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URISA

PROCEEDINGS

Papers from the annual conference

of the

URBAN AND REGIONAL

INFORMATION SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION

August 19-August 23, 2000

Orlando, Florida

Editor

Mark J. Sailing, Ph.D.

The Urban Center

Levin College of Urban Affairs

Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, Ohio

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PROCEEDINGS EDITORIAL BOARD, CONFERENCE COMMITTEE,AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS 3

PREFACE 4

HORWOOD CRITIQUE PRIZE 5

Abstracts

APPLICATION TOOLS

The Richmond Neighborhood Indicators Project 19

Case Study in Land Records Systems Improvements Geographic Products in the Age of the

Internet 19

Integrated Land Records 19

Challenges to Implementing GIS in a Municipal Government: The Case of Rio De Janeiro 20.

Automation of the Data Collection Process by Applying GIS/Live Link 20

Using the Intranet to Manage and Distribute Geographic Datasets for the NY District of the U.S.

Army Corps 20

Internet Based Geo-Processing for Electronic Commerce: The Role of Geographic Principles at

Priceline.com 21

Innovative GIS Techniques to Improve Appraisal Business Functions 21

Water Quality Management with a Knowledge-Based Decision Support System 22

Property and Easement Management with GIS 22

Regional Property Information over the Net 23

Using a Fiscal Cadastre Information System as a Revenue Solution for the City of San Salvador....24

Case Studies in Integrating Government Services, GIS, and Web Applications 24

A Web-Based Tool to assess long-term Hydrologic Impact of Land Use Change 25

An Application Development Strategy for Wake County-Raleigh, North Carolina 25

GIS Application Development: Then and Now 25

Indicators of Housing and Neighborhood Quality in Milwaukee 26

Utilizing Landsat-7 Satellite Imagery and GIS to Determine Current Agricultural Use Valuation

Compliance 26

Current Thinking on Land Records'Modernization: Where do we go from here? 26

Cadastral Mapping Systems for Land-Titling through Computerized GIS Systems for Intellectual

Property Protection 27

Assessment of PubHc Drinking Water Supplies in Arkansas 27

Enterprise Solutions for Land Management 28

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BOUNDARY DELINEATION AND ADDRESSING ISSUES

Address Data Content Standard 28

Integrated Statistical Solutions: A Prototype Distributed Data Integration Effort at the US Census

Bureau 28

Lessons Learned: Addressing and LUCA in Delaware County, Ohio 29

Spatial Hierarchical Reasoning Applied to Administrative Boundary Design using GIS 29

Metropolitan Areas for a New Decade 30

Administrative/Jurisdictional Boundary Standards and GIS Database Standards 30

ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS AND INTEROPERABILITY

GIS System Enhancement 30

GIS Implementation in Developing Countries: A Case study in Uruguay 31

Adapting GIS/Computer-Aided Planning In Russia 31

Integrated Paperless Permitting and Development: A Model for the Millennium 32

New Tools for Integrating Enterprise Geospatial Data in a Multi-GIS Environment - Palm Beach

County, Florida: A Case Study 32

The Application of GIS in the Spatial Planning of Saudi Arabian Cities, Riyadh 32

Using Intranet/Internet Technology to Replace Sneaker Net in Regional/Enterprise GIS 33

Use of Intranet Technology for Deploying Spatial Data Applications throughout the Long Island

Railroad 33

Mapping Your Documents: Issues Integrating GIS with Document Management 34

Tracking Electric Outages for the NYS Department of Public Service 34

Implementing a Server Based Computing Solution in an Enterprise GIS 34

An Assessment of the Utilization of GIS: The Experience of the Holy City of Makkah, Saudi

Arabia 35

Using the Internet to Economically Link People to Municipal Databases 35

Implementing Development Management Systems and GIS: Issues and Case Studies 36

Using GIS on the Web for Integrated Installation Management at MCB, Camp Lejeune 36

The Role of ASPs for GIS Services Provision in Local Government 37

Diffusion of GIS Technology in Developing Countries: A Case Study in Botswana 37

ENVIRONMENTAL

Analyzing Demographic Patterns in Neighborhoods Adjacent to Superfund Sites 38

Indonesian NAVY Command and Control Support using GIS 38

The Environmental Data Exchange (ENDEX) 39

Using GIS as a Planning Aid for Environmental Justice Research and Documentation 39

