Discussion of honey mustard, honey dijon
> > products an= d recipes.
> > http= ://www.egroups.com/list/honey-mustard/info.html
> >
> > <= /table>
> > eGroups.com Home: http://www.egroups.com/group/gismonyc
> > www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communi= cations
> >
> >

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

      GIS/CADD Computer Specialist
      A GIS specialist with programming skills is sought to develop a
      GIS/CADD system that facilitates the planning and development of
      capital roadway projects. This position works with staff to identify
      the units' needs, and designs and maintains a user-friendly system
      that manages data for research, presentation and design.  The position
      will develop in-house capability in the mapping of various datasets,
      including CADD drawings, for area-wide and site-specific planning and
      design projects.  The development of the project needs to be
      coordinated closely with other City agency efforts, particularly DOT
      and DDC.  This position will be responsible for the initiation of a
      comprehensive system, the development of data entry management and
      reports, the procurement of data sets available, and the training of
      other staff in the system's use.  The applicant is expected to have
      significant experience in ArcINFO and/or Arcview, MS Access, and
      Visual Basic and/or AVENUE.  Experience in any of the following is
      preferred, but not required: Map Objects, ESRI IMS, Autocad, Transcad,
      MS SQL Server.  The position will supervise two other staff members. A
      salary range of $50,000 to $80,000 is available, based on experience.
      This position reports to the Chief of Capital Planning and Roadway
      Management.

      Please fax or send resumes and references to:

      Glynis Berry, R.A.
      Chief
      Capital Planning and Roadway Development New York City Department of
      Transportation 40 Worth St. Room 1124
      New York, NY 10013

      Fax:  212 676 0564
      Email: studioab@...

Thank you for sending me the minutes etc., of the last GISMO meeting. You
also asked for any anomalies that developed with the transmission, which is
why I am replying. Somehow, I don't think that a discussion of "honey-Dijon"
is appropriate.

Once again, thank you for a very readable e-mail.

