This document proposes a fiber optic broadband network to serve rural areas in Albany, Columbia, Greene, and Schoharie Counties in New York that have limited or no high-speed internet access. The network would use GPON technology to provide internet speeds of 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps. Route planning utilizes GIS mapping software to efficiently design routes along anchor institutions and densely populated areas. The proposed project aims to expedite broadband deployment through streamlining the design and engineering process using GIS, CAD, and database applications.
The AS-Built document of fiber optic project is very vital to the success of the project as it is one of the major document to be handed over to the Fiber maintenance team, hence the level of accuracy is expected to be higher than the proposed route drawing.
Presentation made on Esri European User Conference by Joan Carles Guasch i Casanova, Benet Rodríguez i Marí and Xavier Puig i Farré from Centre de Telecomunicacions i Tecnologíes de la Informació of Catalonia.
Transportation involves the movement of people and the shipment of goods from one location to another.
A geospatial model of a transportation network is comprised of linear features and the points of intersection between them.
The AS-Built document of fiber optic project is very vital to the success of the project as it is one of the major document to be handed over to the Fiber maintenance team, hence the level of accuracy is expected to be higher than the proposed route drawing.
Presentation made on Esri European User Conference by Joan Carles Guasch i Casanova, Benet Rodríguez i Marí and Xavier Puig i Farré from Centre de Telecomunicacions i Tecnologíes de la Informació of Catalonia.
Transportation involves the movement of people and the shipment of goods from one location to another.
A geospatial model of a transportation network is comprised of linear features and the points of intersection between them.
The peer-reviewed International Journal of Engineering Inventions (IJEI) is started with a mission to encourage contribution to research in Science and Technology. Encourage and motivate researchers in challenging areas of Sciences and Technology.
Real time path planning based on hybrid-vanet-enhanced transportation systemShakas Technologies
Real-time path planning can efficiently relieve traffic congestion in urban scenarios. However, how to design an efficient path-planning algorithm to achieve a globally optimal vehicle traffic control still remains a challenging problem, particularly when we take drivers’ individual preferences into consideration
The Wisconsin Historical Society maintains the Wisconsin History and Architecture Inventory (AHI), consisting of approximately 120,000 properties surveyed by architectural historians or preservation consultants. The inventory has been assembled over a period of more than 25 years from a wide variety of sources. In many cases, the information is dated and properties may be altered or no longer exist. The majority of properties included in this inventory are privately owned and not open to the public. After 25 years of data collection, there are numerous difficulties with inaccurate addresses. Nearly 10,000 properties have errors, which makes it difficult to map out using a geocoder and have to be entered manually and validated with primary and secondary online sources. I will share how Historic Preservationist are using GIS and what online resources I use to validate and find historic sites from the past.
Tagging Underground Utility Cables in Esri & Schneider Electric GISSSP Innovations
Tagging Underground Cables in GIS
Describes a customization to help a utility keep track of the tags on their underground cabling. This customization was applied to the utility's Esri and Schneider Electric based GIS utilizing ArcSDE, ArcGIS, ArcFM, Designer, etc.
Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) was launched by Hon’ble Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare in November 2004 for a period upto March 2010. The project was restructured and extended up to March 2012. The project continues in the 12th Plan with domestic budget as Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme under NHM for all States with Budgetary allocation of 640 Cr.
A Central Surveillance Unit (CSU) at Delhi, State Surveillance Units (SSU) at all State/UT head quarters and District Surveillance Units (DSU) at all Districts in the country have been established.
Objectives:
To strengthen/maintain decentralized laboratory based IT enabled disease surveillance system for epidemic prone diseases to monitor disease trends and to detect and respond to outbreaks in early rising phase through trained Rapid Response Team (RRTs)
Programme Components:
Integration and decentralization of surveillance activities through establishment of surveillance units at Centre, State and District level.
Human Resource Development – Training of State Surveillance Officers, District Surveillance Officers, Rapid Response Team and other Medical and Paramedical staff on principles of disease surveillance.
Use of Information Communication Technology for collection, collation, compilation, analysis and dissemination of data.
Strengthening of public health laboratories.
