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Evolution of I-69 and GeoFusion Project: a Detailed Overview

Explore the history of I-69 development leading to the inception of GeoFusion. From Congress proposing a new national highway system in 1991 to the designations as a Corridor of the Future, delve into the significant milestones. Discover how GeoFusion facilitated a paperless and interactive submittal process by submitting all monitoring reports to respective agencies, revolutionizing the traditional approach. Learn about the comprehensive statistics of the project, including road length, mitigation efforts, layers, and feature classes involved, enhancing conservation and monitoring efforts. Uncover the technical details behind the GeoFusion project, from its origins as a custom application in Maryland to the transition to ArcGIS Online due to technology advancements and budget considerations. Follow the meticulous project workflow involving fieldwork, GIS data processing, and Python execution for data handling and reporting. Experience a demonstration of the I-69 overall map created through Python processing, showcasing the project's geographical scope and complexity.

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Evolution of I-69 and GeoFusion Project: a Detailed Overview

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  1. History of I69 leading to GeoFusion • 1970: Visionaries dream of Evansville and Bloomington • 1991: Congress proposes a “New National Highway System” • I69 is designated as a “Corridor of the Future” and will eventually extend from Canada to Mexico • 1999: Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement was initiated • 2004: Record of Decision and Final Environmental Impact Statement divides 142 mile corridor between Evansville and Indianapolis into six sections

  2. History of I69 leading to GeoFusion • 2010: KCI Technologies begins monitoring at Pigeon Creek Mitigation Site, a Section 1 site • 2011: The inception of GeoFusion • 2014: Process begins of revising to meet current need and changes in technology • 2016: All mitigation monitoring reports are submitted to their respective agencies via GeoFusion creating a paperless and interactive submittal process

  3. GeoFusion Statistics • 142 miles of road, 6 sections • Mitigation for wetland, streams, and habitat for endangered species (Indiana bat) • Sections 2 and 4 created 1,508 acres of preservation only sites • Sections 1-4 created 33 sites totaling 3,979 acres of constructed sites requiring monitoring and annual reporting • Sections 5 is coming into monitoring beginning this year • Section 6 is being designed

  4. GeoFusion Statistics • 1,140 files linked from SharePoint to ArcGIS Online • 608 independent layers • 19 feature classes • SharePoint also includes background files such as design plans Red bat (Lasiurus borealis) Indiana State Species of Special Concern

  5. Project Technical Details • “GeoFusion” originally was the name of a custom application written for tracking a similar project in Maryland. MD100 in Ellicott City MD • Project was developed in Silverlight and often used as a means to connect SharePoint with ESRI spatial data • Deployed successfully in MD and DE • Same Silverlight project framework deployed for I69 to test

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  7. Oh No! Silverlight is not supported! • A technology shift away from application frameworks such as Flex and Silverlight began to take place in 2009. • Support for Silverlight began to wane in 2011 and it became fully unsupported in Chrome by the end of 2014 • Thankfully INDOT had not deployed the application beyond the internal testing environment in 2014 as the need for it had not matured. • A brief evaluation of currently available tools led to the decision to move the application framework over to ArcGIS Online

  8. Why ArcGIS Online? • COTS product • Industry is trending toward COTS at the moment • AGOL is already in place at INDOT • Goal is to eventually turn the project over to INDOT to manage and maintain. • Budget considerations • More funding could be spent on data enhancements then on a custom app • Loose coupling available to SharePoint • Multiple future options including ESRI Maps for SharePoint

  9. Application Configuration • 2 Components – SharePoint & AGOL • SharePoint • Document Storage • Photos • Reports • Graphs and Charts • Organized by Year • Naming convention is key to automation • AGOL • 5 AGOL Map Applications • 1 per section • 1 overall map • Widgets enabled – Print, Measure, Bookmarks, and About

  10. Schematic Layout

  11. Project Workflow • Field Work Completed • GIS Data Compiled • Photographs Evaluated • Reports Created • Data Uploaded to SharePoint • Python Processing • Process GIS Files (Assembly) • Establish linkages • Test linkages • Reporting on data quality • GIS Data Loaded into AGOL

  12. Python Processing Configuration • Python version 2.7 for ArcGIS 10.3 • PIP installer for Python (for installing libraries) • Libraries • Requests (reading html response) • requests_ntlm (html a)uthorization • csv (writing csv files) • xlrd (reading Excel files) • PyScripter for IDE

  13. Python Processing Steps • The Data • 32 Sites • 32 Geodatabases with matching schemas • 19 Layers in each gdb • Why not sde? • Easy to keep sites independent • Easy to update • Easy to deploy • Easy to merge back together • Spreadsheet keeps track of which sites to process • Spreadsheet also determines which layers to process

  14. Python Processing Steps • Naming Conventions • Boundary Report : I69_BeechCreek_Report_MY01_Final • Gage Points: I-69_Hydrographs_DoansCreek_MY01_WG1 • Photo Reference Points: IC1_PRP1_MY01 • Stream Photo Points: SP10.JPG

  15. Python Execution

  16. Demonstration • I69 Overall Map

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