2004 UC Proceedings Abstract
 Handheld to ArcSDE: Mapping Roads With Palms and GPS Track: Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management Author(s): Mark Joselyn Fulfilling the commitments of the City of Seattle's Cedar River Watershed Habitat Conservation Plan requires assessing sediment delivery to streams and tracking road maintenance activities and best management practices. To support these efforts a comprehensive inventory of more than 600 miles of forest roads was undertaken. Palm Pilots and GPS receivers were used to collect data throughout the 93,000 acre ecological reserve which were then synchronized with SDE databases and an ArcGIS route system of the road network. GPS locations were used to spatially calibrate the route system and subsequently link road inventory data that was collected based on linear distance along the roads. Applications are being built to support maintenance and updating of the road inventory. The near real-time synchronization of field observations has changed the way information is used and how planning is done. This presentation will discuss the planning, implementation, and results of this effort. Mark Joselyn City of Seattle 19901 Cedar Falls Rd SE North Bend , WA 98045 US Phone: 206-615-1927 E-mail: mark.joselyn@seattle.gov |
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