Vita

Name: David W. Long

Address: *** ******* *****

Colonial Heights, VA 23834

Phone: 318-***-****

E-Mail: abk73r@r.postjobfree.com

Education:

PH. D. Forest Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 1992

M.S. Forest Science, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 1989

B.S. Forest Science, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 1972

Teaching:

Louisiana Tech University: GISC217(Aerial Photo Interpretation), GISC260(Remote

Sensing), GISC460(GIS Programming I), GISC461(GIS Programming II), GISC464(GIS

Application Project) and three courses for the GIS Distance Learning Program for

Continuing Education Credit.

Research:

2010-Present: Generating 3D Forests for Resources Inventory

• Create computer-generated forests for analysis of statistical methods of forest sampling

2009-2010: GIS applications in Watershed Analysis for Forestry Best Management Practices.

2008-2009: Software development for teaching aids

• Development of GPS simulation software for teaching GPS online

• Development of scale visualization tools for AirPhoto Interpretation class

• Development of flight planning visualization software for AirPhoto Interpretation class

2005 – Present: Influence of Water Stress on Tree Leaf Spectral Reflectance

• Development of a reflectance index for identifying Loblolly Pine water stress

1997: As a part of the work at AGRHYMET Regional Center, USAID project:

• Cropland use intensity change study in Niger, west Africa

• Developed techniques for geo-referencing 1960s CARONA satellite photos with non-

linear distortion

1994-1995: Develop methodologies for applying existing data sets in a GIS setting to aid in

famine early warning and general development work. Specific projects included:

• Studying the feasibility of tying socio-economic and natural resource data together in a

GIS as a development tool

• Studying methods of integrating air video images into the GIS

• Study ways to make satellite NDVI classifications more meaningful to managers; study

changes over a growing season and year to year

• Develop macros for product generation automation

Relative Work:

2003 – 2010: Assistant Professor School of Forestry, Louisiana Tech University

• Teach GIS, Remote Sensing, and Air Photo Interpretation courses

• Teach online GIS Certificate Program

• Perform research in GIS/Remote Sensing

• Teach GIS workshops for the community

• GIS B.S. Degree Development Committee member

1999 to 2001: GIS Contractor at Wisconsin Department of Transportation for The Maxim

Group Madison, WI

• AML programming, macro editing, documentation

• User Interface development for geo-editing data sets for building a local roads data base

for the state

• Trouble-shooting conversion and editing process for a multi-year program to convert the

existing paper maps and transportation data into a GIS

• Trouble-shoot software use by 17 Geo-editors in the conversion process

1997 - 1998 (One year contract): GIS Consultant for USAID (US Agency for International

Development) project AGRHYMET Regional Center, Niamey, Niger

AGRHYMET is an institution serving 9 countries in west Africa in an effort to reduce the

effects of encroaching dessert with support from the United Nations, US, France, Italy,

and other countries. GIS and Remote Sensing are major technologies of the institution.

• Consulted on GIS lab procedures and maintenance

• Designed prototype Net Site for the Center, instructed personnel on HTML programming

and Net Site creation techniques

• Conducted research on Cropland Use Intensity Change in Niger. Presented results at

AFRICA-GIS'97 Conference in Botswana, June 1997. This was a pilot study to work out

possibilities for a larger project that was in the planning stage.

• Created footprint maps of the 10,000 Declassified 1960s Satellite Photos for the Sahel

region of west Africa. Studied methodology for geo-referencing the photos and

incorporating them in the GIS. As a result of this work, the USGS decided to incorporate

the interpretation of the photos in a land use/land cover change study for the Sahel of

west Africa.

• Developed methods of viewing geographic referenced data gathered and generated by

AGRHYMET for famine early warning analysis. Wrote exploratory Avenue scripts for

automating the production of ArcView map sets for distribution to the member countries.

1996 – 1997: Senior Project Manager, Vermont Center for Geographic Information (VCGI)

Burlington, VT

VCGI is the agency that coordinates GIS activity in Vermont. It collects and distributes

state data layers, establishes GIS standards, promotes use of GIS, and performs contract

work.

• Wrote successful proposals for NSDI Competitive Cooperative Agreements Program and

NSDI Framework Demonstration Projects Program (VCGI and collaborators in

Vermont). The latter proposal centered on the creation of a formal mechanism for GIS

data sharing and maintenance in both the public and private sectors of the state of

Vermont.

