GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management presented at

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management presented at Common Ground, Common Water Skill Standards Workshop November 8, 2001 Hood Canal Institute at Theler Wetlands by Phil Hurvitz GIS Specialist College of Forest Resources University of Washington Phil Hurvitz 1

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Overview • Current problems in natural resource management • Introduction to GIS • How does GIS fit into natural resource management? • Examples of GIS use • GIS in Education Phil Hurvitz 2

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Overview • Current problems in natural resource management • Introduction to GIS • How does GIS fit into natural resource management? • Examples of GIS use • GIS in Education Phil Hurvitz 3

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Current problems in natural resource management • • Habitat loss/endangered/exotic species Unsustainable resource use/extraction Terrestrial, aquatic, & atmospheric pollution Climate change • Population growth Phil Hurvitz 4

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Current problems in natural resource management • Responsible management is possible only with high quality data and analysis • Problems are complex • Solutions to problems are complex • Powerful tools are needed • Capable professionals are needed • Education is crucial to success Phil Hurvitz 5

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Overview • Central problems in natural resource management • Introduction to GIS • How does GIS fit into natural resource management? • Examples of GIS use • GIS in Education Phil Hurvitz 6

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Introduction to GIS • Geographic Information Systems • Integrated system for the capture, management, manipulation, analysis, and display of spatially referenced data Phil Hurvitz 7

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Introduction to GIS • Components of a GIS • • • Phil Hurvitz hardware, software, data, people, and methods 8

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Introduction to GIS • Geographic Information Systems/Science • Convergence of several technologies maturing through the 1950 s-90 s • • Phil Hurvitz CAD/CAM Relational database management systems Satellite remote sensing Global positioning system (GPS) 9

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Introduction to GIS • Geographic Information Science • Evolution from a technology to a science • Standardized curricula • Standardized methods • More than simply a technical tool • Legitimizing of a discipline Phil Hurvitz 10

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Introduction to GIS • GIS analysis • GIS treats real-world spatial features as combinations of geometric primitives and database records • GIS analysis and processing uses specialized applied geometric, mathematical, and relational operators on the basic features/records Phil Hurvitz 11

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Introduction to GIS • Spatial data model: points Phil Hurvitz 12

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Introduction to GIS • Spatial data model: lines Phil Hurvitz 13

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Introduction to GIS • Spatial data model: polygons Phil Hurvitz 14

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Introduction to GIS • Spatial data model: raster Phil Hurvitz 15

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Introduction to GIS • Spatial/tabular data model Phil Hurvitz 16

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Introduction to GIS • Spatial/tabular data model Phil Hurvitz 17

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Introduction to GIS • Spatial referencing in GIS Phil Hurvitz 18

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Overview • Central problems in natural resource management • Introduction to GIS • How does GIS fit into natural resource management? • Examples of GIS use • GIS in Education Phil Hurvitz 19

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management GIS & natural resource management • Nearly all resource management problems are spatial in nature or have a strong spatial component • Most natural resources are tied to a particular place • Knowledge of the properties of a place is crucial to understanding of place Phil Hurvitz 20

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management GIS & natural resource management • GIS is the leading integrated system for storing and analyzing space-related data • All natural resource management organizations are using GIS • Government • Industry • NGOs Phil Hurvitz 21

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management GIS & natural resource management Phil Hurvitz 22

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Overview • Central problems in natural resource management • Introduction to GIS • How does GIS fit into natural resource management? • Examples of GIS use • GIS in Education Phil Hurvitz 23

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Examples of GIS use • Basic ecological research Phil Hurvitz 24

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Examples of GIS use • Management: identification of landscape areas meeting particular complex criteria • 50 -70 year old forest Phil Hurvitz 25

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Examples of GIS use • Management: identification of landscape areas meeting particular complex criteria • 50 -70 year old forest • < 100 m to a stream Phil Hurvitz 26

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Examples of GIS use • Management: identification of landscape areas meeting particular complex criteria • 50 -70 year old forest • < 100 m to a stream • > 50 m from a road Phil Hurvitz 27

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Examples of GIS use • Management: identification of landscape areas meeting particular complex criteria • • Phil Hurvitz 50 -70 year old forest < 100 m to a stream > 50 m from a road 10 -20% slope 28

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Examples of GIS use • Management: identification of landscape areas meeting particular complex criteria Phil Hurvitz 29

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Overview • Central problems in natural resource management • Introduction to GIS • How does GIS fit into natural resource management? • Examples of GIS use • GIS in Education Phil Hurvitz 30

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management GIS in Education • Basic skills need attention • Quantitative reasoning • Mathematics • Logical thinking • Computing skills • Command of applications and Operating System • Programming Phil Hurvitz 31

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management GIS in Education • Few application-oriented GIS higher educational tracks • Most GIS in Education is in geography • Natural resource programs often lack applied GIS courses • Applied curricula need development • Professors need to integrate GIS into existing curricula Phil Hurvitz 32

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Resouces • WWW (Search for “GIS education”) • USGS (www. usgs. gov) • FGDC (www. fgdc. gov) • Federal Geographic Data Committee • National Spatial Data Infrastructure Phil Hurvitz 33

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Resouces • ESRI (www. esri. com), leader in GIS software development • UCGIS (www. ucgis. org) • University Consortium of GIScience • University of Washington • wagda. lib. washington. edu • gis. washington. edu Phil Hurvitz 34

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management • Questions? • Demonstration (time permitting) Phil Hurvitz 35