C. Peter Goslett

> ----------
> From:         Noreen Whysel[SMTP:whysel@...]
> Sent:         Thursday, December 09, 1999 19:46
> To:   gismonyc@eGroups.com
> Subject:      [gismonyc] GISMO BULLETIN: 11-17-99
>
> MINUTES:
>
> GISMO MEETING: 11-17-99
>
> Jack Eichenbaum presided. Tim Lomas was the GISMO greeter. Benjamin Miller
> took minutes. Susan Gleason provided program notes. Jay Patel and Paul
> Roth handled cleanup. Joanne Rodriguez (FCNY) arranged the meeting.
>
> ANNOUNCEMENTS
>
> *THE NEXT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON January 28, 2000. Future programs:
> John Musolino of Newsday will discuss how GIS is used in news reporting;
> Mike Tantala will report on the NYC Earthquake Study; there will be a
> presentation on new 3D Remote Sensing applications. Please contact Jack
> Eichenbaum jaconet@... if you have other program ideas or would like
> to make a future presentation yourself.
>
> *James Rausse (Census) and Christy Knight (NYPIRG) handled the final mass
> mailing of the newsletter. Future GISMO news will be distributed by
> e-mail-as part of the ongoing ListServ to which all GISMO members may
> contribute at any time.
>
> *By general consensus, the group adopted a new GISMO membership policy. Up
> to now, the way to join GISMO was to attend at least one GISMO meeting in
> order to be entered on the mailing list/database. The new policy will
> allow people who are unable to attend a meeting to fill out a form to
> provide information about themselves; this information will be distributed
> to other GISMO members in the newsletter along with the other New Member
> information, and will also be added to the GISMO e-mail list and database.
>
> *Ten GISMO members met for dinner on October 20 to discuss issues related
> to the future leadership of GISMO. Jack Eichenbaum expressed his desire to
> share with other GISMO members some of the organizational responsibilities
> he has carried over the years, and a general discussion of GISMO's future
> direction ensued, which built on the discussion of these issues that took
> place at the July GISMO organizational meeting. Some specific follow-ups:
> Bruce Cahan is taking the lead in setting up "organizational therapy"
> counseling with the Fund for the City of New York, which offers guidance
> to organizations who are in the process of transition from one stage of
> organization to the next; Ben Miller drafted a list of discrete volunteer
> tasks related to the evolving, more-electronic "virtual GISMO" direction
> in which the organization is heading; and Gary Ostroff volunteered to
> begin a bi-monthly GISMO column (to be distributed along with other GISMO
> offerings on the ListServ).
>
> *We need volunteers to run meetings. Please let Jack Eichenbaum know if
> you would be willing to preside at one (or more) GISMO meetings.
>
> *In order to make meeting times more convenient, we may try a breakfast
> GISMO meeting to see if it allows people to attend who cannot get away for
> a lunchtime meeting.
>
> *Steve Carr of Technical Services, Inc. announced that they have teamed
> with MapInfo in its Penn Plaza NY office to create a local training center
> and to provide support to local MapInfo user groups.
>
> *Charlie Ridgway is putting together a GIS crew for the Federal Emergency
> Management Agency to work in hurricane emergency situations. Contact him
> charlie.ridgway@... if you are interested in working for FEMA during
> hurricane emergencies.
>
> SUBGROUP ANNOUNCEMENTS
>
> *Virtual GISMO has experienced a couple of shakedown glitches as we have
> gone to the new all-electronic newsletter distribution format. Please let
> Noreen Whysel know (by sending a message to the ListServ administrator) if
> a message you receive through the ListServ has formatting or other
> legibility problems.
>
> RECENT MEETINGS
>
> *Tim Lomas, of Urban Data Solutions, attended the NYS GIS conference in
> Albany (along with 5-600 others, most of whom were government employees,
> few of whom were from NYC). He saw an interesting, well-done presentation
> by Michael Kwartler which featured an application based on ESRI's 3D
> Analyst.
>
> *Jack Dangermond spoke at the Northeast Arc Users conference, which took
> place from November 7-10.
>
> *Mark Ryvkin attended the Long Island GIS meeting at the Brookhaven
> National Labs, where the federal program to develop a GIS database for the
> Long Island cancer study was discussed, and several vendors made
> presentations.
>
> *The NYC ESRI Users Group met on 9-22 at Hunter. According to Susan
> Gleason, 100 people heard Wendy Dorf's and Al Leidner's presentation on
> the City basemap, and Bob Sklar and Jeff Osleeb showed material from the
> Quality Control program for the project. Dave LaShell demonstrated the new
> ArcView 3.2.
>
> *George Davis gave an AutoCAD/desk seminar on 10-13 in Haupphauge.
>
> *Many people and many vendors attended the 2-day NY Technology Conference
> at the Brooklyn Marriott on 11-9, where the presentation by the NYC GIS
> basemap committee was among the best-attended sessions.
>
> UPCOMING MEETINGS
>
> *The Data Connection X conference has been rescheduled from 11-18-99 to
> 3-8-00, due to delays in the move of the CUNY Grad Center to the former B.
> Altman building on 34th Street.
>
> *The Census Bureau is holding a seminar on the forthcoming 1997 Economic
> Census and on the 2000 Census on 11-17.
>
> *The NYC ESRI Users Group is meeting on 11-18 for a presentation by EPA
> staff on its recently completed NYS photoquad project, and for a
> presentation by Chris Schielein on a LION-based application ESRI is
> developing for NYC DOT's street-inspection force.
>
> *During Geographic Awareness Week, Hunter College's Geography Department
> will be showing the equipment in its SPARS Lab, and on 11-19, Richard
> Cippoletti, Senior GIS Analyst at NJ Transit, will make a presentation.
>
> *The next GISMO meeting will take place on 1-28-00 at the Fund for the
> City of New York.
>
> ADVOCACY
>
> *Thus far the the NYC GIS basemap has been available to NYC, NYS and
> federal government agencies (with related GIS projects) and their
> contractors. Beyond these users, no general mechanism or protocol has yet
> been developed for distributing the NYC basemap based on merit, cost, or
> need. Without an organized effort to obtain general access to the basemap,
> it may not be available to many of those who could benefit from it. Past
> attempts to obtain access to NYC geographic data have confronted different
> policies with different City agencies. Some popular databases like the
> RPAD file from the Department of Finance are available as at-cost FOIL
> requests; while the "Bytes of the Big Apple" are licensed and for sale by
> the Department of City Planning.
>
> *Although NYC has not yet joined the NYS GIS Cooperative, the State of New
> Jersey has announced its intention to do so.
>
> GISMO PROJECTS
>
> *Mark Ryvkin is taking over responsibility for managing the GISMO database
> from Michael Fluss. Please e-mail changes in your contact information to
> him at mryvkin@....
>
> *On the weekend of May 6-7, 2000, the Queens Museum in Flushing Meadow
> Park will sponsor a GISMO-organized series of events oriented toward the
> general public. 10 GISMO members have thus far volunteered to participate,
> with projects involving children and maps, and other hands-on activities.
> Contact Sandra Russell (212-669-3756) if you would like to participate.
>
> *Mike Tantala, a Ph.D. student at Princeton, reported on his study on the
> management of earthquake risks in NYC. In order to establish the risks of
> a potential earthquake in NY-where one earthquake is expected per hundred
> years-he is developing a database of building information that includes
> both the type and value of the building stock and its fragility. Using a
> MapInfo-based program, he will then develop a ground-shaking map to assess
> the impact of potential earthquake hazards on the city's building stock.
>
> NEW MEMBERS
>
> >Kofi Ayim tracks projects for NYS DOT's Program Management Division.
> (718) 482-6469; owurakofia@....
>
> >Olivier Brutus, of Gandhi Engineering, is working on a retaining wall
> project in all five boroughs of New York City. (718) 264-1191;
> oli.hydraulics@....
>
> >C. Mondello Browner has been a project manager for the past 12 years with
> NYC Housing Preservation and Development's D.A.M.P. Disposition Services,
> where he has been involved with Help Desk issues. He had his first
> introduction to GIS last week at the Marriott conference, and came today
> to learn more. (212) 863-7433; mondellobro@... t.
>
> >You-Qun Cao is a Planning Coordinator with NYS DOT. (718) 482-4532;
> ycao@....
>
> >Sharada M. Greene is a coordinator in the construction group at NYS DOT,
> where she uses ArcView to improve the efficiency of data transfer between
> operating divisions. (718) 482-4081; sgreene@.... us.
>
> >Mike S. Henriquez is the GIS coordinator in the Structures - Bridge
> Management System at NYS DOT. (718) 482-4045; mhenriquez@...
> .ny.us.
>
> >Gordon Kraus-Friedberg is with the MIS division of the Agency for Child
> Development, where he works with daycare facilities around the city, doing
> demographic analyses of client areas and other planning. (718) 260-6289;
> gordonkf@....
>
> >Pamela Lee is with the Technical Group of the New York Metropolitan
> Transportation Council, where she works with Best Practice Models, trip
> tables, and other forms of transportation data. (212) 938-3408;
> plee@....
>
> >Christian Michel is an ArcView user with the Regional Plan Association.
> (212) 253-2727x341; christian@....
>
> >Berta Nemirovsky is involved with computer design at the NYS DOT. (718)
> 482-6684.
>
> >Christopher J. Nimmo is with Urban Data Solutions. (212) 741-0725;
> c-nimmo@....
>
> >Jayani Y. Patel is with the Maintenance Division of NYS DOT; his goal is
> to put ownership data on the agency's GIS. (718) 482-4652;
> jpatel@....
>
> >Melvis Soto is with the Automation Division of NYS DOT, where he keeps
> track of where highway projects will take place over the next five years.
> (718) 482-6587; msoto@....
>
> >Ismail Soyugenc is with the Hagstrom Map Company, which is moving to
> digital data; he plans to learn to use GIS. (718) 784-0055;
> isoyugen@....
>
> >Mike Tantala, is at Princeton University, where he is writing a Ph.D.
> dissertation on managing earthquake hazards in NYC (see above). (609)
> 258-4652; mtantala@...
>
> >Yuming Uang is with Navigation Technologies. (516) 682-3262;
> guntheruang@....
>
> NEW JOB
>
> >Tim Lomas has a new job with Urban Data Solutions, a company that
> produces 3D models of cities, and has data on 30,000 buildings in
> Manhattan, 15,000 buildings in Chicago and in Washington, D.C., and 10,000
> buildings in Boston that it plans to provide on the Web. (212) 741-0725;
> tlomas@...
>
> PROGRAM:
>
> presented by Dave LaShell (ESRI)
>
> ESRI's ArcView Spatial Analyst 2 extension will include a new application
> called ModelBuilder which will enable users to quickly build and interact
> with spatial models. Users can construct models using process wizards or
> by dragging icons representing data (grid themes) and functions (such as
> slope, buffer, and overlay) into the model and connect them with lines to
> show how the data is processed. The flow diagrams created in the model are
> a convenient way to build spatial models and to document and present one's
> models to others.
>
> Models can be saved and rerun using different input data. They can be
> rerun using different function parameters that allow users to calibrate
> their models or examine how they perform using different sets of values.
> The ModelBuilder allows users to share their models with others. This
> means that organizations can develop model "templates" for processing
> specific types of data and then distribute those templates to their users.
> Their users can then attach their own data to the model and run it using a
> consistent or prescribed modeling strategy.
>
> These new tools can be used to construct spatial models in any application
> area. The examples that were demonstrated were: 1) a model that determines
> the highest erosion areas based on the analysis of slope, soil type and
> vegetation datasets; and 2) a model that determines the most desirable
> properties based on the analysis of property values, crime statistics and
> distances from local schools. (notes by Susan Gleason)
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GISMO MEETING: 11-17-99

