Maps and Mapping Resources - Chesapeake Bay Program

<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TR> <td align="left" colspan="4"> <h1 align="center"><cfoutput query="GetHeader"><img src="#HEADER_URL#" alt="#SubjectArea#"></cfoutput></h1></td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="4" valign="bottom"> <cfoutput query="GetHeader"><p align="center"><a href="#INFO_TAB_URL#"><img src="../images/tab1a.gif" alt="General Info about #SUBJECTAREA#" border="0"></a><cfif PUBS_TAB_URL IS NOT ""><a href="#PUBS_TAB_URL#&SUBJECTAREA=#SubjectArea#"><img src="../images/tab3b.gif" alt="Publications about #SubjectArea#" border="0"></a></CFIF><cfif STATUS_TAB_URL IS NOT ""><a href="#STATUS_TAB_URL#?SUBJECTAREA=#SUBJECTAREA#"><img src="../images/tab2b.gif" alt="#SubjectArea# Status and Trends" width="107" height="16" border="0"></a></CFIF><cfif GetHeader.MAPS_TAB_URL IS NOT ""><a href="javascript:OpenBayAtlas()"><img src="../images/tab6b.gif" alt="#SubjectArea# Maps" border="0"></a></cfif><cfif DATA_TAB_URL IS NOT ""><a href="#data_tab_url#"><img src="../images/tab5b.gif" alt="#SubjectArea# Data" width="48" height="16" border="0"></a></cfif></cfoutput></td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#E7E7D6"><img src="../images/enda3.gif" alt="enda3.gif (826 bytes)" width="8" height="14"></td><td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#E7E7D6" colspan="3"><img src="../images/endb3.gif" alt="endb3.gif (826 bytes)" width="8" height="14"></td></TR> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#E7E7D6">   </td><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#E7E7D6"> </td><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#E7E7D6"> <div align="center"> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#C6C68C"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><a href="../index.cfm" target="_top">Home</a> > Maps & Mapping</font></td></tr> </table></div><hr noshade> </td><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#E7E7D6">   </td></tr> <tr align="left"> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#E7E7D6">  </td><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#E7E7D6"> </td><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#E7E7D6"> <H3>Mapping the Chesapeake</H3><p>The Chesapeake Bay Program Office frequently uses geographic information system (GIS) software for analysis and display of geographic information (mapping). A variety of map related resources are provided here: </p> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td><UL> <LI><A HREF="#common">Common Map Requests</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="pub_maps.cfm">Access to All Published Maps</A></LI> <LI> <A HREF="#interactive">On-line Interactive Maps</A></LI><LI> <A HREF="#links">Links to Mapping Resources & Data</A></LI><LI><A HREF="geo_faq.cfm">Frequently Asked Bay Geography Questions</A></LI></UL></td> <td align="right"><IMG SRC="../images/mapping.jpg" WIDTH="163" HEIGHT="124" ALT="Above the Bay"></td> </tr> </table> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><IMG SRC="../headers/section_maprequest.gif" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="19"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><B><A NAME="common"></A></B></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="#000066"><IMG SRC="../headers/blueblock.gif" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="16"></TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="150" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4" VALIGN="top"> </TD><TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4"> </TD></TR> <TR VALIGN="middle"> <TD COLSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4"> <TABLE CELLSPACING=10 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4" ALIGN="CENTER"> <TR> <TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="74"> <A HREF="thumbnails/pages/basin_inset.htm" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="thumbnails/Watrshed2.gif" WIDTH="49" HEIGHT="50" ALT="Chesapeake Bay Watershed Basin" BORDER="0"></A><BR> <A HREF = "thumbnails/pages/basin_inset.htm" TARGET="_top"><FONT SIZE="2">Chesapeake Bay Watershed</FONT></A> </TD><TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="84" HEIGHT="74"> <A HREF="thumbnails/pages/inset_huc.htm" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="thumbnails/inset_huc.jpg" BORDER="0" ALT="Chesapeake Bay Watershed Basin in HUCS" WIDTH="66" HEIGHT="54"></A><BR> <A HREF = "thumbnails/pages/inset_huc.htm" TARGET="_top"><FONT SIZE="2">Watershed in HUC units</FONT></A> <BR> </TD><TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="91" HEIGHT="74"> <A HREF="thumbnails/pages/baysubwater.htm" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="thumbnails/baysubwater.jpg" BORDER="0" ALT="Chesapeake Bay Subwatersheds" WIDTH="44" HEIGHT="57"></A><BR> <A HREF = "thumbnails/pages/baysubwater.htm" TARGET="_top"><FONT