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| TRACK: Related and Supporting Technologies |
| Maine GeoArchives |
| James Henderson, & Dan Walters, Maine Office of GIS |
| Agencies in Maine State government are creating records of permanent value on geographic information systems (GIS). The Maine Library of Geographic Information (GeoLibrary), which will make GIS records widely available, is now under construction. The creation of the GeoLibrary has awakened an understanding of the need for broad standards to enhance interoperability. The project is taking advantage of this opportunity to accomplish the following goal: create a digital system, based on current archival research and recommended standards, to be known as the Maine Archives of Geographic Information (GeoArchives), for maintaining State of Maine GIS records having permanent value. Development is based on the guidelines in the Maine State Archives Digital Records Management Plan: 1999-2003, and on the expertise of Maine Office of GIS. The GeoArchives will insure that State or local government archival records held by the GeoLibrary, as well as other archival GIS records held by State agencies but not integrated into the GeoLibrary, will be retained permanently and will be accessible to researchers through the GeoLibrary. The presentation will report on the status of this project. |
| TRACK: Related and Supporting Technologies |
| Managing and integrating GPS data with GIS |
| John Lynam, Chris Halsted, & Janet Parker, Maine DEP GIS Unit |
| This workshop will teach users about different types of GPS units, accuracy, WAAS, differential correction, and other components of GPS technology. The workshop will also discuss various types of free or commercially-available software used to integrate GPS units with GIS, and how to use customized tools in ArcGIS to manage GPS data. |
| TRACK: Public Safety/Homeland Security |
| Mapping for Public Health: Approaches and tools for event and incidence rate analysis |
| Tom Harrington & Brian Hebert Applied Geographics, Inc. |
| State Departments of Health maintain a diversity of data having location attributes - births, deaths, chronic disease, workplace injuries, and so forth. Local boards of health similarly collect and track a variety of types of public health case data - hepatitis, West Nile virus, Lyme disease, other infectious disease, and so forth. Analysis of this data focuses on the calculation of incidence rates based on reference to age-adjusted population data, evaluation of spatial and temporal patterns of events and rates, and the association of events with geographic features. A variety of tools and software packages support such analysis but their integration with GIS is highly variable. This presentation discusses these limitations, and describes an effort underway at two state departments of health to build a more integrated capability for incident rate calculation and mapping in ArcGIS. The discussion provides a framework for making more efficient use of public health case data. |
| TRACK: Natural Resources/Environmental Protection |
| Mapping Habitat for Rare Species |
| Tara Boswell & David Szczebak, Massachusetts Natural Heritage Program |
| In July of 2004, the Massachusetts Natural Heritage Program began a project to map habitat footprints for all of the current records in our rare species database. This was a huge undertaking, with over 7,000 records to work through. With recent revisions to the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act, however, revising our habitat boundaries became crucial, as these areas will be used to inform new regulatory boundaries. In this presentation we will discuss the rationale for our mapping approach- a laborious process of working record by record, map by map. We will highlight some of the main issues that surfaced, such as scale, accuracy, and the tension between biological judgement and the need for consistency. We will also detail our digital storage setup, wherein users can store mapping criteria and associate attributes with individual species polygons. We will then discuss the utility of the final polygons, and how we will use them in the Regulatory environment. We will discuss the pros and cons of our approach, and talk about the advantages of having such a detailed habitat layer, as well as some of the analyses in which we envision using it.Keywords: Mapping, Rare Species, Habitat, Biotics, ArcGIS |
| TRACK: Natural Resources/Environmental Protection |
| Mapping Potential Groundwater Recharge: Soil Moisture Accounting in NH's Seacoast |
| Frederick H. Chormann, Jr., Gregory Barker, Derek S. Bennett, Weston R. Dripps, NH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY |
| Management
of groundwater resources requires knowledge of the spatial and temporal
distribution of recharge resulting from precipitation events. The rate of
recharge sets limits upon the amount of groundwater that can be withdrawn
without depleting aquifer storage. Unfortunately, recharge is extremely
difficult to quantify by direct measurement. Water budget approaches for
estimating recharge therefore occupy a useful place in the hydrogeologist's
toolbox. The method applied by the NH Geological Survey as part of a cooperative
project to assess availability of groundwater in the Seacoast region of
NH uses gridded data as input to a simple, soil water balance model (Dripps,
W.R., et al, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Circular, in
preparation) to map the spatial variations in potential recharge as a function
of physical watershed characteristics. Input grids include: daily meteorological
data, flow direction derived from a 30-meter digital elevation model, soil
drainage characteristics, Anderson level II land cover, and impervious surface
area. ArcGIS Spatial Analyst is used to create regular data arrays to execute
the model and view the output. Temporal variations in recharge can be simulated
through selection of the annual series of daily precipitation values that
drive the model.Keywords: groundwater recharge, spatial analyst, model.
