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GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management
GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management
presented at
Common Ground, Common WaterSkill Standards Workshop
November 8, 2001Hood Canal Institute at Theler Wetlands
by
Phil HurvitzGIS Specialist
College of Forest ResourcesUniversity of Washington
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GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management
Overview
• Current problems in natural resource management
• Introduction to GIS
• How does GIS fit into natural resource management?
• Examples of GIS use
• GIS in Education
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GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management
Overview
• Current problems in natural resource management
• Introduction to GIS
• How does GIS fit into natural resource management?
• Examples of GIS use
• GIS in Education
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Current problems in natural resource management
• Habitat loss/endangered/exotic species
• Unsustainable resource use/extraction
• Terrestrial, aquatic, & atmospheric pollution
• Climate change
• Population growth
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Current problems in natural resource management
• Responsible management is possible only with high quality data and analysis
• Problems are complex
• Solutions to problems are complex
• Powerful tools are needed
• Capable professionals are needed
• Education is crucial to success
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GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management
Overview
• Central problems in natural resource management
• Introduction to GIS
• How does GIS fit into natural resource management?
• Examples of GIS use
• GIS in Education
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Introduction to GIS
• Geographic Information Systems• Integrated system for the
capture,management,manipulation,analysis, anddisplay of
spatially referenced data
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Introduction to GIS
• Components of a GIS
• methods
• people, and
• data,
• software,
• hardware,
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Introduction to GIS
• Geographic Information Systems/Science
• Convergence of several technologies maturing through the 1950s-90s• CAD/CAM• Relational database management systems• Satellite remote sensing• Global positioning system (GPS)
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Introduction to GIS
• Geographic Information Science
• Evolution from a technology to a science• Standardized curricula• Standardized methods• More than simply a technical tool
• Legitimizing of a discipline
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Introduction to GIS
• GIS analysis• GIS treats real-world spatial features as
combinations of geometric primitives and database records
• GIS analysis and processing uses specialized applied geometric, mathematical, and relational operators on the basic features/records
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Introduction to GIS
• Spatial data model: points
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Introduction to GIS
• Spatial data model: lines
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Introduction to GIS
• Spatial data model: polygons
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Introduction to GIS
• Spatial data model: raster
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Introduction to GIS
• Spatial/tabular data model
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Introduction to GIS
• Spatial/tabular data model
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Introduction to GIS
• Spatial referencing in GIS
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GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management
Overview
• Central problems in natural resource management
• Introduction to GIS
• How does GIS fit into natural resource management?
• Examples of GIS use
• GIS in Education
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GIS & natural resource management
• Nearly all resource management problems are spatial in nature or have a strong spatial component
• Most natural resources are tied to a particular place
• Knowledge of the properties of a place is crucial to understanding of place
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GIS & natural resource management
• GIS is the leading integrated system for storing and analyzing space-related data
• All natural resource management organizations are using GIS• Government• Industry• NGOs
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GIS & natural resource management
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GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management
Overview
• Central problems in natural resource management
• Introduction to GIS
• How does GIS fit into natural resource management?
• Examples of GIS use
• GIS in Education
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Examples of GIS use
• Basic ecological research
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Examples of GIS use
• Management: identification of landscape areas meeting particular complex criteria• 50-70 year old forest
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Examples of GIS use
• Management: identification of landscape areas meeting particular complex criteria• 50-70 year old forest• < 100 m to a stream
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Examples of GIS use
• Management: identification of landscape areas meeting particular complex criteria• 50-70 year old forest• < 100 m to a stream• > 50 m from a road
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Examples of GIS use
• Management: identification of landscape areas meeting particular complex criteria• 50-70 year old forest• < 100 m to a stream• > 50 m from a road• 10-20% slope
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Examples of GIS use
• Management: identification of landscape areas meeting particular complex criteria
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GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management
Overview
• Central problems in natural resource management
• Introduction to GIS
• How does GIS fit into natural resource management?
• Examples of GIS use
• GIS in Education
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GIS in Education
• Basic skills need attention• Quantitative reasoning
• Mathematics
• Logical thinking
• Computing skills• Command of applications and Operating System
• Programming
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GIS in Education
• Few application-oriented GIS higher educational tracks• Most GIS in Education is in geography• Natural resource programs often lack applied
GIS courses
• Applied curricula need development• Professors need to integrate GIS into
existing curricula
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Resouces
• WWW (Search for “GIS education”)
• USGS (www.usgs.gov)
• FGDC (www.fgdc.gov)• Federal Geographic Data Committee• National Spatial Data Infrastructure
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Resouces
• ESRI (www.esri.com), leader in GIS software development
• UCGIS (www.ucgis.org)• University Consortium of GIScience
• University of Washington• wagda.lib.washington.edu• gis.washington.edu
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• Questions?
• Demonstration (time permitting)