2005 GIS User Group Meeting

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting

• Welcome!
• 900-1130 general update info
• Lunch
• 1230-300 ArcGIS and Garmin background maps
  demos
• 330 Adjourn

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting DRS Updates

• DRS sites in every networked office and in many
  offices with DSL/VPN internet connections
• Automated updates to network/VPN sites occur
  weekly or twice weekly amount updated size of
  data files to update linespeed
• Many people creating stand-alone DRSs for their
  laptops/portable hard drives

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting DRS Updates

• Biggest change to DRS sites is addition of FSA
  imagery
• Some sites had to have 3 meter DOQs removed to
  make enough room
• Can view FSA status at

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data

• PRIM
• Natural Heritage database Biotics
• Lake basin morphology
• Lake basin fetch and maximum length/width
• Lake basin littoral zone
• DNR 100k lakes rivers, wetlands, hydrology
• Restorable depressional wetlands
• Fisheries acquisitions
• Conservation Officer boundaries
• Administrative Area Unit boundaries
• DOT railroads and runways
• WMAs, WMA cover types, wildlife admin boundaries
• 2003-2004 FSA imagery

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data
Public Recreation Information Maps (PRIM) 15
maps have been updated - 10/2004
See QUICK THEMES SCANNED MAPS DNR PRIM Maps
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data

Rare and Natural Features Basics

• The Natural Heritage Nongame Research Program
  (NHNRP) has a new database system called Biotics
• Data are now maintained as polygons rather than
  points
• Allows depiction of the actual shape of rare
  feature occurrences on the landscape.
• Incorporates locational uncertainty (i.e. any
  uncertainty as to where the actual observation
  occurred)

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data

Rare and Natural Features
See QUICK THEMES EVENTS AND SIGHTINGS Rare
Natural Features - Polygons
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data
New Lake Data Lake Basin Morphology - Lake
polygons with an attribute table of morphometric
indices which describe the physical form and
structure (morphology) of a lake
See QUICK THEMES HYDROGRAPHY
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data
Lake Basin Fetch and Maximum Length/Width Linear
features representing the Fetch, Maximum Length
and Maximum Width of a lake basin
See QUICK THEMES HYDROGRAPHY
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data

• Lake Basin Littoral Zone - Observed

Polygons showing the estimated littoral zone of a
lake
Lake Basin Littoral Zone Shoreline to 15-ft
depth contour
Calculated littoral zone based on the area of a
lake from shore to the 15-ft depth contour
See QUICK THEMES HYDROGRAPHY
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data

• DNR 100k Lakes and Rivers - "lake_dnrpy2".
• DNR 100k Hydrography - "watr_dnrpy2"
• DNR 100k Wetlands - "wetl_dnrpy2"
• Datasets went through a major revision
• Data have been converted into ArcView and the
  attribute tables restructured and enhanced to
  better support DNR business practices
• DNR Division of Waters Lake Numbers were added
  and many outlines were redigitized

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data

• Restorable Depressional Wetland Inventory Basics
• Created by USFWS
• Represents drained, potentially restorable
  wetlands in agricultural landscapes
• Created primarily through photo-interpretation
  of 140,000 scale color infrared photographs
  acquired in April and May, 1991 and 1992

See QUICK THEMES HYDROGRAPHY Restorable
Wetland Inventory
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data
Restorable Depressional Wetland Inventory
Spatial Extent Big Stone, Carver, Douglas,
Faribault, Freeborn, Grant, Jackson, Kandiyohi,
Polk, Pope, Rice, Scott, Stevens, Swift,
Stearns, and Traverse counties
See QUICK THEMES HYDROGRAPHY Restorable
Wetland Inventory
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data

• Fisheries Acquisitions Basics
• Shows lands acquired by DNR Fisheries through
  purchase, donation and easement
• As of March 15, 2004, 98 of NE and SE Minnesota
  trout stream acquisitions are complete and
  digitizing continues statewide
• Fisheries Acquisitions hotlinked to scanned deed
  documents that describe the acquired parcel
• See QUICK THEMES OWNERSHIP State Land Admin -
  Division of Fisheries (Sub 40)

