Dawn Wright and Davey Jones Locker Lab Group Department of Geosciences Oregon State University OSU GIS & Seafloor Mapping Activities in American Samoa ASGIS UG Meeting, September 21, 2004 Photo by
OrSt & USF Multibeam Surveys to date By OrSt grad student Emily Lundblad
NOAA Biogeography Ikonos Classifications By OrSt grad student Emily Lundblad
Ongoing Collaborations & Products OrSt & NOAA & AS GIS User Group –Benthic classifications for benthic habitat/MPAs –Benthic Terrain Modeler (ArcGIS 8.x tool) –American Samoa Benthic Viewer –AS Marine/Coastal Bibliographic Tool –On-island workshops in September 2004 –3D Visualizations and movies in Fledermaus Other work –Duke U. Coral reef ecosystem studies –NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Division Mapping
Recent OrSt ESRI Papers Larkin et al. - Bilingual data distribution (ArcIMS, Bibliography tool) –dusk.geo.orst.edu/esri04/p1123_pc.html Rinehart et al. - Benthic terrain tool –dusk.geo.orst.edu/esri04/p1433_ron.html Lundblad et al. - Benthic characterization for benthic habitat –dusk.geo.orst.edu/esri04/p1208_cc.html
Recent OrSt Theses Emily Lundblad, Geosciences –Benthic Classifications in American Samoa … –dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/theses/lundblad_abs.html Alyssa Aaby, Geosciences –Reef Fish & the ArcGIS Marine Data Model –dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/theses/aaby_abs.html Jeannette Tuitele-Lewis, Forest Science –American Samoa Agroforestry
New Books Bartlett and Smith, GIS in Coastal Zone Mgmt ©2004 –Just out with CRC/Taylor & Francis A Geospatial Framework for the Coastal Zone … ©2004 National Academies Press –Free copies to user group Wright and Scholz, Place Matters--Geospatial Tools for Marine Science, Conservation & Management ©2005 –Coming in Spring 2005, Free copy to user group –dusk.geo.orst.edu/aaas
NOAA Biogeography & Coral Reef Ecosystem Division By OrSt grad student Emily Lundblad
2005 HURL Sub & ROV surveys Ka‘imikai-o-Kanaloa Pisces IV or V RCV-150
ArcGIS Marine Data Model dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/arcgis
Basic template for implementing GIS projects –input, formatting, geoprocessing, creating maps, performing analyses Relationships with rules, behaviors used in geoprocessing and analysis Basic framework for building software tools A Marine Data Model
Implications for Data Collection & Analysis …
ArcGIS Marine Data Model dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/arcgis
dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/samoa (Samoa data & tools) dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/discov.html (all DJL projects) dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/arcgis (MDM) (iView 3D) Image courtesy of FBNMS
How do YOU spell GIS?
By OrSt grad student Emily Larkin
Benthic Terrain Modeler Benthic Zone Classification and Habitat ArcGIS 8.x
GIS Capacity Building: Toward a Territory-wide GIS National Park of AS AS CZM Program FBNMS EPA Fish & Wildlife Service Forest Service Natural Resources Conservation Service USGS AS Government – – Dept. of Commerce – – Dept. of Public Works – – Dept. of Marine & Wildlife Resources AS Historic Preservation Office AS Power Authority Nature Conservancy OrSt
A Few GIS-Related Issues Data sharing More data collection –Digital orthophotos –Bathymetric surveying –Water quality monitoring Standards: Datums, Projections, Metadata – Transformation parameters Planning & permitting - communal lands Local capacity to maintain GIS efforts