Previous Meetings

Previous meetings and conferences:

Please join us for our Annual Oregon GPS User Group Meeting in Bend, Oregon at Hollinshead Barn on June 15, 2012

Date: June 15, 2012
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Place: Hollinshead Barn, Bend, Oregon

Agenda:

9:00 - 9:45 Mark Armstrong: what changes have occurred with NGS: NAD83 (CORS96) (Epoch 2002) to NAD83 (2011) (Epoch 2010.0)

9:45- 10:00 Mark Armstrong: "The Tool" for changing over data from old to new datum realization.

10:00- 10:45 Ken Bays: ORGN datum realization change

10:45-11:00 Break

11:00-11:30 Dan Hoekstra: Comparison of coordinate shifts and what it means to the surveyor to ignore the change (how much misfit?)

11:30-12:00 Shelby Griggs: Automated report generation.

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:30 Shelby Griggs: FCC licensing rules.

1:30-2:00 Shelby Griggs: Eastern Oregon photo blog of a recent project

2:00-2:45 Vendor reports

Our Annual Meeting:

Date: June 3, 2011
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Location: Hollinshead Barn, Bend, OR.

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9:00-9:15 Introductions and business meeting

9:15-10:15

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-11:30 Light Squared Threat to GPS Spectrum, Eric Gakstatter, GPS World

11:30-12:00 NGS Updates, Mark Armstrong, NGS

12:00-1:00 Lunch: Annual OGUG BBQ, no charge to attendees.

1:00-1:30 Oregon Coordinate Reference System On-line GIS Tool, Ken Bays, ODOT

2:00-3:00 Vendor reports

Important: If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Cael Neathamer, cael@neathamer.com, by close of business on Wednesday, June 1, so we can have an idea of how much food to buy for the BBQ.

Date: Friday, April 15, 2011
Time: 11:30 AM - 4:30 pm
Location: City of Springfield, 225 Fifth St., Springfield, OR 97477

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Meeting Agenda

11:00 - 11:30 am   Board Meeting at Memos Mexican Restaurant
                                737 Main Street, Springfield, OR 97477
                                Parking is limited, so it is suggested that participants park at City Hall and walk to the restaurant.

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	Program Chair Position
	Workshop Idea: Panel Discussion on the Do's and Don'ts of Everyday Surveying Practices
	Workshop Idea: OCRS and Low Distortion Projections
	June Speakers

1:30 - 4:30 pm Regular Meeting at Springfield City Hall

1:30 - 1:50 pm Business Meeting

Special Election: Dan Hoekstra for 2011 Chair Elect

Open positions for 20112: Volunteers/Nominations

Treasurer's Report

Reminder: 2011 Dues are due

1:50 - 2:50 pm Guest Speaker Glen Gibbons

Glen Gibbons, Editor of "Inside GNSS"
GLONASS Status Update (and Galileo and Compass, too)

2:50 - 3:100pm Break

3:00 - 3:30 pm Guest Speaker - Mark Armstrong, NGS Oregon Advisor
Release of New CORS96A Version of OPUS

3:30 - 4:00 pm       Guest Speaker - Ken Bays, ODOT Lead Geodetic Surveyor
                                Alignment of ORGN to NGS Datum and Epoch Update
                                Status Update on OCRS Legislation

4:00 - 4:30 pm Announcements and Vendor Updates
Recap of NSPS National GPS Measurement Event - Dan Hoekstra

Save the Date: June 3, 2011 for our Annual Meeting at Hollinshead Barn.

Date: January 21, 2011
Time: 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: To be announced at the conference

At this meeting we will welcome our new chair, vote for board members, have speakers (information to be provided), and hear of new product lines from our vendors.

Meeting Agenda

8:00 – 8:10 OGUG Introductions & Agenda for the day

-2011 OGUG Officers

-Annette DePaz -Chair

-Cael Neathamer -Secretary

-Treasurer - John Minor

8:10 – 8:20 Business Meeting - Officers Reports

-Treasurers Report - John Minor

-Announcements – Annette DePaz

8:20 - 9:20 Oregon LiDAR Consortium – John English - DOGAMI

9:20 – 10:20 OPUS Datum Conversion Tool for Oregon– Armstrong/ Olsen

Break

10:30 – 11:00 ODOT Machine Control Event – Ron Singh

11:00 – 11:15 OGUG Nominations for 2012 Positions

-2012 Chair, Secretary, Treasurer nominations

11:15 – 11:30 GNSS Vendor Reports

Information and conference schedule can be found at the following link: www.plso.org/surveyors/conference.html

