Governments and businesses have duty of care and standard of care obligations. Failure to satisfy those obligations may result in complaints from citizens, clients, and shareholders, and actions involving civil or criminal litigation for negligence. This presentation outlines the materials presented during a session designed for Geographic Information System Professionals (GISPs) and other professionals responsible for: a) identifying and recommending the information contained in public and corporate documents; and b) obtaining and providing the information needed by governments and businesses to achieve duty of care and standard of care obligations contained in official documents, including charters, constitutions, by-laws, plans, ordinances, manuals, maps, surveys, and reports. The presentation was given in a special session at the 2010 GIS-PRO Conference, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (urisa.org).
GIS technology and applications are increasing the quality and quantity of spatial data available to governments, businesses, and institutions, and are also creating new opportunities and challenges to meet duty of care and standard of care obligations. This paper reports on the materials used in a special session designed for elected officials and managers who are responsible for: a) deciding the geographic information content of duty of care and standard of care documents (e.g., laws, by-laws, policies, plans, programs, budgets, manuals); b) directing professional and technical personnel who provide the information (e.g., data, studies, files, records, maps, surveys, and reports) needed to ensure that legal and other duty of care and standard of care obligations are achieved; and c) approving the budget and work program envelopes containing the GIS technology and applications capabilities. The presentation was given at the 2010 GIS-PRO Conference, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (urisa.org).
The EPA conducted an audit of PennDOT's stormwater program that included requesting documentation from district offices and statewide information. Documentation requested from district offices included maintenance stockpile evaluations, salt management plans, oil-water separator cleanouts, and corrective action reports. Statewide information requested included copies of recent MS4 permits, notices of intent for construction activities, and maps and details of permitted construction sites. The EPA audit highlighted the level of documentation and record keeping required to demonstrate compliance with stormwater permit requirements.
Traffic Gridlock: A Bad, Mis-Leading Metaphor that Makes for Bad, Mis-Directe...Barry Wellar
In a previous publication, Traffic Gridlock: The Real Deal or a Pile of Nonsense?, I reported on a study which applied several research procedures to examine media stories and Google search items containing the terms “traffic gridlock” or “gridlock” implying traffic gridlock. The objective was to ascertain whether the media stories and Google items establish that traffic gridlock is a real deal matter, or whether the stories and items contribute to a pile of nonsense. The finding was that 99% of the stories and items belong in the nonsense pile.
And therein lies a puzzle: How is it that “traffic gridlock” enjoys considerable media and Google popularity, but little to no evidence demonstrating the occurrence of “traffic gridlock” accompanies the vast majority of stories and Google entries? In this report I explore one possible explanation, and the associated implication for public policy. That is, traffic gridlock” is a bad, mis-leading metaphor which has been accepted and promulgated by some parties as a truth for which no proof exists and none is needed. And, the associated cause-effect relationship that I comment on is that a bad, mis-leading metaphor is a bad, mis-directed basis for setting public policy.
To support this explanation I introduce the good metaphor “traffic blockage”, and use it as a means to discredit and dismiss the traffic gridlock metaphor which I believe erroneously distorts understanding the role of motor vehicle congestion in urban places, and obscures/confounds the appropriate ways and means of considering and addressing urban motor vehicle congestion. And, as per the initial paper, an invitation is extended to anyone who has traffic gridlock evidence: please call it to my attention at the earliest so that I can adjust my thinking and revise my papers.
Kickoff presentation for the Development and Mapping Summit at the State Department on Oct. 27, 2010. Includes a number of slides from the vision presentation for Kanect.net, connecting open sources of data to help enable entrepreneurs working to impact local and global problems.
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80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMMÉE du HOCKEY 80+
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BARRY WELLAR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS
80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMMÉE du HOCKEY 80+
wellarb@uottawa.ca
READING LIST: USING A RETROSPECTIVE APPROACH TO MINE THE LITERATURE FOR GIS A...Barry Wellar
Four bodies of pertinent readings are identified for the purposes of the Applied Research Seminar, Mining U.S. Federal Agency Materials for GIS Nuggets, 2016 Esri Federal User Conference, February 24-26, Washington, DC
First and foremost are the papers prepared for AutoCarto Six Retrospective (section A), which set out many of the concepts, ideas, needs, challenges and opportunities, as well as principles and practices that underlie the evolution of GIS technology and GIScience methodology.
