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Esri Federal User Conference Proceedings 2005
The 2005 Esri Federal User Conference Proceedings is a compilation
of professional abstracts and presentations delivered February 1–3,
2005, in Washington, D.C.
Esri users contributed a fundamental part to the conference by submitting and
presenting their presentations on a diverse collection of GIS applications.
The proceedings promote GIS application by stimulating users to share
their experiences and knowledge.
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Best Practices (BPR)
- Integrating Esri Geodatabases
and Oracle RDBMS in The National Map
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Author(s): Dwight S. Hughes, USGS
Geodatabases can be started from scratch and developed entirely within the Esri
environment. However, others can evolve from an existing Oracle RDBMS with its
own applications and data maintenance processes built with Oracle tools. What
can be done to optimize the complementary capabilities of both the Esri GIS and
the Oracle relational environments? How can the hierarchical structure of the
geodatabase be reconciled with an existing complex relational design without
unnecessary duplication of data or processes? How can GIS and text-based applications
be merged, leveraging both for optimum user access and data maintenance over
the Web? The USGS faced these issues when designing the Structures, Boundaries,
and Names layers of The National Map and integrating them with the Geographic
Names Information System (GNIS). This presentation will discuss the issues, problems,
answers, and proposed answers to optimizing the Esri GIS and Oracle RDBMS paradigms
in the same system without constraining either.
Defense Command and Control Systems (DEF)
- Increasing Situational
Awareness via UAV Video Feeds in GIS Applications
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Author(s): Lt. Col. Ricky E. Sward, HQ USAFA/DFCS; Tim R. Beerman, HQ
USAFA/CEPD
With the emergence of UAVs and the video payloads available onboard, the integration
of sensor data into a common framework referenced in a geodatabase is becoming
more desirable.
The USAF Academy�s UAV Research Group, a 25-member multi-disciplinary team, and
the Academy�s Geo Integration Office are developing a prototype UAV Situational
Awareness Tool that will connect the commander in a command center to the video
feed from an operational UAV. The prototype is being built as an Esri ArcObjects
extension for ArcGIS 9 that displays a moving UAV on the spatial data from
the geodatabase and streams the video data to an embedded video viewer in the
map. The result is a fusion of the UAV�s location and video feed into a common
frame of reference. Using this tool in a command center during dynamic situations
will increase the situational awareness of Air Force Commanders.
GIS for the Intelligence Community (GIC)
- IRRIS: Logistics Situational
Awareness Worldwide
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Author(s): Paul Allred, SDDCTEA; and Brendan Wesdock, GeoDecisions
Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Transportation Engineering
Agency (SDDCTEA) and GeoDecisions have developed IRRIS (www.IRRIS.com) technology.
Critical goals of this tool are:
- Provide a common interface into a system that provides a �one stop shop� to
information.
- Provide real-time information.
- Integrate all information into one common operating picture.
- Be flexible to handle the latest technological advancements.
- Be scalable to handle small local issues as well as significant regional
and national events.
This presentation will consist of a brief project description and demonstration.
IRRIS has proven to be a very effective logistics and decision support tool for
the military and emergency response. IRRIS has allowed SDDCTEA (www.tea.army.mil)
to streamline military logistics, reducing the time and costs for military training
and operations. IRRIS provides the military and Department of Defense (DoD) with
greatly improved logistics situational awareness worldwide.
GIS Use in Enabling Decision Making (DEM)
- Determining Building Vulnerability
by Natural and Man-Made Hazards
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Author(s): Sylvia Kendra, Smithsonian Institution; Dr. Michael Chipley,
PBS&J
The Smithsonian Institution manages approximately 660 buildings and receives
about 17 million visitors per year. This year, the Smithsonian�s Office of Protection
Services launched a geospatial project designed to increase safety and security
of visitors and staff. By utilizing existing software applications and collecting
geospatial data specific to each site, we will have the ability to create scenarios
for potential hazards, both natural and man-made, and take corrective action
before a crisis exists. The project was initiated in early summer 2004 and holds
high promise for success. Data collection is currently underway at the 29 Smithsonian
Institution sites and campuses. These sites are located primarily in the Washington,
D.C., mall area but also in remote locations such as the Arizona desert, Hawaii
highlands, and Panama islands. Primary software used: Esri ArcGIS, ArcGIS Spatial
Analyst, and FEMA HAZUS.
