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Secure Zoo Strategy

Biosecurity Mapping Tool Instructional Guide

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Table of Contents • Introduction • Acronyms & Abbreviations • Materials • Section 1: Data Definitions and Symbology

o Definitions o Symbology

• Section 2: Mapping Techniques in Google Earth Pro o Editing

Template Importing Data from GIS Perimeter Paths Points

• Using GEP Symbols • Using Custom Symbols

Adding Message Box Information Displaying the Legend Exporting Data Saving an Image of the Map

• Appendix 1: Installing Google Earth Pro o Configuring Google Earth Pro

• Appendix 2: Google Earth Pro Overview o Menu Bar o Search o Places o Tools o Navigation Controls o Street View o Navigation from Mouse o Tour Guide o View Information o Map Viewer

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Introduction This guide is intended to present a potential standard for mapping of animal facilities in the event of a disease outbreak, zoonotic, foreign animal disease (FAD), or other disease that could impact the animals, guests, or operation of the facility. Having standard symbology is a key component of mapping within an Incident Command Structure (ICS). Using standards across all efforts will make the communication transferable and accessible to all parties.

The techniques demonstrated herein are specific to Google Earth Pro (GEP), but the process is not dissimilar to the methods used in other GIS software, be it ArcGIS, Qgis, or other tools, of which there are several.

As long as standard symbology is followed, most any mapping tool can be used.

Acronyms & Abbreviations • SZS – Secure Zoo Strategy • CAP – Controlled Access Poin • GEP – Google Earth Pro, the application • GE – Google Earth • KML – Keyhole Markup Language, an OGC XML file format for geospatial data. This is a primary storage

file for data. • KMZ – A “zip” compression file containing a KML and accompanying folders and files. • GIS – Geographic Information System • GPS – Geographic Positioning System • GPX – A file format commonly from data collected on a Garmin GPS unit. • SHP – Shapefile; these are GIS “files”. There are always at least 4 files associated with a shapefile: .shp,

.shx,.dbf, and .proj. All the files will have the same name other than the file extension. • XML – Extensible Markup Language, a file format similar to html, but for storing data. • OGC – the Open GeoSpatial Consortium, a standards organization for Open Source GIS.

Materials • Complete Guide • KMZ Template • KMZ Example Facility • Additional Mapping Icons (ICO and PNG formats) • ESRI Map Document including a file based geo-database template with layer files

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Section 1: Data Definitions and Symbology for the Secure Zoo Strategy The following terms and concepts are requirements for establishing a bio-secure facility in the event of a disease outbreak. Having the definitions spelled out allows for communication between primary actors as well as governmental policy makers. Mapping allows clear communication between all parties. This quote from the National Wildfire Coordinating Group directly extends from fire mapping to any mapping:

“The use of standard symbols in mapping wildland fires facilitates fast and consistent interpretation of mapping products and helps prevent ambiguous map interpretation, which can become a safety issue during an incident. In the interest of encouraging safety, consistency, and readability, GSTOP describes the symbols

that everyone should use when creating maps, whether digitally or by hand.”1

Data Definitions General

• Facility Boundary – This will be a polygon, most likely corresponding to the property boundary. • Controlled Access Points (CAP) – Biosecurity stations where people and equipment must meet

biosecurity conditions before gaining access to further areas. • Wildlife – Locations in the proximity of the facility where susceptible feral animals may be • Neigboring Farms – Farms in the proximity of the facility with susceptible animals.

Visitor

• Visitor Entrance – Locations where guests can enter the facility property and the facility itself. • Visitor Parking – Locations where guests may park vehicles. • Visitor Path - Dedicated roads or pathways that visitors would use to access the facility and visit areas

that facility has opened to visitors. • Visitor CAP (VCAP) – Visitors must pass through the VCAP to enter the Facility and any allowed areas

within the Facility (by way of the Visitor Path to the Visitor Area). Examples of biosecurity protocols that may be required at the VCAP include:

o No visits to areas with a disease of concern (ex. FMD or HPAI) for 14 days o Visitors must wash hands o Visitors must use footwear decon (footbath etc.)