The second body of publications is the papers and slide presentations prepared for the Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets (section B1 and section B2, respectively), and the third body (section C) consists of the articles about GIS retrospective project activities published in the International Journal of Geospatial Research (IJAGR).
Finally, a preliminary list of publications (section D) from various academic, government, professional organization, and other sources has been compiled to supplement the AutoCarto Six Retrospective papers, and the colloquium productions. More references will be identified in the coming months, and the current reading list dated August 31, 2015 will be amended accordingly.
The intention is to suggest readings which could be instructive for a wide range of attendees. Our approach at this stage in view of resource constraints, as well as uncertainty about the backgrounds of seminar attendees, is to be indicative and illustrative rather than comprehensive and directive.
The document discusses various topics related to astronomy including:
- Buzz Aldrin's nickname originating from his sister's inability to say "brother"
- How the area code 321 was given to Brevard County, FL home to Cape Canaveral
- Johannes Kepler's 442nd birthday
- The Firefox nebula and goldilocks zone concepts
- Halley's comet sparking fears in 1910
GIS technology and applications are increasing the quality and quantity of spatial data available to governments, businesses, and institutions, and are also creating new opportunities and challenges to meet duty of care and standard of care obligations. This paper reports on the materials used in a special session designed for elected officials and managers who are responsible for: a) deciding the geographic information content of duty of care and standard of care documents (e.g., laws, by-laws, policies, plans, programs, budgets, manuals); b) directing professional and technical personnel who provide the information (e.g., data, studies, files, records, maps, surveys, and reports) needed to ensure that legal and other duty of care and standard of care obligations are achieved; and c) approving the budget and work program envelopes containing the GIS technology and applications capabilities. The presentation was given at the 2010 GIS-PRO Conference, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (urisa.org).
The EPA conducted an audit of PennDOT's stormwater program that included requesting documentation from district offices and statewide information. Documentation requested from district offices included maintenance stockpile evaluations, salt management plans, oil-water separator cleanouts, and corrective action reports. Statewide information requested included copies of recent MS4 permits, notices of intent for construction activities, and maps and details of permitted construction sites. The EPA audit highlighted the level of documentation and record keeping required to demonstrate compliance with stormwater permit requirements.
Traffic Gridlock: A Bad, Mis-Leading Metaphor that Makes for Bad, Mis-Directe...Barry Wellar
In a previous publication, Traffic Gridlock: The Real Deal or a Pile of Nonsense?, I reported on a study which applied several research procedures to examine media stories and Google search items containing the terms “traffic gridlock” or “gridlock” implying traffic gridlock. The objective was to ascertain whether the media stories and Google items establish that traffic gridlock is a real deal matter, or whether the stories and items contribute to a pile of nonsense. The finding was that 99% of the stories and items belong in the nonsense pile.
And therein lies a puzzle: How is it that “traffic gridlock” enjoys considerable media and Google popularity, but little to no evidence demonstrating the occurrence of “traffic gridlock” accompanies the vast majority of stories and Google entries? In this report I explore one possible explanation, and the associated implication for public policy. That is, traffic gridlock” is a bad, mis-leading metaphor which has been accepted and promulgated by some parties as a truth for which no proof exists and none is needed. And, the associated cause-effect relationship that I comment on is that a bad, mis-leading metaphor is a bad, mis-directed basis for setting public policy.
To support this explanation I introduce the good metaphor “traffic blockage”, and use it as a means to discredit and dismiss the traffic gridlock metaphor which I believe erroneously distorts understanding the role of motor vehicle congestion in urban places, and obscures/confounds the appropriate ways and means of considering and addressing urban motor vehicle congestion. And, as per the initial paper, an invitation is extended to anyone who has traffic gridlock evidence: please call it to my attention at the earliest so that I can adjust my thinking and revise my papers.
Kickoff presentation for the Development and Mapping Summit at the State Department on Oct. 27, 2010. Includes a number of slides from the vision presentation for Kanect.net, connecting open sources of data to help enable entrepreneurs working to impact local and global problems.