- GIS and Utilities: Providing
Solutions to the Navy
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Author(s): Sandrine Bielmann, NAVFAC MidAtlantic
The NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic Energy and Information Division has an ongoing effort
to develop a rigorous GIS database for the Utility commodities throughout the
region. SDS compliant geodatabases have been developed, geometric network created
and applications are now being built to support day-to-day maintenance and use
of the data. This talk will discuss several of the ongoing efforts to include
the ArcIMS redline tool for tracking and making changes to the data, development
of new meter reading routes using ArcLogistics, use of ArcGIS Schematics to develop
Outage Reports and Utilities Consumption Analysis to drive utilities costs down.
- GIS Usage at USAID/WBG
as Management/Reporting Tool
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Author(s): Tayseer Edeas, USAID
USAID West Bank and Gaza Mission has developed an Internet based GIS system to
help in managing and tracking its programs of support and to help in measuring
output and responding to clients� and stakeholders� requests. The system is built
on ArcIMS and MS SQL. USAID partners open it over the Internet to feed their
projects, and USAID staff use it to track and evaluate progress and reporting.
So far, more than 50 partners are using the system and added projects worth $500
million.
- Improvement of EMS Service
Delivery Using GIS
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Author(s): Lt. Erik Johnson and Capt. Chris Zervas, DC Fire & EMS Dept.
We have used GIS to analyze and report on the response to emergencies for several
years and would like to share how we have accomplished some improvements. We
plan to include information on the closing of DC General (and why you should
care). Neither the responses nor the hospital locations are evenly distributed
spatially. DC General was closed for 36 hours during the New Year�s 2000–01
holiday. The destinations for transports that occurred during this time were
compared to other Monday holiday weekends. Mean transports during the hours of
closure were compared to mean transports on the comparable holidays using Student�s
t-test (p<0.05). The closure of the public hospital to EMS units resulted
in statistically significant increases (p<0.0001) in transports to other hospitals.
The closing of a hospital results in the redistribution of patients. Hospitals
will experience more serious problems with emergency department overcrowding
and this may impair their capability to respond to large-scale incidents (i.e.,
WMD attacks).
- Using ArcIMS to Manage
Daily Operations at the SRS
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Author(s): Brad Pond, David M. Isiminger, Jr., and Gerald L. Philpot,
WSRC; Roger K. Cottrell, BSRI
The Savannah River Site Operations Center (SRSOC) is responsible for monitoring
personnel, property, emergency operations, and other day-to-day operations at
the Savannah River Site (SRS), a 310 square mile Department of Energy complex.
SRSOC officials asked the Environmental and Geographic Information Systems (EGIS)
group at the SRS to create a functional Web site that contained a map interface
for showing SRS employees the status of forestry-controlled burns, road closures,
and other critical site information. EGIS responded with a highly-functional,
easy-to-use ArcIMS Web site capable of quickly reflecting new site events. This
Web site can be viewed by any SRS employee with access to a standard Internet
Web browser. The Web site was created using Esri�s ArcIMS 4.0.1 software with
a customized HTML Viewer.
- Using ArcIMS to Prioritize
EQIP Applications for USDA NRCS Wyoming (DEM)
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Author(s): Jeri Sue Ponder, CSC-USDA NCGC; Randy Wiggins and Cheryl Grapes,
Wyoming NRCS State Office; Michele May, USDA NRCS NCGC
A customized ArcIMS tool was designed to assist with evaluating and prioritizing
applications for funding for the EQIP program for the USDA NRCS in Wyoming. The
ArcIMS HTML viewer was simplified to include only the necessary tools. A user
is given the choice of entering a new EQIP application or working with existing
applications. To enter an application, the user zooms to an area of interest,
using DRGs or DOQQs as a reference layer, to place a point representing the location
of a producer�s livestock waste facility. In the background, overlays are done
on aquifer sensitivity, distance to water, and impaired watersheds. The user
then submits nonspatial data about the facility via a JSP page. Each application
is then scored and ranked against existing applications. All the information
gathered is stored in an Oracle database. Significant time is saved, and more
objective and reliable results are achieved.
