NJDEP's 34th Annual GIS Mapping Contest Gallery

This category is for 3D work that is created using GIS software like ArcGIS Pro, City Engine etc. and/or incorporates the use of Virtual Reality (VR) or Augmented Reality (AR). This map should be judged based on demonstration of innovative and creative 3D cartographic techniques; appropriate use of global or local data with appropriate scales (for example, site scale, regional scale); depicts results of a 3D analysis or compare different scenarios; effectiveness in telling a story or helping a user gain a clearer understanding of the data.

Mia Najd, Dr. Geoffrey Fouad: Monmouth University

By using aerial drone footage we were able to analyze drainage paths to Monmouth County's Lake Como. These drainage paths may play a role in the occurrence of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in regularly occurring in the lake. Lake Como has an urban watershed that supports a highly active community of residents, made up of much impervious surfaces. We were able to classify the surfaces and hope to next quantify. Much of the work studying this lake is a first of its kind.

Gavin Rozzi: Rutgers Urban & Civic Informatics Lab This map showcases the diverse population density of New Jersey communities at the Census tract level through the use of 3D visualization techniques and selected annotations of municipalities. The population density of each Census tract in New Jersey was computed using R and used to render the height of each Census tract polygon based on its population density value using the Rayshader R package. Higher tracts had higher density and vice versa. A 2D version of the map was first produced using the ggplot2 package and converted to 3D by using rayshader. This 3D map was raytraced and a high resolution render was created in R using the rayshader package, with layout and annotation done in Adobe Photoshop. All code used to generate the 3D rendering is open source and available for reproducibility. Additionally, a physical version of this map has been created via a 3D printer. The physical version matches the 3D rendering and is a unique way of bringing cartography into 3D space.

This category is for work that evidences analysis of a stated problem or issue and displays the results in a map. The entry should identify the question of interest and the analytical methods used to answer the question of interest. This work should provide a workflow that appropriately supports finding an answer to the analysis question. The results of the analysis should be clearly displayed in map form, with supporting graphics, if applicable. The map should be judged based on evidence that the design and flow of the submission follows a strong logic from which the intended audience could learn or replicate the concepts or analysis in their own work. Maps and visuals should support the output or result of the demonstrated workflow.

Jason Mallonga: Morris County Mosquito Control Division

This map poster showcases the areas of positive cases of West Nile Virus and the environmental conditions in which they are found within Morris County, New Jersey. Land use / land cover and impervious layers are shown to display where vector species can be expected to be found based on their feeding and nesting habits. The series of maps hopes to display what areas are at risk and where efforts should be focused on preventing the spread of disease.

Noam Aharon: Rutgers University

The main objective of this analysis is to ensure that every New Jersey resident is within a reasonable driving time, defined as 15-minute car travel or less, of a facility or site that administers the COVID-19 vaccine. While a large portion of NJ’s population is situated within a reasonable distance of a vaccination site, there are significant areas of the state that can be considered “underserviced” or too far away from a COVID-19 vaccine site. This initial analysis is displayed in the map at the center of this poster. By utilizing an array of routing tools in ArcGIS Pro, the analysis suggests the strategic placement of 25 additional vaccination sites throughout the state so that NJ's entire population would be within 15 minutes of a vaccine. In a time when the pandemic has exacerbated existing vulnerabilities, it is essential for all NJ residents to have easy access to the vaccine if they choose to get it. (Data on location of vaccine facilities is from March 2021)

Anu Khandal, Christina Servetnick, T. Cregg Madrigal, and Elizabeth Davis: NJDEP - DWQ - Municipal Finance & Construction Element

When we identified the cities in New Jersey that built the earliest water infrastructure, we observed that most cities did not build their drinking water and sewer systems at the same time. Why not? This map is one product of our exploration of the relationship between population size and drinking water and sewer systems, and our development of a historic context for water infrastructure. As populations and industrial activity increased in the 19th century, the rivers, springs, and wells that people used for drinking water became polluted. In response, cities built elaborate systems to pipe clean water directly to homes and factories. Indoor running water had an unintended consequence: with clean water readily available, homes and businesses used much more of it. The dramatic increase in the use and discharge of water from factories, kitchens, laundries, and bathrooms caused privies and cesspits to overflow and further contaminate the surrounding soils and rivers.

