Illinois Height Modernization Conference CallOctober 25 at 2pm

Call number: 888-494-4032; Access code: 5401380563

Project Leaders Beaverson Blumhoff Eller, IDOT Luman Stohr

Project Staff Gain, 25% Jefferson, temp Lund Rentschler

State Advisors Allen, ISWS Mick, IDNR

Univ. of Illinois Edmonson

Federal Advisors Prescott, NRCS Silch, USGS Vermeer, FEMA

In Attendance: Beaverson, Eller, Luman, Allen, Edmonson, Prescott, SilchNot In Attendance: Blumhoff, Mick, Stohr, Vermeer

Today’s Meeting: canceled due to last minute scheduling complications.

Next Meeting: Thursday, December 13th, 2012 at 10 am

Project ManagementYear 4: FHWA SPR funds; project end date 6/30/13, includes 1 year no-cost extension.

LiDAR acquisition, Level Lines completed. Remaining funds to staff support and survey retainer contract to process data.

Year 5: FHWA SPR funds; project end date 6/30/13. New positions: Geospatial Applications Developer, Remote Sensing Data Manager, Remote Sensing Data Analyst Extend Jefferson for 3 months, November to February for data QA/QC and creation of derivative data products Blumhoff 30-day break October 13 to November 11, 2012; Blumhoff 30-day break March 2 to March 31, 2013. Eller vacation November 29 to December 9th, returning on the 10th. Beaverson 3-week vacation planned for Spring, 2013. (mid-May into June)

Outreach, Attendance at Past Events The New ALTA/ACSM Survey Standards: One Year Later September 26 in Champaign, IL. (Blumhoff) Larry Hendrickson of John Deere, Water Management in Agriculture. ISGS Seminar in Champaign, IL

o Interested in collaboration using LiDAR and GIS data to integrate with tractor sensor readings.o Equipment GPS controlled. If no RTK/CORS network, dealership establishes own base station for local needs.o Luman reports: Larry contacted me for LiDAR LAS tile data for selected farm fields in Piatt County, which I

proved to him. He reported back that the enhanced elevation data helped him document the actual conditions surrounding John Deere’s new moisture probes which had been installed in the field.

ILGISA Fall Conference, October 16-17, 2012 in Naperville, IL. (Beaverson, Jefferson, Lund)o Sheena Beaverson, Dr. Donald Luman, Matthew Jefferson, and Trisha Rentschler.

Illinois Height Modernization Program: LiDAR Data Stewardship (20 minute presentation)o Deette Lund. Illinois Height Modernization Showcase of LiDAR Data Applications (poster)o Deette Lund. Illinois Height Modernization: Benchmarks, Datums, and Leveling Efforts (poster)

IDOT Program Development meeting for IDOT engineers Oct 16 or 17 in Springfield, ILo Amy Eller presentation on LiDAR Data, What it Is and What it Isn’t.o LiDAR presentation went well; I have had several follow up calls concerning obtaining data in particular areas.

IDOT has 2 ArcGIS classes coming up in Nov for LiDAR. I am also working to develop training for IDOT employees on how IDOT uses LiDAR—specific applications for IDOT uses from current software we have.

Outreach, Attendance at Future Events Great Lakes Region Height Modernization Consortium in Dimondale, MI, Oct 31 to Nov 1, 2012. (Beaverson) Lt. Governor’s Wabash & Ohio Rivers Coordinating Counci, November 7th. “Seeing Through the Trees: LiDAR Reveals

Illinois’ Hidden Landscapes” invited (Luman). Don plans to produce a county LiDAR surface topography poster map of Lt. Gov Sheila Simon's home county (Williamson) and give it to her at the meeting.

