Day Two started a lot like Day One at NACIS…not nearly enough sleep for Yours Truly. I had good intentions, but trying to catch up on a little work, coupled with catching up with a few friends (and trying to make a few new ones) at the hospitality suite, meant another LATE night.
I spent my morning attending the “Design with the User in Mind” and “Mapping the Physical Landscape” sessions (6, in total)…with the most interesting session of the morning likely being the “Egocentric perspectives in map search” session presented by Matthew E. Millett from the University of Oregon. A bit controversial, and I do think that Americans too-often get TOO bad of a name when it comes to being a little too egocentric when it comes to the world and politics. However, an interesting presentation nonetheless.
I spent the first part of my afternoon attending the “Emerging Visualizations” track…with three very interesting presentations. The first was another Indiemapper demonstration from the team at Axis Maps, LLC. The second was an interactive mapping case study from James Robertson at the University of Montana (a campus I got familiar with during some free time at NACIS 2008). The third session was a talk on Google Streetview from Andy Szybalski of Google.
After a break, I (and three other individuals) switched back into Presenter mode and offered our Business of Cartography panel discussion. We were worried there wouldn’t be enough questions to fill our 90-minute time slot. However, we ended up having the opposite problem…running out of time. Thanks again to Hans van der Maarel, Dennis McClendon and Alex Tait for what turned out to be a very fun and informative session!
After a bit of R&R, I then enjoyed a night out at the River City Brewing Company, followed by more time in the Hospitality Suite. Lots of good networking was occurring…as well as a little talk about some common enjoyment of things such as disc golf and the TV show Family Guy.
Back at it again tomorrow!
