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30/09
The City of Indianapolis/Marion County was looking to improve service and access when citizens request city services. A web-based interface was developed which allows citizens to enter a service request or check on the status of an existing request 24 hours a day. The application guides the citizen through choosing a request type based on street or building address. Based on this entry, the verification of jurisdiction and proper routing of the request is determined. Requests can be submitted anonymously or with identifying information. Once submitted, the request is directly routed to the appropriate work management system, thus automating the request process and lowering resolution times. Public response has been tremendously positive since the inception of the website.
Read more about this project at www.igic.org/realworld/govreqindy.html
Read more about this project at www.igic.org/realworld/govreqindy.html
15/09
A Good Problem to Have
As many of you know, acquiring large statewide datasets like orthophotography and elevation data is only half the battle. Especially when those datasets are multiple terabytes, accessing and using them efficiently can be a real challenge.
Through our IndianaMap partners at the Indiana Geological Survey and the Spatial Data Portal hosted by UITS we feel we will have the right resources and tools to provide easy and efficient access to our new orthophotography, but our new Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) point cloud and Digital Elevation Models (DEM) datasets will present us with a new challenge!
The new statewide LiDAR point cloud dataset will include more than four terabytes of elevation data, consisting of billions of individual X,Y,Z data points precisely mapping the surface of Indiana. This new elevation dataset is an extremely powerful tool that will support many projects across Indiana, but it can also be daunting to work with, especially when you only need a small area for your project and it needs to be in the usable format.
The Solution
IGIC has identified the OpenTopography Server as a solution to solve this problem. The OpenTopography Server solution IGIC is proposing to implement for Indiana is a hosting and managed web service for LiDAR point cloud data offered by the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego. The IndianaMap OpenTopography Server will allow anyone to easily access the LiDAR point cloud data online at no cost to the end-user. Anyone can go online, identify an area of interest on the map, and select the output product and format. The LiDAR Server will then automatically clip, process, zip and ship the dataset to the user. In order to make this free to all end-users, a one-time up-front cost of $25,000 is required.
How You Can Help
IGIC has already raised $14,500 from initial contribution by two of our key partners, and we are now looking to our other Corporate and Enterprise members, as well as to our individual members to help make this a reality for Indiana. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation. A donation of even $50 will help tremendously!
To be ready when the new data is delivered, IGIC is asking for your donations NOW so we can reach our remaining fund raising goal of $9,500 by October 31, 2011.
Visit www.igic.org/projects/lidar.html for more information and to make your donation today!
Thank you in advance for your help!
Phil Worrall,
IGIC Executive Director
As many of you know, acquiring large statewide datasets like orthophotography and elevation data is only half the battle. Especially when those datasets are multiple terabytes, accessing and using them efficiently can be a real challenge.
Through our IndianaMap partners at the Indiana Geological Survey and the Spatial Data Portal hosted by UITS we feel we will have the right resources and tools to provide easy and efficient access to our new orthophotography, but our new Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) point cloud and Digital Elevation Models (DEM) datasets will present us with a new challenge!
The new statewide LiDAR point cloud dataset will include more than four terabytes of elevation data, consisting of billions of individual X,Y,Z data points precisely mapping the surface of Indiana. This new elevation dataset is an extremely powerful tool that will support many projects across Indiana, but it can also be daunting to work with, especially when you only need a small area for your project and it needs to be in the usable format.
The Solution
IGIC has identified the OpenTopography Server as a solution to solve this problem. The OpenTopography Server solution IGIC is proposing to implement for Indiana is a hosting and managed web service for LiDAR point cloud data offered by the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego. The IndianaMap OpenTopography Server will allow anyone to easily access the LiDAR point cloud data online at no cost to the end-user. Anyone can go online, identify an area of interest on the map, and select the output product and format. The LiDAR Server will then automatically clip, process, zip and ship the dataset to the user. In order to make this free to all end-users, a one-time up-front cost of $25,000 is required.
