Sonny Bhagowalia
CIO, State of Hawaii Office of Information Management and Technology (OIMT)
Monday March 5, 2012 - 8:45 to 10:15 am
While GIS professionals in the State of Hawaii have done a good job in maintaining GIS as a viable technology and capability of supporting users in existing mission requirements (e.g., online maps, broadband service mapping, basic analytics), the efforts are largely fragmented and not unified in taking advantage of the additional capabilities of GIS in solving many mission needs that remain to be met. Hawaii GIS can solve many needs with additional new capabilities such as:
· "On-the-fly", direct, on-line, visualization, mobilization, socialization and business analytics of geo-coded information for decision-making and problem solving
· A unified registry to avoid duplication of effort and coordinate efforts more effectively
· New mobile applications that provide needed solutions quicker
· A geo-spatial governance that is nimble and responsive to customer needs and a marketplace for ideas
· GIS is included in the Life-cycle management
· An agile open architecture and platform to deliver services for Web 3.0/Gov 3.0
Next Generation GIS technology, processes and policies are here! We need to empower Hawaii users to use it - now! OIMT is soliciting input from all citizens on the State of Hawaii Business and IT Transformation Plan at
http://www.hawaii.gov/oimt
Get involved with the GIS groups to ensure Next Generation GIS is included in the plan!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
From Data to Decision Making: Supporting Flood Monitoring and Warning in Vietnam
Colin Lindeman
David Askov
Pacific Disaster Center, Kihei, HI
Disaster Management and Emergency Response I
Monday March 5, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
In 2011, over 9 million people in Southeast Asia were affected by what were called the worst floods in more than 50 years. However, Vietnam and other countries in the region suffer economic and human losses every year as a result of flooding. Under funding from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) deployed VinAWARE, a web-based early warning and decision support system which was specifically designed for Vietnam, at the beginning of the 2011 storm season. The system was intended for use at national and provincial levels and the pilot focused on the coastal provinces of central Vietnam. This presentation will illustrate how dynamic meteorological data and model outputs were transformed into customized flood hazard notifications and meaningful information products used to support disaster management decision making. VinAWARE, like PDC’s flagship technology DisasterAWARE, enables users to analyze, integrate and share hazard information and other relevant data such as infrastructure and population through a web-based interface.
David Askov
Pacific Disaster Center, Kihei, HI
Disaster Management and Emergency Response I
Monday March 5, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
In 2011, over 9 million people in Southeast Asia were affected by what were called the worst floods in more than 50 years. However, Vietnam and other countries in the region suffer economic and human losses every year as a result of flooding. Under funding from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) deployed VinAWARE, a web-based early warning and decision support system which was specifically designed for Vietnam, at the beginning of the 2011 storm season. The system was intended for use at national and provincial levels and the pilot focused on the coastal provinces of central Vietnam. This presentation will illustrate how dynamic meteorological data and model outputs were transformed into customized flood hazard notifications and meaningful information products used to support disaster management decision making. VinAWARE, like PDC’s flagship technology DisasterAWARE, enables users to analyze, integrate and share hazard information and other relevant data such as infrastructure and population through a web-based interface.
March 11th 2011 Japan/Hawaii Tsunami Response and Early Warning using PDC's DisasterAWARE
John Livengood
Lara Payne
Pacific Disaster Center, Kihei, HI
Disaster Management and Emergency Response I
Monday March 5, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
On March 11th 2011 a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, one of the 5 most powerful in the world, triggered a destructive tsunami along the coast Japan, propagating across the Pacific from Alaska to Chile. Approximate wave heights ranged from 5-14 meters in Japan with some reports significantly higher in Iwate Prefecture, Hawaii was inundated by 1-3 meter waves. This presentation will look at how the Pacific Disaster Center's DisasterAWARE platform was utilized to support early warning, evacuations, and the on-going response to the disaster in both Japan and Hawaii. DisasterAWARE, PDC's web-based decision support system, continually listens to data sources for hazard warnings around the world, providing real-time, multi-hazard monitoring, risk, and exposure estimates. The platform then disseminates warnings through the use of the internet, social media tools, and smart phones to ensure the public and disaster management professionals are informed of the hazards and potential impacts.
Lara Payne
Pacific Disaster Center, Kihei, HI
Disaster Management and Emergency Response I
Monday March 5, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
On March 11th 2011 a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, one of the 5 most powerful in the world, triggered a destructive tsunami along the coast Japan, propagating across the Pacific from Alaska to Chile. Approximate wave heights ranged from 5-14 meters in Japan with some reports significantly higher in Iwate Prefecture, Hawaii was inundated by 1-3 meter waves. This presentation will look at how the Pacific Disaster Center's DisasterAWARE platform was utilized to support early warning, evacuations, and the on-going response to the disaster in both Japan and Hawaii. DisasterAWARE, PDC's web-based decision support system, continually listens to data sources for hazard warnings around the world, providing real-time, multi-hazard monitoring, risk, and exposure estimates. The platform then disseminates warnings through the use of the internet, social media tools, and smart phones to ensure the public and disaster management professionals are informed of the hazards and potential impacts.