Homeland Security (HOM)
- A Spatial Based First Responder
Incident Management Solution
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Author(s): Christopher Couper, IBM
This paper describes a full featured, at scene, emergency responder incident
management system utilizing wireless networking, portable and handheld computers
and geospatial context based applications to help manage and control emergency
responder based incidents.
An extensive spatially based mobile computing platform using Esri MapObjects
and a relational database system has been developed. The application is NIMS
compliant and uses a touch/select paradigm. A handheld application utilizing
ArcPad has been prototyped to test various user scenarios and interaction paradigms.
Numerous networking technologies such as WiFi, WiMax and Ad Hoc (Mesh) have been
integrated along with the applications into a cohesive end to end infrastructure.
This solution will begin pilot phase in Winter of 2004 by the USFS Humboldt-Toiyabe
National Forest Fire & Aviation unit. The pilot will test the various components
of the solution as to its feasibility in helping fight wildland fires and other
types of incidents.
- Homeland Infrastructure
Foundation Level Database
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Author(s): Justin Sherin, BAH; Jeff Dodd, U.S. Navy
The Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Database (HIFLD) Working Group is
a coalition of federal, state, and local government organizations; Federally-Funded
Research and Development Centers (FFRDC); and supporting private industry partners
that are involved with geospatial issues related to homeland security (HLS),
homeland defense (HLD), civil support, or emergency preparedness and response.
The HIFLD Working Group is sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Homeland Defense (OASD-HD) and works closely with key entities,
such as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency (NGA), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to promote geospatial information
sharing and knowledge management among its members. Bimonthly meetings are held
focusing on domestic critical infrastructure sectors. This presentation will
address various HLS/HLD collaboration successes achieved over the last year and
highlight geospatial initiatives to be undertaken by HIFLD over the next year.
Installations and Environment Management (IEM)
- Architectures for a Defense
Installation Spatial Data Infrastructure
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Author(s): Daniel Feinberg, DUSD/I&E
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Installation Spatial Data Infrastructure
(DISDI) aims to synchronize existing GIS investments across the military department's
installation and environment domains to concurrently satisfy DoD, Federal, and
other stakeholder installation visualization requirements. The DISDI will leverage
Federal geospatial data and metadata standards as well as Federal architecture
and interoperability guidelines (including NSDI) to meet installation visualization
needs. The DoD is currently establishing architectures (operational, system,
and technical) to achieve this objective in coordination with the National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency (NGA) and key Federal agencies. This presentation will summarize DISDI
architectural goals and efforts to date.
- GEOFidelis—The USMC
Installation GIS Program
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Author(s): Andy Hanes, TAIC
GEOFidelis (GEOFi) is the USMC Installation GIS Program. GEOFi supports the
GIS operations at USMC Installations by following the USMC goal to increase organizational
effectiveness by providing improved information accuracy and reliability through
the use of uniform programs, tools, data standards, and processes. GEOFi provides
the USMC with a Common Operational Picture of each USMC Installation, an enterprise
approach to GIS, and a uniform approach to serve USMC business applications.
The presentation will include an overview of the GEOFi Program and detail the
integration of GIS into the USMC-wide facilities maintenance application, USMCmax.
- Mapping Drains From the
Inside Out
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Author(s): Mary Gainer, NASA Langley Research Center
Facility engineers at NASA Langley have maintained data on the center's drainage
system for many years in hard-copy and CADD drawings. However, each building
and the exterior drainage systems were maintained in their own space and lacked
geographic references to allow an overview of the entire exterior systems and
the interconnectivity with interior drains. Although converting exterior features
is commonplace in GIS, maintaining interior features is a fairly new concept.
In addition, the requirement to continue to maintain orthographic floor plans
drove the development of the process to capture all spatial features at the center.
This paper will focus on three main areas: (1) developing orthographic floor
plans that map to geographic space, (2) data schema development and implementation
across the entire system, and (3) Web application for emergency response.
- Remote Field Worker Tool
for ArcGIS
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Author(s): Brad Pond and David M. Isiminger, Jr., WSRC
The Savannah River Site Operations Center (SRSOC) is responsible for monitoring
operations at the Savannah River Site (SRS), a Department of Energy facility.