Jack Eichenbaum presided. Tim Lomas was the GISMO greeter. Benjamin Miller took minutes. Susan Gleason provided program notes. Jay Patel and Paul Roth handled cleanup. Joanne Rodriguez (FCNY) arranged the meeting.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

*THE NEXT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON January 28, 2000. Future programs: John Musolino of Newsday will discuss how GIS is used in news reporting; Mike Tantala will report on the NYC Earthquake Study; there will be a presentation on new 3D Remote Sensing applications. Please contact Jack Eichenbaum jaconet@... if you have other program ideas or would like to make a future presentation yourself.

*James Rausse (Census) and Christy Knight (NYPIRG) handled the final mass mailing of the newsletter. Future GISMO news will be distributed by e-mail—as part of the ongoing ListServ to which all GISMO members may contribute at any time.

*By general consensus, the group adopted a new GISMO membership policy. Up to now, the way to join GISMO was to attend at least one GISMO meeting in order to be entered on the mailing list/database. The new policy will allow people who are unable to attend a meeting to fill out a form to provide information about themselves; this information will be distributed to other GISMO members in the newsletter along with the other New Member information, and will also be added to the GISMO e-mail list and database.

*Ten GISMO members met for dinner on October 20 to discuss issues related to the future leadership of GISMO. Jack Eichenbaum expressed his desire to share with other GISMO members some of the organizational responsibilities he has carried over the years, and a general discussion of GISMO's future direction ensued, which built on the discussion of these issues that took place at the July GISMO organizational meeting. Some specific follow-ups: Bruce Cahan is taking the lead in setting up "organizational therapy" counseling with the Fund for the City of New York, which offers guidance to organizations who are in the process of transition from one stage of organization to the next; Ben Miller drafted a list of discrete volunteer tasks related to the evolving, more-electronic "virtual GISMO" direction in which the organization is heading; and Gary Ostroff volunteered to begin a bi-monthly GISMO column (to be distributed along with other GISMO offerings on the ListServ).

*We need volunteers to run meetings. Please let Jack Eichenbaum know if you would be willing to preside at one (or more) GISMO meetings.

*In order to make meeting times more convenient, we may try a breakfast GISMO meeting to see if it allows people to attend who cannot get away for a lunchtime meeting.

*Steve Carr of Technical Services, Inc. announced that they have teamed with MapInfo in its Penn Plaza NY office to create a local training center and to provide support to local MapInfo user groups.

*Charlie Ridgway is putting together a GIS crew for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to work in hurricane emergency situations. Contact him charlie.ridgway@... if you are interested in working for FEMA during hurricane emergencies.

SUBGROUP ANNOUNCEMENTS

*Virtual GISMO has experienced a couple of shakedown glitches as we have gone to the new all-electronic newsletter distribution format. Please let Noreen Whysel know (by sending a message to the ListServ administrator) if a message you receive through the ListServ has formatting or other legibility problems.

RECENT MEETINGS

*Tim Lomas, of Urban Data Solutions, attended the NYS GIS conference in Albany (along with 5-600 others, most of whom were government employees, few of whom were from NYC). He saw an interesting, well-done presentation by Michael Kwartler which featured an application based on ESRI's 3D Analyst.

*Jack Dangermond spoke at the Northeast Arc Users conference, which took place from November 7-10.

*Mark Ryvkin attended the Long Island GIS meeting at the Brookhaven National Labs, where the federal program to develop a GIS database for the Long Island cancer study was discussed, and several vendors made presentations.

*The NYC ESRI Users Group met on 9-22 at Hunter. According to Susan Gleason, 100 people heard Wendy Dorf's and Al Leidner's presentation on the City basemap, and Bob Sklar and Jeff Osleeb showed material from the Quality Control program for the project. Dave LaShell demonstrated the new ArcView 3.2.

*George Davis gave an AutoCAD/desk seminar on 10-13 in Haupphauge.

*Many people and many vendors attended the 2-day NY Technology Conference at the Brooklyn Marriott on 11-9, where the presentation by the NYC GIS basemap committee was among the best-attended sessions.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

*The Data Connection X conference has been rescheduled from 11-18-99 to 3-8-00, due to delays in the move of the CUNY Grad Center to the former B. Altman building on 34th Street.

*The Census Bureau is holding a seminar on the forthcoming 1997 Economic Census and on the 2000 Census on 11-17.

*The NYC ESRI Users Group is meeting on 11-18 for a presentation by EPA staff on its recently completed NYS photoquad project, and for a presentation by Chris Schielein on a LION-based application ESRI is developing for NYC DOT's street-inspection force.

*During Geographic Awareness Week, Hunter College's Geography Department will be showing the equipment in its SPARS Lab, and on 11-19, Richard Cippoletti, Senior GIS Analyst at NJ Transit, will make a presentation.

*The next GISMO meeting will take place on 1-28-00 at the Fund for the City of New York.

ADVOCACY

*Thus far the the NYC GIS basemap has been available to NYC, NYS and federal government agencies (with related GIS projects) and their contractors. Beyond these users, no general mechanism or protocol has yet been developed for distributing the NYC basemap based on merit, cost, or need. Without an organized effort to obtain general access to the basemap, it may not be available to many of those who could benefit from it. Past attempts to obtain access to NYC geographic data have confronted different policies with different City agencies. Some popular databases like the RPAD file from the Department of Finance are available as at-cost FOIL requests; while the "Bytes of the Big Apple" are licensed and for sale by the Department of City Planning.

