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September 27 - 29, 2004

Dixie Cente

r, St George, Utah

Aerographics

Automated Geographic

Reference Center

(AGRC)

Azteca Systems

CH2MHill

Electronics Data

Solutions

ESRI

Farragut Systems

Graphic Imaging

Microsoft

Monsen Engineering

Olympus Aerials

Prosoft

Sunrise Engineering

Thales Navigation

United States

Geoglogical Survey

(USGS)

Web Focus

West Lane Solutions

UGIC Board - 2004

Nick Kryger, Chairman

Salt Lake Cit

y, Public Utilities

Kevin Sato, Vice Chairman

Murray City

Karen Hanson, Secretary

USGS Water Resources Division

Jeni Siebeneck, Treasurer

West Valley City

Gen Green

The Nature Conservancy

David Henrie

Utah County

Mark Miller

Salt Lake County

Bob Nagle

State of Utah, Automated Geographic

Reference Center

Doug Ramsey

Utah State University

Jeff Tucker

ESRI - Denver

Jeannie Watanabe

State of Utah

Don J. Wood

Wasatch County

Susan Zarekarizi

State of Utah, Division of Parks and Recre- ation

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Conference Schedule

M onday ,

S e p t e

m ber 2 7

7 :30 a m - 4:30 pm Reg istrati on

D esk

8 :00 a m - 10:00

a m

P rec o n fere nce Workshops

1 0 :15 a m - 12:15

p m

P rec o n fere nce Workshops

1 2 :30 p m - 1:30

p m

Box Lun c h

1:30 p m - 4:00 pm U G

I C G enera l Sess

io n

4 :30 p m - 7:00 pm V e ndo r Recep ti o n T uesday , S e p t e m ber 2 8 7 :30 a m - 4:30 pm Reg istrati on D esk 8 :00 a m - 9:30 am Break o u t Sess io n s / V e ndo rs

A rea

9 :30 a m - 10:00

a m

Break

1 0 :00 a m - 11:30

a m

Break o u t Sess

io n s / V e ndo rs

A rea

1 1 :30 a m - 1:00

p m

Lun ch (Ba llroo m )

1:00 p m - 2:30 pm Break o u t Sess

io n s / V e ndo rs

A rea

2 :30 p m - 3:00 pm Break 3 :00 p m - 4:30 pm Break o u t Sess

io n s / V e ndo rs

A rea

5 :30 p m - 8:00 pm Con fere nce Even

i ng So c i

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m ent

W ednesday ,

S e p t e

m ber 2 9

7 :30 a m - 2:30 pm Reg istrati on

D esk

8 :00 a m - 9:30 am Break o u t Sess

io n s / V e ndo rs

A rea

9 :30 a m - 10:00

a m

Break

1 0 :00 a m - 12:20

p m

Break o u t Sess

ions

1 2 :30 p m - 2:00

p m

A w a r ds Lun c h

Conference Notes

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Publishing GIS Data

Data is the most expensive part of a GIS to develop. Sharing that data to stakeholders,

decision makers, and potentially the public, is a step that most GIS professionals are faced

with. There are a variety of approaches to data publishing, each with their own strengths

and appropriate audience. This workshop covers a number of approaches from printed

maps, electronic atlases, to Web distribution. Specific ESRI technologies will be discussed

and demonstrated: ArcGIS Publishe

r, ArcReade

r, and ArcIMS with the ArcMap Server exten- sion, along with sample applications.

The Geodatabase

The geodatabase debuted at ArcGIS 8.0, and has steadily gained in capability since then,

culminating in the addition of geodatabase topology at ArcGIS 8.3. The new version, 9.0,

further extends these capabilities, particularly in the areas of XML and raster support. This

workshop explores the personal (Microsoft Access) and enterprise (ArcSDE) geodatabase

formats. Topics include the use of domains, subtypes, topolog

y, raste

r, versioning, XML

import/export, and issues of precision and spatial extent calculation.

Data Integrity

Garbage-in-garbage-out is something that all GIS professionals and data creators want to

avoid when building GIS databases. All applications that leverage GIS data assume some

level of consistency and integrity that all too often is not there. This workshop focuses on

workflows, software tools, and strategies to ensure that there is “garbage in” is limited or

eliminated. Topics include smart data editing strategies and workflows, spatial adjustment,

importing and using CAD data in ArcGIS Desktop, and leveraging the capabilities of the

geodatabase to ensure clean and efficient data entry.

PreConference Workshops - 8:00 am

Conference Notes

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Mobile GIS

In order to make GIS data and capabilities a key component of modern information sys- tems, it is necessary to get it in the hands of people in remote offices and in the field. With

the advent of cheaper and more capable mobile devices like

Tablet PCs, integrated GPS- Pocket PCs, and more available wireless networks, this is becoming easier and cheaper.

This workshop includes discussions and demonstrations of geodatabase distribution to a

variety of mobile devices, Ink© tools for field sketching in ArcGIS Desktop, ArcPad and the

ArcPad Application Builde

r, and supporting technologies like GPS, laser rangefinders,

ArcIMS and ArcSDE.

GIS Analysis

This is the fun part of GIS! The reason for building GIS databases in the first place is to

support decision making, whether it is something simple like a color-coded (thematic) map

to show values in a tax assessor’s database, or something more involved like figuring out

where a wildfire will burn given a wide variety of input parameters. ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

incorporates the extensions that you are familiar with like 3D Analyst, Spatial Analyst, and Tracking Analyst. It also includes an exciting new set of tools called Geoprocessing Tools.

This workshop covers both extensions, and the new geoprocessing framework. Scripting

with Python, command line geoprocessing, Model Builde

r, and GIS analytical techniques

are discussed and demonstrated.

ESRI Developer Tools

ESRI has a wide variety of tools available to developers for building simple data browsers

to highly complex and powerful client-server systems. It can be a little daunting trying to

decide which one (or two, or three!) to use for a project or an enterprise GIS. This work- shop is a survey of ESRI developer tools, covering a variety of computer platforms, pro- gramming languages, and level of complexity. Discussions and / or demonstrations of the

following are included: ArcObjects, ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Serve

r, MapObjects (Windows

and Java Editions), ArcIMS for JSP and ASP developers, ArcPad Application Builde

r, and

open source scripting with Python. Note: This is not intended to be a “how to” class; rather

it is an overview of the options available.

