Maps - Digital Data and Local Knowledge
Maps help us to communicate our ideas about places in a visual way that words sometimes cannot.
By using various forms of maps, dialogue about siting wave energy facilities along the Oregon coast can be enriched, by providing robust data about the environmental character of the Oregon coast, its flora and fauna, it people and history, and its economy.
This page provides links to existing mapped information about the Oregon coast and will eventually provide opportunities for additional public participation, by allowing stakeholders the ability to generate their own maps and create features on maps that represent an individuals cognitive understanding of places along the Oregon coast.
PUBLISHED MAPS
Maps of proposed wave energy sites off of the Oregon Coast as of July 2007:
- Ocean Power Technology (OPT) - Newport
- Ocean Power Technology (OPT) - Reedsport
- Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) - Coos Bay
- Energetech - Florence
- Finavera - Bandon
- Lincoln County
- Douglas County
- Tillamook County
All of the above maps are static cartographic maps. OWARE's idea is to find the coordinates of the exact sites and make these maps GIS interactive, which will allow the site viewers to directly add their comments and knowledge about each proposed site. In that way, we are hoping to develop a truely participatory GIS experience. Stay tuned!
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INTERACTIVE MAPS
Best for beginners. Useful for creating quick maps using existing internet-based mapping applications, for those who do not have desktop GIS applications.
- Oregon Coastal Atlas
- PACOOS - West Coast Habitat Portal
- Interagency Working Group on Ocean & Coastal Mapping
FTP & GIS DATA DOWNLOADS
Useful for obtaining GIS datasets for those who have access to robust GIS applications such as Mapserver or ArcGIS.