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data
Enforcement Officer Patrol Areas Basics

• Updated to include changes made to the officer
  patrol area boundaries as of 10/20/2004
• Additional attributes have been added including
  Station name, Officer Name and Contact phone
• Will be updated on a regular basis
• See QUICK THEMES ADMINISTRATIVE FEATURES DNR
  Division of Enforcement Officer Patrol Areas

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data

• Administrative Unit Area Boundaries Basics
• Administrative boundaries files for Fisheries,
  Forestry, Trails and Waterways, Waters and
  Wildlife have had their attributes standardized
• Managed and kept up-to-date by division GIS staff
• Tables now include the following attributes
• SQMI - Administrative Area, area in square miles
• AREA_ID - Administrative Area Identification
  number
• AREA_NAME - Administrative Area Name
• ADDRESS - Address of Contact person
• CITY - City of Contact person
• STATE - State of contact person
• ZIP - Post Office Zip Code
• PHONE - Phone number of contact person
• FAX - Fax number of contact person
• FACILITY_S - Site ID of Contact

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data
DOT Basemap Airport Runways / Railroads Basics

• Updated versions of these layers were downloaded
  from the DOT website
• Metadata was also updated
• See QUICK THEMES TRANSPORTATION Airport
  Runways or Railroads

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data
Wildlife Administrative Areas Basics

• Wildlife Management Areas
• WMA Cover Types
• Wildlife Administrative Areas

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data

• 2003-04 FSA Photos Most anticipated data layer
  in recent memory
• Original delivery from FSA
• Quarter-quad tiles 12 square miles
• 125 MB per image 6591
  images
• 855 GB total storage volume
• Final Product on DRS
• 4 quadrangle tiles 204
  square miles
• 70 mb per image 475 images
• 28.4 GB total storage volume

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data
2003-04 FSA Photos

• Compression saves lots of disk space
• Fewer tiles improves draw speed and reduces
  overhead
• Less data maintenance

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data

• Imagery collected during the summer months
• June 2276 (light green)
• July 2324 (dark green)
• August 1364 (tan)
• September 19 (brown)
• White areas were not collected. These areas were
  acquired in 2004

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New Data 2003-04 FSA Photos

• Early summer imagery tends to look better than
  late summer imagery
• More contrast in the early images because there
  are more shades of green in the image
• Late summer images are more of a solid green with
  less contrast

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting New Data
New Data 2003-04 FSA Photos

• Some imagery is missing!
• These areas have been re-done and will be
  available some time in 2005
• Preliminary products have been produced but are
  not yet available.
• We should get delivery spring of 2005
• Data is available to non-DNR staff via the Data
  Deli

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Landview

• Current version is 3.9.1 released 12/12/04
• New features include
• Import table
• Allows user to
  import table file
  of
  coordinates and
  save as a
  shapefile

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Landview
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Landview
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Landview

• Can also create new or edit existing tables
  (Access from the Display Window)

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Landview

• Basic ArcView table management functions become
  available
• Add field
• Delete Field(s)
• Add record
• Delete record(s)
• Refresh

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Landview

• Give/modify field definitions
• Assign values
• (one value at a time)
• Get statistics
• (numeric data)
• Works with data you have access to alter/write to
  . . .

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting ArcView

• Current department standard remains ArcView
  3.2/3.3
• QuickThemes has been expanded
• Additional extensions and improvements to
  existing extensions
• Additional symbolsets

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting DNR Toolbox

• DNR Toolbox extension continues to be updated
  see the dictionary document
• DNRTOOLBOX_DIC.DOC

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Symbolsets

• In the past year a couple of new symbol sets for
  ArcView have been developed
• Available on DRS in the ArcView Symbols folder
• \drs\apps\arcview\symbols
• These can be loaded into ArcViews Palette
  Manager and saved

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Symbolsets

• MNDNRLINESYM a set of line symbols originally
  developed for fire response map symbology
• Cannot change the color of these lines!

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Symbolsets

• STIPPLEFILL this set of symbols contains a
  number of commonly available fill styles not
  previously available in ArcView
• Note the swamp symbol!

