NCRST-E Briefing: Corridor Planning and Environmental Assessment Joint Program Oversight Committee Meeting October 25, 2002
Jan 29, 2016
NCRST-E Briefing: Corridor Planning and Environmental Assessment
Joint Program Oversight Committee MeetingOctober 25, 2002
NCRST-E Research and Directions
Mississippi Gulf Coast: Multiple Research and Support Areas Land Use and Land Cover Change: Multi-Scale Research Air Quality Research: New Sensor and Modeling Technologies Wetlands Mapping: Multi-Location Research and Outreach Computational Mapping: IT, CE, and Geospatial Research (as
well as important standards-based approach to implement) Corridor Planning: Workshop and Research Formulation NCRST-E Taps
– Veridian– Virginia DOT– Washington DOT
MS Gulf Coast Research Activities
NCRST-E is conducting an assessment of land cover and land use change in the Mississippi coastal corridor with the purpose of identifying changes due to transportation and land development. New techniques for classification and analysis were developed.
MS Gulf Coast
Mississippi Gulf Coast:
Land Use and Land Cover Change
MS Gulf Coast
Mississippi Gulf Coast: Assessing Urban Growth
Within Sensitive Coastal Environmental Systems
MS Gulf Coast
Mississippi Gulf Coast: Determining Patterns of
Growth and Quantifying Change and Development
For Bay St. Louis, Biloxi, and Pascagoula, change is highlightedfor the period from 1991 to 2000.
MS Gulf Coast
Mississippi Gulf Coast:
Supporting the CSX Railroad Relocation EIS Study
MS Gulf Coast
NCRST-E is Studying Land Use and Land Cover Change at Regional, Watershed, and Coastal Levels
NCRST-E is investigating land cover and land use change and impacts of change and developmentat various scales and inmultiple settings.
The research is providingimproved understandingabout environmental andhydrologic impacts of transportation development.
LULC Change
NCRST-E is Studying Transportation Impacts on Air Quality by Using LIDAR Technology
The NCRST-E air quality project is focused on the adverse effects of air pollutants. The primary objectives of this project are: (1) developing guidelines on the use of remote sensing Differential Absorption LIDAR (DIAL) for real-time measurement of air pollution resulting from highway traffic and (2) an air quality model for prediction of air pollution considering the impact of highway traffic, land use, terrain type, and climatic factors.
Air Quality
NCRST-E is Developing New Geospatial Applications and Processing Algorithms for Wetlands Assessment
Soils
Hydrology
Vegetation
The assessment of vegetation, soils, and hydrology forms the basis of standard wetlands field assessments.Determining how those assessmentsare made facilitates the development of surrogate processes using RS and geospatial technologies to producesimilar results.
Research Results:Pecora PaperPoster SessionWorkshop
Wetlands
Hyperspectral Image and LIDAR Data forWetland Identification, Mapping, and Analysis Randolph County, North Carolina
Hyperspectral image data were collected andclassified to obtain classes that closely resembled those used inNWI surveys. LIDAR was used for terrain and hydrologic analysis.
Wetlands
Hyperspectral Image and LIDAR Data for Wetland Mapping and AssessmentEddyville, Iowa
For a new bypass project, the Iowa DOT determined that there were landscape features that gave rise to wetlands in an area where they have planned an alignment. With involvement of NCRST-E high spatial resolution hyperspectral image data will be used to identify areas where wetland vegetation occurs.
Wetlands
Quantitatively assessing the likelihood of wetlands occurrence requires that vegetation classes be stratified and clarified then ranked, combined, and assessed in the context of hydrology and soils for the area. To accomplish the contextual analysis, data analysis steps and products are grouped into vegetation and non-vegetation information groups. Soils and hydrology information products combined to contribute 30 possible points and the vegetation information products combined to contribute 30 possible points.
Wetlands AssessmentAlgorithm Development
Wetlands
Computational Resources for Geospatial Data and Information Use, Distribution, and Management
In a peer review meeting of the TRB statewide GIS committee a consistently echoed theme was the need for improved access and distribution of standard, consistent data sets that are useful for transportation planning and assessment as well as early phases of design.
NCRST-E is working to develop technology for Computational Mapping Engines and Distributed Geospatial Data Libraried that will allow agencies to ….
View Data in a Map….. Select Areas of Interest.... Refine the Area of Interest....
CME
Computational Resources for Geospatial Data and Information Use, Distribution, and Management
AND …. Create Consistent CUSTOM Geospatial Image Products that meet the needs of transportation agencies!
CME
Computational Resources for Geospatial Data and Information Use, Distribution, and Management
The CME is a technology that hides the complexity of data storage, management, and processing from the user and provides a web-based method of access to computational resources that replace traditional image processing workflows …..
Web Access to Data and Methods…. AND Computational Workflows!
CME
NCRST-E Research Formulation:Corridor Planning and Environmental Assessment
NCRST-E held a workshop (GICAP 2002) to address the challenge of using remote sensing and geospatial technologies for corridor planning and assessment activities.
Topics and presentations ranged geographically and by transportation modes including such diverse areas as the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline, the Virginia Base Mapping Project, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast CSX Railroad relocation project.
GICAP 2002
New Technology Application Projects
There have been new TAP’s selected, three of which have been associated with the NCRST-E:
VeridianVirginia DOTWashington DOT
TAPs
TAP’s, NCRST-E, and RSPA ContactsIncreased Coordination Roles
New TAP linked to NCRST-E
Virginia DOT; Dan Widner [email protected] 804 - 786 - 6762
Washington DOT; E. [email protected]
Veridian; John Albasini [email protected] 228 - 688 - 1504
Designated RSPA contact
Aviva [email protected]
617 - 494 - 3470
Chip Wood
202 - 366 - 5911
TAPs
Regional Database Development for Transportation Planning
TAPs
Proposed Remote Sensing/GIS Solution Paradigm
1. Change detection analysis for updating landcover/ landuse
2. Sharing of data across the Internet via an Internet Map Server (IMS)
3. GIS based planning tool for automatic calculation of environmental impacts, creation of impact matrices and development of alignment mapping.
TAPs
PROJECT TITLE: Automating Wetlands Identification to meet Federal Reporting Requirements
Objective: Integration with existing GIS architecture to streamline the process for planned road construction projects
TAPs
Remote Sensing and the Planning Process
Remotely sensed wetlands data can be introduced early in the planning process
Benefits include:– Incorporation with other available GIS data layers – Good preliminary indication of potential impact – Provides an accurate guide to field
reconnaissance and survey
TAPs
Washington DOT
The project goal will demonstrate the use of commercial software and remotely sensed data to produce information products that streamline the environmental analysis process for transportation project planning. This project is developing land use land cover data using remote sensing technologies in concert with other digital geospatial resources and methods for the same I-405 corridor, then applying that information to appropriate environmental impact statement topics to determine benefits as compared to traditional environmental assessment methods already performed.