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ThesouthernportionoftheGRIDigitalGeologicMapofAmericanMemorialParkandVicinity,SaipanpresentedinArcMapwithESRIworldimagery(figure1a).

GRI Digital Geology-GIS Data in ArcMap TheGRIDigitalGeologicMapofAmericanMemorialParkandVicinity,SaipanpresentedinGoogleEarth.ThesouthernregionoftheislandofSaipanandSaipanInternationalAirportisdisplayed(figure3a).

GRI Digital Geologic Maps in Google Earth TheGRIDigitalGeologicMapofAmericanMemorialParkandVicinity,SaipandisplayedintheNPSNRSSNRMapViewsviewer.ThesouthernregionoftheislandandSaipanInternationalAirportisdisplayed(figure2a).Userscanaccessotherprominentavailableonlinemapservices;inthiscaseBingaerialimagery(notethemanylowclouds).

GRI Digital Geologic Maps in an Online Map Viewer

Plannersandpolicymakersareincreasinglyutilizinggeospatialdatatohelpguideandinfluencedecisionsaboutthemanagementandprotectionofgeologicresources.Inanefforttogrowwiththeexpandingavailabilityofspatialvisualizationsoftware,theGRInowproducesthefollowingformatsofgeospatialdata:1.)anESRIfilegeodatabaseandArcmapdocument,2.)ESRImapservicesandtheNRMapViewscustomviewer,and3.)KMLGoogleEarthfiles.BymaintainingfocusonourGISbaseproductandbyleveragingexistingpropertieswithintheGISfilegeodatabaseandrelatedArcMapdocument,andbyusingstandardout-of-the-boxArcGIStools,wehavestreamlinedtheproductionofmultipleformats.

Conclusion TheGRImapserviceproductionprocessbeginswithopeningafinalizedGRIArcMapdocumentandusingtheMapServicetool(figure4a).First,thetoolguidesthemapservicepublisherthroughtheprocessofdefiningtheserverwherethemapservicewillbepublished.AServiceEditorwindow(figure4b)permitsthepublishertoreviewandeditmapservicecreationsettings,aswellastheabilitytoanalyze,previewandfinallypublishthemapservice.TheAnalyzewindow(figure4c)presentserrors,warningsandmessagesrelatedtomapservicepublication.Publishingerrorsmustberesolvedwhilewarningsandmessagescanbereviewedandmarkedaspermittedexceptions.ArcGIShelpprovidesinformation,aswellassolutionstoresolveerrorsorwarnings(figure4d).

GRI Map Service Production GRIKMLproductionstartswithafinalizedArcMapdocumentandFileGeodatabase.Symbologyisfirstgeneralizedin theArcMapdocument toremovecomplexsymbols includingareapatternsandfragmented linesymbols thatarenotsupportedintheKMLformat.AcustomGRI-developed“KMLWizard”toolisutilizedtogatheranddisplayprojectandmapinformation(figure5a),andtoselectthefeatureclasses(datalayers)thatwillbeexportedtotheGRIKMLmapproduct(figure5b).DuringprocessingthetoolcreatesaKML-specificArcMapdocumentandfilegeodatabase,andthenembedsHTML/CSScodeformaptitleandfeatureattributionballoons in thederivedKMLfile. Presently,point featuresarenotincludedwithGRIKMLmapasthereareissueswithpointsymbologypresentationandrotation.TheGRIusesthestandardESRIMaptoKMLtooltoexportgeologicdatatoKML/KMZformat(figures5cand5d).TheresultingKMLfileistheneditedtoincludetheNPSgraphiclogoandthemap’scustomGRIbannerfile.

GRI KML Production

Weary,D.J.,andBurton,W.C.,2011,PreliminaryGeologicMapoftheIslandofSaipan,CommonwealthoftheNorthernMarianaIslands,U.S.GeologicalSurveyOpen-FileReport2011-1234,1:25,000scale,1sheet.

Mack,Greg,Chappell,JamesandO’Meara,Stephanie,2011,UnpublishedDigitalGeologicMapofAmericanMemorialParkandVicinity,Saipan,CommonwealthofNorthernMarianaIslands,adaptedfromaU.S.GeologicSurveyOpen-FileReportmapbyWearyandBurton(2011),NationalParkServiceGeologicResourcesInventory,AMMEdigitalgeologic-GISdataset,1:25,000scale.