• Visitor Area – This area is where visitors are allowed within the facility. While in this area, Visitors must be accompanied by Facility Staff. (Note: These areas can be designated to be free areas visitors can access without direct supervision by facility staff such as a gift shop etc.; or a supervised visitor area where facility staff would accompany visitors to ensure compliance with any restrictions that would apply, especially with regards to biosecurity protocols to protect animals.)

Staff

• Staff Entrance – Entrances to the facility for use by staff or designees (vendors) i.e., delivery, veterinary, etc. Visitors are generally not allowed through these entrances

• Staff Parking – Parking area for staff or designees. • Staff Path – Dedicate pathway that staff uses to access the entrances to the facility and to the Isolation

Area. The Staff Pathway will pass through Controlled Access Points where biosecurity measures will be taken to prevent carrying of an FAD agent into or out of the Isolation Area.

1 Pg. 43 GSTOP – The GIS Standard Operating Procedures on Incidents 3 is a publication of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG). It clarifies the GIS business needs and functional standards associated with supporting wildland fire incidents.


• Staff Controlled Access Point (SCAP) – Designated Staff must pass through the Staff Controlled Access Point to enter the Facility and then Isolation Area(s) within the Facility (by way of the Staff Path). The following protocols may be required:

o No visits to areas with FMD (list) in the last 14 days o Shower before entering (designate either at home or at the facility) o Change in clothing, footwear, and washing/disinfection of hands o Using foot baths before entering area o Clean hands and/or gloves before entering area o Personal Protective Equipment such as N – 95 respirator masks, coveralls, gloves, and boots

must be worn (for Zoonotic Diseases)

Isolation

• Isolation Area – Designated area of highest biosecurity that houses susceptible animals. The Isolation Area can only be accessed by dedicated staff that has undergone two levels of entry biosecurity protocols (i.e. passed through two Controlled Access Points).

• Isolation Storage Area – Storage Area that serves the Isolation Area. Items that are stored in this area should have been handled either through the process or other set protocols that would prevent them from contamination with an FAD agent.

• Isolation Food Prep Area – Facilities may find it useful to identify the Isolation Food Prep Area. This area would be a bio-secure area where food for the susceptible animals in the Isolation Area is prepared.


Symbology Cartographic Symbology is the key means of communicating with a map. The importance of standardized, consistently applied symbology cannot be overstated. For the SZS, there are several areas (polygons), paths (lines), and points that must be represented if present. These symbols are all reflected in the legend. The following pages will be a table with the icon, the identifier, and description including the specific color expressed in Red Green Blue (RGB) values.

Icon Identifier Description ( with RGB)

Facility Boundary Polygon, yellow border, no fill.

RGB: 255,255,0

I S O L A T I O N

Isolation Area Polygon, red border, no fill.

RGB: 255,255,0

Isolation Controlled Access Point Point, target with black borders and red fill.

RGB black: 0,0,0

RGB red: 255,0,0

Isolation Food Preparation Area Point, triangular doughnut, black border with red fill.

RGB black: 0,0,0

RGB red: 255,0,0

Isolation Storage Area Point, square doughnut, black border with red fill.

RGB black: 0,0,0

RGB red: 255,0,0

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Staff Path

Line, pink.

RGB: 255,85,255

Staff Parking Point, pin with black capital P, black border with red fill.

RGB black: 0,0,0

RGB red: 255,0,0

Staff Entrance Point, pin with black capital E, black border with red fill.

RGB black: 0,0,0

RGB red: 255,0,0


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Visitor Area

Polygon, green border, no fill.

RGB: 0,255,0

Visitor Path

Line, light green.

RGB: 175,255,125

Visitor Controlled Access Point Point, target with black borders and green fill.

RGB black: 0,0,0

RGB green: 0,255,0

Visitor Entrance Point, pin with black capital E, black border with green fill.

RGB green: 0,255,0

RGB black: 0,0,0

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Cattle Farm

Point, circle with black barn and cow, yellow fill.

RGB yellow: 255,255,0

RGB black: 0,0,0

Dairy Farm

Point, circle with black barn and dairy products, yellow fill.