Map of the Salem Convention Center

Date: November 5, 2010
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Public Safety Building - Training Room
Address: 401 E 3rd St, Newberg, OR 97132

Agenda:

8:30 – 8:45 OGUG Welcome & Board Introductions – Lisa Lee

Member & Attendee introductions

Treasurer report – John Minor

8:45 – 9:45 OPUS Datum Conversion Tool for Oregon– Mark Armstrong/ Michael Olsen

9:45 – 10:45 Eagle Digital Imaging – David Shear

10:45 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:00 GPS Marine Applications – Rob Hamilton, Power Squadron

12:00 – 12:30 Vendor Reports, Announcements, & Close

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Annual Meeting and BBQ

Date: Friday, June 18, 2010
Time: 8:30 AM until 3:30 PM
Place: Hollinshead Barn, Bend, Oregon
Address: 1235 NE Jones Rd., Bend, OR 97701

Link to Hollinshead Barn

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Meeting Agenda

8:30 – 8:40 OGUG Introductions & Agenda for the day

-2010 OGUG Officers

- Lisa Lee – Chair

- Annette de Paz - Chair Elect

- Cael Neathamer - Secretary

- John Minor - Treasurer

8:40 – 9:00 Business Meeting - Officers Reports

-Treasurers Report - John Minor

-Review of OCRS Apr. 16, 2010 Workshop - Mark Armstrong

-Announcements - Lisa Lee

9:00 - 10:00 Presentation

-OR Geospatial Enterprise Office Update – Cy Smith – OR Geo Info Officer

10:00 - 10:20 Break

10:20 – 11:00 Presentation

- OPUS Programs Suite Update - Mark Armstrong – OR NGS Advisor

11:00 – 12:00 Presentation

- 3 G's of acceleration for Geomatics at OSU: GPS, GIS, and Ground-based LIDAR - Michael Olsen - OSU

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch BBQ

1:00 – 2:00 Presentation

- LiDAR Specifications Review – Luke Savage – Global Spatial Intelligence

2:00 – 3:00 Presentation

- ORGN – Update - Ken Bays – ODOT Geometronics,

- Open forum discussion: Experiences, concerns, solutions

3:00 – 3:30 Vendor Updates

Oregon GPS Users Group (OGUG) January 2010 Meeting
Friday January 15^th, 2009, 8:00am – 11:30am
Location: PLSO Annual Conference, Salem Convention Center, Croisan Creek Rooms A&B

See map/directions at: http://salemconferencecenter.org/directions.php

Meeting Agenda

8:00 – 8:10 OGUG Introductions & Agenda for the day

-2010 OGUG Officers

-Lisa Lee -Chair

-Cael Neathhamer -Secretary

-Treasurer - John Minor

8:10 – 8:20 Business Meeting - Officers Reports

-Treasurers Report - John Minor

-Review of OPUS Oct. 16,2009 Workshop - Mark Armstrong

-Announcements - Lisa Lee

8:20 - 9:20 Short Topics

-OCRS Update/April OGUG-ODOT Workshop TBD - Ron Singh

-ORGN Update - Ken Bays

-GEOID03 vs. GEOID09 in Oregon - Mark Armstrong

9:20 - 10:20 GNSS/GIS in Emergency Management - Darel Paulk

Break

10:30 – 10:45 OGUG Nominations for 2011 Positions

-2011 Chair, Secretary, Treasurer nominations

10:45 – 11:30 GNSS Vendor Reports

Announcing a Special Workshop:

Oregon GPS User Group Workshop: NGS OPUS and HTDP

Date: Friday, October 16, 2009

Time: 8:30 am to 4:00 pm

Location: Linn County (Fairgrounds) Expo Center, 3700 Knox Butte Rd., Albany, OR 97322

Workshop Topics:

National Geodetic Survey:
- Online Positioning User Service (OPUS)
- Horizontal Time Dependent Positioning (HTDP) software

Workshop Flyer and Registration Form

Workshop Detailed Agenda

Map to the Linn County Expo Center

Oregon GPS Users Group (OGUG) June Meeting 2009

Date: Friday, June 19, 2009
Time: 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM
Place: Hollinshead Barn, Bend, Oregon

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Meeting Agenda

9:00 – 9:30 OGUG Introductions

Around the room introductions

Speakers of the day

BBQ lunch and birthday party (OGUG 1980-2009)

Special guests: Lyle Riggers & Curt Smith (Past NGS Oregon Advisors)

