Arthur J. Lembo, Jr.
Lecturer


 

305 Rice Hall
(607) 255-1716
E-mail: ajl53@cornell.edu
homepage: http

B.S. 1987 State University of New York, College at Oneonta,
Geography
M.A. 1991 State University of New York at Buffalo, Geography & Geographic Information Systems
Ph.D. 1997 State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Environmental Resource Engineering.

Arthur Lembo joined the Cornell faculty in 2000, after spending over 10 years in private industry implementing large-scale geographic information systems for both the public and private sector. Currently, he still works part-time with Bowne Management Systems as a Senior GIS Analyst and is a Senior staff member of the engineering firm of Sidney B. Bowne and Son, LLP.

Dr. Lembo is responsible for teaching the mapping science courses at Cornell University. The mapping science courses provide students with the foundational skills for performing geo-spatial research on campus. The Geographic Information Systems course has been widely popular on the Cornell campus with consistent enrollments of over 50 students from no less than 10 academic departments each semester. As part of Dr. Lembo's involvement with the Spatial Modeling and Analysis course, he provides guidance to over 20 graduate students in advanced geo-spatial research.

Dr. Lembo has implemented some of the larger enterprise GIS projects within the country, and is a frequently invited speaker to a number of conferences and workshops focused on geographic information system technology.

Research Program

Dr. Lembo's primary research interests are in the use of advanced information technologies for geo-processing. Dr. Lembo has recently provided direction to Eastman Kodak in identifying future markets for imaging, developed geo-processing tools for priceline.com in support of e-commerce activity, and is currently integrating global positioning system technology with personal digital assistant technology (PDA) for field data collection for the Long Island Rail Road. As part of his work with the Long Island Rail Road, Dr. Lembo is involved in the use of dynamic segmentation modeling of linear rail networks, and the linking of very large spatial data warehouses with traditional data warehouse technology. Through his experience with network modeling and dynamic segmentation, Dr. Lembo is currently developing alternative Kriging algorithms using linear network constraints.

In addition, Dr. Lembo is assisting over 20 graduate students on a variety of research topics related to geo-spatial processing. The research topics range from the creation of predictive models for zooplankton in Lake Ontario using AVHRR imagery, correlating the location of minority population with toxic release inventory locations, to modeling phosphorous within the Otsego Lake watershed.

Courses Taught

CSS 411. Resource Inventory Methods
CSS 420. Geographic Information Systems
CSS 620. Spatial Modeling and Analysis
CSS 465. Global Positioning Systems.

Selected Publications

Lembo and Overberg, 2001. Assessing Our Cultural Divide: A Spatial Approach for Analyzing the Results of Election 2000. Poster Session. Twenty-First Annual ESRI International User Conference. San Diego, CA.

Lembo and DeGloria, 2001. Removal of Selective Availability: New Opportunities for Field Data Collection. Whats Cropping Up?

Lembo, 2000. The Use of Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System (GPS) Technology for Precise Corridor Mapping. GPS Solutions, Vol. 2, No. 4. Published by John Wiley & Son.

Lembo, 1999. Implementing Enterprise GIS for Government: An Example from Nassau County. Chapter 7 in Enterprise GIS. Published by Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, edited by Nancy Von Meyer.

Lembo, 1999. Implementing Enterprise GIS for Business: An Example from the Long Island Rail Road. Chapter 8 in Enterprise GIS. Published by Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, edited by Nancy Von Meyer.

Lembo and Hopkins; 1998. The Use of Adjustment Computations for Improving the Positional Accuracy of GIS Data. Journal of Surveying and Land Information Systems, Vol. 58, No. 4. Published by the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping.

Lembo, Powers, and Gorin, 1998. The Use of Innovative Data Collection Techniques in Support of Enterprise-wide GIS Development. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. September, 1998.

Lembo, Annitto, and Reilly; 1995. Automated Quality Control of Photogrammetic Data. In Proceedings. 1995 Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, San Antonio, Texas.

Recent Conference Presentations


Balancing Theory and Practical Use in a GIScience Curriculum. 2001. Tenth Annual GIS/SIG Conference. Rochester, NY.

Strategies for Teaching Geographic Information Science in a Multi-Disciplinary University Environment. 2001. Twenty-First Annual ESRI International User Conference.

Advanced Spatial Analysis Tools for Engineering. 2000 GIS Forum Sponsored by Cornell University and Keyspan Corporation. Brooklyn, New York.

Removal of Selective Availability: New Opportunities for Field Data Collection. 2000 New York State Conference on Geographic Information Systems, Syracuse, New York (co presenter with Stephen D. DeGloria)
Expanding Enterprise-wide Geoprocessing Tools at the Long Island Rail Road. 2000 New York State Conference on Geographic Information Systems, Syracuse, New York.

The Use of Intranet Technologies for Providing Geoprocessing Tools in Large Organizations. 2000 Conference of The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Orlando Florida.

The Use of Geo-processing Tools in Support of Electronic Commerce: An Example from priceline.com. 2000 Conference of The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Orlando, Florida.