RGB black: 0,0,0


Exotic Animal Facility

Point, circle with black lion, snake, and zebra, yellow fill.


RGB black: 0,0,0

Poultry Farm

Point, circle with black barn and chicken, yellow fill.


RGB black: 0,0,0

Swine Farm

Point, circle with black barn and hog, yellow fill.

RGB black: 0,0,0



W I L D L I F E

Feral Swine Point, circle with black hog, pink fill.

RGB pink: 255,85,255

RGB black: 0,0,0

Cervid Point, circle with black deer, pink fill.

RGB pink: 255,85,255

RGB black: 0,0,0

Waterfowl Point, circle with black duck, yellow fill.

RGB black: 0,0,0

RGB pink: 255,85,255


Section 2: Creating and Editing Data with Google Earth Pro for SZS Google Earth Pro was chosen for this tool for numerous reasons including cost, ease o use, and the use of standard data types. The specific workflow in GEP is of course different than in other GIS software, however the concepts are not very different at all.

One of the main differences between the template provided for use with ArcGIS and GEP is that the ArcGIS template has symbology defined by layer. In GEP the use will frequently have to modify the symbology to remain compliant. GEP is largely a viewer with limited editing capabilities. It is very easy to learn to use and exported data (kmz) can be directly imported into other GIS software.

Editing The Template

In the files included with this tutorial is a file called: “Secure Zoo Template.kmz”. This is a folder structure for organizing spatial data within GE. Add the file to GE.

On the file menu, select open, then navigate to where the template is saved, and open it.


Hint: If the file you are looking for does not appear in the “open” dialog, make sure that it is set to open the type of file that is desired i.e.: *.kml *.kmz

GE will open a wide variety of files. The template is a “.kmz”. Tap the little down arrow and all the file types will appear. Select “Google Earth (*.kml *.kmz *.eta *.ini)”.


Note: The template opened in the “Temporary Places” folder. Drag the folder up to “My Places.” This will make sure your data saves.

Rename the template to something more appropriate (customize the name to your facility).

Right click on the “Secure Zoo Template” and select “Properties”.


In the name box, enter a more appropriate name.

The name entered for the folder will now appear in “My Places”.


The base template contains the necessary folders to organize the spatial data for the SZS effort.

It also includes a folder for Farms, Feral/Wildlife, and a Legend. The Farms and Feral/Wildlife folders are intended to hold surrounding farms and areas known to have feral swine or wildlife.

The Legend folder contains a screen overlay legend for the mapping effort.

Additional folders and subfolders can easily be added as well.


To add a folder or subfolder, right click on “My Places” or any folder and select “Add” and then “Folder”.

Items in the template that have mapping definitions for the SZS effort have links in them. Clicking a link will open an information window with the definition of the object


To see the color style for the geometry that is to be edited, right click on the link and select properties. The text that appears in the info window is encoded in html. At the bottom of each there is a “hidden” div (an html element) that shows the RGB Value for styling.

In this case, 255, 0, 0, means the red value should be 255, green is 0, and blue is 0.

These values are used in the color picker dialog.


Importing Data from a GIS file

Importing data from GIS files is fairly easy in GE. As noted in a previous slide, GE will work with numerous file formats including SHP and GPX. The perimeter of the facility often corresponds to property boundaries. Access to land records varies by location, but if GIS data can be acquired, it will be much less effort on the GE operator’s part.

Requesting shapefiles is recommended, as these are the easiest to import into GE.

If there are shapefiles available use them.

On the file menu select “Open”. Change the file type you want to open to “ESRI Shapefile (*.shp).

When you open the SHP file, a dialog asking about style templates will appear. Click “No”. Style templates are beyond the scope of this effort.

Facility .shp now appears in “Temporary Places”. Check the box next to the Facilty .shp to view it.


This shapefile is the land parcel for the example site.

As no style was applied, GE will assign style randomly. This style is not particularly useful to this effort as the polygon fill covers the entire area.

All that must be done now is to style it according to the legend.

Expand the folders under Facility. Shp until you see the polygon (in this case it is filled with purple. It is random, so user experience may vary). Right click on the polygon, select “properties”.


