GIS-Pro & CalGIS 2018

National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Applications Workshop
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Instructors:
Drew Decker, National Map Liaison, U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, CA
Carol Ostergen, National Map Liaison for California and Nevada, U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA
Jane Schafer-Kramer, GIS Specialist, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA

This full day workshop offers an introduction to the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and how it can support numerous applications such as resource management, environmental monitoring, infrastructure planning, and disaster mitigation.

Join us to examine NHD features, attributes, and structure with regard to the Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).  Learn about data management and maintenance, including the stewardship model and certified editors that support NHD in California.  

Participants can bring laptop computers to get hands on experience with accessing NHD data, navigating the NHD network, adding and locating hydrologic events, and suggesting corrections and improvements to the data.

Cost: One full-day or half-day workshop is included with full conference registration; $195 if only attending a workshop or adding a second half-day workshop

This session complements the Tuesday National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) workshop but you don’t need to have attended the workshop to be interested in the NHD! The NHD is a part of the National Map of the United States but and the path to improving it often goes through the local areas. This session talks about highlights the path approach to stewardship that California has taken and how the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region’s hydrography linework is being improved to a higher resolution. The session is wrapped up with a presentation on a new web tool developed by the U.S. Geological Survey that allows the public to mark-up errors in the NHD for review and resolution by the state stewards.

• California Collaborates to Steward the National Hydrography Dataset
  Jane Schafer-Kramer, GIS Specialist, California Department of Water Resources , Sacramento, CA
• Local Resolution NHD Improvements in the Sacramento - San Joaquin Bay Delta
  Erik Fintel, Sr. GIS Analyst, Geographical Infomation Center, Chico, CA
  Joel Osuna, Project Manager, Center for Geographical Studies, Northridge, CA
• New USGS Hydrography Markup Application
  Drew Decker and Carol Ostergren U.S. Geological Survey
  Jane Schafer-Kramer, GIS Specialist

Vegetation poses challenges for many different sectors, join us in this session to see how vegetation analysis can be done for different purposes and using different solutions. See how an agency virtually trims trees to evaluate the impact on scenic vistas, how habitat restoration can be modeled from planning to field support to habitat monitoring using GIS, how forest cover analysis can be utilized for type classification and change detection, and how long-term Landsat observations can be used for land conservation practices in an area with persistent cloud cover.

• Utilizing Google Earth Engine for Forest Cover Analysis
  Charles 'Cob' Bailey, GISS, AESA, GIS Manager, Georgia Forestry Commission, Gainesville, GA
• GIS Solutions: Laying the Groundwork for Habitat Restoration
  Dan Arellano, Sr. GIS Analyst, AECOM, San Diego, CA
• Conversion to Oil Palm Plantation in Tropical Asia
  Atsushi Tomita, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Baruch College, the City University of New York, NY
• Vista Viewshed Analysis using 3D Analyst, ArcGIS Pro, CityEngine & ArcGIS 360VR
  Amber Wittner, MSc GIS, GIS Analyst, US Geological Survey, Los Altos, CA

Many of us use large-scale imagery for our work. Come to this session to hear about the National Map’s 3D Elevation Program, urban landscape evolution in Ethiopia, and coastal high-resolution land cover products for California and the US.

• 3D Nation Elevation Requirements and Benefits Study: The California Perspective
  Carol Ostergren, Geographer, US Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA
• USGS 3D Elevation Program – Lidar in California
  Drew Decker, National Map Liaison, U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, CA
• High Resolution Land Cover Products for Coastal California and the Nation
  Melissa Rosa, Geospatial Specialist, The Baldwin Group at NOAA's Office for Coastal Management, Oakland, CA

This session features presentations about how hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, landslides, climate change, and volcanoes present challenges for communities. See how green infrastructure can provide a defense against sea-level rise, how to analyze socio-economic risks for better decision-making, how the federal government provides data to assist in recovery efforts, and how the USGS provides data and services to benefit pre-hazard planning.

• Modeling Future Georgia Hurricanes and Flood to Inform Current Decisions
  Kevin Mickey, GISP, CTT+, Director Professional Development/Geospatial Education, The Polis Center - Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
• Serving California Volcano Geologic Maps as Map Services to Benefit Pre-Hazard Planning
  Jeff Peters, Geographer, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
• GIS Forensics on an Implemented Living Shoreline Design for Coastal Resiliency
  Dave Pryor, PE, Director of Waterfront Engineering and Katharine Chaney, GISP, Senior GIS Analyst, Clark Nexsen, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA
• NOAA’s How to Map Open Space for Community Rating System Credit
  Melissa Rosa, Geospatial Specialist, The Baldwin Group at NOAA's Office for Coastal Management, Oakland, CA

Today’s agriculture management practices are pushing the boundaries of technological advances every day, this session includes presentations on making decisions and modeling the impacts of water, wind and weather on agriculture using different high-tech approaches and how to properly document all of this fresh data!

• Managing Clean Energy, Rangeland, and Rare Species through Spatial Technologies
  Jacqueline Tilligkeit, Senior Environmental Scientist, Althouse and Meade, Inc., Paso Robles, CA
• The Wonderful Way to Use GIS
  Jeff Orton, Director GIS, Wonderful Citrus, Delano, CA
  Jenna Bunag, Wonderful Orchards, Shafter, CA