80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMMÉE du HOCKEY 80+ PRESENTED TO ROTA...Barry Wellar
80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMMÉE du HOCKEY 80+
PRESENTED TO ROTARY CLUB OF WEST OTTAWA, JUNE 16, 2015
BARRY WELLAR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS
80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMMÉE du HOCKEY 80+
wellarb@uottawa.ca
READING LIST: USING A RETROSPECTIVE APPROACH TO MINE THE LITERATURE FOR GIS A...Barry Wellar
Four bodies of pertinent readings are identified for the purposes of the Applied Research Seminar, Mining U.S. Federal Agency Materials for GIS Nuggets, 2016 Esri Federal User Conference, February 24-26, Washington, DC
First and foremost are the papers prepared for AutoCarto Six Retrospective (section A), which set out many of the concepts, ideas, needs, challenges and opportunities, as well as principles and practices that underlie the evolution of GIS technology and GIScience methodology.
The second body of publications is the papers and slide presentations prepared for the Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets (section B1 and section B2, respectively), and the third body (section C) consists of the articles about GIS retrospective project activities published in the International Journal of Geospatial Research (IJAGR).
Finally, a preliminary list of publications (section D) from various academic, government, professional organization, and other sources has been compiled to supplement the AutoCarto Six Retrospective papers, and the colloquium productions. More references will be identified in the coming months, and the current reading list dated August 31, 2015 will be amended accordingly.
The intention is to suggest readings which could be instructive for a wide range of attendees. Our approach at this stage in view of resource constraints, as well as uncertainty about the backgrounds of seminar attendees, is to be indicative and illustrative rather than comprehensive and directive.
The document discusses various topics related to astronomy including:
- Buzz Aldrin's nickname originating from his sister's inability to say "brother"
- How the area code 321 was given to Brevard County, FL home to Cape Canaveral
- Johannes Kepler's 442nd birthday
- The Firefox nebula and goldilocks zone concepts
- Halley's comet sparking fears in 1910
The risk to water supply and quality is increasing along with the rapid growth in both public and private demand for its use. Severe weather events such as storms and flooding combined with aging infrastructure, faulty handling of waste, and inadequate system design among other factors contribute to increased liability exposure for insurers.
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As part of an umbrella discussion about funding options to improve Michigan’s aging sanitary and stormwater infrastructure, OHM Advisor's Greg Kacvinsky provides an overview of stormwater utility fees. His presentation covers how they initially came into practice and have been used nationally, typical revenues and revenue uses, and planning and implementation tips and strategies.
The document summarizes research, innovation, and economic development related to health in Northern Ontario. It discusses the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre, which supports businesses and conducts market development projects. It also outlines initiatives involving geographic information systems (GIS) and health informatics at organizations in Sault Ste. Marie like the Community Geomatics Centre, Group Health Centre, and Algoma Public Health. These initiatives include GIS mapping of issues like mosquito trapping, lead in drinking water, and a C. difficile outbreak at the local hospital. The document concludes by discussing plans to further develop these research platforms and their economic impacts in the region.
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Office of Environmental Advocate acts as a liaison between the agency, communities, advocacy groups, and concerned citizens. The office independently investigates citizen concerns, helps resolve issues, and attends legislative hearings. It provides contact information for three advocates: Wendy Radcliff, Dennis Stottlemyer, and John King. The office assists with common concerns around shale development like truck traffic, erosion, spills, and water protection. It shows examples of development being done properly with measures like stabilized sites, containment, and community education events. Public participation is important for protecting the environment through open dialogue.
This document summarizes the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Emergency Watershed Protection Program. The EWP program provides assistance for recovery from natural disasters like floods, fires, and drought. Eligible projects include debris removal, bank stabilization, and levee repair. Sponsors must be local governments and meet eligibility criteria for threats to life/property. The process involves a sponsor requesting assistance, NRCS completing a damage survey report, and developing a project agreement with a cost share. NRCS provides technical assistance while sponsors are responsible for securing permits and administering construction contracts. Example projects in Florida are presented that demonstrate flood mitigation and erosion control measures.