SRSOC asked the Environmental and Geographic Information Systems (EGIS) group
to create an ArcGIS tool to track workers at remote locations within 310 square
miles. A simple tool was needed (SRS 911 Operators are not GIS analysts). Centralized
data storage was required. Check in/out capability from multiple networked workstations
was required so that routine data management could be decentralized. Automatic
monitoring of estimated return times and notification for overdue workers were
also requirements. The tool displays worker locations as an event theme that
is automatically refreshed as data is updated. EGIS accomplished the assignment
using VB to create a custom extension for ArcMap. Deployed 3 months ago, the
extension has been so well received that other companies and government agencies
at SRS will implement it.
International Development and Diplomacy (IDD)
- Challenges: Adopting GIS
for Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
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Author(s): Carol Christian, STScI
Foreign policy and diplomacy are, by definition, location specific. GIS-related
tools can be useful to decision makers and problem solvers to merge diverse data
that impinges on policy issues. While to a degree, such technologies have been
adopted for natural disaster response, security, and environmental studies, widespread
adoption of GIS into policy tasks has been slow. Decision makers and nonexperts
are reluctant to assimilate new tools into old cultures because of a number of
hurdles. Yet clearly, information sharing would be advantageous and allow visualization
of information and situations in a more productive environment. This presentation
will touch upon some of the challenges and stimulate discussion.
- Municipal GIS in the
Developing World: A Final Frontier?
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Author(s): Dr. David Rickter Rain, George Washington University
Clear needs for data at the urban level of analysis have brought new challenges
to both planners and data creators. Urbanization is running rampant throughout
the third world. In Africa alone, a staggering 345 million people will face extreme
poverty by 2015. And yet the information society with all that it can potentially
contribute to solutions has not diffused to many poor countries. Realities such
as the need for land reform, air and water quality monitoring, licensing of public
transport, and improvement of slum housing all depend on decent subnational baseline
information in digital form. This presentation will review recent efforts by
UN-Habitat to diffuse GIS know-how and remote sensing technology among municipal
planners and provide some recommendations for moving the effort forward.
- Participatory Mapping
of Areas of Operation for Environmental Organizations
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Author(s): Lars Bromley, AAAS
The 'EditNotes' functions of the ArcIMS Java Custom Viewer is being used to map
the self-described operational areas of hundreds of governmental, non-governmental,
and academic organizations active in the Plata River Basin (PRB) of South America.
Data collected via this process is then formatted and made available to the public
via a more traditional ArcIMS software-based Web site, allowing users to determine
who is doing what and where in regard to environment and sustainable development
activities in the PRB. This tool was developed in direct response to requests
from scientists, policymakers, and activists working in the PRB with funding
from the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration, and the U.S. Agency for International Development with a software
grant provided by Esri. Following these prototype activities, we will seek to
promote this activity to international organizations active worldwide.
Managing Software License Agreements (MSL)
- EPA�s Experience in Acquiring
and Managing an Enterprise License Agreement
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Author(s): Gregory Gwaltney, U.S. EPA
As one of the smaller federal users of GIS software in the Federal Government,
EPA faced many challenges in acquiring an agency-wide agreement to obtain a reasonably
priced, functional suite of GIS tools for its core users as well as promote the
use of GIS within the agency. Like other agencies facing budgetary constraints,
EPA had a need to obtain the best possible costs and terms. We also performed
a lengthy in-house data call to validate historical Esri figures for software
usage and maintenance payments. One of the most daunting tasks of the ELA was
taking over the required management of software licences, which included software
distribution, and providing first level support to our customers. With the help
of USGS and our internal GIS Workgroup Steering Committee, we were able to come
up with reasonable options that were acceptable in making the Esri ELA become
a reality.
- Implementing Esri in
USDA Field Service Center Agencies
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Author(s): Steve Webber, USDA/NRCS
USDA and Esri signed an Enterprise Agreement in August 2001. To manage this
Departmental deployment USDA agencies were grouped together based on size, mission
area, and physical locations. The three (3) county based agencies, Farm Service
Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Rural Development, known
as the Field Service Center Agencies, began their deployment in October 2001
with release of ArcGIS 8.1 and ArcView 3x. Since this initial release the FSC
Agencies are now managing various custom GIS applications from Web Based ArcIMS
to desktop and server based ArcGIS and ArcSDE at nearly 3,000 county based offices
serving over 45,000 users and the general public. User assistance is provided
through 50 state IT and GIS Teams with a coordinated national Help Desk system
managed at three separate locations.
