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This document serves as a guide for effective all-hazard mitigation planning, emphasizing the importance of specific data types required for local and state planning efforts. It discusses the absence of a universal “golden list” from FEMA, and highlights resources from Local Planning Assistance Centers, including data types like land use, infrastructure, population details, and climate data. Additionally, it covers techniques for data collection, GPS usage, and metadata management to enhance data accuracy and usability in creating effective hazard mitigation plans.
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All-Hazard Mitigation Planning Forums Working with Data
What Data is Required? • No “golden list” of required data from FEMA • Local Planning Assistance Center’s data matrix • Updated November, 2003 - reviewed by FEMA staff • http://www.lpa.state.mn.us/HazardMitigation/index.html
What format: GIS, tabular, maps • What are you showing? • Repetitive loss structures • Is location important for your data set? • Floodplains • Statewide tornado counts • Is statistical/tabular information important? • % of the total population
Past hazard events http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~storms
Additional climate information http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~storms
Data considerations • Verify state data sets • Are they accurate? • Do you need additional attribute information?
Techniques for supplementing state data • Gathering • Entering • Documenting
Collect from others –data available • State Agencies – MNDOT, LMIC, DNR, Health, PCA, DATANET • County assessor
Entering information into a GIS • Heads-up digitizing allows you to enter data into a GIS • GPS • Accuracy varies • Does it matter?
Assemble base information • Create basemaps for each city and townships using highway maps • Outline major roads using Basemap 2001 created by MNDOT • Add points for data collected • Data can be entered in GIS
2003 FSA Aerial Photography http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/chouse/airphoto_usda.html
Internet • Use business directories to locate information by category
Point Collection with GPS • Some points must be collected by hand. • Old photos • New points • Places tough to identify on maps
Collecting attribute information • What attributes? • What’s is it? How many? Why is it important? • Structure type, address, phone number, contact name, key resources • Ex. Cherry Creek fire station, 111 Dalmation Drive, Contact: Bob Olson, (320)123-4567, 6 fire trucks,1 hovercraft, 12 crew members.
What’s new in EPICplanner? • Heads-up digitizing • Add a new layer • Add new points to an existing layer. • GPS utility • Uses Waypoint software • Connects to Garmin GPS receivers
Don’t duck metadata!!!What are Metadata Used For? • Managing databases • Comparing data sets • Facilitating data sharing • Providing technical specs • Finding data • Create metadata DURING your project • When you create new data • When you change existing data • If you leave metadata until the end, it rarely gets done
Metadata tools • ArcCatalog • Part of ESRI’s ArcGIS software • Can customize for MGMG; download at: www.lmic.state.mn.us/chouse/arccatalog.html • DataLogr • Independent software • Customized for MGMG; download at:www.lmic.state.mn.us/chouse/datalogr.html
Contact Information Aaron Buffington Local Planning Assistance Center aaron.buffington@state.mn.us (651) 296-1715 http://www.lpa.state.mn.us/hazardmitigation/index.html http://www.dem.state.mn.us/