Digital Gazetteer Information Exchange (DGIE) Workshop

Index to the Workshop Presentations

The workshop presentations were transcribed from the audiotapes and edited for clarity. The "conversational" tone of the presentations was retained. Illustrations from the presentation slides have been linked at points within the text. Links have also been provided to the full powerpoint presentations when available.

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Perspectives

• Larry Brandt (NSF) - The Digital Government Initiative
• Tom Lovejoy (Smithsonian) - Welcome from the Smithsonian
• Michael Goodchild (UCSB) - The Future of the Gazetteer
• Linda Hill (UCSB) - Foundations of Shareable Gazetteer Data
• Bob Rugg (Virginia Commonwealth University) - Emerging International Geographic Information Standards and Gazetteer Data
• Cliff Kottman - Open GIS Consortium and Gazetteer Data
• Tom Taylor (NASA) - Digital Gazetteer for Content and Connections on a Digital Earth
• Discussion

Session 1: Users of Gazetteer Data and Services: Using and Contributing Gazetteer Data

• Allen Carroll (Nat Geographic Soc) - NGS Digital Atlas and Gazetteer Data
• Tom Moritz (Amer Mus of Nat Hist) - Geo-Referencing the Natural and Cultural World, Past and Present: Toward Building a Distributed, Peer-Reviewed Gazetteer System
• Scott Morehouse (ESRI) - A Conceptual Model for Placename Geography in GIS
• Lee Hancock (Go2 Systems)
• Discussion

Session 2 : Gazetteer Authority Files: Establishing Authority and Sharing Data

• Roger Payne (Exec Sec U.S.Board on Geographic Names (USGS))
• Randall Flynn (Exec Sec for Foreign Names of U.S.Board on Geographic Names (NIMA))
• Wayne Furr (Council of Geographic Names Authorities)
• Tim Gregg (Executive Secretary to theWashington State Board)
• Tim Norton (Chairman of Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names
• Kathleen O'Brien (Secretariat of Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names)
• Scott Jukes (Dept of Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria, Australia)
• Ending comment

Session 3: Gazetteer Components of Information Services: Libraries, Clearinghouses, Information Structures

• Lola Olsen (NASA) - Moderator
• Doug Nebert (USGS) - NSDI and gazetteer data
• Ray Larson (UC Berkeley) - Digital Libraries and digital gazetteers
• Nancy Blair (USGS) - Traditional library applications of digital gazetteers
• Sharon Tahirkheli (GeoRef)
• Discussion

Reports from Breakout Group Discussions

• Group 1 - Stan Blum
• Group 2 - Fred Broome
• Group 3 - Kate Beard
• Group 4 - Charles Falkenberg