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Collect and inventory pedestrian amenities and accessibility features and line feature on the RiverWalk creating a Pedestrian GEOdatabase for mapping applications.
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By: Ashley Hoerz, Jesus Ochoa, Mary Wagner, and Dongni Zhang
Urban Planning 793
Spring 2016
Project Guidance
• Client: Kristin Bennett (Pedestrian and Bicycle Coordinator)
• City of Milwaukee Mission Statement: "To provide public access to the riverfront 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• “To continue to make Milwaukee more pedestrian friendly.“
• Project Vision: By utilizing GIS, the City of Milwaukee will better understand and manage its assets on the RiverWalk System.
Project Overview
• Collect and inventory pedestrian amenities and accessibility features and line feature on the RiverWalkcreating a Pedestrian GEOdatabase.
• 8 Week Time Frame
• Pilot Area: Kilbourn to Erie• Length: Total 1.12 miles (0.36 miles
on West side and 0.76 miles on East side)
• Entire Riverwalk Length: 3.1 miles
• Project going forward
Amenity Features
Accessibility Features
Source: City of Milwaukee, May 2016,
http://city.milwaukee.gov/RiverWalk.htm#.
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Source: Google Image, May 2016, Aftcra
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/158118636890638985/Source: City of Milwaukee, May 2016,
http://city.milwaukee.gov/RiverWalk.htm
#.VyePvmf2a70
Line Feature
Collection Process
• Magpi Data Collector App• Free mobile app
• Only plots points
• Pathfinder/Strava apps
• Aerial Digitizing• Use of 2013 Milwaukee County Aerial Photo
Magpi
http://home.magpi.com/
Magpi
Digitizing from Aerial Photo
Pathfinder/StravaPathfinder Strava
Challenges
Magpi Challenges
Line Feature ChallengesPathfinder Strava Aerial Photography
Overcoming Challenges
Magpi Collector
• Physically move each point to desired area• Through the use of:
• Aerial Photo
• Critical Note Taking
• Camera Videos
• Pictometry Website
• Took more time than anticipated
Moving PointsBefore After
Pathfinder/Strava and Digitizing Aerial
• Ditched Pathfinder/Strava
• Went with Digitized RiverWalk• Took paper maps for field data collection
• Manually entered data
Final Products
• Pedestrian Geodatabase (Pilot Area)• Amenity Points
• Accessibility Points
• Line Feature
• Data Collection Instruction Manual• Step by step guide including:
• Feature Class Descriptions
• App set up
• Importing into ARCMAP etc.
• Maps
Source: Google Images, May
2016, resources.arcgis.com
Source: Google Images, May 2016,
www.alexzaia.com
How is this Useful?
Current Map on RiverWalk Website
Source: City of Milwaukee, May 2016,
http://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/cityDCD/DowntownMilwaukee/RiverWalk/
maps/Map-Milwaukee-Riverwalk.jpg
Line Features
Future Endeavors
• Interactive Maps for Website/Phone Apps
• Inventory the businesses and land use patterns along the RiverWalkfor future analyses.
• Hot spot analysis: Pedestrian/crime incidents along RiverWalk
• Useful Information for DPW
Recommendations
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• Invest in accurate equipment such as Trimble antenna. (~ $2,500.00)
• Investment in ESRI Licensing for Field data collection (Annual Fees) --> Coordinate with the GIS Department
• Arc Collector Application for better, more accurate data collection and easy integration into ArcMap
Source: Trimble R1 GNSS Receiver http://www.trimble.com/mappingGIS/R1-
GNSS-Receiver Arc Collector screen shot from Apple App Store
Questions?