GIS as tool for cultural heritage managementyllferizi
Digital tools for Disaster Management: Lecture & Workshop
- The usage of GIS, crowd mapping, social media and similar, in processing data
- Data management and protection
A Retrospective Study to Investigate Association among Age, BMI and BMD in th...IOSR Journals
Bone strength (and, hence, fracture risk) is dependent on many qualities of bone, of which bone mineral density (BMD) is the most commonly measured. Association between advancing age and lower body mass index (BMI) is an important risk factor in the occurrence of low BMD. This study was aimed at evaluation of the association among age, BMI and status of BMD among 159 age matched postmenopausal women who underwent Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptimetry (DEXA) scan. The study population was divided into three groups on the basis of body mass index (BMI) as normal weight, obese and severely obese. The mean bone mineral density (BMD) of obese and severely obese postmenopausal women was found to be significantly higher (P value < 0.001) as compared to the mean BMD of normal weight women. Significant negative correlation was found between the age and BMI except in severely obese group (P value < 0.05). Age and BMD in all the three groups correlated negatively (P value < 0.01) in all the three groups. BMD and BMI in the normal weight group significantly correlated negatively (P value < 0.05) while a very weak positive but insignificant correlation existed between the same in the obese and severely obese postmenopausal women. The study revealed that with advancing age BMD is lowered and that higher BMI might have a positive influence (although not significant as observed in the present study) on the BMD. Other factors like exposure to sunlight, calcium intake, diet etc should also be investigated which could not be probed in the present study as it was a retrospective analysis.
The peer-reviewed International Journal of Engineering Inventions (IJEI) is started with a mission to encourage contribution to research in Science and Technology. Encourage and motivate researchers in challenging areas of Sciences and Technology.
Real time path planning based on hybrid-vanet-enhanced transportation systemShakas Technologies
Real-time path planning can efficiently relieve traffic congestion in urban scenarios. However, how to design an efficient path-planning algorithm to achieve a globally optimal vehicle traffic control still remains a challenging problem, particularly when we take drivers’ individual preferences into consideration
The Wisconsin Historical Society maintains the Wisconsin History and Architecture Inventory (AHI), consisting of approximately 120,000 properties surveyed by architectural historians or preservation consultants. The inventory has been assembled over a period of more than 25 years from a wide variety of sources. In many cases, the information is dated and properties may be altered or no longer exist. The majority of properties included in this inventory are privately owned and not open to the public. After 25 years of data collection, there are numerous difficulties with inaccurate addresses. Nearly 10,000 properties have errors, which makes it difficult to map out using a geocoder and have to be entered manually and validated with primary and secondary online sources. I will share how Historic Preservationist are using GIS and what online resources I use to validate and find historic sites from the past.
Tagging Underground Utility Cables in Esri & Schneider Electric GISSSP Innovations
Tagging Underground Cables in GIS
Describes a customization to help a utility keep track of the tags on their underground cabling. This customization was applied to the utility's Esri and Schneider Electric based GIS utilizing ArcSDE, ArcGIS, ArcFM, Designer, etc.
Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) was launched by Hon’ble Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare in November 2004 for a period upto March 2010. The project was restructured and extended up to March 2012. The project continues in the 12th Plan with domestic budget as Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme under NHM for all States with Budgetary allocation of 640 Cr.
A Central Surveillance Unit (CSU) at Delhi, State Surveillance Units (SSU) at all State/UT head quarters and District Surveillance Units (DSU) at all Districts in the country have been established.
Objectives:
To strengthen/maintain decentralized laboratory based IT enabled disease surveillance system for epidemic prone diseases to monitor disease trends and to detect and respond to outbreaks in early rising phase through trained Rapid Response Team (RRTs)
Programme Components:
Integration and decentralization of surveillance activities through establishment of surveillance units at Centre, State and District level.
Human Resource Development – Training of State Surveillance Officers, District Surveillance Officers, Rapid Response Team and other Medical and Paramedical staff on principles of disease surveillance.
Use of Information Communication Technology for collection, collation, compilation, analysis and dissemination of data.
Strengthening of public health laboratories.
