Philip Potter
EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc., Honolulu, HI
Deborah Solis
United States Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District
Luis Vega
Hawaii National Marine Renewable Energy Center
Scott Moncrief
Renee Kinchla
Tom Cook
Meghan Travers
Antti Koskelo
EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc., Honolulu, HI
Natural Resource Management
Monday March 5, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
The United States Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District (USACE) completed a reconnaissance study to assess potential hydroelectric power sources across the State of Hawaii. The goal of the study was to compile existing information about potential sites identified for hydropower energy development and provide an assessment of the applicability of various hydropower generating technologies in Hawaii. GIS was used to support the assessment of the power potential of existing, retired and proposed traditional hydroelectric plants in the State. GIS was also used delineate areas preferential to ocean energy development through low-level marine spatial planning, screen potential sites based on environmental and social criteria as well as to visualize the results of the study. The study methods and key results will be presented, with an emphasis on how GIS and existing geospatial data at the State level were leveraged to complete the state-wide reconnaissance of hydroelectric power potential.
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Coupling Cyberinfrastructure and GIS for Natural Resource Management Applications in Hawaii
Linda Koch
Jennifer Ho
Cory Yap
Mike Kido
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Natural Resource Management Monday
March 5, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
Cyberinfrastructure (CI), viewed as the coordinated aggregate of computer hardware / software and other technologies which change data into knowledge systems, has great potential for connecting science with policy by facilitating rapid, effective delivery and integration of information to decision makers about the dynamic state of human-environment systems at global scales. Coupled with GIS, CI is enhanced with adding functionality for spatiotemporal database management, spatial analysis and modeling, visualization and extended support for virtualized problem solving applications such as Spatial Decision Support (SDS). We will present an overview of such an end-to-end platform, The Research Cyberinfrastructure Core (RCC), developed through NSF EPSCoR funding to the Center for Conservation Research and Training at UH Manoa. Housed on a high-performance, distributed computing server cluster managed by The Pacific Biosciences Research Center, the RCC integrates the use of wireless sensor technologies for environmental monitoring, Grid computing with 3D geospatial data visualization / exploration, GIS-based Spatial Decision Support and a secured Internet portal user interface which is being applied to enhance natural resource management activities in the Hawaiian Islands.
Jennifer Ho
Cory Yap
Mike Kido
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Natural Resource Management Monday
March 5, 2012 - 10:45 am to noon
Cyberinfrastructure (CI), viewed as the coordinated aggregate of computer hardware / software and other technologies which change data into knowledge systems, has great potential for connecting science with policy by facilitating rapid, effective delivery and integration of information to decision makers about the dynamic state of human-environment systems at global scales. Coupled with GIS, CI is enhanced with adding functionality for spatiotemporal database management, spatial analysis and modeling, visualization and extended support for virtualized problem solving applications such as Spatial Decision Support (SDS). We will present an overview of such an end-to-end platform, The Research Cyberinfrastructure Core (RCC), developed through NSF EPSCoR funding to the Center for Conservation Research and Training at UH Manoa. Housed on a high-performance, distributed computing server cluster managed by The Pacific Biosciences Research Center, the RCC integrates the use of wireless sensor technologies for environmental monitoring, Grid computing with 3D geospatial data visualization / exploration, GIS-based Spatial Decision Support and a secured Internet portal user interface which is being applied to enhance natural resource management activities in the Hawaiian Islands.
True 3D GIS Buildings: Honolulu Area 3D buildings created with 4-inch accuracy and roof details including superstructures
Kevin DeVito
John Gage
CyberCity 3D, El Segundo, CA
3D GIS
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
CyberCity 3D has created a detailed 3D city model of the Waikiki area including residential and commercial buildings in the Airport, McCully–Moiliili and Diamond Head – Kapahulu neighborhoods. There are a total of 6,333 structures modeled for 3D GIS analysis, planning and visualization. A prime application is the Rail Transit project. Details of the model will be presented including measurements for impervious surfaces, solar and roof engineering.
