James B. Johnston Don DeAngelis, Unpublished Material, Development of an Internet-Based GIS to Visualize ATLSS Datasets for Resource Managers.Online Links:
Other project personnel include Antonio Martucci.
James B. Johnston
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS-BRD National Wetland Research Center
700 Cajundome Road
Lafayette, LA 70506
USA
337 266-8556 (voice)
337 266-8616 (FAX)
jimmy_johnston@usgs.gov
An essential aspect of the ATLSS Program is making model output easily accessed and used by client agencies. For this purpose an ATLSS Data Viewer (ADV) has been developed.Based in part around the ADV, background work for a spatial decision support system (SDSS) is proposed in which the decision models are tightly integrated with, or directly generated from, geographic information systems (GIS) analyses and display. Spatially-explicit knowledge from which decisions made at specific sites are within the context of conditions proximate and regional to those sites are essential for intelligent ecological restoration and permitting. Examples include determination of areas suitable for viable and sustainable populations (habitat and risk assessment), areas of socioeconomic and environmental conflict, optimization of development footprints to protect natural systems, and hydrological and successional feedback dynamics that influence the landscape.
The Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) Program attempts to predict the responses of a suite of higher trophic level species to different alterations in the Everglades/Big Cypress region of South Florida to represent the biotic community and various factors that affect this community. A tremendous amount of digital data have resulted from running these scenarios. To make these data available to resource managers and scientists, the USGS-National Wetlands Research Center has developed the ATLSS Data Viewer System (ADV). It is a spatial query and visualization GIS tool that provides the capability of retrieving, displaying, and analyzing ATLSS model data by using a user-friendly graphical interface and project-oriented procedures: The project has: 1. Designed a customized graphical user interface that makes the system user-friendly 2. Displayed the ATLSS SESI output data, performed analyses, and generated outputs that allow resource managers and decision makers to make informed decisions 3. Provided training courses for users.
This project concerns the development of a customized spatial query and visualization tool that provide capabilities of loading ATLSS models data and showing, in the Everglades/Big Cypress area, alternative water management changes and their effects on numerous species modeled in ATLSS (i.e. Cape Sable seaside sparrow, Snail Kite, wading birds, white-tailed deer, American alligator, Florida panther), as opposed to one species, and compare numerous scenarios for one species. The overall goal is to provide an easy-to-use tool capable to access the vast amounts of data produced by the ATLSS models, display and integrate spatial and non-spatial information from different sources, interactively extract statistics for user-specified areas, allowing the users to produce easy-to-read outputs in form of maps, time series graphs, summarized tables, reports and metadata. Particular attention is being devoted in: 1. implementing procedures that meet final users expectations 2. designing a graphical user interface that: 3. keeps the system easy-to-use 4. gives the user enough flexibility to perform advanced analysis 5. limits or warns the users from using the ATLSS data improperly Continuous feedback will be requested to ATLSS models developers and potential final users to release a finished product that fulfills the initial planning tasks. This project will be used as prototype server application for an Internet based visualization tool.
1. Add new base maps into the ATLSS DVS, such as Elevation Data from USGS, official version of GAP data, project boundaries for different projects within CERP, current satellite images.
2. Add to the DVS flow graphs and brief descriptions on SESI and other models.
3. Use the DVS to visualize and analyze data from other ATLSS models like individual-based and dynamic models (in particular, ALFISH, SIMSPAR, and EVERKITE) will be added to the ATLSS DVS. Additional DVS's functionality and/or upgrading of DVS's code and interface will be necessary.
4. Develop DVS's capability to input user's empirical data in order to determine the degree of correlation between models output and empirical data. Additional code will be necessary to allow users to import into the DVS a set of locations (UTM, decimal degrees, or degree, minute, second coordinates), extract ATLSS model values, and display the result or export it to external applications like MS Excel or the ATLSS Model Validation tool.
5. Simplify DVS's capability of extracting mean index values based on user-defined areas.
6. Develop interface and functionality and upgrade code as needed to allow agencies capable of independently running ATLSS models (SFWMD and ENP) to read and display their runs into the ATLSS DVS.
7. Improve the DVS user's Guide based on user's comments and suggestions
8. The capability to display and analyze the output of the ATLSS simulation models
1. implementing procedures that meet final users expectations 2. designing a graphical user interface that: 3. keeping the system easy-to-use 4. giving the user enough flexibility to perform advanced analysis 5. limiting or warning the users from using the ATLSS data improperly
Continuous feedback will be requested to ATLSS models developers and potential final users to aid in the release of a finished product that fulfills the initial planning tasks. This project will be used as prototype server application for an Internet based visualization tool.
1. Add new base maps into the ATLSS DVS, such as Elevation Data from USGS, official version of GAP data, project boundaries for different projects within CERP, current satellite images.
2. Add flow graphs and brief descriptions on SESI and other models to the DVS.
3. Use the DVS to visualize and analyze data from other ATLSS models like individual-based and dynamic models (in particular, ALFISH, SIMSPAR, and EVERKITE) will be added to the ATLSS DVS. Additional DVS's functionality and/or upgrading of DVS's code and interface will be necessary.
4. Develop DVS's capability to input user's empirical data in order to determine the degree of correlation between models output and empirical data. Additional code will be necessary to allow users to import into the DVS a set of locations (UTM, decimal degrees, or degree, minute, second coordinates), extract ATLSS model values, and display the result or export it to external applications like MS Excel or the ATLSS Model Validation tool.
5. Simplify DVS's capability of extracting mean index values based on user-defined areas.
6. Develop interface and functionality and upgrade code as needed to allow agencies capable of independently running ATLSS models (SFWMD and ENP) to read and display their runs into the ATLSS DVS.
7. Improve the DVS user's Guide based on user's comments and suggestions
8. The capability to display and analyze the output of the ATLSS simulation models
Planned Outreach 1. Develop a WEB-based ATLSS DVS user's Support Center. This site will contain an overview of ATLSS models and the DVS's graphical user interface and capability. It will also provide users with downloadable files of project and data, and information about installing and using the DVS. Contacts will be provided to allow users to submit questions, suggestions, and ideas on the DVS and the data included in it. A "Frequently Asked Questions" list will be created and constantly updated based on user-submitted comments.
2. Develop a WEB-based GIS tool using ESRI-ArcIms technology, which allows users to retrieve, display, and analyze ATLSS model outputs and related vector and raster data sets "on-line" by using an Internet browser like MS IExplorer or Netscape Navigator.
3. Organize task-oriented DVSs tutorial exercises and provide additional training sessions for "primary" ATLSS DVS users.
Development of ATLSS DVS 2.0
1. Develop an ESRI-ArcGis 8.x-based version of the ATLSS Data Visualization System. The entire DVS will be rewritten to benefit of the capability provided by the newest desktop GIS released by ESRI.
Person who carried out this activity:
James B. Johnston
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS-BRD National Wetland Research Center
700 Cajundome Road
Lafayette, LA 70506
USA
337 266-8556 (voice)
337 266-8616 (FAX)
jimmy_johnston@usgs.gov
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Jo Anne Stapleton
U.S. Geological Survey
521 National Center
Reston, VA 20192
USA
703 648-4592 (voice)
703 648-4614 (FAX)
jastapleton@usgs.gov
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for
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