Coastal GIS Quarterly Activity Report
David Hart
January to March 2003
Coastal GIS Advisory Services – Madison Office (A/AS-1-DH)
Supervised work by Ted Quinby on the development of websites to serve GIS data for the
Lake Michigan and Lake Superior coasts of Wisconsin.
Supervised work by Ted Quinby on the development of a Lake Superior Circle Tour web
mapping site. Demonstrated the web site to Sea Grant staff and Russ Green of the
Wisconsin Historical Society on March 26. A preview version of the website can be
accessed at: http://coastal.lic.wisc.edu/gwiz_mapserver/circletour/client_index.php
Met with staff from Fond du Lac County on February 7 to enhance the interoperability of
their web mapping site. Gave several demonstrations on how to utilize federal, state, and
local web mapping services to address floodplain management issues.
Communicated with Wayne Wright at NASA and National Park Service staff about a
potential project to collect terrestrial and nearshore LIDAR data for the Lake Michigan
coast from Kenosha to Kewaunee Counties.
Implementation of Comprehensive, Dynamic GIS for Coastal Management: Linking
Agencies for Better Decisions and Public Information about the Coastal Zone
(A/AS-49)
GIS and Coastal Smart Growth. Supervised work by Lea Shanley on the use of GIS to
support smart growth in coastal areas.
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Met with LICGF and WCMP staff on March 5 to discuss the Wisconsin Community
Planning Resource. The WCPR provides a template web site for a community to
build a comprehensive web site to support smart growth planning. The meeting
discussed coastal management content associated with the WCPR.
Coastal GIS Training Models. Supervised work by Brea Lemke on coastal GIS training
models and the use of distributed web mapping services to support coastal management.
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Continued development of tutorials for using web mapping services to analyze
environmental issues. The first utilizes Arc Explorer – Web Services Edition with
web map services for the Boston area. The second utilizes ArcMap with web map
services in Wisconsin to view floodplain data.
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Organized a “GIS Tools to Support Stormwater Management” workshop at the FoxWolf Watershed Alliance Stormwater 2003 Conference on March 6, 2003 in Green
Bay. Developed PowerPoint presentations and GIS exercises to demonstrate L-THIA
(Long-Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment) developed by Purdue University;
BASINS (Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources)
developed by the Environmental Protection Agency; ISAT (Impervious Surface
Analysis Tool) developed by the NOAA Coastal Services Center; and SLAMM
(Source Loading and Management Model) developed by Robert Pitt and John
Voorhees. This information is available at http://coastal.lic.wisc.edu/stormwater.
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Searched for local and state government ArcIMS sites that are coded with coordinate
system parameters and that could be integrated “on-the-fly” projection
transformations. Supervised work by Jennifer Hansen of LICGF to develop a
database-driven web site of Wisconsin internet mapping sites that includes more
technical information about each site.
Use of GIS to Support Decision-Making About Coastal Management
Along the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Coasts of Wisconsin—Wisconsin
Coastal Management Program (A/AS-1-GIS Outreach-1)
Met with WCMP staff to discuss project administration and progress on January 21.
Participated in weekly conference calls with state coastal management directors and
OCRM staff to discuss a national system of coastal performance indicators.
Gave a presentation with Alberto Vargas and Karen Tuerk on “Using GIS to Measure
Performance Indicators for Coastal Management in Wisconsin” at the Coastal GeoTools
’03 Conference in Charleston, SC on January 8, 2003.
GIS and Performance Indicators for Wetlands. Supervised work by Karen Tuerk on use
of Wisconsin Wetlands Inventory data to produce summary statistics for wetlands in
coastal counties.
GIS and Performance Indicators for Public Access (Karen Tuerk). Supervised work by
Karen Tuerk to use DNR managed lands data and local parcel data to produce summary
statistics of public lands in coastal counties and to use network analysis to evaluate
accessibility of coastal sites.
Web-Based Tools for Development Impact Assessment and Comprehensive
Planning—Wisconsin Coastal Management Program
Began the development of a web mapping site to support comprehensive planning for the
Town of Gibraltar in Door County. The Town is in the early phases of a “Smart Growth”
planning project with the assistance of the Bay-Lake RPC. GIS data for the Town was
requested and received from the RPC. Reviewed minutes of past planning committee
meetings.
Data Acquisition and Integration for Coastal Hazard Damage Assessment—Corps
of Engineers, Detroit District
Continued work on the production of historical digital orthophotos for Kewaunee,
Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha Counties using the Orthomapper software developed by
Prof. Scarpace, as well as the delineation of the bluffs toes and tops from current and
historical orthophotos.
Developing a Dynamic and Distributed GIS to Support Coastal Management Along
the Lake Superior Coast of Wisconsin—NOAA Coastal Services Center
Received notice that the grant proposal submitted to the NOAA Coastal Services Center
concerning the development of a “dynamic and distributed GIS” to support integrated
coastal management along the Lake Superior coast of Wisconsin will be funded starting
June 1.
GIS Training
Conducted a “GIS Tools to Support Stormwater Management” workshop at the Fox-Wolf
Watershed Alliance Stormwater 2003 Conference on March 6, 2003 in Green Bay. 50
attending.
Participated in meetings at LICGF to plan the development of a Web GIS training class
on January 31, February 6, February 21, March 13, and March 27.
GIS Presentations
Gave a presentation with Alberto Vargas titled “Using GIS to Measure Performance
Indicators for Coastal Management in Wisconsin” at the Coastal GeoTools ’03
Conference in Charleston, SC on January 8, 2003. 75 attending.
Gave a presentation on an inventory of digital elevation data developed by local
governments in Wisconsin in a session with Ted Koch, D. David Moyer, and Alan Lulloff
on the Wisconsin Land Information Board, Elevation Data Task Force report at the
Wisconsin Land Information Association annual meeting on February 12 in Milwaukee.
60 attending.
Organized a session titled “Solving the Land Records Jigsaw Puzzle: Bringing GIS
Interoperability to Wisconsin” at the Wisconsin Land Information Association annual
meeting on February 13 in Milwaukee. Gave a presentation on how to utilize federal,
state, and local web mapping services to address floodplain management issues. 30
attending.
Meetings/Conferences
Participated in a meeting with Chip Hankley, A.J. Wortley, Woody Wallace, and Puneet
Kishor on January 11 to develop a session for the WLIA Annual Conference in February
on open source web mapping titled “Web Mapping…Done Dirt Cheap.”
Organized a brown bag lunch on 3-D visualization and web mapping for coastal
management for Sea Grant staff on January 24.
Met with Lindsay Anderson of the UW-Madison Geology Department on January 30 to
discuss the use of GIS in the Lake Superior Bluff Stability study. Reviewed a grant
proposal to the Great Lakes Protection Fund.
Attended the Committee on State Cartography meeting on February 5.
Attended the Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) annual conference in
Milwaukee from February 11-14. Served as a volunteer in a GIS and Teachers workshop
organized by Al Miller on February 11.
Attended a meeting on Wisconsin Coordinate Systems at the Wisconsin Department of
Transportation on February 20.
Attended the Aquatic Sciences Center “All-Hands” meeting on February 25-26.
Participated in the Creating a Collaborative Research Environment (CCRE) program,
ending with a retreat on February 28. CCRE works with small interdisciplinary groups to
broaden perspectives of inquiry, consider possibilities beyond traditional boundaries, and
explore assumptions about research.