PreConference Workshops - 10:15 am

Conference Notes

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Key Note Speaker

R. CLINT BROWN

Director, Software Products

Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)

Specific Responsibilities

Joined ESRI in 1983. Responsible for managing all ESRI product releases since 1983,

including ArcInfo, PC ArcInfo, ArcView, ArcSDE, ArcCAD, MapObjects, ArcGIS, ArcIMS, and

other ESRI software. Also responsible for product design, development and release of

quality products. Manages a division of GIS analysts, programmers, writers, and test

analysts who design, build, document, release, and maintain ESRI software. Works closely

with Software Development teams managed by Scott Morehouse in this work. Speaks on

GIS implementation and concepts in numerous conferences and meetings annually. Also has

authored numerous books, white papers, and presentations on GIS, including significant

contributions on many ESRI Press books and software user guides.

Past Experience

1981 to 1983. Before coming to ESRI, served as IT coordinator for refuge planning for the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Anchorage, Alaska. Work there included coordinating the

development of a GIS for planning of the sixteen national wildlife refuges in Alaska. Among

other duties were training, coordination with federal and state agencies, land use planning,

and implementing GIS technology for refuge planning.

1978 to 1981. Served as a biostatistician with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Fort

Collins, Colorado, working on procedures for the estimation of environmental impacts on

fish and wildlife resources. Helped to develop the Habitat Evaluation Procedures used

throughout the Service.

1976 to 1978. Employed as a research and teaching assistant at the Institute of Statistics at

Texas A&M University. Applied statistical and computer programming techniques to

environmental management and natural resource evaluation. Focused on stochastic

modeling and simulation.

Educational Information

Graduate Course Work in Ecosystems Modeling, Colorado State University, Fort Collins,

Colorado, 1979-1980.

M.S. (Statistics and Computer Science) Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1978.

B.S. (Economics and Statistics) Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1975.

Conference Notes

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North Lobby Sunbrook A/B Sunbrook C Entrada A Entrada B

8:00 a.

m. - 8:40

a.m.

Vendor

A rea

GIS and the National

Spatial Reference

System

Changing the GPS

Mapping Protocol:

Mobile GIS Tools for

Strea

mlining

Workflow and GIS

Data Manage

ment I

Data Modeling Your

GIS for the Real

World

Online Satellite

Imagery and

MapServer

8:40 a.m. - 8:50

a.m.

8:50 a.m. - 9:30

a.m.

Vendor

A rea

Improving the

planning process

through 3D

modeling

Changing the GPS

Mapping Protocol:

Mobile GIS Tools for

Strea

mlining

Workflow and GIS

Data Management II

National

A ssociation

of GIS-Centric

Software (NAGCS),

methods for

interoperability,

open standards and

shared access.

Multi-jurisdictional

Technology Sharing

for Homeland

Security and Disaster

Response

9:30 a.m. - 10:00

a.m. Break

10:00 a.m. - 10:40

a.m. Vendor

A rea

UGIC Update - What

are we doing?

Where do we go

from here?

Public Conservation

Property Tracking

for Land-Use

Planning

A rcGIS 9 for

Developers ESRI's Doctors Office

10:40 a.m. - 10:50

a.m.

10:50 a.m. -

11:30 a.m

.

Vendor

A rea

Microsoft

A ccess:

Best Practices for

getting the most out of the data you have

in

A ccess today

Modeling using

LIDAR imagery

The SGID: Current

Structure and Future

Plans

ESRI's Doctors Office

11:30 a.m. - 1:00

p.m

. Lunch (Ballroom)

1:00 p.m. - 1:40

p.m.

Vendor

A rea

What are State Plane

Coordinates and why

should I care?

SQL Server 2005

(Yukon): New

Features and

Functionality

Developing with

.NET I ESRI's Doctors Office

1:40 p.m. - 1:50

p.m.

1:50 p.m. - 2:30

p.m

.

Vendor

A rea

SQL Server

Administration: Tips

& Tricks for the new- to-SQL Server DBA

Trimble GPS Product

Update

Developing with

.NET II ESRI's Doctors Office

2:30 p.m. - 3:00

p.m. Break

3:00 p.

m. - 3:40

p.m.

Vendor

A rea

Using a personal

geodatabase for

geocoding; data

development and

service creation. I

Developing the

Common Installation

Picture; Utah

National Guard,

Camp Williams

Integrated Parcel

Maintenance:

Combining GIS and

CAMA data

maintenance into a

single process.

ESRI's Doctors Office

3:40 p.m. - 3:50

p.m.

3:50 p.m. - 4:30

p.m.

Vendor

A rea

Using a personal

geodatabase for

geocoding; data

development and

service creation. II

Utah Geological

SurveyPart I:

Integrating GIS for

Earthquake-Respon- se Planning at the Utah Geological

Survey; Part II: GIS- cased ground-water

sensitivity and

vulnerability maps

for Utah

AutoDesk and SDE ESRI's Doctors Office

Tuesday Breakout Sessions

Conference Notes

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N o r t h Lobby Sunb rook

A / B Sunb rook

C E n t r ada

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8 :40

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the

m o s t out

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query and upda te

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Do I kno w w here

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address da ta

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in a tes a nd why shou

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N ew Features and Functionality

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Wednesday Breakout Sessions

Conference Notes

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Breakout Session Abstracts

Data Acquisition and

Conversion — GIS and the

National Spatial Reference

System

Tuesday, 8:00 a.m. - Sunbrook A/B

Presenter - William Stone, New

Mexico Geodetic Advisor, National

Geodetic Survey

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s

National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is

responsible for providing the

National Spatial Reference System

(NSRS) – the nation’s common and

consistent positional/coordinate

framework that serves as the basis

for myriad positioning activities and

allows data from disparate sources

to be brought together meaningfully

in a GIS environment. This

presentation will provide an update

on the status and future

developments of the NSRS, including

a review of datums – including the

forthcoming nationwide

readjustment of the North American

Datum of 1983 (NAD83), the Global

Positioning System (GPS) and its

enhancements, and related

positioning technologies. Geodetic

control data, software, and other

publicly-available geodetic resources

– including the NGS website –

provided by NGS will be described.

