U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

GCMRC’s Online Mapping and GIS ResouTom Gushue, GIS Coordinator Southwest Biological Science CenterGrand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center
GIS – Admin background

 Previously under DASA, 2005 – 2012 an

GCMRC IT Program 2000 - 2004 

 FY2015 – 2017 Workplan, Project 14. Added 1.5 FTE to GIS Project at beginn

FY2015.

 Current work force has 2 FTEs, 2 1⁄2 time FT
GIS – Role in current work plan

 Balance between Center-wide GIS supp

and specific, project-level involvement

 1⁄2 time devoted to GCMRC Projects

 Worked with PIs to develop role of GIS in p

for TWP

 In some cases, GIS Lead listed as Co-PI fo

project elements (see Projects 3 & 10)

 1⁄2 time reserved for Center-wide suppo
Project Support – FY15

 Fisheries

 Natal Origins, Downstream Fish Monitoring 

(ADGF), Lees Ferry Fisheries, Little ColoraFish Monitoring (USFWS and GCMRC), HuChub Mainstem Monitoring

 Other Biological 

 Aquatic Foodbase Monitoring, Vegetation 

Monitoring

 Physical

 Geomorphology, Surveying
GIS Support – Fish

 Fish Sampling Units

 Glen Canyon Dam to Pearce 

Ferry

 250-meter set units 

 Cross-Reference System

 Consistent framework for 

relating prior fish efforts

 Units used in Fish Database
GIS Support – Geomorphology

 Channel Mapping efforts

 Field support, data processing, applying fi

data to other projects.

 Sandbar Monitoring Sites

 Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN) Proce

Script for calculating volumes

 Maintaining GIS layers Photogrammetry of historic photography
GIS Support – Geomorphology 

 1984 Sandbar Digital Terrain Extraction

 GIS-lead project element Photogrammetry of 1984 B&W aerial photo Digital Terrain Model (DTM) extraction 

 3D model development Volumetric calculation of sandbars in 1984
1984 Photogrammetry of sandb
1984 Photogrammetry of sandb
1984 Photogrammetry of sandb
1984 Photogrammetry of sandb
1984 Photogrammetry of sandb
1984 Photogrammetry of sandb

(Joe Hazel, Northern Arizona University. Preliminar
1984 Photogrammetry of sandb

(Joe Hazel, Northern Arizona University. Preliminar
GIS Support – Project 10

 Mosaic data sets from Overflight and C

Mapping (Project 3)

 Determine appropriateness of combini

interpolating between data sets

 Pre-processing work: Vegetation remo

from Digital Surface Models (DSM), Wamasked out
GIS Support – Project 10

Diff Z = 0

Diff Z = -0.010376 m

Channel Map Data

Channel Map a
Project 14. Geographic Informat

Systems, Services and Support GIS Process and Data Set Documentat Geospatial Data Management Access to Geospatial Holdings
GIS Process and Data Set Documen

 GCMRC River Mile System Open File R

 Recently edited river centerline and miles 

RM 260 to more accurately follow channel

 Previously cited as “Spatial Database” by 

works

 Open-File report needed for others to cite.

 Metadata Development, “How-To” Doc
Project 14. Geographic Informat

Systems, Services and Support Geospatial Data Management

 File-based data sets (e.g. ESRI Geodatabas

Shapefiles, ASCII text files, etc.)

 Oracle Spatial Database – enterprise datab

designed for storing and serving geospatia

ArcGIS Server

GCMRC Map Services

Geospatial Portal

http://grandcanyon.usgs.gov/ Port 80

We

Ma

GCMRC

Oracle

Spatial

Database

Map Requests

GCMRC Web

Server

http://www.gcmrc.gov
Access to Geospatial Data Hold

 GIS Services hosted by GCMRC

 Web page with links to GCMRC Geospatial Serv Pages for ArcGIS Server versions 10.0 and 10.2 Designed for GIS users (ESRI, OpenSource, Go

Earth)

 http://www.gcmrc.gov/geospatial/index.htm
Access to Geospatial Data Hold

 Geospatial data using ArcGIS Online (E

 Industry-standard platform for hosting web 

and applications

 Searchable platform of web-based geospa

sets, maps, applications, etc.

 http://www.arcgis.com/features/
ESRI Maps for Office

 Consume map services into Microsoft 

applications (PowerPoint & Excel)

 Add-In that needs to be installed Can leverage ArcGIS Online content or 

services from a another Portal
ESRI Maps for Office
Access to Geospatial Data Hold

 ScienceBase Data Catalog (USGS)

 Open to the public Fulfills DOI-mandated initiatives to make d

more accessible

 https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/

07e4b0b22a15807caf
Access to Geospatial Data Hold

 GCMRC Website 

 Maps and Data Por

 Links to custom, web-based applications t

highlight GCMRC science

 Ex. Discharge, QW and Sediment Data, Geomor

Campsites, Aquatic Foodbase, Lake Powell mon

 http://www.gcmrc.gov/dasa/

 Web Accessible Folder for downloading

 http://www.gcmrc.gov/geospatial/data/
Access to Geospatial Data Hold

 GCMRC Website 

 Beta projects

 Sandbar Remote Cameras

 Began in 1990s as part of sandbar monitoring 40+ Sites monitored

 Campsite Photos (Adopt-A-Beach)

 Approximately 200 campsites monitored since 1 Includes Weeden Inventory photos from 1970s a

associated repeat photography from 2007
GCMRC GIS & Online Mapping

 Questions?
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