MRGAC meeting next Friday, December 18th

NOTE - the meeting time has been updated:

Date: December 18, 2009

Time: 8:30am - 10:00am

Location:

• Asheville - Buncombe Technical Community College
• Balsam Building
• Room 002 - come in the front bottom entrance at the bottom of the large glass section of the building.

• Directions and campus map - http://www.abtech.edu/maps/asheville.asp

Meeting Agenda

8:30 - Call meeting to order

8:40 - Presentation

"GIS as Land Management tool, Science Platform, and Advocacy Base"

Drew Stephens (The GIS Institute)

9:15 - Presentation (2 parts)

Phenology - Tracking Seasonal Change across the Continental U.S.

Stephen Creed (EFETAC, U.S. Forest Service)

Bringing phenology datasets into viewers for online mapping

Matt Hutchins (UNC Asheville's NEMAC)

9:45 - Update on statewide GIS coordination activities. Gene Hume

9:55 - Quick thoughts on the meeting format and closing

• Training to follow immediately after meeting.

• Maps and directions to campus and the Balsam Building - http://www.abtech.edu/maps/asheville.asp