Since 1989, William Stone has been

the National Geodetic Survey’s

Geodetic Advisor in New Mexico. In

this position, he assists government

agencies, private sector

organizations and academic

institutions with the proper use of

the National Spatial Reference

System. Stone is also the Chairman

of the New Mexico Geographic

Information Council’s GPS

Committee and serves on the New

Mexico GIS Advisory Committee. He

has a B.A. in Physics from Bowdoin

College in Maine and a M.S. in

Oceanography from the Scripps

Institution of Oceanography in

California.

William Stone

National Geodetic Survey

MSC01 1110; 202 Bandelier West

1 University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

william.stone@noaa.gov or

505-277-3622 x252

Data Acquisition Conversion

—Changing the GPS

Mapping Protocol: Mobile

GIS Tools for Streamlining

Workflow and GIS Data

Management I & II

Tuesday, 8:00 a.m. - Sunbrook C

Tuesday 8:50 a.m. - Sunbrook C

Presenter - Ryan Pierson, Electronic

Data Solutions

Converting from traditional field

data collection and GPS mapping

methodology to a truly Mobile GIS

environment is often very daunting.

Many organizations have spent

numerous years developing field

data collection/mapping protocol

for an agency and are reluctant to

revise this protocol. Fortunately,

many new tools are being

developed that can be leveraged to

facilitate and accelerate this difficult

transition. This presentation /

workshop will focus on the use of

several tools designed to assist

professionals through the transition

to a Mobile GIS environment.

Specifically, the tools presented and

demonstrated are the Trimble

Data Dictionary to ArcPad Form

Converter software application

from Electronic Data Solutions and

the GPS Analyst Extension for

ArcGIS from ESRI. These software

applications provide professionals

with the tools to quickly transition

from the traditional Trimble GPS

mapping workflow to a more cost

effective and time saving Mobile

GIS workflow. Presentation

attendees will be taken through the

transition from the Trimble Data

Dictionary to Mobile GIS data

collection, based on ESRI

technology, and have an

opportunity for hands-on exercises

using Trimble GeoCE devices and

ArcPad.

Ryan D. Pierson

GPS/GIS Coordinator

Electronic Data Solutions

208-324-8006

ryan@elecdata.com

Data Acquisition and

Conversion — Data Modeling

Your GIS for the Real World

Tuesday, 8:00 a.m. Entrada A

Presenter - Steve McCarthy,

McCarthy GIS Consulting

Data Modeling sounds kind of

interesting but not very exciting.

Hopefully this presentation may

make Data Modeling a bit more

exciting when you see the real world

use for a Data Model. This

presentation will cover examples of

what is needed to develop a Data

Model and how the real world is used

in this process. It will include

examples from the San Diego Zoo

and Wild Animal Park, San Diego

Geographic Information Source

(SanGIS) and experience from the

devastating October 2003 Cedar

fire. The application of GIS

techniques used in day-today GIS

operations are essential in the

development of a comprehensive GIS

data Model. A Data Model gives the

GIS

developer, user and manager a

chance to see how the various parts

of a GIS (features, tables and

relationship) work from a real world

perspective.

Steve McCarthy, McCarthy GIS

Consulting

(435)327-1992

stevenmc@bresnan.net

Data Acquisition and

Conversion — Online Satellite

Imagery and MapServer

Tuesday, 8:00 a.m. Entrada B

Presenter - Chris Garrard, Utah State

University

The Remote Sensing/GIS Laboratory

at Utah State University has

developed an online archive of

satellite imagery for the

Intermountain region. This

presentation will first provide an

overview of what data are currently

available from the archive and what

will be available in the future. The

second part of the presentation will

focus on how we are using the open

source package MapServer to

provide an interactive browsing

experience for the user.

Chris Garrard & Doug Ramsey

RS/GIS Laboratories

Utah State University

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Breakout Session Abstracts

Breakout Session Abstracts

chris.garrard@usu.edu

435-797-2602

Local and Regional

Government — Improving the

planning process through 3D

modeling

Tuesday, 8:50 - Sunbrook A/B

Presenter - Pete Shabestari, Draper

City

Draper City, like many areas along

the Wasatch Front is experiencing

unprecedented growth. But Draper is

facing some unique challenges in

that a majority of the new

development occurring is along the

foothills or in the Traverse

Mountains, an east-west trending

spur of the Wasatch Range with

fairly steep terrain.

Proposed site plans in these hillside

areas can be very difficult for a

planner to interpret. There is a lot

going on visually and it can be

difficult to think in 3 dimensions to

evaluate the merits and potential

problems with a project. While the

Planners at Draper City have been

using GIS as a planning tool for over

a year the 2D map view environment

was not enough and a new solution

was needed.

The solution that evolved was a

quick and easy method of turning a

developer’s proposal into a 3D model

using ArcGIS 3D Analyst. The 3D

model, complete with grading plans,

lots and homes allows the planner to

view the project from all

perspectives and quickly identify

problems and solutions.

This short talk will detail the

procedure used to create the models

as well as discuss several projects

where they were used.

Pete Shabestari, PG

GIS Manager - Draper City

1020 E Pioneer Road

Draper Utah 84020

801.576.6307

Data Acquisition Conversion

—Changing the GPS Mapping

Protocol: Mobile GIS Tools

for Streamlining Workflow

and GIS Data Management

II

Tuesday, 8:00 a.m. - Sunbrook C

Tuesday 8:50 a.m. - Sunbrook C

Presenter - Ryan Pierson, Electronic

Data Solutions

(See previous listing - Tuesday,

8:00 a.m. - Sunbrook C)

Overview / Demonstrations

— National Association of

GIS-Centric Software

(NAGCS), methods for

interoperability, open

standards and shared

access.

