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Rights & Permissions Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles Licensing Geographic Data and Services Assessing and Managing the Ecological Impacts of Paved Roads Other Related Titles The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium (1994) Federal Facilities Council (FFC) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 20   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css INSTALLATION ENVIRONMENTAL OVERLAYS William E. Aley U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories and Jean Messersmith Purdue University Installation Environmental Overlays (IEO) are a database of overlay information to enhance planning decisions. IEOs are not a hardware/software system IEOs are a database of environmental, engineering, range/safety and C4 constraint and opportunity information HISTORY OF INSTALLATION OVERLAYS (IO) SINCE THE RMAT July ’92: CERL Redirects its own funds Aug ’92: RMAT FD Development meetings Sept ’92: $147,600 from ZCI-P “To Synthesize and develop specifications, manuals, and interfaces for environmental overlays for master planning” Nov ’92: RMAT meeting/CERL accelerates IEO Dec ’92: CERL produces draft Versions 1a. and 1b. of IEO data dictionary Feb ’93: Tri-Service CADD/GIS center Assigned coordination responsibility for IO IO - AN ARMY-WIDE EFFORT Multiple Players Involved: DA, EHSC, USACE, AEO, AEHA, USATHAMA, Lab, MACOMS, Installations, Districts & Divisions Multiple Data Source Documents Consulted: Page 20 FRONT MATTER (R1-R5) CONTENTS (R6-R8) INTRODUCTORY REMARKS (1-2) WHAT'S AVAILABLE--WHAT FEDERAL PLANNERS WANT: RESULTS OF THE FCC SURVEY (3-11) THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN SPACE PLANNING (12-15) 'ON THE SHORE' FAMILY OF PLANNING MODELS (16-16) USE OF COMPUTERS IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING (17-19) INSTALLATION ENVIRONMENTAL OVERLAYS (20-27) STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES OF THE FEDERAL GEOGRAPHIC DATA COMMITTEE (28-30) CASE STUDIES: SENSORY SPATIAL SYSTEMS SIMULATION (S4) APPLIED TO THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS (31-50) SUMMATION: WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED-WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE (51-52)

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THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN FACILITIES/INSTALLATIONS PLANNING: (Summary of a Symposium) http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css INSTALLATION ENVIRONMENTAL OVERLAYS William E. Aley U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories and Jean Messersmith Purdue University Installation Environmental Overlays (IEO) are a database of overlay information to enhance planning decisions. IEOs are not a hardware/software system IEOs are a database of environmental, engineering, range/safety and C4 constraint and opportunity information HISTORY OF INSTALLATION OVERLAYS (IO) SINCE THE RMAT July ’92: CERL Redirects its own funds Aug ’92: RMAT FD Development meetings Sept ’92: $147,600 from ZCI-P “To Synthesize and develop specifications, manuals, and interfaces for environmental overlays for master planning” Nov ’92: RMAT meeting/CERL accelerates IEO Dec ’92: CERL produces draft Versions 1a. and 1b. of IEO data dictionary Feb ’93: Tri-Service CADD/GIS center Assigned coordination responsibility for IO IO - AN ARMY-WIDE EFFORT Multiple Players Involved: DA, EHSC, USACE, AEO, AEHA, USATHAMA, Lab, MACOMS, Installations, Districts & Divisions Multiple Data Source Documents Consulted:

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THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN FACILITIES/INSTALLATIONS PLANNING: (Summary of a Symposium) http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css SCS soil surveys, fish and wildlife national wetlands surveys, USGS DEM’S DLG’S and other maps, Army System Databases, FEMA maps EIS’s Nature Conservancy threatened and endangered species lists, AR’s TM’s TB’s DoD directives, TN’s State Historic Preservation Office Data and Regulations, FAA documents, etc. THE IO DOCUMENTS Terminology: Topic: The number and name of the broad subject area. Sub topic: The number and name of the focal layer of information. Sub topic Owner: The office/branch responsible for maintaining the data in the subtopic. Attribute Table name: The name of the table that defines the parameters and/or descriptions of spatial feature attributes. Attribute: The cryptic name of the spatial feature. Description: The English explanation for the attribute above. Nulls?: If “no,” a real value must be entered; if “yes,” a blank, null or empty field is acceptable. Character Type [Size]: Type is the designation of the information: CHR = character, INT = integer, FLT = floating point, etc. Additional information: Any additional information such as linked or mapped tables, etc. IEO TOPICS/SUBTOPICS #1. Cultural resources #1a Prehistoric site #1b Historic site #1c Survey areas #2. Explosive safety and clear zones #2a Explosive safety quantity and distance arcs #2b Ammo storage locations #2c Fragment distance arcs #3. Airspace safety zones #3a Airfield, heliport, helipad safety zone #3b Clear zones #3c Approach/departure clearance surfaces

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THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN FACILITIES/INSTALLATIONS PLANNING: (Summary of a Symposium) http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css #3d Runway clearance lines #3e Accident potential zones #3f Drop zones #3g Airfield #3h Altitude restrictions #3i Maintenance facility clearance/aprons #4. Topography #4a Contour #4b Aspect #4c Slope #4d Digital Terrain model (DTM) #5. Installation compatible use zones (ICUZ) #5a Noise contours #5b Dust contours #5c Odor contours #6. Landfill sites #6a Landfill sites #7. Land and water rehabilitation #7a Land rehabilitation areas #7b Water rehabilitation areas #8. Air pollution #8a Air pollution source #8b Air pollution concentration zones #8c Air pollution monitoring station #9. Waste treatment facility #9a Waste treatment facility #10. ElectroMagnetic and Non-Ionizing Radiation #10a Radiation areas #10b Radiation points