Jamieson Allen: Atlantic City Office of Emergency Management/Fire Department

When first attempting to create ortho-mosaic maps using drones and photogrammetry software a creator may find the absolute accuracy (Placement into the real world) lacking. This study will show typical results of an "Out of Box" map created using the drone's on board consumer grade GPS and barometer sensor for altitude. This will produce a high resolution map that lacks absolute accuracy that has an error measured in meters. Next Survey Grade GNSS equipment will be used to introduce Ground Control Points to introduce absolute accuracy and Check Points to "check" the accuracy of the outputs. A PPK kit will then be used to "tag" the drone's images with accurate coordinates and outputs will be made with just PPK tagged images and then PPK images with 1 Ground Control Point. The last output will be 9 Ground Control Points and PPK tagged images for the most accurate output.

Holly Josephs: Rutgers University

This map shows how fires broke out during the flooding from Hurricane Ida and how emergency vehicles were unable to access the burning buildings due to the flood conditions. There are several submaps showing the progression of the flooding and the accessibility issues that ensued.

This category is for work whose intended focus is to educate while incorporating GIS. Entries in this category should identify the expected goal of a curriculum, course, lesson, or activity in terms of demonstrable skills or knowledge that will be acquired by a user as a result of instruction. Entries in this category may be presented as a poster or set of instructional materials. This map should be judged on evidence of how the intended user could achieve the learning goal, perhaps using step‐by‐step instructions and explanatory text in addition to maps, diagrams, and illustrations. The type and style of the learning materials should be clearly designed for the target user.

Kevin Burkman: Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum

 "African American History of the Sourland Mountain Region, New Jersey" is a poster-sized map, created as part of the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum’s outreach & educational programs. The museum is located at the foot of Sourland Mountain in Montgomery Township, in one of New Jersey’s most unique natural and historic landscapes. The map features the history of African Americans in the region, dating back to the 18th century, and includes the sites of their communities, schools, churches, cemeteries, & individuals. This human data is overlaid onto the geophysical features of the region, including land cover, topography, hydrology, as well as communities & road networks, as they would have appeared at the height of the African American presence in the late 19th century. The map has been distributed to dozens of area schools, museums, organizations and individuals, to inform the public about the important and often overlooked African American history of this unique region.

Lisa Jordan, Lisa Stites, and Hayden Holz: Drew University The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate the process we used to prepare online maps for the Madison Borough Environmental Resource Inventory. Background: In many parts of New Jersey, local Environmental Commission volunteers work together to compile Environmental Resource Inventories (ERIs) for their towns and communities. New technologies and the datasets to support them are emerging so that geographic information on natural and human systems is actively updated with much richer information than can easily be shown on a static paper map. This activity describes the process of how volunteers are using ArcGIS.com web maps and StoryMaps to compile an interactive map drawer to accompany our 2022 ERI update. The website for our map drawer example is http://www.madisoneri.org

Entries in this category must consist of maps in a series or an atlas. In addition to the design of individual maps, the maps should be judged on the overall appearance and continuity of the product as a collection of maps. There should be a consistency in approach and a unifying design that creates a distinctively excellent product for a central, coordinated theme.  

Nicholas Leusner, Joshua Masucci: Rowan University

 Inspired by the investigative work of John Davies and Alexander J. Kent, this map series aims to illustrate the current landscape using Soviet-style symbology for various locations throughout the Garden State. While maps for select areas surrounding New York City have been discovered, maps containing the remainder of the state have yet to be found. This map series aims to reimagine one of the most unique cartographic undertakings in recent history.

This series is a modern recreation using the latest available land use data highlighting several select points located throughout the state including the Philadelphia/Camden area, Atlantic City, Glassboro, Cape May, Newark, Pemberton, the Highlands, and Sandy Hook State Park. These locations have been chosen for their diverse landscapes and to display the Soviet-era symbology. The symbology is modeled after the 1979 1:25,000 New York City map series.