Tuesday, 8:50 a.m. - Entrada A

Presenter - Brian Haslam, Azteca

Systems

The National Association of GIS- Centric Software (NAGCS) has

recently been formed. NAGCS is an

association of software ESRI

Authorized Developers dedicated to

providing enterprise GIS solutions

while promoting the unique

characteristics and benefits of GIS- centric software and applications.

The association also promotes

interoperability, open standards and

shared access among related

applications, distinguishing these

applications and software systems

from other approaches.

NAGCS certification is available to

any software system that meets the

criteria described by the

association. Systems that meet

these criteria are then authorized

to carry the NAGCS Certification

mark. The criteria include:

The GIS GeoDatabase is

the feature database.

Non-redundant feature

data storage.

Feature data model is fully

user-definable and

customizable without

vendor support.

Non-proprietary feature

data model format,

including data names,

fields, tables,

relationships, and other

data design elements.

Interoperable, providing

maximum compatibility

with any other GIS-centric

application, including

concurrent use of the

feature geodatabase.

Feature data coordinate

location and connectivity is

inherent in the feature data

model, enabling full

utilization of the spatial

analysis capabilities of the

GIS, including linear

referencing, events and

other GIS functionality.

Feature data is created and

maintained using

the ArcGIS Desktop,

ArcGIS Server or ArcObject

tools for editing, including

data error identification and

correction methods.

Brian L. Haslam

Azteca Systems, Inc.

(801) 523-2751

bhaslam@azteca.com

Local and Regional

Government — Multi- jurisdictional Technology

Sharing for Homeland

Security and Disaster

Response

Tuesday, 8:50 a.m. - Entrada B

Presenter - Shannon McElvaney, Neil

Storey, CH2M Hill

Learning Objectives

1. Learn how GIS technology is

being shared between Federal,

Military, and local agencies.

2. Discover the importance of the

National Map of the USGS.

3. Understand how emergency

responders are leveraging shared

GIS technology.

Topic: Critical Infrastructure

Protection: Homeland Security/

Emergency Management/Data

Sharing

residents, Emergency Managers,

and elected officials, and help plan,

prepare, and respond to wildland

fire and other natural hazards.

Mike Price, Natural Resources and

Public Safety GIS Specialist

Entrada/San Juan, Inc.

3911 Lake Lane

PO Box 853

Moab, UT 84532

mike_price@frontiernet.net

Overview / Demonstration

— Helping teachers teach

GIS in Utah

Wednesday, 10:50 am - Sunbrook C

Presenter - Cindy Clark, AGRC

During July 5-8 of this year, a

workshop was given at Alta for 3-

6th grade teachers. Teachers were

given instruction on how to GPS,

how to load use display and

manipulate it with ArcView 3.x. The

teachers created metadata, and

linked pictures to their new data.

UGIC mentors volunteered during

the training to help the teachers

with technical questions. UGIC

members are invited to come to

this session to see what was taught

at the workshop and how UGIC

mentors were able to help the

attending teachers.

This presentation will describe the

kinds of training Utah teachers

recieve from UEN with respect to

GIS. It will provide information for

conference attendees who are

interested in becoming mentors to

Utah teachers.

Cindy Clark

AGRC

cclark@utah.gov

801.537.9201

Software Customization —

Developing Applications

using ArcGIS Engine

Wednesday, 10:50 am - Entrada B

Presenter - Rob Elkins, ESRI

Redlands

ArcGIS Engine is a developer toolkit

that includes a rich set of software

components and tools that can be

used to build custom desktop GIS

applications. This seminar will show

developers how to use the ArcGIS

Engine Developer Kit to create and

deploy their own custom ArcGIS

Engine applications. Developers will

learn about the types of applications

that can be created, what

ArcObjects libraries and APIs are

available, supported development

environments and platforms, and

how to deploy these applications to

end users.

Rob Elkins

ESRI Redlands

relkins@esri.com

Overview / Demonstration —

Introduction to Manifold GIS

Wednesday, 11:40 am - Sunbrook C

Presenter - Benjamin Clement,

Carbon County

I will present an introduction to an

alternate GIS software, Manifold

GIS. This software has a base price

of $245. The price makes it difficult

for some to view it as a serious GIS

package. However, I see the

software as a means for smaller

organizations to enter the GIS

arena.

It is a program that I have used

daily for 3 years. Many of us in this

profession have, looked into

alternate programs only to be

disappointed to find that they are

not full-featured. This is not the

case with Manifold. By virtue of the

fact that it is not a simple program,

Manifold is not easy to just pick up

on your own. In this presentation I

will share the experience that I have

gained over the past few years so

that others may benefit.

Benjamin Clement

Carbon County

435-636-3265

bclement@co.carbon.ut.us

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Events on the scale of the

Oklahoma City bombing and

September 11 can require the

response of Military, Non-Military

Federal, State, County and local

agencies. During a major crisis or

disaster, situational awareness is

crucial. A Command and Control

center must communicate with all

tactical response teams in real time.

However, effective collaboration

among homeland security planners

and disaster managers can be

crippled by their inability to

communicate and visualize the

incident area across jurisdictions. In

Colorado Springs and other

communities where Air Force Space

Command bases are located,

AFSPC, the USGS, and local

communities have leveraged GIS

related technologies, data standards

and sharing to enable effective

multi-jurisdictional emergency

planning and response.

Shannon McElvaney

Information Solutions Consultant

CH2M HILL, Inc.

719.477.4910

Shannon.McElvaney@CH2M.com

Neil Storey

GIS Developer/Analyst

CH2M HILL, Inc.

215 South State Street, Suite 1000

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

(801) 350-5258

Neil.Storey@ch2m.com

Overview / Demonstration

— UGIC Update - What are

we doing? Where do we go

from here?

Tuesday, 10:00 am - Sunbrook A/B

Presenter - UGIC Board

Come and meet with some of your

UGIC Board members in an informal

open discussion. Find out what

initiatives UGIC is involved in and

the status of those initiatives. Let

us know what you think UGIC

should or shouldn’t be doing to

promote the use of GIS

technologies in the state of Utah.

