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2008

July 28 - Moved zip data files (except flood ones) to anonymous FTP site: ftp://www.ecy.wa.gov/gis_a
June 20: - Added missing event tables to Hydro 100k zip file
June 19 - Added alphabetical navigation to GIS Data page table.
June 3 - Exchange Network Meeting, 5/1/2008 PDF document added
May 14 - Upper level GIS Webpages updated with new Ecology templates.
May 1 - Washington State Farm Soil maps
March 12 - Land Cover Change data files moved to FTP site
February 19 - Added shapefile, Seasonal Temperatures, Waters Requiring Supplemental Spawning and Incubation Protection for Salmonid Species
January 23 - Error corrected in Slope Stability shapefile

2007

November 29 - Updates made to Tribal shapefile
October 17 - Added Washington Shared Hydrography Framework Project page (superseeds Hydrology Framework 24k, Eastern Washington & Western Washington Framework pages)
September 20 - Added metadata for Well Log Locations GIS layer
June 29 - Hot links in Tribal Lands and Ecology Regions maps
June 18 - Changed GIS Services webpage to GIS Projects
June 6 - Corrections/additions made to USGS River Miles shapefile
May 31 - Updated Salmonid Stock Inventory (SaSI) Fish maps
May 24 - New shapefile: USGS River Miles
May 9 - Minor attribute update (SMA) made to Marine Shorelines layer
May 8 - Added Public Land Survey information (section/township/range) to the County Major Public Lands maps
March 29 - Added new HWRSVP category to Facility Site Interaction Table
February 22 - Corrected error in Booms database
February 14 - Washington Location Finder Project
February 6 - Added NAD 27 to NAD 83 HARN projection question to FAQ
January 8 - New Ambient shapefile

2006

December 20 - Correction to Tribal shapefile
September 20 - Updated Rivers shapefile
August 22 - Statewide map for Legislative Districts/Counties/WRIAs
July 11 - Statewide maps for Counties/WRIAs and Tribal Reservation maps
May 22 - