Advancement of an Enterprise
Coastal GIS
Kathy Fitzpatrick, P.E., Martin County, Florida
Echo Gates, P.E., Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Robert Hudson, AICP, Photo Science, Inc.
Heather Mounts, Photo Science, Inc.
Martin County, Florida
• Southeast Coast of Florida
• “Sailfish Capital of the World”
• Hit by 2 Hurricanes in 2004
Martin County Coastal Management
Program
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Artificial Reef Construction and Management
Habitat Management
Beach Maintenance
Inlet Maintenance and Management
Coastal Program Business Process
Deliverables
Contractor Delivers Final Product
Contractor
Completes Task
Project Funds
Allocated
Apply for Site
Permit
Funds
Available
Find Funding
County Budget
and Grants
County's Coastal
Division
Coastal Programs
Coastal Project
Management
Regulatory
Agencies
Apply for Project
Permit
Site Permit
Granted
Project Permit
Granted
Program Site Boundary Established
Program Site
Permitted
Project Site Boundary Established
Project
Project
Permitted
Hire
Contractor
Find Service Providers
Service
Providers
Events
Planned and
Required
Project
Activities
Tasks
Activity
Breakdown
in Tasks
Hire
Contractor
Coastal GIS Strategic
Implementation Plan
• Phase I: Scoping Exercise
(2003)
• Phase II: Assessment & Refinement (2004)
• Phase III: Prototype Implementation (Spring 2005)
• Phase IV: Migrate to Production System
(Summer/Fall 2005)
• Phase V: Maintenance & Enhancements (2006)
Coastal Program Business Objectives
1.
Manage Martin County’s habitat, beach, inlet, and artificial reef resources
through the effective implementation of engineering and restoration projects.
2.
Monitor and analyze the effectiveness of the Coastal Program’s engineering
and restoration projects.
3.
Track permit requirements and automate the required permit submittals.
4.
Properly distribute, track, and manage the Coastal Program budget and grant
funding.
5.
Collaborate with, and disseminate information to, federal and state agencies
and the public.
Coastal GIS “Use Cases”
Nearterm Activities
• Finalize geodatabase design
• Populate geodatabase with additional data
• Deploy in Martin County’s production environment
• Build tools and portals into the geodatabase
“Take Away” Points from this
Presentation
• Programmatic requirements and operational needs
should drive the system design
• Inventory the availability, type, and format of your
data (not just spatial data!) prior to building the
database
• Use the available data models as a guide, not as a
solution
• Implement using a Phased approach that couples
the availability of funding with a prioritized list of
functionality of the system
Martin County Coastal
Geodatabase