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Virtual Conference of California Map Society Fall 2022

  • 5 Nov 2022
  • 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • via Zoom

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2022 FALL CONFERENCE - Virtual Event
Saturday, November 5th
9:30AM - 12:30PM Pacific Time

12:30PM - 3:30PM Eastern Time



9:15AM - 9:30AM | Informal Social Time


9:30AM | Welcome

President Ron Gibbs and Vice President Courtney Spikes


9:35AM | Battle of the Chesapeake

Dr. Virginia Lunsford from the United States Naval Academy examines the critical role of the French Navy during the American Revolution and their decisive victory in the 1781 Battle of the Chesapeake. Reconstructing the exact movements of the French fleet using modern GIS mapping technology reveals a fascinating window into this pivotal contest for the revolutionaries. 


10:15AM | Antique Maps & Geospatial Analytics

As the Managing Partner of Webster Pacific and Founder of The Digital Gallery, Mr. Tom Paper helps companies optimize their decision making. A student of economics and environmental studies at Williams College, he also earned his MBA from Stanford. Mr. Paper's presentation will discuss how he helps companies make geospatial assessments using principles from history's greatest cartographers. 


10:55AM | Break 

11:05AM | Mapping the Eternal City: Rome's Urban History
Chair of the Art History and Architectural Studies department at Mount Holyoke College, Dr. Jessica Maier's research focuses on Renaissance cartography and print culture. This talk will introduce you to a series of maps and bird's-eye views that tell Rome's history across the ages. From ancient marble tablets to Renaissance prints and modern tourist plans, these works allow us to trace the evolution of a city that has had many lives and incarnations over its three millennia of existence. 


11:45AM | PANEL: Buying, Collecting & Selling Maps Today
Enjoy a lively discussion with auctioneer Bruce MacMakin and dealer Carol J. Spack as they share their insights about the process of researching, purchasing, and selling maps. Learn how to engage with an auction house and get recommendations on where to search for unique finds! A great introduction to the world of collecting and hear their thoughts on current trends in the marketplace. Senior Vice President and co-founder of PBA Galleries, Bruce MacMakin has had a lifelong interest in antique books and maps. Carol J. Spack founded Original Antique Maps in 2012 and describes maps as an ongoing discourse with the maker's imagination about the past, present and future.


12:25AM | Announcements & Closing
President Ron Gibbs and Vice President Courtney Spikes


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Agenda

Times are subject to change.

10:00 Registration and Hospitality
 10:30   welcome
10:40 - 11:20 William Mosely

"Satellite imagery and wildfire response: The Palisades Fire"

Planet Labs PBC operates flocks of microsatellites providing a hi-resolution snapshot of the earth every day, and even higher-resolution satellites that capture images on demand.

Customer Success Manager William Mosely will detail how Microsoft AI for Good and Planet partnered to measure the impact of the devastating nearby Palisades fire this past January.
 11:25 - 12:05

Cal Tabuena-Frolli

"Yield 02"

Artist Cal Tabuena-Frolli is following a stint with the Santa Paula Oil Museum with a series of maps and related pieces detailing the history of oil in California, from pre-historic times through 1929. That's when most of us think California oil history begins.
 12:10 - 12:50 Ed LeFranco

 "The Best of Beijing"

Journalist and sinophile Ed LeFranco will share the various ways the capital of China has been cartographically portrayed throughout the 20th century.
12:50 - 1:30
break
1:30 - 2:10 Jon Jablonski "Resurrecting Landscapes with Machine Vision"

Librarian Jon Jablonski is leveraging collections of aerial photography at UC Santa Barbara and UCLA to build 3-d models of 1930s Yosemite Valley, the Gaviota Coast, and more! By using Agisoft Metashape, the overlapping stereo photographs reveal long-forgotten vistas and have the potential to help find forgotten abandoned oil wells. 
2:15 - 2:50 Deborah Scacco

Santa Monica's first artist-in-residence at City Yards, Deborah Scacco will highlight how maps, cartography, and the landscape interact in her work as artist and curator. 

bonus: Deborah's exhibition "Laboratory for the Future" at Propeller Gallery is open through January 2026!


closing remarks




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