- IT Strategies at the
Department of Interior
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Author(s): Samantha Goldstein, U.S. Department of Interior
Department of Interior's e-gov goal focuses on improving customer access to key
information, reducing information technology (IT) program costs, and improving
the overall productivity in delivering IT products and services. To achieve this
goal, DOI is aggressively streamlining its IT programs and processes to improve
the way IT resources are selected, managed, and procured while promoting technical
standardization and achieving significant cost efficiencies. Specifically, the
department has implemented the Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) program to
coordinate and consolidate the acquisition and management of commonly used IT
hardware and software products and services across the organization that best
support DOI's key missions and programs. One of the key goals of the ERM program
is to align DOI's major IT investments with its enterprise architecture (EA)
initiatives by establishing contracts that are directly linked to DOI's Technical
Reference Model (TRM) and are in concert with OMB's requirements to better manage
IT resources.
- Managing GIS as an Enterprise:
the BLM Experience
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Author(s): George Heine, BLM
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approximately 3,000 users of Esri
products, located in 180 offices in the western United States. We describe how
we track license issuance and license usage for this scattered community. We
also describe how new products are tested and released to our user
community.
BLM is involved in a multiyear project to migrate corporate data out of
scattered field offices and into a small number of regional data centers.
This project is being accomplished state by state with the cooperation and
assistance of the end users. We explain the approach, report on progress
so far, and discuss our challenges and lessons learned.
- The DOI/Esri Enterprise
License Agreement
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Author(s): Mark Negri, USGS
Over the last three years the Department of the Interior (DOI) has successfully
implemented an Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) with Esri. Originally
awarded with limiting terms in December 2002, the SmartBUY Addendum in February
2004 essentially gave DOI an unlimited license on all Esri nonroyalty GIS software.
This evolution in the Esri ELA has resulted in a migration from more traditional
usage of ArcView ArcGIS to greater usage of ArcInfo ArcGIS for all user types.
To a lesser extent, due to limitations to DOI IT security policies, increased
usage of server-based software, such as ArcIMS and ArcSDE, has also occurred.
The result has made DOI users much more productive and efficient in the use of
GIS software. In addition, the Esri ELA has resulted in a licensing vehicle that
requires less administration each year and remains the only major ELA that is
used throughout all eight bureaus in DOI.
Realization of Data Sharing and Distribution (DSD)
- A Net-centric Framework
for Efficient Data Access
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Author(s): Denise Martin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; James Stinson,
Engineer Research and Development Center
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) relies on interactive computer-based
systems to identify and assess alternatives, make decisions, and solve problems.
Data is the principle component that drives the decision making process. Much
of the data needed to support USACE are available from other federal agencies.
Acquisition and use of this data are often inefficient and inconsistent. Moreover,
data is provided in a myriad of disparate formats and structures while the applications
that consume this data require differing formats as well. The goal of the USACE
DataNet is to streamline the acquisition and dissemination of data across all
USACE business areas. This presentation describes (1) the development and implementation
of a common net-centric framework that provides a consistent interface to data
sources internal and external to USACE, and (2) client applications that use
the DataNet for data acquisition and delivery including ArcGIS extensions.
- Creating A-16 Compliant
National Data Theme for Cultural Resource Data
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Author(s): Dr. John Knoerl, Deidre McCarthy, National Park Service
OMB Circular A-16 defines a set of requirements for federal agencies to follow
when they create, manage, or distribute spatial data. A-16 also identified the
National Park Service as the lead agency for developing the cultural resources
national data theme; within the National Park Service, the Cultural Resources
Geographic Information Services (CRGIS) office has assumed this responsibility.
The task of developing the cultural resources national data theme includes setting
data content standards and metadata standards; monitoring the progress toward
converting paper historic inventories into digital files; coordinating the development
of cultural resources databases that have spatial data; eliminating duplication
of spatial information; and identifying best practices and disseminating this
information to other federal, state, and local agencies as well as historic preservationists
and universities. CRGIS is working toward the development of standards that will
be both A-16 compliant and user friendly through meetings and workshops.
