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Program GIS: Perspective and Approach

John J. Knoerl

GIS and Data Management Planning Session2008 GIS and Data Management Conference

Fort Collins, ColoradoApril 1, 2008

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This GIS viewshed analysis map shows the National Register-eligible historic district in black and the dune shacks as white dots within the district; roads, trails, and lakes are shown in white (Knoerl and Chittenden 1990:7).

Dune Shacks of Peaked Hill Bars Historic District

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Solution Map

Cartographic Model for Historic Properties Threatened by Southern CA Fires of October 2007

Operation

Derived MapsOperations

Derived Map

Source Data

User Input

OperationSource Data

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How Battlefields Disappear

Fragmentation statistics

1992 2000 2006

Greater battlefield

“Bloody Ground”

Buffer surrounding

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MAPIT for Parks and SHPOs

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Hands on instruction with GIS and GPS technologies allow

preservationists to get the most out of one-day, two-day, or week long

courses.

Training

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Historic district with

contributing properties

Historic district without

Contributing properties

What OMB Circular A-16 Defines for the NPS

* Circular A-16 designates the National Park Service as the lead agency for cultural resources, responsible for the stewardship of the cultural resource data theme

* Within the National Park Service the Cultural Resources Geographic Information Services (CRGIS) office has been given this responsibility

Need for standards??

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Data Implementation Model

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Surveyors in the Lower Ninth

Lower Ninth Historic Properties

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John J. Knoerl Program Manager: CRGIS FacilityHeritage Documentation Programs National Park Service Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. (2270) Washington, D.C. 20240-0001 Voice: 202.354.2140 Fax: 202.371.6473 John_Knoerl@nps.gov

Questions?