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Arc Hydro Development in Florida

Arc Hydro Development in Florida. James Cameron South Florida Water Management District. Florida’s Water Management Districts. Florida’s Water Management Districts. Created by the Florida Legislature through passage of the Water Resources Act of 1972 Four main areas of responsibility:

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Arc Hydro Development in Florida

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  1. Arc Hydro Development in Florida James Cameron South Florida Water Management District Pre Conference Seminars

  2. Florida’s Water Management Districts Pre Conference Seminar

  3. Florida’s Water Management Districts • Created by the Florida Legislature through passage of the Water Resources Act of 1972 • Four main areas of responsibility: • Water Supply • Flood Protection • Water Quality Management • Natural Systems Protection Pre Conference Seminar

  4. Arc Hydro in Florida • 2002 – Arc Hydro: GIS for Water Resources Workshop at University of Florida • 2005 – ArcHydro in Florida: Core Principles and Collaboration at University of Florida • Goal: Identify “core principles” behind application of GIS tools and techniques to water resources in the State of Florida • Core principles include data processing tools, data formats, and data sharing • Formed Florida Arc Hydro Working Group (FAHWG) Pre Conference Seminar

  5. Florida Arc Hydro Working Group (FAHWG) • Florida WMDs, State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection, various county and local government agencies and private business interests • Objectives: • Develop a statewide common collection of core datasets to support each stakeholder’s requirements and enable data exchange • Identify common core fields maintained within these core datasets • Identify data maintenance methodology for support of these core datasets Pre Conference Seminar

  6. Proposed Statewide Arc Hydro Database Design • Issues • Each WMD Arc Hydro implementation based on different requirements and use of the data • Each WMD has various internal requirements, such as database naming conventions • Modifications to any of the existing WMD implementations will be resource intensive • Decision • Develop a standard statewide database design • Establish procedures for data exchange (to and from), based on WMD previously existing design • Benefits • Creates a unified Arc Hydro compliant database for the State of Florida • Provides Statewide data exchange • Meets the requirements as identified by the FAHWG Pre Conference Seminar

  7. Establishing Data Exchange Procedures • XML based approach will be the methodology of choice • Advantages: • Facilitating sharing across multiple systems • Robust, logically verified format based on international standards • Self-documenting • Platform independent Pre Conference Seminar

  8. Florida Arc Hydro Users Group (FLAHUG) • Charter drafted • Website created www.flahug.org • FLARCHYDRO Listserv established (last count 161 members) • Survey completed • To help guide development of the organization and understand needs of Arc Hydro users statewide • Results summarized on website • Promoting FLAHUG at GIS conferences • Next Steps • Acceptance of database design • Establishment of data exchange procedures Steering Committee Pre Conference Seminar

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