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THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN FACILITIES/INSTALLATIONS PLANNING: (Summary of a Symposium) http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css #11. Underground storage tank and monitoring wells #11a Underground storage tank and monitoring wells #12. Real estate #12a Real estate #13. Land use #13a Forestry #13b Fish and wildlife #13c Natural resources #13d Training #13e Land use zoning #13f Recreation #13g Industry #14. Geology #14a Sub-surface #14b Faults #14c Surface #14d Tectonic #14e Seismic #15. Hydrography #15a Floodplain #15b Wetlands #15c Drinking water #15d Aquifer #15e Aquifer recharge area #15f Surface hydrography #16. Soils #16a Soils #17. Threatened and endangered animal species #17a Animal species habitat (known and potential) #17b Animal species foraging/feeding areas #17c Animal species nesting areas (known and potential)

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THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN FACILITIES/INSTALLATIONS PLANNING: (Summary of a Symposium) http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css #17d Radius of activity (known and potential) #17e Animal habitat buffer zones (known and potential) #18. Threatened and endangered plants #18a Plant species habitat (known and potential) #18b Plant habitat buffer zones (known and potential) Sample Topic/SubTopic Set Topic: #C6 Air pollution (stationary sources) Subtopic: #C6a Dust contours (ICUS) Subtopic owner: Master planning branch Subtopic: #C6b Odor contours (ICUZ) Subtopic owner: Master planning branch Subtopic: #C6c Air pollution source Subtopic owner: Environmental Office Subtopic: #C6d Air pollution concentration zones Subtopic owner: Environmental office Subtopic: #C6e Air pollution monitoring station Subtopic owner: Environmental office Sample Set (see next page) WHAT ARE METADATA? “Data about Data” Metadata describe the: Characteristics of a data set History of a data set Source of a data set METADATA STANDARDIZATION Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), Sponsored the information exchange forum on spatial metadata on June 16-18, 1992, to discuss metadata standards. Federal agencies that attended include: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Census Bureau, Defense Mapping Agency (DMA), Department of Justice, Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA), Forest Service, Library of Congress, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Park Service (NPS), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USF&WS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) CECW-EP-S

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THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN FACILITIES/INSTALLATIONS PLANNING: (Summary of a Symposium) http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css IO DOCUMENT SAMPLE SET TOPIC: C6 Air Pollution (Stationary Sources) SubTopic: C6a Dust Contours (ICUZ) Sub Topic Owner: Master Planning Branch Attribute Table Name Attribute Description Nulls? Character Type[Size] Addt’l. Information SOURCE feat_code feature code no INT[6] G=same as category number mslink I=unique record-linking number no INT[232-1] G=”feat_code” in some cases, A=”coverage#” map_name file name yes CHR[5] G=”Sub Topic” mapid numeric version of map_name no INT[232-1] data_source data source codelist yes CHR[6] I=”data_source_cl” data_quality data quality codelist yes CHR[6] I=”data_quality_cl” data_coll_date collection date for this data I=”year_acquired” dust_type type yes CHR[50] CONTOUR feat_code feature code no INT[6] G=same as category number mslink I=unique record-linking number no INT[232-1] G=”feat_code” in some cases, A=”coverage#” map_name file name yes CHR[5] G=”Sub Topic” mapid numeric version of map_name no INT[232-1] data_source data source codelist yes CHR[6] I=”data_source_cl” data_quality data quality codelist yes CHR[6] I=”data_quality_cl” data_coll_date collection date for this data I=”year_acquired” cont-int interval yes DEC[7]

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THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN FACILITIES/INSTALLATIONS PLANNING: (Summary of a Symposium) http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css CONTENTS OF PROPOSED METADATA STANDARD Draft “Content Standards for Spatial Metadata” (October 19, 1992) out for comments until April 15, 1993 The draft standard suggests that the following elements are mandatory for Spatial Data Transfer: Identification Section, Projection Information, Data Custodian Information, Access Information, Status Information, Table Definitions Portion of the Data Dictionary/Schema, Table Attributes Portion of the Data Dictionary/Schema, Source Information, Processing Steps, Data Quality, Metadata Reference Section. WHY ARE METADATA IMPORTANT FOR THE IO? Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS): The SDTS facilitates the transfer of digital spatial data between disparate GIS systems, is effective February 15, 1993 and will be mandatory for Federal agencies by February 15, 1994. The standard REQUIRES a data quality report which includes the following metadata: lineage, positional accuracy, attribute accuracy, logical consistency, and completeness. Appropriate Use of Data: Metadata provide information needed for decisions about the appropriateness of using specific spatial data for specific applications. Liability: There have been some cases of organizations being held liable for the spatial data that they create, use, and distribute. The availability of documentation about the metadata can be a preventive measure against liability. TENTATIVE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE 04 Dec ’92 - Version 1a. Complete 14 Dec ’92 - Version 1b. Attached to RMATFD 15 Mar ’93 - Version 2a. Complete Detailed attribute listings integrated Comments incorporated from ISM process Mar ’93 - Sessions with functional proponents Breakthrough groups by function to discuss subtopics

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THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN FACILITIES/INSTALLATIONS PLANNING: (Summary of a Symposium) http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css Expected approval of subtopics by proponents 15 Apr ’93 - Pre-final IO document staffed 01 May ’93 - Final document ??? THE RESULT A means to lessen the number of irreversible siting and training decisions on an installation A cooperative, organized approach to the integration of functional area databases A “Co-ownership bridge” between master planning, training, safety, cultural and natural resource, environmental and other personnel An armywide overlay standard.

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