S.E.N.L.S.A. SPRING SEMINAR
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Embassy Suites Conference Center
Omaha - La Vista
12520 Westport Pkwy
La Vista, NE 68128
8:30 A.M. - 12:45 P.M.
The UAS- Unmanned LiDAR Aerial Systems
This session will cover the Unmanned Aerial Systems that are impacting the
market. A brief history of drones will
be covered followed by FAA regulations, flight plans, logistics, observed data,
and accuracies. The Trimble X-100 will be presented and an actual flight will
be shown using a simulator.
Frederick Bulger, P.E.
Trimble Navigation
Support Representative
5 Galaton Ct
Miamisburg, OH 45342
937-609-1160 cell
937-523-0340 fax
Fred Bulger has over
27 years of industry experience. He started out as civil engineer for a company
in Chicago, Illinois. During his nine years for that company, he worked in
varying capacities from a drafter to engineer to project engineer. He worked on
notable projects such as the United Center and Comisky Park. Fred then teamed
up with Trimble Navigation. Over the past 19 years, Fred has been a product
manager, trainer and a support person. Fred has worked with and trained
Surveyors and Engineers on Trimble equipment all across the United States.
In’s and Out’s of LiDAR RFPs
Nathan Watermeier
GIS Administrative Manager
Nebraska GIS Coordinator
Office of the CIO/NITC
501 South 14th Street Lincoln, Nebraska 68509
p: 402-471-3206
Nathan.Watermeier@Nebraska.gov
http://nitc.nebraska.gov/gisc
GIS Administrative Manager
Nebraska GIS Coordinator
Office of the CIO/NITC
501 South 14th Street Lincoln, Nebraska 68509
p: 402-471-3206
Nathan.Watermeier@Nebraska.gov
http://nitc.nebraska.gov/gisc
Nathan Watermeier is the GIS Coordinator for the
State of Nebraska housed in the Office of the CIO. His role is working with the
Nebraska Information Technology Commission’s GIS Council to advocate, manage
and administer strategic plans, standards, and operational and technical
policies as it relates to GIS. He will be coordinating shared service
initiatives and administer an enterprise-wide state government environment and
data sharing activities involving geospatial technologies, geodatabases and web
services.
The majority of his career was spent at The Ohio
State University in Columbus, Ohio where he was the Program Director for the
Ohio Geospatial Program. He led the organization and various teams in the
development of a geospatial and information systems infrastructure for
supporting research and technology transfer activities. His specialized
research and instructional training focused on GIS, remote sensing, mobile
global positioning systems (GPS), and spatial analysis techniques on various
agriculture, water management, and environmental topics. He is most noted for
leading the development of a nation-wide geographic information data management
system for type A influenza virus bio-security surveillance program for the
USDA National Research Institute. Overall, his program accumulated over $10
million dollars in external support for technology development and education
through USDA, National Science Foundation, NASA, and private funds. He
spent time in private industry as a Director of Market Research and Site
Selection for a commercial real estate developer locating and purchasing
properties across the U.S. for senior living housing using geospatial
technologies. He also served as the
Dean of Communications, Information Technology, Construction, and Electronics
Divisions at Southeast Community College. There he provided leadership for 13
academic programs with over 50 faculty including the information technologies,
CADD, land survey, and civil engineering programs.