Railroad Commission of Texas

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Railroad Commission of Texas

• GIS Activities at the RRC
• Lorelei Weitzel
• Assistant Director, Application Development
• Information Technology Resources Division

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Presentation Topics

• Whos Mapping at the RRC?
• Activities of each area and goals
• Future activities
• State Activity Texas Geographic Information
  Council

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Mapping Staff Organization
Well Location Tracking Regulatory Compliance API
Research Base Map Maintenance Map
Products Customer Service
T-4 Permitting NPMS Texas State Repo Map
Products Customer Service
Agency GIS Coordination Application
Development Systems Management Digital Data
Distribution
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Oil and Gas Division

• Well Mapping Activities
• Well Spotting new/revised permits,
  completions, plugs, dry holes
• API Research add and correct numbers on
  historical wells
• Support internal staff and district offices with
  map products

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Oil and Gas Division

• Well Location Layer
• Over 1 million well locations
• Historical data based on locations within
  original surveys
• Data kept current through electronic updates
  based on regulatory forms (W-1, W-2, G-1, G-3,
  etc.)
• Operator supplied location data
• Locations based on metes and bounds from survey
  lines
• Latitude/Longitude coordinates for some wells

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Oil and Gas Division
Base Map Layers from USGS maps Political
Boundaries Transportation Water
Features Airports Cemeteries Government
Lands Rail Lines
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Oil and Gas Division

• Original Texas Land Surveys
• Source data GLO County Patent Survey Maps
• Drafted onto USGS 7.5 quadrangle base
• Interpretation to determine best location
• Ongoing maintenance based on research of GLO
  records, well maps and plats, and user feedback

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District Office Custom Map Requests
Display Captured GPS Coordinates
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Gas Services Division

• Pipeline Safety Mapping Activities
• Mapping of hazardous liquids and natural gas
  pipelines
• Includes both transmission and gathering lines
• Operator supplied map data
• Supports T-4 permitting and emergency response
  for department

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National Pipeline Mapping System

• Texas State Repository
• Implementation of NPMS Standards
• Conversion of RRC data to align with standards
• Developed Texas additions to NPMS standards
• Developed sample format and instructions for
  reporting to Texas Repository
• Performing data development and quality
  assurance
• Preparing data for submission to National
  Repository

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National Pipeline Mapping System Texas State
Repository
TPMS Attribute Additions T-4 Permit Number P-5
Operator Number County FIPS Code Modification
Date System Type Common Carrier Status
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National Pipeline Mapping System Texas State
Repository

• RRC Pipeline Data Statistics
• 214,974 miles permitted
• 186,173 miles in digital format
• 25,517 Interstate transmission and trunk miles
• 93,203 Intrastate transmission and trunk miles
• 67,453 miles of gathering lines

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National Pipeline Mapping System Texas State
Repository

• Year 2001 Goals
• Focus on intrastate pipelines review interstate
  data
• Streamline and automate mapping and editing
  procedures
• Improve submission tracking
• Automate map product generation
• Improve communication and digital data exchange
  with pipeline operators
• Provide online viewing and verification of
  pipeline data by operators
• Improve information available on website

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Future RRC GIS Activities

• Distribute OTLS data to state agencies via TNRIS
• SDE / ArcIMS Implementation
• Provide online viewing on the RRC Intranet to
  Austin staff and District Office staff
• Provide online viewing for walk-in customers
• Provide basic viewing on public website
• Connect maps to descriptive data in Oracle 8i
  for query and analysis
• Integrate DOQQs into applications
• Update Rail data with ownership and other
  attributes
• Replace standard base map layers with StratMap
  data
• Improve digital data distribution

