Coastal GIS Applications Quarterly Report
David Hart
January to March 2000
General Support
Continued work with Mike Silich of Racine County on translation of GenaMap GIS data
to ArcView shapefile format and use of ArcExplorer software. Visited Racine County on
January 6 to assist with installation of a program to merge parcel mapping for quartersections across an entire municipality.
Coastal GIS Applications
Shoreland Management. Revised the Blue Lake shoreland management GIS application
to include a linkage of building permit information to parcels.
Water Quality. Continued development of an “Urban Nonpoint Source Pollution
Modeling Using ArcView” training course. The second course is scheduled for April 27.
Floodplain Management. No additional work this quarter.
Shore Recession. Continued work with the WCMP Coastal Hazards Work Group to
finalize the methodology to estimate shoreline recession on Lake Michigan. Worked with
Dan Rodman to develop historical orthophotos and delineate the bluff edge for part of the
coast of the Town of Grafton in Ozaukee County.
GIS Training
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Conducted an “Overview of ArcView” training course in Kewaunee County at LICGF
on March 20. 11 attending.
Assisted with a GIS training course as part of the JASON project at LICGF on
February 19. 10 attending.
Conducted four GIS for Water Management Specialists training courses for DNR
staff on January 25-27, February 15-17, February 22-24, and March 21-23. 71
attending.
Visualization of Development Along Coastal Bluffs – Wisconsin Coastal
Management Program
The Wisconsin Coastal Management Program has funded a project to develop a threedimensional computer-based tool to visualize development along coastal bluffs and how
bluff erosion may impact coastal structures. The project web site at:
http://www.lic.wisc.edu/coastgis/visualization/visualization.htm.
Worked with Dan Rodman to develop historical orthophotos and delineate the bluff edge
for part of the coast of the Town of Grafton in Ozaukee County. Problems were
encountered when attempting to create historical digital elevation models. A report of the
findings has been produced.
Submit abstracts for presentations on the visualization project to the International
Association of Great Lakes Researchers meeting in May and the Coastal Society meeting
in July. Both presentations were accepted.
Data Acquisition and Integration for Coastal Hazard Damage Assessment—Corps
of Engineers, Detroit District
Obtained digital parcel data in polygon format for Kewaunee County and tax roll data for
the City of Kewaunee. Received updated parcel mapping and tax roll data for the coastal
areas of Oconto County. Received updated parcel mapping and tax roll data for part of
the coastal areas of Ozaukee County.
Prepared a draft report titled “Issues in Acquiring and Integrating Digital Parcel Mapping
for Use in Coastal Management Along the Lake Michigan Coast of Wisconsin.”
Received a Request for Proposal from the Corps of Engineers for continued work on the
Lake Michigan Potential Damages Study.
DNR Water Management Specialist GIS Training
The goal of this project is to develop and conduct a training program for Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) water management specialists on the use of
geographic information systems in their day-to-day activities. The GIS training supports
the Wisconsin Waters Initiative, a program to integrate state and local water protection
programs and make site-specific information readily available for state and local
regulatory staff, property owners, and developers.
Developed a GIS training course for water management specialists at the DNR consisting
of 10 exercises demonstrating ArcView functions using Wisconsin data and water
resource management examples.
Developed a half-day “A Day in the Life of a Water Management Specialist” GIS training
module. The module includes an ArcView project using data from the DNR, NRCS,
Ozaukee County and Winnebago County and shows how ArcView can be used to support
the daily activities of state water managers.
Conducted four three-day GIS training courses for DNR water management specialists
and engineers.
GIS Presentations
Gave a demonstration of the GIS data integrated for the Lake Michigan coast and the
WCMP Open House in Madison on January 13. 20 attending.
Gave a presentation on the Wisconsin Coastal GIS Applications Project to CNRED
Extension Agent for the Northeast District at UW-Green Bay on January 19. 8 attending.
Gave a presentation on GIS for Shoreland and Coastal Management at the Wisconsin
County Code Administrators annual meeting in Wausau on March 31. 80 attending.
Meetings/Conferences
Participated in a meeting of the WCMP Coastal Hazards Technical Advisory Committee
on February 14.
Attended the WLIA Annual Conference in Lake Geneva from March 1-3.
Attended Sea Grant Advisory Services staff meeting on program impact evaluation in
Madison on March 7.