Abstract
 Rapid Deployment of EPA Enterprise Geospatial Data Warehouse in Katrina Aftermath Track: Disaster Mangagement and Emergency Response Author(s): Torrin Hultgren, Qi Dai In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the EPA had an urgent need for current geographic data on everything from known hazardous waste sites, current flood conditions, streets and building footprints, and high-resolution satellite imagery. To respond to this need and make the data accessible to EPA personnel in dispersed locations, a high-availability ArcSDE/Oracle data warehouse and ArcIMS server were rapidly deployed in the EPA's National Computing Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Triage was performed on the terabytes of commercial imagery the NGA made available to federal agencies, and ArcGIS Spatial Analyst and ArcToolbox ModelBuilder proved equal to the task of rapidly projecting, stretching and mosaicking large volumes of imagery. Torrin Hultgren Computer Science Corporation EPA NCC GIS Operation and Support 79 Alexander Drive Research Tiangle Park , NC 27709 US Phone: 919-767-7312 E-mail: hultgren.torrin@epa.gov Qi Dai Computer Science Corporation EPA NCC GIS Operation and Support 79 Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park , NC 27709 US Phone: 919-767-7285 E-mail: dai.qi@epa.gov |
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