• Initiated work on and produced initial pages for the institution's first Net Site

• Automated map making of traffic flow (Vermont Agency of Transportation) and Wetland

maps (Agency of Natural Resources)

• Managed a quality control/oversight project of land use mapping from TM imagery (Lake

Champlain Basin Program)

• Wrote a successful proposal for and managed a project to digitize all public school

locations in Vermont (awarded by Vermont Institute for Science, Mathematics &

Technology). This project included coordinating all 11 Vermont Regional Planning

Commissions in digitizing and verification of the results.

1994 – 1995: GIS Consultant, World Meteorological Organization/USAID

AGRHYMET Regional Center, Niamey, Niger

• Managed the GIS lab. Activities included map digitizing, product development from data

generated at the AGRHYMET center, research, and GIS instruction.

• Installed the institution's first UNIX-based Arc/Info GIS and instructed staff on its use

• Initiated development of and prepared the GIS part of a study tying socio-economic data

with GIS base maps for presentation at the International Conference on Population &

Development, Cairo, Egypt, September 1994 NGO Forum. This resulted in 2 mapping

contracts from UNICEF and WHO to map health centers in Niger.

• Presented research papers at two other international conferences

• Prepared methodology for analyzing population and village distribution for placement of

new health centers in Niger. Created sample maps that attracted UNICEF to award

AGRHYMET a mapping contract.

1993-1994: Assistant Research Scientist, Dept. of Geography, University of Maryland,

College Park, MD

• Manager of Central Africa GIS for support of deforestation research

• Presented a computer demo of the project at the USAID conference on Nat. Res. and

Environmental Policy in Africa held in Banjul, The Gambia

• Initiated a metadata management system in preparation for bringing the GIS

documentation up to FGDC standards

1992 – 1993: Assistant Research Scientist, Dept. of Forest Science, Texas A&M University,

College Station, TX

• Develop research activities using the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) (now NRCS)

National Resources Inventory (NRI) data

• Developed demos for presentation to SCS personnel showing usefulness of air video

images and GIS base layers for locating sampling points in the field and NRI data

collection from image interpretation, saving much field work in the inventory process

Publications:

• Long, D.W. and Strimbu, B. 2010. Generating 3D Forests for Resources Inventory.

Journal of Forests 3/2010. http://www.revistapadurilor.ro/index.php?

section=Article&ID=16597

• Strimbu, B., D. Long, and W. Palmer. 2009. Mapping the future landscape of southwestern

Louisiana. Louisiana Tech University Technical Report. Sept 15, 2009.

• Long, D.W., A Paradigm for GIS Distance Learning, in: Ashton, S.; Rauscher, H. M.; Hubbard,

W.; Cassidy, P.; Clatterbuck, W.; Londo, A.; and McDonell, L., eds. A Southern Region

Conference on Technology Transfer and Extension in Natural Resources: Proceedings of a

Conference; 2006 August 2-4; Hot Springs, AR. Gen. Tech Rep. SRS-116 p.95-101. Ashville,

NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. February

2009.

• Long, David W., and Claire Faller Moxley. 2008. City Tree Inventory: The Experience of a

Small Town. Southern Regional Extension Forestry Peer-Reviewed Series Publication No.

SREF-UF-001.

• Wane, R. Hamadou, H. Kontongomde, C. Kolars, D. Long, A. Stancioff, M. Edwards,

M.Rothman, A.M. Arimi. Population, Health and Environment in Niger: A Geographic

Information System (GIS) Perspective. CERPOD, Bamako, Mali, November 1995.

• Maggio, Robert C., Douglas F. Wunneburger, and David W. Long. 1993. GeoReferenced

Videography and Dynamic Segmentation for Determining Housing Densities Along a

Pipeline Corridor. GIS/LIS '93 Proceedings. Minneapolis: ACSM-ASPRS-URISA-

AM/FM, 1993. 2:459-465.

• Long, D.W. and M.R. Wagner. 1992. Effect of Southwestern Pine Tip Moth and

Vegetation competition on Ponderosa Pine Growth. Forest Science 38(1):173-186.

