1. US National Grid and the Florida State Emergency Response Team 16R17R Richard Butgereit GIS Administrator 850-413-9907 richard.butgereit@em.myflorida.com

2. US National Grid Introduction to the US National Grid – Why do we need to use the US National Grid? – How is it similar/different from other systems? – How to read USNG coordinates Tools for Responders Tools for GIS Support Staff

3. Introduction to the USNG  Why do we need to use the US National Grid?

4. US National Grid Lessons learned have taught us that standardized grids are needed for positional reporting. As far back as Hurricane Andrew, problems were recognized for emergency managers...

5. Florida Adopts the USNG USNG was adopted by the FFCA FDEM adopted the USNG in the States CEMP Florida Fire College, Florida Fire Chiefs Association, FL National Guard developed curriculum and instructor manuals Modules incorporated into Firefighter II curriculum

6. Florida CEMP The State of Florida has adopted the use of the U.S. National Grid (USNG) during response and recovery efforts which allows for both point and area referencing. The SERT utilizes the Grid for designating ground-based areas of operation and dividing the state into scalable grid squares (100,000, 10,000, and 1,000 meters). The scalable nature of the grid also allows for defining levels of operation, such as strategic, regional, and tactical. 100,000-meter grid cells will be used to designate strategic operational areas; 10,000-meter areas are used for regional operations; and 1,000- meter grid cells are used for tactical missions. Each grid square will identify the types of structures, the years built, known hazardous materials locations, demographics, and other information. This information provides the field response and command elements with valuable pre-incident information to help pre-script missions consistent with this data to deploy the appropriate resources into each search grid. The SERT will utilize the U.S. National Grid System and overlays of Geographical Information System maps during all missions to identify high-density areas and to map priority response areas.

7. FEMA Adopts the USNG Spring 2009 - near term priority approved by Administrator Fugate Establish a standard for FEMA operational maps using the National Grid

8. National Standards National Search and Rescue Committee – specifies US National Grid as primary system Federal Geographic Data Committee – US National Grid Standard since 2001

9. Introduction to the USNG  How is it similar/differ from other systems?

10. What’s wrong with current systems? We already have… – Latitude/Longitude – Township/Range/Section – Street Address and Zip – “Bingo” Grids

11. Latitude/Longitude Multiple formats are confusing DD -85.990151, 30.272240 DM -85 59.409089, 30.16.334386 DMS 85 59’24.545”W, 30 16’20.063”N All the same location!!!

12. How far is a second anyway? What is the distance from…. 85 59’24.545”W, 30 16’20.063”N To here…. 85 59’26.292”W, 30 16’14.546”N

13. Township/Range/Section Township/Range/Section grid from the Public Lands Survey System is an important and good system… – basis of land ownership records – been in use for over 180 years

14. Township/Range/Section But a perfect section really doesn’t exist irregular in coastal areas too large to meet needs of ground crews

15. Street Address and Zip Problematic due to… – rural routes – post office boxes – House numbers missing or obscured

16. What do you do when the SIGNS are gone?

17. What do you do when the ROADS are gone?

21. Developed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in the 1940s A position on the Earth is referenced in the UTM system by the UTM zone, and the easting and northing coordinate pair. Abbreviated as “UTM” 16R 766000 3364820 Universal Transverse Mercator

22. is the geocoordinate standard used by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for locating points on the earth. is derived from the UTM grid system, but uses a different labeling convention. Abbreviated as “MGRS” 16R GU 66000 64820 Military Grid Reference System

23. Practically identical to MGRS. Difference is the datum – MGRS uses WGS84, which USNG uses NAD 83 Coordinates reported identical. Abbreviated as “USNG” 16R GU 66000 64820 United States National Grid

24. USNG It has the advantage of being easily plotted on USGS topographic maps by using a simple "right and then up" method instead of having to plot from right to left when using latitude and longitude in the Western Hemisphere. The coordinates are also easily translated to distance since they are in meters. Thus the distance between two coordinates can quickly be determined in the field.

