UCGIS & U.S. Geological Survey
Ontology for The National Map - Special Meeting
Doubletree Hotel - 1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
February 3 & 4, 2009

Schedule of Presentations

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 
 Doubletree Hotel
08:00 am - 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast
Registration

 
08:30 am – 08:45 am Opening Session
Welcome and Introductions
Meeting Objectives - E. Lynn Usery
  
08:45 am – 09:15 am The National Map - Mark DeMulder
 

 
09:15 am - 09:30 am CEGIS Research and the Ontology Project - E. Lynn Usery

Plenary Session
Participant Presentations ( 10 Minutes each)		  
09:30 am – 10:00 pm

 
10:00 pm - 10:20 pm Break  
10:20 am – 12:00 pm  
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm Lunch

Plenary Discussion		  
01:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Framing the Problem

Plenary Session
Participation Presentations (10 Minutes each)

  
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm  
03:00 pm - 03:15 pm Break  
03:15 pm - 04:15 pm Breakout Sessions
  1. Problems and solutions of ontology/semantics for topographic features
  2. Ontology from databases; connecting to legacy data
  3. Ontology and operational components of topographic data: data integration, generalization, names, ontology-driven gazetteers
  4. Implementing a topographic ontology: Web application, graphical presentation, query handling


  
04:15 pm - 5:00 pm Reassemble and reports from Breakouts/Discussion  
 
Wednesday, February 4, 2008 Doubletree Hotel
08:00 am - 08:30 am

Continental Breakfast

Plenary Session
Participant Presentations (10 minutes each)
08:30 am - 09:30 am  
09:30 am - 09:50 am Break  
09:50 am - 10:50 pm Breakout Sessions
  1. Problems and solutions of ontology/semantics for topographic features
  2. Ontology from databases; connecting to legacy data
  3. Ontology and operational components of topographic data: data integration, generalization, names, ontology-driven gazetteers
  4. Implementing a topographic ontology: Web application, graphical presentation, query handling
  
10:50 am - 11:20 am

Reassemble and reports from Breakouts/Discussion

  
11:20 am - 12:00 pm

Summary and Discussion
Meeting Results and Publication Options

  
 

 

  

last revised 02/26/2009