1. Planning and Development
By Juan Canez

2. Introduction & Outline
Education & Background
Interest in GIS
Sustainable Development & Conservation Planning
Alley Network Design
Recap/Conclusion

3. Education & Background
Graduate Student MS-GIST
B.S. Regional Development (GIS)
GIS Intern City of Tucson
Environmental Services
GIS Intern Tucson Unified School District
United States Coast Guard

4. Interest in GIS Search & Rescue Geography Research
Allows us to make intelligent decisions
Manipulation of data to solve a geographic problem

5. Sustainable Development
Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan
Designed on science based-principles influenced by public review and discussion
Recognized as one of the top eco-regions world wide by the Nature Conservancy
Sensible Growth
Estimated each new year of construction consumes approximately ten square miles of desert
How to direct growth while preserving lifestyle and quality of life in Pima County

6. Study Design
Determine and identify parcels that are the most important for conservation and critical habitat
Assume parks and protected areas are safe from development
Important factors
Critical habitat
Owl habitat
Access to water (major corridors for movement of wildlife)

7. Data Pima County FTP site (http://gis.pima.gov/data/contents)
Conservation Lands System Special Species Management
Proposed Pygmy-Owl Critical Habitat
Tohono O’Odham Reservation Boundary
Tucson Urban Area
Habitat-Wildlife
Springs
Pima County Parcels
Urban Interface
Mines
Protected Lands of Pima County
Parks and Recreational Areas
Major Wash Networks

8. Land Use in Eastern Pima County

9. Develop High Priority Areas for Conservation
Analysis
Develop High Priority Areas for Conservation
5 km buffer around springs and major washes
3 km buffer around mines
Remove overlapping layers (intersect)
owl habitat
critical conservation areas
springs
Combine with habitat-wildlife

10. Remove Areas Inside of Conservation Area
Analysis
Remove Areas Inside of Conservation Area
Parks & Protected Areas
Tucson Urban Boundary
Areas within the mining buffer

11. Wildlife Corridor

12. Alley Network Development
Objective
Investigate the potential for automating the solid waste collection street alley network system routing and design process
To achieve this objective will require:
Identify existing locations of 300 gal containers
Identify and update the topology of the existing network
Identify conflict points between designed route and existing features
Research, develop and add attribute information
Integrate alley feature class with Tucson’s street network to provide a fully functional street centerline network.

13. Data Sources
Street Network, Alley Network, Private Street/Roads, Refuse Paths, Lease Point/Line
Environmental Services Vector SDE
Plat/Row Maps
Survey Deeds
City of Tucson Ordinance
“Permission Slips” (Property Owners)
Non-GIS
Tucson Water
Tucson Police Department
Tucson Fire Department
Tucson Department of Transportation
Internal Agency Data
Pima County
Tucson Electric
South West Gas
External Agency Data

14. Methodology Parameters to Establish
Incorporate STNETALL as a based standard
Develop and maintain an alley naming convention
Incorporate field parameters based on the data models of venders that sell automated routing software
Use federal and state guidelines in assisting development (metadata)
Develop QA/QC standards

18. Recap & Conclusion GIS Background
Education
Internships
Identified High Priority Conservation Parcels in Pima County
12,000
Brief Overview of Current Project
Alley Network

19. Sources http://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/files/2012/10/GIS_analysis_esri.jpg