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GIS Partnership Summary
Pedestrian Trail Documentation within
the
Villages of Carthage and West Carthage
2005
GIS Partnership Award Winner
Partnership Purpose and Goal:
The River Area Council of Governments has
appointed an ad hoc committee to address issues pertaining to recreation.
The committee is comprised of twelve members representing the component
communities, the Carthage Central High School, the Branaugh Memorial Youth
Club, and the Carthage Area Hospital.
The committee has embarked on a project to document existing pedestrian trails within the Villages of Carthage and West Carthage. With the assistance of Carthage Central High School students enrolled in the Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) course, the committee will develop recreational maps to promote a more walkable community and to provide opportunities for recreational activities that will enhance the quality of life of all residents.
Participants and Resource Contributions:
RACOG [River Area Council of Governments;
Townships of Champion and Wilna, Villages of Carthage and West Carthage
in Jefferson County, NY]. Provided opportunity for real GIS applications in concert with the local high school through a demonstrated need for trail documentation.
Carthage Central School District [Cooperative Member]. Provided field staff, data acquisition and preliminary processing of datasets of trails with specified attributes. Provided GARMIN GPS units, ARCView 3.2a software and hardware for preliminary map production.
NYS Tug Hill Commission [Cooperative Member]. Provided technical base and assistance, final map production, and structured guidance throughout the project scope.
Date Partnership Began: 09/2003
Completed: on-going
Deliverables:
Trail locations with associated attributes as per RACOG request
in electronic form to NYS THC and in paper maps to RACOG. Availability
of these datasets and/or map products will be subject to RACOG and
NYS THC determinations.
Brief Summary of Partnership:
The partnership
has provided real life experiences for budding GISers in allowing
them to create authentic datasets as directed by the RACOG. This
continues to be a real positive asset to the instruction in the high
school GIS course. The RACOG Recreation Committee determines the
area of trail documentation as well as deciding upon a set of trail
attributes for the documentation. Students then take to the trails,
armed with Garmin GPS units and clipboards to record the trail locations
and various attributes. In-school processing of the datasets results
in the formation of trail data that has been sent electronically
to NYS THC for final processing and fitting to finished maps for
distribution to the RACOG Recreation Committee members. Discussions
and decisions concerning trail placement, costs and other factors
are then facilitated by the use of these partnership maps.
Additional Information Available On-line: http://www.racog.org
Contact Information:
Pete Walsemann
6-12 Instructional Curriculum Coordinator
Carthage Central High School
36500 NYS Route 26, Carthage, NY 13619
Phone: 315.493.5030
Fax: 315.493.5039
E-mail: pWalsemann@CarthageCSD.org
Kathleen Riches-Amyot
Circuit Rider
NYS Tug Hill Commission
Dulles State Office Bldg
317 Washington Street, Watertown, NY 13601-3782
Phone: 315.785.2380
Fax: 315.785.2574
E-mail: Kathy@tughill.org
Mickey Dietrich
GIS Technician
NYS Tug Hill Commission
Dulles State Office Bldg
317 Washington Street, Watertown, NY 13601-3782
Phone: 315.785.2380
Fax: 315.785.2574
E-mail: Mickey@tughill.org