Responsibilities:
Coordinate GIS research and development for the National Park Service (NPS) GIS Regional Technical Support
Center, Northeast Region, providing professional GIS consultation, guidance, technical assistance and research for NPS units, programs and the Regional Office.
Develop and present workshops on the capabilities and functionality of GIS and GPS technologies
to the NPS, including Natural Resources, Cultural Resources, Information Management, Visitor Protection, Lands Acquisition, Fire and Administrative Divisions.
Assist with strategic planning and implementation of spatial information systems technologies.
Develop and present specialized graduate level lectures and laboratories in the theory and application of spatial information systems technologies (NR 532 and NR 533).
Develop proposals for cooperative research, including the scope of work, methodologies, deliverables, scheduling and budgets.
Provide consultation to faculty, staff and graduate students in the theory and application of spatial information systems technology for research and teaching.
Supervise, mentor and provide guidance and consultation to graduate students. |
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Current Research and Projects:
National Park Service, Northeast Region research and development for geographic information systems and technology to park, program and regional personnel.
Enterprise spatial database and schema development.
Thin-client GIS delivery.
National Park Service Interagency Environmental Review custom GIS application development and technical support.
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove NHP land acquisition map production.
George Washington Birthplace NM natural resource condition assessment GIS technical support and assistance.
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Recent National Park Service Presentations :
2008 GIS and Data Management Conference
March 31 - April 3, 2008
"An Enterprise Geodatabase for Resource Management and Planning: George Washington Birthplace NM General Management Planning Database Development"
"A Client Geographic Information System for Resource Managers"
Northeast Region Natural Resources Workshop
January 15-17, 2008
"Northeast Region GIS Program Activities"
George Washington Birthplace NM Watershed Conditions Assessment and Storm Vulnerability Assessment
November 14, 2007
"GIS Database and Model Development for Dissemination using the NC State University Virtual Computing Laboratory"
Northeast Region Annual Regional GIS Conference
May 1-3, 2007
"Annual GIS Research and Development Update"
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Publications:
Slocumb, William S.
1996. "The Development of Geographical Information Systems Base
Data for Five National Park Service Units in the Southeastern
United States." Master’s Thesis, North Carolina State University.
Gallyoun, M., G. Meyer,
A. Andreu and W. Slocumb. 1996. Mapping Vegetation Communities
with The Nature Conservancy’s Vegetation Classification System
on Five Small National Parks in the Southeastern U.S.A. Final
Report to: National Park Service, Southeast Region. The Nature
Conservancy, Conservation Science Division, Southeast Regional
Office. Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Devine, H.A. and W.S.
Slocumb. 1996. Technical Support of GIS Application in the National
Park Service, Report to National GIS Program Director, National
Park Service. Denver, Colorado.
Ntawukuliryayo, F.,
H.A. Devine, and W.S. Slocumb. 1996. GIS Application of the National
Vegetation Classification System, Report to the Southeast Regional
Office of The Nature Conservancy. Raleigh, North Carolina.
Hamilton, R. A., M.
A. Megalos and W. S. Slocumb. 1995. Using Aerial Photographs -
A Layman’s Guide. AG 531, NC Cooperative Extension Service, Publication.
Slocumb, William. 1995.
"Shorebird Habitat Mapping on the Outerbanks of North Carolina:
An Attempt to Evaluate Change in Habitat with Aerial Photography."
In Collazo, A.J., J.R. Walters and J.F. Parnell. Factors Affecting
Reproduction and Migration of Water Birds on the North Carolina
Barrier Islands, Final Report to the Southeastern Region of the
National Park Service. Raleigh, North Carolina.
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