STANDARD OF CARE AND E-DEMOCRACY INITIATIVES: LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY IMPACTSBarry Wellar
Barry Wellar’s presentation at the 2010 GIS-Pro Conference introduced the topic of governments using GIS to meet duty of care/standard of care obligations. During the 2011 GIS-Pro Conference, Sean McGrath reported on e-democracy activities designed to streamline the legislative process, reduce the paper burden, and significantly improve information exchanges between elected officials and citizens. This panel session builds on those foundations by discussing how information technology is modernizing the legislative process in different jurisdictions, how the availability of GIS is increasing the onus on governments to explicitly build GIS into their standard of care capabilities, and how e-democracy principles and practices are emerging as a core element of enterprise-wide computer-based communications systems in governments. This presentation summarizes the core arguments in the two standard of care papers given by Wellar (Wellar, 2010a, 2010b) at the 2010 URISA conference, and then discusses some of the policy and legislative impacts arising from and feeding into the fusion of GIS and e-democracy infrastructure and activities. The presentation should be of particular interest to: 1) elected and appointed members of the executive function responsible for incorporating standard of care obligations into the policies and legislative materials of local, provincial/state, and federal governments; and 2) managers and GISPs responsible for designing and implementing a GIS-based, e-democracy capability that achieves enterprise-wide inter-connectivity between duty of care and standard of care obligations and the modifications to policies or legislative documents and procedures that pertain to those care obligations.
Urisa 201STANDARD OF CARE AND E-DEMOCRACY INITIATIVES: Barry Wellar
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This document provides an overview and agenda for a presentation on key environmental issues including air quality, water management, and land management. It includes photos of air pollution in various cities, rankings of countries by air quality, information on the Paris Climate Accord and US withdrawal, facts on drinkable water, land management, forest management, navigable waterways, and Great Lakes water levels. It also shares perspectives questioning the costs of air pollution and drivers of climate change policies.
This study analyzed pedestrian and bicyclist accident data from 2008-2013 in Los Angeles to identify contributing factors and recommend safety improvements. The analysis found that the top factors for collisions were pedestrians violating right-of-way and bicyclists riding on the wrong side of the road. Hotspot maps showed the highest accident locations were in downtown LA, Hollywood, Santa Monica, and Long Beach. Recommendations included infrastructure changes like protected bike lanes, education programs, and a centralized dashboard to monitor accidents in real-time. The study concluded that focused efforts are still needed from citizens and the city to reduce accidents, especially in long-standing hotspot areas.
Executive Summary Trauma Trends Statistical Study 2005-2015John DiGulio
This document is a statistical study of trauma trends from 2005-2015 conducted by USA Decon. It summarizes statistics on workplace fatalities from the Bureau of Labor, characteristics of megacities studied by the U.S. Army, case studies on trauma cleanup projects in Houston, and recommendations for property managers and insurance adjusters regarding traumatic events. The case studies on Houston provide data on revenue and details of suicide and hoarding cleanup projects in that area during the study period.
Protecting the Public: The Regulation of Landscape ArchitectureJonathon Geels
For the past few decades, landscape architects around the country have ranked licensure as a top priority for the profession. While the “50 in 50” was a compelling campaign, the laissez-faire approach to advocacy has jeopardized the role of landscape architects among the design professions. This session will outline the paths to licensure INASLA has taken and how those lessons still apply to our current advocacy efforts. It will also focus on the regulation of landscape architecture and how it pertains to the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare. Finally, it will highlight the strategies developed to combat contemporary licensure battles the profession is facing now and into the future. This presentation was created in collaboration with Jonathon Geels, Meg Storrow, and Malcolm Cairns.
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2017 Conservation Track: Streamlining the Development of a Statewide Water G...GIS in the Rockies
This document discusses streamlining the development of a statewide water GIS in Wyoming. It proposes utilizing existing water development projects to help define core statewide water data and distribute data collection. This would save money compared to contracting single large projects. Standard tools and templates would be provided to promote consistent data collection across projects. Readily available base maps and data would reduce costs. Online access to water data and maps would improve information sharing and decision making about water resources in Wyoming.
Dr. Peggy Hall - Legal Liability Aspects Of Manure ApplicationsJohn Blue
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More presentations at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZBwPfKdlk4SB63zZy16kyA
1) The document discusses how geographic information systems (GIS) and geospatial analysis can be applied to public health issues beyond simple mapping to provide predictive modeling, time-distance analysis, and service area analysis.
2) Examples are given of how GIS has been used to identify "hot spots" of high infant mortality in Richmond, Virginia and recommend optimal locations for maternity clinics in Tidewater, Virginia.