GIS as tool for cultural heritage managementyllferizi
Digital tools for Disaster Management: Lecture & Workshop
- The usage of GIS, crowd mapping, social media and similar, in processing data
- Data management and protection
A Retrospective Study to Investigate Association among Age, BMI and BMD in th...IOSR Journals
Bone strength (and, hence, fracture risk) is dependent on many qualities of bone, of which bone mineral density (BMD) is the most commonly measured. Association between advancing age and lower body mass index (BMI) is an important risk factor in the occurrence of low BMD. This study was aimed at evaluation of the association among age, BMI and status of BMD among 159 age matched postmenopausal women who underwent Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptimetry (DEXA) scan. The study population was divided into three groups on the basis of body mass index (BMI) as normal weight, obese and severely obese. The mean bone mineral density (BMD) of obese and severely obese postmenopausal women was found to be significantly higher (P value < 0.001) as compared to the mean BMD of normal weight women. Significant negative correlation was found between the age and BMI except in severely obese group (P value < 0.05). Age and BMD in all the three groups correlated negatively (P value < 0.01) in all the three groups. BMD and BMI in the normal weight group significantly correlated negatively (P value < 0.05) while a very weak positive but insignificant correlation existed between the same in the obese and severely obese postmenopausal women. The study revealed that with advancing age BMD is lowered and that higher BMI might have a positive influence (although not significant as observed in the present study) on the BMD. Other factors like exposure to sunlight, calcium intake, diet etc should also be investigated which could not be probed in the present study as it was a retrospective analysis.
Don't waste time and money hiring consulting firms to compile white paper feasibility study reports. Same expenditure can create a construct-able OSP design complete with cost estimates making the business case.
the real cost of fiber-Aerial constructionSoudAbdallah
Things to Consider when constructing a new
fiber optic facility as all factors affect cost
• Who owns the poles: Pole ownership can affect cost
due to permitting fees. These fees can be
reoccurring each year for every attachment.
• Condition of the pole line: This will affect the make
ready costs as factors such as height and class of
pole, age of pole, can proper clearances be obtained
( from other utilities on pole and over streets /
highways), can pole be accessed by trucks or will it
have to be climbed.
• Will your organization have the resources to
maintain plant in house or will it be contracted out.Considerations continued
• Permitting Fees: pole attachment fees can range
from $5.00 to $15.00 per attachment – per pole
• For example using 22 poles per mile and a single
attachment $110.00 to $330.00 in fees could be
incurred per mile each year.
• Make Ready Cost ( cost to bring pole in
compliance with NESC and / or owners
specifications) to be able to make the new
attachment vary widely. There may be no cost
for some poles and considerable cost for othersConsiderations
• One actual example was a make ready charge of
$42,000.00 for seven pole attachments
• If trucks can access pole then speed of construction
increases and cost per mile drops. If each pole has to
be climbed by a lineman ( mountainous areas for
example) then production drops and costs increase
• Another permitting fee example would be railroad
crossings. $10,000+ to prepare and submit the
required engineering drawings.Examples of Aerial Construction.Costs
Materials and labor excluding Splicing Based
on a 288F Cable
• $15,420.00 to $21,588.00 per mile for stand and lash method. Note –
this type of construction would be located in the communications
space on the pole.
• $23,647.00 to $33,106.00 per mile for ADSS construction. Note –
Based on being constructed in the supply space on the pole.
Buried Fiber
• Fiber Count/Network Design
• Installation Labor
• Urban vs Rural
• Terrain
• Other Factors
- Size of Cable
- Placement of Electronics
- Active Network
- Passive Optical Network (PON)
- Splitter Types (32/16/8)Buried Fiber
• Fiber Count/Network Design
• Installation Labor
• Urban vs Rural
• Terrain
• Other Factors
- In House vs. Contract Labor
- Davis Bacon (Prevailing Wage)
- Trenching, Plowing, BoringBuried Fiber
• Fiber Count/Network Design
• Installation Labor
• Urban vs Rural
• Terrain
• Other Factors
- What Is In My Path
- Locates
- Permits
- Easements / Right of waysBuried Fiber
• Fiber Count/Network Design
• Installation Labor
• Urban vs Rural
• Terrain
• Other Factors
- Mountain, Piedmont, Coastal
- Rock Boring ($150-$200)
- Steep Inclines
- Little to No Shoulder
- Clay, Swamp, SandBuried Fiber
• Fiber Count/Network Design
• Installation Labor
• Urban vs Rural
• Terrain
• Other Factors
RSN Buried Fiber Cost Per Mile Avg
$28,000 - $60,000 (Rural)
- Railways
- Bridges (Bodies of Water)
- Demand for Materials
- Demand for Labor
- Impacts of COVID-19Drop and CPE Cost
• Avg
Are NYS’s privately owned lLEC’s to big to failRich Frank
I think not! These family owned phone companies have lived a Rockefeller type lifestyle for years. They squandered huge profits in their wire line hay days. They collected wire maintenance charges for years and spent the earnings on themselves. Now they cry wolf to the NYS Broadband Office for funding to sustain their local monopolies. We need to convince them to partner with key competitors allowing access to their OSP fiber assets. I think not! These family owned phone companies have lived a Rockefeller type lifestyle for years. They squandered huge profits in their wire line hay days. They collected wire maintenance charges for years and spent the earnings on themselves. Now they cry wolf to the NYS Broadband Office for funding to sustain their local monopolies. We need to convince them to partner with key competitors allowing access to their OSP fiber assets.
Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
Understanding the Challenges of Street ChildrenSERUDS INDIA
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Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
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Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
ZGB - The Role of Generative AI in Government transformation.pdfSaeed Al Dhaheri
This keynote was presented during the the 7th edition of the UAE Hackathon 2024. It highlights the role of AI and Generative AI in addressing government transformation to achieve zero government bureaucracy
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1. GIS Based Rural Broadband Grant Study
Albany, Columbia & Greene Counties of NYS
Richard Frank 518-491-7768 email: rffrank2468@aol.com
2. Official NYS Broadband Grant office map and who's NOT connected
chart. Target area for this project outlined in yellow
3. Planning & Design Methodology
Expedites Broadband Deployment
• We developed a process whereas Google Earth, (GIS) Geographical Information
System) and CAD (Computer Aided Design) software applications work transparently in
an Oracle data base streamlining OSP (Outside Plant) design and engineering. This
significantly reduces overall engineering timelines and cost from conception through
construction to initial service offering.
•We have designed a fiber optic network to serve rural areas in Albany, Columbia &
Green & Schoharie Counties with limited or no high speed internet access.
•The routes were chosen using anchor institutions such as schools, municipal sites,
emergency service responders and densely populated areas near or along the City to City
routes.
•We plan to deploy relatively new technology (GPON/EPON) not traditionally deployed in
upstate NYS
•GPON allows internet access speeds of 100mb to residential customers scaling up to
1gb for higher bandwidth users like schools, businesses, etc.
•100mb Residential Internet Access will be offered @ a flat rate of $39.99 per month
•Up to 1GB (1000 mbps upload/download speeds) Business Internet Access starting @
$99.00 per month plus $300.00 connection fee
4. (GPON) Gigabit Passive Optical Network Architecture
Gigabit Ethernet FTTH configurations use the least amount of electronics and Outside Plant equipment and
are the most cost effective to deploy and operate. Below are two of the most common deployment strategies
An efficient FTTH Gigabit Ethernet Ring (E-Ring)
FTTH Gigabit Ethernet deployment is a Point to Point Ethernet network.
5. Network Equipment Cost Per Premises
Equipment cost per home passed and per connection (FTTx/VDSL will be $250.00 and
FTTH/GPON will be $150.00), Based on 2014 cost of equipment. We assume a 5% annual
reduction in unit costs of GPON equipment. We expect the cost per premises passed for
FTTC/VDSL and FTTB/VDSL to rise. GPON budget assumes 30% of households to commit to
service before rollout starts. Below chart illustrates cost per premises (USD) FTTC/VDSL
pass FTTB/VDSL pass FTTx/VDSL connect FTTH/GPON pass FTTH/GPON connect
6. Fiber Design Efficiencies cost savings
1. Drive teams dispatched to drive up and
down streets in a target area to determine
Aerial vs. Underground construction
2. Drive teams sketch proposed routes and
send to CAD to create prelim field
drawings, usually takes weeks to convert
field notes to actual drawings for the field
3. After prelim route drawings created in
CAD drive teams re dispatched to collect
pole data & construction details for CDs
4. Field data collected sent in to complete
pole applications, ROW permits and to
the CAD Dept. to create a set of actual
Construction Drawings
1. Aerial vs. Underground assessment
completed via raster images embedded in
GIS mapping takes days vs. weeks or
months
2. Route drawings are created in mapping as
part of the assessment process.A few clicks
and you print scaled field drawings for
survey teams.
3. The scaled GIS drawings go to the field so
teams can collect pole data & verify
underground constructability.
4. Field data can be collected and input
electronically to create CDs. Mapping
utilities can auto complete pole
applications, determine municipalities to
contacted for permits.