ISGS, State of the Survey address and awards ceremony 1:30 Nov 16 at David Kinley Hall, rm 114 Prairie Lightning Symposium, Nov 30th at the I-Hotel in Champaign, IL. Lightning talks. International LiDAR Mapping Forum, February 11-13, 2013 in Denver, CO. (??) IDOT Chief of Surveys meeting in Springfield, IL. February 13, 2013. (Eller, ??) Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association in Springfield, IL. February 14-16, 2013. (Beaverson, Blumhoff, Eller, ??)

o Amy Eller, Sheena Beaverson, Mike Blumhoff. Illinois Height Modernization Program: Setting a Baseline for Statewide Vertical Control (initial submission 100 minutes, modified to 75 minutes by Presney 8/15/12)

ILGISA Spring Conference, April 17-18 in Champaign, IL (??) National Height Modernization meeting in Biloxi, Mississippi. April 30 to May 1, 2013. (??)

Outreach, Attendance (Potential) at New Events – inquiries sent Transportation Highway Engineering Conference in Champaign, IL. February 26-27, 2013. Committee met Sept 7. InfoAg 2013. Precision agriculture conference to be held July 16-18, 2013 in Springfield, IL. http://www.infoag.org/ ILHMP presentation for the Chicago Land Surveyor Chapter and the Northeast Land Surveyor Chapter. (Blumhoff)

American Society of Civil Engineers, Illinois Section/ Environmental and Water Resources Institute - Chicago Chapter Monthly Meeting monthly meeting 2nd Tues of month, TBD – geologic, transportation, hydraulic, zoning engineers. ILHMP Overview, about 40 minutes, 5:30-6:30. (Blumhoff, Stohr) Michael Baker Corp. 311 W. Monroe St Suite 1350 Chicago, IL

Illinois Association of County Engineers Fall 2013 (??)

Leveling Year 4: 5 multi-segment level lines. Contracts for Lines 1, 2 to 8/31/12; 3 to 9/14/12; 4, 5 to 10/15/12, submit NGS.

o Line 1 contract 100% complete. Line 5 contract 100% complete. Americano Line 3 contract 100% complete. Trotter.o Line 2 contract 98% complete. Line 4 contract 96% complete; leveling complete. Patrick.

Need level line and GIS data for both lines.

o Mike has some observations about marks set in structures that will be communicated to Y5 agencies.

Year 5: level lines; seek up to 5 agencies for 5 multi-segment level lines. South to North in western IL. 648 mileso RFQ Oct 8-25, application review early Nov, selection mtg Nov 15, interviews Dec 12th, kick-off late Feb.o Surveying agency on Retainer: U13R01 Illinois Height Modernization Retainer. Patrick Engineering Inc.

Process Year 4 data, submit to NGS. Fee negotiated. Contract start late Nov; end late April.o Sealed Bid Process to purchase survey monument components; details revised for UIUC Purchasing 10/11/12.

Articles for surveying in Illinois. Contact Southern Illinois University and Parkland College. (Stohr, Blumhoff, Lund)

ISGS seeks monument data for map service: NGS, IDOT, ISGS, USACE, counties, cities, and universities. (Lund)o Start with NGS data from NSRS, USGS Stream Gauges, ILHMP Level Lines by Year, IDOT D2 monuments.o C. Stohr shared some input about future content of map service in development.

Years 6-7-8: 7 east-west level lines totaling 1,015 miles, densification efforts, and spur lines to connect to other states.o Mike has driven 6 lines of the 7, will drive line 2 after October break.

Line 1: 145 miles (northern Illinois) Line 2: 144 miles Line 3: 180 miles Line 4: 195 miles (through Springfield) Line 5: 159 miles Line 6: 129 miles Line 7: 63 miles (southern Illinois)

Lidar Year 5 data supplemental purchases, future acquisitions; $500K budgeted.

o Purchase IDOT District 2, Champaign, Grundy, Kane, McHenry, Will from Aerometric: est. $ 72,373 D. Luman working to draft UIUC sole source documentation. Re-classify data for the project areas to Version 13 specifications, reclassify all returns point cloud,

clean-up the first return data, breakline data as shapefile. Need: metadata, boresight data, tile index.o IDOT District 9 data processing: southern Johnson, Massac, Pulaski from Merrick: est. $70,000

IDOT has expended remaining $37K to cover 65% of LiDAR classification by10/31/12 Estimate for 35% LiDAR classification, hydro-flattening breaklines, final deliverable prep. Subject to UIUC sole source acquisition process. IDOT and USGS may allocate funds to fast-track.

o Expressed willingness to use ILHMP $$ to supplement data processing for Jefferson County (see below).

