Kirk Waters
NOAA, Charleston, SC
Gregory Snyder
USGS, Reston, VA
LiDAR for Infrastructure and Terrain Mapping
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
The National Enhanced Elevation Assessment was completed in December of 2011. The effort was led by USGS and funded by multiple agencies. Eight scenarios for a national enhanced elevation data program were evaluated. All scenarios considered the tradeoffs between benefits and costs for varied elevation data quality and replacement cycles. While every scenario resulted in a positive benefit cost ratio, the range of needs met varied from 13 to 66 percent of the requirements identified in the study. Additional scenarios are being examined for meeting a greater percentage of needs, particularly for uses that require very high levels of data quality. Using conservative numbers, the scenarios produced maximum expected benefits of over $1B annually. The assessment also concluded that the current cooperative program was efficient and resulted in relatively little duplication. The level of current investments nationally, however, was not sufficient to meet more than about 10 percent of the identified requirements. As part of the project, a detailed inventory of existing elevation data, including the Pacific Islands, was developed as a planning baseline.
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Mapping Motor Vehicle Crashes in Hawaii: GIS applications for injury prevention
Dan Galanis
Hawaii Department of Health, Honolulu, HI
GIS for Environmental, Community and Public Health
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
GIS has been a helpful tool for the Hawaii Department of Health Injury Prevention Program's (IPP's) efforts to prevent injuries from motor vehicle crashes in Hawaii. IPP has a long-standing prevention partnership with the North Hawaii Outcomes Project to publicize maps of fatal crashes in Hawaii County and to mitigate high risk road environments. Electronic patient care data from EMS reports has also been used for the prevention of pedestrian injuries on the island of Oahu. Incident maps have helped the planning and advocacy efforts of community organizations and county and state agencies.
Hawaii Department of Health, Honolulu, HI
GIS for Environmental, Community and Public Health
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
GIS has been a helpful tool for the Hawaii Department of Health Injury Prevention Program's (IPP's) efforts to prevent injuries from motor vehicle crashes in Hawaii. IPP has a long-standing prevention partnership with the North Hawaii Outcomes Project to publicize maps of fatal crashes in Hawaii County and to mitigate high risk road environments. Electronic patient care data from EMS reports has also been used for the prevention of pedestrian injuries on the island of Oahu. Incident maps have helped the planning and advocacy efforts of community organizations and county and state agencies.
The Honolulu Unified Assessment (HONUA) system - A Situational Awareness Viewer for Emergency Management
Jon Hodge
Susan Vogt
City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
Disaster Management and Emergency Response III
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 1:30 to 2:45 pm
Honolulu faces a number of significant emergency management events each year: floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, fires - and less frequently, large special events, such as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Consequently, a great deal of thought and effort has gone into planning and emergency response preparedness. The City was an early adopter of GIS and has developed a comprehensive GIS for the city to support emergency operations, including the development of critical GIS layers, such as evacuation zones, flood zones, and critical infrastructure locations.
Traditionally, the standard operating procedures for City emergency managers included limited utilization of GIS tools and technology. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Emergency Management (DEM) received a grant for Geospatial Technology Enhancements (GTE) to improve emergency planning, response, and operations to more fully leverage existing City GIS data and systems. The project began in June of 2010. The goal was to install an advanced situational awareness viewer technology that supports the planning activities and emergency response operations that occur in the DEM Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The outcome was the deployment of the Honolulu Unified Assessment (HONUA) system. The system was put to the test during the recent APEC summit.
Susan Vogt
City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
Disaster Management and Emergency Response III
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 1:30 to 2:45 pm
Honolulu faces a number of significant emergency management events each year: floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, fires - and less frequently, large special events, such as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Consequently, a great deal of thought and effort has gone into planning and emergency response preparedness. The City was an early adopter of GIS and has developed a comprehensive GIS for the city to support emergency operations, including the development of critical GIS layers, such as evacuation zones, flood zones, and critical infrastructure locations.
Traditionally, the standard operating procedures for City emergency managers included limited utilization of GIS tools and technology. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Emergency Management (DEM) received a grant for Geospatial Technology Enhancements (GTE) to improve emergency planning, response, and operations to more fully leverage existing City GIS data and systems. The project began in June of 2010. The goal was to install an advanced situational awareness viewer technology that supports the planning activities and emergency response operations that occur in the DEM Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The outcome was the deployment of the Honolulu Unified Assessment (HONUA) system. The system was put to the test during the recent APEC summit.
An Overview of the National Hydrography Dataset
Malie Beach-Smith
Hawaii Department of Health
Honolulu, HI
National Data Sets
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) is a comprehensive set of digital spatial data that contains information about surface water features such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, canals, dams and gages. Its rich set of attributes is continually maintained through system-wide revisions, a stewardship program, and contributions from the user community.
