Geographic Information System

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Geographic Information System An Integral Part
of MVRPCs Planning Support System
Martin Kim, AICP, GISP Director of Regional
Planning Tom Harner GIS Coordinator Miami Valley
Regional Planning Commission
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Session Agenda

• MVRPC Overview
• MVRPC Planning Support System
• Overview
• Application Examples
• MVRPC Enterprise GIS
• GIS Online Planning Support System
• GIS Application in Regional Planning - Going
  Places Initiative
• Questions and Answers

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Miami Valley Region Planning Commission

• Voluntary association of governmental and
  non-governmental organizations serving people in
  Southwest Ohio

• Formed in 1964 under Section 713.21 of the Ohio
  Revised Code
• A total of 78 members
• Covers Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, and
  Preble, Counties

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Miami Valley Region Planning Commission

• Serves the Miami Valley Region as a Regional
  Planning Commission and Metropolitan Planning
  Organization
• In 1973, MVRPC was designated by the Governor as
  a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to
  perform transportation planning activities in the
  Dayton Metro Region

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Planning Activities at MVRPC

• Transportation Planning
• Long Range Transportation Planning
• Short Range Transportation Planning
• Special Projects
• Land Use Planning
• Environmental Planning
• Water Quality Planning
• Air Quality Planning

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Planning Support System Overview

• Sub-class of Decision Support System (DSS)
  serving a special purpose of assisting planning
  professionals in completing planning tasks
  through computerized systems
• Gathering information
• Evaluating courses of actions
• Preparing plans
• Monitoring results

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Planning Support System Overview

• A system to provide rationale for a better
  decision making process

• Providing necessary support to systematically
  analyze the information
• Finding and formulating the alternative options,
  policies, scenarios, and plans
• Assessing and evaluating impacts
• Selecting and recommending a proper solution

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MVRPC Planning Support System

• MVRPC has been increasing the use and enhancement
  of the Planning Support System over the years in
  the planning process to
• Facilitate better decision making
• Share planning related information
• Expand the public participation
• at the Regional level

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MVRPC Planning Support System Components
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Evolution of MVRPC PSS Application
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Downloadable Maps Planning Atlas

• Maps ranging from a single county to more than 7
• Resource inventory
• Spatial Analysis
• Explanatory Text on the Map
• Aimed at offering
• enhanced communication
• enhanced comprehension
• better accessibility
• information at regional level

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Interactive Maps - Web TELUS

• A web-based Transportation Improvement Program
  (TIP) project management application with
  database management and web mapping
• Database Management
• Used by MVRPC Staff to maintain TIP project data
• Allows visitors to query and view TIP data using
  our web site.
• Allows 24/7 access to most up-to-date info
• Visualization
• Interactive mapping (ArcIMS) with links to
  detailed project information

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More Interactive Mapping

• Traffic Count Viewer Interactive map for users
  to obtain traffic count information in the Region
  
• Project Evaluation System Interactive map to
  evaluate Roadway, Bikeway and Transit Project
  Evaluation System sheets.

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Regional Enterprise System Development

• Project Scope
• Design and implement comprehensive enterprise GIS
  architecture for centralized database management
  and community-wide regional GIS
• Geodatabase design and migration of core datasets
  
• Develop web-based communication application
• Project Timeline
• Began in winter of 2006 and completed in March
  2007

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System Architecture Design and Implementation

• Upgrade to Enterprise System
• Based on a region-wide GIS Assessment
• Evaluation of existing MVRPC GIS
• Survey local jurisdictions to identify GIS usage
  and common GIS datasets
• Review of GIS best practices
• Implementation of supporting infrastructure
• Upgrade both software and hardware
• Server upgrades
• Spatial Data Engine (SDE)
• Relational Database Management System (MS
  SQL2005)

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Existing Infrastructure
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New Infrastructure
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Geodatabase Design and Migration

• Develop data model and migrate Core Datasets to
  Enterprise Geodatabase format
• Boundary - Jurisdiction boundary
• Census - Census Tract, Block Group, Block and
  Urban Area
• Environmental - Wastewater facility planning
  areas, hydrology, and watersheds
• Land Fabric - Existing and future land use,
  zoning, and open space
• Transportation - Roads, bikeways, traffic
  analysis zone, FHWA federal-aid urbanized area

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Application Development Goals

• Provide user-friendly application with data
  access, data retrieval, and data display
• Metadata Explorer Data Search Engine
• GIS Online Planning Support System Data
  Visualization through a internet mapping
  application

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Interactive, Customized Maps GIS Online
Planning Support System

• Web-based mapping application
• ESRIs ArcIMS software
• Interactive data visualization tool
• Provides user-friendly application providing data
  access, data retrieval, and data display functions

• Launched in March 2007 with updates in August
  2007
• Core Datasets as identified in previous steps

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Future Enhancements

• Data Enhancements
• Provide more basic demographic information
• Report/Studies data to be made available
• System Enhancements
• Data Delivery Extension
• Provides data download option
• Metadata Explorer Application
• Data Search Engine that enable users to search
  various datasets
• ESRIs Geoportal to provide collaborative
  geospatial user communities

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OPSS Supports Regional Planning Initiatives

• The OPSS includes geodatasets that MVRPC uses for
  regional and transportation planning activities
• Making these planning data layers available to
  others (local, State and Federal) can help keep
  regional planning organizations using consistent
  base data
• OPSS data can help organizations collaborate on
  adjacent projects by lowering the data collection
  needs for those projects.

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The Going Places is to bring the Miami Valley
Region TOGETHER to make this Region a BETTER
PLACE to live, work, and play with a Shared
Land Use Vision
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Goals and Objectives

• Conduct a 3-phase planning process to build a
  clear and shared future land use framework for
  the Miami Valley Region
• Construct a region-based conceptual plan
  (region-based growth framework) that identifies
  desired land use patterns to
• Better achieve consistency between future
  transportation infrastructure investment and land
  development, while protecting environmental
  resources
• Provide resources and guidelines for local
  communitys future policy and/or plan development
  efforts

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Miami Valley Land Suitability Assessment

• Assess Regions landscape from a natural and
  built environment perspective as part of the
  existing condition assessment phase of Going
  Places Initiative
• Provide a region-based comprehensive overview of
  Regions landscape
• Identify where opportunities and constraints
  exist in the Region
• Identify locations within the Region that are
  better suited for physical development than
  others

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Factors Examined

• Depth to Bedrock
• Floodplain
• Forested Areas
• Ground Water Pollution Potential
• Ground Water Yield
• Inundation Areas
• Load Bearing Strength
• Mineral Resources
• Prime Farmland
• Slope
• Soil Drainage
• Sole Source Aquifer
• Surface Water
• Well Field Protection Areas
• Wetlands

• Airport Noise
• Educational Amenities
• Fire Protection Services
• Industrial Clusters
• Job Clusters
• Major Thoroughfare Access
• Other Amenities
• Potential Environmental Hazards
• Public Transportation Services
• Public Wastewater Services
• Public Water Services
• Recreational Amenities
• Restricted Development Lands
• Retail Clusters
• Transportation Network Connectivity

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Suitability Measure Development
Conceptually, the Suitability Measure was
generated by overlaying spatial data representing
the Suitability Scores of all factors.
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Land Suitability Score System Example
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Suitability Measure Composite Maps
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Comparative Analysis
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Data Sharing with GIS OPSS
Map Tools
Map
Map Layers
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For More Information

• Martin Kim, Director of Regional Planning
• mkim_at_mvrpc.org
• Tom Harner, GIS Coordinator
• tharner_at_mvrpc.org