SIZE="2">Chesapeake Bay Subwatersheds</FONT></A> </TD><TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="85" HEIGHT="74"> <A HREF="thumbnails/pages/baytribs.htm" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="thumbnails/Baytribs.jpg" BORDER="0" ALT="Chesapeake Bay Tributaries" WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="54"></A><A HREF = "thumbnails/pages/baytribs.htm" TARGET="_top"><FONT SIZE="2"><BR> Chesapeake Bay Tributaries</FONT></A> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="64"><A HREF="thumbnails/pages/cbpsegment.htm" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="thumbnails/cbpsegment.jpg" BORDER="0" ALT="CBP Chesapeake Bay Segments" WIDTH="42" HEIGHT="54"><BR> </A> <A HREF = "thumbnails/pages/cbpsegment.htm" TARGET="_top"><FONT SIZE="2">CBP Segments</FONT></A> </TD><TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="84" HEIGHT="64"><A HREF="thumbnails/pages/counties.htm" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="thumbnails/counties.jpg" BORDER="0" ALT="Counties within the Chesapeake Bay" WIDTH="41" HEIGHT="54"><BR> </A><A HREF = "thumbnails/pages/counties.htm" TARGET="_top"><FONT SIZE="2">Counties in the Watershed</FONT></A></TD><TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="91" HEIGHT="64"><A HREF = "thumbnails/pages/fishpass.htm" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="thumbnails/Fishpass.jpg" BORDER="0" ALT="Fish Passage in the Chesapake Bay" WIDTH="39" HEIGHT="52"><FONT SIZE="2"><BR> Fish Passage</FONT></A> </TD><TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="85" HEIGHT="64"> <P><A HREF = "thumbnails/pages/percentpop.htm" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="thumbnails/percentpop.jpg" BORDER="0" ALT="Percent Population Change in the Chesapeake Bay from 1920 to 2020" WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="51"><FONT SIZE="2"><BR> Population Percentages</FONT></A> </P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="center" HEIGHT="6" COLSPAN="4"> <script language="JavaScript">document.writeln('<FORM><SELECT NAME="SelectMenu" onChange="jumpPage(this.form)">'); tot = siteopt.length; for (var i = 1; i <= tot; i++) document.write("<OPTION>" +siteopt[i]); document.writeln('</SELECT>'); if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mozilla/2") != -1) document.writeln('<INPUT TYPE = BUTTON VALUE = "Jump!">'); document.writeln('</FORM>'); </script><B><A HREF="pub_maps.cfm">Access All Published Maps</A></B> </TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="150" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4" VALIGN="top"> </TD><TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4"> </TD></TR> </TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><A NAME="rec"> </A></TD></TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><IMG SRC="../headers/section_imap.gif" WIDTH="174" HEIGHT="19"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><B><A NAME="interactive"></A></B></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="#000066"><IMG SRC="../headers/blueblock.gif" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="16"></TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="150" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4" VALIGN="top"> </TD><TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4"> </TD></TR> <TR VALIGN="middle"> <TD COLSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4"><DIV ALIGN="center"><P ALIGN="left"><B><A HREF="javascript:popWindow2();">Bay Atlas</A>: </B> Bay Atlas is an interactive mapping application for the Chesapeake Bay and its associated 64,000 square-mile drainage basin. This Internet application allows you to create customized maps, and with a click of the mouse, identify a point of interest and view detailed scientific data associated with that location. You can also download your customized map so that it can be incorporated into reports. <P ALIGN="left"> <FORM ACTION="http://maps.chesapeakebay.net/wspdev/wspFind.asp" TARGET="_top"> <DIV ALIGN="left"> <P><B><A HREF="http://www.chesapeakebay.net/wshed.htm" TARGET="_top">Watershed Profiles</A>: </B> Watershed Profiles assembles maps, charts and information that portray the environmental condition of Chesapeake Bay watersheds. This Internet application operates at a variety of scales from the entire 64,000 square mile Chesapeake Bay watershed to small tributary watersheds. Information on landscape changes, Bay Program activities, other organization activities, and places to visit are some of the information displayed in easy to read charts, maps and tables. <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="Level" VALUE=1> <INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=Basno VALUE=1> <INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=Topic VALUE=5> </P></DIV><DIV ALIGN="center"><B>Find A Watershed By:</B> <SELECT NAME=FindBy> <OPTION