American Trail

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American Trails

• National Trails Symposium
• Quad Cities, Iowa Illinois
• October 2006

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Connecticut Trail Mapping Program
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Early Trail Mapping

• Black White
• Unknown Map Genealogy
• Base Map Features
• Park Features
• Trail Names / Colors
• Scale ???
• North ???

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Chatfield Hollow State Park
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Wadsworth Falls State Park
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Cockaponset State Forest
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GPS GIS Trail Mapping

• Trimble Pro XR GPS
• ESRI ArcView 3.x GIS

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Trimble Pro XR
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Feature Location Attributes

• Trails (Name, Blaze Color, Surface, etc)
• Roads (Name, Surface, Coincident Trail, etc)
• Points of Interest (Overlooks, Geologic
  Biologic Features, Wildlife Viewing, etc)
• Gates (Type, Condition, etc)
• Parking (Type, Surface, Capacity, etc)
• Buildings (Type, Use, etc)

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Permissible Uses

• Public Accessibility
• Hiking, Walking, Running
• ADA
• Road Mountain Biking
• Equestrian Accessible
• Leashed Unleashed Pets
• Motorized Use (ATV, Snowmobiles, etc)

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Data Dictionary
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Farmington Canal Greenway Cheshire, CT
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Cross Country Skiing Hurd State Park
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Non Blazed TrailCockaponset State Forest
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Ridge Trail Chatfield Hollow State Park
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Paul F Wildermann WalkChatfield Hollow State Park
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Park PathChatfield Hollow State Park
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Forest RoadCockaponset State Forest
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Park RoadHurd State Park
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Ancillary Features

• Stream Crossings
• Signs
• Picnic Areas
• Your Feature Here

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Stream Crossing (Bridge)Devils Hopyard State Park
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Regulation Sign BoardAirline State Park Trail
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Facility ShieldCockaponset State Forest
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GIS Attribute Driven

• Analysis
• Cartographic Symbolization
• Information Database

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Trail SystemChatfield Hollow State Park
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Trail SystemMillers Pond State Park
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Trail SystemCockaponset State Forest
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Trail System MapsChatfield Hollow State Park
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ArcGIS Migration

• ArcView 3.x to ArcGIS 9.x Software
• Standardized Single Database Template
• Incorporate Multiple Trail Organizations
• Individual Trail System Files to Single Data Base
• Incorporate Query Attributes
• ASP.NET Query (Data Base Driven Web Sites)
• ArcIMS Deliverable

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Trail Database In Practice

• Planning ? Corridor Planning
• Management ? Permissible Use Decisions
• Public User ? Trail Systems Permissible Uses

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Attribute Selection
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Available Trails
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Equestrian Trails Available
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Mountain Biking Trails
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Snowmobile Trails
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Walking Trails
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Connecticut Trail Database

• ArcGIS 9.x ArcView 3.x Databases
• Sample Databases
• ArcView 3.x Extensions
• Trimble Data Dictionaries
• Metadata Documentation

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Contacts Data

• Tom Nosal thomas.nosal_at_po.state.ct.us
• Laurie Giannotti laurie.giannotti_at_po.state.ct.us
  
• CT DEP ftp site ?
• ftp//ftp.state.ct.us/pub/dep/gis/Tom/
• File ? StatewideTrails.zip

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GIS Mapping Issues

• GPS Feature Location
• ArcView 3.x Cartographic Limitations
• Field Mapping Personnel GIS Personnel
• Map Customization Issues
• Map Scale Layout Size (PDF)
• Attribute Naming Standardization

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GPS on Aerial ImageryQuinnipiac River Trail
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GPS on DLG Vector DataQuinnipiac River Trail
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Field Data Collection

• Collect All Manner Of Trails
• Multiple Program Use
• Trail Planning Purposes
• Resource Impact Assessment

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Authorized Trail System
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Unauthorized Trail System
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State Listed SpeciesEncroachment