Geographic Information Systems At Washington College Nov 2009
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1. The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) program at Washington College provides GIS courses to students and technical support to faculty, staff and students. 2. It has received over $1 million in funding for various community and research projects involving crime mapping, municipal infrastructure mapping, environmental studies, and historical mapping. 3. The program focuses on experiential learning for students through community projects, while also providing GIS services to local and state government agencies.
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Geographic Information Systems At Washington College Nov 2009
- 1. Geographic Information Systems at Washington College Stewart Bruce, GIS Program Coordinator
- 2. Center for Environment & Society
- 3. GIS Mission and Purpose To provide quality academic courses to the students of Washington College To provide technical support and continuing educational opportunities to faculty, staff, and students who desire to utilize GIS in their teaching or research projects To engage the students in experiential learning opportunities by actively seeking out relevant community projects
- 4. Students are the central focus of the GIS Program
- 5. Very Important Staff Nichole Bryant (09) GIS Educator Caryn Thomas (05 M 09) Crime Analyst I Andrew Wright Crime Analyst II Samantha Bulkilvish (09) GIS Educator
- 6. Funded Projects Sept 2007 to Oct 2009 Funding Level GOCCP # 3 Maryland Crime Mapping $216,000 GOCCP #2 Maryland Crime Mapping $189,000 Maryland Higher Education Commission $164,511 USDA Distance Learning $101,430 Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11 $100,000 GOCCP #1 Eastern Shore Crime Mapping $96,000 Dover Area School District $33,440 Red Lion Water and Sewer Infrastructure $28,469 TEDCO Incubator Feasibility Study $25,000 Urban Greening Initiative $12,500 Kent, QA, and Talbot County BRAC $10,500 William Penn School District After-School GIS $10,000 Swanstrom Foundation $10,000 Bay Hundred Foundation - St Michaels $2,750 Sassafras River Association $1,900 Kent County Chamber of Commerce $1,900 PRWA - Grant Assistance $1,800 GIS Workshops $1,145 Grand Total $1,006,345
- 7. GIS Program Focus Areas Community Visualization Municipal Infrastructure Crime Mapping & Analysis Historical & Archeological Environmental Sciences Youth & Geospatial Technology Faculty, Staff & Student Assistance
- 8. 1. Community Visualization Students Contributing to the Projects: Samuel Evans, Brendan Blee, Buffy Conrad, Matthew Barger, Andrew Hale, Doug Pfaff & Clift Greene Summer Camp Students: Kevin Kitlinski, Bryce Williams, Kim Miller, Steven McFalls
- 9. St.Michaels, MD Pressure from developers. Local authorities need to be able to visualize their community with these developments. Our advanced techniques can do just that. Graciously funded by the Bay Hundred Foundation
- 10. Scan & Georeference Aerial Imagery Scan
- 12. Finished Product Chestnut Street Birds Eye View Chestnut Street Regular View
- 13. Historic Lots vs Miles Point
- 14. Other Projects & Goals Chestertown 3D Students in Intro to GIS making 3D buildings of campus structures Interns working on downtown Chestertown
- 15. 2. Municipal Infrastructure Students Contributing to the Projects: Kisato Takenaka, Brendon Kisato, Sam Evans, Chris Brown, Dan Sause, Matt Barger & Debby Cooper
- 16. Infrastructure Projects Red Lion Municipal Authority Town of Church Hill Village of Worton Washington College Campus
- 17. Red Lion Municipal Authority Georeferencing water and sewer system . Scanned paper maps. Global Positioning Units used to map features in the field. Spatial correction of previous mapped features.
- 18. 3. Crime Mapping & Analysis Students Contributing to the Projects: Debby Cooper, Samuel Evans, Jessica Smith, Stephanie Olsen, Caitlin Carter, Janna Void & Chris Brown Crime Mapping Analyst: Caryn Donophan & Buffy Conrad
- 19. Overview Pro-active tool that helps law enforcement to allocate patrol and specialized expertise in their own communities as well as across traditional political boundaries Sponsored by the Governors Office of Crime Control and Prevention (GOCCP) Provide students with an opportunity to work on real world GIS problems that can be applied later to potential careers
- 20. First Grant December 1, 2007, received more than $95,000 from the State of Marylands GOCCP Statistical Analysis Center. Support an assessment of regional crime mapping across Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Talbot and Queen Annes counties and their inclusive municipalities and towns. The project is evaluating current crime data collection methods and will conduct a pilot project that explores the benefits of regionalization of mapping resources
- 21. Second and Third Grant Produce maps for the Governors office Produce maps for law enforcement agencies Provide training and support for crime analysts state-wide GIS Program is at the beck and call of the Governors office. Hotspot Analysis
- 22. Crime Mapping Analysis Program (CMAP) On demand mapping for GOCCP http://goccp.washcoll.edu/cmap.php
- 23. Examples
- 24. Geospatial Technology Training Completed two classes with new class to start in October Classes taught using Adobe Connect Classes spread over 14 sessions once per week on average Time to absorb new material and practice newly learned skills
- 25. Technical Assistance and Assessments Provide technical support with GIS Utilize Adobe Connect allowing remote support Also come on-site for one on one training Provide on-site assessments of GIS utilization too GOCCP referred and direct contact
- 26. DPSCS Division of Parole and Probation Around 123,000 active cases Violence Prevention Initiative Data requests from local law enforcement Spatial queries from DPP case officers Simple solution needed to share data
- 27. DPP MAP JUST THE FACTS Functional specifications determined by Washington College based on assessment of DPP and law enforcement needs Programming developed under subcontract by geographIT Hosted at secure facility in Reading Password access with usage logging Running on ArcGIS Server 9.3 with SQL Server Enterprise loaded onto a powerful IBM Server Weekly updates on Monday Running since March 2009
- 28. Demo of DPP Web Map
- 29. 油
- 30. 4. Historical & Archeological Students & Staff Contributing to the Projects: Buffy Conrad , Debby Cooper, Stephanie Olsen, Chris Brown & Matthew Barger
- 31. CHESTERTOWN HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY PROJECT Uses historic Sanborn maps & census data. Objective: To create interactive maps to highlight historic properties. Allows user to analyze demographic trends Final product will be available to the public.