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26. Introduction to the USNG  How to read USNG coordinates

27. 16R GU 66000 64820 How to read USNG 100,000 Meter Grid – identification for regional areas Grid Coordinates – Easting and Northing position Grid Zone Designation – for a world- wide unique address, identifies the longitude zone number and the latitude band letter

28. 16R GU 66000 64820 16R17R Truncate for locality just like you don’t have to dial an area code to make a local call… all Florida locations will be 16R or 17R

29. 16R GU 66000 64820 16R 17R Truncate for locality 100,000 meter zone designation may be dropped when working locally

30. Truncate for less precision… Locates within 1000 meters66 64 6600 6482 Locates within 10 meters 660 648 Locates within 100 meters 66000 64820 Locates within 1 meter 16R GU 66000 64820

31. USNG Easily scaleable Pin-point and cell based locational reporting “Grid within a Grid”

32. Training Online videos EM Academy CERT Academy Comprehensive Train-the-trainer training with regional workshops

33. Tools for Responders GPS GeoPDF Mapping applications and websites

34. Global Positioning Systems I have GPS……..why do I need to care about any of this? – USNG can be used with GPS – GPS supplements USNG – USNG will work when your GPS won’t

35. USNG and GPS Most GPS units explicitly support USNG as an option for units If you choose USNG, you must also choose NAD 83 as your datum (or technically, you haven’t chosen USNG) You may also choose MGRS with NAD 83 to be the functional equivalent of USNG

36. Support for USNG http://www.floridadisaster.org/gis/usng – tools and instructions for GIS staff FDEM’s GATOR – new mapping website with USNG tools FDEP’s Incident Mapper – simple Google Maps mashup with USNG tools GeoPDF’s – new PDF formats have GIS capabilities, including USNG support

37. USGS Response Maps New map series provided by USGS Based on the 7.5 quadrangle map series Most are GeoPDF’s KML index file facilitates download from FDEM web site

38. USGS Response Maps Pre-requisite – KML map viewer – Google Earth – ArcGIS Explorer Obtain KML from FDEM GIS –via email richard.butgereit@em.myflorida.comrichard.butgereit@em.myflorida.com –or posted in information messages during activations

44. County Map Books

46. http://map.floridadisaster.org/GATOR Geospatial Assessment Tool for Operations and Response web mapping application real-time data like weather radar, watches, storm reports base map and post-event data GATOR

48. KML for Google Earth http://map.floridadisaster.org/ArcGIS/KML Critical Facilities – including USNG coordinates for facilities USNG layers – statewide 100,000m, 10,000m, and 1,000m

49. 49 KML for Google Earth

50. Hazardous Material Facilities For first responders User names/password provided through Local Emergency Planning Committee https://erplan.net E-Plan

54. http://www.floridadisaster.org/gis/kml/viewer.htm simple Google Maps mashup with USNG tools real-time data like weather radar, watches, storm reports will be transitioning to GATOR Incident Mapper

57. Tools for GIS Support Staff USNG and ArcGIS GeoPDF

58. USNG in ArcGIS 9.1 USNG National Grid Tools Repackaging of… – Military Analyst – Product line tool set (PLTS) USNG Locational Toolbar Available from ArcScripts – Less complicated, easier to use

59. USNG in ArcGIS 9.2/9.3 Integrated… – Go to X,Y Tool – Identify – Graticules

60. Military Analyst in ArcGIS 9.2/9.3 USNG coordinates may easily be added to a feature class. NAR-C is proper NAD 83 choice - “North American Reference CONUS”

61. Military Analyst in ArcGIS 9.2/9.3 USNG coordinates added to a feature class.

62. Map Book Templates DS Map Book (free extension to ArcMap Produce 4,000 m x 5,000 8.5” x 11” 1:24,000 scale maps Style guide, templates and video from Delta State University linked from http://www.floridadisaster.org/gis/USNG/inde x.htm#mapbooks http://www.floridadisaster.org/gis/USNG/inde x.htm#mapbooks

63. Map Book Templates

64. Map Books If you have a county wide map book, please let us know for inclusion on our website

65. Questions? FloridaDisaster.org/gis