Creating a Geoprocessing Model for Maui’s E911

By Shanoa MillerInternship: Akimeka LLC

Mentor: Maria NievesAdvisor: Tony Ramirez

Outline

• Enhanced 911 (E911)• Akimeka’s Role• Project Goal• Model Structure• Final Results• Next Steps • Civil Defense Mini Project• Final Facts about E911

• 60% of 911 calls are from wireless phones

• Old 911 system could not “map” wireless calls

• Geographical Information System-based program

• Uses GIS information to locate wireless 911 calls

Enhanced 911

What is GIS?

• Geographical Information Systems (GIS):A system of hardware and software used for storage, retrieval, mapping, and analysis of geographic data.

How it worksScreen from a Land Line Call Screen from a Wireless Call

How it works

Map of Wireless Emergency Call

Akimeka’s Role

• Update GIS layers in 911 database for Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai Counties

• Offer solutions and troubleshooting for the 911 center

Akimeka’s Role

• 911 Centers need frequent updates

• Maui County does not have the man power to create GIS layers

• Maui County has not been able to update new Subdivision Parcels since 2006

• Akimeka must find other solutions

Project Goal

• Create a Geoprocessing Model in ArcGIS, that will automatically update existing data layers in the 911 database

• Geoprocessing is a GIS operation that manipulates and/or creates GIS data

Paper Blueprint of Waiolani Subdivision

Waiolani Subdivision in CAD – GIS form

Geoprocessing Model

Geoprocessing Model

Geoprocessing Model

Geoprocessing Model

Geoprocessing Model

Geoprocessing Model

Geoprocessing Model

Geoprocessing Model

Geoprocessing Model

Geoprocessing Model

Geoprocessing Model

Geoprocessing Model

Waiolani Subdivision Final Result

Waiolani Subdivision Final Results

Waiolani Subdivision Final Results

Next Steps for Parcel Updates

Next Steps for Parcel Updates

• Geographical Benchmark:A surveyor's mark made on a stationary

objectof previously determined position andelevation and used as a reference point in

tidalobservations and surveys.

Next Steps for Parcel Updates

Next Steps for Parcel Updates

Next Steps for Parcel Updates

Civil Defense Mini Project

• Create a Database and Map for the Hawaii Civil Defense

Civil Defense Map Features

Civil Defense Map Features

Wireless 911 Fact

• Maui County was the first county in Hawaii to implement this system.

• There are 3,142 Counties in the United States, but fewer than 400 currently have the capabilities the County of Maui possesses today.

Thank You

▪Akimeka, LLC.Maria NievesRobin NoaTony RamirezTommy TakeshitaDeanna GarciaMatt Granger

The Akamai Maui Internship Program is funded by the Center for Adaptive Optics through its National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center grant (#AST-987683) and by grants to the Akamai Workforce Initiative from the National Science

Foundation and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (both administered by NSF, #AST-0710699) and the University of Hawaii.

▪Akamai Internship ProgramLisa HunterScott SeagrovesLynne RaschkeLani LebronCenter for Adaptive OpticsAkamai Workforce InitiativeMaui Akamai 2008 Interns

▪ OthersAkimeka GIS User GroupDave HarringtonRyan MontgomeryMark PittsIsar MostafanezhadSarah Sonnet

Any Questions?

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