Traditional Method Our Approach
7. Aerial & Underground Fiber Build Cost Synopsis
Some communications providers have excess fiber strands. Fiber count in cables ranges from 6 to
24 near residences and individual businesses to more than 1,000 on backbone routes. The cost of
a 6-count fiber cable is $2,000 per mile, while an 864-count cable is $50,000 per mile, implying a
marginal cost of approximately $50 per fiber per mile. Actual costs for fiber purchase or lease, of
course, reflect market costs and depend on the total availability of fiber over the route–and are
thus, typically, considerably higher; however, fiber lease or purchase may be a serious
consideration over routes where construction is difficult or costly and considerable fiber has
already been installed (e.g., river crossings, tunnels).
Aerial Versus Underground Typical construction is a mixture of aerial and underground
techniques. Aerial construction can be completed for $20,000 per mile. Aerial construction may
be more expensive when poles are crowded or when the utility pole owner charges high rates for
access. Worst-case costs can be $100,000 per mile (which usually would lead a network owner to
build underground or over another route). Underground construction also has a wide cost range.
In areas where restoration is not important and long continuous runs are possible (e.g., rural
areas, in dirt, on the side of interstate roads), “plowing” the fiber into the ground is an
inexpensive option— approximately $40,000 per mile. In more built-up areas, directional boring
is necessary, because it is less destructive to the right-of-way and requires less restoration. Boring
is more expensive, approximately $60,000 to $100,000 per mile. Boring also limits the amount of
cable and conduit that can be built. (Two 2-inch conduit is a typical limit, corresponding to four
medium-sized fiber optic cables.)
10. Greene County Route Map with Anchor Institutions (NOTE: My residence
DOES NOT have BB. I can only get DSL and the area has been reported as having coverage)
12. Drawings created in GIS mapping software. Right of Way, Geography and
Demographic Spatial data is imported and analyzed to make the business case.
Please note the elaborate geocompression analytical tools in the drop down window
A few clicks and we print scaled field drawings for teams to drive.
13. Aerial vs. Underground route assessments are completed using embedding Raster
images translucently in the background of our GIS mapping software.
Screen shot below shows a mile high view of a given target area. GIS designs eliminates the need for field teams driving every road in
the area to see if poles exist on streets for aerial route planning. Red dots are poles for aerial placement, blue dots are vault
placements for underground routes (purple lines).
14. Screenshot below is zoomed into the center of previous mile high Raster imagery view.
Designing in a virtual world significantly reduces overall engineering time and cost.
How we use imagery to find existing poles for aerial cable routing.
15. Screenshot below is zoomed into an underground portion to show level of detail
available to accurately design UG paths and structure placement.
Using Raster images embedded translucently in ESRI GIS allows the drafter is able to see actual field conditions as they plan routes and
placement of PON cabinets and underground structures. Traditionally this was done in CAD. All the drafter saw was black and white
ROW & pavement lines. All too often these structures were drawn in middle of sidewalks or other places they couldn’t be installed. The
ole “looks good on paper” was not an efficient method of network drawing creation .
16. Below depicts how we use Google Earth or Bing street view feature to conduct a
virtual survey of planned routes. In doing so we assess the extent of aerial make
ready and identify UG constructability issues.
Note this street is very light make ready (only one cable attached) and has existing UG fiber. You can see the fiber
optic cable marker post.
17. Electronic pole data collection for aerial attachments.
The attachments can be captured via (DMT) Digital Measuring Technology. We can import
electronic pole data to GIS using ESRI conversion tools.
Below is example of the Ocalc system
Osmose developed for the RBOC ‘s.
Below is GE’s answer to the
Osmose product offering
18. GIS data exported to auto populate pole sheets and attachment applications
reducing field survey costs.
The data can be collected manually (shown below) or electronically . If collected manually we
insert spreadsheet data to mapping via layer attributes.
19. GIS mapping utilities also determine municipalities, agencies and pole owners to be
contacted for cable attachments, ROW, zoning and permitting.
Below is a sample Verizon Pole Application
Below is a typical neighborhood
demographic shown in spatial data
21. Grant related spending scrutinized and monitored with specially designed financial data
worksheets linked to GIS mapping construction progress data
23. Screenshot below is of GIS data exported to Google Earth. Google Earth is
available via free download. Is user friendly allowing us to publically share
mapping designs with stakeholders and the general public alike.
24. Broadband projects should be designed with schools in mind.
NYS has a smart Smart Schools Initiative. Below is from the NYS brochure.
Many unserved or underserved our in our target area