Schedule for the 2004 Fall meeting of the CGMA Advisory Board
October 8-10, 2004, at Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Friday, 8 October
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6:00pm-9:00pm: Welcome dinner and activities for students and faculty to meet each other
Saturday, 9 October
- 7:30am-8:30am: Breakfast
- 8:30am-9:30am: Opening Session; CGMA history and current status report
- 9:30am-9:45am: Break
- 9:45am-11:30am: Outstanding Issues for the Project
- developing the help files
- testing the databases
- adding geographic search and browse capability
- locating geographic coordinates to mark the extent of surveys
- 11:30am-12:30pm: Lunch
- 12:30pm-2:00pm (faculty): CGMA Business Meeting
- next year's class
- making a case to Mellon for a 3-yr. grant extension
- continuing a useful and innovative course
- updating some equipment
- maintaining programmer expertise and maintenance
- adding funds for overseas travel for distinct teams to visit
countries to access localized survey data, make connections with
the right researchers;
- planning for a release date for CGMA version 1.0
- 12:30pm-2:00pm (students): Training Session: Introduction to ArcGIS™ (Pedar Foss)
- operational basics (things 'not to forget')
- how to set up a GIS for the practicum
- how to use GIS to determine the geographic coordinates of survey projects
(for individual projects)
- 2:00pm-5:00pm: GPS-equipped field trip to Graceland
- 5:00pm-6:00pm: Download GPS data
- 6:00pm-9:00pm: Dinner
Sunday, 10 October
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