GEO 465565 Geographic Information Systems and Science

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Helping students learn about Oregons Natural
Resources through Web GIS

• GEO 465/565 - Geographic Information Systems and
  Science
• Tuesday, March 3, 2009
• Kuuipo Walsh Institute for Natural Resources
• Marc Rempel Oregon State University Libraries

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Purpose

• Explain what the Oregon Explorer and the Oregon
  Imagery Explorer is about
• Illustrate how to navigate about the Explorer
  home pages
• Demonstrate how to make a custom map for an area
  of interest
• Demonstrate how to bring in half meter 2005
  orthoimagery into ArcMap

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Oregon Explorer Creators

• Core Partnership between and
• Team members with diverse backgrounds and areas
  of expertise
• Partner with local agencies

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What is the Oregon Explorer?

• Natural Resources Digital Library
• Place-based resource
• Supports informed natural resource decision-making

www.oregonexplorer.info
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Who can use Oregon Explorer?

• Natural resource decision-makers
• Watershed council members
• Soil and water conservation district staff
• Local planners
• Extension agents
• Librarians

• Agency staff
• Researchers
• Media staff
• Citizen volunteers
• Landowners
• Interested public
• Educators
• Students

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Oregon Explorer Home Page Layout
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Oregon Explorer Basin, Topic, and Data Portals
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Natural Resource Issues addressed by Explorer
sites

• Environmental issues in rural areas
• Land Use
• Salmon Recovery
• Wildfire Risk
• Wildlife Conservation
• Watershed Restoration

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Learn about Wildfire Issues
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Making a map with the advanced mapping tool
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Making a map with the advanced mapping tool
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www.oregonexplorer.info/ ExternalContent/ImageryPr
imers/WMS_Primer.pdf
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Questions?

• For more information, please feel free to contact
  us or either of the Oregon Explorer co-managers
• Janine Salwasser, OSU Libraries
• Janine.salwasser_at_oregonstate.edu
• Jimmy Kagan, Institute for Natural Resources
• Jimmy.kagan_at_oregonstate.edu

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Web GIS- Oregon Explorer
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Mapping Tools Mashups

• Measure 37 Viewer
• Wildlife Viewer
• Measure 49 Viewer
• Oregon Restoration
• ORWAP

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Measure 37 Viewer

• Virtual Earth- Javascript API
• Overlay WMS from ArcIMS
• Transparency slider, legend
• Create active objects (pushpins, polygons).
• Uses GET_FEATURES call to IMS to draw polygons.
• 3D Functionality.

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Wildlife Viewer

• Adds a KMZ collections
• http//maps.live.com/Default.aspx
• Increased performance.

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M49 Map Viewer

• Geoprocessing through SQL Server 2008
• Drawing tool
• Tile caching into SQL Server

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Oregon Watershed Restoration Inventory

• ArcGIS Server 9.3 mapping backend
• REST and SOAP used for getting layer data and
  overlaying WMS.
• DOJO javascript class library for more
  interactive user interface.

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ORWAP- Oregon Rapid Wetland Assessment Protocol

• Uses ArcGIS server map and geometry services.
• Buffers selected point and queries intersection
  of layers.
• Uses Virtual Earth Javascript Extension for
  ArcGIS server.