John Gage
CyberCity 3D, El Segundo, CA
3D GIS
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
CyberCity 3D has created a detailed 3D city model of the Waikiki area including residential and commercial buildings in the Airport, McCully–Moiliili and Diamond Head – Kapahulu neighborhoods. There are a total of 6,333 structures modeled for 3D GIS analysis, planning and visualization. A prime application is the Rail Transit project. Details of the model will be presented including measurements for impervious surfaces, solar and roof engineering.
The Oahu Urban Tree Canopy Assessment: Methods and Uses
Sean MacFaden
Smart Tree Pacific, Kapolei, HI
Forestry and Tree Mapping
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
Smart Trees Pacific, a Hawaii non-profit organization, has just completed an Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) Assessment study for Leeward Oahu. Funded by the USDA Forest Service in cooperation with DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife, this study leveraged existing satellite imagery, LiDAR, and a host of ancillary GIS datasets from federal, state and local agencies. Using advanced automated feature extraction techniques, land cover was characterized for approximately 250 square miles of Oahu from Kalaeloa through Honolulu to Kaneohe. The resulting high-resolution map showed land-cover features to the scale of individual trees, permitting estimation of existing tree canopy within each property parcel. It also permitted estimation of non-canopy features (e.g., grass/shrubs) that could theoretically support additional trees. This presentation will describe our data-fusion mapping techniques and will also show how the UTC assessment can be used by state and city planners, non-profit groups, and private citizens to better understand, manage, and improve Leeward Oahu’s UTC.
Smart Tree Pacific, Kapolei, HI
Forestry and Tree Mapping
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
Smart Trees Pacific, a Hawaii non-profit organization, has just completed an Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) Assessment study for Leeward Oahu. Funded by the USDA Forest Service in cooperation with DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife, this study leveraged existing satellite imagery, LiDAR, and a host of ancillary GIS datasets from federal, state and local agencies. Using advanced automated feature extraction techniques, land cover was characterized for approximately 250 square miles of Oahu from Kalaeloa through Honolulu to Kaneohe. The resulting high-resolution map showed land-cover features to the scale of individual trees, permitting estimation of existing tree canopy within each property parcel. It also permitted estimation of non-canopy features (e.g., grass/shrubs) that could theoretically support additional trees. This presentation will describe our data-fusion mapping techniques and will also show how the UTC assessment can be used by state and city planners, non-profit groups, and private citizens to better understand, manage, and improve Leeward Oahu’s UTC.
Online Rainfall Atlas of Hawai‘i
Abby Frazier
Thomas Giambelluca
Qi Chen
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Donna Delparte
Jonathan Price
University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI
Water Resources
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
The Hawaiian Islands have one of the most diverse rainfall patterns on earth. Knowledge of these patterns is vitally important for a number of resource management issues, including the restoration and protection of native ecosystems, ground water and surface water development and protection, and planning for the effects of global warming. A new set of digital maps of mean monthly and annual rainfall from 1978-2007 for the major Hawaiian Islands has been developed. A monthly rainfall database was assembled with over 1,000 stations, using several gap-filling techniques to address missing values in the station records. "Virtual raingage" sites were estimated in remote areas based on patterns of natural vegetation. The final gridded maps were created using a Bayesian data fusion method that merged the station data with three predictor maps derived from Radar rainfall, MM5 model rainfall, and PRISM rainfall maps.
A new interactive website was created to make the rainfall maps, data, and related information easily accessible. Users can download map images, GIS and Google Earth layers, and station data or obtain information via an interactive map. To access the website, visit:
http://rainfall.geography.hawaii.edu/.
Thomas Giambelluca
Qi Chen
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Donna Delparte
Jonathan Price
University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI
Water Resources
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
The Hawaiian Islands have one of the most diverse rainfall patterns on earth. Knowledge of these patterns is vitally important for a number of resource management issues, including the restoration and protection of native ecosystems, ground water and surface water development and protection, and planning for the effects of global warming. A new set of digital maps of mean monthly and annual rainfall from 1978-2007 for the major Hawaiian Islands has been developed. A monthly rainfall database was assembled with over 1,000 stations, using several gap-filling techniques to address missing values in the station records. "Virtual raingage" sites were estimated in remote areas based on patterns of natural vegetation. The final gridded maps were created using a Bayesian data fusion method that merged the station data with three predictor maps derived from Radar rainfall, MM5 model rainfall, and PRISM rainfall maps.