The NHD was designed to be simple enough for anyone with basic GIS skills to use, yet robust enough to allow for powerful geospatial analysis. These analyses are possible because the NHD contains a flow network that allows for tracing water upstream or downstream. It also provides a framework for linking scientific information such as water discharge rates, water quality, and aquatic population. These qualities give the NHD unique analytical powers for a number of scientific applications in the study of hydrology, pollution control, resource management, and fisheries biology.
This presentation will provide an overview of the structure of the NHD and its framework for linking scientific data to the NHD drainage network. Find out why the current generation of scientists and cartographers are adopting the National Hydrography Dataset as the standard for hydrography data. Hear how local partnerships continue to evolve this dataset to meet the challenges facing the earth sciences for the remainder of the century and beyond.
Hawaii Department of Health
Honolulu, HI
National Data Sets
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) is a comprehensive set of digital spatial data that contains information about surface water features such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, canals, dams and gages. Its rich set of attributes is continually maintained through system-wide revisions, a stewardship program, and contributions from the user community.
The NHD was designed to be simple enough for anyone with basic GIS skills to use, yet robust enough to allow for powerful geospatial analysis. These analyses are possible because the NHD contains a flow network that allows for tracing water upstream or downstream. It also provides a framework for linking scientific information such as water discharge rates, water quality, and aquatic population. These qualities give the NHD unique analytical powers for a number of scientific applications in the study of hydrology, pollution control, resource management, and fisheries biology.
This presentation will provide an overview of the structure of the NHD and its framework for linking scientific data to the NHD drainage network. Find out why the current generation of scientists and cartographers are adopting the National Hydrography Dataset as the standard for hydrography data. Hear how local partnerships continue to evolve this dataset to meet the challenges facing the earth sciences for the remainder of the century and beyond.
The Future of TIGER: The Geographic Support System (GSS) Initiative
Tim McMonagle
US Census Bureau, Los Angeles Regional Office, Van Nuys, CA
National Data Sets
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
The Census Bureau's GSS Initiative is an intergrated program of improved address coverage, continual spatial feature updates, and enhanced quality assessment and measurement. All activities contibute to the improvement to the Master Address File (MAF)/ TIGER database. The presentation will provide a synopsis of the Initiative and an update on its implementation.
US Census Bureau, Los Angeles Regional Office, Van Nuys, CA
National Data Sets
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
The Census Bureau's GSS Initiative is an intergrated program of improved address coverage, continual spatial feature updates, and enhanced quality assessment and measurement. All activities contibute to the improvement to the Master Address File (MAF)/ TIGER database. The presentation will provide a synopsis of the Initiative and an update on its implementation.
New US Topos for Hawaii and More: A USGS National Geospatial Program Update
Sheri Schneider
U.S. Geological Survey, Portland, OR
Derek Masaki
U.S. Geological Survey, Honolulu, HI
National Data Sets
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
This presentation will provide an update on several mapping efforts by the USGS. The first is the new National Map viewer which is an improved viewing platform, base map data, and an integrated data download service. The second effort is the new US Topo map scheduled to be published in Hawaii in 2012. US Topo is the next generation of digital topographic maps from the U.S. Geological Survey. Arranged in the traditional 7.5-minute quadrangle format, digital US Topo maps are designed to look and feel like the traditional paper topographic maps for which the USGS is so well known. At the same time, US Topo maps provide modern technical advantages that support wider and faster public distribution and enable basic, on-screen geographic analysis for all users. The historic topographic quadrangle scanning efforts will also be discussed which is an integral part of the US Topo publication process.
U.S. Geological Survey, Portland, OR
Derek Masaki
U.S. Geological Survey, Honolulu, HI
National Data Sets
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
This presentation will provide an update on several mapping efforts by the USGS. The first is the new National Map viewer which is an improved viewing platform, base map data, and an integrated data download service. The second effort is the new US Topo map scheduled to be published in Hawaii in 2012. US Topo is the next generation of digital topographic maps from the U.S. Geological Survey. Arranged in the traditional 7.5-minute quadrangle format, digital US Topo maps are designed to look and feel like the traditional paper topographic maps for which the USGS is so well known. At the same time, US Topo maps provide modern technical advantages that support wider and faster public distribution and enable basic, on-screen geographic analysis for all users. The historic topographic quadrangle scanning efforts will also be discussed which is an integral part of the US Topo publication process.
Using a Map Application Template in a GIS Enterprise Environment
John Higuchi
BEI Consultants, Honolulu, HI
Jon Hodge
City & County of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
Application Development
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
Problem: How do you deliver streamlined and efficient map services on a limited GIS development budget?
