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Internet Mapping Services for the National Weather Service

Internet Mapping Services for the National Weather Service. Internet Mapping Service Integrated Work Team March 27, 2003. IMS Team. Ira Graffman, OST Steve King, WR Donna Page, OHD Wendy Pearson, CR. Team chartered August 2002 by Barry West and Gary Carter Bob Bunge, CIO [co-chair]

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Internet Mapping Services for the National Weather Service

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  1. Internet Mapping Services for the National Weather Service Internet Mapping Service Integrated Work Team March 27, 2003

  2. IMS Team Ira Graffman, OST Steve King, WR Donna Page, OHD Wendy Pearson, CR Team chartered August 2002 by Barry West and Gary Carter Bob Bunge, CIO [co-chair] Ken Waters, PR [co-chair] Frank Richards, OCWWS Dave Ruth, OST Jack Settelmaier, SR Bruce Webster, NCEP

  3. Key Terms • Geographic Information System (GIS) • Software, hardware, data, and personnel used to manipulate, analyze, and present information tied to a spatial location • Internet Mapping • Geo-referenced information made available on the World Wide Web via an Internet Map Server (IMS)

  4. Background • Water Resources Internet Mapping (WRIM) Team (Sep 01 – Jun 02) • Prior S&T Committee actions -2 of 3 adopted • Experimental use of ArcIMS on cooperating Regional/HQ web farms until a full implementation plan is developed. (ongoing) • NWS-wide team to examine full implementation issues. (IMS team) • ArcIMS be the NWS IMS standard. (deferred)

  5. Looking Forward • Serving NDFD information to the public and partners • Delivering critical weather and hydrology data to emergency managers • Severe weather reports, live watches/warnings • Radar, satellite, model grids... ALL in GIS-ready format!

  6. “Customer Pyramid”

  7. IMS is Requirements-Driven • Draft NWS Strategic Plan for 2003-2008 Goal #3 • Serve Society’s Needs for Weather and Water Information • NRC report: • Federal Consulting Group/Claes Fornell International Group’s Survey for the NWS • Emergency managers (479 respondents) • 8.5 on 10 point scale would use GIS information from the NWS “NWS should make its observational data, models, and other products available in Internet-accessible digital form…the information should be stored in a standard format that can be accessed by the public and used by all those involved in the weather and climate enterprise.”

  8. IMS Benefits • NWS’ 21st century delivery of weather data • Consistent with NRC report (and NOAA’s GeoSpatial Data and Climate Services (GDCS)) • Allies NWS with NOAA agencies moving to online GIS (NOAA Enterprise GIS working group) • Many customers will benefit (emergency managers, disaster relief agencies, homeland security, land management agencies, general public, etc.)

  9. More IMS Benefits • IMS database can serve as a more complete dissemination interface for NWS data • NDFD • Radar Data • Satellite Data • Hydrologic Data • Watches/Warnings

  10. Prototype Proposal Develop live IMS (geared towards emergency managers) • Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico Tropical Cyclone track forecasts • Precipitation and stream gauge observations/forecasts • Storm surge information • Weather and flood watches/warnings Allows for interactive display with layers such as roads, cities, county borders, shelters, etc.

  11. Prototype Timeline • Apr 03: Define contractor statement of work • May 03: Hire contractor • Jun 03: IMS development • Jul - Nov 03: Conduct Prototype • Dec 03: Evaluation • Jan 04: Prototype Assessment Report

  12. Prototype Success Criteria • EM Documented Feedback on Service Improvement • Demonstrate Ability to Collect, Decode, and Share Broad Spectrum of NWS Data • Measure/Monitor/Assess IMS Usage • Server and Database Needs • Peak Usage Stability

  13. Prototype Implementation Requirements • Software • ESRI ArcIMS 4.0.1 – $8K • Hardware • Use existing Linux platforms • Other tools - $2K • Communications • Use existing NWSnet telecommunications to move data to participating web farms • Contractor support (“Glue”) • $65K • User interface development, coordination, maintenance

  14. Alternatives to ArcIMS • Other commercial mapping programs • Lack ESRI’s market share, support, and product customization (reference WRIM Team report, 2002) • Open Source IMS • Exciting new technology, but requires substantially more human resources for training and development • Emergency Management Data System (EMDS) • Experimental software written by FSL, no longer supported • Lacks easy integration with common GIS formats

  15. Recommendations • Endorse Use of ArcIMS across NWS • STIP Inclusion • Fund Prototype • FY03: ~$75K • Identify Steering Committee • OS&T Lead and Oversight

  16. Let’s Look Forward!! • Serving NDFD information to the public and partners • Delivering critical weather and hydrology data to emergency managers • Severe weather reports, live watches/warnings • Radar, satellite, model grids... ALL in GIS-ready format!

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