Abstract
 Enterprise GIS to Manage Water Resources Simulation Models Track: Application Development Author(s): William Burmeister, Karl McArthur, Priscila Zardo Agencies responsible for regulations and management of watersheds often handle a multitude of water resources simulation models with multiple input and output files. Managing updates, relating information, and distributing the most up-to-date models can quickly become overwhelming. The proposed approach uses specialized data models to store all the parameters in the water resources simulation models in an ArcSDE/SQL Server Geodatabase. Specialized applications then use the model's files in their native formats as the source of Geodatabase updates instead of GIS data files. Once the geodatabase contains all the modeling information, the simulation files can be re-created from the geodatabase structure and exported for efficient and up-to-date distribution, while also allowing the simulation information to be analyzed, related, and manipulated from a spatial perspective. William Burmeister San Antonio River Authority Watershed Management 100 East Guenter St. San Antonio , TX 78204 US Phone: 2102271373 E-mail: wburmeister@sara-tx.org Karl McArthur PBS&J Water Resources 6504 Bridge Point Parkway Suite 200 Austin , TX 78730 US Phone: 5123276840 E-mail: kemcarthur@pbsj.com Priscila Zardo PBS&J Information Solutions 6501 Bridge Point Parkway, Suite 200 Austin , TX 78730 US Phone: 5123423279 E-mail: pzardo@pbsj.com |
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