Presentation Abstract
As part of the Beach Strategies project developed by the Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program (ESRP), Puget Sound Partnership, ESRP, and Coastal Geologic Services (CGS) developed a geospatial framework to integrate nearshore data for analyses. The Beach Strategies project developed a geodatabase to inform restoration and protection planning. The Nearshore Geospatial Framework was designed as a companion structure to the Beach Strategies data to facilitate consistent and scalable units of analysis across the region-wide dataset. The framework is a series of consistent polygons with variable characteristics in both aquatic and inland areas of the nearshore. The polygon structures include variable buffer widths for the aquatic and nearshore, and contributing upland areas for shoretypes and drift cells. In addition to providing analytical structure, the framework also links to existing long term monitoring spatial datasets. The Nearshore Geospatial Framework was developed to succeed the PSNERP Change Analysis framework which is not compatible with the Beach Strategies geodatabase due to updated drift cell mapping.
Session Title
Coordinating Regionally Accepted Nearshore Geospatial Data
Keywords
Nearshore, GIS
Conference Track
SSE15: Data and Information Management
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2018 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
SSE15-466
Start Date
6-4-2018 10:30 AM
End Date
6-4-2018 10:45 AM
Type of Presentation
Oral
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Shore protection--Washington (State)--Puget Sound--Planning; Coastal zone management--Washington (State)--Puget Sound; Restoration ecology--Washington (State)--Puget Sound
Geographic Coverage
Puget Sound (Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Included in
Fresh Water Studies Commons, Marine Biology Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons
Developing a nearshore geospatial framework for recovery assessment and planning
As part of the Beach Strategies project developed by the Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program (ESRP), Puget Sound Partnership, ESRP, and Coastal Geologic Services (CGS) developed a geospatial framework to integrate nearshore data for analyses. The Beach Strategies project developed a geodatabase to inform restoration and protection planning. The Nearshore Geospatial Framework was designed as a companion structure to the Beach Strategies data to facilitate consistent and scalable units of analysis across the region-wide dataset. The framework is a series of consistent polygons with variable characteristics in both aquatic and inland areas of the nearshore. The polygon structures include variable buffer widths for the aquatic and nearshore, and contributing upland areas for shoretypes and drift cells. In addition to providing analytical structure, the framework also links to existing long term monitoring spatial datasets. The Nearshore Geospatial Framework was developed to succeed the PSNERP Change Analysis framework which is not compatible with the Beach Strategies geodatabase due to updated drift cell mapping.