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| TRACK: Natural Resources/Environmental Protection |
| Marine Conservation Modeling at The Nature Conservancy |
| Dan Morse, The Nature Conservancy |
| The Nature Conservancy is approaching marine conservation with several geospatial methods. Available bathymetry can be used to identify undersea ridges or canyons, and with better resolution may be able to locate biological features such as tilefish burrows. Where quality bathymetry is not available, a new surveying technique has been developed to spatially reference depths gathered from a common fishfinder.Methods to animate pelagic circulation have also been developed; values to be mapped can be poured over a travel cost surface, or "pumped" through flow vectors representing circulation. We have chosen data from the University of Miami's Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model from the many circulation models and remote sensors available, because of its relatively high resolution (1/12°) and large historical archive (up to 7 years). This information will help locate and track the movement of biologically significant features in the open ocean, to guide our conservation work.Keywords: Marine, conservation, modeling, bathymetry, circulation |
| TRACK: Natural Resources/Environmental Protection - POSTER |
| Massachusetts Military Reservation Fuel Spill 28 Conceptual Model |
| Scott DeHainaut, CH2M HILL |
| Fuel Spill 28 (FS-28) is a detached groundwater plume originating from the Massachusetts Military Reservation on Cape Cod and flowing southward under the town of Falmouth MA. It was originally characterized in 1992 and is composed of ethylene dibromide (EDB), a fuel additive. The plume's flow direction takes it beneath the Coonamessett River and associated wetlands, part of which have historically been used in cranberry production. The core of the plume is being contained and remediated by an extraction well extended deep into the plume and also by a series of shallow extraction wellpoints placed further down-gradient at an area where the plume is upwelling into the wetlands. GIS is used to produce and consolidate a wide variety of spatial and chemical data describing this plume, including terrain and bedrock surfaces, along with output data produced by specialized groundwater modeling applications. These data are composed into a three-dimensional visualization representing the key elements of the surface and sub-surface environment to form a unique illustration of the effort to remediate this plume. These illustrations are used to help remediation managers visualize and interpret complex data, to support their subsequent decisions, and to show the public the conceptual understanding of the plume. |
| TRACK: Internet Mapping |
| Municipal GIS Web-sites: The State of the Art |
| Michael Terner, Applied Geographics, Inc. |
| GIS web-sites are not experimental luxuries any more. The paradigm has shifted and a GIS web-site is the primary mechanism by which most end-users gain access to GIS capabilities and to see GIS data sets. This presentation will focus on advances in web mapping technologies that have continued to allow better sites to be built. The presentation will use live demonstrations and will present several case studies to address issues such as: Providing integration with an organization's general web presence, Providing advanced integration with relational database systems outside of ArcIMS, Achieving multiple table joins, Allowing advanced one-to-many/many-to-one query capabilities, Maintaining high degrees of performance and usability, Allowing on-line markup and simple editing of features through a web application |
| TRACK: Natural Resources/Environmental Protection |
| Natural Resource and GIS Support of Land Trust Planning for Natural Areas Protection in Southern Rhode Island |
| Andrew MacLachlan, US Fish and Wildlife Service |
| In a rapidly developing state such as Rhode Island, land conservation requires collaboration. Local land trust organizations found they didn't have the biological information and technical resources to evaluate regional natural areas data.ActionNine local Land Trusts in Washington County, RI formed the Washington County Land Trust Coalition. The Coastal Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was asked to assist by providing ecological assessments and GIS expertise to the Coalition. This partnership first identified each Land Trusts' most important resources. The USFWS Coastal Program combined this information into several map views and tabular summaries for the land trusts to better see how their shared common important areas interact on the local landscapes and assessed the extent and consistency with which digital data represented the resource issues important to the group. This GIS work was followed by ecological interpretation and presentations of 'what if' landscape scenarios to the land trust representatives, allowing them to mold their individual interests to develop action items for a larger region. ResultsThese data and analyses will help conservation partners compete for land preservation grants, and will ensure that the most valuable natural areas in southern Rhode Island are protection priorities. |
| TRACK: Related and Supporting Technologies |
| "NEARC Squares" Game Show - ArcSDE Tips, Tricks and Keys to Success |
| Larry Spraker, Applied GIS |
