Outcomes & Impacts

On-Target Seminar

In the first full week of October each year (dating back to 2001), many NGTEN Geospatial Extension Specialists converge on Salt Lake City to help conduct the On-Target Seminar and Fellowship Program. This unique educational model (developed by Utah's Dr. Phil Rasmussen) provides 5 days of intensive training to 15-20 highly motivated Extension agents from across the country . . . (more)

Changing Landscape and Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR)

The land cover change portion of Connecticut's Changing Landscape provides basic information about the growth of developed land during the period 1985 to 2002. Four directly comparable land cover datasets, from 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2002, allow users, for the first time, to visualize and quantify, landscape change in Connecticut . . . (more)

RangeView: Geospatial Tools for Natural Resource Management

The RangeView website provides applications for viewing, animating, and analyzing satellite imagery in order to monitor vegetation dynamics through time and across landscapes. RangeView is simple to use and valuable for natural resource managers, land owners, educators, and researchers . . . (more)

Impervious Surface Analysis Tool

The Impervious Surface Analysis Tool (ISAT) is a free decision support tool designed to calculate the percent area of a watershed that is covered by impervious surfaces.  ISAT is simple to use and helps water resource and land use planners and managers assess existing water quality conditions.  ISAT was developed through a collaboration between the Geospatial Technology Program . . . (more)

The Virginia Geospatial Newsletter

In partnership with the Virginia Geographic Information Network. Outcomes and impacts include . . .
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Supporting Watershed Restoration in Virginia

The 2000 Chesapeake Bay Agreement calls for every child in the Bay watershed to have a meaningful Bay experience by 2005, and for the restoration of 10,000 river miles by 2010 . . . (more)