*Although NYC has not yet joined the NYS GIS Cooperative, the State of New Jersey has announced its intention to do so.

GISMO PROJECTS

*Mark Ryvkin is taking over responsibility for managing the GISMO database from Michael Fluss. Please e-mail changes in your contact information to him at mryvkin@....

*On the weekend of May 6-7, 2000, the Queens Museum in Flushing Meadow Park will sponsor a GISMO-organized series of events oriented toward the general public. 10 GISMO members have thus far volunteered to participate, with projects involving children and maps, and other hands-on activities. Contact Sandra Russell (212-669-3756) if you would like to participate.

*Mike Tantala, a Ph.D. student at Princeton, reported on his study on the management of earthquake risks in NYC. In order to establish the risks of a potential earthquake in NY—where one earthquake is expected per hundred years—he is developing a database of building information that includes both the type and value of the building stock and its fragility. Using a MapInfo-based program, he will then develop a ground-shaking map to assess the impact of potential earthquake hazards on the city's building stock.

NEW MEMBERS

>Kofi Ayim tracks projects for NYS DOT's Program Management Division. (718) 482-6469; owurakofia@....

>Olivier Brutus, of Gandhi Engineering, is working on a retaining wall project in all five boroughs of New York City. (718) 264-1191; oli.hydraulics@....

>C. Mondello Browner has been a project manager for the past 12 years with NYC Housing Preservation and Development's D.A.M.P. Disposition Services, where he has been involved with Help Desk issues. He had his first introduction to GIS last week at the Marriott conference, and came today to learn more. (212) 863-7433; mondellobro@... t.

>You-Qun Cao is a Planning Coordinator with NYS DOT. (718) 482-4532; ycao@....

>Sharada M. Greene is a coordinator in the construction group at NYS DOT, where she uses ArcView to improve the efficiency of data transfer between operating divisions. (718) 482-4081; sgreene@.... us.

>Mike S. Henriquez is the GIS coordinator in the Structures - Bridge Management System at NYS DOT. (718) 482-4045; mhenriquez@... .ny.us.

>Gordon Kraus-Friedberg is with the MIS division of the Agency for Child Development, where he works with daycare facilities around the city, doing demographic analyses of client areas and other planning. (718) 260-6289; gordonkf@....

>Pamela Lee is with the Technical Group of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, where she works with Best Practice Models, trip tables, and other forms of transportation data. (212) 938-3408; plee@....

>Christian Michel is an ArcView user with the Regional Plan Association. (212) 253-2727x341; christian@....

>Berta Nemirovsky is involved with computer design at the NYS DOT. (718) 482-6684.

>Christopher J. Nimmo is with Urban Data Solutions. (212) 741-0725; c-nimmo@....

>Jayani Y. Patel is with the Maintenance Division of NYS DOT; his goal is to put ownership data on the agency's GIS. (718) 482-4652; jpatel@....

>Melvis Soto is with the Automation Division of NYS DOT, where he keeps track of where highway projects will take place over the next five years. (718) 482-6587; msoto@....

>Ismail Soyugenc is with the Hagstrom Map Company, which is moving to digital data; he plans to learn to use GIS. (718) 784-0055; isoyugen@....

>Mike Tantala, is at Princeton University, where he is writing a Ph.D. dissertation on managing earthquake hazards in NYC (see above). (609) 258-4652; mtantala@...

>Yuming Uang is with Navigation Technologies. (516) 682-3262; guntheruang@....

NEW JOB

>Tim Lomas has a new job with Urban Data Solutions, a company that produces 3D models of cities, and has data on 30,000 buildings in Manhattan, 15,000 buildings in Chicago and in Washington, D.C., and 10,000 buildings in Boston that it plans to provide on the Web. (212) 741-0725; tlomas@...

PROGRAM:

presented by Dave LaShell (ESRI)

ESRI's ArcView Spatial Analyst 2 extension will include a new application called ModelBuilder which will enable users to quickly build and interact with spatial models. Users can construct models using process wizards or by dragging icons representing data (grid themes) and functions (such as slope, buffer, and overlay) into the model and connect them with lines to show how the data is processed. The flow diagrams created in the model are a convenient way to build spatial models and to document and present one's models to others.

Models can be saved and rerun using different input data. They can be rerun using different function parameters that allow users to calibrate their models or examine how they perform using different sets of values. The ModelBuilder allows users to share their models with others. This means that organizations can develop model "templates" for processing specific types of data and then distribute those templates to their users. Their users can then attach their own data to the model and run it using a consistent or prescribed modeling strategy.

These new tools can be used to construct spatial models in any application area. The examples that were demonstrated were: 1) a model that determines the highest erosion areas based on the analysis of slope, soil type and vegetation datasets; and 2) a model that determines the most desirable properties based on the analysis of property values, crime statistics and distances from local schools. (notes by Susan Gleason)

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

      GIS/CADD Computer Specialist
      A GIS specialist with programming skills is sought to develop a
      GIS/CADD facility that facilitates the planning and development of
      capital roadway projects. This position works with staff to identify
      the units' needs, and designs and maintains a user-friendly system
      that manages data for research, presentation and design.  The position
      will develop in-house capability in the mapping of various datasets,
      including CADD drawings, for area-wide and site-specific planning and
      design projects.  The development of the project needs to be
      coordinated closely with other City agency efforts, particularly DOT
      and DDC.  This position will be responsible for the initiation of a
      comprehensive system, the development of data entry management and
      reports, the procurement of data sets available, and the training of
      other staff in the system's use.  The applicant is expected to have
      significant experience in ArcINFO and/or Arcview, MS Access, and
      Visual Basic and/or AVENUE.  Experience in any of the following is
      preferred, but not required: Map Objects, ESRI IMS, Autocad, Transcad,
      MS SQL Server.  The position will supervise two other staff members.
      A salary range of $50,000 to $80,000 is available, based on
      experience.  This position reports to the Chief of Capital Planning
      and Roadway Management.

      Please fax or send resumes and references to:

      Glynis Berry, R.A.
      Chief
      Capital Planning and Roadway Development
      New York City Department of Transportation
      40 Worth St. Room 1124
      New York, NY 10013

      Fax:  212 676 0564

This posting contains GISMO updates on MapInfo and a GIS job:

MAPINFO SEMINARS AND CLASSES IN NYC

MapInfo in NYC is offering a series of free one- or two-hour seminars on business, Internet and logistic applications of desktop GIS. There are seven different seminars with multiple sessions scheduled throughout December, January and February. All sessions are held in the new MapInfo NYC office @ One Penn Plaza (Suite 5310). Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced training for MapInfo software is also scheduled as one- and two-day classes (for a fee) through March, 2000.

