TerraCognito GIS Services, Inc. is a geospatial consulting firm founded in 2004 by Lex Ivey. The company specializes in growth modeling, impact analysis, and 3D visualization projects related to land use planning, natural resource management, and environmental issues. Key services include build-out analysis, groundwater protection planning, aquifer vulnerability modeling, and dam removal visualization. TerraCognito uses CommunityViz and ArcGIS software to analyze spatial data and generate future scenarios to help clients with decision making.
The Mapping Network is a nationwide group of professionals providing the highest quality and most affordable bathymetric, sediment and asset mapping products on the market today. The Mapping Network has partners located throughout the county working directly with recreational property owners, lake associations, engineers, golf courses, marinas, developers, governmental organizations, and fishing clubs. A local expert aquatic service provider understands the dynamics of a lake to determine the best transect paths to precisely model the lake's bathymetry. With 12 years of experience in the bathymetry mapping profession, our highly trained staff understand and employ the latest technology trends to generate a bathymetric map that is amazingly accurate and also aesthetically enjoyable.
www.themappingnetwork.com
info@themappingnetwork.com
The Mapping Network is a nationwide group of professionals providing the highest quality and most affordable bathymetric, sediment and asset mapping products on the market today. The Mapping Network has partners located throughout the county working directly with recreational property owners, lake associations, engineers, golf courses, marinas, developers, governmental organizations, and fishing clubs. A local expert aquatic service provider understands the dynamics of a lake to determine the best transect paths to precisely model the lake's bathymetry. With 12 years of experience in the bathymetry mapping profession, our highly trained staff understand and employ the latest technology trends to generate a bathymetric map that is amazingly accurate and also aesthetically enjoyable.
www.themappingnetwork.com
info@themappingnetwork.com
Progetto INNO ed esempi di applicazioni nel campo della GEOMATICA - P.CauSardegna Ricerche
La presentazione del Progetto INNO a cura di Pierluigi Cau, in occasione dell'evento "Bonifiche ambientali e potenzialità delle imprese" che si è tenuto a Cagliari il 7 novembre 2014.
inp.PINS a link between GIS and Storm Water Management Model by Rui Daniel PinaMapWindow GIS
inp.PINS is an application developed to automatically link Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Storm Water Management Model (SWMM).
SWMM is a public domain software, developed by the US-EPA, widely used for planning, analysis and design of drainage systems. As it is based on physical models, GIS with all the complex functions and modules available is extremely useful to characterize the SWMM base input model, and it is also a powerful tool to store, access, manipulate and visualize the SWMM inputs and results.
inp.PINS has been applied for floodplain mapping (delineation of flood hazard maps) and reveals to be an efficient way to link GIS with SWMM. The interoperability achieved is very effective for the analysis required, since the process leads to an excellent characterization of the catchment and all model inputs, and a better analysis of the modelling results, taking advantage of both GIS and SWMM capabilities at the same time.
inp.PINS is based on MapWinGIS.ocx and is now driven by the community needs the open source community is able to improve the capabilities, and also to make it even more flexible and this communication intends to present and discuss future developments on this project.
Progetto INNO ed esempi di applicazioni nel campo della GEOMATICA - P.CauSardegna Ricerche
La presentazione del Progetto INNO a cura di Pierluigi Cau, in occasione dell'evento "Bonifiche ambientali e potenzialità delle imprese" che si è tenuto a Cagliari il 7 novembre 2014.
inp.PINS a link between GIS and Storm Water Management Model by Rui Daniel PinaMapWindow GIS
inp.PINS is an application developed to automatically link Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Storm Water Management Model (SWMM).
SWMM is a public domain software, developed by the US-EPA, widely used for planning, analysis and design of drainage systems. As it is based on physical models, GIS with all the complex functions and modules available is extremely useful to characterize the SWMM base input model, and it is also a powerful tool to store, access, manipulate and visualize the SWMM inputs and results.
inp.PINS has been applied for floodplain mapping (delineation of flood hazard maps) and reveals to be an efficient way to link GIS with SWMM. The interoperability achieved is very effective for the analysis required, since the process leads to an excellent characterization of the catchment and all model inputs, and a better analysis of the modelling results, taking advantage of both GIS and SWMM capabilities at the same time.
inp.PINS is based on MapWinGIS.ocx and is now driven by the community needs the open source community is able to improve the capabilities, and also to make it even more flexible and this communication intends to present and discuss future developments on this project.
Stormwater data modeling article, Stormwater magazine, by Don Talend, brand storytelling, content management and demand generation expert. Water engineering industry
Decision Support for Urban Environmental Planningurbanmetabolism
Presented by Dr. Vishal K. Mehta, Invited speaker at the 6th International Public Policy and Management Conference held at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India.
Enviromental impact assesment for highway projectsKushal Patel
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a tool to study various impact to be occurred due to new development actions.
Transportation Project are the projects which provides ease to the movement of vehicles.
This Paper presents a case study for analysis of EIA for a transportation project. This Paper would provide a methodology which will allow transportation planers to make a cost effective coordination of environmental information and data management.
The results assess the environmental vulnerability around the road and its impact on environment by integration the merits of GIS.
