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| TRACK: Natural Resources/Environmental Protection |
| Forest Habitat Protection Using a Connectivity/Proximity Model |
| Nathanael Lloyd & Chandreyee Lahiri, MA Department of Conservation and Recreation |
| There is extensive research showing that contiguous areas of forest habitat tend to be more beneficial to species health and diversity than if the same acreage exists in small scattered patches of land. It has also been shown that lands that are in close proximity to each other can confer similar benefits as connected lands. However, the proximity benefit changes depending on the type of land use that exists between polygons. A model has been created using Spatial Analyst in ArcGIS 9.0 to evaluate the connectivity and proximity of polygons in one layer, or multiple layers. The model will also produce a grid that will serve as a measure of potential connectivity across the entire landscape. The model was designed to serve a specific habitat protection purpose but flexibility has been built into the model that will allow it to be used for any set of polygon GIS data.Connectivity, Proximity, Model, Habitat, Forest |
| TRACK: Natural Resources/Environmental Protection |
| Geodatabase Design for Human Use of the Marine Environment Experience with The Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Agency |
| Stu Rich, St. George Consulting Group |
| In the spring of 2005, the Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Agency Contracted with Penobscot Bay Media and Terralogic GIS to create a geodatabase design for Human Use of the Marine Environment. Much of the data did not exist in electronic form. An expert workshop format was used to develop digital representations of anecdotal and notional understandings of use concentrations. The workshop format and the resulting geodatabase design will be discussed. |
| TRACK: Natural Resources/Environmental Protection |
| GIS Analysis of Forest Cover Types for Private Woodland Management |
| Dr. Kirk D. Sinclair, Housatonic Valley Association |
| This was the second of three studies done for a dissertation titled "Geographic Data Intervention to Support Private Woodland Management." The dissertation was prompted by a claim once made by the Forest Service that ecosystem management was made possible because of GIS. Forests of the Northeast are owned primarily by private forest landowners, not the Forest Service. GIS may be a necessary component for the management of National Forests and Grasslands, but can it be a practical component for private woodland management in the Northeast This second study explored whether forest cover types classified through remote sensing and reclassified with GIS could be useful to private forest landowners (PFLs) employing ecosystem management strategies. Though a remotely-sensed dataset of forest cover types could be reclassified as forest communities commonly used for private woodland management, field data revealed that the reclassified forest communities were not accurate enough to be useful. Further work in the classification of forest cover types should consider the practical implications for private woodland management. |
| TRACK: Public Safety/Homeland Security |
| GIS and Preplanning for First Responders |
| Vicki Schmidt, Maine Fire Training & Education |
| Preplanning has long been used to determine the most efficient and effective means for emergency response. With Hurricane Charley, earthquakes and tsunamis making headlines it's easy to overlook the need to plan for local emergencies. But recent school shootings, nightclub fires and a growing clandestine lab problem, prove it can happen here. For the citizens immediately involved with an incident, and the responders that arrive within the first few minutes, planning for everyday hazards is crucial. Until recently, bringing GIS to the first responder in rural areas was a challenge for many emergency organizations. As access to technologies improve, GIS is playing an integral part in preplanning the management of everyday incidents to those involving critical infrastructure and target hazards. Training first responders and implementing GIS is just one way small towns are organizing to ensure ôhometown securityö. This presentation will look at the steps for combining locally based GIS data with electronic preplans for emergency response. |
| TRACK: Education |
| GIS in Maine Schools |
| Bridgit Kirouac, State of Maine, Office of GIS |
| An overview of our experience providing GIS technical support to Maine schools, this presentation explores technical issues identified, integration of GIS into the curriculum, and student response to GIS as an analytical tool. |
| TRACK: Utilities |
| GIS Program Development - If At First You Don't Succeed, Try Again |
| Joseph Spollen, GeoData Modelers, Inc |
| Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. is an operating subsidiary of the largest U.S.-based, publicly-traded water utility in the country. Providing drinking water to more than 340,000 customer accounts in southeastern Pennsylvania, Aqua Pennsylvania's supply system is made up of more than 4,000 miles of pipe and serves a 508-square-mile service territory.In the late 1990's, Aqua Pennsylvania embarked on an ambitious GIS program which promised to deliver substantial business benefits throughout the company by integrating existing information systems and developing customized software applications to tie them all together. Although Aqua Pennsylvania performed a cost/benefit analysis, followed a "textbook" approach to developing system requirements, and completed a pilot program, the GIS program stalled, lost support, and was abandoned before it could be fully implemented. This paper describes what went wrong and what steps were taken to rejuvenate the GIS program so that is now providing useful business benefits throughout the company.This presentation will be helpful to organizations who are trying to integrate GIS technology into their existing operations, and will describe lessons learned and practical ideas to build a successful GIS program.KEYWORDS: Water utility, requirements analysis, GIS program, geodatabases, systems integration |
