Capital Boot Camp - GIS
February 18, 2022
Peter Keum - WTD GIS Specialist
What is it? & Why use it?
GIS : Geographic Information System





CUGOS


King Street Center, Pioneer Square
WTD GIS Team


- Shaun O'Neil
- Shari Cross
- Patrick Sowers
- Crystal Bach
- Jim MacLachlan
Shaun
Shari
Patrick
Crystal
Jim
Part 1: What is it? & Why Use it?
Part 2: How is it being used in WTD?
GIS : Geographic Information System

GIS : Geographic Information Systems
A System designed to
- Capture
- Store
- Manipulate
- Analyze
- Manage
- Present
GIS : Geographic Information Systems


(GIS Professionals)

Serious Answer


Not So Serious Answers



That's Me :)
Funny Ones

Funny Ones

And Lastly,


Maps




Maps Are Useful!

Maps Are Cool!

Maps Are Beautiful!


Source: Scott Reinhard
Ancient Map - Saint Belec,
Brittany France


And Maps Have Been Around for Awhile
Maps Tell a Story


John Snow 1854 Cholera Map


Broad Street - City of Westminister, London, England
John Snow 1854 Cholera Map

#1: Water Pump
#2: Work House
#3: Brewery

The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamination of President Lincoln, 1864
Source: Library of Congress

Dept of Interior Census Map of 1861

Source: Library of Congress


Source: Library of Congress

Power of Maps

- People
- Methods (Analysis) - Layer
- Data - Vector & Raster
- Software
- Hardware

What makes up a GIS?
Geospatial Data

- Where?
- What?
- How?
- When?

"Data Sandwich"


GIS
"Data Sandwich"

Vector Data & Raster Data
Vector Data - discrete entities: point, lines and plygons
Vector Data & Raster Data


Raster Data - images consisting or regularly sized and spaced cells where every cell has a value


- Treatment Plants - points
- Conveyance Line - lines
- Sewer Service Area - polygon
Vector Data

- Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
- One elevation value per cell
Raster Data


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What is it? & Why Use it?
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How is it being used in WTD?
GIS : Geographic Information System
What Makes Up a GIS?

- People
- Methods (Analysis) - Layer
- Data - Vector & Raster
- Software
- Hardware

GIS : Geographic Information System
Part 1: What is it? & Why Use it?
Part 2: How is it being used in WTD?
Why Use GIS?


- Where?
- What?
- How?
- When?
(One Map)
Display GIS Data
Overlay
Why Use GIS?

Why Use GIS?

GIS
Decision Makers
But Be Aware of Dark Side



GIS : Geographic Information System
Part 1: What is it? & Why Use it?
Part 2: How is it being used in WTD?

Capital Improvement Program Support
Phases and Gates in Project Management
Text
GIS

Feb 2005
Rt 9 - 195th (Brightwater) Conveyance System

Impacted Parcel Analysis

Lake Hills / NW Lake Sammamish


Coal Creek Trunk Upgrade



Georgetown Wet Weather Station


North Mercer Interceptor & Enatai Interceptor Upgrade

Multi-Discipline Data Integration
North Creek Interceptor Sewer Improvement Project

WTD GIS

WTD GIS
Maintain Sewer GIS Data
- FIRS (Facility Information Retrieval System) Data
- Maintenance Hole
- Pipes
- Pump Stations
- Regulator Stations
- Treatment Plants
- Outfalls
- Flow Monitors
- CP Stations
- Connection Points
- Site Plan Data
- 3D Models
- Drone Collected Data
- .... many many more

WTD
GIS
DATA
WTD GIS


WTD
King County
GIS
Data Library



There are 17 county agencies support King County GIS Data Library System
WLRD
Assessor
Road
Program Support
- CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) Control Program
- Modeling Group
- CIFM (Conveyance, Inspection, and Flow Monitoring) Group
- Asset Management Program
- Capacity Charge
- ....many other sections




Program Support
- CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) Control Program
WTD GIS



KC & SPU
CSO Real-Time Status Viewer
RainWise
Basin Address Look-Up App
CSO Report
Program Support
- CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) Control Program
- GSI (Green Storm Infrastructure) --> RainWise Program
WTD GIS




Program Support
- CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) Control Program
- GSI (Green Storm Infrastructure) --> RainWise Program
WTD GIS




Program Support
- Modeling Group & CIFM Group


Site Investigation Tool
Program Support
- Modeling Group & CIFM Group
Meter Installation Tool


Program Support
- 3D Modeling Rendering

Program Support
- 3D Modeling Rendering

Program Support
- CIFM (Conveyance, Inspection, and Flow Monitoring) Group

ESJ Support


SVI for Chelan CSO Basin

Program Support



LOTR ?
Inspector Gadget
Program Support

- Make a request, if you know what you need - In-Take Request Form
- Make a request, even if you don't know what you need
- We will help you find the right answer!





How Should You Use GIS?

Part 1: What is it? & Why Use it?
Part 2: How is it being used in WTD?
GIS : Geographic Information System
Is GIS Useful for My Work Here at WTD?

Let's Go Use GIS
&
Find Solutions
Questions?

peter.keum@kingcounty.gov
WTD Capital Boot Camp - Presentation
By Peter Keum
WTD Capital Boot Camp - Presentation
Part of Capital Boot-camp series. Goal is to educate new capital employees in (WTD project, Project, Planning, & Delivery (PPD)) section. This talk is focus on GIS technology by going over what is GIS and how WTD uses to support WTD business.
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