3) Additionally, the document discusses how GIS analysis could help identify potential areas of underreporting of breast cancer cases in southern Virginia and determine access to psychiatric facilities across the state based on drive time analysis.
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The topic of speed limits and road safety has been around since the advent of the automobile and the topic still brings heated debate, usually along the lines of increasing speed limits to accommodate private motor vehicle operators. In these remarks for a panel discussion at the Ottawa Centre Community Summit on Speed Limits and Road Safety, I present a total of 20 questions which I believe provide a considerable amount of thought for citizens, community associations, advocacy groups, public interest groups, elected and appointed government officials, lawyers, academics, and others who seek actionable suggestions on how to ensure that whatever decisions are made about speed limits and road safety, those decisions have all due regard for the safety of pedestrians, and especially children, persons with disabilities, and seniors, who are among the most vulnerable of road users.
The Walking Security Index (WSI) project was approved in 1994 as an element of the Transportation Environment Action Plan (TEAP) of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton (changed to City of Ottawa in 2000) and the Walking Security Index (Final Report) was published in 1998. The Walking Security Index Pilot Study project was launched in 2000 and completed in 2002 One of the goals of TEAP was to encourage more trips by walking, and the primary mission of the WSI project was to design indexes which measure the levels of safety, comfort and convenience expected and experienced by pedestrians at intersections. The thesis of the WSI research was that indexes could be designed that provide scores on the performance of intersections from the perspective of safety, comfort, and convenience of pedestrians, and the scores could be arranged in rank order. Then, for public safety, quality of life, engineering, traffic, enforcement, maintenance, modification, health, or other purposes, the scores could be used to identify needed corrective actions at intersections rated from best to worst, o
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The slide presentation for GIS: Bringing Geography to the World & the World to Geography, demonstrates the theme that GIS Day is a special occasion, whereby we express what we are thinking and doing in our GIS research, education, training, and applications activities. And, it is also is a time to set forth what we wish others would think about and do, such as providing answers to the question: “What contribution is Geography making to support and encourage the development and use of GIS technology and GIScience methods, techniques, and operations by governments, NGOs, business, researchers, academe, the media, and interest groups?” The impending Research Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets is one such contribution by Geography to GIS. This GIS Day 2014 presentation includes a selection of figures and tables from several Colloquium papers which illustrate how Geography can contribute to both parts of the title, that is, GIS: Bringing Geography to the World and, GIS: Bringing the World to Geography.
Searching for GIS Nuggets: Mining Annual Reports by Canada’s Commissioner of ...Barry Wellar
The 2015 Retrospective Research Colloquium is designed in conjunction with plans for the follow-on 2016 Conference on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets. The focus of the Research Colloquium is on presentations which discuss why and how different kinds of literature and other sources could be mined for GIS nuggets serving one or more of the following missions: M1. Designing and developing geographic information systems technology; M2. Defining and elaborating geographic information science; and, M3. Using geographic information systems technology and/or geographic information science The Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) is a Government of Canada oversight agency. CESD reviews and evaluates federal department and agency progress in developing and implementing strategies to serve and promote sustainable development (which applies to both the built and the natural environments); and, CESD also oversees the environmental petitions process involving citizens. This paper discusses CESD’s mandate, its annual Reports to Parliament, and the focus of the Reports on the importance of information which is to be collected and processed by federal departments and agencies, and then used to monitor and analyze environmental and sustainable situations and processes, as well as to direct and support policy, program, and strategy decisions, and to communicate with citizens on environmental and sustainable development challenges, opportunities, issues, options, and initiatives. The paper concludes that CESD Reports to Parliament are an important body of literature to be mined for GIS nuggets.
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GIS AS A FACTOR IN STANDARD OF CARE DECISIONS
1. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Dr. Barry Wellar Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa Principal, Wellar Consulting Inc. President, Information Research Board (IRB) Inc. [email_address] http://www.wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/
2. Barry Wellar GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions There are 47 PowerPoint slides and a video in this presentation. Details behind the visuals are contained in the Proceedings paper.