Approach: Reuse a single map application template that has common elements but delivers focused information and functionality tailored to each stakeholder. The approach involved keeping the user interface simple-to-use to increase adoption rates - think cellphone interface not a 747 instrumentation panel. This significantly reduces the development time and cost. A reusable map template can be configured & implemented under a month.
Solution: Four (4) separate mapping applications: Parcel, Parks, Refuse Collection Sites, and Public Safety were developed using ESRI ArcGIS Server and the Silverlight platform. They all use a common template, share the same basemaps and deliver focused information in a homogenous user-friendly format.
Conclusion: In an enterprise environment, a map application template can be used successfully to solve all 4 stakeholders within budget while maintaining feature rich functionality and meeting various users' objectives. Development time was significantly reduced from 6 - 8 months to 1 - 2 months which allowed the City to offer services economically and sooner rather than later. Since 2009, the 4 maps in the ‘Fastmaps' series are all publicly available to Internet users along with the original ‘Advanced' map.
BEI Consultants, Honolulu, HI
Jon Hodge
City & County of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
Application Development
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
Problem: How do you deliver streamlined and efficient map services on a limited GIS development budget?
Approach: Reuse a single map application template that has common elements but delivers focused information and functionality tailored to each stakeholder. The approach involved keeping the user interface simple-to-use to increase adoption rates - think cellphone interface not a 747 instrumentation panel. This significantly reduces the development time and cost. A reusable map template can be configured & implemented under a month.
Solution: Four (4) separate mapping applications: Parcel, Parks, Refuse Collection Sites, and Public Safety were developed using ESRI ArcGIS Server and the Silverlight platform. They all use a common template, share the same basemaps and deliver focused information in a homogenous user-friendly format.
Conclusion: In an enterprise environment, a map application template can be used successfully to solve all 4 stakeholders within budget while maintaining feature rich functionality and meeting various users' objectives. Development time was significantly reduced from 6 - 8 months to 1 - 2 months which allowed the City to offer services economically and sooner rather than later. Since 2009, the 4 maps in the ‘Fastmaps' series are all publicly available to Internet users along with the original ‘Advanced' map.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Citizen Participation in Redistricting Using Online GIS
Royce Jones
Esri, Honolulu, HI
GIS for Citizen Engagement
Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
Citizen participation in redistricting has traditionally been limited to submitting testimony at commission meetings and public hearings. In 2011, the Hawaii Reapportionment Commission made an online GIS application (the same one they used) available to the public to create their own redistricting plans to submit to the commission. In this presentation you'll learn about the online GIS application, how it was used by the public, and how it impacted decisions made by the commission.
Esri, Honolulu, HI
GIS for Citizen Engagement
Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
Citizen participation in redistricting has traditionally been limited to submitting testimony at commission meetings and public hearings. In 2011, the Hawaii Reapportionment Commission made an online GIS application (the same one they used) available to the public to create their own redistricting plans to submit to the commission. In this presentation you'll learn about the online GIS application, how it was used by the public, and how it impacted decisions made by the commission.
Crowdsourcing VGI: An Elegant Solution to a Thorny Problem
Ronald Cannarella
DLNR/Division of Forestry & Wildlife, Honolulu, HI
GIS for Citizen Engagement
Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
GIS is but one of the major innovations in the last 20 years. The internet is another. The World Wide Web has evolved to "Web 2.0", shorthand for social media apps such as facebook and twitter. Smart phones eliminated "long distance" charges, and video enabled cell phones have toppled mighty armies.
Meanwhile, we expect our government to do more with less. Hawaii, once the most isolated place on Earth is now a desired dream destinations for millions. Visitors are struck with the beauty of our islands, but have no knowledge of the hazards in paradise. People get injured, and the State gets sued for not putting a warning sign. Consumers import pets and plants that escape into the wild and wreck havoc with our environment. How can we hope to maintain our watersheds, our economy, and our lifestyle?
By "crowdsourcing" Volunteer Geographic Information (VGI). Crowdsourcing is "broadcasting the need for assistance to an unknown group of participants". VGI is information about a place at a specific time. By combining these technologies everyone can become part of the solution to protect the `aina. NOAA has already created the "Marine Debris Tracker" app for iPhone/Android. Good timing; a huge patch of debris from Japan is headed our way.
GIS geeks, think of the possibilities! We need data, the community wants services. We all love Hawaii. We'll continue this topic at the unconference on Wednesday in cooperation with the real Web 2.0 experts; The Social Media Club of Hawaii. Chocolate, meet peanut butter.
DLNR/Division of Forestry & Wildlife, Honolulu, HI
GIS for Citizen Engagement
Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
GIS is but one of the major innovations in the last 20 years. The internet is another. The World Wide Web has evolved to "Web 2.0", shorthand for social media apps such as facebook and twitter. Smart phones eliminated "long distance" charges, and video enabled cell phones have toppled mighty armies.
