the lake champlain basin atlas: an online portal to watershed exploration and education

The Lake Champlain Basin Atlas

An Online Portal to Watershed Exploration and Education

NACIS 2016

www.lcbp.org/atlasdev

• Background• The Old…• The New…• Nuts and Bolts• Place-Stories• A New Age?

Today’s Road Map

Lake Champlain Basin Program

The Atlas

Audiences

Audiences

Audiences

Audiences

Audiences

Audiences

Goals

• Classroom resources for educators• Source for student research• Access to geospatial data• General education and outreach• Integrate maps/geospatial in E&O efforts

• Consistency with LCBP “Brand”

The Old...

The New...

The New...

• WordPress CMS • ArcGIS & QGIS• Leaflet/Mapbox• TileMill• Creative Suite

Nuts and Bolts

Place Stories

“No place is a place until things that have happened in it are remembered in history, ballads, yarns, legends, or monuments.”

Wallace StegnerThe Sense of Place

Place Stories

Place Stories

…or maps.

Place Stories

Place Stories

Place Stories

Place Stories

Place Stories

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Place Stories

Challenges & Considerations

• Data• Old computers• Teachers schedules

Atlases in the Digital Age

More Questions than Answers

• Mobile?• Print?• Content?

Credits

Thank you!

Ryan Mitchellrmitchell@lcbp.org802-372-0212