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Research Team
Organization Investigator Institution
GIS & Mapping 
Laboratory		 Principal Investigator
Dr. Rongxing (Ron) Li

Research Associates
  Dr. Kaichang Di
  Rami Al-Ruzouq
  Ruijin Ma

The Ohio State University
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science
470 Hitchcock Hall
2070 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1275
Phone: 614-292-4303
Great Lakes
Forecasting
System 		 Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Keith Bedford

Research Associates
  Sean O'Neil

The Ohio State University
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science
470 Hitchcock Hall
2070 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1275
Phone: 614-292-9582
Laboratory for 
Space Geodesy & 
Remote Sensing
(Geodesy Lab)		 Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. C. K. Shum

Research Associates
  Sang-ho Baek
  Kevin Cheng
  Chung-Yen Kuo
  Hari N. Sugavanam

The Ohio State University
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science
470 Hitchcock Hall
2070 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1275
Phone: 614-292-7202
Center for Mapping Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Raul Ramirez

Research Associates
  Tarig Ali

The Ohio State University
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science
470 Hitchcock Hall
2070 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1275
Phone: 614-292-4950
Database &
Multimedia Group		 Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Aidong Zhang

Research Associates
  Xian Xu

State University of New York at Buffalo
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
201 Bell Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260-2000
Phone: 716-645-3180 ext. 124
Fax: 716-645-3464
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Ohio Department of Natural Resources Collaborators
Organization Personnel Contact
Lake Erie Geology Group Constance Livchak
Don Guy 		Telephone:  419-626-4296
Division of Water
Coastal Engineering Group		 John Watkins Telephone:  419-626-7982
Natural Resources Engineering Supervisor Justin Reinhart Telephone:  419-626-7981
Division of Real Estate and
Land Management (REALM)		 Bruce Motsch Telephone:  614-265-6772
REALM, Ohio Coastal Management Program Mike Colvin Telephone:  614-265-6413 
REALM, Resource Management Section John Rupert Telephone:  614-265-6415
Collaborating Agencies
Organization
 Level
Major Functions to be Supported
Primary Collaborators
National Geodetic Survey (NGS), NOAA,
Silver Spring, MD
Federal
Shoreline mapping and digital navigation
Office of Coastal Survey (OCS), NOAA,
Silver Spring, MD
Federal
Coastal modeling and coastal geospatial databases
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA, Boulder, CO
Federal
Distributed coastal geospatial databases, collaboration with Univ. of Colorado
Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP), USGS, 
St. Petersburg, FL
Federal
LIDAR and video data, coastal change detection, and Tampa Bay test site
Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM), NIMA
Federal
 InSAR data for shoreline mapping and coastal topography
Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR),
Columbus, OH
State
Coastal modeling and forecasting, and coastal structure permission
Lake County Planning Commission, Lake County, OH
Local
Lake County erosion awareness and watching system
Collaborators
EROS Data Center, USGS, Sioux Falls, SD
Federal
 InSAR data and processing
Naval Research Lab, NAVY, Stennis Space Center, MS
Federal
Coastal change monitoring, SeaWIFS to monitor biological and environmental  features
Ohio Supercomputer Center, Columbus, OH
State
Distributed computing and modeling, and spatial data visualization
OhioView, Ohio
State
LandSat 7 data and historical coastal data
SpaceImaging EOSAT Inc., Thornton, CO
Private
Providing one-meter resolution satellite imagery

Agencies that have collaborated with related GIS & Mapping Lab projects include the U.S. Census Bureau, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Army Corps of Engineers.

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For further information, e-mail Dr. Rongxing (Ron) Li at li.282@osu.edu
GIS & Mapping Laboratory, The Ohio State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science
470 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1275
Tel.: (614) 292-6946  --  Fax.: (614) 292-2957
website:  http://shoreline.eng.ohio-state.edu
Last updated: June 1, 2002
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