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Symbolsets

• WEBPAL This is a set of Colors designed for WEB
  production
• Non-dithering colors result in pure symbols
• Not a new set but many dont know of it

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Symbolsets

• ARTIST
• A set of gradient colors
• Several thousand colors available
• Not a new set but many dont know of it

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Symbolsets

• PANTONE
• A set of pantone compatible colors
• Several thousand colors available
• Unfortunately, no number associations listed
• Not new but many dont know of it

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Symbolsets

• You can load symbol sets using the Symbol Window,
  Palette manager
• Select the symbol type
• Load loads a symbol set
• Save Saves a symbol set
• Clear clears the symbols
• Make Default sets the current symbols as
  default.
• Creates a file called default.avp in the temp
  folder.
• Reset resets the symbol set to the original one
  provided with ArcView

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting DNR Garmin

• Current version is 4.4.2 released 09/27/04
• New features include

• Real-Time Collection
• Specify Tolerances (Time and Distance)
• Mark Point tool in Arcview
• Point, line or polygon shapefile created
• Enhanced functionality with Landview

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting DNR Garmin

• Waypoint Symbol Lookup (Double-click
  in Symbol field)
• USB Connection
• Sort Waypoint Table
• (Click on field heading)
• New symbols appear in Garmins list of waypoints

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Bugzilla
Go Go BugZilla!

• MIS has recently implemented a software program
  for reporting and tracking software bugs
• Called BugZilla, this program is a Web Based tool
  that can be used submit bug reports for software
• Once a bug is reported, the person who manages
  the software is e-mailed
• The software bug archives can be searched to see
  if this bug has already been reported and also to
  check on the status of bug fixes or workarounds 
• All through a Web Browser interface

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Bugzilla

• BugZilla can be found at
• http//mini-me.dnr.state.mn.us/bugzilla
• Several program options
• Search Existing Bug Reports,
• Enter a new bug report
• Summary reports and charts

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Bugzilla
2005 GIS User Group Meeting Bugzilla
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Bugzilla

• The Enter Bug option shows a list of registered
  software
• Select the software to report the bug for

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Bugzilla

• Record the Bug Specifics here!
• Not only bugs but also enhancements
• Submit the bugs using the Commit Button

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting DRS Manager

• The DRS Manager program was designed to
• help assist GIS administrators and field users
• to build and keep current remote Data
• Resource Sites. Some key features include
• Build stand-alone Data Resource Site
• Update data and applications
• Delete Data

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting DRS Manager

• Pros of a stand-alone Data Resource Site
• Access to Landview and Arcview (Quick Themes) in
  a non-networked location
• Easy to switch back and forth between Networked
  and Stand-Alone DRS
• Arcview projects read DRS data regardless of
  drive. (Set DRS_LOC appropriately)
• Smaller, local datasets draw quicker

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting DRS Manager

• Cons of a stand-alone Data Resource Site
• Dynamic data/programs go out of date
• Located in an editable location possible
  corruption of data
• Updating a stand-alone DRS requires access to a
  networked DRS

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting DRS Manager

• The DRSmanager can be found at
• \DRS\apps\drsmanager\drsmanager.exe
• Follow the five numbered steps, and
• remember, if you go back a step, you must
• redo the steps after it.

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Data Deli II

• The Data Deli II includes more data and a more
  sophisticated interface for selecting and serving
  data
• Intended for external (non-DNR clientele)
• Data shipped in zip format via an email notice
  and FTP link link remains valid for 48 hours
• Unzipping data does NOT create a DRS site

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting The Joy of Imagery

• 2003 FSA Air photos have been one of the most
  anticipated new GIS datasets in recent memory
• Generally, imagery requires large volumes of disk
  space
• FSA, USGS, Met Council and Resource Assessment
  imagery make up over 60 of the volume in the
  DNRs GIS Database
• And we anticipate that we will be getting more of
  it in the future!
• This presents a challenge for data storage,
  distribution, backup and access

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting The Joy of Imagery

• One option that is emerging is a centralized
  image service that can distribute imagery via the
  network
• Web Mapping Services or WMS
• A WMS provides imagery via a standard request
• Give me this image for this area at this
  resolution