Dom Elefante, Louis Lambe, Rocco Mandaglio, James Tarabocchia, Darren Duncan: Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission

The PVSC has identified a need to develop a single enterprise platform that takes siloed data across systems; easily integrated and accessible to support plant operations. The overarching vision is to develop a fully integrated smart utility that leverages data combined with intelligence through a graphical user interface to assist staff in making decisions to run a complex utility. To achieve this vision, PVSC has chosen ESRI’s GIS platform. The GIS development uses centimeter-level accuracy for its datasets, hydraulic & 3D models coupled with artificial intelligence for a fully integrated smart utility. Through easily accessible dynamic dashboards, data can be shared quickly for accurate and seamless integrations. As a result, new and inexperienced personnel will now have the data necessary to make informed decisions regarding the infrastructure that would typically require vast institutional knowledge. When complete, the GIS portal will be the central brain of PVSC’s Smart Utility.

Scott Stanford: NJ Geological and Water Survey (NJGWS)

This 1:24,000 surficial and bedrock geologic quadrangle map was developed to address important social and scientific issues in watershed areas in the Outer Coastal Plain of southern New Jersey. This map contributes to our long-term goal of complete 1:24,000 surficial and bedrock geologic map coverage for the entire state. This goal, which was developed in consultation with the Statemap Advisory Committee, supports the need for the state to address complex issues of water-resource and land management that arise in our geologically complex state, which is home to more than 125 bedrock formations and 70 surficial materials.

Peter Sugarman, Michael Castelli, Karen Kopcznski: New Jersey Geological and Water Survey (NJGWS)

This 1:24,000 bedrock geologic quadrangle map was developed to address important social and scientific issues in watershed areas within the urban fringe of the Camden-Philadelphia metro area. This map contributes to our long-term goal of complete 1:24,000 bedrock geologic map coverage for the entire state. This goal, which was developed in consultation with the Statemap Advisory Committee, supports the need for the state to address complex issues of water-resource and land management that arise in our geologically complex state, which is home to more than 125 bedrock formations and 70 surficial materials. This urban fringe area depends entirely on groundwater from the unconfined Cohansey-Kirkwood aquifer system and from deeper, confined Coastal Plain aquifers, but has no detailed geologic mapping to provide a stratigraphic framework, apart from the three previous Statemap maps in this project area.

Don Monteverde, Greg Herman: New Jersey Geological and Water Survey (NJGWS)

This map contributes to our long-term goal of complete 1:24,000 bedrock geologic map coverage for the entire state. This goal, which was developed in consultation with the Statemap Advisory Committee, supports the need for the state to address complex issues of water-resource and land management that arise in our geologically complex state, which is home to more than 125 bedrock formations and 70 surficial materials. The Newton West quadrangle addresses several interesting scientific issues related to foreland sedimentation and deformation. The Newton West quadrangle is within the Appalachian Valley and Ridge province, which here consists of Cambrian and Ordovician carbonate rocks and overlying Ordovician shale, sandstone, and siltstone.

Daryl Krasnuk, Vincent Viera: County of Hudson

The Hudson County Election Ward Map Series was produced to illustrate new election boundaries after redistricting. The redistricting process was carried out by the County through a joint effort between the Hudson County Board of Elections Commissioners, the Clerk to the Board of Elections, and each municipality’s City Clerk.

Updated election boundaries were then mapped in house by the Hudson County Office of Digital Information for each Ward in the County – a total of 51 Wards maps. This map series contains a sampling of one Ward from each of the municipalities in the County that had election boundary changes.

The new maps are a marked improvement over their predecessors which relied heavily on out of the box ESRI base maps and other default settings. The updated maps use a greyscale version of the recent official County Map as a base, which streamlined the process for the large volume required and resulted in maps that are simple and readable for ease of use by elections officials.

This category is for reference maps (sometimes called general‐purpose maps) whose purpose is to provide a picture of the geographic character of the mapped area and the spatial configuration of features within it. The focus of these maps should be on accurate depiction at a given scale of the location of a variety of environmental features—both natural and cultural—in an area, with limited focus on feature attributes. The map should be judged based on the selection, classification, and generalization of features; methods used to distinguish and prioritize features; and symbolization and labeling of features. It should also be assessed for the overall graphic contiguity, completeness, and clarity of the map or maps with regard to the map scale, intended audience, and intended use.

