A Geodatabase Infrastructure for Texas Project Status Presented by: Tyler Jantzen GIS in Water Resources CE394K.3 November 29, 2005
Background Information National Hydrography Dataset High Resolution (NHDH) is being compiled for U.S. NHDH is listed as complete for the state of Texas 24 Subregions lie within Texas These 24 Subregions contain 1.8 million flowlines, and over 688,000 miles of streamlength. Ultimate Goal: To trace a drop of water from source to sink
Medium Resolution vs. High Resolution 1.38 GB High Resolution: 1: 24,000 20x number of lines 3x length of lines 7.33 GB 24 Subregions
NHD Subregions in Texas
Problem Definition Some subregions are missing data
Problem Definition Flowlines are not physically connected These are duplicates, and should be connected
Problem Definition Some flowlines are not initialized properly Uninitialized flow direction makes flow tracing impossible
Problem Definition How can the extent of the problem be quantified? Cannot “trace” from top to bottom of basin How can the extent of the problem be quantified? Trace should reach entire subregion Trace Upstream Trace Downstream
Data Requirements 24 NHD Subregion Personal Geodatabases Information at http://nhd.usgs.gov Download at ftp://nhdftp.cr.usgs.gov/NHD_HUC and ftp://nhdftp.usgs.gov/SubRegions Texas Natural Resource Information System (TNRIS)
Methodology Developed Place flag at subregion outlet Trace upstream or Find disconnected Place additional flags where trace ends Simulates “fixing” a disconnect Continue until majority of subregion is traced
Results Measure data completeness: Drainage Density DD<1 → Likely incomplete DD>1 → Likely complete
Results Using Trace Upstream function
Results Using Find Disconnected function
Conclusions If 55 fixes were made, 91% of the network would be connected 12 of the 24 regions are still missing data
Future Work Fill in missing data Create single geodatabase for entire state Measure connectivity for single large geodatabase
Recommendations With minimal fixes (55) over the entire state, a majority (91%) of the streams will be connected to the network These fixes, if made, will significantly increase the utility of the NHD
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