For further information on any of these programs, call 212-244-0280 or go to http://www.mapinfo.com/events/seminars/corporate_seminars

GIS JOB: GIS/INFORMATION SYSTEMS EMERGENCY PLANNER

The Mayor's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) seeks an individual to serve in the capacity of GIS/Information Systems Planner. This requires responsibility for maintaining and updating all data associated with the agency's GIS system, creating hard copy maps for distribution, and assisting other OEM planners and responders in identifying areas in which GIS could be useful in their projects. Requirements include: proficiency in MapInfo and Arcview; proficiency developing applications in MapBasic, Avenue, MS Access and Excel; proficiency in general desktop support software.

For a full job description and a complete list of requirements, contact Henry Jackson 212-676-2742 or hjackson@...

I personally don't know a good web-hosting service, but PC magazine has
just put out a review of Web-hosting services, with a summary table of
features to consider:

http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2385323,00.html

>Does anyone have a good Web-hosting service to recommend?  We are
>looking for a reliable and responsive, low-cost basic service.  Reports
>of any positive (or negative) experience will be very much appreciated.
>Ben Miller
>


*******************************************
Kaz Ito, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine
57 Old Forge Road, Tuxedo, NY  10987
Voice (914)731-3540  FAX (914) 351-5472
*******************************************

To: GISMONYC--INTERNET

*** Reply to note of 11/18/99 15:36
From:  Joseph S. Rubenfeld
        Deputy Commissioner
        Advanced Technology and Systems Development
Subject: [gismonyc] Web Hosting
We (NYC/DoITT) use Applied Theory.  THey are pretty good.
I have personally used DORSAI.org.  They are pretty cheap.

Thank you.  If you have any questions, please contact me at
718-403-8011 or JSRCDC

QUIK-E Inc, 42-25A 214 Place, Bayside, NY, 11361. 718-279-8866; the
franchisee is Bill Katsis, his e-mail is: email@.... His service is
excellent; I rarely have any problems; he will supply DLS if required, and
I've been using the service for better than a year.

C. Peter Goslett

> ----------
> From:         Benjamin Miller[SMTP:epsllc@...]
> Sent:         Thursday, November 18, 1999 09:49
> To:   gismonyc@eGroups.com
> Subject:      [gismonyc] Web Hosting
>
> Does anyone have a good Web-hosting service to recommend?  We are
> looking for a reliable and responsive, low-cost basic service.  Reports
> of any positive (or negative) experience will be very much appreciated.
> Ben Miller
>
>
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Dear Ben:

Urban Logic & Banyan Group use Quadrix Solutions in NJ:  (732) 235-2335.

They've been prompt and responsive to work with.

Ask for Bill van Emberg

Best Regards,

Bruce

-----Original Message-----
From: Benjamin Miller [mailto:epsllc@...]
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 9:49 AM
To: gismonyc@eGroups.com
Subject: [gismonyc] Web Hosting


Does anyone have a good Web-hosting service to recommend?  We are
looking for a reliable and responsive, low-cost basic service.  Reports
of any positive (or negative) experience will be very much appreciated.
Ben Miller


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You need to define low cost. There are hundreds of free web hosts, usually
with some amount of advertising. GISMO currently doesn't own a domain name.
Unfortunately gismo.com, gismo.net and gismo.org are all in use. Can you
afford $35 a year for one?

Many more conventional ISPs will host non-profits for free if you give them
a letter they can use for a tax deduction. For example see
http://www.bestweb.net/services/domain.shtml which is the ISP I use for mail
account and a rarely visited home page.

Are you a 501 (3) (c)? That helps.

The back pages of most PC magazines advertise many hosting services in the
$10/month range.

How much disk space do you need? Maps are big. Most of the free ones have
only 10-20 megs of disk space with more available at a cost.

Does anyone have a good Web-hosting service to recommend?  We are
looking for a reliable and responsive, low-cost basic service.  Reports
of any positive (or negative) experience will be very much appreciated.
Ben Miller

Sorry about the formatting on that last notice.  Trying again...

UPCOMING EVENTS:
NOVEMBER 17 (WEDS) : GISMO meeting @ FCNY Program: Dave LaShell (ESRI)
"New Features of ArcView" (12-2:30 PM)
JANUARY 28 (FRI) : Subsequent GISMO meeting
NOVEMBER 14-20 is Geography Awareness Week, recognized by a number of
events at the Hunter College Geography Dept. (Park Ave/68 St) Of
particular interest to GISMO members, both on Friday November 19:
Fri., Nov. 19 in Room 1090B
3:15-4 PM: Richard Cippoletti, Senior GIS Analyst, NJ Transit "Linear
Referencing for Bus Route Geocoding at NJ Transit
4:30-6 PM, GIS WORKSHOP by faculty and students "Demonstration of GIS
Capabilities and Applications" For more information contact Tony Grande
ap-@...

MINUTES:  GISMO MEETING:  9-14-99

Jack Eichenbaum presided.  John German was the GISMO Greeter.  Benjamin
Miller took minutes.  Michelle Liss and Dorothy Watkins handled
cleanup.
Juan Roman (FCNY) arranged the meeting.


{APOLOGY: Ben Miller submitted these excellent minutes more than five
weeks ago when much of the material was still very timely. I
neglectfully held onto them due to my habit of preparing the newsletter
just before meetings. In the future the minutes will be distributed
electronically as soon as possible.
Jack Eichenbaum}

ANNOUNCEMENTS

*THE NEXT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 17, as GISMO continues
its new bi-monthly meeting policy.

*We need volunteers for future programs.  Please contact Jack
Eichenbaum
jaconet@... if you would like to make a presentation, or have other
program ideas.

*Chris Marchitello handled the layout of the September GISMO
newsletter--perhaps the last hardcopy version that will be produced.
Marilyn
Lee and James Rausse got it mailed.  Starting with the current issue,
the newsletter will be distributed to GISMO members via the listserv.
More timely news will be distributed on an as-needed basis by e-mail.

*The GISMO leadership dinner will take place on Wednesday, October 20.
Those who are willing to help shape GISMO's future course are cordially
invited and encouraged to participate.  Please contact Zvia Naphtali
(zvia.naphtali@...) for details.