William Smith: NJDEP

Originally beginning in 2020, BGIS's Data Development Team has been working on a project with GPI to supply the NJDEP with a Cartographic 2ft Contour layer. This layer will allow DEP employees to enhance their maps with topographically without adding too much additional information to their map and also help with slope analyses. At this point in the project, the Data Development Team and GPI have started Phase 3. My map submission shows the progression of the phases of the project, the HUC12s that were used to generate the contours, and the amount of area each HUC12 and phase covers.

Amanda Shoemaker: NJDEP Bureau of GIS

This project is based on an ongoing digitizing project using the 1970 Wetlands Basemaps, the 1970 Wetlands Grid, and the Upper Wetlands Boundary. The grid consists of 955 tiles and the wetlands are digitized polygons located within the tiles.

Glen Diamond: Rutgers University, New Brunswick

A reference map of Camp Somers in Stanhope, NJ. Camp Somers is a Boy Scout camp that is part of the larger Mount Allamuchy Scout Reservation (MASR). MASR also includes Camp Wheeler, a co-ed camp for children in 1st through 5th grade. Adjacent to MASR is Allamuchy Mountain State Park. I made this map for my independent final project in my course, Spatial Data Visualization and Map Design, with Dave Smith at Rutgers University. I chose this site because I attended Camp Somers while I was still a Boy Scout, so I already had familiarity with the cultural and geographic features. I digitized all of the features besides waterbodies (NJDEP - BGIS) and highways (NJDOT) in ArcMap using imagery from NJGIN. I individually designed all of the map symbols and elements in Adobe Illustrator, and then I imported them into the map, referencing older maps and personal experience.

Alexandra Carone: New Jersey Geological and Water Survey (NJGWS)

 This map provides basic surficial and bedrock geologic data needed to assess recharge and flow in the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, and in the deeper confined aquifers, and to assess and remediate contamination. Clay beds are an important control on groundwater flow in the Cohansey Formation. The Medford Lakes quadrangle is within an urban border of the Camden-Philadelphia metropolitan area. This urban border has experienced rapid urbanization in places. Eastern parts of this general focus area include designated urban growth zones and agricultural districts within the Pinelands Management Area. Groundwater withdrawals from the Cohansey-Kirkwood aquifer for potable and irrigation use in these areas have the potential to lower the water table in the adjoining Preservation Area, which includes about half of the Medford Lakes quadrangle.

Michael Castelli: New Jersey Geological and Water Survey (NJGWS)

 This is a combined surficial and bedrock map within the Outer Coastal Plain because there is only one outcropping bedrock formation (Cohansey) in the map area. In coastal areas, surficial deposits are as much as 150 feet thick and include Pleistocene marine and estuarine sediments (the Cape May Formation) that form coastal terraces up to 70 feet above modern sea level, and Holocene salt-marsh, estuarine, and beach deposits forming the modern coastal environment. The New Gretna quadrangle is within the 660-square-mile Barnegat Bay watershed. Barnegat Bay is an important recreational and fishery resource. Improving water quality in the 75-square-mile bay, which has been compromised by rapid urbanization in recent decades, is a top priority of the state’s administration.

Zachary Schagrin, Scott Stanford, Francesca Rea: New Jersey Geological and Water Survey (NJGWS)

This is a combined surficial and bedrock map as only one outcropping bedrock (the Cohansey) formation is in the mapped area. This detailed mapping is needed in this area to provide context to scientific investigations of Neogene and Quaternary sea level, to manage water resources, to develop shore-protection strategies, and to protect ecosystems. In the Ship Bottom quadrangle, surficial deposits are as much as 150 feet thick and include Pleistocene marine and estuarine sediments (the Cape May Formation) that form coastal terraces up to 70 feet above modern sea level, and Holocene salt-marsh, estuarine, and beach deposits forming the modern coastal environment. The Ship Bottom quadrangle is within the 660-square-mile Barnegat Bay watershed. The Barnegat Bay is an important recreational and fishery resource. Improving water quality in the 75-square-mile bay, which has been compromised by rapid urbanization in recent decades, is a top priority of the state.

