Lorri A. Peltz and Eva M. Bauer
ARCVIEW USE IN SUPPORT OF A WATER-RIGHT SPATIAL DATA BASE
ABSTRACT. The U.S. Geological Survey has been cooperatively developing a
spatial
water-right data base for use by the Nevada Division of Water Resources
(NDWR) since 1992. The Pahrump Valley was the pilot area for this data-base
development. The current phase of the project is for the upper Carson
River Basin, which includes the Carson, Eagle, and Dayton Valley watersheds.
Initially, the project relied on accessing the Geographic Information System
(GIS) data base through menus and programs developed with the Arc Macro
Language (AML). These AML's were time consuming to program and required
considerable skill to maintain. With the release of ArcView 2.0 in 1995,
all the functions of the current of AML's were provided with considerable
benefits. ArcView benefits include a comprehensive spatial data-base interface,
data-base update and general maintenance capabilities, data-base protection
from users, image display support capabilities, full mapping capabilities,
and output support for maps and tables of different types. Additionally,
routine tasks can be automated with Avenue, an object-oriented programming
language. The Pahrump Valley GIS was used to develop the user interface and
automate several procedures. Currently, the interface for upper Carson River
Basin is being completed and will be released to NDWR for continued development
and maintenance.
Lorri A. Peltz, Supervisory Physical Scientist
Eva M. Bauer, Computer Specialist
U.S. Geological Survey
333 W. Nye Lane
Carson City, NV 89706
Telephone: (702) 887-7600
Fax: (702) 887-7629