The properties dialog will allow editing of numerous aspects of the polygon. Enter a name into the name box and then click the “Style, Color” tab.

The desired Symbology for Perimeter is a yellow outline.

Under “Area” select “Outlined”.


Under lines, change the width to 4.0, and then click the little box next to “Color”.

Click the yellowest yellow and then “Ok”. This will return you to the Properties Dialog.

Click “Ok”.

The facility will now appear with no fill and a thick yellow border.


Right click the folder and add a polygon, as this is the boundary of the facility, the geometry should be in the correct folder in the template.

Drag and drop the polygon to the boundary subfolder of the facility folder.

Editing the Perimeter

The methodology for creating a polygon is fairly simple. GE allows at least three methods. In the “Add” menu item, you may add a polygon. There is a button on the toolbar to add a polygon. These methods will add a polygon, but not to the correct folder. They will add the polygon to the “Temporary Places” folder. Then you will have to move it.

The perimeter polygon should be in the “Facility Boundary” folder. Right click that folder, select “Add” and then “Polygon”. This will add the new polygon to that folder.


This will open the “New Polygon” dialog.

Add a name

Then begin digitizing (clicking on the map) to make the polygon that represents the perimeter. GE may use the last style you used or it may style it randomly. The style here, with red fill, makes it very difficult to see what you are doing. In the dialog click the “Style Color” tab.


Set the color to yellow, set the width to 4.0 and change the area to “Outlined”.

Now the style will be set and it is easier to see the map.


When in editing mode, the cursor will be a cross hair instead of a little hand. It will not pan.

If you try to pan in edit mode, you will just make a long string of points that you most likely do not want.

Right click will delete points. If you create excess points, keep right clicking until you get back to a good point.


Use this control to pan.

Use this control or the mouse wheel to zoom.

When satisfied with the polygon, tap the “Ok” button to stop editing.


Editing Paths (Lines)

To add a Staff Path right click on the Staff Path folder and select “Add”, then “Path”. Again, in GEP, paths are lines.

Add a name for the path if that is needed.

On the Style, Color tab confirm that the color is pink and the width is 4.0.


Begin digitizing the path.

As with the polygons, you can undo a point by right clicking (or the equivalent)

When satisfied click “Ok”.

Editing Points Using GEP Symbols

On the appropriate folder right click > Add > Placemark. Google refers to points as Placemarks.


GEP will add a point/ placemark.

Chang the name and then click on the Icon button. This will open the Icon selector dialog.


In this case an isolation Controlled Access Point (ICAP) is being added. The style template dictates a red target symbol for an ICAP.

Select the target symbol.

On the map and in the Icon Dialog, the symbol will now be a target. The color, size (scale), and opacity of the icon can now be adjusted with the 3 controls at the top of the dialog.

Click “OK” on the Icon Selector.


This will return to the New Placemark dialog.

On the Style, Color tab, change the color to red.

The symbol in the map will now be red.

To adjust the label on the placemark, use the scale box in the Label area.

Changing the Scale to 0 will essentially hide the label.


When a new placemark is added GEP drops the marker in roughly the center of the screen.

Drop the marker to the desired position.

Once satisfied with the position, click “OK” in the New Placement dialog.


The other GEP symbols specified are the Triangle, Square, “P” marker, and “E” marker.

Following the same workflow as detailed, adjust the color to green or red as specified.

Editing Points Using Custom Symbols

Following the same initial workflow, adding a placemark to the Feral Swine folder, GEP deaults to the last point symbol used. In this case, the red target.

Click the icon in the top right corner of the New Placemark dialog to open the Icon Selector dialog.


In the Icon Selector dialog click the “Add Custom Icon” button.

The Icon Location dialog will appear. Click the location button.

Navigate to the location where the custom Icons have been downloaded.

In this case, select .feralhog.png and then open.

This operation can be repeated each time a new custom Icon is needed.


The custom Icon will now appear in the selector.

Click “OK”.

The custom Icon will now be applied to the placemark.