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Helpful RRC Website Addresses
Digital Data at www.rrc.state.tx.us/other-inform
ation/automated/itssmap.html Hardcopy Maps
at www.rrc.state.tx.us/maps/index.html Electroni
c Permitting (ECAP) www.rrc.state.tx.us/ecap/inde
x.html Interactive Data at www.rrc.state.tx.us/i
nteractive_data.html
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Texas Geographic Information Council
TGIC
(45 Member agencies, including TARC)
Policy Technology
Production Distribution
Executive Administrator Texas Water Development
Board
Executive Director Texas Department of
Information Resources
Admin. Support
Texas Natural Resources Information System
Division 14 people in 4 groups Information
Services Research and Data Borderland Information
Center StratMap
GIS Section 2 people TGIC coordination Texas
Orthoimagery Program Special projects
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Texas Geographic Information CouncilMajor
Activities

• Coordination and Support of Strategic Mapping
  Initiative
• Development and Deployment of GIS Standards
• Coordination and Development of Texas Geographic
  Network
• Support for Texas Geography Network Regional
  Nodes
• Coordination with Federal agencies through the
  Texas Federal Geographic Information
  Workgroup and OMB I-teams

Admin. Support
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Texas Strategic Mapping Program Statewide
Geospatial Data
Slides courtesy of Drew Decker State
Cartographer Texas Natural Resources Information
System
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StratMap Data Layers
1-meter CIR Orthoimagery
(TOP) 30-meter Level 2
Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)
Hypsography Digital Line Graphs (DLGs)
Hydrography Digital Line Graphs (DLGs to
NHD) Soil Digital Line Graphs (SSURGO
DLGs) Transportation Digital Line Graphs
(DLG-Plus) Political Boundary Digital Line Graphs
(DLG-Plus)
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StratMap Status
Scheduled for CompletionbyAugust, 2001
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Whos Participating in StratMap?
Alamo Area Council of Governments Angelina County
Appraisal District Big Thicket National
Preserve Bexar Metro 9-1-1 District Brazos County
Appraisal District Brown County Appraisal
District Capital Area Planning Council Central
Texas Council of Governments Champion
International Corporation Grayson County Gregg
County Appraisal District Heart of Texas Council
of Governments Houston - Galveston Area
Council International Paper Corporation
Louisiana Pacific Corporation Lower Colorado
River Authority Lubbock County Appraisal
District Montague County Appraisal
District Newton County Appraisal District North
Central Texas Council of Governments Orange
County Appraisal District Polk County Appraisal
District Sabine River Authority San Jacinto
County Appraisal District Shelby County Appraisal
District Smith County 911 Smith County Appraisal
District Texas AM University
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DOQ
Texas Orthoimagery Program (TOP) Contributions F
ederal Government State of Texas Local and
Regional Organizations Aerial Photos 1994
1997 Available State-wide by August 2001
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Digital Orthophoto Quad
Over 17,000 Images More Detail More Up-to-Date
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TOP DOQ with TxDOT Urban Transportation plus GNIS
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Want More Information?
www.StratMap.org
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Texas Natural Resources Information System
Provides Access To Geospatial Datasets
Ready-Made Maps Remotely-Sensed
Imagery On-Line Maps
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Where is TNRIS?
1700 N. Congress (Stephen F. Austin Building) Room
B40 Austin, TX 78701 [phone] (512)
463-7274 Fax
Website www.tnris.state.tx.us
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The TxGN was created to...

• Help users discover and obtain spatial data and
  information
• Capitalize on Internet mapping technology to
  allow direct view, query and download of data

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Initial Site Design...

• By members of the Texas Geographic Information
  Councils ArcIMS Work Group including
• Forest Resources Institute, SFASU
• Texas Agricultural Extension Service, AM
• Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• TNRIS

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• Built on ESRIs Geography Network code
• but...
• Will be able to view online maps from any
  software which complies with the Open GIS
  Consortium Web Mapping Standards
• Open GIS Consortium members include
• Intergraph MapInfo Autodesk
• ESRI SICAD Smallworld

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The Texas Geography Network
www.tnris.state.tx.us/explorer
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Thank you ESRI Petroleum Users Group! ! !
Contact Lorelei Weitzel at Lorelei.weitzel_at_rrc.sta
te.tx.us