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Slide 1 ___________________________________ GIS Roundtable ___________________________________ 2008 IARC Staff Retreat ___________________________________ Amanda Martin & Adam Shell ___________________________________ Office of Systems Planning ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 2 ___________________________________ Councils of Governments (COGs) ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 2 Slide 3 ___________________________________ Regional Planning Affiliations (RPAs) ___________________________________ 3 2 1 Northwest Iowa Planning & Development Commission North Iowa Area Council of Governments Upper Explorerland Regional Planning ___________________________________ Commission 7 4 5 Iowa Northland Regional Transportation Siouxland Regional MIDAS Council of Governments Authority Transportation Planning Association ___________________________________ 8 12 6 East Central Region XII Intergovernmental Region Six 10 Council of Governments Association Planning Commission 11 East Central Iowa Council of Governments 9 18 ___________________________________ Central Iowa Regional Bi-State Transportation Planning Alliance Regional Commission MAPA Rural Transportation 15 Affiliation 14 16 Area 15 Regional 13 Planning Commission 17 ___________________________________ ATURA Transportation Southeast Iowa Southwest Iowa Planning Affiliation Regional Chariton Valley Transportation Planning Council Planning Planning & Development Commission ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 3 Office of Systems Planning 1

Slide 4 ___________________________________ Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) ___________________________________ ___________________________________ East Central Siouxland Interstate Intergovernmental Iowa Northland Metropolitan Council Association Council of Governments ___________________________________ Ames Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Linn County Regional Planning Commission Bi-State Des Moines Area Regional Metropolitan Planning Commission Organization ___________________________________ Johnson County Council of Governments Metropolitan Area Planning Agency ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 4 Slide 5 ___________________________________ Planning Regulations and Expectations ___________________________________ • Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users ___________________________________ ( SAFETEA-LU ) 2005 – Previously Safety & Security combined ___________________________________ – Focus on the Environment ___________________________________ – Required Visualization ___________________________________ – Involving Public Differently ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 5 Slide 6 ___________________________________ Planning Regulations and Expectations ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 6 Office of Systems Planning 2

Slide 7 ___________________________________ GIS Application & Skills ___________________________________ • COGs ___________________________________ – Provide services to local government members – GIS as an analysis tool in support of the planning process ___________________________________ • Key GIS Skills – Data Integration - Collecting data from diverse sources ___________________________________ and combining it produce the needed product. – Spatial Analysis - Using statistical tools to analyze GIS data to provide information to the planning process ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 7 Slide 8 ___________________________________ GIS Skills and Life Lessons ___________________________________ • Accept Your Lack of Knowledge ___________________________________ • Learn your software • Practice ___________________________________ • Data Pack Rat ___________________________________ • Know Your Data ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 8 Slide 9 ___________________________________ GIS Skills and Life Lessons ___________________________________ • Key Methods - Mastery of a few key skills can get you a long way. ___________________________________ • Know Database Operations – shift focus from ___________________________________ graphical to data and analysis. ___________________________________ • KISS! ___________________________________ • Know What Kind of Analysis You Want To Do ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 9 Office of Systems Planning 3

Slide 10 ___________________________________ Emphasis of GIS and Maps ___________________________________ • Examples of typical GIS applications by a COG for it’s transportation planning program ___________________________________ – Describe the data sources ___________________________________ – Describe data integration issues ___________________________________ – Describe spatial analysis methods ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 10 Slide 11 ___________________________________ Examples - Transportation ___________________________________ • Traffic Map (AADT) ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 11 Slide 12 ___________________________________ Examples - Transportation ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 12 Office of Systems Planning 4

Slide 13 ___________________________________ Examples - Transportation ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 13 Slide 14 ___________________________________ Examples – Land Use/Zoning ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 14 Slide 15 ___________________________________ Examples - Environment ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 15 Office of Systems Planning 5

Slide 16 ___________________________________ Examples - Environment ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 16 Slide 17 ___________________________________ Examples - Environment ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 17 Slide 18 ___________________________________ Examples - Environment ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 18 Office of Systems Planning 6

Slide 19 ___________________________________ CIR Draped over LiDAR ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 19 Slide 20 ___________________________________ LiDAR 2’ Contours ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 20 Slide 21 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IARC Staff Retreat 2008 21 Office of Systems Planning 7