Transcript Update with Emphasis on Remote Sensing/Landscape

The Midwest Spatial Decision Support System Partnership
Digital Watershed and
Beyond
By
Yi Shi, Jon F. Bartholic, and Jeremiah Asher
Plus a Chorus of Dozens
November 5, 2005
Topics
• The Midwest Spatial Decision Support
System Partnership
• Digital Watershed
• Where Technology Is Going
• What Users Need
• Future Development of Digital
Watershed
• Offers state and local
decision-makers thirteen
regional decision support
tools
• Includes bundled data
• Means of clear impact
analysis
Midwest Partnership for Watershed
Management Decision Support Systems
Origin: April 2002
Midwest Web-based Spatial Workshop in Chicago
Co-hosts:
State
Purpose:
Decision
Participants:
US EPA Region 5, Michigan
University, and Purdue University
Demonstration of various
Support and GIS Systems
State, Federal, and Tribal water
resource managers Land Grant
University Extension community,
Watershed managers, and local
government representatives
Midwest Partnership for Watershed
Management Decision Support Systems
Members:
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Indiana Department of Environmental
Management
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International City/County Management
Association
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Michigan State University, Institute of Water
Research
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Purdue University - Agricultural and Biological
Engineering, Forestry and Natural Resources
Midwest Partnership for Watershed
Management Decision Support Systems
Members cont.
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State University of New York at Buffalo
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University of Wisconsin Extension
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U.S. EPA, Region 5 - Office of Public Affairs, Water
Division and the Office of Information Services
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Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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U. S. EPA/HQ - Office of Water Smart Growth
Team
Unique & Emerging
Characteristics
Of The Tools
In demand by
local officials, natural resource managers, and the general
public
because they deliver ease of use, bundled data,
and means of clear impact analysis:
1. Web-based
2. Spatially Based and Scalable
3. Science-based
4. Accessible (in Public Domain)
5. Intuitive
6. Customizable via Features & Plugins
7. Free-standing
Digital Watershed
A Nationwide Web Application Tool for
Effective Watershed Management
Introduction
 Centralized Hierarchical Information Repository
 Online Watershed Computing Center
 Comprehensive Datasets of EPA BASINS
 Online Environmental Modeling
Overview
 Nationwide Watershed Coverage
 Multiple Forms of Access
 Comprehensive Datasets
 Scaling Function
 Online Environmental Modeling
 Erosion and Deposition Modeling Online
Nationwide Watershed Coverage
Multiple Forms of Access
Multiple Forms of Access cont.
Multiple Forms of Access cont.
Contrasting Hillsides
Where Technology Is Going
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Internet-based Applications
Semantic Web through XML
Web Services
OpenGIS Consortium
GML, WMS, WFS…
Server GIS
Grid Computing
What Users Want
• Tools That Can Really Solve Their
Problems
• Easy to Use and Easy to Understand
• User Friendly Interface
• Performance
Future Development
• Dynamically integrate more data
sources on the fly
• Integrate more decision tools
• Integrate remote sensing data and
techniques
• Take advantage of server based GIS
• Develop Geoprocessing Web Services
• Develop User Assistance Agent
http://www.iwr.msu.edu
Thanks for Caring
and Acting to Sustain
the Water Resource