GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz1 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

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz2 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

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz3 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

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz4 Current problems in natural resource management Habitat loss/endangered/exotic species Unsustainable resource use/extraction Terrestrial, aquatic, & atmospheric pollution Climate change Population growth

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz5 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

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz6 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

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz7 Introduction to GIS Geographic Information Systems Integrated system for the capture, management, manipulation, analysis, and display of spatially referenced data

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz8 Introduction to GIS Components of a GIS methods people, and data, software, hardware,

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz9 Introduction to GIS Geographic Information Systems/Science Convergence of several technologies maturing through the 1950s-90s CAD/CAM Relational database management systems Satellite remote sensing Global positioning system (GPS)

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz10 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

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz11 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

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz12 Introduction to GIS Spatial data model: points

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz13 Introduction to GIS Spatial data model: lines

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz14 Introduction to GIS Spatial data model: polygons

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz15 Introduction to GIS Spatial data model: raster

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz16 Introduction to GIS Spatial/tabular data model

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz17 Introduction to GIS Spatial/tabular data model

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz18 Introduction to GIS Spatial referencing in GIS

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz19 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

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz20 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

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz21 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

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz22 GIS & natural resource management

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz23 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

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz24 Examples of GIS use Basic ecological research

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz25 Examples of GIS use Management: identification of landscape areas meeting particular complex criteria year old forest

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz26 Examples of GIS use Management: identification of landscape areas meeting particular complex criteria year old forest < 100 m to a stream

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz27 Examples of GIS use Management: identification of landscape areas meeting particular complex criteria year old forest < 100 m to a stream > 50 m from a road

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz28 Examples of GIS use Management: identification of landscape areas meeting particular complex criteria year old forest < 100 m to a stream > 50 m from a road 10-20% slope

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz29 Examples of GIS use Management: identification of landscape areas meeting particular complex criteria

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz30 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

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz31 GIS in Education Basic skills need attention Quantitative reasoning Mathematics Logical thinking Computing skills Command of applications and Operating System Programming

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz32 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

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz33 Resouces WWW (Search for “GIS education”) USGS ( FGDC ( Federal Geographic Data Committee National Spatial Data Infrastructure

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz34 Resouces ESRI ( leader in GIS software development UCGIS ( University Consortium of GIScience University of Washington wagda.lib.washington.edu gis.washington.edu

GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management Phil Hurvitz35 Questions? Demonstration (time permitting)