This category is for high school students.  Entries in this category can be from either an individual or from a group, for example, a class‐based project in which many students participated. Entries should include details of all students, teachers, supervisors, and/or leaders who participated in the work. Entries should also include information about the educational institution or organization (name and address) and the teacher, supervisor, or leader (name and email address) of the person primarily responsible for mentoring the students and overseeing their work.

Sarah Santos, Georgia Pissott: Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science (MATES)

 To map Northern Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) nesting locations with regard to their proximity to frequent flood zones, water bodies, road ways, and infrastructure in Ocean County in order to assess the potential risks that the different nest types/locations may face.

Jacob Jordan: Madison High School

 Both maps were made manually using pixilart, using the wikipedia municipality base map as guidance and using 2010 Census Population data to determine the size of items in the cartogram. Counties are bounded in black and each contiguous color represents a municipality. Each colored pixil in the cartogram (on the right) represents 2,000 people in the 2010 census, with total populations rounded to the nearest 2,000. Towns with less than 1,000 people are still represented with a single pixil.

This category is for thematic maps whose objective is to illustrate a theme or the relationship among several themes and are organized so that the subject stands out above the geographic setting. The focus of these maps is on the structure of the geographic distribution of features or phenomenon that may or may not physically exist on the earth. The maps should should have clear and concise communication of the theme, appropriate reflection of supporting geographic contextual information, and presentation of ancillary information that helps to explain what is on the map or provides information that cannot be portrayed on the map.  The map should be judged based on the overall graphic contiguity, completeness, and clarity of the map or maps with regard to the map scale, intended audience, and intended use.

Noam Aharon: Rutgers University

 For the last four years, the Reason Foundation's Annual Highway Report has ranked New Jersey's roadways last in the country. While there are many factors that contribute to the ranking, there are 3 main metrics: traffic congestion, cost-effectiveness, and pavement conditions. While NJ spends more than any state on its roads and highways, motorists still travel on deteriorating infrastructure and get stuck in endless traffic jams. Wanting to create a map that highlighted the various costs, effects, and dangers associated with traveling on NJ's road system, I decided to focus on commuting. I used the highway gothic font (used on NJ road signs) and various color schemes to invoke the feeling of a dull commute. Through the 3 metrics mentioned above used to calculate overall highway performance, I utilized different symbols and design choices to tell a story of the nation's worst roads.

Hannah Craft: Monmouth University

 Vernal pools are essential breeding habitat of endangered amphibians. Previously, the NJDEP mapped 13,594 vernal pools. To determine which pools should be prioritized for conservation, a framework was applied based on principles that roads impede amphibian migration, upland forest surrounding vernal pools are preferred habitat of amphibians, and assemblages of vernal pools are favorable for amphibian migration between pools. A GIS analysis of vernal pools in NJ was used to quantify the degree of roadway fragmentation, upland forest coverage, and proximity to other vernal pools within amphibian migration distances. The results indicate that the distribution of preferred vernal pools at the state scale is similar regardless of short (117m) or long (368m) migration distances. Vernal pool migration scores are cross-correlated at a range of distances, with preferred vernal pool migration areas in northwestern NJ,

Entries in this category should combine one or more user created web maps with narrative text, images, or multimedia to tell a story. The maps should be judged on their effectiveness in making the subject matter interesting and understandable, engaging user experience and overall design and creativity.  The story map must be hosted in a location that is publicly accessible

Kevin Burkman: Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum

  https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0e84256ba29c44b59effa727c76d9a61   

This Story Map details the movements and key points of the 1911 lynching of African American Zachariah Walker, in Coatesville, PA. It also interprets the land use, buildings, railroads and roads of the era. It also includes key historic events that led up to the lynching, including sections on Jim Crow, the Great Migration, demographics, and the industrial age in Pennsylvania.

