Plug-In North Carolina: Developing A Location Analysis Mapping System with Web App Builder

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1 Plug-In North Carolina: Developing A Location Analysis Mapping System with Web App Builder Marcy Bauer, NCSU Clean Energy Technology Center (Formerly) Todd Wilson, NCSU Masters in GIS Graduate (2014)

2 Presentation Outline 1. Quick Organization Overview 2. The Business Need 3. What the Application Delivered Data Requirements ESRI Technology Utilized Challenges Along the Way 4. Application Highlights and Successes 5. Future Use of the Application

3 Organization Overview North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center: Public Service Center under the College of Engineering at NC State University. Advances a sustainable energy economy by educating, demonstrating and providing support for clean energy technologies, practices, and policies. Concentrations in solar, wind, clean power, industrial efficiency, training, clean energy policy, and clean transportation. Increase the use of alternative fuels and advanced transportation technologies.

4 NCCETC and the University College of Engineering s Student Engagement Mission NCSU Center for Geospatial Analytics (College of Natural Resources) - GIS courses with curricula that include capstone projects and public service components (UG and Graduate level offerings)

5 The Business Need Propose designation of NC Plug-In Electric Vehicle Highway that is: - Reasonable - Defensible - Supported by NC PEV Task Force partners

6 The Business Need EVs are a new topic for NCDOT - The proposal must be something they can understand NC PEV Task Force partners have pre-existing preferences - The proposal basis must be unbiased

7 Application Delivery Todd Wilson, NCSU Masters GIS Graduate

8 Application Delivery Not knowing how to use the ESRI tools results in this kind of behavior!

9 Application Delivery The NCCETC needed a web application to do the following: Show the current Statewide Plug-In Charging Station Landscape Show current safe travel zones for PEV (Battery) Car Owners (Existing interstate exit charging stops across the State at North Carolina) Show locations for ideal and future charging stops across the State of North Carolina Show future Statewide Safe Travels Zones for PEV (Battery) Car Owners (Before & After Zones) Utilize the map results as a marketing tool to public and private investors for strategically locating charging Installations across North Carolina

10 Application Delivery The Application Development Process was a four piece puzzle approach: Map Making Time! Headache Time!

11 Data Requirements Google Time! US Dept of Energy: Plug-In Electric Vehicle charging station locations for NC and surrounding states (Also Edit Layer in the Web Application) Reference USA: Library Card holder s access Businesses and Attractions along NC interstate corridors.(also Edit Layer in the Web Application) Other Supporting datasets: NC and Surrounding States Interstates and US Highways (ArcGIS Network Dataset), NC Interstate Exit locations, NC Interstate Study Area (I-85, I-95, I-40), NCDOT traffic counts along Interstate Corridors, PEV Ownership numbers per County, NC Census Block Group Data, NC Rest Areas. Loaded the data into ArcSDE. I used ArcSDE for PostgreSQL for the data depository.

12 ESRI Technology Used ArcMap 10.2 Two Mxds: One for Map Display and one for Feature Editing Symbolize and Order Layers in the Table of Contents to be consumed Map Making Time! ArcGIS Server 10.2 Used to publish the Map Service and Feature Editing Service Used to publish the geoprocessing services supporting the application

13 ESRI Technology Used ArcMap 10.2 Model Builder Three Geoprocessing Models were developed for: NC Interstate Exit Business Amenity Classification (Used to help decide locations for new charging stations where none were currently present.) Headache Time!

14 ESRI Technology Used ArcMap 10.2 Model Builder Three Geoprocessing Models were developed for: NC Interstate Exit Charging Station Accessibility Classification (Shows ideal charging station stops along the Interstate Corridors.) Headache Time!

15 ESRI Technology Used ArcMap 10.2 Model Builder Three Geoprocessing Models were developed for: 30 and 70 Mile Linear Safe Travel Reaches generated from NC Interstate Exits with 24/7 Publicly Accessible Charging Stations (ArcGIS Network Dataset utilized) Headache Time!

16 ESRI Technology Used ArcGIS Online AGOL Web Map was configured to consume map layers in the published ArcGIS Server Map Service and Feature Service (Custom pop-up boxes for layer information display were configured including some layer labeling.) Home Stretch! ArcGIS Server Web Manager Utilized for setting security on the Feature Service for Editing the Business and the Charging Stations layers. (Create a role with certain rights and assigned a user name to the role.)

17 ESRI Technology Used Home Stretch! Web App Builder for ArcGIS (Developer Version Download) 3 Custom Geo-Processing Tools

18 Challenges Along the Way Business Data Gathering and Mapping Building the Southeast Regional Interstate and US Highway Network Dataset Model Building in ArcMap Map Displaying Data Layer Changes (Edit Widget.js file)

19 Application in Use Marcy Bauer, NCSU Clean Energy Technology Center (Formerly)

20 Application Highlights Existing Level 2 Electric Vehicle Charger Landscape Level 2 Chargers take a maximum of 4 hours to fully charge a battery electric vehicle Some Level 2 Chargers are fee-based and some not Some are 24/7 Accessible and some not Increasing number of stations

21 Application Highlights Existing Level 2 Safe Travel Landscape 30 Mile Reaches shown in Orange Interstate Exits Identified as publicly accessible Level 2 Charging Stops Average Charge Time of 30 minutes to one hour to cover 30 miles of battery travel

22 Application Highlights Existing DCFC Electric Vehicle Charger Landscape DC Fast Chargers take on average 30 minutes to fully charge a battery electric vehicle Some DCFC Chargers are Fee-Based and some are not Some are 24/7 Accessible and some are not Increasing number of stations

23 Application Highlights Existing DCFC Safe Travel Landscape 70 Mile Reaches shown in purple Interstate Exits Identified with publicly accessible DCFC Charging Stops (One only!) Average Charge Time of 30 minutes to cover 70 miles of battery travel

24 Application Highlights Existing Tesla Electric Vehicle Charger Landscape Tesla Chargers take ~30 minutes to fully charge a battery electric vehicle Tesla Chargers are accessible only to Tesla car owners Tesla Chargers do not work for other Electric Cars. Tesla Cars can cost $60K and Up!

25 Application Highlights Existing DCFC and Level 2 Safe Travel Landscape 30 and 70 mile reaches shown in orange and purple Interstate Exits identified with publicly accessible Level 2 and DCFC Charging Stops Average Charge Time of 30 minutes to cover 30 and 70 miles of battery travel from a given stop

26 Application Highlights Future Charging Station Location Tools NC Interstate Exit Business Amenity Classifications without Charging Stations Google Street View Integration with NC Interstate Exits to evaluate current business landscape User ability to add proposed charging stations near Interstate Exits and re-run the linear safe travel reaches in the application to see proposed improvements

27 Application Successes Proposal to designate stretches of I-40 and I-85 as NC PEV Highways: Drafted in January 2015 Presented to NC PEV Task Force Steering Committee Submitted to NCDOT in February 2015, currently under review

28 Future Application Uses Prioritizing efforts to develop network of EV Charging Stations - Target and recruit host sites more efficiently - Fill charging station gaps along common routes Expand EV Charging Station highway signage Duplicate application for other alternative fuel stations (natural gas, propane, biofuels)

29 THANKS! QUESTIONS? Web Site: Plug-In North Carolina: Developing A Location Analysis Mapping System with Web App Builder Marcy Bauer, NCSU Clean Energy Technology Center (Formerly) Todd Wilson, NCSU Masters in GIS Graduate (2014)