Interactive Mapping

with Google Maps

Grand County Colorado (Google Maps Version)

This is a Google Maps viewer that displays ecosystem service "hotspots" in Grand County, Colorado. The data was collected from Grand County residents in 2010 in an exploratory study to determine the strengths and weaknesses of using PPGIS for identifying ecosystem services. The study was completed in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey and the Center for Spatial Information at Central Washington University. Click on the different map "layers" to display the different ecosystem service hotspots in Grand County. Several "threat" hotspots from wildfire and human development are also shown.

Greater Alpine Region (Google Maps Version)

This is a prototype Google Maps viewer that displays visitor experiences and perceived environmental impacts in national parks and historic areas in the Greater Alpine Region of Victoria, Australia. The data was collected in 2009 for Parks Victoria, the state agency that manages national parks in Victoria, to assist in developing a comprehensive park plan for the region. This application allows you to display different visitor experience and impact data layers while maintaining the full functionality of Google Maps (zoom, pan, different map views).

Greater Alpine Region (Google Earth Version)

This map viewer uses the Google Earth interface which provides for 3D viewing of park experiences and impacts in national parks and historic areas in the Greater Alpine Region of Victoria, Australia. If you do not have the browser "plug-in" for Google Earth, you will be prompted to download the plug-in.