The Incident Support GIS tools
FIREMAPPER USFS Tool - ArcInfo
Topo! Commercial Off the Shelf Software
TrackMaker Use
with GPS data
Ventura Tools ArcView Extentions
IncMapTools Two Versions Free download
Fugawi Commercial Off the Shelf Software (GPS mapping)
FirePac An ArcView 3.2 Extension for Fire Perimeter Mapping
Ozi Explorer GPS Mapping Software
XTools GIS Utility developed by Oregon Dept. of Forestry
FIREMAPPER
Requirements: Standard FS Core data and structure, AIX on FS IBM Server
Is a point and
click Arc/Info map-making application for Incident support, it follows Forest Service
National Core Data Standards as well as USGS and Fireline Handbook symbology standards.
DRG's (Digital Raster Graphic) and DOQ's (Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle) are supported
within an image catalog or as standalone. Note that DRG's are used when corporate
coverages are not available or do not meet data standards.
It offers one button composition of 6 standard ICS products. It also has a heads-up
digitizing module which fires up. In addition there is a button to plot existing maps and
FIREMAPPER completely integrates the custom map-maker application, OCHMAP.
FIREMAPPER installs in minutes, but the data needs are very strict (as per national
standards) and data conversion may take more time. The optional OCHMAP customization will
take a half day.
Some highlights are:
* It plots at
11"x17" or 36"x48" with additional 1/4" or 1/2" size
options.
* It will place locational grids over the outputs.
* It will use DOQ's or DRG's if you have them, or substitue DRG's for the required data
sets.
Example products
and download is available at:
http://fsweb.f11.r6.fs.fed.us/fire/fsweb/web_steward/firegis/firegis.html
Requirements: See web site
Topo is a very
user-friendly map maker sold by National Geographic.
It is sold on a state by state basis for about $90 each (for up to 11 CD’s). It features five scales displayed in 3D relief,
GPS snail trailing, heads-up digitizing and a very easy printing interface. On the downside, it will not export to ArcView and
you need the freeware TrackMaker to capture the collected GPS data. Examples are at http://www.topo.com
.
Requirements: See web site
TrackMaker is
freeware to produce information out of your GPS files.
http://www.gpstm.com/
Ventura Tools
Requirements: PC with Windows® 96,97,2000, NT
The Ventura Tools
are a set of GIS tools geared for fire incident mapping.
They were developed by the Ventura County Fire Department’s Mapping Services
Section in the late 90’s by Jim Kniss and Don Taylor, and have been continually
updated and improved. In 1999, the California
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) assisted in the creation of additional
tools to manipulate CDF data.
The Ventura Tools
allow the GIS Technician to perform a multitude of GIS operations including the following:
· Create and label
division and branch breaks on fire perimeter.
· Create ICS point
symbols.
· Assign ICS fire
line symbology to fire perimeter.
· Generate reports
containing acreage, fire perimeter and fire line length.
· Custom tools to
edit polyline features.
· Utilities to import
GPS data in several formats.
· Utilities to
convert and reproject various GIS data formats.
· Contains custom map
layouts commonly used on incidents.
· Contains custom
tools for layout documents.
· Custom extension to
create point features based on user-entered coordinates.
Also creates map layout.
· Includes many other
custom tools.
Available through
ftp site maps.oes.ca.gov/ftp/incident_mapping
IncMapTools 2.2
Requirements: Unknown
The Incident
Mapping Tools (version 2.2) extension compiles the work of many authors into one
extension. These tools will assist you in
many common tasks performed on incidents and in your daily job. Make sure you read the help line at the bottom of
the screen if you are not sure how the tools work. It
may help you.
Available through
ftp site maps.oes.ca.gov/ftp/incident_mapping
Download files
IncMap Tools_ver22.avx and Incident Mapping Tools Extension.doc
Incident Mapping Tools ver. 1.5 extension
Requirements: Unknown
Large incidents may
require the creation of multiple page IAP maps in order to maintain a 1:24,000 map scale
for the entire incident. The IAP Map Tool and
associated instructions will allow you to create an Arcview map layout, which can contain
up to 10 11x17 map pages.
Available through
ftp site maps.oes.ca.gov/ftp/incident_mapping
Download
files:IAP_Map_Templates.zip and IAP Map Guide.doc
Fugawi
Requirements: See Web Page
Fugawi Moving Map software - also known as NavGear in the
version marketed by RMMCADD - interfaces easily with the three major brands of handheld
GPS receivers (Garmin, Lowrance, and
Magellan), and provides the field user with many handy utilities. It is made by Northport
Systems (Canada), and marketed by several U.S. Firms. Retail price is $95, but is deeply
discounted to volume buyers.
Fugawi
imports and displays DRG maps from most sources, including the seamless ChartTiffs. If the
GPS receiver is connected to the PC and has a satellite fix, Fugawi will show the user's
current location on the map. As the user moves, so does the indicator, and if the user
moves off the map, Fugawi will automatically load the adjacent map, if the map file is in
Fugawi's library.
Fugawi will
download and upload waypoint, track, and route data to and from the GPS receiver, and will
display this information on the proper map, if the map is loaded. Track data (traverse or
perimeter positions) can be edited and analyzed in several different ways, including an
acreage calculation that compares well with the ArcInfo calculation. Fugawi will also
export the track data as an ASCII text file that can be imported directly into either
ArcInfo or ArcView (via Tables) to build an Arc coverage or an ArcView shape file.
Fugawi will
print the current map on the screen, complete with displayed waypoints, tracks, routes,
and the user's annotations, and allows for cropping before printing. The print routine
prints the selected portion of the displayed map to the size of paper loaded into the
printer, but does not allow the user to select the map scale to print. The bigger the
paper, the bigger the map.
Check
further with Fugawi's web site at http://www.fugawi.com
, or the BIA's National GPS page at http://fire.nifc.nps.gov/bia/training/maps/biagps.html
, and click the picture of the eTrex GPS receiver.
Or check with your friendly BIA GPS Coordinator for a personal demonstration
Software which will work with Magellan, Garmin, Lowrance, Eagle and MLR GPS receivers for the upload/download of data and most brands of GPS receivers for on screen tracking of position (Moving Map). For more information and the current software download go to : http://www.oziexplorer.com/ or click here for a cached version of OZI Explorer
working pleasure. X Tools is a "utility" for use in ArcView OR ArcGIS.
Xtools.zip is the original; an AV Extension
for use in ArcView 3.x. It can be used in Unix as well as on a PC. It has
been around for years, is very stable, and generally very useful. It
is recommended you only load one Xtools. If you use ArcView 3.x,
unzip xtools.zip and move it to the AV extension area. Note there will also
be a PDF file called XtoolsDoc.pdf - it is the documentation for Xtools.
Note also that Xtools30 is INSTALLED: Whatever you do: You must be careful
to use only ONE of them. Unfortunately, they CANNOT
both be used safely at the same time.