How You Can Help
IGIC has already raised $14,500 from initial contribution by two of our key partners, and we are now looking to our other Corporate and Enterprise members, as well as to our individual members to help make this a reality for Indiana. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation. A donation of even $50 will help tremendously!
To be ready when the new data is delivered, IGIC is asking for your donations NOW so we can reach our remaining fund raising goal of $9,500 by October 31, 2011.
Visit www.igic.org/projects/lidar.html for more information and to make your donation today!
Thank you in advance for your help!
Phil Worrall,
IGIC Executive Director
15/09
Lake County needed to address the requirements of the national NPDES Stormwater Program relating to non-agricultural sources of storm water discharges. The County created and funded a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) water quality program with a GIS environment in mind. By utilizing GIS technology to control all of its data pertaining to the program, important issues of when, how, how much, and where water comes from and goes can be addressed. The success of the management system is now being considered for part of a legislative model, to provide a funding source for similar GIS programs across the state. Additionally, the first round of IDEM MS4 audits was so successful and organized, the Lake County Surveyor’s office was awarded the NPDES 2010 Storm Water Phase II certificate of recognition.
Read more about this project at www.igic.org/realworld/envirlake.html
Read more about this project at www.igic.org/realworld/envirlake.html
09/09
The USGS historic topographic quadrangle maps for Indiana are now available online at no charge from the USGS Store and the Map Locator at
http://store.usgs.gov
Additional information about the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection and the USGS Historical Quadrangle Scanning Project is available online at:
The National Map
Mapperz Blog
Very Spatial Podcast
Presentation at The National Map Users Conference
Article in Spatial Sustain
http://store.usgs.gov
Additional information about the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection and the USGS Historical Quadrangle Scanning Project is available online at:
The National Map
Mapperz Blog
Very Spatial Podcast
Presentation at The National Map Users Conference
Article in Spatial Sustain
09/09
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed a supplemental set of indexing functions for the Hydrography Event Management (HEM) Tool, which are available through the HEM EPA Add-On Toolbar.
This toolbar allows users to create, edit and manage custom point, line and area events. The toolbar also includes functionality that was previously a part of the PC-based Reach Indexing Tool (PC-RIT), such as Find Overlapping Waterbodies, Extract from EPA Program Events, and a post processing tool to aid in preparing events for submission to the EPA’s Reach Address Database (RAD). The HEM EPA Add-on Tools are currently available for use with ArcGIS Version 9.3.1., and a version of the HEM EPA Add-on Tools for use with ArcGIS 10 is in development.
Please note that The HEM tool along with the EPA Add-On Tools supersedes the ArcView 3.0 based Reach Indexing Tool (RIT).
The tools and training materials are available for download at http://nhd.usgs.gov/tools.html.
USGS currently has two 4-hour HEM WebEx training sessions scheduled for September.
Advanced Editing Part 2 - September 7
Data Maintenance Part 3 - September 28
Sign up at: http://nhd.usgs.gov/tools.html#hem
This toolbar allows users to create, edit and manage custom point, line and area events. The toolbar also includes functionality that was previously a part of the PC-based Reach Indexing Tool (PC-RIT), such as Find Overlapping Waterbodies, Extract from EPA Program Events, and a post processing tool to aid in preparing events for submission to the EPA’s Reach Address Database (RAD). The HEM EPA Add-on Tools are currently available for use with ArcGIS Version 9.3.1., and a version of the HEM EPA Add-on Tools for use with ArcGIS 10 is in development.
Please note that The HEM tool along with the EPA Add-On Tools supersedes the ArcView 3.0 based Reach Indexing Tool (RIT).
The tools and training materials are available for download at http://nhd.usgs.gov/tools.html.
USGS currently has two 4-hour HEM WebEx training sessions scheduled for September.
Advanced Editing Part 2 - September 7
Data Maintenance Part 3 - September 28
Sign up at: http://nhd.usgs.gov/tools.html#hem