ChesapeakeView News

CBP Land Use/Land Cover Project

 Chesapeake Conservancy, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and University of Vermont Spatial Analysis Lab (UVM SAL) are collaborating, with funding from the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP), to produce 1-meter resolution land cover and land use/land cover datasets for the Chesapeake Bay watershed regional area (206 counties, over 250,000 km2). These data are foundational, authoritative, and transformative looks at the landscape and its management throughout the region

The Unseen Traveler: From Air To Water--Pollution

Online tool will help restoration partners rebuild oyster reefs An online mapping tool is now available to help resource managers and restoration partners rebuild oyster reefs in the Chesapeake Bay. Released this month by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Oyster Decision Support Tool displays a range of information relevant to oyster restoration, from historic reef boundaries and maps of the seafloor to the rate of oyster disease, death and spatfall on bars in Maryland waters.

Chesapeake Bay Open Data Portal

The Chesapeake Bay Program Open Data Portal provides access to many different data sets and applications related to the Bay. These include the Chesapeake Bay Landuse Viewer, the Eco Relationship Browser, and the Sea Level Rise Viewer.

ChesapeakeView Presentation

The ChesapeakeView team presented at the AmericaView meeting in Washington DC on March 2, 2010. This was the first formal presentation of the project to a larger audience. The purpose of the presentation was to familiarize other AmericaView members with the project and to gather input into further development. Click here to view the presentation.