GIS Applications for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Systems - Chapter 16 pps

... VSATWastewater, and VSATWater /Wastewater, are available for water, wastewater, and both water and wastewater systems, respectively. The VSAT products provide a structured, cost- effective approach for utilities ... plans for water and sewer systems. GIS technologies provide various planning tools such as: 1. Remote-sensing data (described in Chapter 3) 2. Land-use/...

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... CHAPTER 8 Mapping GIS provides powerful and cost-effective tools for creating intelligent maps for water, wastewater, and stormwater systems. A sewer system map created by GIS (Borough ... objective of this chapter is to understand how to create GIS maps for water, wastewater, and stormwater systems. MAJOR TOPICS • Mapping basics • Map types...

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... learning objective of this chapter is to familiarize ourselves with GIS applications in monitoring data for effective operation and management of water, wastewater, and stormwater systems. MAJOR TOPICS ... CHAPTER SUMMARY This chapter presented the methods and examples of GIS applications in install- ing and maintaining various types of hydraulic character...

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... an ArcView 3.x screenshot for subbasin and land-use layers for a SWMM-based sewer system model. The land-use layer was prepared from classification of 30-m-reso- lution Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) ... modeling methods for water, wastewater, and stormwater systems. GIS applications provide an accurate and manageable way of estimating model input parameters such as node d...

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... this chapter is to understand the importance and scope of geographic information system (GIS) applications for water, wastewater, and storm- water systems. MAJOR TOPICS • Definition of GIS applications • ... History of GIS applications • Advantages and disadvantages of GIS applications • Evolving and future GIS applications and trends • Methods of deve...

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... imagery and GIS as a land inventory tool allowed SANDAG to see the region in a new way and permitted rapid change detec- tion. The GIS- based LULC-mapping approach provided SANDAG with current and verified ... numerous applications in the water industry. Space-based satellite imagery in GIS- ready format can be used as cost-effective base maps for mapping water industry systems....

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... 30-min), and 1˚ units. The 7. 5- and 15-min DEMs are included in the large-scale category, whereas 2-arc-sec DEMs fall within the intermediate-scale category and 1˚ DEMs fall within the small- scale ... adds raster GIS capability to the ArcView and ArcGIS vector GIS soft- ware. Spatial Analyst allows for use of raster and vector data in an integrated environment and enabl...

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... into 2D and 3D environ- ments. In July 2001, ERDAS’s geographic-imaging software company was acquired by Leica Geosystems to form a new GIS and Mapping Division for growth in the GIS and remote ... location, model, and color of the vehicle. The GPS applications for the water, wastewater, and stormwater systems, though not as dramatic as TeleAid, are revolutionizing...

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... SITES CHAPTER SUMMARY This chapter provided information on the GIS applications for serving water, wastewater, and stormwater system maps on the Internet. The Internet is the fastest growing and ... CHAPTER 6 Internet Applications Internet-based mapping applications are changing the way people use and manage geographic information for their water, wastewa...

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... pen and touch-screen computers; handheld devices and PDAs; and smart phones (a combination of a PDA and a cell phone). Due to their small screen; limited memory, storage, processing speed, and ... Francis CHAPTER 7 Mobile GIS Mobile GIS is helping the field workers by providing them with GIS maps on their hand-held computing devices. Field workers equipped with mobil...

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