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Geospatial Mapping of the Coastal Communities of Alabama

Geospatial Mapping of the Coastal Communities of Alabama. 40 Auburn University Students Collect Infrastructure Facilities Data in Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, & Dauphin Island during Jan.-July 2010 Project Duration: 2009-2011 Presentation to Campus Technology, 7/20/2010. EDA Grant #: G004824.

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Geospatial Mapping of the Coastal Communities of Alabama

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  1. Geospatial Mapping of the Coastal Communities of Alabama 40 Auburn University Students Collect Infrastructure Facilities Data in Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, & Dauphin Island during Jan.-July 2010 Project Duration: 2009-2011 Presentation to Campus Technology, 7/20/2010 EDA Grant #: G004824

  2. Problem Statement • Hurricane storm surge and wash of sand and debris inland frustrates clean-up effort • Heavy Equipment damages fixtures covered by debris and sand • $9 billion spent by federal government in mitigation efforts since 1998 • 50% or more of the damage inflicted on critical utilities during the clean-up effort

  3. Current Condition Each utility company has print or electronic maps in different formats Little coordination during clean-up effort No information sharing system in place to deliver plans to clean-up personnel

  4. AU-EDA Project Goals

  5. Scope of Project: Alabama Coastal Area

  6. Project Team: Two year project Chetan S Sankar, AmitMitra, Luke Marzen David Mixson, Walker Jackson P.K. Raju Steve Henderson, Diane Brown Barry Cumbie

  7. Training Provided to Students Prior to Being Deployed at Site • Student workers were provided hands on training from team leaders on how to use the Topcon-GMS2 units • Student workers were provided instruction manuals on the units to reference while working in their groups of two. • Lastly, student workers were provided an icons list, so they could easily identify infrastructure elements while working on site.

  8. Data Collection at Gulf Shores During Week One (Feb. 19-21) • Team leaders: Darrell Rigsby and SatishKuchi • Student Workers: (Team 3) Sarah Tway, Mark Stevenson, John Neubauer, Grant Martin and Tim Ledlow (Team 5) Andy Dyer, David Rose, Michael Porter and John Davenport Data Points Collected: 605 Walking Miles Covered: 4

  9. Data Collection during Week Two (Feb. 26-28) at Gulf Shores • Team leaders:Darrell Rigsby, SatishKuchi and Kati Jones • Student workers: (Team1) KaneshaBelyue, Caitlin Duff, Carter Rice and Alex Johnson (Team 4) Tyler Gibson, Grant Moore, Lauren McManus and Sara Yousey (Team 6) Milaika Pickard, Drew Turner, Eric Hirstein and SatishKutchi Data Points Collected: 1592 Walking Miles Covered: 9.16

  10. Similarly…….

  11. Data Collected So far in the Project Data Points Collected:11,661 Walking Miles : 88 Total Manhours:540

  12. Example of Collected Data

  13. Future Plans • Data Collection in Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island • Upload data to Virtual Alabama • Provide data to city & utilities • Develop Recovery Strategies • Develop training materials • Train appropriate personnel on use of GMS-2 units & retrieve data

  14. Benefits: Student Learning • Students get to work with GIS technologies • Give back to community • Learn ArcGIS and other technologies • Improve communication skills • Improve team working skills • Enhance leadership skills • Students stated that they understood goals and learned significantly

  15. Student Project Impressions • Heightened awareness of financial crisis that hurricanes can cause a community • Good Experience: • Being responsible for a real world project • Using technical devices • Topcon GIS Unit • Laser Unit • Learning to communicate as a team

  16. Student Project Impressions Team members had a favorable impression of the experience Team working skills improved Team members proud that our work can be used to help the economy of coastal Alabama

  17. Benefits: Advance Productivity, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship 40% of reconstruction costs can be eliminated if geospatial data are available on-line Time to recover from damage is expected to be halved due to the availability of these data Will make economic impact of this project very attractive The concept of geospatial mapping of a coastal area is innovative; Project team members learn to apply theories learned in class to solve a practical problem

  18. Campus Technology • Home Page • Campus Technology Innovators

  19. Questions & Contacts • Chetan S. Sankar, Principal Investigator, sankacs@auburn.edu, 334 844 6504 • David Mixson, ATAC, Co-PI, mixsoad@auburn.edu, 334 844 3887 • AmitMitra, Assoc. Dean, Co-PI, mitraam@auburn.edu, 334 844 4833 • P.K. Raju, Co-PI, rajupol@auburn.edu, 334 844 3301 • Barry Cumbie, Senior Investigator, Barry.Cumbie@usm.edu, 601-266-4648 • Steve Henderson, GIS Coordinator, Gulf Shores, shenderson@gulfshoresal.gov, (251) 968-1179 • Luke Marzen, Senior Invesigator, marzelj@auburn.edu, (334) 844 3462

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