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Corporate Capabilities for Blue Raster2012
Promoting Synergy in the Innovative Use of Environmental Data
WorkshopDecember 3, 2015Michael Lippmann, Co-Founder and
Principal
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Michael Lippmann - Blue Raster Specialists in GIS and Web
Application Development Core Capabilities: Interactive Web Mapping
ApplicationsMobile AppsAdvanced Data AnalysisSmall business formed
in 2002 Headquarters in Arlington, VA with clients worldwide ESRI
Business Partner of the Year 2006 and 2010
we are a services organization - provide consulting to our
clients and application architecture and development
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Representative Clients
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From Data To Visualization
Weve been using maps for informatics since the 1800s
The ability to visualize the implications of data is as old as
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London Cholera Outbreak John Snow
LONDON, 1854
In 3 days over 120 dead in London
John Snow was skeptical pollution was the cause- so he mapped
the incidences and found patterns
-1854, massive cholera outbreak in Soho, London in 3 days over
120 people died from the disease. -Snow was skeptical of popular
theory that cholera was caused by pollution-Plotted the locations
of the deaths on a map12/4/155
London Cholera Outbreak- Early Spatial Analysis
Discovered all cases were clustered around this pump
Early example of power of spatial analysis/informatics
-Discovered they clustered around a pump in Broad Street.
-Snow's efforts to connect the incidence of cholera with potential
geographic sources is one of the first examples of using
geographical analysis and informatics to solve real-world, complex
problems.
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New spatial techniques enables Data Fusion
AnalysisDots on mapsSynthesis of new data
Success Story- Landsat, 1964
Producing big data before data was bigLandsat data collected en
masse without knowing all the ways it would be used in the
future
At the time Landsat data was started it was hard to tell its
full value
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Investment in Collection of Data - UnknownsVision to collect
data for years/decades
Today we can unlock value of data and put it to use
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Value of Foresight
Without data archives, todays studies would be impossible to
undertake
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1880 Census: Mapping Education Data
First time GIS is used 12/4/1511
Maps Help Cope With Todays Information Ocean
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Motivating Change With Environmental Data
Tree Cover Loss from 2001-2014Matt Hansen, University of
Maryland Department of Geographical Sciences
Tree Cover Loss from 2001-2014Matt Hansen, University of
Maryland Department of Geographical Sciences
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Space Time Analysis
Emerging Hotspots Analysis
Billions of points on the map, but how do you make sense of
it?Taking your env. data, doing well thought out analysis, and
ending up with narratives12/4/1515
Discover Unseen Patterns and ConnectionsMatt Hansen, University
of Maryland Department of Geographical Sciences
Billions of points on the map, but how do you make sense of
it?Taking your env. data, doing well thought out analysis, and
ending up with narratives12/4/1516
Discover Unseen Patterns and Connections
Billions of points on the map, but how do you make sense of
it?Taking your env. data, doing well thought out analysis, and
ending up with narratives12/4/1517
Frontier - 3D Visualization
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Webmaps and Story Maps Have Increased AccessInteractive platform
to engage stakeholders and unlock your data
-Instead of data locked up in a PDF, it becomes accessible to
anyone on the web-DevAlert!-GFW Fires story map
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WRI Global Forest Watch Fires
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Interpolated Wind shows where the haze is heading
NatureServe Biodiversity Indicators Dashboard
Country dashboard view provides stats on:-biodiversity-land
type-socioeconomics12/4/1522
UNICEF Unless We Act Now ReportDrought Risk Map
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Maps that tell new stories are important
Bioinformatics- Camera Traps to Species Ranges
WRI Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas Decision Support
-Sliders to enable users to adjust the data theyre
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Transformational Power of Data - Lessons LearnedPower of spatial
analysis is rapidly advancing
Collection of data enables analysis(for value it must be open
and available)
Ease of access to data + powerful tools for analysis =
Success
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Thank You!
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Questions?Michael
[email protected]
Blue Raster2200 Wilson BlvdArlington, VA
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