The Carbon Project - Spatial and Situational Awareness Conference

Current State of “Geospatial” and the Homeland Security Mission Jeff Harrison, President and CEO, The Carbon Project [email_address] , www.thecarbonproject.com

Topics
Geospatial “Networks”
Interoperability
Services Oriented Architectures (SOA)

Geospatial “Networks”
Dial tones on Geospatial Networks are buzzing
Current environment evolving quickly – much like wireless service coverage
Each big Geospatial Network “provider” trying to get as many people as possible on their network

Geospatial Networks So what do these Geospatial Networks look like? Microsoft Virtual Earth Google Maps and Earth Yahoo! Maps DigitalGlobe ImageConnect OGC SDI 1.0 Many others…

Interoperability ESRI Shape Files MapInfo MIF/MID Autodesk DXF Homeland Security Users
OGC SDI 1.0:
Geography Markup Language (GML)
Web Mapping Service (WMS)
Web Feature Service (WFS) Basic & Transactional
Filter Encoding
Web Coverage Service (WCS)
Catalog Service for the Web (CS-W)
Services Capabilities
Microsoft Virtual Earth:
Roads, Aerial, Hybrid, Hillshade
3D
BirdsEye
Geocoder
Yahoo! Maps:
Roads
Aerial
Transparent roads
Google Earth:
Roads, Aerial, Terrain
KML, KMZ
Others…

Geospatial Networks Yeah, but those are just maps. What about actual data? Microsoft Virtual Earth Google Maps and Earth Yahoo! Maps DigitalGlobe ImageConnect OGC SDI 1.0 Many others…

Geospatial Networks Can I use the Geospatial Networks in GIS? Microsoft Virtual Earth Google Maps and Earth Yahoo! Maps DigitalGlobe ImageConnect OGC SDI 1.0 Many others…

Software tools can access the Networks – like CarbonArc® PRO for ESRI ArcGIS 9.2 CarbonArc PRO supports SDI 1.0 services like WMS, WFS, WFS-Transactional, WCS, Filter Encoding, Gazetteer, GML, GMLsf, CS-W plus Virtual Earth’s Network

MSVE Extension to CarbonArc® PRO allows VE services to fully integrate with the GIS Use Microsoft Virtual Earth tiles as a dynamic functional layer within the GIS

Geospatial Networks OK, but what about accessing just the data I need for Homeland Security? Microsoft Virtual Earth Google Maps and Earth Yahoo! Maps DigitalGlobe ImageConnect OGC SDI 1.0 Many others…

The area around New Orleans just after Hurricane Katrina

Bay St. Louis just after Hurricane Katrina

Looks good, just the GML I need - and you used a SOA to do it.

Geospatial Networks How about finding data in a Geospatial SOA? Microsoft Virtual Earth Google Maps and Earth Yahoo! Maps DigitalGlobe ImageConnect OGC SDI 1.0 Many others…

Nice, but is there really any GML out there?

Yes. For example, the United States NSDI WFS provides Roads, Hydrography, and Governmental Units using the DHS Geospatial Data Model

There’s also CGDI WFS and GML for almost every province in Canada

Geospatial Networks OK, but what about “geospatial” analysis for Homeland Security? Microsoft Virtual Earth Google Maps and Earth Yahoo! Maps DigitalGlobe ImageConnect OGC SDI 1.0 Many others…

Scenario – Toxic Plume T+1 T+2 T+3 T+4 T+5 A toxic plume appears! Its projected progress is documented as a GML file. Analysts use ArcGIS to view the projected dispersion area with Microsoft Virtual Earth as a base map.

Scenario – Toxic Plume Analysts use CarbonArc PRO and SDI 1.0 to see what infrastructure might be affected. Data is imported from various agencies and commercial vendors using Web Feature Services (WFS).

Scenario – Toxic Plume

Scenario – Toxic Plume OK, OK. One final question…can you do this type of analysis ‘for real’?

Scenario – Toxic Plume Yes, here is an example from the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure

And there’s lots more going on with Transactions, distributed data update and more,,,

Current State of “Geospatial” and the Homeland Security Mission Jeff Harrison, President and CEO, The Carbon Project [email_address] , www.thecarbonproject.com

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