| TRACK: Internet Mapping |
| GIS...The Great Integrator |
| Darren Mackiewicz, CDM |
| As the idea of web services and interoperability continues to be embraced and implemented in Enterprise data management systems, the ability and usefulness of ArcIMS to facilitate this type of data sharing is increasingly being taken into consideration. With less worry about conflicting software platforms and data types in the web environment, more information, in greater detail, and managed by multiple owners, is now being integrated. Whereas in the past, it was commonplace for Assessing, Public Works , Board of Health, Community Development, Conservation, Fire & Police, and other departments to develop custom stand-alone applications for their needs, that trend is shifting towards more integrated systems. These new systems architectured around a web framework enhance communication between the departments, introduce cost saving benefits, and allow for pooling of resources to get 'more bang for the collective buck'. Of course, these systems do not pop up overnight and they do not maintain themselves. There are many considerations that need to be taken into account in designing and implementing web-based GIS systems. This presentation will touch on some of the most important of these. |
| TRACK: Natural Resources/Environmental Protection |
| GIS Tools Useful for Air Quality Event Analyses |
| Martha Webster, Maine DEP Bureau of Air Quality |
| Maine DEP's Bureau of Air Quality has used GIS tools for a variety of analyses and official submissions. In Air Quality we have stationary monitors and mobile monitors on the sea and in the air. By including location information along with data collection one can map a given quantity as it changes in time and space. Since data from a mobile monitor is collected so frequently one finds a continuous line is mapped. By color coding this line based on ozone level one can 'see' ozone plumes. During the last few years that the Scotia Prince Ferry ran between Portland Maine and Yarmouth Nova Scotia, DEP staff placed a monitor onboard. The resulting data was mapped across the Gulf of Maine. In 2002 aircraft was outfitted with sophisticated equipment including an ozone monitor. Ozone data aloft was then mapped with surface data. MEDEP-BAQ staff has also mapped wind frequency information and wind paths (trajectories) to demonstrate transport of ozone into the state. These and other maps will be discussed during this presentation. |
| TRACK: Education - POSTER |
| GIS: Uniting Present Day Fort Stanwix and the Artifacts of it's Past |
| Susan K. Nixson, AMEC Earth & Environmental; Dr. Lee P. Herrington, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry; Craig W. Davis, National Park Service |
| Fort Stanwix was established in 1935 as a National Monument celebrating the location's significance as a Fortification during the Revolutionary War. In 1974, 16 acres in Rome, NY were cleared for the purpose of reconstructing Fort Stanwix as nearly as possible to its original appearance and location. Prior to the reconstruction, archeological excavations unearthed over 400,000 artifacts (ca.1776 - 1974) related to the original Fort Stanwix and the history of Rome, NY. A GIS was created for the comprehensive management and the digital preservation of this historic data. The primary challenge of this project was to spatially locate the excavation units as they related to the reconstructed Fort in real world coordinates. All of the archeological excavation survey maps referenced locations that were later destroyed either during the excavations or in the reconstruction of the Fort. Georectification to persistent town building locations, not referenced in the excavation surveys, allowed the registration of historic maps to present day real world coordinate locations. This GIS contains georectified layers including 18th century artifact locations, a 1924 Sanborn Map, 1970s era archeological plans and archeological excavation units, 2001 tax property boundaries, a USGS topographic map, a 2001 Digital Ortho Quarter Quad and more.Key Words: GIS, Archeology, Fort Stanwix, National Parks, Historic Preservation |
| TRACK: Municipal |
| GIS Web Hosting Services Allows the Town of Sanford to Broaden its GIS Audience |
| Bill Botting, Town of Sanford |
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Town of Sanford has centralized access to its GIS using an interactive web-based
application. A collaborative approach was taken to design and implement
a user-friendly GIS web site to serve both the public and municipal staff.
The use of web hosting services allowed the Town of Sanford to defray the
high cost of maintaining the hardware, software, and expertise necessary
to provide web-based GIS services. The Town's GIS web site allows users
to view property information, list abutters, perform spatial overlays, and
print mailing lists and maps. A Microsoft Access Database was used to automate
the frequent extraction and formatting of parcel detail data from the Assessor's
mass appraisal database, including ownership, assessed value, and construction
details, so that the GIS web site data remains up-to-date.