*Ira Steinberg (Parks Department) announced the completed mapping of
City parklands in Staten Island.  The Bronx's parklands will be
completed soon.

*An article about NYPIRG's CMAP project appeared in the 8-99 issue of
Nonprofits & Technology (free subscriptions to which are available at
http://www.pj.org).

*Professor Gong, a licensed ArcView trainer, is offering an
Introduction to
ArcView course at Hunter on October 9 and 10.  ($560.
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/continuinged)

*Contact John German if your organization is interested in obtaining
free expert consulting services from the Harvard Business School's
Community
Partnership Program.  John also announced that he has been named to the
board of directors of the Presidential Board on Disability, as well as
to a
U.N.-based disability panel.  Those interested in mapping-related
disability issues may contact him.  (german63@...)

*Two City of New York operations-related GIS jobs are available at the
Mayor's Office of Emergency Management and the Human Resources
Administration.  Contact Greg Neuhaus or Will Johnson of the Department
of Information Technology and Telecommunications (788-5970 or -2322).

*The New York ArcUsers Group has a new web site, which is maintained by
Paul
Katzer (Parks): http://members.aol.com/NYCARC.

SUBGROUP ANNOUNCEMENTS

*Virtual Gismo:  Noreen Whysel (whysel@...)would welcome
volunteers to assist with the new GISMO listserv and the web site in
general.  Bruce Cahan points out these useful GIS links:
http://www.GeoComm.com (post or view general GIS news) and
http://www.directionsmag.com (e-zine with GIS news and a user group
directory).

RECENT MEETINGS

*Bruce Cahan assisted in convening a NYC meeting on July 29 of the
Private
Sector Advisory Committee to the NYS GIS Steering Committee.  George
Davis reported that the discussion included issues ranging from data
security to data access fees, and encouraged those interested in
participating in this ongoing group to contact Bruce
(bbc@...).

*Bruce Cahan also helped organize a meeting on July 21 with the
National
Imagery and Mapping Agency for GIS participants from the mid-Atlantic
(Philadelphia to New York) region to discuss the development of
civilian applications.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

*The NYS GIS Conference will be held in Albany on October 4 and 5.
(315-470-6891;  http://www.esf.edu/conted/programs/nysgis99.htm)

*Data Connection X may be held on November 18, but logistics related to
the
CUNY Graduate Center's move into new space may force a postponement.

*The Northeast Arc Users will meet on November 7-10 in Mashantucket, CT
(http://www.geography.ccsu.edu/nearc99/nearc_home.htm).

*NYNMA Super Cybersuds (a Silicon Alley networking event) will be held
at the
Metropolitan Pavilion (125 West 18th Street) on 10-25, from 4-9PM.

*LIGIS (Long Island's GIS user group) will meet on 10-18 at the
Brookhaven National Lab (Berkner Hall).  Contact Mary Daum
(mdaum@...)

*The American Geographic Society will hold an Applied Geographer
reception on
9-28 at 5.30 PM at 665 Fifth Avenue (212-422-5456;
mailto:amgeoso-@...@earthlink.net).

*The 9-22 meeting of the NYC ArcUsers Group, at Hunter College, will
feature
a presentation by Al Leidner (DOITT) and Wendy Dorf on the NYC Base Map.

*There will be a seminar on land development using AutoCAD software for
parcel maps, etc., on October 13 in Haupphauge (516-436-5800;
http://www.eberhard1.com).

GISMO PROJECTS

GISMO is working with the Queens Museum of Art (home of the NYC
Panorama, a
1:1200 scale model of the city first produced for the 1964 World's
Fair) to develop programs for "Panorama Month," from April 15 to May
15, 2000.  Sharon
Vatsky, Curator of Education at the Museum met with Jack Eichenbaum and
other
GISMO members after the GISMO meeting to discuss ideas for
presentations and displays.

NEW MEMBERS

Suannah B. Cox is with the Parks' Department's Natural Resources Group.

(212) 360-1425;  mudpuppy@....

Kim D. Felsenthal is a consultant.  (718) 832-8744;  kfe-@....

Jennifer R. Gerend is in the Master's Program in Urban Planning at
NYU's
Wagner School, and works with Appleseed.  (718) 399-1389;
jrgerend@....

Joseph A. Pereira works with the CUNY Data Service.  (212) 817-2032;
jpereira@....

Ellen M. Reilly is with Port Remote Services, Inc.  (212) 661-7111;
reilly@....

NEW JOB

Derek A. Coursen, formerly at the Queens Borough Public Library, is now
with
the Vera Institute of Justice.  (212) 334-1300;  dcoursen@....

GISMO PROGRAM:
The New York City Basemap.
Al Leidner, Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications
(DOITT).
9-14-99

Work on the City's ambitious plans to develop a citywide
photogrammetric
basemap is progressing:  the borough of Manhattan has been finished
after completing seven rounds of proofing by the Hunter College QA/QC
team led by
Bob Sklar; all the other boroughs except Brooklyn are now undergoing
QA/QC review.  All boroughs are scheduled to be completed by the end of
the fiscal year.  The map will be available to City agencies and their
contractors as sections are completed.

This mapping project is being led by the GIS Subcommittee of the NYC
Technology Steering Committee with the major involvement of the NYC
Department of environmental Protection and PlanGraphics.  In an effort
to coordinate and centralize the planning and development of GIS
applications related to the new basemap, the Subcommittee (co-chaired
by Al Leidner, Larry Knafo [Office of Emergency Management], and Steve
Walsh [Mayor's Office of Operations]) and its consultant have just
completed a round of interviews with 25 City agencies and utilities to
identify their GIS needs.  PlanGraphics is now in the process of
designing an infrastructure to address these citywide application
requirements; their initial recommendations from this Citywide GIS
Study are due at the end of September.  $1.8 million has been allocated
in this year's capital budget to implement Phase I of the Central GIS
Utility, which will involve a DOITT-based central data repository for
common GIS layers on an ORACLE spatial cartridge.  The utility may
ultimately be available on the internet; in the near-term, however, it
will be distributed only via City intranet.

Other projects related to the completion of the basemap and the
development of the citywide GIS utility are:

*The Department of Finance and the Department of City Planning plan to
have
COGIS (the DCP digitized version of DOF's tax lot maps) refined and
registered to the new basemap with the requisite annotations so that it
can become the
City's official block and lot map.

*LION (the Department of City Planning's street-line map) will also be
registered to the new basemap; URS will be involved in this task.

