Transcript August 12, 2013 – BAID Coastal Impact Assessment Program

Scientific Web Apps for
Sustainable Community
Development
Community Meeting
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
Introduction
New Project
Barrow Area Decision Support Tools
• New web mapping applications to be developed for the
Barrow community
• Map layers and tools to assist decision making
• With a focus on climate change, coastal erosion,
landscape change, and sustainable community
development
Part of the Barrow Area Information Database (BAID)
Introduction
Funding
Funding from the federal Coastal Impact Assessment Program (CIAP)
Introduction
The BAID CIAP Team
Lars Nelson and Qaiyaan Aiken
Craig Tweedie, postdoc, and students
Allison Gaylord
William Manley
Background
Coastal
Erosion
Climate
Change
Development
Cultural and
Environmental
Impacts
Background
Goal
“Expand capacity for informed, multistakeholder environmental decision making on
Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation lands in the
coastal zone near Barrow, Alaska.”
Background
Objectives
1. Create a new high-resolution map of wetlands, and conduct
coastal erosion studies
1. Develop a new web mapping application to help with erosion
monitoring, coastal development, and land management
1. Develop an office with newly trained staff in Barrow capable
of improved local mapping and analytical capabilities
Background
UIC Lands
Wetlands and Coastal Erosion
Wetlands and Coastal Erosion
New Landcover Map Layer
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new 2013 data layer
higher resolution
entire UIC area
wetlands and other
land cover classes
NPR-A Landcover
Wetlands and Coastal Erosion
New Satellite Imagery
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new 2013 WorldView-2 imagery
higher resolution
entire UIC area
basis for wetlands map
and coastal erosion
studies
2002 QuickBird imagery
Wetlands and Coastal Erosion
Coastal Erosion Analysis
• add new shorelines
• analyze rates of erosion
• identify areas of
greatest impact
Web Mapping Application
Web Mapping Application
Improve upon the old BAID
• new fast, stable, and
intuitive interface
• more map layers
• more functionality
• decision making tools
Web Mapping Application
Targeted “Web Map Apps”
• Embedded tabs or “tools”:
Time Slider, Erosion, Development
• Easy to use
• Visualize, save, print, and more
• Provide for informed decision making
Web Mapping Application
Existing Development
& Land Ownership
parcels
Web Mapping Application
Proximity to Eroding
Shorelines
distance from 2002 shoreline
Web Mapping Application
Height Above
Sea Level
Elevation Contours
Wetlands and Coastal Erosion
New Digital Elevation
Model
• acquired by USGS in
2010
• higher resolution
• coastal areas
• valuable for a
variety of
analyses
USGS LIDAR DEM
Wetlands and Coastal Erosion
Historic Imagery
1948
Wetlands and Coastal Erosion
Historic Imagery
1955
Wetlands and Coastal Erosion
Historic Imagery
1962
Wetlands and Coastal Erosion
Historic Imagery
1964
Wetlands and Coastal Erosion
Historic Imagery
1979
Wetlands and Coastal Erosion
Historic Imagery
1997
Wetlands and Coastal Erosion
Historic Imagery
2002
Local Expertise & Capacity
One of the goals of the BAID Project is to build local GIS Capacity
Local Expertise & Capacity
UMIAQ
Lars Nelson
General project management &
coordination, GIS
Qaiyaan Aiken
GIS technician
… hardware, software, training, improved local GIS capacity
Local Expertise & Capacity
Handbook and Outreach
• Advisory Council and community presentations
• Training for implementation
• Decision Support Tools Handbook
… facilitate long-term, community-wide use of BAID
Feedback
Development of this resource is just beginning …
Feedback
Development of this resource is just beginning …
• Feedback and guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it
will be helpful.
Feedback
Development of this resource is just beginning …
• Feedback and guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it
will be helpful.
• Useful?
Feedback
Development of this resource is just beginning …
• Feedback and guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it
will be helpful.
• Useful?
• Specific recommendations for the tools?
Feedback
Development of this resource is just beginning …
• Feedback and guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it
will be helpful.
• Useful?
• Specific recommendations for the tools?
• Where are the most important areas?
Feedback
Development of this resource is just beginning …
• Feedback and guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it
will be helpful.
• Useful?
• Specific recommendations for the tools?
• Where are the most important areas?
• What would you like to see?
Next Steps
 Field research
 Phased software development
iterative process
periodic opportunities for stakeholder feedback
a focus on tool development and refinement
 Advisory Council meetings
 Community presentations
Additional Feedback Appreciated
Visit:
baid.utep.edu
Email:
[email protected]
This study is funded with qualified outer continental shelf oil and gas revenues by the Coastal Impact
Assistance Program, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Thank you