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Abstract
Using a GIS System to Facilitate the Management of Utilities in the Arctic: A Case Study Utilizing Eielson AFB
Track: Defense and Intelligence
Author(s): Helen Kenyon-Bares, Preston Rufe
Creating and managing a GIS is a large undertaking in itself, but throw in permafrost issues, arctic temperatures, very little light in the winter, an isolated location, and then you have Eielson Air Force Base. Located roughly 150 miles south of the Arctic Circle, Eielson AFB has many complex issues regarding utilities. With oversight and planning guidance set down by Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), the 354 Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, took the undaunting step last fall and established a GEOBASE GIS section in the 354 Civil Engineering Squadron. Thus this paper shares the knowledge learned, hardships, and triumphs with anyone else working under such harsh conditions.
Helen Kenyon-Bares
354 CES/CEOG
GEOBASE
2258 Central Avenue, Suite 100
Eielson AFB , AK 99702
USA
Phone: 907-377-1040
Fax: 907-377-1234
E-mail: helen.bares@eielson.af.mil
Preston Rufe
354 CES/CEOG
GEOBASE
2258 Central Avenue, Suite 100
Eielson AFB 99702
USA
E-mail: preston.rufe@eielson.af.mil