Environmental and Cultural Data Products Environmental Data Work Group October 9, 2015 Nathan Wagoner, ICF Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Presentation Overview Cultural Resource Data Update Data Viewer Upgrade Update Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Data and Data Acquisition: Cultural Ongoing Outreach AZ, MT, and WA Seeking EDWG volunteers for outreach to: BC, AB, ID, NM, CA, OR, federal agencies Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Data and Data Acquisition: Cultural Next steps: Continue to acquire State and Federal Data Continue to push for publication of the data ICF/WECC reviewing options as part of the Data Viewer upgrade Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Data Viewer: Analysis Upgrades EDWG Approved Data Viewer Upgrades in Q3: User sketches a hypothetical transmission line The Data Viewer analyzes the transmission line The Data Viewer reports on what the line crosses The Problem?: Current viewer platform inflexibility The Solution?: Switch platforms Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Data Viewer: Current Platform Great for data display! Not so good for developing unique analytics or functions Proprietary Software Difficult/expensive to program solutions Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Data Viewer: New Platform Still great for data display! Flexibility to develop new analytics and functions Open Source software; new apps come online frequently Easy to program solutions to unique problems Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Data Viewer: New Platform New Viewer will include the Functions of the Current Viewer: Environmental Risk Layer Transmission Line Data Additional, informational, Data Layers Roads, Rails NatureServe Species Data Jurisdictional Land Ownership Links to WECC products and data downloads Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Data Viewer: Transmission Line Sketch a line: User sketches a transmission line route based on Risk Category or any other features of interest (e.g., terrain) Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Western Electricity Coordinating Council Data Viewer: Analysis Perform the Analysis Once the User’s line is drawn, the Data Viewer compares the line versus: Risk Classification Categories crossed Risk Score Mitigation Costs And other points of interest Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Western Electricity Coordinating Council Data Viewer: Results Receive the Results User would receive the results of the Analysis CartoDB allows a variety of potential outputs Mix of graphics, statics, and reports will be determined through coordination with WECC and the EDWG during Q4 2015 Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Data Viewer: Results Examples Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Western Electricity Coordinating Council Data Viewer: Schedule PHASE I – Basic Web Map Build Out: Oct PHASE II – Transmission Line Sketching Function: Oct/Nov PHASE III – Analytics and Results Reporting Window: Nov PHASE IV – Finalize and Internal Test Web Map: Nov/Dec PHASE V – WECC and Beta Test Review: early Dec Budget and time permitting, investigate options for a cultural resource data access recording system Western Electricity Coordinating Council

Data Viewer: Analysis Upgrades CartoDB Map Examples: http://graphics.latimes.com/homeless-los- angeles-2015/ http://illustreets.co.uk/explore-england/ https://cartodb.com/gallery/ Western Electricity Coordinating Council

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