VALUE="Zip">ZIP Code</OPTION> <OPTION VALUE="Name">Watershed Name</OPTION> <OPTION VALUE="County">County</OPTION> <OPTION VALUE="Mun">Municipality / City</OPTION> </SELECT> <B>Enter Information:</B> <INPUT TYPE=text NAME=SearchText SIZE="15" MAXLENGTH="80"> <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="find" NAME="submit"></DIV></FORM><P ALIGN="left"><A HREF="http://maps.chesapeakebay.net/wqstv/" TARGET="_top"> <B>Water Quality Status and Trends Viewer</B></A><B>:</B> The Water Quality Status & Trends Viewer creates a map of water quality status and trends. Select a water body and enter the monitoring criteria of interest to produce a custom map. A station report provides detail about the station and about the status and trend calculations. </P><P ALIGN="left"><B><A HREF="http://ccrm.vims.edu/output/virginia/intro_oscar.html" TARGET="_top">OSCAR (Oil Spill Cleanup and Response)</A>:</B> Have a question about Oil Spill Cleanup and Response in Chesapeake Bay? Ask OSCAR, an interactive mapping application designed primarily for the Chesapeake Bay coastal region and its unique resource features. During the last several decades, the Chesapeake Bay has experienced several large spill events threatening our environment. The Bay's resources remain vulnerable as they share the coastal area with several large shipping ports, major interstate commerce routes, extensive underground pipelines, industrial facilities, and other areas that have the potential to cause significant environmental damage through accidental spills. </P><P ALIGN="left"><B><A HREF="http://www.baygateways.net/" TARGET="_top">Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network</A></B> - The Gateways networks connects you with the Bay's special places through a system of parks, refuges, museums, historic communities, and water trails. Use this <A HREF="http://maps.chesapeakebay.net/gateways/imsmap.asp" TARGET="_top">interactive mapping tool</A> to find a Chesapeake Bay Gateway facility. </P></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="150" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4" VALIGN="top"> </TD><TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4"> </TD></TR> </TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><A NAME="rec"> </A></TD></TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><IMG SRC="../headers/section_otherresources.gif" WIDTH="174" HEIGHT="19"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><B><A NAME="links"></A></B></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="#000066"><IMG SRC="../headers/blueblock.gif" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="16"></TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="150" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4" VALIGN="top"> </TD><TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4"> </TD></TR><TR><TD COLSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4" VALIGN="top"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="4" CELLPADDING="4"><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.cbrsp.org/" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../images/mapping_feature_cbrsp.gif" WIDTH="87" HEIGHT="108" BORDER="0" ALT="CBRSP"></A></TD><TD>The Chesapeake Bay Remote Sensing Program (CBRSP) has used measurements of ocean color from light aircraft to estimate chlorophyll concentrations in Chesapeake Bay for the past thirteen years. Chlorophyll is a photosynthetic pigment common to microscopic algae - phytoplankton - the main primary producers that comprise the base of the food web in the Bay. (<A HREF="http://www.cbrsp.org/" TARGET="_top">Learn More</A>)</TD></TR></TABLE><H3 ALIGN="LEFT">Other Sites of Interest:<BR></H3></TD></TR> <TR VALIGN="middle"> <TD COLSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4"> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><UL> <LI><A HREF="http://chesapeake.usgs.gov/mapping.html" TARGET="_top">Mapping & GIS</A> - Activities in the Chesapeake Bay Region - United States Geological Society (USGS)</LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.cbrsp.org/" TARGET="_top">The Chesapeake Bay Remote Sensing Program</A> (CBRSP) has used measurements of ocean color from light aircraft to estimate chlorophyll concentrations in Chesapeake Bay for the past thirteen years.</LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.epa.gov/epahome/gis.htm" TARGET="_top">U.S. EPA Geographic Information Systems</A> data and information. </LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.gap.uidaho.edu/" TARGET="_top">GAP</A> The mission of the Gap Analysis Program (GAP) is to provide regional assessments of the conservation status of native vertebrate species and natural land cover types and to facilitate the application of this information to land management activities. </LI><LI><A HREF="http://anchor.ncd.noaa.gov" TARGET="_top">NOAA Historical Map and Chart Collection</A></LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.csc.noaa.gov/shoreline/" TARGET="_top">NOAA Coastal Services Center</A> Shoreline Mapping Information and Data.</LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.nps.gov/gis/" TARGET="_top">National Park Service Geographic Information Systems</A> Data and Information.</LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.census.gov" TARGET="_top">U.S. Census Bureau</A> Information and Data.</LI><LI><A HREF="http://wetlands.fws.gov/" TARGET="_top">U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory</A> - information, on-line mapping and data.</LI><LI><A HREF="http://landcover.usgs.gov/nationallandcover.html" TARGET="_top">USGS National Land Cover Characterization Project</A> (MRLC and NLCD data).</LI><LI><A HREF="http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/glis/hyper/guide/usgs_dlg" TARGET="_top">USGS Digital Line Graph Data</A></LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.pasda.psu.edu/" TARGET="_top">Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access</A> (PASDA). Pennsylvania's official geospatial information clearinghouse and National Spatial Data Infrastructure node.</LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html" TARGET="_top">The National Spatial Data Infrastructure</A> (NSDI) encompasses policies, standards, and procedures for organizations to cooperatively produce and share geographic data.</LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.chesapeakebay.net/data/data_desc.cfm?DB=CBP_GIS" TARGET="_top">Chesapeake Bay Program GIS Data Clearinghouse</A></LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.asprs.org/" TARGET="_top">American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing</A></LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.scgis.org/" TARGET="_top">Society for Conservation GIS</A></LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/esi/1997/02/CORE.htm" TARGET="_top">Land Use and Land Cover</A>: Using Geographic Information Systems to develop a Sense of Place</LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/giswww.html" TARGET="_top">GIS WWW Resource List</A></LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.geog.umd.edu/landcover/resac/" TARGET="_top">Mid-Atlantic RESAC</A></LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.cast.uark.edu/local/hunt/index.html" TARGET="_top">The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies</A></LI><LI><A HREF="http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/giscoll/US_fedlistings.html" TARGET="_top">US Federal Agencies and Departments data</A></LI><LI><A HREF="http://nemo.uconn.edu/" TARGET="_top">The Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials Project</A> (NEMO) is educational program for local land use officials that addresses the relationship of land use to natural resource protection. Uses GIS to illustrate the impact of land use planning decisions on water quality.</LI></UL></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="150" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4" VALIGN="top"> </TD><TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#D3D3B4"> </TD></TR> </TABLE><BR><hr noshade> <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">To bookmark this page, please use this URL:<a href="http://www.chesapeakebay.net/maps.htm" target="_top">http://www.chesapeakebay.net/maps.htm</a></font></p><p align="center"><font size="2">For more information, contact the Chesapeake Bay Program Office:<br> 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109, Annapolis, MD 21403 / Tel: (800) YOUR-BAY / Fax: (410) 267-5777</font><font size="2">.</font></p><p align="center"><font size="2"><a href="../termsofuse.htm" target="_top">Terms of Use</a> | <a href="../privacypolicy.htm" target="_top">Privacy Policy</a> | <a href="../comments.htm" target="_top">Contact Us<br> </a></font><font size="2"><a href="http://www.chesapeakebay.net/directions.htm" target="_top"> Directions to the Bay Program Office</a></font><br> <a href="http://www.chesapeakebay.net/cims" target="_top"><img src="../images/cims1.gif" height="19" width="51" border="0" align="left" vspace="10" alt="Chesapeake Information Management System (CIMS) "></a><a href="javascript:print()"><img src="../images/print.gif" width="31" height="38" border="0" alt="Print Current Page" align="right"></a><br> <font size="2">Last modified: 03/14/02</font></p></td><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#E7E7D6">   </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#E7E7D6"><img src="../images/endc3.gif" alt="endc3.gif (827 bytes)" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="14"></td><td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#E7E7D6" colspan="3"><img src="../images/endd3.gif" alt="endd3.gif (827 bytes)" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="14"></td></tr> </table></div> </body>