- 32. How We Got Started Georeferenced Sanborn maps to current GIS data. Digitize the maps and include relevant data. Sanborn/Picture of Digitized Portion with Annotation. Georeferenced with current center line data and digitized building outlines.
- 33. Digital Information Created Microsoft Access databases to store census data from 1900, 1910 & 1920
- 34. Bringing it All Together Data allows us to link historic photographs, deeds & other records. Historic photographs allow us to create 3-D renderings of Historic Chestertown.
- 35. Archeology within GIS Consolidating and organizing four years of field school data. Utilizing the predicitive model created by John Seidel, Tom Davis & Darrin Lowery
- 36. 油
- 37. 5. Environmental Studies Students Contributing to the Projects: Samantha Bulkilvish, Kate Ballard, Josh Biringer, Caitlin Carter, Dalbir Kaur, & Deanna Dydynski
- 38. Tree Inventory Mapped Tree Canopy Coverage Run analyses with this layer on CITYgreen program. Determines water runoff and carbon sequestration. Digitized Tree Canopy Layer
- 39. Tree Inventory Analysis Reports created to propose increase in canopy coverage. Currently, 23.9% Goal of 40% Coverage!
- 40. Sassafras River Analysis Mapping Water Quality of the River with the Sassafras River Association Measure maps of pH, phosphate, turbidity, and Nitrogen levels.
- 41. Land Use Creates polygons to show land use/land cover of the land in Kent and QA County. Farmsteads, residential areas, field use, forest and wetlands. Highlights the best management practices on agricultural land. Using modified Anderson classification system.
- 42. Land Use Why is this important? Calculates different percentages of land use. Easily compare past and future mapping in this area. Information will be used by Chester River Association, Sassafras River Association & Kent County Soil & Conservation. Future Revenue Potential Can answer questions such as: What is the growth of residential area? What is the loss of wetlands?
- 43. Chester River Project If it is not floating down the river, map it.
- 44. 6. Youth Geospatial Technology Students Contributing to the Projects: Nichole Bryant, Kate Ballard, Deanna Dydynski, Caitilin Carter & Josh Biringer Students Writing Curriculum Sam Evans, Andrew Hale, Brandon Blee, Kisato Takenaka, Doug Pfaff, Marrion Robbins, and Staff Caryn Donophan
- 45. BRAC Grant Distance Learning Training Security Clearance Training Secondary Education Summer Programs Chesapeake College
- 49. Summer Programs - Youth
- 50. 67 youth with 55 from Maryland
- 51. Chesapeake College Teaching two Introduction to GIS courses for adult members of the local workforce Industry Government Education Nine week class meeting once per week External partnerships make grants more competitive
- 52. Course Development Four full semester long GIS courses Introduction to GIS Intermediate GIS Advanced GIS Capstone Project GIS augmented Science modules Moodle course development Open source curriculum development Free to any K-12 school in the World
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- 56. Future Directions BRAC renewal grant submitted for $92,000 Exhibited at National Geospatial Intelligence Conference in October Connecting with more secondary schools Revenue-based workforce development program in development Resubmission of NSF ITEST grant in February 2010
- 57. 7. Faculty, Staff & Students Students Contributing to the Projects: Buffy Conrad, Samuel Evans & Nichole Bryant
- 58. Faculty Projects Dr.Sherbondy: Historical Map of Allen,MD Dr. Susan Vowels: Use of GPS Units Dr. Gerrity: Analysis of Election Results Dr.Wade: Analysis of World Demographics
- 59. Faculty Projects Dr.Sherman: Chino Farms Project & Upper Chester River Dr.Lampman: GIS & Anthropology Presentation Dr. Siedel: Support of the field school Dr. Lange: Crime Mapping Presentations Support of GRW courses
- 60. Staff Assistance Poster Printing Scan Building Plans Lighting analysis of campus Public Safety 9-1-1 Project
- 61. Students Teach 2 Courses in GIS Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - Fall Semesters Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide researchers, policy makers and citizens with a powerful analytical framework for decision making. GIS has advanced the way in which many disciplines examine problems by incorporating components of space and time that were not previously considered. An introduction to the principles and theory behind geographic data and experience in the use of state-of-the-art GIS software and related equipment will be provided. This course will be taught using a combination of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on interactive tutorials in the laboratory/classroom. Authentic cross-disciplinary case studies and examples will be used throughout the course with the goal of helping students understand the principles of Geographic Information Systems and its potential applications in their fields of study. Intermediate GIS - Spring Semesters This course explores the latest techniques and technology used in GIS. Students will be exposed to advanced cartographic techniques, 3D maps, spatial analysis, geodatabases, and global positioning systems. A computer-based laboratory provides the opportunity for students to participate in a real-world research project from data collection to final map presentation.