- Creating a National Dataset
for BLM's National Landscape Conservation System
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Author(s): Holly Hampton, Bureau of Land Management
Created by the Secretary of the Interior in 2000, BLM's National Landscape Conservation
System (NLCS) offers some of the most remarkable landscapes found on the public
lands in the American west including BLM's national monuments, national conservation
areas, wilderness areas, wilderness study areas, wild and scenic rivers, and
national scenic and historic trails. By putting these lands into an organized
system, BLM hopes to better protect these areas and increase public awareness
of their scientific, cultural, educational, ecological, and other values. As
the NLCS nears the fifth anniversary, we examine work that has been done to date
toward the creation of data standards and a national BLM geospatial database
of these areas and look toward the future in celebrating its diverse and remarkable
landscapes through GIS.
- Geospatial Data Warehouse
Design and Deployment
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Author(s): Art Ullman, Paul Fukuhara, NCGC
USDA has created a geospatial data warehouse for managing and serving geospatial
data to USDA agencies in support of government programs and research. The GDW
is a multi-site, multi-server warehouse, consisting of data that is managed by
ArcSDE 9 in SQL Server 2000 databases running Windows 2003. EMC SAN technology
is used to provide the data storage. All warehouse data is replicated to a fail-over
site using a combination of EMC SRDF and SQL Server Log shipping. Data is pushed
out to specialized data marts for direct access by users, while other data is
served through ArcIMS Web Services. GDW currently manages approximately 17 TB
of raster and vector data at two sites—NCGC in Fort Worth, Texas, and APFO
in Salt Lake City, Utah. This paper will describe the design and implementation
of the USDA Geospatial Data Warehouse.
- How to use Load Balancing
and VMWare with ArcIMS
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Author(s): Art Ullman, NCGC; Paul Fukuhara, USDA NRCS NCGC
NCGC has implemented VMWare and Microsoft Network Load Balancing to support scalability
and fail-over for ArcIMS Web Services. The current configuration includes 6 virtual
servers on two VMWare servers with Network Load Balancing to balance traffic
across two front-end ArcIMS Web services. This architecture can scale up to 32
Web servers. The paper will describe how to implement ArcIMS in this configuration,
and the benefits of the architecture.
- NASA's Global Change
Master Directory Prototype MapServer and GIS Portal
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Author(s): Tyler Stevens, NASA Global Change Master Directory
A prototype mapserver was created using the ArcIMS software through NASA's Global
Change Master Directory (GCMD). The mapserver allows users to access, visualize,
and analyze selected vector and raster GIS data sets. Data set access is made
through a portal, which holds only the GIS data sets as a designated subset of
the directory holdings. The implementation, functionality, and future of the
prototype mapserver will be discussed in this presentation. We plan to explore
the potential usefulness of the GIS portal through feedback received at this
conference.
- Obstruction Evaluation
Airport Airspace Analysis Program for FAA
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Author(s): Glyn Owen, CGH Technologies, Inc.; Barry Davis and Kevin Haggerty,
Federal Aviation Administration
The iOEAAA System is an Internet mapping system that was deployed to all nine
regions nationwide through their Obstruction Evaluation Airport Airspace Analysis
(iOEAAA) program process. The system was designed to assist the FAA decision
makers in determining whether proposed land structures (cell phone towers, power
lines, etc.) should be approved or disapproved because of potential interference
(environmental or otherwise) with FAA operations. In addition to providing interactive
dynamic mapping and GIS capabilities, there is now plotmap modeling, satellite
imagery, simulation and automation capabilities and services available to system
servers as the holder of all site status information. Instead of having each
FAA region develop its own applications and databases and storing these locally,
the FAA tasked the headquarters Air Traffic Division to create a national iOEAAA
database and develop a mapping application that the regions can access through
their Internet browsers.
