Informal conferences called "Roundtables" are held twice per year (October and May). The day-long events are comprised of several concurrent sessions each hour, and sessions can consist of presentations by colleagues, vendor product demonstrations, or discussions about issues relevant to the GIS community. Roundtables provide VSDP members and others an opportunity to network and learn from one another. The cost for participation is $50 - $60.

Descriptions and powerpoints of previously presented topics are available in the VSDP Roundtable Archive.

Please contact Leslie Pelch if you have an idea for a presentation (or would like to volunteer to present) at a future Roundtable: (802) 882-3002 or

• Pictometry for VT (PDF 2.8 MB) - Kristen O'Connor & Matt Deal, Pictometry International Corp.
• Ins and Outs of Census Bureau Data (PDF 2.3 MB) – Will Sawyer, UVM Center for Rural Studies
• GIS in Municipal Stormwater Management (PDF 6.1 MB) – Ryan Mitchell and Horace Shaw, City of South Burlington, Stormwater Services

• Integrating ESRI ArcGIS Server with the Google Android Smartphone (PDF 1.1 MB) – John Waterman, GCS Research
• Using Census Data for Transportation Planning (PDF 5.2 MB) – Dave Roberts, Chittenden County Municipal Planning Organization
• Object-Based Image Analysis For Impervious Surface Mapping (PDF 5.7 MB) – Keith Pelletier, UVM Spatial Analysis Lab

• Basics of Remote Sensing for Feature Extraction and GIS Integration (PDF 2.9 MB) – Mark Bowersox, ITT Visual Information Solutions
• Habitat Block And Connectivity Analysis (PDF 16.2 MB) – Jens Hilke, VT Dept. of Fish and Wildlife & Jon Osborne, VT Land Trust
• Using GIS to Implement Hydrology-Based Stormwater Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Targets - Jennifer Callahan, Agency of Natural Resources, Water Quality Division

• Cached Imagery Services…They’re Here (PDF 1.1 MB) – Dejung Gewissler, VCGI
• The Renewable Energy Atlas of Vermont – Mike Brouillette, VCGI & Scott Sawyer, VT Sustainable Jobs Fund
• Changes In The State Wetlands Rules: New Maps, New Map Data? (PDF 15.6 MB) – Shannon Morrison, Agency of Natural Resources, Water Quality Division Please Note: Shannon asked that I post the following info as a lot of people asked about it - "Sec. 11. TRANSITION PROVISION Any wetland proposed by the secretary in a rulemaking petition to be designated as a Class I or Class II wetland shall be presumed to be a significant wetland, until the secretary or panel determines otherwise." From the legislation posted here: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2010/bills/Passed/H-763.pdf

• VT Imagery – What’s new and an open discussion about the future (PDF 35 MB) – Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne, UVM Spatial Analysis Lab & David Brotzman, VCGI
• VTrans IT GIS Projects (PDF 685 KB) – Rick Scott, VTrans
• The ArcHydro Extension (PDF 2.9 MB) – Mark Scott, ESRI