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Paper #: 1083ESRI International User Conference

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www.rmsi.comwww.edrnet.com

ESRI International User ConferenceJuly 16 2009 San Diego, CA

Presentation Outline

• Introduction

• Focus on Environmental Due Diligence

• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Te hnolog T n ition U ing ESRI C p bilitie• Technology Transition Using ESRI Capabilities

• EDR -Image Management Solutions With ArcGISage a age e t So ut o s t cG S


About EDR


About EDR

• Leading provider of environmental risk information services

and related workflow applications in the United States

• Established in 1991,

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Established in 1991,

EDR is headquartered

in Milford Connecticutin Milford, Connecticut

with regional offices

located throughoutlocated throughout

the United States


About EDR• Innovator of the most comprehensive

database of environmental and

hi t i l l d i f tihistorical land use information

• Provides reports, subscription services

and other solutions to help itsand other solutions to help its

customers assess and manage

environmental risk

• EDR is wholly owned by DMG

Information Inc., the business

information division of Daily Mail and

General Trust, plc (DMGT)


About RMSI

Delivering a world of solutions


About RMSIA professional services company providing geospatial solutions and

application software services to clients worldwide

Focus Sectors• Land Information Management

• Utilities and Core Geospatial Solutions

T l i ti• Telecommunications

• Agriculture and Natural Resources

• Risk Insurance and Modeling• Risk, Insurance and Modeling


About RMSI

Services SpectrumServices Spectrum

SoftwareDevelopment

SoftwareDevelopment

DataDevelopment

DataDevelopment

Modeling&

Analytics

Modeling&

Analytics

Application DevelopmentApplication DevelopmentData Conversion & Update

Conflation & PAI

Data Conversion & Update

Conflation & PAI

Consulting

Risk and Hazard Modeling

Consulting

Risk and Hazard ModelingEnhancement & Maintenance

Web Geospatial Applications

E i A li i I i

Enhancement & Maintenance

Web Geospatial Applications

E i A li i I i

Data Migration & Modeling

Cartography & Mapping

Remote Sensing

Image Processing

Data Migration & Modeling

Cartography & Mapping

Remote Sensing

Image Processing

Disaster Management

Analytical Services

Vulnerability Assessment

Disaster Management

Analytical Services

Vulnerability AssessmentEnterprise Application Integration

Application Testing

Enterprise Application Integration

Application Testing

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Data Engineering

Data Products

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Data Engineering

Data Products

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Spatial Modeling

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Spatial Modeling


EDR Focus

Environmental Due Diligence


Historical Research for Environmental Due Diligence

• Historical-use reports assists environmental due diligence

and risk management professionals in assessing prior uses

of a property and its surrounding area in order to identify

situations that may have elevated environmental risk y

• Raising need is to enhance the precision of historical

information as a decision support system for environmentalinformation as a decision support system for environmental

industry needs

G ti l t h l h l t f i f ti t• Geospatial technology helps transform information to a

seamless integrated database fostering historical research


Historical Information Source

S b Fi I MSanborn Fire Insurance Map


Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

• Essential Phase I historical information source for

Environmental Site AssessmentEnvironmental Site Assessment

• Tracks site-specific changes in landscape and

property usage over a periodproperty usage over a period

• Large scale maps dating from 1867 to present for

over 9,000 cities and towns in the U.S., Canadaover 9,000 cities and towns in the U.S., Canada

and Mexico

• Maps were originally designed to assist fireMaps were originally designed to assist fire

insurance agents in determining the degree of fire

hazard associated with a particular property


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• Maps include outline of each

building, size, shape and

construction, location of windows

and doors

• Maps include street names,

numbered addresses, property

boundaries, associated structures ,

on each property


Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps• The maps' labeling of the type, use, building material used in

construction, flammable material on site, and even name of specific

b ildi i t d iti th h b i i l lbuildings in towns and cities they have become increasingly popular

primary sources

• Maps provide invaluable details to

historians, genealogists, urban planners, sto a s, ge ea og sts, u ba p a e s,

architectural historians,

environmentalists, economists, and

many other specialists and scholars



Few Map SamplesFew Map Samples

McRae, GeorgiaSavannah, GeorgiaAthens GeorgiaAthens, Georgia

Mt. Vernon, Georgia


Mc Rae, GA


Savannah, GA


Athens, GA


Mt Vernon, GA


Fire Insurance Map

Technology Transition

Using

ESRI Capabilities


Fire Insurance Map

• Voluminous reports and documents

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• Maps stored as Microfilms

• Data Storage Space• Data Storage Space

• Data navigation from map and text

Vi li ti H d hi• Visualization Hardships


Fire Insurance Map

• Largest repository for environmental site assessment

Now…

• Largest repository for environmental site assessment

• Comprehensive Data Storage & Retrieval

• With over 23 million records compiled from over 1,200

federal state local tribal and proprietary databasesfederal, state, local, tribal and proprietary databases

• Expedite repetitive tasks relating to report assembly,

formatting, management and administration.


