Winnebago County GIS Applied at the Experimental Aircraft Association (E.A.A.) Oshkosh - AirVenture Convenvetion.

1. GIS Applied at the Experimental
Aircraft Association (E.A.A.)
Convention

2. History and Statistics of E.A.A. AirVenture
Oshkosh Convention Grounds
• E.A.A. headquarters and convention came to
Oshkosh, WI in the early 1970’s.
• Number of attendees of the 7 – 10 day
convention averages over 500,000.
• Has roughly 354 buildings yearly with most of
them stationary and others are moved around
the grounds.
• All buildings have a physical address assigned and
posted on the structure.
• Convention grounds cover almost 3 square miles.

3. 2010 Aerial View of the E.A.A. AirVenture
Oshkosh Grounds
Aerial Courtesy of E.A.A.

4. Yearly GIS Maintenance of E.A.A. Convention
Grounds Infrastructure
• In 1994, Winnebago County GIS was requested by various
County Departments and E.A.A. Facilities to maintain the
infrastructure of the convention grounds.
• Since 1994 to present, Winnebago County GIS personnel
notifies the E.A.A. Facilities Manager in May for site plan maps
of any changes that have occurred since the prior convention.
• There are 6 vector layers, 3 text label layers and 4 databases
that are maintained by Winnebago County GIS.

5. Process Order of Editing GIS Layers and Databases
for the E.A.A. Convention Grounds
• Contact the E.A.A. Facilities for hardcopies of site plan maps
and/or digital data from their contracted engineering
company of any changes of the GIS layers mentioned below.
• Edit the pavement edge line layer of roads and parking lots.
• Edit street centerlines and related database.
• Edit building footprint area features and tag with E.A.A.
assigned building number (ex. 35).
• Edit physical address point layer and tag with a parcel number-
address number combination (91323010000-1295). Related
database is also edited.
• Edit street centerlines for E911 address range line layer and
related database.

6. Process Order of Editing GIS Layers and Databases
for the E.A.A. Convention Grounds (continued)
• Edit E.A.A. grid area feature layer and tag with the grid
location identifier (ex. G1), but only if needed.
• Edit E.A.A. building number, physical address and street name
text, in that order.
• Work with E.A.A. Facilities Secretary in updating the Building
Alpha/Numeric Listings using MicroSoft Excell.
• Link edited GIS Genamap layers to their associated VI Text
Editor databases.
• Export Genamap files to ESRI SHAPE files for Arc applications.
• Print yearly maps and database information in hardcopy and
provide electronic PDF format for a number of agencies.

7. Pavement Edge & Street Name Update
Hardcopy map of requested
pavement edge and street
name update (highlighted)
from E.A.A. contracted
engineer digital data.
End result in the GIS of re-projecting and
some heads-up digitizing with existing
pavement edge, along with 2009 color
aerial photography as a backdrop.
2010 aerial view of new pavement
edge during 2010 E.A.A. AirVenture
Oshkosh Convention. Photo
courtesy of E.A.A.

8. Typical Site Map from E.A.A. Facilities for
Updating GIS Layers

9. Transportable E.A.A. Building
(Showing E.A.A. Building Number & Physical Address)
E.A.A. building number 90 has a
physical address of 1222 Kilps
Ave. which is linked to the
database shown below.

10. E.A.A. Building Listing Updates
After all the GIS vector and
text layers, along with related
databases, are updated for
the upcoming E.A.A.
AirVenture Oshkosh
Convention, the E.A.A.
building listing database
needs to be updated with
close communication between
the E.A.A. Facilities secretary
and GIS Database
Administrator. GIS oversees
the grid location and the
assigned physical address
information. Through emailed
copies of the Excell Database,
the listings of the building
alphabetic and numeric listing
get updated by the E.A.A.
Facilities secretary. Final
electronic copies are sent
from E.A.A. Facilities to
Winnebago Co. GIS.

11. Map Gallery

12. E.A.A.
Address
Number Map

13. E.A.A.
Building
Number
Map

15. DB
INFO
For
Prior
Maps

18. 2010 Aerial View of a Portion of the E.A.A.
Grounds
Courtesy of E.A.A. AirVenture Oshkosh

19. Agencies That Benefit From Winnebago County
GIS During the E.A.A. Convention
• City of Oshkosh Community Development/GIS, Engineering
Dept., Fire Depts. (City and surrounding Townships), Police
Dept. and Tourism.
• E.A.A. Attendees, Facilities Office and Security.
• F.A.A. and F.E.M.A.
• Flight -for-Life Agencies.
• U.S. Coast Guard.
• U.S. Military Reserves.
• Winnebago County GIS, Emergency Mgt., Health Dept.,
Planning /Zoning Dept., and Sheriff’s Dept.
• Wisconsin E.W.R.P.C., Emergency Mgt., and D.N.R..
• Zillions of Private Agencies/Businesses that cannot fit on this
slide.

20. Questions?

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