A new interactive website was created to make the rainfall maps, data, and related information easily accessible. Users can download map images, GIS and Google Earth layers, and station data or obtain information via an interactive map. To access the website, visit:
http://rainfall.geography.hawaii.edu/.
Hawai'i's fluvial systems: Using GIS to assess current conditions and identify management strategies in a changing climate
Ralph Tingley
Dana Infante
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Richard MacKenzie
USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Foresty, Hilo, HI
Robert Nishimoto
Division of Aquatic Resources, Honolulu, HI
James Parham
Parham and Associates Environmental Consulting, Gallatin, TN
Water Resources
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
During summer 2010, Michigan State University partnered with the Hawai'i Fish Habitat Partnership (HFHP) and other organizations to complete a state-wide assessment characterizing Hawai'i stream condition. This assessment, conducted in support of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, followed a landscape approach and used best available GIS data to characterize disturbances to stream habitat. We sought expert knowledge from local partners to select anthropogenic disturbance datasets, which were attributed to local and network stream catchments associated with individual reaches of the 1:24K National Hydrography Dataset. For each reach, disturbances at both scales were combined into a single cumulative score. Results of this work are being incorporated into the Atlas of Hawaiian Watersheds and are also being used by NOAA to assess effects of inland disturbances on priority coastal habitat. Despite its immediate utility, a refinement to the assessment is under way. Currently, we are developing a landscape-based classification of the ecological potential of Hawaii stream reaches. This classification will incorporate natural landscape variables that are unalterable by humans and climate variables known to be important in structuring physical and biological characteristics of streams. We will use a multi-step process to select influential variables and will rely on biological data to ensure ecological meaning of resulting groups. With streams classified into specific groups, we can characterize vulnerability to climate change on a reach by reach basis. Additionally, we can use the classification to refine the condition assessment, allowing managers to consider disturbance in the context of stream type.
Dana Infante
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Richard MacKenzie
USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Foresty, Hilo, HI
Robert Nishimoto
Division of Aquatic Resources, Honolulu, HI
James Parham
Parham and Associates Environmental Consulting, Gallatin, TN
Water Resources
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
During summer 2010, Michigan State University partnered with the Hawai'i Fish Habitat Partnership (HFHP) and other organizations to complete a state-wide assessment characterizing Hawai'i stream condition. This assessment, conducted in support of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, followed a landscape approach and used best available GIS data to characterize disturbances to stream habitat. We sought expert knowledge from local partners to select anthropogenic disturbance datasets, which were attributed to local and network stream catchments associated with individual reaches of the 1:24K National Hydrography Dataset. For each reach, disturbances at both scales were combined into a single cumulative score. Results of this work are being incorporated into the Atlas of Hawaiian Watersheds and are also being used by NOAA to assess effects of inland disturbances on priority coastal habitat. Despite its immediate utility, a refinement to the assessment is under way. Currently, we are developing a landscape-based classification of the ecological potential of Hawaii stream reaches. This classification will incorporate natural landscape variables that are unalterable by humans and climate variables known to be important in structuring physical and biological characteristics of streams. We will use a multi-step process to select influential variables and will rely on biological data to ensure ecological meaning of resulting groups. With streams classified into specific groups, we can characterize vulnerability to climate change on a reach by reach basis. Additionally, we can use the classification to refine the condition assessment, allowing managers to consider disturbance in the context of stream type.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
KEYNOTE: Positioning the Pacific
Juliana Blackwell
Director, NOAA National Geodetic Survey
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 8:45 to 10:15 am
This presentation will highlight NOAA's National Geodetic Survey and other NOAA geospatial activities in the Pacific Region. Topics to be covered include an overview of selected NOAA geospatial data and services supporting mapping and charting, comprehensive ocean and coastal planning, new approaches for visualizing and using NOAA data, including the latest mobile applications, and the development of a new NOAA Geospatial Platform for access to the breadth of NOAA's geospatial data, services, and applications.
