This document summarizes CSA Ocean Sciences' use of GIS technology in their environmental consulting work. They utilize ArcGIS to store and manage vast amounts of environmental data and make it accessible to clients. Key aspects include using ArcGIS Collector to validate satellite imagery and map environmental sensitivity, and hosting full motion video within ArcGIS Online to allow digitizing features from georeferenced video for environmental assessments and incident response. The ArcGIS platform allows CSA to efficiently conduct environmental studies, compile required regulatory content, and deliver specialized data and tools to clients.
3. CSA Ocean Sciences Inc.
• XX Years of Environmental Consulting Experience
• Office locations both Domestic and International
• XX number of Environmental Documents
• Librarian Services (Member of Inter-Library Loan)
• It’s our job to know what the environmental standards and
regulations are for each client in each region. This information is
used to help us put together the environmental documents for the
clients.
5. CSA’s Role……
• It’s our job to know what the environmental standards and
regulations are for each client in each region. This information is
used to help us put together the environmental documents for the
clients.
• Often we know what the client’s needs are better than the client.
6. Environment
al Content
Environmental
Impact
Statements
(EIS)
Environmental
Base Line
Studies
(EBS)
Environmental
Impact
Assessments
(EIA)
Environmental
and Social
Impact
Assessments
(ESIA)
Programmatic
Environmental
Impact
Statements
(PEIS)
Environmental
Assessments
(EA)
Administrative Boundaries
GeoPolitical Boundaries
Government Agency Regions
and Offices
Marine Jurisdictions
Environmental Sensitivity
Index (ESI) Mapping
Habitats
Sensitivity
Weather, Oceanography &
Natural Hazards
Seafloor Bathymetry
Currents
Tides
Oceanographic Conditions
Weather
Shoreline Navigation & Marine
Infrastructure
Aids to Navigation
Boat Launches
Vessel Tracking Feeds
Ports
Environmental Content Spatial Data
Making Environmental Data Available
7. Desktop studies
Field efforts
Conduct Study
Stage Data within
ArcGIS
Host Data in ArcGIS
Online with
associated tools and
templates
Utilize data for Drill
and Scenario
activities to further
refine requirements
and data gaps
The Workflow
UTILIZE DATA FOR DRILL SCENARIOS
HOST DATA WITHIN ARCGIS ONLINE
CONDUCT THE STUDY
STAGE DATA WITHIN ARCGIS DESKTOP
Determine best practices and revise data based on feedback
Produce templates for different scenarios (Water Sampling, Benthic Sampling, etc.)
Broadcast data for sharing
Manage updates
Control user access
Compile and organize data for optimized display
Prevent data misuse
Add needed metadata
8. (International)
Administrative Boundaries
Geopolitical Boundaries
Congressional or other Governmental Districts
Counties/Parishes
Country
States/Provinces
Tribal Lands
Government Agency Regions & Offices
Coast Guard Areas of Responsibility (AORs)
Port Jurisdiction Zones
Coastal Wetlands
Environmental Department Boundaries
National Park Service Boundaries
Wildlife Refuges or Managed Areas
Marine Jurisdictions
Continental Shelf Boundary
Federal OCS
Lease Blocks
Protractions
Marine Jurisdictions
US Maritime Zones/Boundaries (3 Mile Limit)
Oil and Gas Infrastructure
Offshore Pipelines
Onshore Oil and Gas transmission lines
Pipeline
Platforms (Rigs)
Platforms, FPSOs and drilling rigs
Subsea facilities and flowlines/umbilicals
Wells
Navigation & Marine
Infrastructure
Navigation
Aids to navigation
Anchorage Areas
Boat launches
Dredge Disposal Areas
Electronic navigation charts (ENCs)
Fairways
Maritime Collision Regulation Lines
Precautionary Areas for Navigation
Restricted Areas
Vessel tracking feeds (typically updated on a continuous basis)
Vessel traffic zones and shipping lanes
Wrecks, debris, and archaeology sites
Marine Infrastructure
Ferries
Marinas
Ports
Public Safety & Terrestrial
Infrastructure
Critical infrastructure
Airports
Fire stations
First-aid
Helipad(s)
Hospitals
Parking
Police stations
Power generation facilities
Power lines and substations
Water intakes
Water stations
Transportation infrastructure
Bridges
Railways
Roads
Weather, Oceanography & Natural
Hazards
Oceanography
Seafloor Bathymetry - Best Available
Buoys & Gliders
Currents
Eddy-loop
Shoreline - Most Recent
Tides
Water levels
Weather
Current and predicted wave heights
Current and predicted wind velocities
High frequency (HF) radar
Natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes
Oceanographic conditions
Precipitation forecasts
Radar
Real-time data feeds and forecasts for weather
Sea surface temperature
Weather
Available Layers
9. Environmental Sensitivity
Mapping (ESI)
Socioeconomic Features and Use
Access - Vehicular access to the shoreline
Airport/Heliport
