Coastal Armoring Project Verification
In an effort to validate current coastal armoring permits and project statuses in Palm Beach County, Florida a field visit was necessary to collect pertinent data. First, by creating a file geodatabase with custom domains, enabling attachments (photos) and capturing editing history, a coastal armoring feature service was published using ArcMap and ArcGIS Online. Adding pertinent coastal construction spatial data such as coastal monuments, public beach access locations, and a filtered layer showing armoring permits, a basic map service was defined. Using ESRI’s Collector for ArcGIS (running on a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and iPhone 5) allowed users to quickly capture armoring status, armoring details and upload photos of each project.
Collector for ArcGIS – Singer Island Coastal Armoring Permit Verification data collection
Field data collection using Collector for ArcGIS
The map (Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS) below displays current coastal armoring permits (source: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, refreshed nightly) and synchronized data collected from the field (the beach). Mobile data plans allowed for a constant syncing of data which allowed remote staff to monitor the success of the data collection process.
Disclaimer: The map below is consuming live data from Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s GIS Department. Any glitches in data availability will result in errors drawing/displaying their respective map services.
Web App Coastal Armoring Project Verification – Ripsin – GIS & Web