Hawaii Pacific GIS Conference 2012: Survey and Positioning - Natural Resources Applications of GIS/GPS on Guam
1. Overcoming Challenges of
Doing GIS and Remote Sensing
on Guam
Ken Cochrane β Guamβolulu GIS Specialist
Tanya Johnson β Honolulu Office Director
Michelle Christy β Guam Office Director
Hawaii Pacific GIS Conference 2012
March 6
2. SWCA Environmental Consultants
ο Employee-owned firm of scientists, planners and
technical specialists
ο Comprehensive environmental planning, regulatory
compliance, natural and cultural resource
management and GIS services.
ο Between our Honolulu and Guam offices we provide
all of these services
3. Where is
Guam
Japan
China
CNMI
Philippines Guam
Indonesia
4. Overcoming Challenges β
Data Collection
ο Topography and environment
ο Karst cliffs
ο Rangefinder
ο Land access
ο DoD land
ο CORS availability
ο Power outages/typhoons
ο Growing demand for higher accuracy data
6. Overcoming Challenges β
Data Processing
ο Data mobility over different software versions
ο Data availability
ο Less data creators
ο Hawaii.gov
ο Thanks to those who do make quality data
available: Gov Guam, NOAA, USDA, &
collaborators. DoD for contract specific data
ο Unique availability
7. Remote Sensing β Seagrass Mapping
TM (30x30) IKONOS (4x4) Quickbird (2x2)
Next
Generation
Due to confidentiality agreement raw imagery not displayed
12. In Summary
ο Creative approaches to data collection
ο Make most of data when data is available
ο Value added
ο Respect data confidentiality
13. Thank You.
ο Ken Cochrane β GIS Specialist
kcochrane@swca.com
ο Tanya Johnson β Honolulu Office Director
tjohnson@swca.com
ο Michelle Christy β Senior Scientist & Guam Office
Manager mchristy@swca.com
ο John Ford β Senior Biologist & Program Director
jford@swca.com