basins_mapwindow.pptVIP

Going Open Source:Migrating EPA’s BASINS to MapWindow Open Source GIS Dr. Daniel P. Ames Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University 2005 Intermountain GIS Conference Pocatello, Idaho Outline What is BASINS? Why consider open source GIS? What is MapWindow? What is the approach? What are the challenges and anticipated benefits? What is BASINS? “Better Assessment Science Integrating point and Non-point Sources” GIS-based watershed modeling and data analysis software Built by EPA to support watershed approaches such as TMDL Includes spatial and temporal data for the United States, analysis tools and models BASINS 3.1 GIS Interface BASINS Spatial Data Land use and land cover (shape and grid) Urbanized areas Populated place locations Reach file 1 Reach file 3 National Hydrographic Data (NHD) Major roads USGS hydrologic unit boundaries (accounting and catalog units) BASINS Utilities and Tools Automatic data downloader and software updater Spatial data: NED DEM, NLCD land cover, NHD stream networks. Temporal data: USGS streamflow, STORET water quality. Automatic updater for software updates. Data analysis tools “Target” to summarize data by watershed in a region “Assess” to summarize stream quality in a specific watershed “Data Mining” to link stations to water quality and monitoring records Watershed delineation tools to identify watershed boundaries and contributing areas Manual - heads-up digitizing based on elevation polygons Automatic – raster DEM based algorithms for finding watersheds Data Extractor Downloading BASINS Core Data Web Data Download Tool Automatic Software Updates Models in BASINS Multiple Objectives Source assessment Receiving water evaluation Various Scales Local scale Watersheds Basins Various Levels of Complexity Screening Detailed Models in BASINS PLOAD – export coefficient based lumped model Steady state, spatial, fit, deterministic. “Screening level” model for looking for spatial trends in water quality based on land cover typ