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PADDDtracker: Crowdsourcing PADDDs Using the Power of ArcGIS for Server
Adrienne Allegretti, Blue RasterESRI UC, San Diego - July 9, 2013
© Diane Hargreaves / hargreavesphoto.com
The Facts About Protected Areas
• 130,000 across the world• Over 13% of the world’s surface• Cover 4% of the world’s water• One of the largest land uses on the planet. • Often times the only hope to stopping many
threatened or endangered species from becoming extinct
• We assume their protected status will remain intact into perpetuity
What are PADDDs?
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number, magnitude or types of activities
Functional loss of legal protection
Cause of PADDDs
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Virunga: A PADDD Case Study
Image courtesy of NPR
Photo courtesy of gorilla.cd via Flickr
Data Collection
• WDPA• Peer-reviewed literature• Grey literature• News and media• Expert consultations
Image used under Creative Commons from Andrew Smith
Front Loading the Data
Step 1. FME transforms Excel to FGDB TableStep 2. ArcMap - join table to geometry (points and polygons)Step 3. Migrate point and polygon featureclasses to ArcSDE
Map Service Set Up and Security
Step 1. Publish service with Feature AccessStep 2. Under Server Manager Security, set up Users and RolesStep 3. Edit service permissions and apply security to feature service
Creating A Token from Rest Admin
PADDDtracker Architecture
• HTML 5 • Uses ArcGIS for Server and ArcGIS API for JavaScript• Drupal for content management
PADDDtracker Architecture
Demo
Conclusions• PADDD is widespread and
overlooked• Historic & Contemporary• Has implications for:
–Conservation–Human well-being–Development