Other presenters at the conference are Robert Jones, associate professor and chair of Skidmore’s Economics Department, on “GIS and the Time Dimension”; Jonathan Cobb, on “GPS in the 21st Century - An Overview of Current GPS Capabilities, Modernization Efforts, and Complementary Networks”; Sharron Macklin and Jenni Lund, on “ArcGIS and Google Earth: Rules of Engagement.”

After distributing to participants CDs that contained assignments, Wright explained that the group would focus on about 106 Brunswick buildings for its project. These buildings included businesses such as Day's News, Bull Moose Music, Hannaford and 7-Eleven. Also included were local churches and libraries. Wright split the 106 buildings into 12 color-coded blocks, each with about 10 buildings in it. One block was assigned to each group of two. Also, some volunteers offered to work on additional blocks in order to complete the project.