Aquaculture - Hatcheries, ponds, and pens
Archaeological Site - Water-, coastal-, or wetland-associated
Beach - High-use recreational beaches
Boat Ramp
Camping
Coast Guard
Commercial Fishing
Critical Habitat
Diving - High-use recreational areas
Equipment
ESI Socioeconomic (line)
ESI/RSI Change
Facility
Factory
Ferry
Hazardous Waste Site
Historical Site - Water-, coastal-, or wetland-associated
Hoist
Hotel
Indian Reservation/Tribal Land
Lock/Dam
Logging
Management Area - Managed areas (including nature conservancies)
Marina
Marine Sanctuary
Mining - Intertidal/subtidal mining leases
National Park
NOAA Data Buoy
Park - State and regional parks
Recreational Fishing - High-use recreational areas
Special Management Areas - Usually water-associated
Subsistence Fishing - Designated harvest sites
Surfing
Village
Washover
Water Discharge
Water Intake - Industrial; drinking water; cooling water, aquaculture
Water Quality
Water Supply
Wildlife Refuge
Bird Habitat
Important Bird Areas (IBAs)
Alcid/Pelagic Bird Areas
Diving Bird Areas
Gull/Tern Areas
Passerine Bird Areas
Raptor Areas
Shorebird Areas
Wading Bird Areas
Waterfowl Areas
Fish Habitat
Anadromous Fish Areas
Diadromous Fish Areas
Estuarine Nursery Fish Areas
Estuarine Resident Fish Areas
Fish Areas
Freshwater Fish Areas
Marine Benthic Fish Areas
Marine Pelagic Fish Areas
Invertebrate Habitat
Bivalve Areas
Crab Areas
Echinoderm Areas
Gastropod Areas
Insect Areas
Lobster/Crayfish Areas
Shrimp Areas
Squid/Octopus Areas
Marine Mammal Habitat
Dolphin Areas
Manatee Areas
Sea Otter Areas
Seal/Sea Lion Areas
Whale Areas
Reptile Habitat
Alligator/Crocodile Areas
Reptile/Amphibian Areas
Turtle Areas
Shoreline
ESI Index Shoreline Classification (line)
ESI Index Shoreline Classification (poly)
Terrestrial Mammal Habitat
Bat Areas
Bear Areas
Coral / Hardbottom Reef Areas
Deer Areas
Floating Aquatic Vegetation/Intermittent Coastal Wetlands Areas
Polar Bear Areas
Small Mammal Areas
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Areas
Terrestial Plant Areas
Critical Habitat and EFAs
Critical Habitat
Essential Fish Areas (EFAs)
Natural Resources, Habitats, & Managed Areas
Artificial Reefs
Benthic Habitats
Cold-Water Coral Habitats
Deep Sea Corals
Sediments
Projects
Historic Project Locations
(International)
Available Layers
10. Regulations
• The datasets gathered and staged then allow for use within the
environmental community.
• Available to help meet regulations and recommendations.
12. Environmental Sensitivity
Index (ESI) Mapping
• ESI maps and associated information
are most useful when compiled in an
atlas. An ESI atlas is a regional
collection of maps packaged with
additional resources and metadata that
further explain map features.
• When an accident such as an oil spill
occurs, an ESI atlas helps to:
▫ Focus the spatial extent with speed and efficiency
▫ Predict environmental consequences
▫ Determine associated clean-up efforts
13. Collector for
ArcGIS
ArcGIS Online
• We verify and validate satellite
image interpretation using published
literature, photographs and imagery
• We utilize up-to-date, high-
resolution, orthorectified satellite
imagery
• We conduct field verification surveys
in order to properly interpret:
• Sediment type
• Shoreline geomorphology
• Identification of vegetation
types
• Identification of intertidal
and shallow subtidal
organisms
• Motile resources (marine
birds, sea turtles, sea turtle
nests)
Environmental Sensitivity
Index (ESI) Mapping
15. What is Full Motion Video (FMV)?
• Allows you to play live streams of video or video files in your map
• Frames from the video can be extracted as single georeferenced
images, or groups of images stored in a mosaic dataset
• Playback of time-stamped video data can be synchronized with
other time-enabled data and played together on the map
• Features can be digitized directly on the video player and will
appear on the map
16. What is Full Motion Video (FMV)?
• Based on Motion Imagery
Standards Board (MISB)
• Originally developed for
Department of Defense
• ESRI Add-In available (free)
http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e8c47c6b4d634b6
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• Supports playback and
management of multiple
simultaneous feeds of video
• Display the footprint of the
video image, the center of the
image, and the position and
track of the video platform
17. Full Motion Video (FMV) Capabilities
Full Motion Video
▫ Specially captured and processed video that is georeferenced for use in a GIS
▫ Video can be used as
Visual intelligence tool
Source for data capture through heads-up digitizing (tracing) of features of interest
▫ Full Motion Video maintains data integrity
All navigation metadata maintained within video file
▫ ESRI Full Motion Video Add-in
Allows viewer to add point, line, polygon features within video