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In October 2004, the Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology (IAGT) hosted the Northeastern Local, Regional and State Remote Sensing/Geospatial Information Technology Outreach Workshop. The purpose of the workshop was to identify ways of improving and maximizing the outcomes of federal and other RS/GIT outreach strategies and programs. The three-day gathering included over 100 local, state, regional and federal government representatives. In addition to IAGT, four federal agencies sponsored the event: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC). Additional support was provided by the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) and the National Association of Counties (NACo). A final report was prepared reflecting the substance of the meeting.
- NEW!
Workshop Final Report — PDF File (1.698Mb)
Final Report for the Northeastern Local, Regional and State RS/GIT Outreach Workshop, October 2004.
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Northeast Affilate Group (NEAf):
The Northeast Affiliate Group (NEAf) is a group of the state GIS coordinators for 14 Northeastern states. These states are: Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. NEAf was formed in 2000 after the NASA Northeast Regional Conference, and goals for the group were established in the Fall of 2001. The mission of this group is to promote the use of Remote Sensing technology and data in State, Local, and Regional government organizations in the Northeast US. Four program areas at IAGT were formed in reaction to the findings.
Visit our NEAf page for more details.
Finger Lakes Decision Support System (FLDSS):
The Finger Lakes Decision Support System (FLDSS) is a web-based, geospatial visualization environment that combines photo-realistic imagery with terrain information. Features of the FLDSS include the integration of traditional 2D GIS data and related attribute information, 3D interactive visualization, access to near real-time monitoring resources, links to textual or tabular data sources, and a fully interactive user interface. The graphical interface enables managers to navigate through and around their area, and access and interpret a common set of relevant geospatial data.
Visit our FLDSS page for more details.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation:
IAGT has continued to build upon its partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) with direct support to the DEC Division of Water. The partnership began in 2000 with GIS and survey support to the NYS Floodplain Mapping Program, and now includes a wide range of mapping and watershed management activities within the Division of Water. The partnership program supports 20 IAGT staff people in six different locations around New York State supporting eight separate operating units of the Division of Water. The program has also provided financial support for three separate subcontract relationships supporting watershed management for the New York City Department of Environmental Conservation, various floodplain mapping, modeling, and hydrologic studies for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and information management support to both the Division of Water and the Division of Information Services.
EarthScope:
EarthScope (ES) is a major earth science initiative funded by the National Science Foundation in partnership with other agencies, including the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (www.earthscope.org). One of EarthScope’s goals is to contribute to the mitigation of risks from geological hazards, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, on the North American continent. In 2004, IAGT made great progress in providing GIT operational and application development support to the EarthScope project.
IAGT focused its efforts on assisting UNAVCO (www.unavco.org) with the Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) component of the EarthScope project. IAGT Auburn-based staff and on-site staff at PBO headquarters in Boulder, Colorado have been performing spatial analyses and creating hardcopy map products in support of PBO’s siting and permitting operations.
Separately, to support both operational and general information needs, a web-based application has been developed that displays the planned and actual site locations and status of all ES facilities in an interactive mapping interface. The application, known as the EarthScope Interactive Mapper, leverages IAGT'S VMOC™ and continues to evolve based on EarthScope-wide requirements for displaying general facility status information in the context of various geospatial reference data. The ES interactive Mapper is intended to serve a broad user community consisting of ES managers, scientists, educators, and the general public.
IAGT also provided both locally-based and on-site GIS support to the ES headquarters in Washington, D.C. to create various geospatial graphics for incorporation in ES publications, presentations, congressional briefings, and other education and outreach efforts. In addition, IAGT has been an active participant on the ES working group responsible for developing ES data format and data access standards. Lastly, IAGT has been working with IRIS (www.iris.edu) on the USArray component of the ES project to assist with technical issues related to integrating GIT technology in their siting operations and status reporting activities. Plans are to continue and extend this work in the coming year as the ES project progresses.
Land Cover and Land Use:
The Institute's land cover and land use projects are reflective of what has been learned from state and local government, that ongoing, regularly updated land cover inventories are an extremely useful product, as are land use inventories. In addition, both can be derived from a combination of satellite imagery, aircraft, and ground truthing. The Institute's goal is to develop a capacity that would permit reclassification of data or imagery in ways that can be directly correlated with the categories that are required for particular applications.
- Land Cover Types of Cayuga
County — PDF File (246 K)
This white paper describes the results from Phase 1 of an Institute-funded pilot project. The goal of this project was to gain institutional capacity by performing a simple classification and a resultant map accuracy assessment of remotely sensed imagery so that the land cover types of Cayuga County could be estimated. Prepared by the Institute.
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Virtual Management Operations Center for Watersheds:
To help government work on a multilevel basis, an Internet deployable visualization tool is in development that will be made available at all government levels. Enhancing the government's capacity to work on a multilevel basis is absolutely critical in the United States. For example, for watershed management, land cover and land use control exists at local levels - meaning in very small areas. Thus, zoning ordinances or land use control vehicles can change quickly from one community to the next - making coordination with the state, regional, district, and the federal government levels very difficult. This project involves interactive 3D visualization technology and other tools to facilitate coordination of management activity across the levels of government.
- VMOC – A 3D Visualization/Mapping
Prototype and The Finger Lakes Decision Support System — PDF File (170 K)
This paper describes the background and development of the Virtual Management Operations Center concept and its function as the core and starting point for the Finger Lakes Decision Support System. - Finger Lakes Water Resources, Open
Space & Agricultural Conservation Project — PDF
File (119 K)
The goals and objectives of the FLWROA project are described here, including the roles of both IAGT and the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board.
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The FIRES Project:
This project involves detecting and monitoring wildfires in the United States and is conducted in concert with a group focused on a similar concern in Western Europe. The Rochester Institute of Technology requested that the Institute participate in this effort. Currently, Phase II is underway which will consider in detail the ways in which remote sensing, orthophotometrics and GIS might be used to help identify areas where fires are likely to occur, identify as quickly as possible fires that have been already started, help contribute to managing a fire once a decision has been made to suppress it, and finally to help with damage assessment after a fire has occurred.
- Remotely
Sensed Wildland Fire Data and Information Product Processing
and Delivery Report — PDF File (5 Mb)
The objective of this report is to explore different scenarios for processing remotely sensed fire detection data, and how derivative data products are delivered to the wildland fire management community. This report summarizes the different types of airborne remote sensing data and information products that are available for wildland fire applications. Particular attention is paid to product processing, delivery techniques and distribution mechanisms. - Geospatial
Technology in Wildland Fire: FIRES Final Needs Assessment
Report — PDF
File (7.5 Mb)
This report summarizes the use and role of GIT in wildland fire, and also combines the policy, management and programmatic contexts in which GIT operates for wildland fire.
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