Ken Buja, NOAA - GeoTools
Ken Buja, NOAA - GeoTools
Ken Buja, NOAA - GeoTools
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MAPTITE<br />
Marsh Analysis and Planning Tool<br />
Integrating Tides and Elevation<br />
<strong>Ken</strong> <strong>Buja</strong><br />
<strong>NOAA</strong>’s Biogeography Branch<br />
Craig Martin (COOPS)<br />
Nishanthi Wijekoon (NGS)<br />
Galen Scott (NGS)<br />
Eric Finnen
MAPTITE<br />
Estuary Restoration Act of 2000<br />
(PL 106-457, Title I)<br />
• Promote the restoration of estuary habitat<br />
• Develop a national Estuary Habitat<br />
Restoration Strategy for creating and<br />
maintaining effective partnerships within<br />
the Federal government and with the<br />
private sector<br />
• Develop and enhance monitoring, data<br />
sharing, and research capabilities.<br />
• The goal of the strategy is to restore<br />
1,000,000 acres of habitat by 2010.
Guidance Document<br />
MAPTITE<br />
“This document is for coastal<br />
restoration professionals …<br />
who need to know whether<br />
and how to use geodetic<br />
positioning tools, water level<br />
information, and other<br />
technologies to support<br />
restoration project planning<br />
and implementation.”<br />
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/library/publications.html
MAPTITE
MAPTITE<br />
Frequency of Inundation:<br />
–How often the water<br />
reaches a spot on the marsh<br />
surface<br />
MHW<br />
NAVD88<br />
MLLW<br />
Duration of Inundation:<br />
-How long the water stays<br />
on that spot on the marsh<br />
surface
MAPTITE<br />
An ArcGIS extension to<br />
automate the process of<br />
connecting tidal datums<br />
and land elevations to<br />
produce planting zones.
MAPTITE<br />
Model Parameters Input
MAPTITE<br />
Export GRID to Polygon
MAPTITE<br />
Export Polygon Vertices to GPS
MAPTITE<br />
Planting Zones for<br />
each vegetation<br />
species<br />
• Individual layers<br />
and overlapping<br />
zones<br />
• Area statistics for<br />
planting zones<br />
•Tidal Zone isolines<br />
• Area statistics for<br />
tidal zones
MAPTITE<br />
Upcoming Milestones<br />
• Currently undergoing limited beta testing<br />
• Wider beta testing this month<br />
• General release in mid 2009
MAPTITE<br />
Future Functionality<br />
• Ability to send polygons to handheld GPS unit with ESRI<br />
ArcPad and/or make GPS out file less cumbersome<br />
• More automated way of connecting to CO-OPS and NGS<br />
database to extract tidal and geodetic information<br />
• Incorporate Sea Level / Crustal Movement Trends<br />
measurements over time – ability to display the marsh in X<br />
amount years if current levels continue (Prediction<br />
capabilities)<br />
• Seasonal Datums versus standard Tidal Datums
MAPTITE<br />
Helping to turn this…..<br />
Into this…..
Questions<br />
Contact Information:<br />
Allison Allen<br />
Allison.Allen@noaa.gov<br />
Galen Scott<br />
Galen.Scott@noaa.gov<br />
<strong>Ken</strong> <strong>Buja</strong><br />
<strong>Ken</strong>.<strong>Buja</strong>@noaa.gov
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