- SAMHSA Reports and Map
Portal
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Author(s): Charles Reynolds, SAMHSA
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is charged
with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative
services to reduce illness, death, disability and cost to society resulting from
substance abuse and mental illness. To assist SAMHSA in its mission critical
activities, Esri BIS, a division of Esri, developed an easy-to-use, interactive
ArcWeb Services demographic reports and mapping system called the SAMHSA Reports
and Maps Portal. Esri BIS customized its e-commerce site, Business Analyst Online
(www.Esribis.com) to provide SAMHSA with immediate access to specific maps and
reports for all of its more than 2,000 grant sites, providing an overview of
the demographic characteristics found in each current program neighborhood. These
demographic profiles allow SAMHSA to find underserved areas that are most at
risk. The customized Web site enables SAMHSA to maximize its distribution of
grant monies and to successfully administer its current grants.
- Sharing Global Agriculture
and Farming Information with Metadata Services
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Author(s): Bob Baldwin, USDA-FAS
The USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service uses the ArcIMS Metadata Server to share
global crop condition indicators with its customers. These data are an important
analytical tool used in a convergence-of-evidence methodology by FAS crop analysts.
There are currently thirteen ArcIMS Image Services running on the USDA-FAS metadata
server. Each service is devoted to a single attribute about global temperature,
precipitation, soil moisture, snow cover, land cover, lakes and reservoirs. The
most recent 10 days of data for each attribute are online. The live data and
maps are linked through the Geography Network and Geo-Spatial One-Stop portals
under the Agriculture and Farming theme. U.S. producers, traders, researchers,
and the public can use these Image Services to monitor the impact of weather
events on crop condition from remote sensing data processed and modeled by FAS.
FGDC metadata is associated with each service for details about the data.
- SoilView—Accessibility
of Soils Information
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Author(s): Henry Ferguson, Natural Resources Conservation Services; Sharon
W. Waltman, NGDC NRCS USDA
National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) has published more than 130 soil survey
geographic (SSURGO) datasets using ArcView Data Publisher technology
during the past 10 years. Each SoilView CD-ROM provides county-level digital
soil survey maps, attribute tables, supporting text, and predefined interpretive
maps. The ArcView Data Publisher products can be readily updated and reissued with newer soil
survey information as needed at relatively low cost. SoilView products are readily
accessible by the general public and government users via computers running MS
Windows 95 or newer operating systems. The many popular features in SoilView
also enhance soil science educational programs. These same features are being
considered for future development of a 2.5 dimension interactive digital soil
survey.
Responding to Federal Initiatives (RFI)
- Fine-Scale Remote Sensing Aids USGS in Benthic Mapping
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Author(s): Carol Snyder, Red Hen Systems, Inc.
By presidential order, the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (CRTF) was established
with the responsibility of developing and implementing efforts to map and monitor
U.S. reefs, research causes and solutions to reef degradation, reduce and mitigate
reef destruction and implement strategies to promote conservation and sustainable
use of coral reefs internationally. As a member of the CRTF, the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) is spearheading an effort to better understand the processes that
affect the health and sustainability of coral reefs. GIS plays a critical role
in this work. Benthic (underwater) habitat maps are being developed with the
objectives of determining the best methods for characterizing coral reef systems,
establishing baseline thematic maps and providing a GIS-referenced database for
future scientific studies. Remotely sensed data from several different sources
are being analyzed to determine their capacity for mapping the reefs. Geospatial
video, a fine-scale remote sensing technology, is yielding favorable results.
- Partnerships under USGS's
National Geospatial Program Office
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Author(s): Hank Garie, National Geospatial Program Office
The realignment of USGS' National Geospatial Program Office is aimed at better
serving the geospatial community through more effective partnerships. These partners
will include the public and private sectors and all levels of government. This
panel will highlight some of those partnerships including other federal agencies
partnering to build the National Map, partnerships with state and local governments
through the National Map and Geospatial One-Stop and FGDC's Future Direction
activity that has sought the participation of the geospatial community in determining
its governance structure and future activities.
- Update on USGS New Geospatial
Program Office
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Author(s): Hank Garie, National Geospatial Program Office
Last summer, U.S. Geological Survey announced a reorganization of national Geospatial
programs housed within the USGS to better align these programs, meet the needs
of their partners and constituents and accelerate the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.
These programs include: The National Map, Federal Geographic Data Committee,
Geospatial One-Stop and The National Atlas. USGS has spent months listening to
constituents, accessing their internal operations and planning for this transition.
This panel will provide an update on the new National Geospatial Program Office
at USGS and how USGS and its individual programs hope to better serve the geospatial
community.
