Aggregating Local GIS Inquiry for Regional Perspectives

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1 Aggregating Local GIS Inquiry for Regional Perspectives RYAN ULSBERGER CENTER FOR URBAN WATERS PUGET SOUND INSTITUTE SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

2 Acknowledgements I would like to thank the donors to the UWT Urban Waters Fund, especially Urban Waters Board members and the Port of Tacoma for the opportunity to be able to study in this internship the last three months Furthermore, I would like to thank: Center for Urban Waters Joel Baker Jeff Rice Kari Stiles Kris Symer Kyle Reneman Green Futures Lab Jeffery Raker Nancy Rottle

3 Geographic Information Systems What is GIS? Management, analysis, and visualization of data in a geographic context Why use GIS? Enables new interpretation of existing data Visualize data and information efficiently and accurately in a graphic format

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5 GIS For Regional Management Perspectives Regional Data is designed for regional analysis Local Data is used for site scale analysis To do Regional Analysis for site scale patterns, it is necessary to combine local developed data

6 Regional Open Space Strategy (ROSS) 4 Counties in Central Puget Sound Identify gaps and prioritize opportunities to create an interconnected system of public open space Focus: conserve and integrate ecosystem services, natural resources, public health, transit, and recreation Green Futures Lab- UW Seattle Landscape Architecture Puget Sound Regional Councils Vision 2040

7 Regional Open Space Strategy Significant Governing Agencies: Regional Planning Agencies State Agencies Counties Cities NGO s Scale of Analysis: Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 5 Stillaguamish 7 Snohomish 8 Cedar 9 Duwamish 10 Puyallup/White 11 Nisqually 12 Chambers Bay/Clover Creek 15 Kitsap

8 ROSS Project Study Area

9 Example Data for ROSS Gap and Opportunity Analysis Ecosystems PSWC Waterflow, ECY Priority Habitat Index, WDFW Rural and Resource Lands Agricultural Lands, County Forest Lands, RTI-UW Urban and Community Development Transit Centers and transportation, PSRC Urban Centers, PSRC Manufacturing Centers, PSRC Recreation and Trails Regional Bicycle Network, PSRC Parks, and Recreational Areas, County

10 Existing Resources and Priority Opportunities for Next 10 years

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12 Difficulties in using GIS Regionally Three Difficulties: Locating Data File Size Inconsistency of Data Three Projects as examples: ROSS NPDES Stormwater Monitoring PSP State of the Sound Mapping

13 Locating ROSS Data Data is compiled from existing data sources Challenges: Identifying appropriate data layers Identifying Contacts for Data Sources Contacting said contacts

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15 Puget Sound Partnership - State of the Sound Mapping Maps showing status of PSP Vital Signs Challenges: Base data not available for entire Salish Sea Jurisdictional boundaries make acquisition of data difficult Data files are huge

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17 NPDES Stormwater Monitoring ECY Special Condition S8.D for NPDES Permits Visualizing monitoring locations and variables associated with sites Challenges: Different File format Inconsistency with types of information reported and nomenclature Examples: Impervious Surface Precipitation

18 What I Thought I was going to do Data Collection Analysis of said Data Producing Map Documents

19 What Regional Projects Entail Phone Calls Data Collection More Data Collection s Organizing files systematically Database organization More Data Collection Created Maps

20 Future Research Regional Open Space Strategy Continuing Inventory for WRIAs 5, 7, 8, 9, and 15 Analyze gaps of public resources for WRIA Analyze gaps at a scale which is relevant for the entire Puget Sound Metropolitan Area NPDES Stormwater Permitting Update all information for Stormwater drainage basins for contiguity in monitoring data Puget Sound Partnership Map Material Update hydro layers for ease of visualization

21 Thank You Questions?