Help us to formulate the initiatives

that will make UGIC a more

successful organization.

Data Acquisition and

Conversion — Public

Conservation Property

Tracking for Land-Use

Planning

Tuesday, 10:00 am - Sunbrook C

Presenter - Brian Carver - Utah

Governor’s Office of Planning and

Budget

Administered by GOPB staff under

the direction of the Utah Quality

Growth Commission, the LeRay

McAllister Critical Land Conservation

Fund is the only statewide source

for conservation funds. These

funds, over the past 6 years, have

been used to purchase fee title or

easement to over 33,000 acres of

private land in the State of Utah.

Efforts to digitize records of

properties acquired or put under

easement through the assistance of

these funds have been expanded to

integrate data between multiple

government offices and varying

levels of GIS capacity to include all

properties owned or held under

easement by state agencies. The

process is also under refinement to

included county and municipal

properties as well as further

expanded to include voluntary

submissions from private land trusts.

GOPB and the AGRC are partnering

to provide the final product to the

public via the Web through FTP and

internet mapping to encourage

partnerships, communication, and

collaboration in local, regional, and

statewide land-use planning.

Brian Carver

Utah Governor’s Office of Planning

and Budget

(801) 538-1153

bcarver@utah.gov

Overview / Demonstration —

ArcGIS 9 for Developers

Tuesday, 10:00 am - Entrada A

Presenter - Rob Elkins, ESRI

Redlands

ArcGIS provides the complete

framework for developers, anyone

wanting to develop GIS solutions

should attend this session. The

session does not focus on how to

program but rather outlines what can

be done and ways to proceed in

developing with the ArcGIS system.

Topics include an introduction to the

architecture, developer possibilities,

supported APIs and the various

resources available. This session

establishes a road map for

developers through the rest of the

technical sessions. You should attend

this session to determine which of

the other technical session will be

important for your needs and give

you an idea of how to approach

development with the ArcGIS

Desktop, ArcGIS Server, and ArcGIS

Engine.

Rob Elkins

ESRI Redlands

relkins@esri.com

Software Customization — ESRI

Doctor’s Office

Tuesday, 10:00 am - Entrada B

Tuesday, 10:50 am - Entrada B

Tuesday, 1:00 pm - Entrada B

Tuesday, 1:50 pm - Entrada B

Tuesday, 3:00 pm - Entrada B

Presenters - ESRI Denver

All questions answered, all problems,

comments discussed.

Staffed by:

Bart Killpack

Jay Bohac

Tim Weisenberger

Data Acquisition and

Conversion — Microsoft

Access: Best Practices for

getting the most out of the

data you have in Access today

Tuesday, 10:50 am - Sunbrook A/B

Wednesday, 8:00 am - Sunbrook A/B

Presenter - Paul Fritzler, New

Horizons of Salt Lake City

This session is designed for those

conference participants who rely

heavily on the data they have in

Microsoft Access and need to know

ways they can use that data more

effectively. You will be provided a

series of ideas on how to present

your Access data using other

Microsoft products, including Word

Presenter - Vernon Parent, St.

George area 4-H Club

This presentation will cover the

following:

1) How does a GPS receiver

determine location

2) What factors can effect the

accuracy of the GPS data

3) What can be done to improve the

accuracy of the data

4) Questions

Vernon Parent

Software Customization —

Online Mapping with ESRI’s

simpleMap HTML Viewer

Wednesday, 8:50 am - Entrada B

Presenters- Ivan Spencer, Andrew

Yergensen, Wasatch County

Wasatch County was looking for a

quick and easy online mapping

solution. They implemented ESRI’s

simpleMap. This workshop will

cover how to setup a simpleMap

solution incorporating

ArcIMS,SDE(geodatabase) and web

technologies including asp and php

database connections. An

illustration of these techniques will

be given showing a Web-based

Road name locator and a migration

from an Access Database to

Enterprise SDE.

Ivan Spencer

Wasatch County

ISpencer@co.wasatch.ut.us

Andrew Yergensen

Wasatch County

ayergensen@co.wasatch.ut.us

Software Customization —

SQL Server Administration:

Tips & Tricks for the new-to- SQL Server DBA

Tuesday, 1:50 pm - Sunbrook A/B

Wednesday, 10:00 am - Sunbrook

A/B

Presenter - Paul Fritzler, New

Horizons of Salt Lake City

(See previous listing - Tuesday,

1:50 p.m. - Sunbrook A/B)

Overview / Demonstration

— GIS 101: An Introduction

Wednesday, 10:00 am - Sunbrook C

Presenter - Bob Nagel, AGRC

This presentation is designed for

those who are not familiar with GIS

technology, or have been involved

on the periphery of GIS. It covers

some background history, the

structure of GIS data, how GIS is

used, as well as examples of spatial

analysis.

Bob Nagel

AGRC

801/538-3291

bnagel@utah.gov

Natural Resources —

Mapping Landcover for the

Southwestern United States:

GIS Data Created by the

Southwest Regional Gap

Analysis Project

Wednesday, 10:00 am - Entrada B

Presenter - R. Douglas Ramsey, RS/

GIS Laboratory, USU

The Southwest Regional Gap

Analysis Project was initiated in

1999 as a multi-institutional

cooperative effort to map and

assess biodiversity for a five-state

region (AZ, CO, NV, NM, UT)

comprising approximately 560,000

square miles in the southwestern

U.S. A key task in this effort was

the development of a seamless

landcover map for the region, and

the collection of other pertinent

bio-physical spatial datasets.

Through coordination from the U.S.

Geological Survey’s Gap Analysis

Program and the collaborative

efforts of participating state

institutions, a seamless landcover

product was completed in

September 2004. These data and

related datasets are made available

to the public with ‘provisional’

status by the SWReGAP consortium

of institutions. This presentation

provides an overview of the effort

to create the seamless landcover

dataset and presents information on

how the public may access these

data.

R. Douglas Ramsey

John Lowry

RS/GIS Laboratory, College of

Natural Resources

Utah State University

435-797-3783

dougr@gis.usu.edu

Local and Regional

Government — GIS

Technology: Living in the

Wildland/Urban Interface.