- 62. Enrollment Introduction to GIS
- 63. Connections to Majors/Minors Introduction to GIS counts as an Elective to: Environmental Science Anthropology Information Systems Crime, Law, and Justice
- 64. 8. Challenges
- 65. Growing Pains SPACE Network Issues
- 66. Center for Environment & Society
- 67. Contact Us Stewart Bruce GIS Program Coordinator 410-810-7177 [email_address] John L. Seidel Director, Center & Environment Society 410-778-7756 [email_address] www.gis.washcoll.edu
Editor's Notes
- #21: On December 1, 2007, Washington College, and its Department of Sociology and Anthropology received more than $95,000 from the State of Marylands GOCCP Statistical Analysis Center to support an assessment of regional crime mapping across Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Talbot and Queen Annes counties and their inclusive municipalities and towns. The project is evaluating current crime data collection methods and will conduct a pilot project that explores the benefits of regionalization of mapping resources
- #32: The Chestertown Historic Geography project will create a Geographic Information System for the town of Chestertown. It will use the historic Sanborn maps and census data to create interactive maps that highlight historic properties and allow for the user to analyze demographic trends. The final product will be made freely available to members of the Chestertown and Kent County Historical Commission as well as to the Kent County Public Library and the Kent County School District.
- #33: This project will georeference the Sanborn Maps to current Chestertown GIS data in order to digitize the maps and include relevant data. (1. of Sanborn/Picture of Digitized portion-with annotation) (2. Screen Shot of the Sanborn map georeferenced to current centerline data. Screen Shot of a digitized portion of the Sanborn map The green represents a digitized building outline, the original Sanborn map can be seen underneath.)
- #34: Access databases have been created to store the census data for the years 1900, 1910, and 1920. After the data is entered from the census records it will be linked to the specific addresses on the digitized Sanborn maps. At this point, the data can be used to analyze demographic variables over time and space. 油 (1. Screen Shot of the 1920 Census Database, Sheet Number 1A) (2. Screen Shot of the 1920 Access Database)
- #35: Additionally, we will be linking historic photographs, deeds, and additional records to the address points. The historic photographs also allow us to recreate the houses in 3D to create a 3D model of historic Chestertown.
- #36: Soil types, available natural resources such as waterways, and landscape conditions such as topography, were used to create the Predictive Model. Washington College Field School students survey a plowed field to test the Predictive Model. Survey areas and new sites found are displayed as polygons. These are hyperlinked to Site Data Forms and scanned artifact assemblages. Surveys yield a variety of artifacts from prehistoric spear points to historic pottery, indicating continued land use patterns within the study area
- #37: All information is carefully recorded on Maryland Archaeological Site Data Forms. This includes all location, environmental, technical, and diagnostic data as collected per site. This data is currently being analyzed to determine a variety of information. The size and number of new archaeological sites as well the range of sites in relation to the Archaeological Predictive Model zones will provide supporting evidence for the Predictive Model study.
- #38: Samantha has been involved with two projects this semester. She has been working with Carl Gallegos and the Center for Environment and Society on the Tree Inventory for the Chestertown Greening Initiative. She has also worked with Kascie Herron the Sassafras Riverkeeper on mapping stream health of the Sassafras.
- #39: Samantha started mapping the tree canopy coverage of Chestertown during the spring semester of 2008. This semester she has been using the canopy layer she created to run analyses with a program called CITYgreen to determine things such as water runoff and carbon sequestration. By running these analyses Carl hopes to determine how drastically these would change if the tree canopy were to be increased by 40%.
- #41: For the latter half of this semester Samantha has been working with the Sassafras River Association to map water quality along the River. She has made maps for pH, phosphate, turbidity and Nitrogen levels of the water. The data she used was from the past three years. She has also created a map to show where the tributaries of the Sassafras River intersect with roads to make sampling easier for the volunteers.