Data Management and GIS

Principal Investigator: J.Bartholic

A critical component of the campus watershed initiative will be the establishment of a data management which serves as a central storage area for acquired data management system but also helps in communication and information sharing among the various project components.

A web based system which will allow easy access to project goals and objectives,linkages between project components and timelines.All the information will be geo-positioned to facilitate access and analysis according to the components of the project.

Developing an effective watershed management plan for the MSU campus community will also require an assessment of the land use, including the physical,biological,and human resources.The development of a common integrated spatial information system to aid decision makers,planners,or university officials in making science-based decisions on a watershed basis is needed but currently doesn`t exist.A geographic information system (GIS) will provide a means for integrating and linking various data collected from the campus watershed project.

Special Features

• Red Cedar GIS Layers
• MSU Campus GIS Layers
• Outfall Maps
• Digital Watershed Mapping
• Watershed Mapping
• GIS (Interactive)
• RUSLE