IDOT data acquisition update by IDOT Districto District 4 acquisition: acquisition March 2012. Aerometric. Contract end date July, 2013. January delivery.o District 5 acquisition: acquisition February 2012. Aerometric. Contract end date July, 2013. July delivery?

Aerometric reports a large part of IDOT District 5 will have to be reflown in Spring, 2012; sensor erroro District 9 acquisition: acquisition mid-February. Merrick. Boresight data delivered; data processing pending.o District 3 acquisition: funding cut for FY2013. Interest future acquisition.o District 6 acquisition: funding cut for FY2013. Interest future acquisition.o District 8 acquisition: none planned.

Data acquisition rumors: o FEMA Region V, may have funding. Suggested priorities: Pope, Hardin, Madison.o NRCS hopes to revisit acquisition opportunities in FY2013 for a single county; interested in partners.o Surdex has a contract with Adams County to acquire 6-inch ortho and process existing LiDAR for contourso USACE may reacquire Mississippi River bluff-to-bluff south of St. Louiso Village of Oak Brook, IL may have acquired 20111 LiDARo Jefferson County acquired March 2012. 2-foot contours LiDAR and 6-in ortho.

Spoke with Sidwell at ILGISA and re-iterated our interest. Data has now been delivered to county. Sidwell and Surdex. Brain Baker of Sidwell 636-541-2831, bbaker@sidwellco.com.

o Madison County: no progress to report. Awaiting final Alton Connector. Data exchange offer sent 5/15/12.

Data deliveries: o IDOT D4: Putnam, Marshall, Wordford Counties 1st delivery.o FEMA Saline Watershed, Wabash Watershed, Sangamon/ Christian County Boundary. Re-delivery 10/15/12.

Data QA/QCo IDOT D4: Putnum, Marshall, Woodford Counties 1st delivery. Reports not yet sent.o IDOT D4: Peoria and Stark Counties 1st delivery. Awaiting resposone from QA/QC reports.o IDOT D7: Boresight and replacement data for calls: Clay, Cumberland, Shelby, Wabash. Awaiting re-delivery.o IDOT D4, D5, D7: Requested original contract/ finalized statement of work from Aerometric. Awaiting delivery.o Alton Connector. Madison Co. Acquired 2011. Aerometric. Awaiting re-delivery.

o USGS, USACE, IDOT; vendor Western Airmaps, acquired by Wilson & Co QA/QC underway. LAS data for Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, Calhoun, Jersey, Union, and Alexander counties in Illinois

and Perry County in Missouri. Iowa DNR will also process into geodatabases; no delivery date set.

o FEMA Saline Watershed, Wabash Watershed, Sangamon/ Christian County Boundary. Awaiting re-delivery. Sent data calls for Model Key Points and a number of QA/QC issues identified for all project areas.

Expect re-delivery of LAS data, metadata, and tile index for all three areas. Corrections involve creation of new index files, improvement of the metadata record, an

update to the project narrative, incorrect class numbers in the fully classified dataset. NRCS will pay up to $100,000 for hydro-flattening and DEMs to incorporate data into NED

for Hamilton, White, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin (Saline Watershed) Counties.

Data on-line (none yet): Adams, Lake, Piatt, Monroe-Randolph-St. Clair, IDOT D 7, FEMA 3 watersheds, IDOT D4, USGS

USGS update from S. Silch.o St. Louis area river acquisitions: Lock and Dam 20 to 24 north and along the levees near St. Louis.

Don has select data tiles from Connor Watkins cwatkins@usgs.gov acquired by St. Louis County. Connor Watkins no longer with USGS; Don needs to follow-up with Ray Fox.

High-Res Lidar and Orthoimagery also collected for dikes.