- Workforce Development
Challenges of the Emerging Geospatial Technology Industry
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Author(s): Chuck Chaitovitz, U.S. Dept. of Labor
This breakout session focuses on the High Job Growth Training Initiative challenges
related to building the workforce in an emerging, high technology field. A presentation,
followed by a time for Q&A, will give participants a chance to learn about:
- The ETA demand driven workforce development approach
- The resources available through the public workforce investment system
- Emerging career opportunities in the geospatial technology industry
- Replicable solutions for geospatial technology workforce development
Messages:
- The HGJTI is facilitating the development of model education and training
solutions that can be replicated.
- Community college and technician level approaches will provide one of the
most effective strategies to meet industry demands in the near term.
- There are tools and resources available to help the Federal government and
industry in finding the right individuals and training approaches to fill their
needs.
Tech Applications (TAP)
- Business Objects/ArcIMS
Integration for USDA
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Author(s): Anthony Krinsky, Business Objects
The Food Safety Inspection Service of the USDA successfully maps the location
of diseased cattle. However, in order to obtain data on all phases of the livestock's
history 30 different Sybase tables needed to be linked to an individual animal.
The operation was time-consuming and complex but was necessary to determine the
farms, feedlots, and processing plants having contact with a particular diseased
animal.
FSIS enlisted Esri alliance partner Business Objects to both simplify and standardize
the process of accessing all life cycle data of subject cattle.
- Challenges at the EDGE:
Enabling Dynamic Geo-referenced Enterprises
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Author(s): R. David Henze-Gongola and Fred E. Bonner, IBM Corporation
The challenges of the 21st Century are driving Government and industry requirements
for ubiquitous delivery of services and operationally essential information.
The consequences of deficiencies grow. Major shifts in organizations, technologies,
data management and business models must be accommodated.
The emergence of innovative sensor technology and platforms, enhanced accuracy
in geospatial referencing to meet dynamically emerging needs and threats can
fundamentally impact the survival of civilized, democratic societies and the
rule of law.
The approach to exploit new capabilities will derive from novel distributed frameworks
for data ingest, management, processing, analysis, correlation of observables,
temporal and—most notably as the global interdependence grows—geospatial
elements.
Large-scale integration of disparate and distributed components demands approaches
that consider end-to-end, system-of-systems issues, especially geospatial referents.
An unparalleled level of commitment to open systems architectures and the adherence
to widely accepted industry standards is fundamental to enabling dynamic geo-referenced
enterprises.
- Overview of GPS Analyst
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Author(s): Michael Garrett, Trimble
Improving and documenting accuracy of GPS-collected data has been an ongoing
issue within the GIS environment. A great deal of data arrives at the GeoDatabase
with little or no metadata about data quality. This session introduces attendees
to the GPS Analyst extension. GPS Analyst not only permits postprocessing of
GPS data directly with ArcGIS to improve accuracy but also enables users
to directly edit, reconstruct and validate GPS-collected features from raw GPS
data, while also providing key documentation of GPS quality. Another key feature
of the extension is its ability to collect features using GPS directly into a
GPS-enabled GeoDatabase. Since it is built on top of ArcObjects, it can be customized
to support a wide variety of GPS receivers and workflows.
- Serving Global 15-Meter
Orthorectified Imagery Within The Esri Environment
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Author(s): Dr. Jon Dykstra, Earth Satellite Corporation
Earth Satellite Corporation (EarthSat) has created a global Landsat ETM-based
mosaic of 15-meter resolution natural color orthorectified imagery. The data
set consists of more than 3,600 GeoTIFF images each over 1.1 GB in size. The
full GeoTIFF data set is just over 4.0 TB without overviews, and just over 5.3
TB with full pyramids. Using ArcSDE 9 and Oracle9i, EarthSat ingested
the entire GeoTIFF data set. The resultant Oracle-based data files comprised
less than 1.0 TB of tablespace. Using ArcIMS, the NaturalVue product is being
served over the Internet as virtual globe at 0.5 arcsecond (15-meter) resolution.
EarthSat has used the ArcGlobe precaching functionality to create a global
cache of the entire NaturalVue data set. The entire data cache is less than 250
MB in size and fits neatly on a 300 MB firewire drive.
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