Firewise ArcView and

Firewise FEMA HAZUS

Communities in Utah.

Wednesday, 10:50 am - Sunbrook

A/B

Presenter - Mike Price, Entrada/San

Juan, Inc.

National Fire Protection

Association’s Firewise Communities

program has selected two Utah

neighborhoods as Firewise ArcView

and Firewise FEMA HAZUS

Communities. Big Cottonwood

Canyon (Salt Lake County) and

Castle Valley (Grand County) are

recognized as prototype localities to

deploy and test FEMA’s new ArcGIS- based HAZUS-MH multi hazard

planning, mitigation, and response

technology.

This presentation reviews the

history of the Firewise program in

Utah and across the United States.

It summarizes the Firewise ArcView

grant program, underwritten by

ESRI and it details data

development, mapping, and analysis

at Big Cottonwood and Castle

Valley, two of the country’s leading

wildland urban interface technology

sites.

A brief history of the Firewise FEMA

HAZUS program is also presented.

Firewise HAZUS activities in and

around Cottonwood Canyon and

Castle Valley demonstrate

applications of GIS to identify,

mitigate, and resolve wildland urban

interface issues. Dramatic maps

from both communities show new

and exciting uses of GIS to better

understand urban interface issues.

They communicate issues to

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and InfoPath, Microsoft’s answer to

data entry done via paper forms

filled out today. Also we will cover

information on how to integrate and

migrate your Access data to SQL

Server for a more robust data

computing environment.

J. B. Blevins, Senior Technology

Specialist

Microsoft Corporation

JBLEVINS@microsoft.com

Paul Fritzler

New Horizons

Paul.fritzler@nhslc.com

Data Acquisition and

Conversion — Modeling using

LIDAR imagery

Tuesday, 10:50 am - Sunbrook C

Presenter - Gary Outlaw - Merrick &

Company

LIDAR is quickly becoming the

dominant technology for terrain

modeling. It is common for models

derived from LIDAR to utilize

breaklines to supplement bare earth

classified returnsin the final terrain

model. The amount of breaklines

and the technology utilized to

develop breaklines can dramatically

affect the cost and accuracy of the

terrain model. This presentation will

discuss 2D and 3D breakline

approaches, the cost impact of each

approach, and the accuracy

implications of each approach.

Gary Outlaw

Vice President

Merrick & Company

303-353-3901

gary.outlaw@merrick.com

Data Acquisition and

Conversion — SGID: Current

Structure and Future Plans

Tuesday, 10:50 am - Entrada A

Presenter - Matt Peters, AGRC

The State Geographic Information

Database (SGID) for Utah is an ever- changing geospatial data collection

that accommodates a changing

geospatial data environment. As

more current data becomes

available, and as older data sets are

updated, the SGID has to shift in

response. The database structure

itself also has to accommodate

changes in data formats, as well as

changes in database technology.

This presentation focuses on the

current status of the SGID, as well

as coming changes to its structure.

These may affect in some way how

data is accessed from the SGID.

These and other issues will be

addressed in order to keep the user

community up to date on this

resource.

Matt Peters

AGRC

801-538-3168

mpeters@utah.gov

Data Acquisition and

Conversion — What are

State Plane Coordinates and

why should I care?

Tuesday, 1:00 pm - Sunbrook A/B

Presenter - Mark Miller, Salt Lake

County

Many forms of GIS data are collect/

created using State Plane

Coordinates. This presentation will

define the coordinate system and

help you deal with the system

when you come across it.

Mark Miller

GIS Coordinator Salt Lake County

Surveyor’s Office

MMiller@slco.org

Overview / Demonstration

— SQL Server 2005 (Yukon):

New Features and

Functionality

Tuesday, 1:00 pm - Sunbrook C

Presenter - Kirk Schroeder,

Microsoft

Heard about the next version of

SQL Server but need to know

more? Then this session is for

you. SQL Server 2005, codenamed

Yukon, is scheduled to release early

in 2005 and will include many

major advances. You will be

provided a high level overview of

the new features and functionality

of SQL Server 2005, including

information on advanced features

such as real-time OLAP analysis with

live, changing data as well as

Reporting Services, the included

featured allowing you to create and

run compelling user-defined

reports. We hope to have CD’s of

the beta code available for all those

who request it. The Beta is also

available for download from the web

as well as your MSDN subscription.

Kirk Schroeder

Microsoft Corporation

kirksch@microsoft.com

Software Customization —

Developing with .NET I

Tuesday, 1:00 pm - Entrada A

Presenter - Robert Satterwhite,

Microsoft

Realizing Agility

Robert Satterwhite

Microsoft

rsatter@miscrosoft.com

Software Customization —

SQL Server Administration:

Tips & Tricks for the new-to- SQL Server DBA

Tuesday, 1:50 pm - Sunbrook A/B

Wednesday, 10:00 am - Sunbrook A/

B

Presenter - Paul Fritzler, New

Horizons of Salt Lake City

Come to this session to hear directly

from Microsoft and New Horizons on

how to work with your new

database environment, SQL Server.

This session is designed for

seasoned DBA’s familiar with other

databases as well as those new to

the SQL Server environment. You

will see a quick demonstration of

basic functions and a features

demonstration. Items included are

creating a database, creating a

maintenance plan, backing up a

database, restoring a database and

general tips to be aware of. We will

finish by showing a very quick

overview how to build an OLAP cube

using SQL’s Analysis Services,

analyzing the data and presenting

the data for end users in Excel pivot

tables.

as the two principal human-related

factors that, when combined with

pesticide sensitivity, determine

ground-water vulnerability to

pesticides.

This presentation will discuss data

overlay and Boolean raster methods

for rating vulnerability to pesticides.

Mike Lowe

Utah Geological Survey

mikelowe@utah.gov

Overview / Demonstration —

AutoDesk and SDE

Tuesday, 3:50 pm - Entrada A

Presenter - Stephen Brockwell,

AutoDesk

This presentation will show how

ESRI SDE data stored in Oracle can

be leveraged across a broad range

of applications. Specifically, this

seminar will show how to integrate

Autodesk Map 3d 2005 with ESRI to

be able to directly read SDE data

stored in Oracle Locator.