2013 Energy Track, Global Trends Driving the Integration of Geospatial and BI...GIS in the Rockies
Urbanization is occurring at an unprecedented rate representing the largest impact humans have had on the planet. Governments are devoting less of their limited funds to capital infrastructure projects and are looking to the private sector to fill the funding gap. This is driving a focus on construction productivity. Worldwide one third of energy usage is used by buildings. Faced with environmental issues many governments are mandating energy-conservation measures for buildings and for infrastructure. These trends are driving investment in technology. In construction which represents 10% of world GDP, the adoption of building information modeling (BIM) has accelerated in the last decade primarily motivated by the need to reduce the risk of budget and schedule overruns. In addition increasingly architects, engineers and designers are realizing the value of integrating geospatial data and technology into the model-based design process. The integration of geospatial not only addresses specific vertical industry problems such as a mandated low carbon footprint, but also enables a more holistic approach to the major challenges of designing more resilient cities.
2. COMPANY BACKGROUND
TerraCognito GIS Services, Inc.
• Founded in 2004 by Lex Ivey
– Professional Services Consultant at CommunityViz (Boulder,
CO)
• 2002 - 2004
– GIS Manager at Otak (Carbondale & Denver, CO)
• 1998 - 2002
• Extensive beta testing of CommunityViz in 2000
– B.A. Degree cum laude in Geography, Biology & Environmental
Conservation (1995 University of Colorado at Boulder)
3. GROWTH MODELING/IMPACT ANALYSIS
Potential failed septic fields at 2031 Highly vulnerable aquifers
Regional Growth Modeling and Groundwater Protection
Potential septic-related
Analysis, 2007 groundwater threats at 2031
Client: British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Canada
TerraCognito was hired by the to model the impacts of future
development scenarios on groundwater resources and provide
CommunityViz software training to multiple city and county planners
in Canada’s Okanagan Valley. Using assessor records, septic permits,
cadastral, and hydrologic data, TerraCognito mapped and quantified
the ages of all septic systems in the regional district. Then a build-out
analysis and residential land use allocation was performed to generate
future land use scenarios based on current zoning. This was overlaid
on vulnerable aquifers mapping to map and measure potential threats
to groundwater resources over a 25-year period.
4. GROWTH MODELING/IMPACT ANALYSIS
Eagle County Build-Out Analysis
and Visualization, 2008-2010
Client: Eagle County, Colorado
TerraCognito worked directly with Eagle
County, Colorado and the municipalities
of Avon, Basalt, Eagle, Gypsum, Minturn,
Red Cliff and Vail to perform a county-
wide spatial-temporal build-out analysis
and 3D visualization. Using ArcGIS and
CommunityViz, a detailed existing
conditions analysis of dwelling units was
performed based on assessor and census
data, followed by a numeric, spatial and
visual build-out analysis of existing
zoning as well potential future land use
described in the municipalities’ Master
Plans. An elaborate visioning exercise
was implemented for the unincorporated Impact Analysis Animation (1970-2051)
county using multi-criteria analysis and
Data & Process Flow for Multi-criteria Analysis
preference mapping to drive future Data Flow Base Data Derived Data Calibrated Data Simple Average
growth scenarios. Later phases of work
Slopes
included an economic component
Visible Ridgelines
including a commercial build-out
C1 + C2 + C3 + C4
NC
Criteria
analysis, existing jobs distribution, future
Wildfire Hazard
jobs allocation and impact analysis.
Finally, the results were delivered in
Proximity to I-70/SH 82
Google Earth format for viewing by the
both the planners and the public. Process Flow
GIS mapping Spatial Analysis Reclassification Map Algebra
Development Preference Model Customized Google Earth Visualization
5. AQUIFER VULNERABILITY MODEL
DRASTIC Fm Implementation
Client: Geologic Survey of Canada
TerraCognito’s Lex Ivey implemented the
migration of the client’s existing aquifer
vulnerability model (DRASTIC Fm) to
CommunityViz to allow dynamic, real-time
modeling updates. The model’s parameters of
depth to water table (D), recharge areas (R),
aquifer media (A), slope values (S), soil types
(T), impact of vadose zone (I), hydraulic
conductivity (C) and fractured media (Fm)
could be rated and weighted using
CommunityViz lookup tables and slider bars.
This approach decreased the time required to
DRASTIC Fm model layers
run the model by a factor of ten. More
importantly the ratings for each parameter
value as well as the weighting of each value can
be interactively changed by the users. Because
it is built on a standard aquifer vulnerability
modeling framework, this implementation can
be used in other geographic locations and
modified to the specific conditions in that area.
DRASTIC Fm implemented in CommunityViz
6. DAM REMOVAL VISUALIZATION
Elwha River Dam Removal Visualization
Client: American Rivers NGO hillshade raster
TerraCognito modeled two proposed dam removals on the Elwha
River in Washington’s Olympic National Park. TerraCognito
created interactive, photo-realistic, 3D visualization of existing random color ramp
conditions, as well as various stages of dam removal, including
draw-down, riverbed restoration, and re-vegetation. The
visualizations were used extensively by American Rivers throughout
the settlement negotiation process and in meetings with legislators, photo-real
ultimately resulting in the impending removal of the Glines Canyon sediment texture
and Elwha dams. Commencing in 2011, the dismantling of the
Elwha and Glines Canyon dams will allow the river to flow freely for
the first time in 100 years, restoring over 70 miles of salmon and
steelhead habitat.
Existing conditions Dam removal / Reservoir draw down Restored river channel