Wednesday, September 28, 2011

S.E.N.L.S.A. FALL SEMINAR

Saturday, October 15, 2011
Embassy Suites
Conference Center
Omaha - La Vista
12520 Westport Pkwy
La Vista, NE 68128
8:30 A.M. - 12:45 P.M.


PICTOMETRY & Map Checking Software

Pictometry technologies are widely used by county GIS, planning and assessing professionals around the country and a growing number of commercial businesses including those in insurance, utilities, real estate, construction, and more.

Unlike traditional geospatial information systems that rely on only an orthogonal, or top-down view of an area, Pictometry captures images obliquely, or from an angle, and create a more natural three-dimensional view so that users can see land features and structures clearly and in their entirety.

Headquartered in Rochester, NY, Pictometry is a leading provider of geo-referenced aerial, oblique image libraries and related software. With customers throughout the U.S. and licensing partners around the globe, Pictometry uses a proprietary image capture process to produce Pictometry Intelligent Images(r) so you can See Everywhere, Measure Anything, Plan Everything.(r)

Pictometry technologies are widely used by county GIS, planning and assessing professionals around the country and a growing number of commercial businesses including those in insurance, utilities, real estate, construction, and more.

Unlike traditional geospatial information systems that rely on only an orthogonal, or top-down view of an area, Pictometry captures images obliquely, or from an angle, and create a more natural three-dimensional view so that users can see land features and structures clearly and in their entirety.


Jeff McReynolds,
GISP GIS Program Manager
City of Lincoln\Lancaster County, NE


Jeff has been involved in the GIS field since 1994 and is currently the GIS Program Manager supporting the City of Lincoln, Lancaster County, LES, and the Lower Platte South NRD. Prior to that, he spent just under a year at Omaha Metropolitan Utilities District as a Sr. Project Manager, coordinating the implementation of GIS. Before this position, Jeff had worked at Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) for almost 4 years where he served as a Technical Marketing Representative and an Account Manager within the Energy Utility Industry segment. Prior to ESRI, Jeff spent 15 years with Lincoln Electric System (LES) where he was involved in all aspects of GIS at an electric utility, as well as representing LES on the City of Lincoln\Lancaster County GIS Administration Team. Jeff currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the State of Nebraska GIS Council and various sub-committees, and is the Past-President of the NE GIS\LIS Association. Jeff has been involved with the NE GIS\LIS Association since its inception.

Doug Tonnemacher
(pronounced TAHN-AH-MAKER)
Nebraska Pictometry District Manager.


In this role, Doug serves all of Nebraska's 93 counties in introducing to the counties the latest in how aerial imagery, particularly geo-referenced oblique or angled imagery, is evolving and being utilized within county government. Once a county brings in this technology, Doug works with each county in their desire to become efficient with Pictometry aerial imagery and related software. Doug holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Iowa State University of Science and Technology and has been serving as Nebraska's Pictometry District Manager for 4 years. In addition to Nebraska, Doug also serves this role for county governments in the states of South Dakota and Iowa. Doug is married and has two beautiful children ages 11 and 7.

Michael Sizer

Michael is the owner of Northstar Land Surveying in Council Bluffs, Iowa and is licensed in Iowa and Nebraska. He graduated from Iowa Western Community College in 1975 with an A.A.S degree in Civil Engineering Technology. He had been associated with Iowa Western as either an adjunct or full-time instructor from 1990 to 2010.

Map checking freeware is software available online that could be a useful tool for land surveyors.