1 Mapping Maui’s Major Roads With Global Positioning System Devices Augustus Elias Center for Adaptive Optics Pacific Disaster Center Mentor: Pam Cowher Advisor: Chris Chiesa Collaborator: Joseph Rose Home institution: University of Hawaii at Hilo
1 Mapping Maui’s Major Roads With Global Positioning System Devices Augustus Elias Center for Adaptive Optics Pacific Disaster Center Mentor: Pam Cowher.
Dec 25, 2015
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Mapping Maui’s Major Roads With Global Positioning
System Devices
Augustus EliasCenter for Adaptive Optics
Pacific Disaster Center
Mentor: Pam CowherAdvisor: Chris Chiesa
Collaborator: Joseph Rose
Home institution: University of Hawaii at Hilo
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Outline• Pacific Disaster Center
• Project
• Process
• Results
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgment
• References
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Pacific Disaster Center
• Provide research and support for the development of more effective policies, institutions, programs and information products for :
– Disaster Management
– Humanitarian Assistance Communities
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Map Maui with GPS Devices
• Main Goals and Purposes– Assist Emergency Managers– Provide More Accurate Data– Readily Available Information
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Mile Marker Estimates
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GPS Points Collected
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Process
DnrGarmin
Arcmap
GPS
ArcCatalogServer & Web
Week 1
Week 2 & 3
• Plan Travel• Collect Data
• Learn Tools
Week 4, 5 & 6
• Process / AnalyzeData
Week 7
• Present Data / Result
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Travel Plans
http://maps.google.com/maps?um=1&tab=wl&hl=en&q=maui
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Data Collection• Drive
– 800 miles worth– 2 weeks
• Mile Markers– GPS Waypoints – Pictures
• Risk– High on Point & Picture Taking
• Foot• Car
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GarminGPS3
http://www.aero.org/education/primers/gps/images/5steps-illustration.jpg
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Results
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Conclusion
http://www.pdc.org/atlas/html/atlas-init.jsp
• Mile Marker Layer of Map Completed
• Will be available on PDC Website
“Ketipinet kin dak oh uhet kin id ahpw sahpw mihtohr nanpwungara”
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Acknowledgments
• Thanks to:– Center for Adaptive Optics (CfAO)– Pacific Disaster Center (PDC)– Institute for Astronomy (IfA)– National Science Foundation (NSF)– Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB)– Maui Community College (MCC)
Funding provided through the Center for Adaptive Optics, a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center (STC), AST-987683.
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References
• Google Map– http://maps.google.com/maps?
um=1&tab=wl&hl=en&q=maui– http://www.bethinhawaii.com/wp-content/uploads/
2006/09/fire.jpg
• ESRI– http://esri.com/
• Aerospace Corporation– http://www.aero.org/education/primers/gps/images/5st
eps-illustration.jpg
• PDC– www.pdc.org
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