Using ArcGIS Server to Provide Natural

Heritage Inventory (NHI) Data

Using ArcGIS Server to Provide Natural

Heritage Inventory (NHI) Data

Presented By:

Erik SandinJeff Shaw

Using ArcGIS Server to Provide NHI Data - WLIA 2006 - DNR, GIS Services

Using ArcGIS Server to Provide NHI Data - WLIA 2006 - DNR, GIS Services

Presentation Purpose

• Introduce the NHI Portal application

• Demonstrate use of ArcGIS Server (AGS)

• Discuss AGS issues and development practices

Using ArcGIS Server to Provide NHI Data - WLIA 2006 - DNR, GIS Services

Presentation Content

1. Introduction to NHI2. NHI Portal demo3. AGS overview4. Building AGS solutions with

COM,.NET and ArcIMS5. Questions & Discussion

Using ArcGIS Server to Provide NHI Data - WLIA 2006 - DNR, GIS Services

WI Natural Heritage Inventory Program

• Responsible for collecting, managing, disseminating, and interpreting information

• The focus is primarily on rare or declining species, high quality or rare natural communities and unique natural features

• Established in 1985

• Part of an international network

Using ArcGIS Server to Provide NHI Data - WLIA 2006 - DNR, GIS Services

• Definition:The area of land and/or water in which a species or natural community is, or was, present.

• Mappable and definable

What’s an Element Occurrence (EO)?

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EO Features:EO Features:

• Digitized Digitized boundariesboundaries

• PLSS QQ’s PLSS QQ’s & Sections& Sections

• Buffered Buffered PointsPoints

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NHI Data Security Business Rules

• All NHI data are exempt from the WI Open Records Law

• Data are shared outside the DNR through license agreements (requires fee)

• NHI data are available to all DNR staff for

internal use

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ER Screening Process1. Evaluate Elements and Determine Likelihood

of Presence - review NHI Portal and other sources of info as appropriate– Search Area– 1-mile buffer – 2-mile buffer - aquatic species– Landscape Context - Know your territory!

2. Determine Potential Impacts– state vs. federal determinations

Using ArcGIS Server to Provide NHI Data - WLIA 2006 - DNR, GIS Services

App List Slide

Natural Heritage Inventory (NHI) Portal

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Your Questions

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DNR Contacts:

Jeff Shaw – Project Leader

Erik Sandin – Senior GIS Developer, IMS & AGS Specialist

Jamie Schlangen – NHI Planning & Protection Specialist