A GIS Based Demand/Supply Model for Greenway Planning 40

Data Discovery and Delivery: New USGS Tools 40

The California Environmental Information Catalog 41

The Conversion of a Sovereign Oil Brownfields Site into a Gainful Business 41

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IT/GIS DATA INFRASTRUCTURES

The City of Houston Infrastructure Management System (IMS) 41

GIS in a Distributed Environment: Open GIS 42

Canada's National Geographic Alliance for the Development and Management of a National

Geographic Database 42

Intelligent and Friendly Access to Enterprise GIS: A Successful Conversion and Re-Engineering

Story 43

The Use of GIS for CMS in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area 43

Impact of Data Automation Standards on GIS Data Quality 44

Reducing Misuse in Spatial Databases 44

New Data for New Decisions 45

Beat 2000 - A Solid Waste Collection System 45

FGDC ISO Metadata Standard Harmonization 45

Demystifying Advancements in Digital Orthophotography 46

GIS Quality Assurance Data Acceptance Specification and Control 46

Achieving Enterprise GIS Data Integration in Fairfax County: Using GIS Every Day 47

Disseminating Census 2000 Data and Products: The American FactFinder 48

Planned Census 2000 Cartographic Products 49

Geographic Products from the 2000 Decennial Census: Completing the Transition to the Digital

Age 49

A Methodology to Establish a Universal Data Model for GIS Database 50

Micro-GIS: Explore New Solutions and Analytical Approaches 50

Spatial Database Design: How Logic Works with Reality 51

Reorientation of GIS in Local Government: Paralleling GIS Strategies with TechnologyMovements 51

Use of 1 Meter Satellite Data in Local Government - Early Results 51

Panel Discussion on Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Applications and Automation in

Urban Development 52

Garbage or Good? Quality Assurance and Quality Control for Data Confidence 53

From GIS Analyst to Webmaster: A Case Study in the Changing Roles of GIS Professionals 53

Wireless Delivery ofLocation-Based Services 53

A Technological Approach to the Establishment of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure 54

Adjustment of Inconsistencies in Spatial Data over the Internet 54

Assessing the Quality of Orthophotomapping - Ensuring Value for Money 54

Creating a Digital Ortho Imagery Digital Basemap Layer for Kentucky: Lessons Learned 55

Implementing NOGIS: Lessons Learned, Tasks Remaining 55

Importance ofHeight Information for Urban Areas 56

Rivers of Data/Slivers of Programs: GIS Technology in the Next Ten Years 56

GIS Techniques to Optimize Handoff in a Mobile Computing Environment 57

Looking Back and Looking Ahead: The State of Framework Data 57

Acquisition and Updating Digital Orthophotography: An Analysis of Alternatives using new

Technology 58

A Geospatial Data Infrastructure Solution 58

Evolving GIS into a Mainstream of Information Technology 59

Building your Business Case for Metadata 59

Enterprise Spatial Data Integration Q 60

POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES

Where is the Line between Surveying and Mapping? 60

Democratic Educational Resources Management in a Large City: A System for ControllingSchool Pre-Registration and Student Allocation 61

Use of the Internet for the Maintenance of Data as well as its Distribution 61

Measuring GIS Benefits in Clark County, Washington 62

Emerging Trends in the Use of Performance Criteria to Evaluate Information Development and

Management 62

MetroGIS Initiative: Development, Integration and Sharing of Geographic Data through RegionalCollaboration 63

The Anatomy of a Successful Project Partnership 63

Using the North Carolina Community College System to Train and Certify GIS Technicians 64

Building a Community GIS through Education Outreach 64

An Inter-Fund and Inter Agency Approach to Developing a Municipality's

Enterprise-Wide GIS 64

GIS Strategic Planning 65

Requirements Management and Quality Assurance: Red Tape or Blessing in Outsource LIS

Projects? 65

Controlling Scope Change in GIS Projects 66

Why and How Organizations Share GIS 66

e-Education: Web-Based Teaching at the University of Florida 67

Demographic, Employment, and Land Development (DELD) CD Package: One Stop Shoppingfor all your Data 68

Don't Bug my Staff: A Public-Private Partnership Approach to Data Access 68

Forum on NCEES Model Law Regarding Professional Roles for GIS Basemap Development 69