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Paul Leakan, Mark DeLorenzo, Tony McNichol: New Jersey Pinelands Commission

  https://arcg.is/1mn5KP0  

The New Jersey Pinelands Commission oversees the administration of the Pine Barrens Scenic Byway, and it created the Pine Barrens Byway StoryMap to help the public plan their excursions along the 130-mile Byway route. The StoryMap features a fully searchable, interactive map of the entire route, along with miniature maps, detailed descriptions, links, and 36 photos of nine featured destinations on the Byway. It has been a powerful tool for boosting awareness of the Byway, while fostering a greater understanding and appreciation of the natural, cultural and historic resources in the Pinelands. The StoryMap was promoted in numerous newspaper articles that were published after the Pine Barrens Byway was designated as a National Scenic Byway in 2021. It can be accessed via the Pinelands Commission's website, the Pine Barrens Byway website and via a QR code on thousands of Byway brochures that are available at locations along the Byway route.

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Roman Senyk, Mark Wong, Jay Kelly, Jessica Ray, Bob Cartica: NJDEP, Office of Natural Lands Mgmt, NJ Natural Heritage Program

  https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8ef3760b8f46470b91847762f10437af  

Once considered lost from New Jersey, this species has made an incredible comeback.

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Lisa Jordan, Jacob Jordan: Drew University

 https://arcg.is/aDb4i1 

A StoryMap visualization of 2020 municipal budget information.

Entries in this category should combine one or more web maps utilizing various tools and geographic analyses. The application should clearly state the problem to be solved or project goals. It should also effectively display or analyze data and include a clear overview of how to use the application and built-in features. The application should be judged on overall design and user experience. The application must be hosted in a location that is publicly accessible.

Christopher Vandenberg, Robert Punk: Evesham Municipal Utilities Authority

  https://lead-service-line-inventory-emua.hub.arcgis.com/  

In 2021, new state laws went into effect regarding lead water service lines and the inventorying of all water service line materials. The very unique requirements have water utilities displaying a publicly accessible map to water service line materials, whether they are lead or not. This presented some challenges, as the EMUA has 17,000 user connections, and we are required to display not only known, but unknown service line material points as well. To meet this requirement, we created a layer out of tax map parcel data and created a rule where selecting a service line material would change the color of the point. The source for the materials information is coming from a combination of the EMUA's routine meter appointment work and customer surveys, which can be found on the same public site as the materials map. This map is intended to be interactive, with addresses searchable, and to last indefinitely, as we receive more materials information.

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Nick Palko, Oscar Mayer, Michael Leggett, Paul Romano: NJDEP/AQES/Air/Bureau of Mobile Sources

  https://njdep.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2a5136ce636249d892d4178c1a12e980  

This mapping shows both current and proposed DCFC locations that are compliant with the EV Law, along with the Community DCFC Location Suitability Score developed for each 2010 Census Tract in the state.

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Tahyr Bayryyev, Mohamed Abdelkader: Stevens Institute of Technology

  https://web.stevens.edu/ismart/land_products/njsoilmoisture.html  

Soil moisture plays an important role in forestry, production agriculture, and natural resources. Monitoring soil moisture can alert us to upcoming droughts or floods. This proposed Google Earth Engine App allows the user to visualize soil moisture estimates from the NASA-USDA Enhanced SMAP Global Soil Moisture Data. The proposed Google Earth Engine App aims to inspect New Jersey's statewide Soil Moisture temporal evolution. Users can generate a time series of average soil moisture estimates over a region of interest. The application will be of use to a wide range of people. For instance, decision-makers can benefit from the generated time series for flood risk assessment and water supply management in New Jersey. Moreover, the application uses automated tools to provide up-to-date soil moisture observations. Therefore, users in farming and agriculture can benefit from the most recent soil moisture retrievals in order to make informed decisions about irrigation practices.

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Office of Fish and Wildlife Information Systems Staff: NJDEP

  https://www.njfishandwildlife.com/cfaexplorer  

To address broader scale planning needs, New Jersey Fish and Wildlife, with input from partners, identified CFAs in New Jersey’s Wildlife Action Plan. CFAs are specific areas of New Jersey’s geography that feature some of the state’s highest value habitats and present important opportunities for effective conservation action. Further, CFAs include important opportunities for habitat connectivity, a critical factor in increasing resilience in a changing landscape. With their rich mix of important habitats and diverse species assemblages, CFAs are designed to represent some of the best opportunities for protecting, restoring, and sustaining New Jersey’s wildlife diversity. This app will make it easier for the public to identify CFAs and address the goals and actions set forth in the New Jersey Wildlife Action Plan.

