Bill Slocumb
Bio
Bill is a research associate at the Center for Geospatial Analytics with over 20 years of geospatial information science and systems experience and the coordinator of the National Park Service GIS Research, Development and Technical Support Center for the Northeast Region. His research involves design and development of geospatial data structures and cloud-based infrastructure to implement custom decision support systems using Internet and web-based protocols. In addition, Bill assesses scalable database and infrastructure solutions for disseminating geospatial and tabular data using desktop and web-based GIS platforms. Bill uses his research to develop and teach graduate and professional GIS&T curricula.
Grants
The primary goal of this project is a planning and decision support tool that will help the NPS and partners prioritize archeological sites for climate adaptation treatments. An equal necessary goal is to involve Tribal and community engagement in how sites are prioritized and how data are handled. Project goal following successful pilot phase is ultimately build-out of a service-wide framework, and use of the results to inform baseline documentation and implement future management decisions.
The scope of work under this agreement will consist of three major functions: 1) GIS research, development and technical support for parks and programs of the Northeast Region of the NPS, 2) assistance with strategic and tactical planning for GIS implementation and 3) operational testing and deployment help with Enterprise GIS initiatives and designs. The Center for Geospatial Analytics at North Carolina State University has worked with the Northeast Region of the NPS for over 20 years in the development of GIS for park management. This activity has led to major advances in the planning and application of GIS technology in the NPS and has placed the Northeast Region among the leaders within the NPS in this regard.
The scope of work under this agreement will consist of three major functions: 1) GIS research, development and technical support for parks and programs of the Northeast Region of the NPS, 2) assistance with strategic and tactical planning for GIS implementation and 3) operational testing and deployment help with Enterprise GIS initiatives and designs. The Center for Geospatial Analytics at North Carolina State University has worked with the Northeast Region of the NPS for over 20 years in the development of GIS for park management. This activity has led to major advances in the planning and application of GIS technology in the NPS and has placed the Northeast Region among the leaders within the NPS in this regard.
The purpose of the updated and extended project is to provide additional technical support, consultation and research related to developing and evaluating new methods in the application of geospatial analysis for the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) program within the Conservation and Outdoor Recreation (COR) Branch of the National Park Service (NPS). The additional technical support, consultation and research activities will include, but are not limited to: 1) developing training material for using the RTCA web mapping application; 2) incorporating additional COR Branch program data into the existing RTCA Enterprise database; and 3) enhancing the current RTCA web mapping application by incorporating existing themed GIS web services.
Households in the five counties of the Upper Coastal Plains Council of Government (UCPCOG) spend an average of 35.92% of their total income on energy, compared to 10% for the average US household. Reducing the energy burden of low-income and energy intensive homes is a major challenge for local governments in the UCPCOG region. There are a number of federal, state, local programs that are targeted on improving energy efficiency for low-income households; however, these programs are run independently, leading to little, if any coordination. Our proposed framework allows for integrated planning, combined evaluation of impacts, and tracking of real energy savings from these programs. Our Powering Energy Efficiency & Impacts Framework includes an enterprise geodatabase of all the federal, state, utility, and local programs in the region. The spatial database will allow for a number of data analyses, including segmentation and cluster analysis. The data will be overlayed with various other external data to identify and target low-income households in the region. Our tool will be integrated with Resispeak, a utility energy analysis software, which will help track energy savings associated with the programs. Resispeak will also be used to identify homes with high energy intensity and to provide targeted outreach for applicable energy efficiency programs. This framework will allow UCPCOG and local governments in the region to conduct integrated planning, and informed decision-making, while creating a platform for independently run programs to collaborate, track associated energy savings, and increase program impacts.
The purpose of this project is to facilitate the development of a unified framework for the NPS Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Division and related programs to guide establishment of a geospatial platform and consistent approach to the collection, organization, display, and communication of program and project data/information from across the breadth of work supported by NPS outside park units. This collaborative effort will engage and have direct utility for decision makers in the NPS, in partner non-profit organizations, and in state and local government.
The purpose of this task agreement is to authorize GIS research, development, and technical support for a pilot project that will test the use of GIS to integrate digital cultural resources information in a framework that includes web-based applications that will provide the public and NPS staff with access to the data. It will leverage existing databases and GIS to provide sophisticated tools for protecting and preserving non-renewable cultural resources for future generations.
The purpose of this project is to assist the NPS with a comprehensive program of GIS research, development, and technical support for parks and programs of the Northeast Region. The scope of work will include tasks in three areas: 1) GIS research, development, and technical support for parks and programs of the Northeast Region of the NPS, 2) assistance with strategic and tactical planning for GIS implementation, and 3) operational testing and deployment help with enterprise GIS initiatives and designs.