ÿþ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered)"> <title>Edmonton</title> <link rel=Stylesheet type="text/css" media=all href="../st.css"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} p {margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate {mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} span.BalloonTextChar {mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char"; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text"; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} p.body, li.body, div.body {mso-style-name:body; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; background:white; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} p.fo, li.fo, div.fo {mso-style-name:fo; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} p.p, li.p, div.p {mso-style-name:p; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} p.msochpdefault, li.msochpdefault, div.msochpdefault {mso-style-name:msochpdefault; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0> <div class=WordSection1> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white'> <tr> <td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table border=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td width=150 style='width:112.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><img width=168 height=48 src="../img/Projects.jpg" alt="Description: img\Projects.jpg"></p> </td> <td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:maroon'>Alberta Forest Protection VisMap Application in ArcMap</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'>&nbsp;</span></p> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 id=Table3> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In February, 2006, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development awarded MRF a contract to develop an ArcView 9.1 based application  The Visible Area and Analysis System (VisMap)  to support the management of wildfire lookout tower network Visible Area Maps. These maps provided graphic indication of various degrees of visibility at each lookout tower and allowed staff to select aerial patrol routes, locate fires, and identify blind areas.&nbsp; VisMap application will be used as a decision support tool in ArcView environment to assist the planning of new towers and optimize the lookout tower network to maximize the visibility area.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The VisMap application has the following capabilities:</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>VisMap is both analysis and mapping tool that can perform visibility and best placement analysis and produce visibility maps and reports.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Perform single tower or a group of towers visibility analysis and mapping</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Support flexible parameter configuration</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Support multiple visibility classifications</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Provide functions for best placement of lookout towers</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Provide a 3D viewer of the visibility visualization</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To date, MRF has completed the detailed system design, visibility component development, and part of the 3D viewer development. The entire application has been developed an ArcView extension. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Software used in the development of this project: MRF Visibility COM component, ArcObjects, ArcMap 9.1, and ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> </body> </html>