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<H3>Richard C. Daniels, GISP<br>
GIS Support Coordinator<br>
Information Technology Department<br>
Washington State Department of Transportation<br>
P.O. Box 47430<BR>
Olympia, WA 98504-7430<br>
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<I>Internet: <A HREF="mailto:rdan461@yahoo.com">rdan461@yahoo.com</A></I>
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<p>The Information Technology Division is located within the <A HREF="https://www.wsdot.wa.gov">Washington State Department of Transportation</A> 
and designs, programs, and implements application enhancements and modifications authorized by customers; provides production support; 
fixes reported problems; and maintains database integrity for over 100 WSDOT mainframe, client/server, and web-enabled applications. I'm currently 
the GIS Product Support Specialist for the department and manage GIS Software deployment and upgrades and work as a software development 
project manager for several of the departments key GIS Desktop solutions, including the agencies primary data access tool - <a href="./GISWorkbench_ScopeOfWork.pdf">GIS Workbench</a>.
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The following list describes several projects that I have worked on over the last several years. As such, it includes projects conducted at The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC),  
<A HREF="https://www.ornl.gov/">Oak Ridge National Laboratory</A>, Oak Ridge, Tennessee and at the Washington State Department of Ecology, <A HREF="https://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/shorelan.html">Shorelands & Environmental Assistance Program</A> (SEA). 
The SEA program administers the state coastal zone management program and conducts basic and applied research on coastal hazards.</p>
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<H2>Research activities</H2>
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"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research,<br>now would it?" <i>A. Einstein</i><br>
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<LI><A HREF="./pubs.html">My Publications</A>
<LI><A HREF="./ecology_study/swce99abs.html">Interpretation of the Average High Water line from air photography</A>
<LI><A HREF="./ecology_study/geotools01.html">Calculating Coastal Change Rates For Northwest Oregon And Southwest Washington</A>
<LI><A HREF="./zabstract.html">Physical and Socio-Economic Indices of Coastal Vulnerability</A> (Includes Washington)
<LI><A HREF="./gatext.html">U.S. Coastal Hazards Database for the Gulf Coast</A>
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        <LI> <A HREF="./zcvi.gif">CVI map for the U.S. Southeast, East, and West Coast</A>
        <LI> <A HREF="./gelr.gif">Elevation risk</A>
        <LI> <A HREF="./glsr.gif">Subsidence risk</A>
        <LI> <A HREF="./gerr.gif">Erosion risk</A>
        <LI> <A HREF="./gtrr.gif">Tide range risk</A>
        <LI> <A HREF="./gwhr.gif">Wave height risk</A>
        <LI> <A HREF="./gglr.gif">Geology risk</A>
        <LI> <A HREF="./ggmr.gif">Geomorphology risk</A>
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<LI><A HREF="./gatext.html#ga">Galveston, Texas, Sea Level Rise Case Study</A>
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        <LI> <A HREF="./galu.gif">Landuse as of 1990</A>
        <LI> <A HREF="./gaslr.gif">Future coastlines</A>
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<LI><A HREF="https://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/ftp/ndp046/">Carbon Estimates for South and Southeast Asia</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://data.ess-dive.lbl.gov/view/doi:10.3334/CDIAC/CLI.NDP019">U.S. Historical Climatology Network (U.S. HCN)</A>
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<H2>Travel (images)</H2>
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<LI> <A HREF="./PointPinosLight2013.jpg">Point Pinos Lighthouse, Pine Grove, CA (2013)</A>
<LI> <A HREF="./SanDiegoSunset2010.jpg">San Diego Bay at Sunset (2010)</A>
<LI> <A HREF="./mtrainier.jpg">Mt. Rainier out my back door (2008)</A>
<LI> <A HREF="./ESRI2007.jpg">Rich in San Diego for ESRI 2007 with the old gang from ORNL</A>
<LI> <A HREF="./ESRI2007_2.jpg">San Diego Convention Center for ESRI 2007</A>
<LI> <A HREF="./bailey.jpg">Rich and his Bailey Bridge, put it there! (2005)</A>
<LI> <A HREF="./bailey2.jpg">Rich and his Bailey Bridge, good job guys!</A>
<LI> <A HREF="./bailey3.jpg">Rich and his Bailey Bridge, now lets see if it works</A>
<LI> <A HREF="./mhgcp.jpg">"Bob, why don't you go down there and GPS that point while I just stand here?" in 1998</A>
<LI> <A HREF="./hondor3d.gif">Rich in Honduras, C.A. in 1995</A>
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<H2>Other sites of interest</A></H2>
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<LI> <A HREF="https://aag_coma.homestead.com">Coastal & Marine Specialty Group, AAG</A>
<LI> <A HREF="https://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov">NASA, Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center</A>
<LI> <A HREF="https://www.usgs.gov">USGS, National Mapping Information</A>
<LI> <A HREF="https://www.ngs.noaa.gov">NOAA, National Geodetic Survey</A>
<LI> <A HREF="https://coast.noaa.gov">NOAA, Office for Coastal Management</A>
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