Additionally, data that is specific to

CAD projects can be loaded from

Autodesk Map into an SDE database.

This seminar will provide specifics of

the benefits of this approach to the

business process as well as the

database, data model and security

issues for deployment.

Stephen Brockwell

Wes Clain

AutoDesk

wes.clain@autodesk.com

Data Acquisition and

Conversion — Microsoft

Access: Best Practices for

getting the most out of the

data you have in Access

today

Tuesday, 10:50 am - Sunbrook A/B

Wednesday, 8:00 am - Sunbrook A/B

Presenter - Paul Fritzler, New

Horizons of Salt Lake City

(See previous listing - Tuesday,

10:50 a.m. - Sunbrook A/B)

Software Customization —

ArcGIS Developer:

Customizing ArcReader

Wednesday, 8:00 am - Sunbrook C

Presenter - Rob Elkins, ESRI

Redlands

With the ArcGIS Publisher

extension you can create freely

distributable customized ArcReader

applications. The ArcReader

application look and feel can be

customized using non-programming

techniques by modifying the

ArcReader template. More

advanced custom applications

based on the ArcReader Developer

Control can be developed using

Visual Basic or .NET programming

languages. This session will

introduce these customization

techniques and show what can be

created using ArcReader

technology. You will also see how

content provided by the map

author can be used to enhance

custom ArcReader applications.

This session is aimed at both entry

level developers with no experience

in ArcObjects, and experienced

developers who want to know more

about what can be developed with

the ArcReader control.

Rob Elkins

ESRI Redlands

relkins@esri.com

Overview / Demonstration

— Voice Integration

Solution Suite, allowing the

user to query and update

vocally, in day-to-day

natural language, any

existing database content.

Wednesday, 8:00 am - Entrada B

Presenter - Rajeev Varshneya,

Voice Insight

We will present the Voice Insight

Opportunity for Mobile professional

using GIS in the field and

specifically in the ESRI domain.

In GIS based applications requiring

field personnel to collect, verify or

update data, the simplicity of

device usage is essential.

Applications include code

enforcement, property assessment,

public safety (crime prevention,

routing and dispatch), asset

verification and maintenance in

water & electricity plants, location

based services etc.

Voice based user interface allows the

field personnel to use their Tablets,

Laptops or other portable devices

(toughbooks, wearable computers) in

a hands-free or even eyes-free

manner. In several of the above

mentioned applications, the use and

benefits will be demonstrated.

Rajeev Varshneya

President, Voice Insight USA

10523 Esquire Place, Cupertino, CA

408-666-1684

rajeev.varshneya@voice-insight.com

Local and Regional

Government — Do I know

where you are? Real world

address data solutions.

Wednesday, 8:50 am - Sunbrook A/B

Presenter - Kevin Sato, Murray City

Murray City had what we considered

a very good address ranged street

centerline data set. However, over

the past year our data has been used

along with other Salt Lake County

Municipalities by the Valley

Emergency Communications Center

(VECC) to dispatch Emergency

Services calls. In several instances

we found “addresses” that did not fit

the norm and did not or could not be

accurately described by our data. In

this session we will examine these

“Real World” address issues and the

solutions employed to accurately

model them.

Kevin Sato

Murray City Corporation

801-270-2460

KSato@murray.utah.gov

Data Acquisition and

Conversion — Basics of GPS

Technology

Wednesday, 8:50 am - Sunbrook C

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J. B. Blevins, Senior Technology

Specialist

Microsoft Corporation

JBLEVINS@microsoft.com

Paul Fritzler

New Horizons

Paul.fritzler@nhslc.com

Overviews / Demonstrations

— Trimble GPS Product

Update

Tuesday, 1:50 pm - Sunbrook C

Presenter - Carma Ingram, Monsen

Engineering

This presentation will include GPS

and how it works, as well as, what’s

new with the GPS technology. This

will include real-time accuracies and

new technology now available in

GPS equipment for GIS applications.

Utah has a unique situation arising

where UDOT will be establishing a

network of GPS base stations that

will cover the entire state with

cellular telephone connections to

either mapping grade or survey

grade GPS for in the field accuracies

of subcentimeter (survey grade) or

submeter (mapping grade).

Field collection can now be done

with a handheld GPS receiver or

GPS receiver connected to a

dedicated datalogger, pen based

computer or Windows CE device

giving the user the option of the tool

that best works for their application.

Field collection options with Trimble

GPS systems will be discussed in

detail including the “NEW” Handheld

GeoExplorer CE Series.

Carma Ingram

Monsen Engineering

960 South Main

Salt Lake City, UT 84101

(801) 531-6505

carma@monsenengineering.com

Software Customization —

Developing with .NET II

Tuesday, 1:50 - Entrada A

Presenter - Robert Satterwhite,

Microsoft

Visual Studio 2003 & Team System

- Visual Studio is a complete set of

development tools for building

ASP.NET Web applications, XML

Web services, desktop applications,

and mobile applications. Visual

Basic, Visual C++, Visual C#, and

Visual J# all use the same

integrated development

environment (IDE), which allows

them to share tools and facilitates

in the creation of mixed-language

solutions.

Robert Satterwhite

Microsoft

rsatter@miscrosoft.com

Data Acquisition and

Conversion — Using a

personal geodatabase for

geocoding; data

development and service

creation I & II.

Tuesday, 3:00 pm - Sunbrook A/B

Tuesday, 3:50 pm - Sunbrook A/B

Presenter - Joe Borgione, GIS

Coordinator, Valley Emergency

Communications Center

Valley Emergency Communications

Center (VECC) is the largest 9-1-1

call center in the state of Utah,

serving much of Salt Lake County.

Dispatching for fire, medical, and

law enforcement incidents

demands a high level of accuracy

with respect to geocoding

addresses.

This presentation will demonstrate

VECC methodology using ArcGIS’s

geocoding service. Data

development, for centerline data

and the address file will be

discussed in detail. Various

geocoding services will be

presented, with an emphasis on

using the US Streets with Alias

Table. A demonstration will show

how to create such a service and

will be used ‘live’ on a table of

addresses.

