Washington Coastal latlas ICAN Great Lakes Workshop September 13 15, 15 2010
Current Washington Coastal Atlas http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/sma/atlas_home.html
1 st version of WA Coastal Atlas was produced din 1995 Folks contributing to the major update in progress include: SEA Kathy Taylor Deborah Purce GIS Unit Dan Saul Darby Veeck Liz O Dea IT Tammy Pelletier Dan Scavezze
Washington Coastal Atlas Purpose To make relevant information easily available for use in coastal and shoreline resource planning and management. Examples Provide information to update local Shoreline Master Programs View current or historic aerial photos of project sites Gather information prior to field work or site visits Quickly prepare maps to inform a variety of audiences on specific topics View changes over time in the marine shoreline or in upland land cover
Primary Targets Target Audience Other important users Local governments Tribal governments implementing WA CZM Federal agencies through local Shoreline Master Programs Non governmental organizations State government agencies Outdoor recreation groups with authority to regulate Real estate professionals or manage activities on the Private citizens shorelines and tidelands of Washington
Data Available Biological/Habitat Features Wetlands Historic i Estuary Maps Pocket Estuaries Dunegrass, Surfgrass Kelp, Eelgrass Salt Marsh Low Marsh Physical Features Drift Cells Slope Stability Water Bodies (100k) Water Courses (100k) Regulated Features Commercial Shellfish Flood Zone Drinking Water Wells Category Water (5, 4C, 4B, 4A, 2, 1) Modifications Piers and Docks Shore Modification Jurisdictional Delineations Watershed (WRIA) Boundaries Sub bb Basins Counties Cities Township/Range/Section Transportation Features Major Roads Streets Railroads Background di Imagery USGS Topo Maps Aerial Imagery Hillshade Nautical Charts Satellite Imagery Land Use/Land Cover 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 Other Imagery Oblique shoreline photos 1976 77, 1992 97, 2000 02, 2006 7
Oblique Aerial Photos of Shoreline Downloadable High ihresolution Available for Multiple Years Available for all WA Marine Shorelines And Some Freshwater Shorelines in Eastern And Western Washington
Columbia River Estuary
Stony Point, WillapaBay Southwest Coast
Grays Harbor Southwest Coast
La Push Northwest Coast
Tatoosh Island Northwest Coast
Lopez Island San Juan Islands/Northwest Straits
Flattop Island San Juan Islands/Northwest Straits
Skagit Delta North Puget Sound
Seattle Central Puget Sound
Olympia South Puget Sound
Land Cover Information NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program Data Change in Forest Cover Change in Impervious Surface Cover
Atlas redesign A leap forward: From interactive map to true atlas Integrated information and tools
Technology Current: ESRI ArcIMS 9.2 ArcSDE 9.3: Data, simplified metadata MS SQL Server 2005 IIS Server, Apache Tomcat t55 5.5 ASP.NET v2.0 (Coastal Image Viewer & Land Cover Tool) Future: ESRI ArcGIS Server 9.3 ESRI JavaScript & Silverlight APIs
Atlas Redesign: New Tools Specific tools for targeted users Information for the public on where and how to access the areas of shoreline open to the public Improved shoreline photo viewer Beach closures (and water quality) Changes in land cover over time Flood maps
Atlas Redesign: Integrated Information Puget Sound Shorelines Washington s Coast
Actively incorporating what we know about Coastal Atlas users current knowledge of target user groups professional design professional design expertise (Tammy)
to create an improved user interface:
New field validated public access data Thanks to our NOAA Coastal Management Fellow, Deborah Purce (and many field assistants )
Beach closure information
FEMA Flood Maps
Improved photo viewer
Additional examples for use of current atlas: Shoreline photos and/or data layers are used for basic and applied research local planning project site characterization permit enforcement recreation (e.g. kayak) land ownership and use transactions One of the most used applications on the entire Washington State t Department tof Ecology web site
We expect new users for new data: Public access to shoreline Flood map information i Beach closures/water quality
Resources/Support for the Atlas Managed agedand maintained edby Ecology ogy staff Funding sources: State funds Washington s NOAA OCRM Coastal Zone Management grant Oh Other state agencies have contributed data, staff time and small amounts of funding for specific components.
Collaborative opportunities: Within Washington: Watershed Characterization (PSP, WDFW) Puget Sound Data Exchange Network (PSP, RCO, and others) Larger Scale Efforts: Information exchange among west coast atlases ICAN
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