Managing the Information Landscape 69

Undergoing Organizational Change at the U.S. Geological Survey (in something less than

geologic time) 70

A Global Comparison and Open Forum on Legal and Policy Issues Affecting Use of GeographicData-Part One 70

A Global Comparison and Open Forum on Legal and Policy Issues Affecting Use of GeographicData-Part Two 71

Visualizing a Benefits Case: How to Make it Easy for Management to SEE the Benefits in

Enterprise-Wide GIS 71

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URBAN AND REGIONAL SOLUTIONS

The Study of Accessibility Indices in Transportation Planning by using GeographicInfo Systems 72

An Object Oriented Approach to Parcel History Tracking 73

Probabilistic Land Cover Transitions Using the Deltatron Model 73

Logistic Regression Techniques Applied to Pixilated Land Use Change Models 74

An Object-Oriented Approach for Modeling Urban Land Use Changes 74

A Wireless Data Gathering and Active Control of Lifelines with Visual Support by GIS 75

Mapping Community's Perceptions and Local Knowledge: Web-Based GIS Applications 75

Information Design for Public Decision- Making: Case of the Master Plan for the South Axis in

Amsterdam 76

TrIPS - An Enterprise-wide GIS for Transportation Planning 76

Methodological Progress in the Development and Estimation of Discrete Change Models of

Urbanization 77

Community-Based Land Use Demonstration Project: Dane County, Wisconsin 77

Using Virtual Reality Rooms for Community Consensus Building 77

An Investigation of GIS Applications in Urban Design 78

Managing the Florida Intrastate Highway System with Desktop GIS,

79

The Design and Implementation of an Enterprise Linear Reference System at Iowa DOT 79

Mapping Highway Performance Monitoring Segments - A GIS Solution 80

A Decision Support System to Evaluate Parking Supply vs. Zoning Requirements 80

Internet-Based Community Information Systems: Recent Accomplishments and ComingAttractions 81

Shared Geography: Building a Common Street Centerline Resource to Service State and CountyGovernment 81

Application of the Access Map/Flowmap Model in Placement of Police Station Facilities in

Displaced Rural Areas 82

Environmental Screening Analysis Tool for Transportation Projects 83

CommunityWorks: Software for 3D Visualization, Impact Analysis, and Forecasting 83

GIS Moves to the Forefront for Y2K 84

A Migration Experience to Object Oriented GIS 84

GIS Architecture at CalTrans 85

Designing a Regional Planning Support System 85

Improving Accuracy and Resolution of Topographic Data using a LIDAR-Derived Data Set and

Implications for Flood Hazard Studies 85

Development of an Ambulance Squad Response Application in Bucks County, PA using GIS

Technology 86

GIS Based System for Generating 3D Virtual City and Evaluation of Land Use System and

Construction Regulations 86

Serving 3D-GIS on the Web for Facilitating Public Involvement in Urban Projects 86A Conceptual Model of the New Design Tool for Analysis of Urban Environments 87

GIS Application for Transportation Scheduling and Transportation Planning 88

Use of GIS in Implementation of Vermont's Statewide E911 System 89DOT Program on Remote Sensing Applications in Transportation - A Panel Discussion 89

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PROJECT SHOWCASE

GIS Technologies-Providing the Keys to Opening the Historical Photographic Record 90

Design of Dynamic Multi-Scale Maps for Land Vehicle Navigation 90

The Environmental Data Exchange (ENDEX) 91

Design of an Integrated GIS Utility Database for Municipal Use 91

Sharing Knowledge with Expert Systems 91

Rule-Based Pattern Recognition in Delineating Landscape Zones on a Digital Picture 92

Plurimodule GIS for Public Works: The Maltese Fortification Case of Study 92

Endangered Species Habitat Conservation Planning and Spatial Decision Support Systems: The

Case of the Cedar River Watershed 93

Generating Water-Distribution and Sewer Network Alternatives Using Models, Value

Engineering, Life Costing and GIS 93

Design of an Urban Stormwater Study 94

Distributing Large Digital Imagery and GIS Datasets: Internet and CD-Based Data Distribution