Joe Borgione

Valley Emergency Communications

Center

GIS Coordinator

801-840-4013

jborgione@vecc9-1-1.com

Local and Regional

Government — Developing

the Common Installation

Picture; Utah National Guard,

Camp Williams

Tuesday, 3:00 pm - Sunbrook C

Presenter - Erik Sewell, Neil Storey,

CH2M Hill

The Utah National Guard (UTNG) has

been using GIS technologies to

support Environmental and Facilities

management for several years.

CH2MHILL has been assisting UTNG

through the development of a

Common Installation Picture (CIP)

and the implementation of an

enterprise GIS that is geared towards

meeting National Guard mission

requirements.

Using a phased approach, from an

initial needs assessment through

project execution, UTNG has recently

developed GIS capabilities at and

around the cantonment area within

the Camp Williams Military

Reservation. The general assets and

utility systems incorporated in the

GIS include:

Buildings and Structural

Environmental Hazards

Hydrographic Conditions

General Improvements

Transportation Assets

Natural Gas Supply and

Distribution System

Communication System

Water Supply and

Distribution System

Stormwater Sewer System

Sanitary Sewer System

Electrical Distribution

System

GIS-based inventories of the selected

assets and system infrastructure

were collected using precise

orthophoto imagery, resource and

survey grade GPS, hydrologic

modeling software, and subsurface

utility engineering techniques. The

GIS data was developed using the

ESRI geodatabase model, and are

compliant with the Spatial Data

Standard for Facilities,

Infrastructure, and Environment

(SDSFIE), and FGDC metadata

standards. This presentation will

provide a project overview, including

discussions on techniques and

lessons learned.

Erik Sewell

GIS Developer/Analyst

CH2M HILL, Inc.

215 South State Street, Suite 1000

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

(801) 350-5258

Erik.Sewell@ch2m.com

Neil Storey

GIS Developer/Analyst

CH2M HILL, Inc.

215 South State Street, Suite 1000

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

(801) 350-5258

Neil.Storey@ch2m.com

Data Acquisition and

Conversion — Integrated

Parcel Maintenance:

Combining GIS and CAMA

Data Maintenance into a

Single Integrated Process

Tuesday, 3:00 pm - Entrada A

Presenter - Bill Campbell, Farragut

Systems, Inc.

Within a typical county, parcel

maintenance usually consists of two

distinct processes. GIS data is

updated within a GIS parcel

maintenance process (typically

within a GIS department or within

the Assessor’s Office) while CAMA

data is updated by Assessor Office

personnel. Development of an

integrated process employing

integrated parcel maintenance

software provides the capability to

update the CAMA and GIS data at

the same time. This approach

provides several advantages,

including:

ability to maintain and use

a single process to update

both CAMA and GIS data

ability to use the GIS to

calculate and update CAMA

fields

ability to use the GIS to

create CAMA records for

new parcels

implementation of better

procedures to keep GIS

and CAMA data

synchronized

In this presentation, I will present

an overview of an integrated parcel

maintenance system that was

developed for Wake County, NC.

Using Wake County as a case

study, we will discuss the

advantages and disadvantages of

integrating the two processes as

well as present issues and lessons

learned.

Bill Campbell

Farragut Systems, Inc.

Lafayette, CO

Data Acquisition and

Conversion — Using a

personal geodatabase for

geocoding; data

development and service

creation I & II.

Tuesday, 3:00 pm - Sunbrook A/B

Tuesday, 3:50 pm - Sunbrook A/B

Presenter - Joe Borgione, GIS

Coordinator, Valley Emergency

Communications Center

(See previous listing - Tuesday,

3:00 p.m. - Sunbrook A/B)

Natural Resources — Utah

Geological Survey

Part I: Integrating GIS for

Earthquake-Response

Planning at the Utah

Geological Survey

Tuesday, 3:50 pm - Sunbrook C

Presenter - Lucas Shaw, Bill Case,

Utah Geological Survey

Large earthquakes can disrupt lives

with devastating effects on

communities and individuals.

Large earthquakes are infrequent in

Utah, but when one occurs it may

result in a costly tragedy. The Utah

Geological Survey (UGS) is the lead

state scientific agency responsible

for understanding, documenting,

and responding to earthquakes in

Utah. A key component to the UGS

response to earthquakes is a post- earthquake information

clearinghouse. The clearinghouse is

a facility that is used to coordinate

the gathering of information by a

diverse group of earthquake

professionals and maximize

information availability.

This presentation will demonstrate

how the UGS will use the earthquake

clearinghouse to deliver earthquake

related information to users via the

web and how this information is used

in GIS applications. This talk will

discuss how open source database

software, weblog software, and GIS

are integrated into our earthquake

clearinghouse website. Geologic data

from the 1992 magnitude 5.8 St.

George earthquake will be featured in

the demonstration.

Lucas Shaw

Utah Geological Survey

lucasshaw@utah.gov

Part II: GIS-cased ground- water sensitivity and

vulnerability maps for Utah

Presenters - Mike Lowe, Matt Butler,

and Janae Wallace, Utah Geological

Survey

Contamination from pesticides poses

a potential threat to human health

and the environment in agricultural

areas of Utah where ground water is

the primary source of drinking water.

Using GIS technology and readily

available data, we mapped areas

showing ground-water sensitivity and

vulnerability to pesticides for the

state of Utah.

Sensitivity to pesticides was

determined by assessing natural

factors favorable or unfavorable to

the degradation of ground water by

pesticides applied or spilled on the

land surface. We selected

hydrostratigraphy (based on primary

and secondary permeability of

geologic units), soil hydraulic

conductivity, retardation of

pesticides, attenuation of pesticides,

depth to ground water, and land- surface slope as the six factors

primarily determining ground-water

sensitivity to pesticides in Utah.

Vulnerability to pesticides was

determined by assessing the effects

of human-induced factors on ground- water sensitivity to pesticides. We

selected irrigated versus non- irrigated agriculture, and crop type,