mapping maui’s major roads with global positioning system devices

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Mapping Maui’s Major Roads With Global Positioning

System DevicesAugustus Elias

Center for Adaptive OpticsPacific 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 Before

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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=maui9

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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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DnrGarmin

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ArcCatalog

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ArcMap

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Results

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Results

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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/5ste

ps-illustration.jpg• PDC

– www.pdc.org