Fire Insurance Map

• Rescanned every Sanborn map to create

high-resolution images, so that more

details can be visualized

• Provides instant, site-specific search

results using web interface

• Enable users to significantly reduce the

time and effort associated with historical

property due diligence

Ability to find property in the center of the• Ability to find property in the center of the

map, with much greater ease of reference

to adjoining properties


to adjoining properties

Utilizing ESRI Capability

I M t S l tiImage Management Solutions


Utilizing ESRI CapabilityHi t i l fi i I t t d I D t• Historical fire insurance map as Integrated Image Data.

• Using transformation algorithms of ArcGIS, individual map sheets for

each city/vintage were geo-referenced

• Digital storage of Map sheets as old as 100

each city/vintage were geo-referenced

years

• Effective Workflow management

• Least amount of distortion and maintaining the

accuracy levels

• Metadata tagging of images covering details

viz., image number, image type, target pixel X


and Y, etc…

Spatial Footprints

• Generation of Spatial footprint for each georeferenced Fire Map

Sheet

• Loaded into ArcSDE Layer

• Enables Quick Search to establish Map Volume and Years of

Coverage

• 1.3 Million GeoTIFF Images1.3 Million GeoTIFF Images

• 7 Terabytes


Georeferenced Footprints

Map Sheet

FootprintFootprint

Arc SDE

Georef ImageDBMSServer


Georeferenced Map Sheets


Utilizing ESRI Capability

I M M i S iImage Map Mosaic Services


Image Map Mosaic Services

• 43 Image Services

– Tiled by geographic region, state, and cityd by g og ap g o , a , a d y

– Some dedicated cities (New York (5), Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles)g , , g )

– Roughly 220,000 Images per Image Service

– Deep historic stack of coverage, up to 26 years inDeep historic stack of coverage, up to 26 years in parts of New York City

– Best of Layer, with pyramids for quick overview.y , py q

– 8.1 Million GeoTIFF Images


Map Mosaic Services

Before: 1.2 Million Disparate Maps


Map Mosaic Services

After: Seamless Mosaic

Georeferenced SanbornSanbornMosaic


New York City Sample


Network Infrastructure

• High-bandwidth, high-availability environment

2 D ll P Ed 2950 A li ti S 8 GB f RAM• 2 Dell PowerEdge 2950 Application Servers, 8 GB of RAM

• 2 VMware Application Servers, 4 GB of RAM

• SAN Connection to 12 TB of GeoTIFF Images

• 2 Image Server Licenses, 23 Image Service Providers, 46 Image

Services

• Disaster / Recovery site with full duplication


EDR Image Server Environment


Client Connection

• Custom VB.NET Image Service

Manager calling ISClient dllManager calling ISClient.dll

• Created to handle projection,

buffering, metadata, and image g, , g

format support

• Web Service for ad-hoc requests,

Windows Service for batched

requests

• ESRI’s ArcGIS Desktop support using

the Best of Layer


Application Benefits

• Customized search results

• Additional insight gained on property vicinity

• Review of findings quickly

• Easy comparison of map years

• Increased coverage

• View plotted sites on a current aerial photo.

• Saves time cross-referencing databases

• Quickly navigate from the map to text detail

E il i h d t il• Easily view orphan detail


EDR Data Repository

Underground Storage TanksSurface Body Waters

Historic Property UseRadon

Wetlands

Drinking Water Wells

Flood Zones

Soil Composition

Hazardous Waste SitesSensitive Receptors

So Co pos o

Vapor IntrusionLandfills

Responsible Parties

“Green” Building DataMajor Oil and Gas Pipelines

Hazardous Waste Permits


Leaking Underground Storage TanksResponsible Parties

EDR Deliverable Formats


Useful Links

• Environmental Data Resources, Inc:www.edrnet.com

• RMSI: www rmsi comwww.rmsi.com

• Historic Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Information: http://www edrnet com/images/stories/env con/sanborn library pdfhttp://www.edrnet.com/images/stories/env_con/sanborn_library.pdf

• Sanborn Map Key with Symbols and Abbreviations:http://www.edrnet.com/images/stories/env_con/key.pdf


Contact Information

PresenterJon Walker

Environmental Data Resources, Inc.

[email protected]

Balaji Utha

Contributing Editors

H k Chi Balaji Utha

[email protected]

Sridhar Devineni

[email protected]

Hank Chin

[email protected]

Richard White

rwhite@edrnet com

RMSI Private Limited, A-7, Sector 16NOIDA 201301, IndiaTel: +91 120 2511102, 2512101

[email protected]

440 Wheelers Farms RdMilford, CT 06461 USA Tel: (203) 783-0300


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