Source U.S. Geological Survey Map Publications GeologicResourcesInventoryWebSite:http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/inventory

GeologicResourcesInventoryProductsWebSite:http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/inventory/gre_publications.cfm

ColoradoStateUniversityGeologicResourcesInventoryWebSite:http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/geo-research/departmental-research/geologic-resources-inventory

Geologic Resource Inventory Information and ProductsArcGIS10.X,EnvironmentalSystemsResearchInstitute(ESRI)Inc.,380,NewYorkSt.,Redlands,CA92373,http://www.esri.comGoogleEarth:GoogleInc.,http://www.google.com/earth/index.htmlNationalParkServiceGeologicResourcesInventoryNRMapViews,NRSSInventoryandMonitoring,andGeologicResourcesDivisionsMicrosoftSilverlight,MicrosoftCorporation,http://www.microsoft.com

Software

Product Overview TheGRIiscollaboratingwiththeNPSNRSSdeveloperstoproduceacustomSilverlightviewertopresentGRIdigitalgeologic-GISmaps.TheviewerinteractswithotherNPSNRSSonlineapplicationstofirstidentifyavailablepark-specificGRImapservicesandthenretrieveanddisplaytheselectedmapservice(s)inauser-friendly,onlineinterfacethatissimilartobasicArcGIS,ArcReader,andGoogleEarthsoftware. Featureattribution isavailableusingtheviewer’s Identify tool(figure2b).LinkstoancillarymapdocumentssuchasFAQmetadataandtheancillarymapinformationdocument,aswellasdigitalmapproductdownloadfiles,areavailabletotheuserviathe“Downloadsandrelatedfiles”sectionoftheDatasetDetailwindow(figure2c).

Format Properties• Geologic Features:AllgeologicfeaturespresentintheGISdataarepresentintheGRIViewer.Layernaming,displayandorganizationareallderivedfromtheArcMapdocument.

• Feature Attributes:Featureattribution isderived fromthefilegeodatabaseandArcMapdocument,and isdisplayedthroughdescriptivefeatureattributionpopups.FieldnamesandvaluesmatchwhatisdisplayedintheArcMapdocument.

• Feature Symbology:FeaturesymbologyisderivedfromtheArcMapdocumentwithnomodificationrequirements.• Ancillary Tables:Twomethodsareemployed toconvey table information in theGRIViewer. 1.) In thesourcemapinformationtablethesourcemappublisherandsourcemapseriesnumberfieldsareconvertedtoasingledomainvalue,andthenassociatedwiththesourcemapfieldineachfeatureclass.2.)Inthegeologicunitinformationtabletheunitname,unitageandmajorlithologyfieldsarejoinedtoeachgeologicunitfeatureclass.Theassociateddomainandjoinedtablefieldsarethenincorporatedintothemapserviceproduct,andareaccessibleviafeatureattributepopups.

• Ancillary Map Files:Ancillarymapfiles(FAQmetadata,aGISreadmefileandanancillarymapinformationdocument)areavailableonlineandareaccessedthroughonlinelinksprovidedintheGRIViewer.ThisfunctionalityisacomponentoftheGRIViewer,andisnotacomponentoftheunderlyingESRImapservice.

Product Overview GRIdigitalgeologic-GISmapsareavailableinESRI10.0filegeodatabaseformat.TheaccompanyingArcMapdocumentdisplaysthemap’sgeologicdatalayersshowingfeatureattribution(e.g.,GeologicUnits,figure1b),symbology,labelingandprovidingaccesstoancillaryGIStables(e.g.,theGeologicUnitInformationtable,figure1c).Furthermore,theproductincludesmaplayer(.lyr)filesthatalsoconveysymbology,labelingandotherdisplaypropertiessoindividuallayerscanbeaddedtoneworexistingArcMapdocuments.AncillarymapdocumentsandmetadataareincludedwiththeGISproductdownloadfile.

Format Properties • Geologic Features: Geologic features are represented and grouped in thematic feature classes within a 10.0 filegeodatabase.TheGRIdatamodelemploysafeatureclassschemabasedonspatialrepresentation(i.e.,point,lineorpolygon)andgeologicprocessand/orgeologicassociation.Theschemaisdesignedtoaccommodatenewfeaturesand/orfeaturesclassesasneeded.

• Feature Attributes:Informationaboutafeature(i.e.,.featureattribution)isstoredwithinafeatureclassesattributetable.TheGRIfeatureclassschemausesastandardsetofattributefieldswithconsistentfieldproperties.