9:30 – 9:45 Business Meeting - Officers Reports

October 16^th workshop announcement and flyer

Break

10:00 – 11:15 Ken Austin – UNAVCO – NW Region Plate Boundary Observatory Update

11:15 – 11:45 Oregon Low Distortion Projection Committee Update – Ron Singh

Noon BBQ Lunch and OGUG Birthday Cake

1:30 – 2:30 John Sharrard – ESRI – Survey Analyst

2:30 – 3:00 ORGN Update w/ Precision Agriculture – Ken Bays

3:00 – 4:00 General member discussion

Our last meeting was held in conjunction with the 2009 PLSO Annual Convention at the Jantzen Beach Red Lion hotel on Friday, January 30^th, from 8am -11:30am, Room PettyGrove (32-class).

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Agenda:

8:00 – 8:10 OGUG Board Introductions – Gina Buckel

Pass out meeting agenda

8:10 – 8:20 OGUG History and Membership Information – Lisa Lee/Mark Armstrong

8:20 – 9:00 GNSS Vendor ‘New GNSS Products’ Reports – 10 minute lightning reports

Leica- Steve Hills or Jason Halttunen from Kuker Ranken

Trimble- George Hischar from Pacific Survey Supply

Topcon- Richard Hill from PPI

Javad- Michael Glutting from Javad

Trimble Mapping Grade GPS/GIS-Electronic Data Solutions–Jim Lahm

9:00 – 9:20 C.G.C.I.C. Report – Ken Bays

9:20 – 10:00 GIS Presentation – Title TBD - Cress Bates

ORMAP GPS to GIS Cadastal Fit

10:00 – 10:10 Quick Break

10:10 – 10:30 Truck Tracking Project – Ken Bays

10:30 – 10:50 Oregon Low Distortion Projection Committee Update – Ron Singh

10:50 – 11:10 OGUG General Announcements – Lisa Lee

1. Upcoming meeting dates scheduled for the year.

2. Treasurers report – John Minor

3. Ideas for the 2009 OGUG Annual Workshop

11:10 – 11:30 OGUG Nominations for 2010 (Members Only Voting) – Gina Buckel

Accepting nominations for 2010 Chair Elect.–

Accepting nominations for 2010 Secretary –

Accepting nominations for 2010 Treasurer -

Lunch (Not provided)

The Oregon GPS Users Group partnered with ODOT and held a one day workshop on charting the future for Low Distortion Projections in Oregon.

The workshop was held at the Linn County Fairgrounds in Albany , OR.

Date: November 4, 2008
Time: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Cost: $25 pre-register, $35. at the door

Click here for a flyer on this event.

Meeting Agenda

Morning session – Information and Education

Introduction Lisa Lee 8:00 am

Making the Case for Change Ron Singh 8:15 am

Low Distortion Projects Michael Dennis 8:45 am

Break 10:15 am

The NGS Connection Dave Minkel 10:30 am

Projections in GIS Michael Dennis 11:00 am

Academic/OIT Perspective Jack Walker 11:30 am

Lunch (provided) 12:00 pm

Afternoon Session – Implementation in Oregon

Introduction Ron Singh 1:00 pm

Determining Acceptable Distortion Ron Singh 1:15 pm

Federal/State Roles and Responsibilities Dave Zilkoski/Singh 1:30 pm

Arizona Examples Michael Dennis 2:00 pm

Wisconsin Case Study John Ellingson 2:15 pm

Break 2:45 pm

Oregon Conditions Dennis/Walker/Singh 3:00 pm

Next Steps Ron Singh 3:45 pm

Adjourn Lisa Lee 4:00 pm

If you attended the last meeting of the GPS group in Bend, you will recall the lively discussion that followed the presentation by Ron Singh, Chief of Surveys/Geometronics Manager for ODOT. There was clearly interest in the idea of changing the statewide coordinate system to improve accuracies and provide better agreement of ground and grid distances.

We have put together a distinguished panel of experts in the fields of geodesy, coordinate systems, and projections who will discuss the various options that are available and look at ways to implement the changes. Our speakers include Dave Minkel - NGS Advisor to Arizona , Michael Dennis - Geodetic Analysis, LLC, Jack Walker - Professor of Geomatics, Oregon Institute of Technology, and Ron Singh - Chief of Surveys/Geometronics Manager, Oregon Department of Transportation.

Whether you do surveying, engineering work, or bring it all together in a GIS (Geographic Information System) you will want to attend this workshop. You can help determine the direction the state will eventually go on this important subject. Don’t be left out; let your voice be heard and your opinions be shared.