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Office of Fish & Wildlife Information Systems Staff: NJDEP

  http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/greatfishing  

An interactive web map application of publicly accessible lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. The application includes over 290 waterbodies picked by New Jersey Fish and Wildlife staff as good places to fish in the state. All have sizable populations of desirable species. The interactive map can be used to locate places to fish, and for each waterbody includes a list of the primary sportfish species present, ownership information, whether a permit is required and outboard motors allowed, and if there are other amenities such as boat ramps, swimming areas, picnic areas, and camping.

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Dom Elefante, Louis Lambe, Rocco Mandaglio: Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission

  https://maps.pvsc.com/gisportal/home/  

The PVSC has identified a need to develop a single enterprise platform that takes siloed data across systems; easily integrated and accessible to support plant operations. The overarching vision is to develop a fully integrated smart utility that leverages data combined with intelligence through a graphical user interface to assist staff in making decisions to run a complex utility. To achieve this vision, PVSC has chosen ESRI’s GIS platform. The GIS development uses centimeter-level accuracy for its datasets, hydraulic & 3D models coupled with artificial intelligence for a fully integrated smart utility. Through easily accessible dynamic dashboards, data can be shared quickly for accurate and seamless integrations. As a result, new and inexperienced personnel will now have the data necessary to make informed decisions regarding the infrastructure that would typically require vast institutional knowledge. When complete, the GIS portal will be the central brain of PVSC’s Smart Utility.

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Ryan Gergely: NJDEP

  https://njdep.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/71e62ee3de2d4a6585bf4766881406c6  

This dashboard contains a number of different interactive charts and widgets that enable the user to easily digest information about the climate investments being made by the NJDEP, NJBPU, and NJEDA utilizing funds obtained through quarterly auctions of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Users can see the location and details about specific projects that have been awarded funds, including their projected emissions reductions over time. Further out, users can view trends, such as the overall categories of projects, the sectors of each investment, the breakdown of funds allocated by each agency, and even the year that each project was awarded, so that it can continue to be built out for years to come.

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Marie Cook: NJDEP NJ Forest Fire Service

 https://njdep.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=06ad7ee2b385407199576465bcb948e5 

New Jersey Forest Fire Service (NJFFS) conducts prescribed burns to protect lives, property and natural resources in the state’s wildlands. This land management practice involves the carefully planned, skillful application of fire by a team of experts under specified conditions to achieve specific results. Primarily implemented to mitigate hazardous accumulation of wildland fuels, treatment objectives may also include habitat maintenance and enhancement, improvement of forest health and resiliency, and encouragement of native plant regeneration. This web mapping application serves to notify the public of scheduled and active prescribed burn treatments conducted in New Jersey by NJFFS. Features displayed in the map represent locations throughout the state which have been scheduled to undergo prescribed burn treatments. Both active treatments and those scheduled to take place within the next five days are shown to facilitate public awareness

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Daryl Krasnuk, Vincent Viera: County of Hudson

  https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/ec514090d37c4b05bfc155fb70196ccb  

The new Hudson TMA Transit Web Mapping Application was developed by the Hudson County Office of Digital Information with input from the Hudson County Transportation Management Association. Previous editions of the Hudson TMA Map were made as static maps only—this is the first time the map will be available as an interactive digital product, which will hopefully allow residents to learn more about the transit network available in Hudson County. The application is divided into 8 tabs to aid in navigating different transit options – Local Bus, Light Rail, PATH, New Jersey Transit Trains, New York Buses, Ferries, Park & Ride, and finally a tab with the option to turn on and off whichever transit layers the user wants to called Make Your Own Map. The application also provides hyperlinks to further resources, such as an instruction manual for the app, bus schedules, train schedules, route diagrams, and the Hudson TMA home page.