Selected GIS Project Case Studies:

• Adirondack Clean Waters Initiative - assembled a geographic database of all available information on nearly 2,200 lakes and ponds in the Adirondack Park, including over 3,500 records. The information was then used to identify those lakes that are potentially developable, to demonstrate the status of water quality information within the Adirondack Park, and to identify those few remaining lakes that can truly be considered unimpacted by human factors. Major data layers: roads, rivers, rails, towns & places, county boundaries, lake location. Associated databases: lake morphology, ownership, water quality.

Client: Adirondack Aquatic Institute, Paul Smiths, NY†

• Blue Mountain Lake Watershed Development Impact Modeling - creation of watershed GIS to model the potential impact of future development on ther water quality of Blue Mountain Lake, NY. This watershed GIS was used to develop input parameters for EutroMOD, a watershed/water quality model. Major data layers: roads, lakes, streams, watershed boundaries, APA land use categories. Major analyses: model input parameters for EutroMOD, nutrient export.

Client: Blue Mountain Lake Group, NY†

• Conservation District Employees Training - customized GIS training workshops at annual CDEA training sessions. Topics have included introduction to ArcView, ArcView tips & tricks, and the use of GIS for conservation planning.

Client: Conservation District Employees Assocation, NY

• Coolbaugh Township Wastewater Management Plan - creation of GIS to assist in the development of a township-wide wastewater management plan. Size: 75 square miles. Major data layers: roads, rivers, major parcel boundaries, subdivisions, soils. Major analyses: factors affecting placement of subsurface wastewater disposal systems, including land slope, prime agricultural lands, state lands, suitability of soils, depth to bedrock.

Client: Coolbaugh Township, PA†

• Columbia County NY GIS Data Library - creation and installation of comprehensive countywide GIS data library. Digital data library included: high resolution color and infrared aerials, topographic maps, hydrology, watersheds, roads, wetlands, soils, elevation. ArcView 3.x and 8.x project/map files were provided for ease of data use.

Client: Columbia County Soil & Water Conservation District, NY

• Franklin County Agricultural Environmental Management - creation of GIS for County Soil & Water Conservation District/Water Quality Coordinating Committee to assist in the development of a county-wide tiered assessment of agricultural practices in northern Franklin County, NY. Major data layers: roads, waters, soils, land use, municipal boundaries, hydrologic units, farm locations. Associated databases: farm practices gathered during Tier I & Tier II data collection of NYS Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM) program.

Client: Franklin County NY SWCD, Franklin County Water Quality Coordinating Committee

• Fulton County Agricultural Zone Redistricting - we are creating a GIS to support the redistricting of the Agricultural District in Fulton County, NY. For this project, we are combining existing digital parcel information with parcel information we are digitizing off of scanned tax maps. In the process, we have had to readjust the coordinate base for some of the tax maps to get an accurate match of adjacent maps and have had to work in four coordinate projection systems. Major data layers: original Ag District, digital elevation model, Real Property information, digital topographic maps, farm locations (created from an old SWCD paper map), hydrography, NLCD land use, roads, and wetlands.

Client: Shepstone Management Company (for Fulton County NY Real Property Tax Service, Fulton County NY SWCD)

• Lake Nockamixon Watershed Management Program - creation of watershed GIS as part of the development of a lake and watershed management plan for Lake Nockamixon State Park. Major data layers: roads, waters. Major analysis: location and type of Best Management Practices for nutrient control within the watershed.

Client: Bucks County Conservation District, PA†

• Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management Program - an updated, comprehensive watershed GIS was developed by Michael Martin. The GIS contains the following layers: Transportation, Hydrology, Boundaries (Towns, Counties, Watershed), Best Management Practices (BMP) Locations and Data, NPS Problem Area Locations and Data, Water Quality Stations and Data, Soils, Land Use, Topography (Slope, Contours), Wetlands, and Floodplains. Some of these features can be seen on the Lake Wallenpuapack Watershed Management District's website (also created by Michael Martin), including NPS Problem Area Locations and Data, BMP Locations and Data, and selected GIS layers.

Client: Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District, PA†

• Lewis County Agricultural Environmental Management - creation of GIS for County Soil & Water Conservation District to assist in the development of a county-wide tiered assessment of agricultural practices in Lewis County, NY. Major data layers: parcels, roads, waters, municipal boundaries, hydrologic units, farm locations. The GIS will be used by the County as they continue to implement their AEM program. All data were converted to multiple projections for ease of use with various existing data sets.

Client: Lewis County NY SWCD

• Statewide Agricultural Environmental Management GIS - development of statewide program for collecting and managing AEM data using GIS. Design and development of data entry software, statewide GIS data layer creation, analysis of compiled data, creation of project support website, technical support.

Client: NY Dept. of Agriculture and Markets, Soil & Water Conservation Committee

• Pike County PA Long-Term Water Quality Trend Analysis - Organized 10 years of water quality data for 56 stream stations (chemistry & macroinvertebrate) in Pike County and conducted a long-term water quality trends analysis. Cedar Eden Environmental, LLC also prepared GIS trend graphs, educational Powerpoint presentation, and web pages for the PCCD website to showcase the results of the study.

  Client: Pike County Conservation District, PA

• Santa Clara Land Use Plan Map - used GIS to create municipal Land Use Plan map to accompany newly adopted Land Use Master Plan for Santa Clara, NY. The two master Land Use Maps, printed at a scale of 1" = 2000', is over 90 inches long and can be seen in the Santa Clara Town Halls. Smaller versions of the Land Use Map were also created for field use.

Client: Town of Santa Clara, NY†

• Smithfield Township Wastewater Management Plan - creation of GIS to assist in the development of a township-wide wastewater management plan. Major data layers: roads, rivers, major parcel boundaries, subdivisions, soils, existing and proposed sewer lines. Major analyses: factors affecting placement of subsurface wastewater disposal systems, including land slope, prime agricultural lands, state lands, suitability of soils, depth to bedrock.

Client: Smithfield Township, PA†

• West Long Branch Natural Resource and Open Space Management - creation of GIS to identify natural resources and assist in preservation of remaining open space. Major data layers: roads, rivers, property boundaries, land use, zoning, voting districts, flood plains. Major analyses: voting districts, land use, existing open space, potential open space.

Client: Borough of West Long Branch, NJ†