| Join your host Larry Spraker and 9 ArcSDE "celebrities" in a live game show of "NEARC Squares," where the questions and answers will educate you on ArcSDE technology and implementation, and YOU, the audience, play as the contestants! Come ready to participate, laugh, have fun, and learn alot about ArcSDE. Be ready to test your knowledge and either "Agree" or "Disagree" with our celebrities as a member of the "X's" or "O's." And yes... you could win fabulous prizes! |
| TRACK: Natural Resources/Environmental Protection |
| Overlay Analysis for the Forest Stewardship Program |
| Chandreyee Lahiri & Nathanael Lloyd, MA Department of Conservation and Recreation |
| The Forest Stewardship Program, administered by the USDA Forest Service and implemented by state forestry agencies, encourages private forestlandowners to manage their lands using professionally prepared forestmanagement plans. These plans consider all associated forest-relatedresources to meet landowner objectives, including, but not limited totimber, wildlife fish, water, and aesthetics. A pilot effort, called the Stewardship Spatial Analysis Project (SAP), was launched to develop a GIS-based strategic management tool that allows participating stateforestry agencies to identify and spatially display: their important forest lands, land currently under Forest Stewardship Plans, and areas of opportunity to focus future Forest Stewardship efforts. This pilot effort was a great success and there are now plans to implement the project in states across the country. Key to the success of the project was the close coordination among partners, prudent selection of input data, and quality of cartographic products depicting results. However, the greatest factor in the success of the project was the careful design of an overlay model that uses a consistent methodology for all states, yet has the flexibility to accommodate and respond to state-specific conditions and needs.overlay, partnership, model, planning, forest |
| TRACK: Natural Resources/Environmental Protection |
| Perceived Importance and Previous Use of Geographic Data for Private Woodland Management |
| Dr. Kirk D. Sinclair, Housatonic Valley Association |
| This
was the first 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 first study explored the current attitudes and behaviors of private
forest landowners (PFLs) regarding the use of geographic data for ecosystem
management strategies. The results of a mail survey indicated that PFLs
were supportive of geographic data and ecosystem management strategies that
relate to stewardship objectives, but the mental maps of PFLs, their mistrust
of government, and the discrepancy between perceived importance and previous
use of geographic data remain as obstacles. Intervention to overcome these
various obstacles will need to be carefully crafted.
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| TRACK: Municipal |
| Planning and Creating a 3D GIS for Use in 3D Analyst |
| Gary Smith, Josh Friedman Green Mountain GeoGraphgics, Ltd |
| This workshop is designed to help new and experienced ArcGIS users understand how to employ the 3D Analyst extension with other supporting software to create a true 3D GIS. The virtual environment now made possible in ArcScene and ArcGlobe (part of 3D Analyst) open many new horizons for the GIS user. To help people understand the many opportunities, the following topics will be presented:1. Terrain creation for 3D display2. Land cover sources and creation3. Creation, Use and Placement of symbols in the 3D environment4. Multipatch - What is it, how is it created and what does it mean to the GIS user?5. Creating buildings and other landscape features for 3D display and analysis6. Importing 3rd party buildings and landscape features to ArcScene and ArcGlobe7. Use of 3rd. party software8. New and coming technologiesThroughout this workshop live examples will be included to show not only the construction techniques but also the applications of 3D GIS technology. Community planning, viewshed analysis, disaster and emergency planning and facilities management are just a few of the application to be illustrated. 3D is the real next generation of GIS technology and this workshop is intended to help users begin to use this technology right away.Key words: 3D, Virtual Environment, ArcScene, ArcGlobe, Multipatch |
| TRACK: Municipal |
| Power to the People: Using ArcGIS Publisher to Share and Explore Geographic Information |
| Todd Gys, CDM |
| The ability to easily share geographic information among users has been somewhat limited in the options for exporting GIS data. Paper plots and exported PDFs are simple ways to present maps, but severely limit the way someone can interact with the data. Providing deeper access to a GIS can require the end user to invest in a GIS application such as ArcView, or require a developer to invest the time and resources to develop an online environment through ArcIMS or similar platforms. Using ArcGIS Publisher and ArcReader addresses this gap in data accessibility by providing more control over viewing and effectively using data than is afforded with paper maps or electronic exports.As a GIS administrator, using ArcGIS Publisher allows data and mapping to be shared with anyone, even if they do not have access to ArcMap. The extension provides settings to control how data is viewed and used, so packaging data for the public is secure and effective. Packaging data for field applications is extremely useful as well; published maps can be explored without the added cost of an ArcGIS license on a field laptop. For the end user familiar with GIS, but that may not have the time, resources, or desire to maintain a GeoDatabase, using ArcReader provides data viewing and plotting tools that far exceed conventional electronic exports such as PDFs, especially when the ArcReader environment is customized. For the novice, it provides an easy way to view and print maps, and more importantly, to get familiar with what GIS data can offer. This presentation will first cover the administrative use of ArcGIS Publisher for packaging, securing and sharing data, and then move forward to cover the end user experience of using ArcReader to explore published maps. |
