Cultural Resource Archaeologist GIS/GPS Coordinator BA State University of New York at Buffalo 1987 E-mail: mgfarkas@uiuc.edu

Mike joined ITARP in 1998 as a Field Supervisor with the program’s Western Illinois Survey Division where he conducted Phase surveys, supervised small testing projects, and assisted on numerous excavations. While there he helped to develop a system making it possible to integrate Total Station and Global Positioning System (GPS) data into site-level Geographic Information System (GIS). He has held the position of ITARP’s GIS/GPS Coordinator since 2000. Along with managing the GIS and Cartography lab, Mike also performs field mapping, provides training and technical support and assistance to the entire program, and manages over a dozen Windows workstations.

General Interest/Area of Focus

• Geographic Information Systems and computer applications
• Spatial Analysis
• Cartography
• Landscape modeling
• Archaeology of Eastern North America, particularly the Midwest

Select Software/Technical Expertise

• Troubleshooting and repair of Windows XP, NT, 2000 and Mac OS 9 and X software and hardware
• All ESRI products (Versions 3.x, 8.x and 9.x)
• Database management
• HTML
• Macromedia DreamWeaver
• Trimble GPS Systems
• Sokkia hardware and software

Memberships/Awards/Accomplishments

• Member, Illinois Geographic Information Systems Association (ILGISA)
• Member, The Midwest Archaeological Conference

Personal

In his spare time Mike can usually be found bicycling, either on or off the road. He is a member of the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) and the Decatur Bicycle Club (DBC). He is also the Membership Coordinator for the Central Illinois Mountain Bicycling Association (CIMBA) and the web-master and Internet guru for the Springfield Area Mountain Bicycle Association (SAMBA).