1. Integration of Mobile GIS Technologies in the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Bond Forfeiture Program
Sarah Clapham and Yueming Wu
Technical Applications & GIS Unit
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
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2. Overview Bond Forfeiture Program Water Quality Monitoring
Mobile GIS Solution
Enterprise GIS Development
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3. Bond Forfeiture Program (BFP)
The Bond Forfeiture Program (BFP) at the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is tasked with both land and water reclamation on mining sites where the performance bond has been revoked.
Reasons for Revocation
Failure to meet mining/reclamation standards
Failure to meet final discharge limitations
Bankruptcy
Funded through
Revenues from per ton tax on each ton of coal mined
Forfeited reclamation bonds
Civil penalty collections
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4. Bond Forfeiture Program (BFP)
The Bond Forfeiture Program (BFP) at the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is tasked with both land and water reclamation on mining sites where the performance bond has been revoked.
Water quality monitoring is a key component
Planning
Design
Implementation
Long Term Maintenance
If Mine Drainage is found at the site, water samples are collected and analyzed to determine environmental impact.
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5. BF Water Chemistry Database
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6. Legacy Location Information Suspicious Coordinate Locations
Data Integrity
Legacy Location Information
Suspicious Coordinate Locations
Out of Bounds Coordinates ???
Coincident Longitude???
Undeterminable Datum
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7. Mobile GIS solution User Interface / Functional Requirements
Verify and Improve Coordinate Locations for Existing Water Sample Sites
Easy to use
Allow both GPS and Map based edits
Optionally verify and update related in formation
Allow field collectors to identify and map new sampling sites
Update required fields in the enterprise database
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8. Mobile GIS solution Data Integrity Workflow / Intended users
Legacy Location Information
Lat Lon / DMS, no datum, little documention or even corporate memory of original collection methods,
Workflow / Intended users
Target platforms
Handheld Pocket PCs
Tablet PCs
Field Laptops
Application/Code Maintenance and Deploy
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9. Solution
ArcPad 7.1
New AXF File Format Supports Related Tables and Facilitates Smarter Geodatabase edits (sde)
Layer customizations (styles, layers, forms, and code), relationship rules, and multiple representations are all stored within a single AXF
Shapefiles still supported (Read Only)
Code Deployment ~Zero Overhead
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10. Solution ArcPad 7.1 Query Builder and Custom Query Forms
Enhanced Find Dialog allows for simplified forms as well as complex queries
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11. ArcPad Data Manager ToolBox
Get Data for ArcPAD (Check Out Only)
Get Data from ArcPAD
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12. Workflow Monthly Site Visits Field Assessment Sample Collection
Site Selection / Existing Samples
Field Assessment
Sample Collection
Location Verification
GPS or Map Sketch
Attribute Check
Sample Analysis
Sample Verification
Data Commits
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13. Check Out Data ArcPad Data Manager Extension
Easier to Manage Mobile GIS Projects
Get Data for ArcPAD (Check Out vs Copy Out)
Security enhanced – supports both encryption and password protection
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14. Find a Sample Site
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15. Verify Sample Info
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Validates new sample numbers against existing data
Automatically populations coordinate information
User, date, time
Also county, watershed, quad
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17. Check In Data ArcPad Data Manager Extension
Get Data from ArcPAD (Check In)
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18. Many Field Users / Single Data Supervisor Data Verification and Upload
Check In
Triggers to manage the location information on Oracle DB
eris / sde / mobile / sde / eris
Successful?
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19. Goals for Future Development of Enterprise Mobile Applications at WVDEP
simplicity of use
reduce the cost of implementation
development and maintenance
improve overall integrity of key environmental data
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20. Current and Future Work
Provide in-field access to more extensive land and water related data
Field assessment, mitigation
Integrate additional sensors
Field probes, range finders
Mobile Services
Leverage ArcGIS Server 9.3 Mobile Application Manager to rapidly build and deploy simple map viewing and editing tools
Questions?
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