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting The Joy of Imagery

• This type of service provides an image that is
  optimized for web downloads
• All processing is done on the Server.
• Only one file/image to deal with
• Multiple tiles are mosaiced, resampled and
  delivered
• The image is only as big as the viewing area in
  this case the size of the view on your screen
• You never see things draw tile-by-tile
• The popular TerraServer is an example of a WMS

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting The Joy of Imagery
6 tiles
Notice that as the area displayed gets larger,
the draw times for the WMS layer are pretty
consistent while the draw time for the DRS layers
increases rapidly.
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting The Joy of Imagery

• Overall, the larger the area viewed, the better
  WMS services become

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting The Joy of Imagery

• The DNR developed a WMS Client for ArcView
• Called the DNR WMS Client
• Reads OGC files to learn about WMS services
• OGC Files are found in V\DRS\APPS\WMSCLIENT
• Works just like a normal ArcView theme
• Each time you zoom, pan or change your window a
  new image is requested from the WMS

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting The Joy of Imagery
Add WMS Theme Button
WMS Client Menu
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting The Joy of Imagery

• Add WMS Image
• Add an image specifying the OGC file
• Download WMS Tiles
• Downloads imagery at a specific cell size clipped
  to a rectangle as a series of tiled images
• This can be used by folks who want to go off-line
  and still have high resolution data
• Save WMS Image to Disk
• Saves the current image to disk

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting The Joy of Imagery

• Whats Next?
• Integrate into QuickThemes
• Refine printing process
• Develop WMS Capabilities in-house
• Already exists for some data, just not FSA images
  we hope to have this soon and are waiting on a
  vendor to produce!
• LMIC currently has a WMS that is serving FSA data

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting The Joy of Imagery

• WMS Positives
• Fast Access
• Reduced costs for overhead and delivery
• More efficient management of data
• More and more WMSs are available
• Iowa, LMIC, Data Deli
• WMS Negatives
• Need relatively speedy internet access
• Dont control your own imagery
• Doesnt work when WMS is down
• Have to download lots of imagery for printing

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Internet Links

• Collection of DNR links
• Your Internet favorites folder is located under
  DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS \USERNAME\FAVORITES
• Added by network folks when updating computers,
  but you can also copy it into your FAVORITES
  folder
• Coming to network W\ drives soon

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Intranet Pages

• Intranet GIS/GPS resources can be found at
  http//dnr.state.mn.us/mis/gis

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Training

• Training and special events can be found at
  http//dnrnet.state.mn.us/mis/gis/events.html
• Spring 2005 training includes
• Introduction to GPS
• Division-specific training (forestry, fisheries)
• Contact your Regional GIS Coordinator with
  training requests youll be added to a waiting
  list and be the first notified when a new class
  is offered

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting File Management

• Do you know what is on your hard drive?
• When you save a file, do you know
• where you saved it
• what the file name is
• File management especially important for GIS and
  GPS users (number of files and versions of those
  files)
• Use MY COMPUTER or Windows Explorer to manage
  your files regularly

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting File Management
Right click
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting File Management

• Dont compress
  drives to save space
• Try to save data on drive other than C, as if
  Windows goes bad, the C drive must sometimes be
  reformatted . . .
• Reminder NAS drives are NOT backed up

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting File Management

• Create a folder hierarchy to contain
  files
• PROJECTS\REDLK
• \OHV
• \WMAs
• \data
• \maps
• \reports
  
  
  
  

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Transitioning to ArcGIS

• The DNR is using ArcView 3.x as it desktop GIS
• Many organizations we work with are moving to the
  latest versions of ArcView
• 8 and more recently 9
• Should you change?
• Its not an easy question to answer

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Transitioning to ArcGIS

• DNR GIS Software Policy
• Governed by the department GIS Policy and
  Planning Committee
• unanimous in its opinion that Arcview 8 offers
  few functional advantages over Arcview 3, and
  that on a cost-benefit basis, there has been very
  little incentive to promote the change
• ButArcView 3 will not be supported forever
• Should be around for 3-4 years