*Other map layers that will be registered to the basemap are the city's
sewers and water mains.  A digital street-right-of-way map is also
being developed.

*Among the application and presentation needs that have thus far been
identified are:
- a citywide presentation layer suitable for use with the media and
community groups;
- a human resources application that will allow users to click on an
address to identify all service providers within a given area, and to
access contact information for those providers;
- a capital budget application that will map the 10-year capital plans
of all capital agencies so that the development and maintenance of
utilities and infrastructure can be coordinated.
*The Subcommittee hopes to have at least some of these applications
running by the end of the current Fiscal Year (June 30, 2000

FYI LIGIS user group meeting Oct 18 @bnl
see www.ligis.org for newsletter etc..

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<html><h3>GISMO NEWS  TILTS ELECTRONIC</H3>
<P>Beginning with this transmission, GISMO will start to wean itself from
dependency on a printed newsletter. While it is likely that we will
distribute an abbreviated newsletter prior to the November 17 meeting, we
will also urge all to get on line and submit valid email addresses.

<P>This GISMO release is distributed by our listserv at <a
href="mailto:gismonyc@egroups.com">gismonyc@egroups.com</a>.
Subscribers can also receive YOUR messages sent to this address. Current
GISMO members with valid email addresses on the GISMO database have already
been subscribed. If your email address should change, please update it at the
listserv. Those without email can apply for free email services or read
postings at the Egroup site. Some items will continue to be posted on the
GISMO web page but the long run role of the web page is unclear.  Please direct
questions, comments and suggestions about this process to Noreen Whysel, our
listserv administrator, at <a
href=mailto:whysel@...>whysel@...</A>

<P>Our procedure for electronic communication is still evolving. The goal is to
serve you faster, cheaper, and easier.

<P>And now the news...

<h3>NJ JOINS NYS GIS COOP</h3>
<P>The state of New Jersey became the second of New York's bordering states to
join the NYS GIS Data Sharing Cooperative. (Vermont was the first.)  Many
environmental, transportation and public safety issues do not stop at our
State boundaries.  Having other states as members, facilitates data access
without establishing separate data sharing agreements for each project.
(Released by Bruce Oswald)

<h3>PARCEL LEVEL INTERACTIVE MAPPING IN LOS ANGELES</h3>
<p>A UCLA website was designed to help uncover urban blight by providing data
that indicate housing deterioration. It enables Internet browsers to make
maps on such themes as building violations and tax arrears plotted to the
street address of the tax parcel. Neighborhood Knowledge Los Angeles (NKLA),
<a href="http://nkla.sppsr.ucla.edu">http://nkla.sppsr.ucla.edu</A> collects
data from a variety of sources including the census. (Forwarded by Bruce Rosen)

<h3>UPCOMING MEETINGS</h3>
<P>Most of the information below arrived too late for the September newsletter
but was announced at the September GISMO meeting.

<p>--AutoCAD/desk seminar 10/13 Haupphauge  <a
href="http://www.eberhard1.com">http://www.eberhard1.com</a>
<p>--LIGIS meets 10/18 @ Brookhaven National Lab  Contact Mary Daum
<a href=mailto:mdaum@...>mdaum@...</a>
<p>--NY New Media Association Super Cybersuds 10/25 4-9PM @ Metropolitan
Pavilion, 125 W 18 St
<p>--NE Arc Users meet 11/7-10  Mashantucket, CT
<a
href=http://www.geography.ccsu.edu/nearc99/nearc_home.htm>http://www.geography.c\
csu.edu/nearc99/nearc_home.htm</a>
<p>--Census 2000 and 1997 Economic Census Conferences  11/17 at
1 World Trade Center- 82 Fl  <a
href=http://www.census.gov>http://www.census.gov</a>  or 212-264-4730
(N.B. November 17 is also the date of the next GISMO meeting.).

<h3>GIS/NYC AT THE PANORAMA</h3>
<p>On the weekend of May 6-7, 2000, GISMO and the Queens Museum of Art will
sponsor a multimedia program, tentatively titled Maporama 2000, focusing on
GIS/NYC. The Panorama is the most impressive "analog GIS" in NYC and suggests
comparison with the nascent NYC GIS basemap! About a dozen GISMO members have
already submitted proposals. Interested in participating?  Contact Sharon
Vatsky, Curator of Education-QMA, 718-592-9700 (X131), <a
href=mailto:svatsky@...>svatsky@...</a>
or Sandra Russell, program chair, 212-669-3756 or Jack Eichenbaum, GISMO
Coordinator, <a href=mailto:jaconet@...>jaconet@...</a>  This program
will coincide with GISMO's 10th anniversary and we should be able to have a
party/reception at QMA! (Any party organizers out there?)</html>


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Greetings,

I have a late-breaking news item about software/hardware grants (i.e.
free):

The Conservation Technology Support Program has announced its guidelines
for "Computer Mapping Technology Grants for Non-profits."

Conservation and environmental non-profit organizations seeking to use
computer mapping technology can apply now for Conservation Technology
Support Program (CTSP) grants of computers, software and training.
Approximately 50 grant packages are available, using computers and
printers donated by Hewlett Packard Company, and Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) software by Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
(ESRI) and Clark Labs.

Interested groups should review the application guidelines at
http://www.ctsp.org.  Applications are due January 7, 2000 and decisions
will be made by mid-April 2000.  To be considered, an organization must
be U.S.-based and have tax exempt status.  International groups with
U.S. sponsors may be eligible and should refer to the CTSP guidelines on
the web site.  All groups, be sure to check the news update link on the
CTSP home page to get the latest information on software additions to
the grant packages.

Contact:
Amy Karon, CTSP: 415-979-0343 x306
Charles Convis, ESRI: 909-793-2853  x2488
Forrest Whitt, Hewlett Packard: 208-396-4018

-- Steve

--
Steven Romalewski
NYPIRG - CMAP
212-349-6460
sromalewski@...
http://www.cmap.nypirg.org

GISMO NEWS TILTS ELECTRONIC

Beginning with this transmission, GISMO will start to wean itself from dependency on a printed newsletter. While it is likely that we will distribute an abbreviated newsletter prior to the November 17 meeting, we will also urge all to get on line and submit valid email addresses.