For Local Government 94

Strategy for High Accuracy Geodetic and Aerial Photogrammetric GIS Database

Maintenance 94

Blanton Forest Nature Preserve, Harlan County Kentucky 95

GIS Distance and Onsite Learning Initiative (DOLI) Program at FAU GIS Lab 95

A Design Tool for Analysis and Visual Quality Control of Urban Environments 95

Delaware County Appraisal Neighborhoods (Average Increase in Valuation 96-99) 96

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Papers

APPLICATION TOOLS

The Richmond Neighborhood Indicators ProjectJohn Accordino and Robert Rugg 98

Case Study in Land Records Systems ImprovementsHarrison Yee 109

Integrated Land Records

Patrick Noonan Ill

Automation of the Data Collection Process by Applying GIS/live Link

Kenneth M. Wilkinson 114

Regional Property Information over the Net

MarkD. McKerchner 119

Using a Fiscal Cadastre Information System as a Revenue Solution for the City of San Salvador

GabrielS. Arancibia 123

An Application Development Strategy for Wake County-Raleigh, North Carolina

David Hedberg, ChipEitzel, Jean-Paul Lavoie 132

Using the Intranet to Manage and Distribute Geographic Datasets for the NY District of the U.S.

Army CorpsRichard Annito and Raymond V. Elmore 139

BOUNDARY DELINEATION & ADDRESSING ISSUES

Address Data Content Standard

Christopher Ray 148

Lessons Learned: Addressing and Luca in Delaware County, Ohio

Shoreh Elhami and Hoseok Kang 157

Spatial Hierarchical Reasoning Applied to Administrative Boundary Design using GIS

Serryn Eagleson, Francisco Escobar, and Ian Williamson 170

Metropolitan Areas for a New Decade

Trudy Suchan 183

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ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS & INTEROPERABILITY

GIS System EnhancementAlbert Lin 186

GIS Implementation in Developing Countries: A Case study in UruguayDavid B.Davis 188

New Tools for Integrating Enterprise Geospatial Data in a Multi-GIS Environment - Palm Beach

County, Florida: A Case StudyJim Cory and Kelly Ratchinsky 195

Using Intranet/Internet Technology to Replace Sneaker Net in Regional/Enterprise GIS

Joseph T. Jones 202

Mapping Your Documents: Issues Integrating GIS with Document ManagementAndrew D. Swenson 210

Tracking Electric Outages for the NYS Department of Public Service

Richard P. Slutzah and Linda M. Demers 219

Implementing a Server Based Computing Solution in an Enterprise GIS

James Walker and Thomas Corny 227

Using GIS on the Web for Integrated Installation Management at MCB, Camp Lejeune

Mary Lynn Phillips 238

Diffusion of GIS Technology in Developing Countries: A Case Study in Botswana

Branko I. Cavric, Horatio G. Ikgopoleng, and Zorica Nedovic-Budic 242

ENVIRONMENTAL

The Environmental Data Exchange (ENDEX)JohnBocchino 251

A GIS Based Demand/Supply Model for Greenway Planning

Ashley Conine and Jeff Young 256

Data Discovery and Delivery: New USGS Tools

John L. Faundeen 264

IT/GIS DATA INFRASTRUCTURES

The City ofHouston Infrastructure Management System (IMS)

Nancy Fischer and Ronald E. Hudson 269

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Intelligent and Friendly Access to Enterprise GIS: A Successful Conversion and Re-Engineering

StoryKevin P. Hardester 277

Impact ofData Automation Standards on GIS Data QualityAbuBadruddin 288

Reducing Misuse in Spatial Databases

Gary J. Hunter 293

Beat 2000 - A Solid Waste Collection SystemPete Truch and Ray Anderson 300

Demystifying Advancements in Digital OrthophotographyBrian Mayfield 322

GIS Quality Assurance Data Acceptance Specification and Control

Swapam Nag, Brennen F. Sheperd, and Thomas Conry 330

Achieving Enterprise GIS Data Integration in Fairfax County: Using GIS Every DayGreg Thomas 346

A Methodology to Establish a Universal Data Model for GIS Database

Rachel K. Arulraj 355

Geographic Products from the 2000 Decennial Census: Completing the Transition to the DigitalAgeHeidi Crawford 359

Spatial Database Design: How Logic Works with RealityRobert J. Pearsall and John Marchetti 392

The potential of Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) in Urban and Regional DevelopmentBob Henry 399

An Engineering Approach to the Establishment of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure

Lingxia Wang 402

Assessing the Quality of Orthophotomapping - Ensuring Value for MoneyRejean Castonguay and Mark Doucette 412

Creating a Digital Ortho Imagery Digital Basemap Layer for Kentucky: Lessons Learned

