Sponsored by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Marine Research Institute; the Florida Geographic Information Board; the South Florida Water Management District; Restoration Ecology Branch, BRD, Florida and Caribbean Science Center, U.S.G.S., and the Digital Library Center, University of Florida
 

As a follow-up to the July 1999 workshop Finding Common Ground and the May 2000 workshop Z39.50 in Museums, this workshop will explore georeferencing biological data in Florida.  Challenges lie at the intersection of library science, mapping science, biological sciences, and data stewardship.  Individuals involved in metadata creation, geobibliographies, GIS, and specimen collections will present overviews of their own fields and identify biological georeferencing activities and issues in Florida. Current Florida conventions for place names, standardized georeferenced codes (e.g. HUCs, FIPs, estuaries etc.), and GIS standards will be covered.  Research and operational problem areas will be identified, and possible solutions will be discussed with action items to be determined.

The objectives of the workshop are to:

1. Identify the georeferencing parameters for particular disciplines.
2. Discuss existing conventions and their applicability to particular disciplines.
3. Discuss the interoperability of conventions across disciplines.
4. Determine geographic areas that are problematic, e.g. Gulf of Mexico or Lake Wales Ridge.
5. Discuss classification schemes for biological data.
6. Discuss keyword and thesaurus conventions for biological data.
7. Formulate action items to create an agreed-upon list of geographical conventions, which can be used for multiple biological projects.
 
 

GeoReferencing Florida
[Available Powerpoint presentations have been hotlinked to agenda items.]
 

Agenda - Day One

9:00 am - 9:30 am  Introductions and Overview of Workshop

9:30 am -10:00 am The Role of the Florida Geographic Information Board: David Stage, Staff Director

10:00 am -10:30 am Building on Alexandria: A Florida Gazetteer: Gail Clement, Restoration Ecology Branch, BRD, USGS

10:30 am –10:50 am Break (refreshments provided)

10:50 am -11:20 am Multiple Boundaries in GIS: Jim Cameron, Supervisor –GIS Projects, South Florida Water Management District

11:20 am - 11:40 am GeoReferencing in Metadata Records: Jill Trubey, FMRI

11:40 am - 12:00 pm Texas Natural Laboratory Classification System: Peter Rubec, FMRI

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm  Lunch (on your own)

1:15 pm - 1:45 pm Georeferencing Aspects of the Congo Expedition, American Museum of Natural History – Susan Rappaport, Assistant Director, Technical Services and Head of Digital Projects

1:45 pm – 2:15 pm Geobibliography: Georeferencing in MARC Records:  Stephanie Haas, Digital Library Center, UF

2:15 pm – 2:45 pm Marine Ecosystem Management Areas (MEMAS): Ramon Ruiz-Carus, FMRI

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm  Break

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm  Brainstorming session on identified needs

6:00 pm  Dinner in St. Pete
 

Agenda - Day Two

9:00 am -11:45 am Determine action items based on needs identified during brainstorming session.  Assign responsibilities and deadlines.

11:45 am – 12:00 pm Wrap Up: Christopher Friel, Program Administrator, Information Science & Management, FMRI

 Tour of FMRI Library, Collections and GIS - OPTIONAL