| TRACK: Transportation |
| Roadway Inventory Data Migration from Mainframe to Integrated Location Based RDBMS |
| Jon Libby Maine Department of Transportation |
| Maine DOT faced the problem of an aging mainframe roadway inventory database with a Linear Referencing System that was difficult to integrate with newer spatially enabled relational databases and geographic information systems. In 2003 work began to synchronize the mainframe system with the spatial representation of the road network as a precursor to migration to a new integrated system. Maine DOT chose Highways by Exor as the solution to integrate highways management and inventory road assets with full spatial display and query capability. Highways by exor can manage multiple linear referencing systems while maintaining network location and historic data integrity. Once the migration was complete Maine’s Data Warehouse, TIDE was loaded with data from the new Exor database. Future plans include the addition of multiple linear referencing systems such as rail lines, bus routes, ferry lines, and trails. |
| TRACK: Municipal |
| Road Surface Management System (RSMS)Using ArcMap with MS Access and VBA |
| Tim Gunn, P.E., City of Concord, NH |
| This is a work in progress of a Road Surface Management System (RSMS) developed using ArcMap and a Microsoft Access database application. ArcMap and MS Access were customized "out of the box" using visual basic for applications (VBA).This talk will cover: data collection of roads and conditions with ArcMap (on a laptop in the field); analyzing the data with MS Access; using "Routes" in ArcMap to display conditions (or Pavement Condition Indicators, PCI) and repair type; using spatial joins to assign repair type to road segments and calculate construction costs.The approach, calculations and methodology used are based the RSMS developed by the University of New Hampshire Technology Transfer Center. |
| TRACK: Municipal |
| Social and Economic Aspects of Location |
| John Vogl, Town of Londonderry, NH |
| Using the Town of Londonderry, NH as a case study, the poster will illustrate the positive and negative aspects of location as it pertains to economic development, housing choices, commuting trips and social involvement. The Town of Londonderry, pop. 25,000, is facing several issues that accelerate growth patterns including the potential secondary impacts from the widening of I-93, introduction of the airport access road, and the opening of a 700 acre industrial park, each of which drive location decisions relative to living and/or working in the Town. |
| TRACK: Public Safety/Homeland Security |
| StatEwide Incident Management System (SWIMS) |
| Bob White, ENP State of Maine, Office of GIS |
| Emergency Management within the State of Maine is the responsibility of our State Emergency Management Agency, 16 county Emergency Management Agencies, and 917 Civil Divisions. Fast effective communication, coordination and data sharing are vital for proper incident management (command and control) and mitigation. Incident managers have problems integrating existing streams of information to coordinate response activities and effectively manage field workers because a centralized electronic clearinghouse for the uniform exchange of live data from existing remote sensor networks does not exist. Maine currently has river gauge monitors, automated weather stations, an ocean buoy network, and road condition sensors that produce data in numerous forms and formats. In addition, new and emerging data streams are being deployed today that can save minutes and lives. Data automatically transmitted by automatic crash notification technology is a good example. An integrated approach is needed to provide a single view of these important data. Based on Maine's enterprise solutions for database and geographic information systems, we propose to develop selected modules for a State Wide Incident Management System (SWIMS) as a centralized GIS-based clearinghouse for data from existing remote sensor networks. |
| TRACK: Municipal |
| Strategies for Self-Funding Municipal GIS |
| Jayson Brennen, CDM; Brett Horr, Town of York CDM |
| Do the words "budget crunch" mean anything to you? In many cases, an initial investment is made to implement GIS but not enough funding is provided to adequately sustain the system and expand it over time. This presentation will outline unique ways to fund the maintenance and growth of a municipal GIS environment without affecting the tax rate. It will also highlight how York, Maine self funds their GIS through fees tied to building permits. Using the strategies discussed, municipalities can more effectively fund the maintenance, update, and growth of their systems. |
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