TedStumbur , 428

Rivers of Data/Slivers of Programs: GIS Technology in the Next Ten Years

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Ed Wells 430

GIS Techniques to Optimize Handoff in a Mobile Computing Environment

Hassan A. Karimi, Prashant Krishnamurthy, and Heather Burger 437

Looking Back and Looking Ahead: The State of Framework Data

David Tulloch and Grant F. Walton 447

POLICY & MANAGEMENT ISSUES

Where is the Line between Surveying and Mapping?Al Butler 457

MetroGIS Initiative: Development, Integration and Sharing of Geographic Data throughRegional Collaboration

David Arbeit, William Craig, Randall Johnson, and Gary Stevenson 462

An Inter-Fund and Inter Agency Approach to Developing a Municipality's Enterprise-Wide GIS

Trevor W. Feagin 476

GIS Strategic PlanningRebecca Somers 482

e-Education: Web-Based Teaching at the University of Florida

Grenville Barnes and Joseli Macedo 489

Demographic, Employment, and Land Development (DELD) CD Package: One Stop Shoppingfor all your Data

Kurt Olmstead and Mike Kemp 499

An Equal-Access, Competitive-Services Approach to Public Data Access PolicyEd Wells 508

Undergoing Organizational Change at the U.S. Geological Survey (in something less than

geologic time)Pamela R. Malam, Barbara J. Ryan, and Bonnie A. McGregor 518

URBAN AND REGIONAL SOLUTIONS

The Study ofAccessibility Indices in Transportation Planning by using Geographic Info Systems

Ming Lai and Lilian S.C. Pun-Cheng 526

An Object Oriented Approach to Parcel History Tracking

Jason Mortson 536

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Probabilistic Land Cover Transitions Using the Deltatron Model

Jeannete Candau and Keith C. Clarke 544

Logistic Regression Techniques Applied to Pixilated Land Use Change Models

Ronald Matheny and David Wear 555

An Object-Oriented Approach for Modeling Urban Land Use ChangesAle Raza and Wolfgang Kainz 567

A Wireless Data Gathering and Active Control of Lifelines with Visual Support by GIS

Takashi Watanbe and Masao Atsumi 584

Information Design for Public Decision- Making: Case ofthe Master Plan for the South Axis in

Amsterdam

Ir. Alexandra Tisma 594

Mapping Highway Performance Monitoring Segments - A GIS Solution

Mary Stallings 601

Shared Geography: Building a Common Street Centerline Resource to Service State and CountyGovernment

Brendan J. Ford and Dan K. Widner 605

Application ofthe Access Map/Flowmap Model in Placement of Police Station Facilities in

Displaced Rural Areas

Johan Maritz and Mac Mashiri 615

Environmental Screening Analysis Tool for Transportation ProjectsIlir Bejleri, Andrew Lyons, and Paul Zwick 629

Improving Accuracy and Resolution of Topographic Data using a LIDAR-Derived Data Set and

Implications for Flood Hazard Studies

David C. Taylor 639

GIS Based System for Generating 3D Virtual City and Evaluation ofLand Use System and

Construction RegulationsKenichi Sugihara, Amin Hammad, and Yoshitugu Hayashi 643

A Conceptual Model ofthe New Design Tool for Analysis of Urban Environments

Predrag Sidjanin 657

PROJECT SHOWCASE

Design of an Integrated GIS Utility Database for Municipal UseFawzi S. Kubbara 668

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Rule-Based Pattern Recognition in Delineating Landscape Zones on a Digital Picture

Bryan Townsend and Wei-Ning Xiang 675

Endangered Species Habitat Conservation Planning and Spatial Decision Support Systems: The

Case of the Cedar River Watershed

TomVanBuren 686

Generating Water-distribution and Sewer Network Alternatives using Models, Value

Engineering, Life Costing and GIS

Hyong-Bok Kim and Kyong-MinKim 689

A Design Tool for Analysis and Visual Quality Control ofUrban Environments

Predrag Sidjanin 702

2000 EXEMPLARY SYSTEMS IN GOVERNMENT (ESIG)AWARD WINNERS

Single Category Winner

Single Process System Survey Answers for the Georgia GIS Data Clearinghouse 715

Enterprise Category Winner

The Pierce Responder System 725

Enterprise Category Honorable Mentions

Lane County Regional Land Information Database (RLID) 749

Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) Facilities Information Management System (FIMS) 764

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