Editing - Adding Message Box Information

To add information that will appear in the message box, place the desired text into the description box. (For advanced users, html can be used.)

After the Edit Placemark has been closed, when a marker, line, or polygon is clicked on, the description information will appear in an info window.


Editing - Displaying the Legend

To view the map legend, check the checkbox by the Legend folder.


Editing – Exporting Data

To export the data for sharing or backup, right click on the folder desired. Select “Save Place As”.

Browse the desired location, name the file as needed. MAKE SURE the “Save as type” is kmz (*.kmz). Any custom icons used will not transfer if the output type is not kmz. Click “Save”.

Editing – Saving an Image of the Map

To output an image of the map, go to File > Save > Save Image.


A new toolbar will appear. This toolbar is for configuring out to image.

Several other items will also appear:

• A title box • “Google Earth” • A Legend • A north arrow and a scale bar

Several of these items will be atop the map data or the legend used by the template. Don’t panic.


In the new toolbar, tap the “Map Options” button.

Sadly the Legend generated by GEP does not respect the styling of polygons. This is why a legend is included in the template.

Uncheck the Legend box. The Legend GEP generated will be gone.

Click back on the map, and the Map Options dialog will disappear.

There is a “Google Earth” atop our legend. This cannot be turned off. However, it can be dragged to another location.

The map title box is also atop the legend. Drag it elsewhere as well.


As the map title box is dragged the observant user will note that a pencil appears on the box. Once situated in a more fortuitous location, click on the box.

A plucky box for editing the map title and description will appear.

Give the map a name and, if desired, a description. The words will appear in the box as types. Hit the red “x” when done.

Tap the “Save Image” button. Navigate to the location where you wish to save your image. The output will be jpeg.

After the image is exported, navigate to the output location. If pleased with the output jpeg, tape the “x” next to “Save Image” to hide this tool bar.


There may be some temptation to increase the resolution. Do not. Accept the resolution as it is. Increasing it will crisp up the imagery in the output file, but the vectors, the boundaries and paths will NOT render well at increased resolution.

This is the output jpeg.

It appears that it would be a good idea to increase the size of several of the Icons such that they appear more prominently in the map. To do this use the GEP scale controls previously described on page 28.


Appendix 1: Google Earth Pro Installation and Configuration Installing Google Earth Pro

Go to: https://www.google.com/earth/download/gep/agree.html

Simply click the “Agree and Download” button. It may be that this link will change. If the link does not work, simply search for “Install Google Earth Pro”. It’s free!

https://www.google.com/earth/download/gep/agree.html


The browser will navigate to a “Thank you” page. Different browsers handle downloads differently. In Chrome, the downloaded installer appears at the bottom of the browser. Open the installer.

Chances are you will receive a “Security Warning”. This is fine, click “Run”.


Chances are, you will receive another warning: “Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?” This is fine, click “Yes”.

In a very short amount of time, Google Earth Pro should open.


You can, if you wish, disable the “Start up Tips” by unchecking the “Show tips at start-up” box.

Configuring Google Earth Pro This is a preference option; out of the box, GE will “grey out” navigation controls. To always see them go to the “View” menu item, select “Show Navigation”, and then check the “Always” item.


Another preference choice: Delete the built in “Sightseeing Tour” that comes with the installation of the software. This feature, which shows tours that have been built, is not necessary. Right click on “Sightseeing Tours” and select “Delete” to remove this feature.

GE will ask you to confirm deletion. This is good. It gives a second chance as deletion is final. Select “OK”


Disable “Automatic Tilt.”

From the “Tools” menu, select “Options”.

Open the “Navigation” tab, and change the navigation option to “Do not automatically tilt while zooming.”


Appendix 2: Google Earth Pro Overview Main components of Google Earth Pro:

1) Menu Bar 2) Search 3) Places 4) Layers 5) Tools 6) Navigation 7) Tour Guide 8) Main Viewer

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Menu Bar Help Item

The Menu bar is fairly standard as with most software.

The most useful item in the “Help” menu item is “Help Resources”.

When “Help Resources” is selected the map viewer will be replaced with useful tips for using Google Earth.

