Jeff OrlowskiIntermountain RegionGeographic Resources Division303-969-2962Jeffrey_Orlowski@nps.gov

Petroglyph National Monument

GIS support for trail planning

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Overview

Creating Trail Data Digitizing from

aerial imagery Strava user data

Determining Best Routes Public Meetings Strava heat maps

Next Steps Cost path analysis

Project Background

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Petroglyph National Monument Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Over 30,000 petroglyphs Sacred site for Native Americans and Spanish descendants Monument includes 3 volcanoes and a 17-mile volcanic

escarpment

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Creating Trail GIS Data Digitizing from Aerial

Imagery based on imagery

from 2014 created about 100

miles of trail works well since

trails are clearly visible

time consuming, but more efficient than GPSing the trails

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What is Strava? Strava- GPS app for running, cycling, and walking Data prep for Strava Strava Metro anonymizes the data and applies it to a trail

network to show usage patterns helped identify an additional 40 miles of trail shows average wait times at trail intersections highlights popular areas

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Strava – helpful links Strava- https://www.strava.com/

Strava Metro- http://metro.strava.com/

Strava Heat Map- http://labs.strava.com/heatmap

Strava Heat Map for Petroglyph NM-http://metro-static.strava.com/dataViewV1/petroglyph/petroglyph16Q2.html

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Next Steps Cost Path analysis

Study future trail use via Strava

Monitor trail conditions

Jeff OrlowskiIntermountain RegionGeographic Resources Division303-969-2962Jeffrey_orlowski@nps.gov

NPS Geographic Resources Division

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