Director, NOAA National Geodetic Survey
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 8:45 to 10:15 am
This presentation will highlight NOAA's National Geodetic Survey and other NOAA geospatial activities in the Pacific Region. Topics to be covered include an overview of selected NOAA geospatial data and services supporting mapping and charting, comprehensive ocean and coastal planning, new approaches for visualizing and using NOAA data, including the latest mobile applications, and the development of a new NOAA Geospatial Platform for access to the breadth of NOAA's geospatial data, services, and applications.
Using Participatory Mapping Techniques to Characterize Coastal Uses in West Maui
Jamie Carter
NOAA Pacific Services Center, Honolulu, HI
Christine Feinholz
I.M. Systems Group, Honolulu, HI
Kalisi Fa`anunu Mausio
NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Office, Honolulu, HI
Participatory and Place-Based GIS
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 1:30 to 2:45 pm
Coral reefs in Hawaii are facing increasing pressures from a growing variety of ocean uses, as well as increased coastal development and watershed impacts. The Maui Coastal Use Mapping Project is a first step to improving regional coastal and watershed management activities. This project leveraged participatory mapping methods developed at NOAA’s Marine Protected Areas Center to interactively and digitally map coastal uses with the participation of the public. The Maui Coastal Use Mapping Project documents human coastal and marine uses in the area extending from the Honolua watershed to the Wahikuli watershed and from the coast to the state jurisdictional boundary of three nautical miles out to sea. In September 2011, three full-day workshops were held at the Lahaina Senior Center in Maui with 47 local stakeholders to map coastal uses in this region. Seventeen extractive and non-extractive activities were mapped throughout the region, and the results are presented online for use by federal, local and state governments, NGO’s and the general public. The Maui Coastal Use Mapping Project is a partnership of the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR), NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO), and NOAA’s National Ocean Service, Pacific Services Center (PSC). This is a project of the Hawaii Coral Program’s Local Action Strategies (LAS), with funding from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP).
NOAA Pacific Services Center, Honolulu, HI
Christine Feinholz
I.M. Systems Group, Honolulu, HI
Kalisi Fa`anunu Mausio
NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Office, Honolulu, HI
Participatory and Place-Based GIS
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 1:30 to 2:45 pm
Coral reefs in Hawaii are facing increasing pressures from a growing variety of ocean uses, as well as increased coastal development and watershed impacts. The Maui Coastal Use Mapping Project is a first step to improving regional coastal and watershed management activities. This project leveraged participatory mapping methods developed at NOAA’s Marine Protected Areas Center to interactively and digitally map coastal uses with the participation of the public. The Maui Coastal Use Mapping Project documents human coastal and marine uses in the area extending from the Honolua watershed to the Wahikuli watershed and from the coast to the state jurisdictional boundary of three nautical miles out to sea. In September 2011, three full-day workshops were held at the Lahaina Senior Center in Maui with 47 local stakeholders to map coastal uses in this region. Seventeen extractive and non-extractive activities were mapped throughout the region, and the results are presented online for use by federal, local and state governments, NGO’s and the general public. The Maui Coastal Use Mapping Project is a partnership of the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR), NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO), and NOAA’s National Ocean Service, Pacific Services Center (PSC). This is a project of the Hawaii Coral Program’s Local Action Strategies (LAS), with funding from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP).
The Future of TIGER: The Geographic Support System (GSS) Initiative
Tim McMonagle
US Census Bureau, Los Angeles Regional Office, Van Nuys, CA
National Data Sets
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
The Census Bureau's GSS Initiative is an intergrated program of improved address coverage, continual spatial feature updates, and enhanced quality assessment and measurement. All activities contibute to the improvement to the Master Address File (MAF)/ TIGER database. The presentation will provide a synopsis of the Initiative and an update on its implementation.