• Feature Symbology: Symbology,similartosourcemapsymbology,isstoredintheArcMapdocument.FeatureclasssymbologyisalsomadeavailablewithindividuallayerfilesforincorporationintoexistingornewArcMapdocuments.

• Ancillary Tables: Thesourcemapinformationtableis linkedtoeachfeatureclassviaarelationshipclass,whereasthegeologicunitinformationtableislinked(viaarelationshipclass)tojustgeologicunitfeatureclasses.Relatedtableinformationisaccessedviathefeatureattributewindow,orbydirectlyassessingthetableinArcGIS.

• Ancillary Map Files: Ancillarymapfiles(FAQmetadata,aGISreadmefileandanancillarymapinformationdocument)arepackagedwiththeGISdata,andareaccessedoutsideofArcGISusingapplicablesoftware.

ThebackgroundimageisGoogleEarthDigitalGlobeimageryofAmericanMemorialParkontheislandofSaipan,NorthernMarianaIslandscapturedonMarch24,2013.

ThethreecolorphotographsweremadebyStefanKrasowski/FlickrandusedunderaCreativeCommonsAttributionlicense.

ThetwoblackandwhitephotographsweremadebyDennisVanderTuig/NationalParkService.

Photo Credits

Product Overview AGRIGoogleEarthmapconsistsofasingleGoogleEarth(.kmz)file.Featureattributesareobtainedbyclickingonthedesiredfeature(figure3b),whereasGRIinformationandrelatedancillarymapfilesareaccessedthroughaformattedmappop-upwindow(figure3c).Acustomscreenoverlay(figure3d)presentstheagenciesresponsibleforproducingthesourcedata,aswellasthemap’suseconstraints,andhowtoaccessancillarymapfilespertainingtothemap.

Format Properties• Geologic Features:DuetoKMLdisplaylimitations,certaingeologicfeaturessuchaspointsareomittedfromtheKMLproduct,however,thematiclayernaming,displayandorganizationintheArcMapdocumentarepreservedwithintheKMLproduct.

• Feature Attributes:FeatureattributionisderivedfromtheoriginalfilegeodatabaseandArcMapdocument,andisstoredinCSS/HTMLwithintheKMLfileandisaccessedviadescriptivefeatureattributionballoons.

• Feature Symbology:SymbologyisdirectlytranslatedfromtheArcMapdocumenttoKML,however,complexpolygonfillpatternsandlinedecorationsdonotdisplayproperlyinGoogleEarth.ThisrequiresmodificationoftheArcMapdocumenttoremovecomplexpatternsandtogeneralizelinedecorationspriortoKMLexport.

• Ancillary Tables:TwomethodsareemployedtoconveytableinformationintheGRIKMLproduct.1.)Inthesourcemapinformationtablethesourcemappublisherandsourcemapseriesnumberfieldsareconvertedtoasingledomainvalue,andthenassociatedwiththesourcemapfieldineachfeatureclass.2.)Inthegeologicunitinformationtabletheunitname,unitageandmajorlithologyfieldsarejoinedtoeachgeologicunitfeatureclass.AssociateddomainsandjoinedtablefieldsarewrittentothefinalKMLfileandareaccessibleinGoogleEarthviafeatureattributeballoons.

• Ancillary Map Files:Ancillaryfiles(FAQmetadata,aGISreadmefileandanancillarymapinformationdocument)aremadeavailableonlineandareaccessedthroughlinksinthemaptitleballoonandindescriptiveattributeballoons.TheselinksaremadeaccessiblebymodifyingdataframeandfeatureclasspropertiesintheArcMapdocumentpriortoKMLexport.

Figure 5d:MaptoKMLtoolshowinginputparameters

Figure1b: FeatureattributetableforGeologicUnitsdatalayer

Figure 1c:GeologicUnitInformationtable

Figure 2b: FeatureinformationwindowforageologicunitFigure 2c: Datasetdetailswindowforthepresentedmap

Figure 3c:Mapwindowwithprogramandancillaryfilelinks

Figure 1a:GRIdigitalgeologic-GISmapdisplayedinArcMap

Figure 2a:GRIdigitalgeologic-GISmapdisplayedinNRMapViewsFigure 3a:GRIdigitalgeologic-GISmapdisplayedinGoogleEarth

Figure 3b:Featureinformationballoonforageologicunit

Figure 3d:Customscreenoverlaywithdatasourceinformation

Figure 4a: GRIdigitalgeologic-GISmapdisplayedinArcMapshowingmapservicepublicationtool