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Transitioning to ArcGIS

• To date there has been a lack of support from the
  GIS section.
• This is changing
• Training course development is planned
• Tools are being migrated (QuickThemes)
• Some organizations are forcing users to upgrade
• the DNR is not following that path
• No new major software development will be done in
  ArcView 3.x

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Transitioning to ArcGIS

• Some Advantages
• Arcview 9 has the look and feel of a typical
  Microsoft Windows program.
• It has improved map symbol control and a more
  flexible mapping environment.
• The ArcCatalog application has nice features for
  managing your personal data.
• You can use data supplied directly from the
  Internet
• Geodatabases are a new form of storing spatial
  data.
• On the fly projections
• DNR Quick Themes for Arcview 9 has some nice
  enhancements over the Arcview 3 version.

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Transitioning to ArcGIS

• Some Disadvantages
• Arcview 9 is slower than Arcview 3 and requires
  more computing power.
• You may have to buy a new computer
• Many users consider Arcview 9 to be less stable
  than Arcview 3 (freezes or locks up more)
• A lot of the custom DNR tools will be unavailable
  for the foreseeable future.
• Large tiled, non-image data sets may not work
  very well in Arcview 9 (slow draw times).
• You will be limited to one layout document per
  Arcview project.
• You will be required to pay year maintenance fees

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Transitioning to ArcGIS

• Technical Requirements

Operating the software below the minimum
specifications will result in a desktop that
crashes or locks up more than usual.
 
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Transitioning to ArcGIS

• Cost Considerations
• 225 to convert an ArcView 3.x License to 9
• 225 Annual Maintenance fee
• Maintenance entitles you to free upgrades
• If you dont pay now, you pay later.
• Unconfirmed reports of the maintenance rising to
  350.00 in 2005
• Requires you to stop using ArcView 3.x after one
  year

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Transitioning to ArcGIS

• ArcGIS has three levels of software
• Arc/Info Full software implementation
• ArcEditor Edit and Create Geodatabases
• ArcView -
• Costs go down as you move from Arc/Info to
  ArcView and so does cost
• Extensions are available at extra cost
• Spatial Analyst
• 3D Analyst
• Network analyst
• Others.

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Transitioning to ArcGIS

• ArcView 9 purchases should be coordinated through
  MIS/GIS
• At this time, budgeting for on-going maintenance
  will be through your division
• For more information contact
• Robert Maki
• Tim Loesch
• Regional or Division GIS Coordinators

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Transitioning to ArcGIS

• ArcGIS consists of three modules
• ArcCatalog To manage spatial Data and
  attributes
• ArcMap Interactive map display and cartographic
  output.
• ArcToolBox Geoprocessing tools

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting Field Data Collection

• See the Powerpoint presentation entitled
  HANDHELD_COMPUTERS.PPT

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting GPS Background Maps
You can use DNR GIS data to create background
maps for your Garmin Map GPS
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting GPS Background Maps

• The uploading capability DNRGarmin provides
  allows some mapping capabilities in all Garmins,
  but there are drawbacks for storing reference
  data as waypoints or tracks
• Limited amount of storage, especially for
  detailed line and polygon data
• Little control of the display in GPS, especially
  when adding numerous types of data to reference
• Uploaded waypoint and track data takes up space
  that may be needed for data collection
• Constantly uploading and downloading data used
  for reference in the field can take up a lot of
  time

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting GPS Background Maps

• MapSource background maps can be purchased/used,
  but they dont provide the detail that DNR data
  can
• Tim Loesch researched a background map solution
  -- a set of shareware programs on the internet
• Cgpsmapper
• GPSMapEdit
• GPSSendMap

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting GPS Background Maps

• GPSMapEdit program creates Garmin background maps
  from ArcView shapefiles
• Background maps have several advantages over GIS
  data that is uploaded as waypoint or tracks
• Store larger, more detailed GIS data sets (i.e.
  FIM Inventory) as rather than generalizing
  (smoothing) track data
• Load as many background layers as you wish up to
  GPS storage limits
• Turn display of map layers on and off in GPS
• Use different point, line or polygon symbology
  for background maps and create labels that can be
  turned on and off in GPS
• Still cant load raster data into GPS (i.e. FSA
  photos and PRIM maps)