This GISMO release is distributed by our listserv at gismonyc@egroups.com. Subscribers can also receive YOUR messages sent to this address. Current GISMO members with valid email addresses on the GISMO database have already been subscribed. If your email address should change, please update it at the listserv. Those without email can apply for free email services or read postings at the Egroup site. Some items will continue to be posted on the GISMO web page but the long run role of the web page is unclear. Please direct questions, comments and suggestions about this process to Noreen Whysel, our listserv administrator, at whysel@...

Our procedure for electronic communication is still evolving. The goal is to serve you faster, cheaper, and easier.

And now the news...

NJ JOINS NYS GIS COOP

The state of New Jersey became the second of New York's bordering states to join the NYS GIS Data Sharing Cooperative. (Vermont was the first.) Many environmental, transportation and public safety issues do not stop at our State boundaries. Having other states as members, facilitates data access without establishing separate data sharing agreements for each project. (Released by Bruce Oswald)

PARCEL LEVEL INTERACTIVE MAPPING IN LOS ANGELES

A UCLA website was designed to help uncover urban blight by providing data that indicate housing deterioration. It enables Internet browsers to make maps on such themes as building violations and tax arrears plotted to the street address of the tax parcel. Neighborhood Knowledge Los Angeles (NKLA), http://nkla.sppsr.ucla.edu collects data from a variety of sources including the census. (Forwarded by Bruce Rosen)

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Most of the information below arrived too late for the September newsletter but was announced at the September GISMO meeting.

--AutoCAD/desk seminar 10/13 Haupphauge http://www.eberhard1.com

--LIGIS meets 10/18 @ Brookhaven National Lab Contact Mary Daum mdaum@...

--NY New Media Association Super Cybersuds 10/25 4-9PM @ Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W 18 St

--NE Arc Users meet 11/7-10 Mashantucket, CT http://www.geography.ccsu.edu/nearc99/nearc_home.htm

--Census 2000 and 1997 Economic Census Conferences 11/17 at 1 World Trade Center- 82 Fl http://www.census.gov or 212-264-4730 (N.B. November 17 is also the date of the next GISMO meeting.).

GIS/NYC AT THE PANORAMA

On the weekend of May 6-7, 2000, GISMO and the Queens Museum of Art will sponsor a multimedia program, tentatively titled Maporama 2000, focusing on GIS/NYC. The Panorama is the most impressive "analog GIS" in NYC and suggests comparison with the nascent NYC GIS basemap! About a dozen GISMO members have already submitted proposals. Interested in participating? Contact Sharon Vatsky, Curator of Education-QMA, 718-592-9700 (X131), svatsky@... or Sandra Russell, program chair, 212-669-3756 or Jack Eichenbaum, GISMO Coordinator, jaconet@... This program will coincide with GISMO's 10th anniversary and we should be able to have a party/reception at QMA! (Any party organizers out there?)

Greeting GISMOers,

FYI.  If you could pass this on to anyone you think would be qualified &
interested, we'd greatly appreciate it.  Thanks.

Steve Romalewski


JOB OPENING: COMPUTER MAPPING ANALYST

New York's largest non-profit environmental and consumer group seeks a
full-time geographic information systems (GIS) analyst for our Community
Mapping Assistance Project (CMAP).  CMAP was established in 1997 by the
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) to provide affordable,
customized mapping services to non-profit organizations so these groups
can benefit from GIS without being burdened with its high cost and steep
learning curve.

The position will round out an entrepreneurial, three person team
providing GIS services to large and small client groups in the
metropolitan area.  The scope of CMAP's services is expanding, and we
require a staff person with solid GIS skills and experience, as well as
familiarity with the needs and goals of non-profit groups.  You can view
a description of CMAP's work, sample maps, and interactive mapping
capabilities at our website: www.cmap.nypirg.org.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
* providing high-quality GIS services to CMAP's growing non-profit
client base (including geocoding, creating thematic maps, analyzing data
based on spatial attributes, and developing map layouts and reports);
* working with CMAP's director and programmer/analyst to coordinate
projects; and
* helping maintain CMAP's extensive GIS data files (including the
development of metadata descriptions for these files).

QUALIFICATIONS:
* at least two years experience with ArcView and/or MapInfo software and
related GIS & database applications;
* familiarity with a networked WindowsNT computer environment;
* experience working with non-profit organizations;
* basic understanding of New York geography; and
* motivated self-starter, excellent communication skills and ability to
work on a team.

The position offers a competitive salary, commensurate with experience.

To apply, send cover letter, resume, and mapping sample(s) to:
GIS Analyst Search
NYPIRG CMAP
9 Murray Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY  10007
cmapjob@...

(posted Aug. 1999)

--
Steven Romalewski
NYPIRG - CMAP
212-349-6460
sromalewski@...
http://www.cmap.nypirg.org

Hello fellow GISMO members.  I'm posting a job announcement for interested
parties.  Please fell free to pass it on to anyone you think may be
interested.

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Job Title: Project Associate 		 PLEASE POST
Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description: Vera Institute's Department of Planning is seeking a
project associate for a project that will help law enforcement agencies
throughout New York State use computer technology to map crime. Applicants
should be enthusiastic; team-oriented and have extensive computer skills.
Candidates with previous experience in data management and geographical
information systems (GIS) would be preferred.

The project associate will assist project staff with tasks related to
project development and management. This includes data base
management/development, crime mapping/analysis; managing contact lists;
communicating regularly with law enforcement and other government officials
throughout New York State; developing training materials; producing
bimonthly newsletters; compiling monthly status reports; as well as other
tasks that may arise in the course of the project.  Frequent travel to the
Albany and Buffalo areas will be required.

Qualifications: The associate must have a college degree and an interest in
the administration of justice, criminal justice or policing. The associate
must be willing to assume responsibility, be highly organized, and possess
excellent communication and interpersonal skills.  It is essential that the
associate be skilled and comfortable with computers and with using Microsoft
Word, Excel, and the Internet.  Prior experience with relational databases
and Geographical Information System (GIS) Software is desirable.
Salary: $30,000 (with excellent benefits)

Send cover letter and resume by fax or mail (no phone calls please) to:

Vera Institute of Justice
Attn: John Markovic
377 Broadway, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Fax: (212) 941-9407

The Vera Institute of Justice is a private nonprofit organization dedicated
to making government policies and practices fairer, more humane, and more
efficient for all people. Working in collaboration with government and local
communities since 1961, Vera designs and implements innovative programs that
expand the practice of justice in public services and improve the quality of
urban life. Visit us at our web site http://www.vera.org for more
information. The Vera Institute of Justice is an equal opportunity employer.

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