Information Technology and Coastal Zone Management: An Introduction

1. Information Technology and Coastal Zone Management:An Introduction Coastal Services Center

2. CSC Activities and Feedback The approximately 500 coastal professionals trained in CSC sponsored information management classes identified these barriers to effective implementation at their workplace: • Cost • Not an agency priority • Technology failures in the past • Technology oversold in the past • Management does not understand the terminology or benefits • Management does not have a short or long term goal for information management • Management is constrained in systems procurement by other procurement policy • Management and technical staff do not communicate effectively

3. Coastal Information Management Curriculum • Information technology and coastal zone management • Introduction to GIS • Introduction to Metadata • Metadata Training • Training the Trainers - metadata • Introduction to ArcView • Introduction to Avenue • Intermediate ArcView • Introduction to Remote Sensing

4. Demonstrate the benefits of information management technology Increase the understanding of information management technology components Discuss and demonstrate how GIS and related technologies improve the capability to analyze and synthesize information Provide information on the current framework and future direction of spatial technologies Encourage, facilitate, and support coastal information management capacity building within individual agencies Facilitate the development of a Coastal National Spatial Data Infrastructure (CNSDI) Objectives

5. Topics for Today • Information management fundamentals • The 5 variables: • People • Data • Software • Hardware • Applications • Fundamental of spatial technologies • Example coastal applications • Federal, state, local, and university activities • Opportunities to leverage resources • Legislative initiatives • New technologies

6. Information Management is an Essential Activity: It’s what We Do

7. A Change in TechnologyMustImprove Effectivenessand/or Efficiency in Management or Operations

8. Information Technology from a Manager’s Perspective • Long-Term Goals • Short-Term Goals • Self-Preservation • Benefits Versus Costs

9. What Are Information Management Needs? • Word Processing • Spread Sheets • Database Management Systems • Graphics • Communications • Spatial Data Processing

10. 2110 1995 Information Technology Trends Hardware Costs Software Costs Connectivity Ease of Use Data Availability 1980

11. DATA HARDWARE PEOPLE SOFTWARE Information Management System

12. DATA PEOPLE HARDWARE SOFTWARE People

13. DATA HARDWARE PEOPLE SOFTWARE Data

14. DATA SOFTWARE HARDWARE PEOPLE Software

15. DATA PEOPLE HARDWARE SOFTWARE Hardware

16. DATA HARDWARE PEOPLE SOFTWARE Synthesis

17. The Manager’s Role in Developing a GIS • System Development Process • Define Organizational Goals for Technology • Project Planning and Oversight • Personnel Selection • Performance Evaluation

18. Information Technology Must Be Relevant

19. Coastal Management Issues • Habitat Management • Non-Point Source Pollution • Hazard Mitigation: Long-Term, Short-Term • Beachfront Management • Resource Conservation • Inter-Governmental Cooperation

20. What are Spatial Data? • Spatial data include one or more elements that describe location. • Absolutelocation such as x,y coordinates like latitude and longitude • Or relative location such as “next, near, opposite, adjoining.”

21. Visualization

22. Coordinates Link Everything

23. “Spatial Join” GIS Tracks Relationships by Location Spatial Database Layers Aids to Navigation e.g. e.g. Fish Habitats

24. A Consistent Index for All Relevant Data Graphics

25. Environmentally Sensitive Impact Areas Coastal GIS Shoreline Benthic Habitat Buoys Salinity Geodetic Control Corals Leases/Parcels Marinas Bathymetry Sea Surface Temperatures Geology Territorial Waters Legal Boundaries

26. Territorial GIS Land Use Geology Land Cover Wetlands Rivers and Lakes Political Boundaries Protected Areas Streets Habitat Forest Cover Soils Digital Elevation Models Geodetic Control

27. Land and Sea Based GIS

28. GIS Related Technologies Remote Sensing Radar Mobile Communications SoftcopyPhotogrammetry GPS SONAR Internet Multibeam Sonar Aerial Photography

29. Global Positioning System GPS uses a series of 24 satellites and ground receivers to triangulate horizontal and vertical position.

30. Aerial Photography

31. Digital Orthohptoto Imagery

32. Satellite Remote Sensing

33. Airborne Remote Sensing

34. Using GIS and GPS to Implement South Carolina's Post-Hurricane Recovery Plan Doug Marcy

35. Interconnection through the Web GIS Database Internet Map Server NOS MapFinder

36. Data Sources • Federal Government • State Government • Local Government • Private Industry • Your Own Operations Federal DATA Local

37. Federal Data Sources • United States Geological Survey (USGS) • Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles (DOQs) 1:12,000 and 1:5,000 • Digital Raster Graphics (DRGs) 1:24,000, 1:100,000, 1:250,000 • Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) 1:24,000 , 1:100,000, 1:250,000 • Digital Line Graphs (DLGs) 1:24,000 • NAPP 1:40,000 • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) • Non-Point Source Data (BASINS) • EPA Regions Databases • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) database • STORET

38. Federal Data Sources • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) • Bathymetry • Digital Shoreline • Nautical Charts • Benthic Habitat • Minerals Management Service • Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Blocks • Active Lease Sites • Platform Locations • National Park Service (NPS) • National Park Boundaries • Vegetation, Streams, Roads, Trails for Selected Parks • United States Fish and Wildlife Service • National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) • Provide Extensive Training in GIS and GPS

39. State Government • Resource Management • Transportation • Emergency Management • Economic Development • NSGIC

40. State Data Sources • Statewide GIS Data Centers • Oregon State Service Center for Geographic Information Systems • Massachusetts Geographic Information System (MassGIS) • State Agency GIS Databases • South Carolina Department of Natural Resources • New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection • Libraries

41. Local Government • Land Ownership (cadastre) • Land Use • Infrastructure Management (water, sewer) • Transportation • Environmental Management

42. Your Organization Be sure to check with everyone in your own organization before you buy, contract for, or collect new data.

43. Private Industry • Utilities • Transportation • Facilities Management • Direct Marketing

44. Opportunities for Leveraging Resourcesto Overcome Obstacles to the Implementation of GIS

45. The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is an interagency committee, organized in 1990 under OMB Circular A-16, that promotes the coordinated use, sharing and dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis. Federal Geographic Data Committee

46. FGDC Membership • The FGDC is composed of representatives from sixteen Cabinet level and independent federal agencies. • Steering Committee: • Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, Chair of Steering Committee • Scott B. Gudes, Deputy Under Secretary for NOAA, Department of Commerce • National Association of Counties • National League of Cities • National States Geographic Information Council • OpenGIS Consortium • University Consortium for Geographic Information Science • International City/County Management Association

48. The Federal Geographic Data Committee coordinates the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). The NSDI encompasses policies, standards, and procedures for organizations to cooperatively produce and share geographic data.

49. The Vision of Coastal NSDI Current and accurate geospatial coastal and ocean data will be readily available to contribute locally, nationally, and globally to economic growth, environmental quality and stability, and social progress.

50. NSDI Strategy • Goal 1 • Increase the awareness and understanding of the vision, concepts, and benefits of the NSDI through outreach and education. • Goal 2 • Develop common solutions for discovery, access, and use of geospatial data in response to the needs of diverse communities. • Goal 3 • Use community based approaches to develop and maintain common collections of geospatial data for sound decision making. • Goal 4 • Build relationships among organizations to support the continuing development of the NSDI.