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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
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GIS was an integral part of response during the May 2000 Cerro Grand fire, and continues to be used for restoration and environmental monitoring under the Cerro Grande Rehabilitation Project.
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Business Problem In May 2000, the Cerro Grande Fire swept through Los Alamos, NM, burning more than 48,000 acres, and causing evacuation of the Laboratory and townsite.
During the fire, Los Alamos staff and volunteers worked day and night in an emergency GIS laboratory set up in Santa Fe, producing literally hundreds of maps to monitor the fire progression, plan for protection of key facilities, and assist the fire fighters.
As an important aspect of fire-recovery, GIS is being used in such activities as planning forest management, remapping floodplains, and emergency preparedness.
The Special Achievement in GIS award is being awarded to GISLab and the many colleagues at Los Alamos National Laboratory and elsewhere who contributed to GIS efforts. Many groups outside of Los Alamos National Laboratory contributed, including Sandia National Laboratory, Loft4, the Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC), and the multi-agency Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation (BAER) team.
A public display of the Cerro Grande Rehabilitation Project GIS opened recently at the Bradbury Science Museum in downtown Los Alamos. Information about the CGRP-GIS is available on the web at http://cgrp-gis.lanl.gov. More information about the GISLab is available on the web at http://gislab.lanl.gov. Technology Implemented GISLab employs the full suite of ESRI GIS software products (ArcGIS, ArcSDE, ArcIMS…), along with in-house developed applications, such as a web-based tracking system and an ArcMap extension for rapid production of professional cartography.
GISLab's spatial data warehouse design provides a clean organizational structure for enterprise GIS. Staging involves receiving and preparing data. Storage, involves actual housing of data in the data warehouse. Delivery involves distribution of data to GIS users from the data warehouse. The custom tracking system communicates with an Oracle relational database, and integrates all stages of data and work flow. Development Team Biography GISLab is dedicated to excellence in GIS science and technology at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). GISLab's mission is three-fold:
- to provide intellectual leadership concerning GIS science and technology;
- to conduct basic and applied GIS research;
- to provide GIS services for LANL projects and operations.
The GISLab team consists of highly skilled, multi-disciplinary scientists and professionals. GISLab offers a full suite of GIS services and consultation, including custom capabilities for enterprise GIS, environmental modeling, and 3D visualization. Over the years GISLab has produced over 10,000 original maps and over 30,000 map copies.
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