Meanwhile, we expect our government to do more with less. Hawaii, once the most isolated place on Earth is now a desired dream destinations for millions. Visitors are struck with the beauty of our islands, but have no knowledge of the hazards in paradise. People get injured, and the State gets sued for not putting a warning sign. Consumers import pets and plants that escape into the wild and wreck havoc with our environment. How can we hope to maintain our watersheds, our economy, and our lifestyle?
By "crowdsourcing" Volunteer Geographic Information (VGI). Crowdsourcing is "broadcasting the need for assistance to an unknown group of participants". VGI is information about a place at a specific time. By combining these technologies everyone can become part of the solution to protect the `aina. NOAA has already created the "Marine Debris Tracker" app for iPhone/Android. Good timing; a huge patch of debris from Japan is headed our way.
GIS geeks, think of the possibilities! We need data, the community wants services. We all love Hawaii. We'll continue this topic at the unconference on Wednesday in cooperation with the real Web 2.0 experts; The Social Media Club of Hawaii. Chocolate, meet peanut butter.
CCH-DPP Storm Water Application
Brian Loomis
Hi-Tech Urban Solution, Inc., Honolulu, HI
Engineering and Public Works
Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
The City & County of Honolulu's Storm Water Application is a web-based GIS application that delivers powerful mapping, network tracing, and data access tools to users throughout the City. It is the culmination of a multi-year, collaborative effort by the City's Department of Planning and Permitting to improve the coverage, accuracy, and dissemination of its storm water-related GIS data. The application is designed around NPDES permit obligations the City is required to meet. The application is a completely custom ArcGIS Server Web ADF implementation. It is programmed in ASP.NET/VB.NET, incorporates custom ArcObjects modules, and integrates multiple City SQL data servers. The presentation will discuss (1) the user-interviews and NPDES requirements driving the design process, (2) the application's capabilities and toolsets, (3) a high-level review of its technical architecture, and (4) lessons learned. The presentation will also include a live demo (subject to internet access and technical support).
Hi-Tech Urban Solution, Inc., Honolulu, HI
Engineering and Public Works
Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
The City & County of Honolulu's Storm Water Application is a web-based GIS application that delivers powerful mapping, network tracing, and data access tools to users throughout the City. It is the culmination of a multi-year, collaborative effort by the City's Department of Planning and Permitting to improve the coverage, accuracy, and dissemination of its storm water-related GIS data. The application is designed around NPDES permit obligations the City is required to meet. The application is a completely custom ArcGIS Server Web ADF implementation. It is programmed in ASP.NET/VB.NET, incorporates custom ArcObjects modules, and integrates multiple City SQL data servers. The presentation will discuss (1) the user-interviews and NPDES requirements driving the design process, (2) the application's capabilities and toolsets, (3) a high-level review of its technical architecture, and (4) lessons learned. The presentation will also include a live demo (subject to internet access and technical support).
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Census Data and Analysis
Tim McMonagle
US Census Bureau
Dennis Kim
State GIS Program
Jan Nakamoto
DBEDT/READ
Conference-Related Workshop
Thursday March 8, 2012 - 9:00 am to noon
This half-day workshop will cover US Census Bureau 2010 census data and products, including release dates and an overview of navigating the Census Bureau website to extract the data that you need. Then, the State GIS Program will demonstrate the use of some easy-to-use web mapping applications they've developed using the census data and show how they were created. To wrap up, the State Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) Research and Economic Analysis Division (READ) will showcase their website and the various data products that they make available to the public. Questions and interaction are encouraged.
This is a conference-related event that HIGICC is helping to publicize. The event is free, but separate registration is required.
To register, or for more information, please email Joan Delos Santos at
mailto:JDelos_Santos@dbedt.hawaii.gov?subject=Census.
US Census Bureau
Dennis Kim
State GIS Program
Jan Nakamoto
DBEDT/READ
Conference-Related Workshop
Thursday March 8, 2012 - 9:00 am to noon
This half-day workshop will cover US Census Bureau 2010 census data and products, including release dates and an overview of navigating the Census Bureau website to extract the data that you need. Then, the State GIS Program will demonstrate the use of some easy-to-use web mapping applications they've developed using the census data and show how they were created. To wrap up, the State Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) Research and Economic Analysis Division (READ) will showcase their website and the various data products that they make available to the public. Questions and interaction are encouraged.
This is a conference-related event that HIGICC is helping to publicize. The event is free, but separate registration is required.
To register, or for more information, please email Joan Delos Santos at
mailto:JDelos_Santos@dbedt.hawaii.gov?subject=Census.
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