Regional GIS Users Group Meeting

Regional GIS Users Group Meeting

Wednesday, March 5th 200810:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Amphitheater, C - Level

www.atlantaregional.com/rgug

Cooperative Purchase Agreement

• Based upon county standards– Highest

• 1” = 100’• 2 foot contours• Only for the Imagery

• Individual needs will be handled in separate contracts

What’s Next

• Reviewed example agreement with Sanborn and Earth Data– “Tentatively” agreed to the general

terms- will need to formalize the agreement

• Initial RFP prepared and sent for review (Hall and Henry County)

• Distribute to Counties for verification• Present to ARC Board as a programmatic

element for Calendar year 2009

Cooperative Imagery Assessment

Results

•In early February, 2008, the Atlanta Regional Commission sent a survey to the Regional GIS Users Group list.

…ARC requests that you complete the following survey about specific data products related to a cooperative imagery purchase agreement...The products listed in the survey are based on 6" imagery at 1" to 100' scale. Please list any additional data items you are interested in on the general comments page…

•We received 23 responses

•Main question asked: In addition to the imagery, which of the following datasets are you interested in purchasing?


Results Dataset # Yes responses

Impervious Surface (other data selections may be included in this)

12

Stream, River 11

Building 10

Contours 10

LIDAR 10

DEM (Digital Elevation Model) 10

Paved Road 9

Sidewalk (public) 9

Water body, Lake, Canal 9

Bridge, Overpass, Tunnel Port 8

Parking (paved) 8

Culvert 8

DTM (Digital Terrain Model) 8

Road Curb 7

Light Pole, Lamp Post 7

Treeline 7

Unimproved Road 6

Road Shoulder (paved) 6

Drive (paved) 6

Trail 6

Shed 6

Transmission Line 6

Spot Height 6

Building Under Construct, Ruin 5

Pool (in-ground) 5

Retaining Wall 5

Fence 5

Single Tree 5


Results

Control Point 5

Road Shoulder (unpaved) 4

Railroad 4

Railroad Signal 4

Deck, Porch, Patio 4

Wall, Barrier 4

Transmission Tower 4

Substation 4

Transformer 4

Ditch 4

Marsh 4

Parking (unpaved) 3

Concrete Slab 3

Drive (unpaved) 3

Airport Features 3

Cemetery 3

Guardrail 3

Shrubline 3

Hedgerow 3

Steps 2

Dock/Pier 2

Tank, Silo 2

Obscured Area, Unknown Object 2

Golf Course 2

Area Under Construction 2

Sport Field 2

Piers, Wharves 2

Quarry 1

Stock Pile 1

Gate 1

Dataset # Yes responses

Aerials Express for 2008

Aerials Express Product Description

• 1.5-foot pixel, color, ortho-rectified• Flown in the 1st quarter of 2008.• Cover approximately 14,000 sq.

miles. • Receive one set of the imagery in

ECW and TIFF/TFW format, projected into State Plane NAD83 Georgia West Feet

Aerials Express Pricing

Number of Agencies

Price Per Agency

1 $17,500

2-3 $15,000

4-5 $12,500

6+ $10,500

Can still be added if desired

• Held 6 meetings since last RGUG, next meeting today

• Rockdale, Smyrna, ITOS, ARC, Fulton County, COA

• GDOT/Local requirements• Regional Street Data Model• ArcMap tool to facilitate street data

generation

Regional Streets Data Subcommittee

Regional Streets Data Model Data Items

• Address• Facility Operation• Length• Road names• Route Number• Route

Type/Jurisdiction

• Shoulder Width/ Type

• Speed Limit• Surface Width/

Type• Travel Lanes• Sidewalks


Landuse Modeling Program

• PECAS • Production Exchange Consumption Allocation

System• Developed by Drs Doug Hunt and John

Abraham of University of Calgary• I-O economic model approach • Two Modules, run Sequentially and Annually

• Activity Allocation (HH and Jobs) Module• Space Development Module

• 78 LUZ zones for 20-County model• Landuse forecast• Small area population and employment

forecast• Generate input for Travel Demand Model


• Progress to date– REMI being Purchased– IMPLAN model installed and calibrated – PECAS: Explored Montgomery implementation first-

hand (August) and have a running Montgomery model (uncalibrated)

– Attended three-day PECAS workshop in Montgomery (November)

– Preliminary Model Design is completePreliminary Model Design is complete– Holding regular online meetings with Hunt and Abraham

(HBA Specto, Inc.) with focus on:• Data Review and Advice: Sources and Collection • Preliminary Model Design Diagram: Setup and Future Phases

– Ongoing Data Collection• Parcels• Assessors Files• Base CoStar Data (point file)• Base Population and Employment Data• PUMS DATA• Freight Data


• ARC PECAS Design Diagram


• Required attributes for parcels– Location– Parcel ID– Land area – Sqft of the buildings– Year built– Values (Prices/ Rents)– Zoning categories– Development type


• Development (space) types– Agricultural and mining– Industrial– Retail– Office– Institutional– Military– Detached residential– Higher density residential

• Zoning– Allowable development types– Max & Min development intensity (FAR)


• Next steps– Establishing Technical Advisory Committee to

meet quarterly– Contract through July being finalized, to

include• Workshops for AA and SD Modules• Data Development Consult• Model Development Consult and Setup Implementation

– Continued Data Development• Integration of parcel and assessor databases• Develop economic coefficients via IMPLAN• Derive needed Census data from PUMS

– Calibration work beginning after July– Will actually work on fitting data to the model– In the next month, online “Forecasting” page

integrating the above and other resources

• GIS Training at ARC

• Migrating from ArcIMS 9.2 to ArcGIS Server platform– Implement Latitude Geographics Geocortex

Essentials for ArcGIS Server– Internal Testing of GE application

• 2007 Regionwide Pictometry Oblique and Ortho imagery and Electronic Field Study software available (6/18 counties received imagery)

GIS Training, ArcGIS Server and Pictometry

ESRI Enterprise License Agreement

• Enterprise License Agreement for Small Municipal and County Governments

• Three tiers for populations of 100k or less (Some flexibility if close to cutoff)– Less than 25k $25,000– 25k to 50k $35,000– 50k+ to 100k $50,000– 100k+ Tier a possibility

• Do not need to be an existing ESRI Customer• Available starting January 1, 2008• All core products in ArcGIS Desktop (ArcView, Editor, Info) and

extensions (Spatial Analyst, ArcPress, Network Analyst, 3D Analyst, etc.), ArcGIS Server (Standard and Enterprise and extensions), ArcIMS and ArcGIS engine. Does not include royalty-based products such as ArcPad.

• 3 year commitment includes all updates, maintenance and support• ELA may be extended after 3 years, in 3 year increments. Population

only reviewed at extension.• Credits toward online Virtual Campus• Unlimited ESRI software/site license for any number of seats or machines

for fixed annual feeContact Natalie Culpepper @ ESRI Atlanta678.417.1883 x12 [email protected]

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