GIS & Drone

November 20 ,2024

Peter Keum, GISP

WTD Drone Program Lead/ GIS Analyst

What is it? 
     & 
How we use it

CUGOS

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

Created by: Monica Van der Vieren with help from Shaun O'Neil

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

Tableau Web Version

Source: Library of Congress

Power of Maps

GIS : Geographic Information Systems

Geospatial Data

Where?
What?
How?
When?

"Data Sandwich"

GIS

"Data Sandwich"

Vector Data & Raster Data

Vector Data - discrete entities: point, lines and polygons

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

Aerial Imagery

(GIS Professionals)

Serious Answer

Not So Serious Answers

That's Me :)

Funny Ones

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?

GIS

Decision Makers

But Be Aware of Dark Side

GIS & Drone

What is it? 
     & 
How we use it

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

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

Meter Installation Tool

Program Support

3D Modeling Rendering

BW Reclaimed Water Storage Tank Viewer

Program Support

3D Modeling Rendering

Program Support

CIFM (Conveyance, Inspection, and Flow Monitoring) Group

Sharepoint Web Site

ESJ Support

Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) Web Application Tool

SVI for Chelan CSO Basin

Reservation Service

Program Support

Sewer Viewer

Inspector

"Sewer"

Gadget

GIS + Vertical Industry

Future of GIS (personal view)

GPT

General Purpose Technology

The Second Machine Age - Erk Brynjoflsson, Andrew McAfee

GPT

General Purpose Technology

Steam Engine
Electricity
Internet

NOT

Generative Pre-Trained Transformer

GPT

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"GPT always needs complements"

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Urban Planning

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Utilities/Engineering

You

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Social Justice/Equity

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Environmental

Science

GIS

You

GIS

Don Cooke, early digital mapping pioneer about the explosion in mapping technology. His comment: “After 20 years, it’s nice to be an overnight sensation”.

Companies are using maps not just as nice features but to drive revenue as core components of their offering. Maps are no longer just a good way to visualize content, they are core to competitive advantage.

Companies are thinking more creatively about how to combine location with outside content and internal business data to differentiate products

GIS & Drone

What is it? 
     & 
How we use it

RPAS as Platform

Multi-rotors

Fixed-wing & VTOL

Shorter flight time (< 45 min)
Cover smaller area
Highly maneuverable
Less expensive
Access to confined spaces

Long flight time (+ 40min)
Covers very large area

(vertical take-off & land)

1. Aircraft + Sensor (Data Collection)

2. Data Processing & Analyzing (GIS)

3. Information Products

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Drone

GIS

Great Combo?

&

Great combo !

GIS & DRONE

1. Platform + Sensor (Data Collection)

2. Data Processing & Analyzing (GIS)

3. Information Products

credit: Esri

Esri Dashboard

GIS Integration

Web App

Esri InstaApp- Oriented Imagery Viewer

Information Products

Summary of KC Wastewater Treatment Division RPAS Program

People

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Technology

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Organization

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RPAS Program

November 2023

Four FAA Part 107 Drone Certified Pilots - WTD GIS Specialists (Jim, Patrick, Joe, and Peter)
Helping other departments to stand up their own RPAS programs