Public Sector Sessions

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

8:00–8:45 a.m.
Characterizing, Monitoring, Understanding, and Regulating Rapidly Growing Urban Watersheds
Kristi Westphal, URS Corporation
Track: Public Sector
PS, W

Learning Objectives:

• Discover an innovative methodology for generating high-resolution land cover and pervious/impervious surface products.
• Learn about the development and implementation of a Web-based storm water outfall mapping and inspection system.
• See specific examples of potential applications for the derived data products.

Current developments in remote sensing technology—such as the integration of high-resolution, multi-spectral imagery and airborne LIDAR—enable analysts to generate enhanced geospatial data at a resolution that, previously, was unattainable with standard acquisition and classification methods. This presentation will introduce an innovative methodology for generating high-resolution land cover and pervious/impervious surface products for Harris County, Texas. The discussion will also highlight a Web-based storm water outfall mapping and inspection system that was developed in the scope of the project. Specific examples will be provided with detailed potential applications of the derived data to better understand watershed behavior and dynamics.

9:00–9:45 a.m.
Impervious Surface Mapping for Denver’s Storm Water Utility: Utilizing Multiple Technologies and Realizing ROI
Jeffery Blossom, City & County of Denver
Track: Public Sector
PS, W

Learning Objectives:

• Discover ways to evaluate mapping techniques.
• Understand the administration of a municipal storm water utility.
• See how to use GIS and mapping for improved customer service.

Effective storm water management and Clean Water Act compliance are necessary to improve the quality of life and public health for citizens of the City and County of Denver. Administering a storm water utility based on impervious surface area per parcel is an equitable, justifiable method of billing property owners and raising revenue used for storm water management. Optimizing the impervious surface mapping to obtain the best cost-benefit for Denver involves evaluating different imagery sources, mapping scales, and techniques.

10:00–10:45 a.m.
Using the National Integrated Land System for Effective Land Management
Leslie Cone, U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Track: Public Sector
PS

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about assistance for geospatial users with land use tools available from BLM.
• Learn how the BLM uses GIS data for effective land management.
• Understand how the public can gain from using e-government.

Developments within the National Integrated Land System (NILS) project are benefiting the planning and development efforts within the government and public sectors. The BLM’s GeoCommunicator Web site demonstration will highlight ways to search, locate, access, and display land and mineral use record information within the United States. Special attention will be given to ways that this Web site can be used for community planning, parcel development, and e-government planning and implementation.
Copresenters: John Reitsma, U.S. Bureau of Land Management; Larry Money, U.S. Bureau of Land Management; Ginny Pyles, U.S. Bureau of Land Management

11:00–11:45 a.m.
Geographic Information Systems for Small Municipalities
Marikka Williams, City of Highland Village
Track: Public Sector
PS

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how GIS applications can be used in small municipal environments.
• Discover lessons learned from real-life GIS implementations.
• Understand the value of a centralized GIS as a solution for small municipalities.

This presentation outlines the structural design of a GIS tailored for a small municipality, illustrates how the GIS is utilized to facilitate municipal operations, addresses challenges involved in the process of implementation, and proposes solutions. A GIS is employed to maintain internal system integrity, perform analyses, document activity, disseminate information, and plan for the future. The system is designed to facilitate asset management, infrastructure maintenance, emergency management, recreational event coordination, economic development, and community outreach.

1:00–1:45 p.m.
Using GIS to Promote Regional and Local Economic Development
Mitchell Garnett, ESRI
Track: Public Sector
PS

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how GIS supports economic development.
• Learn how utilities cooperate with local and regional governments.
• Hear about examples of successful cooperation between utilities and local government.

The economic development units at utility companies are focused on working with state and local government economic development agencies to expedite the site selection process and assist utilities and businesses in understanding the local permitting processes, listing available properties, and providing business, demographic, and workforce information along with local financial incentives.

Wednesday, March 6, 2007

8:00–8:45 a.m.
Challenges of a Comprehensive Integrated Maintenance Computer System for the City of Vic
Josep Fargas, DTEC Consulting, S.L.
Track: Public Sector
PS

Learning Objectives:

• Understand a city maintenance department reengineering process and knowledge acquisition.
• Learn about the challenges of decision-making in public space maintenance management.
• Understand how to integrate management applications with corporate municipal GIS.

The Maintenance Management Computer System of the City of Vic integrates maintenance of the whole city’s public space, offering citizens a better service and a better quality of public space and patrimony. The system— powered by a GIS engine—links databases; manages and analyzes graphical and alphanumerical information of urban furniture inventory elements; generates bills of work, bills of damage, and diverse reports; allows for planning tasks of elements maintenance; queries associated history of elements; and more.

9:00–9:45 a.m.
The Sound of Movement—Sound Mitigation, Acquisition, and Relocation Within a Major Airport
Gabriel Bey, PSOMAS
Track: Public Sector
PS

Learning Objectives:

• Learn steps for developing a GIS.
• Understand the management of client expectations.
• Take a look at the tools used to understand work processes.

Sky Harbor International Airport has been actively involved in sound mitigation of properties with the 65 DNL of the airport’s runways and flight patterns. In support of the Community Noise Reduction Program (CNRP), a GIS application has been developed to assist with the management of the people and properties impacted within the program’s geographic area. This presentation will discuss the five steps taken to define the needs, requirements, design, test, and implementation of a GIS application to support the CNRP.
Copresenters: Maria Bears, City of Phoenix; Sandra Torres, City of Phoenix

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