Annual Meeting 2008

Our Annual meeting was held at the Hollinshead Barn in Bend, OR, Friday, June 20, 2008 from 8:30 AM until 4:00 PM. (Meeting time corrected on 6-13-2008)

We served a great BBQ lunch for all attendees.

Hollinshead Barn
1237 NE Jones Road
Bend, OR 97701
(541) 317-3574 (Hollinshead Barn local phone)

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Click here to read the minutes from our annual meeting on June 20, 2008.

Agenda:

8:30: Welcome & Introductions

Treasure’s Report – John Minor

Brief Vendors Update

9:00: The 2004-2008 Eruption at Mt. St. Helens with a little Three Sisters thrown in:

Mike Lisowski, Gene Iwatsubo, USGS – Cascade Volcanoes Observatory:

9:45: Break

10:00: GPS Tracking of Animals on Landscapes & Monitoring Vegetation Using GPS Positioned Photography:

Dr. Douglas Johnson, OSU Dept of Rangeland Ecology & Management

11:00: GPS Fire Information and Its use within GIS in Tactical Incident Fire Support, and Regional Strategic Decision Making:

Fire GPS Field Observer (FOBs) – Randy Herron)
Responsibilities of Field Observers on an active incident.

Mobile GPS Lead FS/BLM - Aaron Dick
Combined Position (Northrup Grumman Contract) for Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management at the State Office Portland, OR.
Techniques, software, hardware, standards, and methods to transfer data quickly with GIS software.

GIS Specialist for Incident Support (GISS) - Allison Mead, GIS Specialist on the Prineville District BLM
Use of GPS data for inclusion into Standard Maps in Support of an Active Incident, and secondary uses for Regional Decision Making.

12:00: Lunch:

Provided at no charge; however, you must RSVP to Lisa Lee, map@coid.org, by Monday, June 16, if you plan to eat lunch with us. We need to know how much food to purchase.

1:00: Monitoring the Burning Man Event in Black Rock Desert:

Laura Levy, GPS/GIS Consultant, formerly with Winnemucca BLM Office

Demonstration of the combined power of GPS/GIS geospatial technologies to monitor the Burning Man event: the largest permitted event on public lands in the United States.

1:45: Break

2:00: Status of the National Differential GPS (NDGPS):

Rudy Persaud, Federal Highway Administration

LCDR Jacob Ramos, NDGPS Hardware Installation Manager, USCG

Update on the operational and expansion status of the NDGPS

3:00: The Oregon State Plane Coordinate System: End of an Era?

Ron Singh, ODOT Geometronics Manager/Chief of Surveys

A look at the problems with our legacy State Plane Coordinate System and options for new Low Distortion Projections in Oregon

3:45: Wrap-up, Q & A

4:00: Adjourn

A previous meeting was held on Friday, February 22, 2008 at the Linn County Fairgrounds in Albany. The meeting began at 9:00 AM and went until 12:30 PM.

Agenda:

9:00 AM - Welcome and Introductions

· Officers for 2008

· Tom Hamilton – Geo-caching

· Chuck Gibbs – Re-monumentation of old GLO sites

· Mark Armstrong – Satellite Constellations

· Ken Bays – Update on ODOT projects

12:00 Noon - Adjourn

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Our Annual Meeting 2007

Our Annual June meeting was held on Friday, June 15, 2007 from 8:15 AM until 4:00 PM at the Hollinshead Barn in Bend, OR. The Oregon GPS Users Group hosted a regional meeting of the State and Localities Subcommittee of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee and offered subject matter relevant to Northwestern states.

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Here's a link to the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee.

	Rudy Persaud, Chair, States and Localities Subcommittee, US CGSIC: "What is CGSIC States and Localities and what are we doing here?"
	Introductions
	NDGPS funding status: FY07, FY078, US DOT Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) Funding Study Federal Register Notice on NDGPS funding study.

Rick Foote, NGS, CORS: "NGS CORS Update"

	National CORS
	NDGPS as an important component of national CORS
	COOP CORS
	NGS plans to assist regional Real Time Networks (follow-up from NGS proposal at CGSIC, Sept. 20906, Ft. Worth)

US Coast Guard National Differential GPS System (NDGPS)

	Operational Status of NDGPS
	The NDGPS Program Manager's Office is responsible for the operation and building of new stations for NDGPS.