Preparing Scour Critical Plans of Action for Hawaiian Bridges - Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analysis using ArcGIS, Arc Hydro, and HEC-GeoRAS
Kurt Baron
Christine Parente
Martin Teal
WEST Consultants, Inc., San Diego, CA
Mike Hunnemann
KAI Hawaii, Inc., Honolulu, HI
Curtis Matsuda
Hawaii DOT, Kapolei, HI
Disaster Management and Emergency Response I
Monday March 5, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
Approximately 60 bridges have been identified as potentially scour critical in the state of Hawaii based on observed or anticipated conditions at the bridges. These studies allowed the Hawaii Department of Transportation to prepare a Plan of Action (POA) for each bridge, which includes a scour vulnerability assessment and recommended actions, including a bridge closure plan.
Bridges involved in this effort cross waterways ranging from large, sand-bed rivers along the coastline of Oahu to the steep, rocky Hamakua Coast on the Big Island. Several bridges further inland are located on steep, cobble and boulder streams. A number of bridges on the historic Hana Highway on Maui are also included, with construction dating from as early as 1912. Drainage areas range from less than 0.5 km2 for some small coastal bridges to nearly 650 km2 for the Wailuku River (on the Big Island), which is subject to not only riverine scour, but also to scour from a tsunami-generated tidal bore.
Arc Hydro and ArcGIS were used to determine the areas contributing to streamflow at each bridge and flows were developed based on flood frequency gage analysis, regional regression equations, or published FEMA flows. Scour vulnerability of each bridge was determined by a detailed hydraulic analysis using HEC-GeoRAS and the HEC-RAS hydraulic model. Based on the scour vulnerability and foundation material and type, a POA was developed specific to each bridge describing procedures for Hawaii DOT personnel to follow during high flow events to ensure public safety.
Christine Parente
Martin Teal
WEST Consultants, Inc., San Diego, CA
Mike Hunnemann
KAI Hawaii, Inc., Honolulu, HI
Curtis Matsuda
Hawaii DOT, Kapolei, HI
Disaster Management and Emergency Response I
Monday March 5, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
Approximately 60 bridges have been identified as potentially scour critical in the state of Hawaii based on observed or anticipated conditions at the bridges. These studies allowed the Hawaii Department of Transportation to prepare a Plan of Action (POA) for each bridge, which includes a scour vulnerability assessment and recommended actions, including a bridge closure plan.
Bridges involved in this effort cross waterways ranging from large, sand-bed rivers along the coastline of Oahu to the steep, rocky Hamakua Coast on the Big Island. Several bridges further inland are located on steep, cobble and boulder streams. A number of bridges on the historic Hana Highway on Maui are also included, with construction dating from as early as 1912. Drainage areas range from less than 0.5 km2 for some small coastal bridges to nearly 650 km2 for the Wailuku River (on the Big Island), which is subject to not only riverine scour, but also to scour from a tsunami-generated tidal bore.
Arc Hydro and ArcGIS were used to determine the areas contributing to streamflow at each bridge and flows were developed based on flood frequency gage analysis, regional regression equations, or published FEMA flows. Scour vulnerability of each bridge was determined by a detailed hydraulic analysis using HEC-GeoRAS and the HEC-RAS hydraulic model. Based on the scour vulnerability and foundation material and type, a POA was developed specific to each bridge describing procedures for Hawaii DOT personnel to follow during high flow events to ensure public safety.
Assessing Hydroelectric Power Potential in the State of Hawaii Using GIS
Philip Potter
EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc., Honolulu, HI
Deborah Solis
United States Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District
Luis Vega
Hawaii National Marine Renewable Energy Center
Scott Moncrief
Renee Kinchla
Tom Cook
Meghan Travers
Antti Koskelo
EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc., Honolulu, HI
Natural Resource Management
Monday March 5, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
The United States Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District (USACE) completed a reconnaissance study to assess potential hydroelectric power sources across the State of Hawaii. The goal of the study was to compile existing information about potential sites identified for hydropower energy development and provide an assessment of the applicability of various hydropower generating technologies in Hawaii. GIS was used to support the assessment of the power potential of existing, retired and proposed traditional hydroelectric plants in the State. GIS was also used delineate areas preferential to ocean energy development through low-level marine spatial planning, screen potential sites based on environmental and social criteria as well as to visualize the results of the study. The study methods and key results will be presented, with an emphasis on how GIS and existing geospatial data at the State level were leveraged to complete the state-wide reconnaissance of hydroelectric power potential.
EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc., Honolulu, HI
Deborah Solis
United States Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District
Luis Vega
Hawaii National Marine Renewable Energy Center
Scott Moncrief
Renee Kinchla
Tom Cook
Meghan Travers
Antti Koskelo
EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc., Honolulu, HI
Natural Resource Management
Monday March 5, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
The United States Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District (USACE) completed a reconnaissance study to assess potential hydroelectric power sources across the State of Hawaii. The goal of the study was to compile existing information about potential sites identified for hydropower energy development and provide an assessment of the applicability of various hydropower generating technologies in Hawaii. GIS was used to support the assessment of the power potential of existing, retired and proposed traditional hydroelectric plants in the State. GIS was also used delineate areas preferential to ocean energy development through low-level marine spatial planning, screen potential sites based on environmental and social criteria as well as to visualize the results of the study. The study methods and key results will be presented, with an emphasis on how GIS and existing geospatial data at the State level were leveraged to complete the state-wide reconnaissance of hydroelectric power potential.
Coupling Cyberinfrastructure and GIS for Natural Resource Management Applications in Hawaii
Linda Koch
Jennifer Ho
Cory Yap
Mike Kido
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Natural Resource Management Monday
March 5, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
Cyberinfrastructure (CI), viewed as the coordinated aggregate of computer hardware / software and other technologies which change data into knowledge systems, has great potential for connecting science with policy by facilitating rapid, effective delivery and integration of information to decision makers about the dynamic state of human-environment systems at global scales. Coupled with GIS, CI is enhanced with adding functionality for spatiotemporal database management, spatial analysis and modeling, visualization and extended support for virtualized problem solving applications such as Spatial Decision Support (SDS). We will present an overview of such an end-to-end platform, The Research Cyberinfrastructure Core (RCC), developed through NSF EPSCoR funding to the Center for Conservation Research and Training at UH Manoa. Housed on a high-performance, distributed computing server cluster managed by The Pacific Biosciences Research Center, the RCC integrates the use of wireless sensor technologies for environmental monitoring, Grid computing with 3D geospatial data visualization / exploration, GIS-based Spatial Decision Support and a secured Internet portal user interface which is being applied to enhance natural resource management activities in the Hawaiian Islands.
Jennifer Ho
Cory Yap
Mike Kido
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Natural Resource Management Monday
March 5, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
Cyberinfrastructure (CI), viewed as the coordinated aggregate of computer hardware / software and other technologies which change data into knowledge systems, has great potential for connecting science with policy by facilitating rapid, effective delivery and integration of information to decision makers about the dynamic state of human-environment systems at global scales. Coupled with GIS, CI is enhanced with adding functionality for spatiotemporal database management, spatial analysis and modeling, visualization and extended support for virtualized problem solving applications such as Spatial Decision Support (SDS). We will present an overview of such an end-to-end platform, The Research Cyberinfrastructure Core (RCC), developed through NSF EPSCoR funding to the Center for Conservation Research and Training at UH Manoa. Housed on a high-performance, distributed computing server cluster managed by The Pacific Biosciences Research Center, the RCC integrates the use of wireless sensor technologies for environmental monitoring, Grid computing with 3D geospatial data visualization / exploration, GIS-based Spatial Decision Support and a secured Internet portal user interface which is being applied to enhance natural resource management activities in the Hawaiian Islands.
Developing a Conservation Data Sharing Network for the Island of Maui, Hawai‘i
Samuel Aruch
Natural Resource Data Solutions LLC, Haiku, HI
Natural Resource Management Monday
March 5, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
Within the East and West Maui conservation landscapes, individual land managers have been working collaboratively towards a compatible information structure. For the last several years representatives from conservation entities on the Island of Maui, Hawai‘i been working together to develop voluntary natural resource data standards. With these products we are better able to collaborate, exchange information, set and measure goals. We will present the methods and outcomes of our collaboration, as well as the challenges, needs, and next steps of our project.
Natural Resource Data Solutions LLC, Haiku, HI
Natural Resource Management Monday
March 5, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
Within the East and West Maui conservation landscapes, individual land managers have been working collaboratively towards a compatible information structure. For the last several years representatives from conservation entities on the Island of Maui, Hawai‘i been working together to develop voluntary natural resource data standards. With these products we are better able to collaborate, exchange information, set and measure goals. We will present the methods and outcomes of our collaboration, as well as the challenges, needs, and next steps of our project.
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