US Census Bureau, Los Angeles Regional Office, Van Nuys, CA
National Data Sets
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
The Census Bureau's GSS Initiative is an intergrated program of improved address coverage, continual spatial feature updates, and enhanced quality assessment and measurement. All activities contibute to the improvement to the Master Address File (MAF)/ TIGER database. The presentation will provide a synopsis of the Initiative and an update on its implementation.
Using a Map Application Template in a GIS Enterprise Environment
John Higuchi
BEI Consultants, Honolulu, HI
Jon Hodge
City & County of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
Application Development
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
Problem: How do you deliver streamlined and efficient map services on a limited GIS development budget?
Approach: Reuse a single map application template that has common elements but delivers focused information and functionality tailored to each stakeholder. The approach involved keeping the user interface simple-to-use to increase adoption rates - think cellphone interface not a 747 instrumentation panel. This significantly reduces the development time and cost. A reusable map template can be configured & implemented under a month.
Solution: Four (4) separate mapping applications: Parcel, Parks, Refuse Collection Sites, and Public Safety were developed using ESRI ArcGIS Server and the Silverlight platform. They all use a common template, share the same basemaps and deliver focused information in a homogenous user-friendly format.
Conclusion: In an enterprise environment, a map application template can be used successfully to solve all 4 stakeholders within budget while maintaining feature rich functionality and meeting various users' objectives. Development time was significantly reduced from 6 - 8 months to 1 - 2 months which allowed the City to offer services economically and sooner rather than later. Since 2009, the 4 maps in the ‘Fastmaps' series are all publicly available to Internet users along with the original ‘Advanced' map.
BEI Consultants, Honolulu, HI
Jon Hodge
City & County of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
Application Development
Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
Problem: How do you deliver streamlined and efficient map services on a limited GIS development budget?
Approach: Reuse a single map application template that has common elements but delivers focused information and functionality tailored to each stakeholder. The approach involved keeping the user interface simple-to-use to increase adoption rates - think cellphone interface not a 747 instrumentation panel. This significantly reduces the development time and cost. A reusable map template can be configured & implemented under a month.
Solution: Four (4) separate mapping applications: Parcel, Parks, Refuse Collection Sites, and Public Safety were developed using ESRI ArcGIS Server and the Silverlight platform. They all use a common template, share the same basemaps and deliver focused information in a homogenous user-friendly format.
Conclusion: In an enterprise environment, a map application template can be used successfully to solve all 4 stakeholders within budget while maintaining feature rich functionality and meeting various users' objectives. Development time was significantly reduced from 6 - 8 months to 1 - 2 months which allowed the City to offer services economically and sooner rather than later. Since 2009, the 4 maps in the ‘Fastmaps' series are all publicly available to Internet users along with the original ‘Advanced' map.
Monday, January 2, 2012
KEYNOTE: Planning and GIS in Hawaii: Past, Present and Future
Jesse Souki
Director, Hawaii Office of Planning
Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 8:45 to 10:15 am
For more than 20 years the State Office of Planning through the Statewide GIS Program has been the lead agency for GIS in state government and is statutorially mandated to "establish, promote and coordinate the use of geographic information systems (GIS) technology among Hawaii State Government agencies". How did this come about? What is the Statewide GIS Program doing now? What about the future?
· PAST - Important historic events , statutory mandate, important projects.
· PRESENT - Current project goals, objectives, and activities.
· FUTURE - Improved use of GIS in statewide planning, improved use of GIS across all state government (State CIO-lead initiatives)
Director, Hawaii Office of Planning
Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 8:45 to 10:15 am
For more than 20 years the State Office of Planning through the Statewide GIS Program has been the lead agency for GIS in state government and is statutorially mandated to "establish, promote and coordinate the use of geographic information systems (GIS) technology among Hawaii State Government agencies". How did this come about? What is the Statewide GIS Program doing now? What about the future?
· PAST - Important historic events , statutory mandate, important projects.
· PRESENT - Current project goals, objectives, and activities.
· FUTURE - Improved use of GIS in statewide planning, improved use of GIS across all state government (State CIO-lead initiatives)
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