Break

Gary Gervelis: City of Seattle: "Update on Washington State Reference Network and On-GRID Program for Real-time Networks"

Jim Arnold, Electrical Engineer, Turner Fairbanks Research Center, US Federal Highway Administration: "High Accuracy NDGPS Status"

Ken Bays, Oregon DOT: "Update on Oregon Real-Time Network"

Darrel Bain, Mark Turner, CALTRANS "Update on CALTRANS Real-Time Network"

12:00 Noon - Lunch

Jim Arnold - Electrical Engineer, Tuner Fairbanks Research Center, US Federal Highway Administration, and member of the Policy Implementation Team for NDGPS

High Accuracy NDGPS Status

High Accuracy NDGPS is 0.1 meter real-time, 0.001 meter post processed accuracy

Scott McElrath - Deschutes County Oregon, "Use of GPS and GIS for Weed Management in Deschutes County"

Randy Stuart - Pacific Survey Supply, "GPS Machine Control"

3D machine control systems available, how they are configured on different equipment, how they work with GPS and Optical guidance sensors, and how companies can interface with contractors who use these guidance systems.

Rudy Persuad

	Wrap Up - User Feedback
	How to contact Rudy
	What Rudy will do with information from this regional CGSIC meeting

4:00 PM - Adjourn

Meeting on Friday, February 9, 2007, at the BLM building in Eugene, OR.

The agenda was as follows:

	A tour of the 3Di facility including lunch, compliments of 3Di*
	Matteo Luccio, editor of the GIS Monitor. He will be speaking on several topics including the birth of Galileo and the re-birth of GLONASS, satellite imagery availability, integrating CAD data into GIS, and the switch to 3D
	Megan Lawrence, a grad student at U of O, will be giving a talk on her Master’s thesis, “Mapping the Brain”
	We will also be welcoming our new officers, President Eathan Nicely and President-Elect Gina Buckel

For a map of this meeting location, please click here.

Meeting on Friday, October 27, 2006 at Marion County Public Works building from 9:00 AM until Noon.

Our agenda was as follows:

	Cy Smith spoke about NavigatOR
	Don Lewis from DOGAMI (Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries) spoke about the Western Oregon Lidar proposal
	Ron Singh and Ken Bays of ODOT provided a live demonstration of the Oregon Real-time GPS Network.
	Product updates from vendors

Directions:

	From the South take exit 252. Go east on Kuebler Blvd which will turn into Cordon Rd. Continue to Silverton Road , take a right and enter complex at Gate 1.
	From the North use exit 260B. Turn left on Chemawa Rd , which will become Hazelgreen. Continue on Hazelgreen to four-way stop at Cordon Rd. Turn right to traffic light at Silverton Rd. Turn left and enter complex at Gate 1.
	Office in located in the main building, first floor.

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Held at the Hollinshead Barn in Bend, OR, on the first day of summer, Wednesday, June 21, 2006.

Hollinshead Barn
1237 NE Jones Road
Bend, OR 97701
(541) 317-3574 (Hollinshead Barn local phone)

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The meeting began at 9:00 AM and ended at 3:30 PM. BBQ lunch was served on the patio to all attendees.

Our featured speaker was Jack W. Peters of Lane County Sheriff Search and Rescue. He has been working on a number of projects in the GPS field that will be of interest to our group. There will also be presentations from several members who are using innovative approaches to meet the challenges we all face in the field.

Meeting Agenda

MORNING:

9:00 Welcome & Introductions

	Treasurer’s Report – John Minor
	Workshop Options

9:30 Acknowledgement of NGS Advisors – Dixon Hoyle

9:45 ODOT Update – Ron Singh, Ken Bays

10:15 Break

10:30 Adventures in GPS - Jack Peters

NOON – LUNCH: B-B-Q Lunch & GPS Treasure Hunt

AFTERNOON:

1:00 Mapping roads with a Combined GPS & Inertial Guidance System - Tom Workman - Eathan Nicley

1:30 POSLV Mapping Vehicle

1:45 Break

2:00 3D Laser, GPS Network, & Lidar – New Tools for Geologic Analysis and Cultural Data Collection - Dave Wellman

2:45 Vendor Showcase

3:30 Adjourn

February 24, 2006
9:00 AM - Noon

BLM Office
289 Chad Drive
Eugene, OR 97408-7336
(541) 683-6600

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Meeting Agenda

9:00 Welcome and Introductions

	ODOT Update on reference station network – Ken Bays & Ron Singh
	City of Eugene Broadcast RTK Network – Tim Fassbender
	Garmin Avionics – John Estabrook
	Lane Co. Sheriff Search and Rescue – Jack W. Peters
	Website upgrade and OGUG domain – Jim Lahm

12:00 Adjourn

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