ESRI has developed interactive mapping for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. This link will take you to the main page, where you are prompted through the steps.
You can add code to your web page for the map, or you can choose a linked version. I zoomed in on Iberia Parish, chose Fishing as the main revenue, and created this map. You can click on the Business Revenue: Fishing box to choose other business revenue categories, or the unemployment rate. You can e-mail the map link, put it in a blog, or send it to Facebook or Twitter.
Created as a team blog to help coordinate the establishment of Geographic Information Systems in parish government
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
GIS Project: Update the Zoning Map
It looks like the free ArcGIS Explorer will be a good platform for viewing our aerial photography and other layers. ArcGIS Explorer has some improved features, including "swiping" one layer aside to look at the layer below it.
In order to give Planning & Zoning some reference tools, we're going to update the zoning map layer that was created last year by Freyou & Moore, then view it with aerial photography and perhaps the parcel layer from the Assessor's office. We will also create a workflow that will ensure that the zoning map continues to be updated and current.
In the short term, this will be a local application in the Planning & Zoning office. Once we have our enterprise GIS server in place, these layers will be available to other interested departments.
In order to give Planning & Zoning some reference tools, we're going to update the zoning map layer that was created last year by Freyou & Moore, then view it with aerial photography and perhaps the parcel layer from the Assessor's office. We will also create a workflow that will ensure that the zoning map continues to be updated and current.
In the short term, this will be a local application in the Planning & Zoning office. Once we have our enterprise GIS server in place, these layers will be available to other interested departments.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
GIS Workshops
The last two weeks have been busy with workshops. The Louisiana Assessor's Assocation sponsored a GIS workshop May 26 in Baton Rouge. The presentations were very specific to the assessor function, and the integration of GIS, oblique photography, and valuation in the final presentation was very interesting.
The Hurricane Season Geospatial Data Mining Workshop was held June 1. Presenters from NOAA Weather Center, GOHSEP, USGS EROS data center, NOAA Office of Coast Survey, USGS, FEMA, Dept. of Homeland Security, and USDA NRCS showed how to access a variety of data sources to use in pre-storm planning, as well as post-storm mitigation and recovery. Many of the resources they described are available to the public, with some of them restricted to approved personnel. One link of interest is the NOAA fact sheet on hurricanes and the oil spill.
Work on the proposed budget is continuing. I will be talking to an ESRI Solutions Engineer tomorrow morning, to get some final technical questions answered. We will also be consulting our outsourced IT specialists on server installation and integration.
The Hurricane Season Geospatial Data Mining Workshop was held June 1. Presenters from NOAA Weather Center, GOHSEP, USGS EROS data center, NOAA Office of Coast Survey, USGS, FEMA, Dept. of Homeland Security, and USDA NRCS showed how to access a variety of data sources to use in pre-storm planning, as well as post-storm mitigation and recovery. Many of the resources they described are available to the public, with some of them restricted to approved personnel. One link of interest is the NOAA fact sheet on hurricanes and the oil spill.
Work on the proposed budget is continuing. I will be talking to an ESRI Solutions Engineer tomorrow morning, to get some final technical questions answered. We will also be consulting our outsourced IT specialists on server installation and integration.
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