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Geospatial I ntelligence at the Environm ental Protection Agency Casey McLaughlin, GISP Mclaughlin.casey@epa.gov http: / / blog.epa.gov/ bigbluethread GIS DAY 2012 Kansas Was an Ocean 2 What is EPA? Protect Hum an Health and the

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Geospatial I ntelligence at the Environm ental Protection Agency

Casey McLaughlin, GISP Mclaughlin.casey@epa.gov http: / / blog.epa.gov/ bigbluethread

GIS DAY 2012

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Kansas Was an Ocean

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“Protect Hum an Health and the Environm ent”

  • Develop and Enforce Regulations
  • Give Grants
  • Study Environmental Issues
  • Sponsor Partnerships
  • Teach People About the Environment
  • Publish Environmental Information

What is EPA?

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Water Pollution Love Canal Cuyahoga River LA Smog

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Today:

  • EPA
  • Whats GeoSpatial
  • National Projects
  • What we do regionally

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Cartography Roots

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Chat Piles Waste Discharge EPA Cleans up Waste

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Geospatial Intelligence

Geospatial I ntelligence: it is the means by which data and information are collected, manipulated, geospatially reasoned, and disseminated to decision-makers.

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“We don’t do GIS, we do spatial IT

  • n the spatial web”

Paul Ramsey “Spatial IT and the Spatial Web” at FOSS, 2012

“The map as Information Ecology”

Blaise Aquera Y Arcas Microsoft Bing Maps Architect

“Earth is the metaphor for organizing information”

Michael Goodchild Author and Professor

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Geospatial Intelligence

GI S is evolving

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National Activities

Geospatial I nform ation from W ashington D.C. out

  • 18k spread across 10 regions and many offices
  • Standard Map Interfaces
  • Data Discovery
  • Transparency

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  • US EPA Geoplatform
  • FRS and Envirofacts
  • Environmental Data Gateway
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EPA’S GeoPlatform

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EPA’S GeoPlatform

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Online Collaboration

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Users have many options for classifying and displaying data

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Environm ental Analyst allows users access to a wealth of ESRI custom data, Census data, and EPA data in order to query across diverse datasets and target areas that meet users’ criteria.

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Users can then create custom reports and maps comparing variables across geographies

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National Projects

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FRS and Envirofacts

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Envirofacts allows you to search multiple environmental databases for facility information, including toxic chemical releases, water discharge permit compliance, hazardous waste handling processes, Superfund status, and air emission estimates. Envirofacts com m unicates facility locations and delivers facility inform ation to interested users

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FRS and Envirofacts

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  • Creates a single, integrated set of facility identification

information – Environmental Interests – Locational Coordinates – Affiliation

  • Provides links to EPA’s media information systems
  • Conforms to the Data Standard
  • Verifies the quality of data, including the linkages to EPA and

State systems

The Agency Repository of Places of Environmental Interest

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Feb 2006

FRS and Envirofacts

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Aug 2006

FRS and Envirofacts

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Environmental Data Gateway (EDG)

  • Satisfying the Need for GIS Data

– Data User Needs

  • Easily find and access data
  • Understanding what the data are all about
  • Finding data that contains the right content
  • Finding data in a useful format

– Data Provider Needs

  • Easy metadata management
  • Making data accessible to others
  • Providing documentation with data
  • Understanding who is using my data…

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1/16/2013

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Environmental Data Gateway (EDG)

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(http: / / edg.epa.gov)

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What we do regionally

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Region 7 Offices Science & Technology Center Training & Logistics Aka the “Cave”

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What we do regionally

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Emergency Response

Chem-Central Fire, Kansas City, Mo Flooding, Coffeyville, KS Tornado, Joplin, MO

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What we do regionally

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Tornado Path

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What we do regionally

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Flooding Areas

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What we do regionally

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Hurricane Deployment

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What we do regionally

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Hurricane Applications Support

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What we do regionally

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“Using all the tools at our disposal, including enforcement and compliance efforts, we will continue to focus on making safer, healthier communities.”

  • -Lisa Jackson

Assessment Sampling Central Data Management EPA Decision Making Remediation Action

Collect complete data records: sampling, access forms, field sheets, etc… Move information through the established decision processes Store, manage, & maintain accurate data records Support for decision makers

Data Maintenance

Disseminate knowledge Collect Store Maintenance Action

A Complete Integrated System Lead Remediation

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Lead Remediation Process Support

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Lead Remediation

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What we do regionally

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FIELD

Scribe.Net SCRIBE Remediation Continued Sampling Data Access Web Maps Public Distribution Decision Making

Comprehensive Data System

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What we do regionally

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Web Mapping

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What we do regionally

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Site Assessment Maps

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What we do regionally

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Photo-interpretation

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What we do regionally

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GIS Analysis

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What we do regionally

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Mapping

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What we do regionally

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GIS Analysis

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What we do regionally

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GIS Analysis and Mapping

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What we do regionally

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Building Logistic Support

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What we do regionally

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Building Logistic Support

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What we do regionally

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Regional Water Quality Data and Communication

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What we do regionally

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Regional Water Quality Data and Communication

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What we do regionally

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Regional Water Quality Data and Communication

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What we do regionally

W hat do I typically do?

  • Make sure stuff runs – web services, data, web, etc.
  • Provide GIS guidance – answer questions!
  • Program web interfaces – mostly data, some mapping
  • Make Maps
  • Communications
  • Make/ manipulate data – sort spreadsheets, look at

imagery, geocode, etc

  • Meta-Data and other data management

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Geospatial I ntelligence at the Environm ental Protection Agency

Casey McLaughlin, GISP

Mclaughlin.casey@epa.gov

http:/ / blog.epa.gov/ bigbluethread

GIS DAY 2012