• Maggio, R.C. and D.W. Long. 1991. Developing Thematic maps from Point Sampling

Using Thiessen Polygon Analysis and Contouring. Proc. GIS/LIS'91, Atlanta, GA 28

October - 1 November 1991. Pp.1-10.

• Long, D.W. 1989. Frost Tolerance Tests on Leucaena retusa. Leucaena Research Reports

10:69-70.

• Long, D.W. and M.R. Wagner. 1989. Insect Pest Management Expert Systems in

Multiresource Management of Ponderosa Pine. In: Multiresource Management of

Ponderosa Pine forests, USDA Forest Service, Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-185, pp.259-267.

Presentations:

• Strimbu, B., D.W. Long, and F. Wang. 2008 Mapping the Future Landscape for Two

Southwestern Louisiana Parishes. Service Learning Conference, University of Lousiana

System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. August 11.

• Long, D.W. 2007 GIS for Local Government, A Case for Cooperative Development. La

Tech University, Lomax Hall. Feb 7.

• Long, D.W. 2005 A Paradigm for GIS Distance Learning. Southern Region Conference

on Technology Transfer and Extension in natural Resources, Hot Springs, Arkansas

August.

• Long, D.W. 2005. GIS Innovations in Forestry. Louisiana Society of American Foresters

Annual Meeting, Marksville, Louisiana May 9-11.

• Long, D.W. 2004 Issues of GIS and Surveying. Louisiana Society of Professional

Surveyors, Quarterly Meeting, Ruston, Louisiana February 13.

• Long, D.W. 1997 Cropland Use Intensity Change study in West Africa. AFRICAGIS'97.

Gaborone, Botswana. June 23-27.

• Long, D.W. 1995 GIS Application for Health Center Placement. AFRICAGIS'95.

Abidjan, Ivory Coast. March 6-10.

• Long, D.W. 1994. GIS and Remote Sensing for Early Warning. Conference

Internationale: Alerte precoce et suivi de l'environnement (International Conference:

Early Warning and Environmental Monitoring). Niamey, Niger. November 7-9 1994.

• AGRHYMET, CERPOD, and Government of Niger. 1994. Population, Health and

Environment: a Geographic Information System (GIS) Perspective. International

Conference on Population & Development, Cairo, Egypt. September 1994. NGO

Forum.

• Long, D.W. 1994. Demonstration of University of Maryland research (seasonality of

forests in central Africa). Natural Resources and Environmental Policy in Africa,

USAID, Banjul, The Gambia. January 18-22, 1994.

• Long, D.W. and R.C. Maggio 1991. Thiessen Polygon Analysis for Landuse mapping,

Second Annual Texas Arc/Info User Conference, November 6-8, Denton, TX.

• Long, D.W., M.R. Wagner, and J.P. McTague. 1988. Competing Vegetation and

Southwestern Pine Tip Moth (Rhyacionia neomexicana Dyar) Infestation Influence the

Growth of Ponderosa Pine, Pinus ponderosa Dougl. Ex Laws. XVIII International

Congress of Entomology. Vancouver, BC Abst. XIC2:432c.

Grants:

• 2008. David Long, Supporting Investigator. USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant

Louisiana Tech Rural Development Certification Program. USDA. $86,990

• 2007. David Long, PI. Rapid Watershed Assessments Maps. United States Department

of Agriculture/Trailblazer. $10,671

• 2007. David Long, Co Pi. Mapping the Future Landscape for Two Southwestern LA.

Parishes. University of Louisiana System. $25,841

• 2006. David Long, PI. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) System for Geographic

Information Science (GISc) Classes. Student Technology Fee Program. $8,228

• 2005. David Long, PI. Tree Stress Detection and Mapping Using an Unmanned Aerial

Vehicle(UAV). McIntire-Stennis. $44,440

• 2004. David Long, PI. Link projection system for the Spatial Data Center. Student

Technology fee Program. $4,665

• 2004. David Long, PI. Integrating Urban Forestry with GIS/GPS into Community

Programs. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. $9,192

Organizations and Activities:

• Member Society of American Foresters

• Member Louisiana Forestry Association

• Member South Central Arc Users Group

• Advisor to North Louisiana GIS Network

• Xi Sigma Pi, Forestry honorary society, National Treasurer

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