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| TRACK: Related and Supporting Technologies |
| How to get started with Geoprocessing in Model Builder and Python Scripting |
| Susan Scanlon, Fuss & O'Neill |
| How to get started with Geoprocessing in Model Builder and Python ScriptingLearn the advantages for accessing geoprocessing functionality through building models or python scripts. Understand the differences between model builder and scripting - when to choose the appropriate method to best accomplish your task. In both environments, you will learn how to bring in data, geoprocessing tools, and output data, set parameters, create documentation, and share these models or scripts with others. |
| TRACK: Natural Resources/Environmental Protection |
| IMS development for the Gulf of Maine Watershed Habitat Analysis |
| Bob Houston, US Fish and Widlife Service |
| The Gulf of Maine Coastal Program completed a habitat analysis which identifies important habitat within the U.S. portion of the Gulf of Maine watershed. This analysis identifies, maps and ranks important fish and wildlife habitat for priority species throughout the watershed. This information can then be used by agencies, land trusts and towns for habitat protection but distribution has been limited because of time involved in making paper maps and the software/hardware investment needs of potential users of the digital data. In conjunction with the FWS Systems Development Team, an ArcIMS application has been developed to make this information more readily available over the internet. Users can view habitat information with base background data and query the habitat information for a specific area by interactively drawing a polygon onscreen. This presentation will discuss the project background and IMS development. |
| TRACK: Natural Resources/Environmental Protection |
| Innovative GIS-based Approach for Tracking Local Development in Maine using Electrical Utility Connection Data |
| Richard Sutton, Applied Geographics, Inc. |
| Modeling the rate and location of land development requires a method of determining when new construction is actually built or occupied. Aerial photography, local surveys, building permits, can be used but each has limitations in terms of cost or effort, consistency, and interpretation. Electric utility connection data provides a consistent, broad based, and reliable proxy for land development. The Maine State Planning Office, the Maine Office of GIS and Maine's primary electrical utilities (Central Maine Power Company and Bangor HydroElectric) have collaborated to produce multi-year metrics for measuring new development in the state since 1990. This presentation describes the cell-based analysis framework that accommodated both the utilities' requirements for customer confidentiality as well as the need for accurate spatial representations of these changes over time. Cell size in this array is 500 m, and cells are populated with absolute connection values year over year. These data present significant potential for monitoring development patterns and guiding multi-level and multi-jurisdictional planning as well as providing a development tracking model that allows for easy creation of animated series in ArcGIS. Keywords:development tracking, grid-based modeling, planning, Maine, utility connection |
| TRACK: Internet Mapping |
| Integrating ArcIMS mapping throughout a County government web site |
| Phil Thibault & Joe Rutkowski, Dutchess County, Office of Computer Information Systems |
| GEOACCESS is a map-based service designed to provide easy public access to locate an array of sites and physical features throughout the County, such as, government offices, schools, roads, hospitals, nursing homes, historic sites and museums, landmarks, trails, recreation areas, and much more. GeoAccess is unique because it is fully integrated into Dutchess County's website. It can be launched as a simple mapping application or it can be launched and focused to items of interest throughout the County web site. An example can be seen at http://www.dutchessny.gov/Municipalities/MUNtownstable.htm where each Town Hall can be located in the interactive map.This presentation will semi-technical outlining and sharing procedures and middleware code that allows web page content managers to simply create one button links that launch the mapping application and zooms into the layers and items of interest. The simple procedures and code have proven to be very successful and allows greater flexibility to our web content managers to integrate locational information into the County's web pages. |
| TRACK: Related and Supporting Technologies |
| Introduction to Remote Sensing |
| Andrew Brenner & Mike Palmer, Sanborn |
| This 1.5 hour workshop is directed at local, state and regional governmental organizations that are interested in looking at digital imagery as a new approach to obtaining information about their land. The session will be broken into two parts, the first part will look at what is digital imagery, how does it different from film, and how do you choose the right imagery for your application. It will also review the costs associated with acquiring different types of imagery.The second session will focus on what can be done with digital imagery, the session will review vector data extraction, automated classification methods and the results, and will review products made from high and medium resolution digital imagery.Session 1:Digital imagery is becoming more available and important in building GIS at the State and Local Government Level. Imagery has long been used for vector extraction of infrastructure, however now remote sensing methods are enabling us to extract other information that can be useful to local decision makers. This session will look at digital imagery what it is, and how to select the correct imagery for your application. The session will review, spectral resolution, spatial resolution and temporal resolution of satellites and airborne digital imagery. It will also review spatial accuracy, mosaicing, operational and cost considerations. Session 2:Once you have digital imagery, you can do more than just look at it, this session will show how imagery can be used for cheap and effective basemap updates. It will also review the use of imagery for creation of land cover datasets, extraction of building footprints, derivation of imperviousness and tree cover and mapping of wetlands. The session will use examples from all over the US and show operational uses of these types of analyses. |
| TRACK: Municipal |
| Learn to "Fly High" with ArcGlobe: Tips and Tricks for creating an ArcGlobe Scene |
| Susan Scanlon, Fuss & O'Neill |
| Learn to "Fly High" with ArcGlobe: Tips and Tricks for creating an ArcGlobe SceneFirst learn about what data comes with ArcGlobe and how to best add your own data, including adding elevation data for a realistic view. Once you have the data added, you will learn how to work with caching in ArcGlobe for efficient display and navigation. You will discover how to best navigate in ArcGlobe, in both global mode and surface mode; using tools such as the navigate, fly, and walk tools. In addition, you will learn tips and tricks for using the animation toolbar and how to best capture/create fly through scenes. |
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