1) “Back to Google Earth” will return you to the map viewer

2) “Open in Google Chrome” will open the help resources in your default web browser.

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File Item

The Menu bar is fairly standard as with most software.

“Open” – Will open Google Earth Data files (they usually end with “.kml” or “.kmz” file extensions.

“Save” – Will save selected “Layers” as “.kml” or “.kmz”

“Email” – Will compose an email with your default email software.

“Print” – Will print current view

“Exit” – Will close Google Earth

Edit Item

The “Edit” item is primarily used when editing features.

Editing features will be covered in depth later in this guide.


Tools Item

“Ruler” – Will display an interactive ruler for measuring

“Table” – This feature is beyond the scope of this project

“GPS” – Allows the import of GPS output files, and on devices that have a GPS the direct connection of GE to the GPS

“Movie Maker” – Allows the capture of “movies” from within GE

“Regionate” – This tool will make it quicker to load and browse large files.

“Enter Flight Simulator” - Much as a video game

“Options” – see below

The “Options” dialog consists of 5 tabs:

“3D View” – Controls display elements

“Cache” – Allows setup of cache preferences and deletion of cache files; the cache grows over time. Caching makes GE faster, yet at some point it gets too big.

“Touring” - Controls ‘tour” creation options

“Navigation” – Allows modification of navigation control preferences

“General” – These are general application settings, i.e. which email account you want to use.


Add Item

The “Add” item gives the ability to add data. There are multiple ways to accomplish these same tasks. The pertinent ones will be covered later in this manual.

Search The “Search” tool is fairly self-explanatory. Type in a place you would like to find and search.

In this example we are searching for Fossil Rim Wildlife Center; Google makes the correct suggestion.


Once found, the map area will zoom to the location (next page) and some other options will appear.

1) Add it to “My Places”. 2) Copy as “.kml”. This can be pasted to a folder or a text editor 3) Print. This will print the map showing the location.

When Fossil Rim Wildlife Center is found the map area zooms to the location and shows a pin and label. When the “Add to My Places” button is tapped, the location will be copied to “My Places.

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Places The “Layers” area shows data that Google provides. These items can only be displayed or not. No editing is possible in the Layers. Zooming in and out will cause some layer to appear and disappear.

Many of the layers have multiple sub layers. Hitting the little arrows will show the sub layers. If the top level checkbox is checked, all sub layers will display.


Tools The tools, from left to right:

1) Hide sidebar - this will cause the Search, Places, and Layer area to be hidden appear. 2) Add a placemark 3) Add a polygon 4) Add a path (line) 5) Add an image overlay 6) Record a tour 7) Show historic imagery 8) Show sunlight ( will simulate daylight conditions) 9) Switch between viewing Earth, Moon, and Mars 10) Ruler 11) Email map 12) Print map 13) Save image 14) View in Google Maps

Navigation Controls

The top control (Look Around) has multiple functions. The “N” will return the map to North at the top. The up and down arrows change the tilt (so that you can see 3d terrain). The left and right arrows rotate the view direction

The pan control pans the map in accordance with the arrow tapped or held.

The little man will let you enter “Street View” where available or put you into a view from the ground where Street View is not available

The zoom control will let you zoom you in and out of the map.


Street View To use the “Street View” / “Ground View” tool, drag the little man out into the map. Roads that have street view will have a blue highlight.

To exit Street View or Ground Level view, tap the “Exit” button.


Navigation from Mouse

Tour Guide Clicking on these images will show galleries of photos of the named place.

The tour guide can be minimized with the double down arrow.

View Information

Left click and hold, then move the mouse to pan the map.

Right click and hold to zoom or rotate. The mouse wheel, when scrolled, will zoom in and out.

The mouse wheel when pressed will replicate the “Look Around” rotate the direction and / or tilt.

Historic imagery viewer. This will display historic aerial imagery. The year next to it shows the oldest imagery that is available for the area.

The date the imagery being viewed was acquired.

Latitude, Longitude, and Elevation at current mouse position.

The apparent altitude above the ground. of the current zoom level.


Map Viewer The map viewer is the area where aerial photography, layer, and places are displayed.

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