Category - Maps

Great examples of maps being used for outreach and engagement

New Hampshire Fish Survey Map
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New Hampshire Fish Survey Map

New Hampshire Fish and Game has conducted surveys of fish species throughout the state since 1983.  These fish surveys have been used to inform New...

EPA's Hurricane Maria Response
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EPA’s Hurricane Maria Response

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria struck the U.S. Virgin Islands as a Category 5 and then Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm, just two weeks...

First Impressions Gorham NH
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First Impressions: Gorham, NH

First Impressions is a community swap assessment program: teams of volunteers in two communities each conduct an assessment of the other community’s...

First Impressions: Somersworth, NH
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First Impressions: Somersworth, NH

First Impressions is a community swap assessment program: teams of volunteers in two communities each conduct an assessment of the other community’s...

Delaware State University Campus Tour map
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Delaware State University Campus Tour

Delaware State University enjoys a long history as one of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Founded in 1891 as the...

Keeping the Great in Great Bay
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Keeping the Great in Great Bay

In the fall of 2015, a group of duck hunters contacted the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) asking for help removing debris from the...

This is New Hampshire
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This is New Hampshire! #ThisIsNH

The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) request your photos with map locations to crowd-source what you love about New...

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Keep The Canyon Grand

The Grand Canyon is a national treasure, spanning 277 miles in length, 18 miles in width and over 6,000 feet deep. It is a also a sacred land...

Buy Fresh Buy Local
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Buy Fresh, Buy Local

Support your local farms! This story map is an incredible guide to the best spots for local and fresh food. From seafood and agricultural businesses...

Boston's Snow Journal
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Boston’s Snow Journal

The Snow Journal tells the story of how the City of Boston managed the record-breaking 110.6 inches of snow accumulation of 2015. It provided...

LakeWatch Monitored Lakes
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LakeWatch Monitored Lakes

This map was created in order to display lakes monitored around the province of Alberta, Canada by the Alberta Lake Management Society’s...

New Hampshire Sea Grant | Seaweed
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Seaweed in New Hampshire

From kelp beer to seaweed salads, the public’s appetite for sea vegetables seems to have grown exponentially over the past few years. N.H. Sea Grant...

SpatiaLABS Web Map
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SpatiaLABS Web Map

The SpatiaLABS Web Map is a story map presenting a collection of GIS lab activities and practices that use data and spatial relationships for...

Lost Detroit
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Lost Detroit

Today the community of Detroit, Michigan is half of the population it once was in the 1950’s and now several beautiful architectures sit and...

Hurricane Matthew Maps | National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
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Hurricane Matthew

Along the path of Hurricane Matthew, disaster response and humanitarian assistance personnel are mobilizing to provide assistance to communities and...

Peterborough NH Trail Map
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Peterborough, NH Trails Map

This Story Map was created to support and compliment Peterborough’s Trail Guide developed by Peterborough’s Open Space Committee (A pdf...

Peterborough NH Trails Tour
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Peterborough, NH Trails Tour

This Story Map was created to support and compliment Peterborough’s Trail Guide developed by Peterborough’s Open Space Committee...

Linking Land and Water
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Linking Land and Water

Water quality and quantity are tied to land use, either directly or indirectly, and our land use choices and actions affect downstream conditions in...

Elliott Bay Seawall
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Elliott Bay Seawall Project

The Elliott Bay seawall of Seattle was created between 1916 and 1936 to accommodate a growing city with access to ports and railroads, while...

Southern California Steelhead
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Southern California Steelhead

The Aquarium of the Pacific of Southern California has an exhibit dedicated to the Steelhead Trout. They emphasize the importance of this species...

Pollinator Spaces Project | Becky Griffin | University of Georgia Extension
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Pollinator Spaces Project

This map tells the story of the Pollinator Spaces Project which provides resources to encourage gardeners to add pollinator habitat to their gardens...

City of Cambridge, GIS and Story Maps
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The Cambridge, MA Story Maps Story

ArcGIS Online offers a wide variety of different tools and applications for the GIS community. Story Maps are especially popular because of their...

GIS in Cambridge, Massachusetts - History
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GIS in Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Geographic Information System (GIS) program has been active in Cambridge, MA since the early 90’s. From the very beginning, the team has...

Adventures in Campus Tree Mapping
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Adventures in Campus Tree Mapping

In Fall 2012 St. John’s University embarked on an Arbor Day Foundation project to be designated as a Tree Campus USA.  Among the requirements...

UConn The Bears Are Back
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Connecticut is “Bear Country”

Black bears (Ursus americanus) have become an unmistakable presence in Connecticut. As their population has grown, these adaptable omnivores have...

Peterborough Perambulation
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Peterborough Perambulation

New Hampshire’s perambulation laws require towns to map their boundaries every seven years. In 2013, mapping staff for the town of Peterborough...

Connecticut's Coast: Then and Now
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Connecticut’s Coast: Then and Now

The Connecticut’s Coast: Then and Now story map guides readers through the comparison of carefully georeferenced, scanned, 1934 aerial photos of...

Oregon State University Seeds to Supper Story Map
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The Seed To Supper Program

The Seed To Supper Program Story Map tells the story & impacts of a beginning gardening program that is offered through Oregon State University...

Lake Champlain Byway
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Lake Champlain Byway

This map shows the various sites that someone visiting the Lake Champlain area might like to discover, including recreational activities, scenic and...

Cambridge Art Open Studios - Story Map- May 2016
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Cambridge Art Open Studios

Cambridge has a growing community of artists and craftspeople working in traditional and contemporary media. Open Arts Studio is a free community...

NH Fish and Game | UNH Cooperative Extension | Taking Action for Wildlife | NH Wildlife Action Plan
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Taking Action for Wildlife

Taking Action for Wildlife is a collaboration between NH Fish and Game and UNH Cooperative Extension to help communities, conservation groups and...

UConn CLEAR | Connecticut's Changing Landscape
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Connecticut’s Changing Landscape

CLEAR has a long history of creating and working with land cover maps. The Connecticut’s Changing Landscape Story Map is the latest medium for...