Development and Use of Interactive Cultural Resources Tribal Relations Viewer for Informed Air Force Decision-Making

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Crucial Issues in United States Department of Defense Cultural Resources Management " session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML) collaborated with the United States Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) to develop an interactive Cultural Resources Tribal Relations Viewer. This application uses WebApp Builder for ArcGIS and enables exploration of critical historic and current-day tribal lands GIS data layers as they relate to DoD installations in the United States. The Air Force Geospatial Information Management System (AFGIMS) Map Services have been pulled into the Tribal Relations Viewer so that tribal lands data can be viewed alongside AFGIMS GIS data layers including airfield, utilities, and infrastructure data. The viewer provides data and analysis to inform decision-making regarding tribal consultations, thus enhancing understanding of tribal input on Air Force activities. We will discuss the collection of authoritative data and historical maps and the processes involved in preparing the data for use in the interactive map. We will then demonstrate the user interface of the application, including tools like a proximity search, bookmarks, and print function. Further tools developed specifically for the viewer allow additional functionality, such as a point of contact list for hundreds of tribes. Additionally, we will discuss the way forward for future development of this tool.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Crucial Issues in United States Department of Defense Cultural Resources Management   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 35716.0