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16. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions DEATHS, INJURIES, AND OTHER COSTS OF STANDARD OF CARE FAILURES? CHECK THE DAILY NEWS “ New cap for leaky well – Torrent of oil released as smaller cap is removed” Barry Wellar
17. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions DEATHS, INJURIES, AND OTHER COSTS OF STANDARD OF CARE FAILURES? CHECK THE DAILY NEWS “ Oil giant changes face – Next BP head says he’ll put safety first” Barry Wellar
18. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions DEATHS, INJURIES, AND OTHER COSTS OF STANDARD OF CARE FAILURES? CHECK THE DAILY NEWS “ BP could start plugging oil well for good” Barry Wellar
19. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions DEATHS, INJURIES, AND OTHER COSTS OF STANDARD OF CARE FAILURES? CHECK THE DAILY NEWS "Roads scholar takes stand for pedestrian safety" “ Heavy trucks need side mirrors to prevent more deaths” “ Chemical plant does not belong in residential area” “ Ice-covered road blamed for multi-vehicle crash” “ Board faces lawsuit over bullying” Barry Wellar
20. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions DEATHS, INJURIES, AND OTHER COSTS OF STANDARD OF CARE FAILURES? CHECK THE DAILY NEWS “ Crossroads where cyclist killed known as puzzling, treacherous” “ Praying for water” “ Mayor: Flood fix priority for city” “ Flood victims want solution” “ Latest Midwest floods expose lessons unlearned” Barry Wellar
21. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions DEATHS, INJURIES, AND OTHER COSTS OF STANDARD OF CARE FAILURES? CHECK THE DAILY NEWS “ Taxpayers want answers for sewage spill” “ Death of elderly woman puts dangerous stretch of road in context” “ District did not send out contaminated water alert” “ Police action in Toronto worrisome” “ The road to anarchy” Barry Wellar
22. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions DEATHS, INJURIES, AND OTHER COSTS OF STANDARD OF CARE FAILURES? CHECK THE DAILY NEWS “ Top doc gives city a heads-up on helmet use” “ TSB urges reforms – Canada faces critical transportation safety issues” “ Tripping on strands” “ Double-talk on air pollution” “ Did agency give correct information about road closure traffic? Barry Wellar
23. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions DEATHS, INJURIES, AND OTHER COSTS OF STANDARD OF CARE FAILURES? CHECK THE DAILY NEWS “ Trucker protests proposed 84-hour work week” “ Bike lanes would boost tourism, increase safety” “ Collision – Stop sign obscured by tree” “ Waste plan panned: King Edward can’t take more trucks” “ City health inspectors miss fast food strip” Barry Wellar
24. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions DEATHS, INJURIES, AND OTHER COSTS OF STANDARD OF CARE FAILURES? CHECK THE DAILY NEWS “ Staff approved roadway in protected area” “ Drinking water safety push” “ Habitat loss for large animals ignored in plans” “ Smog warning not issued” “ Mudslide was predictable” Barry Wellar
25. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions DEATHS, INJURIES, AND OTHER COSTS OF STANDARD OF CARE FAILURES? CHECK THE DAILY NEWS “ Fatal crash stokes up cellphone debate” “ Wetland feud heats up at city hall” “ Questions over safety” “ They tore down a heritage building – were all city staff asleep?” “ Notification missed 150 affected properties” Barry Wellar
26. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions DEATHS, INJURIES, AND OTHER COSTS OF STANDARD OF CARE FAILURES? CHECK THE DAILY NEWS “ Provincial agency ignores city’s growth projections” “ The 100-year flood criteria are outdated” “ Washed-out shoulder causes roll-over” “ Halfway house location criticized” “ Failure to properly plan for access leads to lawsuit” Barry Wellar
27. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions DEATHS, INJURIES, AND OTHER COSTS OF STANDARD OF CARE FAILURES? CHECK THE DAILY NEWS “ Developer cuts trees, blames county for error” “ Transport and highway designs need overhaul” “ Urban sprawl – Other cities show us the dangers of uncontrolled development” “ Gross misuse of scarce water” “ Totally wrong place for a playground” Barry Wellar
28. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions DEATHS, INJURIES, AND OTHER COSTS OF STANDARD OF CARE FAILURES? CHECK THE DAILY NEWS “ Protesters rip expanded landfill plan” “ Broken sidewalk causes broken leg” “ Snow happens, deal with it – properly” “ Bridges collapse, investigations begin” “ Development on flood plain big mistake” Barry Wellar
29. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions DEATHS, INJURIES, AND OTHER COSTS OF STANDARD OF CARE FAILURES? CHECK THE DAILY NEWS “ City withholds Carp River model” “ Pattern of high-speed crashes a warning sign” “ Avalanche zones need to be re-drawn “ Their projections are wrong, they used old data: expert” “ Contaminated meat: Inspectors slow to track shipments” Barry Wellar
30. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions GIS and Standard of Care: Questions for Hearings, and Maybe Even for Trial Barry Wellar
31. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Q1. GIS and Standard of Care Basic Benchmarking Question What did you know, and when did you know it? Barry Wellar
32. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Q2. GIS and Standard of Care Methods and Techniques Question 1 What could you have known and when could you have known it? Barry Wellar
33. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Q3. GIS and Standard of Care Methods and Techniques Question 2 What should you have known and when should you have known it? Barry Wellar
34. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Q4. GIS and Standard of Care Basic GIS Question A1 Did you use GIS? If YES What difference did using GIS make to the analysis and/or synthesis of the standard of care situation which is at issue? Barry Wellar
35. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Q5. GIS and Standard of Care Basic GIS Question A2 What difference did GIS make to what was known, and when it was known? Barry Wellar
36. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Q6. GIS and Standard of Care Basic GIS Question A3 What methodology was used in making the decision to use GIS to examine this standard of care situation? Barry Wellar
37. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Q7. GIS and Standard of Care Basic GIS Question A4 As a result of having that knowledge at that time, what difference did GIS make to how you dealt with the standard of care situation? Barry Wellar
38. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Q8. GIS and Standard of Care Basic GIS Question A5 What evidence do you have to support your opinion about the difference using GIS made to the standard of care achieved? Barry Wellar
39. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Q9. GIS and Standard of Care Basic GIS Questions B1 Did you use GIS? If NO Could you have used GIS? Should you have used GIS? Barry Wellar
40. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Q10. GIS and Standard of Care Basic GIS Question B2 What methodology was used in making the decision to not use GIS to examine this standard of care situation? Barry Wellar
41. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Q11. GIS and Standard of Care Basic GIS Question B3 If GIS had been used, what difference could it or would it have made to what was known, and when it was known? Barry Wellar
42. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Q12. GIS and Standard of Care Basic GIS Question B4 As a result of having that knowledge at that time, what difference could it or would it have made to how you dealt with the standard of care situation? Barry Wellar
43. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Q13. GIS and Standard of Care Basic GIS Question B5 What evidence do you have to support your opinion about the difference using GIS could have or would have made to the standard of care achieved? Barry Wellar
44. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Q14. GIS and Standard of Care Basic GIS Question B6 What other questions remain to be asked about the GIS and standard of care connection? Barry Wellar
45. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Background Materials: Guidelines on Expert Witness Qualifications and Opinions B. Wellar. Application of Walking Security Index Research to Standard of Care Situations and Analysis. Federation of Urban Neighbourhoods http://www.urbanneighbourhoods.ca/ , and B. Wellar. Tips on Testifying as an Expert Witness, http://www.slideshare.net/wellarb/aag-2007-tips-for-expert-witness Barry Wellar
46. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Background Materials: Guidelines on Expert Witness Qualifications and Opinions B. Wellar. Methods and Techniques that Could be Used in Making Decisions about Identifying, Adopting, or Implementing Sustainable Transport Practices . http://www.wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/TC%20Project%20Research%20Report%201.pdf B. Wellar. Sampler of Commentaries on Methods and Techniques that Could be Used in Making Decisions about Identifying, Adopting, or Implementing Sustainable Transport Practices. http://www.wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/TC%20Project%20Research%20Report%203.pdf Barry Wellar
47. GIS as a Factor in Standard of Care Decisions Background Materials: BP- Gulf of Mexico Video W. Im. Gulf Coast Oil Spill Trajectory Map . http://www.imrivers.org/gulfcoastoilspill Barry Wellar I wish to acknowledge the assistance provided by Sam Herold, technical advisor, Information Research Board (IRB) Inc. Acknowledgement
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Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.
Add your workshop’s title. Leave the subtitle: “A URISA Certified Workshop” Add the names of instructors who will be teaching this workshop this year. Add the names of editors who provided input for improving the workshop.