Figure 4b:ServiceEditorWindowformapservicepublication

Figure 4c:AnalyzeWindowwithwarningmessages

Figure 4d:ArcGISHelpwindowpertainingtoamapservicepublicationwarning

Figure 5a:GRIKMLWizardtoolshowingharvestedancillarymapandprojectinformation

Figure 5b: GRIKMLWizardtoolshowingfeatureclassselectionwindow

Figure 5c: ArcToolboxshowingMaptoKMLtool

MarineBeach,Saipan.Photo:StefanKrasowski/Flickr

Publishing Concepts to Derive Multiple Digital Data Formats Using ArcGIS

The Geologic Resources Inventory (GRI) is one of 12 inventories funded under the National ParkService(NPS)NaturalResourceChallengeandisadministeredbytheGeologicResourcesDivision(GRD)oftheNaturalResourceStewardshipandScienceDirectorate(NRSS).ThegoaloftheGRIistoincreaseunderstandingofthegeologicprocessesatworkinparksandprovideaccurategeologicinformationforuseinparkdecision-making.Soundparkstewardshipreliesonunderstandingnaturalresourcesandtheirroleintheecosystem,ofwhichgeologyisthefoundation.TheGRIreliesheavilyonpartnershipswithColoradoStateUniversity(CSU),theU.S.GeologicalSurvey,individualstategeologicalsurveys,andotherorganizationsindevelopingitsproducts.CSUresearchassociatesworkside-by-sidewithNPSGRDGRIstafftofacilitateascopingmeetingthatidentifiesparkmappingneeds,aswellaspark-specificgeologicissues,features,andprocesses.ForeachparktheGRIthencreatesasummaryofthescopingmeeting,producesdigitalgeologicmapproducts,andwritesageologicreportforusebyparkstaff.

The Geologic Resources Inventory

Digital geologic-GIS data andmaps are increasingly being used by planners and policymakers toinfluenceandguidedecisionsconcerningthemanagementandprotectionofgeologicresources.Additionally,GISandspatialvisualizationsoftwarehavebecomemoreaccessiblewithfunctionalitytargetedatamuchbroadergroupofusers.

ToensurethatGRIdigitalgeologic-GISdata isaccessibletoadiverseusergroup,frombasicuserstoadvancedGISusers,theGRInowpublishesdigitalgeologic-GISdatainmultipledataformats.Theseproductformatsare:1.)ESRI10.0filegeodatabaseandaccompanyingArcMapdocumentforusewithESRIArcGISsoftware,2.)KML/KMZfileforusewithGoogleEarth,and3.)ESRImapserviceproductforusewithESRIonlinesoftwareviewers,aswellascustomonlineviewerssuchastheNPSNRMapViewsviewer.

ToaccomplishthetaskofprovidingdigitalGISspatialdatainmultipleformats,weevaluatedboththeESRImapserviceandKMLdataformatstobetterunderstandthecapabilitiesandlimitationsofeachformatandassociatedsoftware.OurobjectivewastomaintainafocusonproductionofourGISfilegeodatabaseproductasthecoredeliverablewiththegoalofderivingotherdataformatsfromourGISfilegeodatabaseproduct.DuringthisprocesswelearnedhowanESRIfilegeodatabaseandaccompanyingArcMapdocument(fordatapresentation)canbe leveraged tocustomizeoutput tootherdata formats,andhowbaseESRIArcMappublishingandArcToolboxKMLtoolscanbeusedtoproducethesederivativeproducts.

ThisposterpresentsanoverviewandassessmentofeachGRIproductformatwithafocusondesignconsiderationsrelativetoformatpropertiesandsoftwarerequirementsandlimitations,aswellascommentingontheadoptedGRIsolution(figure1ato1c,2ato2cand3ato3c).ThebasicstepsofthehowtheGRIproducesmapserviceandKMLproducts,againbothderivedfromourfinalGISfilegeodatabaseandArcMapdocument,arealsopresented(figures4ato4dand5ato5d).

Introduction

ColoradoStateUniversity

StephanieA.O’Meara,JamesR.Chappell,andRonaldD.KarpiloJr.

BirdIsland,SaipanPhoto:StefanKrasowski/Flickr

AmericanMemorialPark,Saipan.Photo:StefanKrasowski/Flickr BanzaiCliff,Saipan.Photo:DennisVanderTuig/NPS

SuicideCliff,Saipan.Photo:DennisVanderTuig/NPS