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting GPS Background Maps
Compatible GPSs below (also the GPSIII Plus, GPS
12 map)
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting GPS Background Maps

• Uploading smaller GIS datasets as waypoints or
  tracks through DNRGarmin for navigation is
  easier, especially for GIS data that is updated
  more frequently
• Background maps only work with Garmin Map GPS
  models
• If you need to load large GIS datasets to
  reference on the GPS in the field, use background
  maps
• If wanting to view background map photos, youll
  need to spend some more money to get a tablet PC,
  or some kind of handheld computer with GIS and
  GPS capabilities

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting GPS Background Maps

• Documentation for the GPSMapEdit software is
  currently not up to par for most GIS users
• GPSMapEdit is cumbersome easier to get input
  from you, the user, then hand off the development
  of background maps to MIS and Division GIS
  specialists
• Creating background maps as standard layers to be
  shared among DNR users needs some coordination
  were addressing that soon

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting GPS Background Maps

• A single background map can be made up of a
  combination of point, line, and polygon features
  along with labels and symbology for each feature
  type (resulting map can resemble a PRIM map)
• Keeping feature types as separate background maps
  may be best -- it gives the user more options for
  displaying certain features, just as if they were
  turning on/off GIS layers and labels in ArcView
  or Landview

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting GPS Background Maps

• Two flaws have been encountered when creating
  background maps from polygon features
• Outlines of polygon features seem to disappear
  when displaying the background maps in the GPS
• Island or holes in polygon features seem to cause
  problems when creating polygon backgrounds
• To resolve missing polygon boundaries, outlines
  are turned into line features, then lines can be
  labeled
• Using polygon features in background maps is
  still useful to display interactive labels for
  features
• Holes that fill when importing polygon features
  into the MapEdit program can be refreshed so
  they no longer appear as part of the polygon

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting GPS Background Maps

• Labels can obscure the view of features in
  background maps, especially if they long
• Labels can be turned off or set to appear
  interactively within the Map Setup options
• To create maps that will be used as label
  background maps by using point and/or polygon
  features
• Create centroid points to be used as labels for
  line features such as roads or trails if their
  density prohibits viewing of other features

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting GPS Background Maps

• Depending on the GPS model and background map
  detail, display of background maps in a GPS may
  be painful to view at small scales
• Can set to display at specified zoom levels so
  the most general background layers will display
  at small scales and more detailed background
  layers will display as the user zooms in to the
  map page
• Can modify when point and polygon background maps
  start displaying at certain zoom scales within
  the Garmins Map Setup options

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting GPS Background Maps

• Requirements to load background maps
• Sendmap.exe loaded on computer c\gpssendmap\sendm
  ap.exe (Setup file located V\drs\apps\gps\gpssend
  mapsetup.exe)
• Background maps with .img file extension stored
  in a folder location without spaces (i.e.
  C\GarminMaps)
• The standard Garmin download cable with a COM
  Port connection. A USB version of sendmap exists
  but it has not been fully tested yet . . .

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting GPS Background Maps

• Options when loading Background Maps
• Doesnt seem to be a limit to the number of .img
  files that can be loaded (other than the overall
  map memory space) For instance, the Garmin Map 76
  has 8 MB map space
• Existing background maps including MapSource
  maps will be erased from GPS map memory when
  loading new maps (does not include the basemap
  that is included in all Garmin Map units)

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2005 GIS User Group Meeting GPS Background Maps

• There are different menus and terminology used
  among the Garmin Map units to set up Background
  maps, but options include
• Display only the background maps that you select
• Adjust the map detail (adjusts the scale at which
  each zoom level will start displaying)
• Display point and polygon labels
• Display point and polygon features depending on
  Zoom Level

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Setting a background map in a Garmin Map76
Turn on Backgrounds
Background Map Detail
Map Setup
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Setting a background map in a Garmin Map76
Turn off Polygon Labels
Polygons display at 300 Ft.
Turn off Point Labels
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Background map examples in a Garmin Map76
Interactive Label Display
Point Feature Off, Interactive Polygon Label
Display
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Interactive Label Display
Label Display
Interactive Label Display
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2005 GIS User Group Meeting

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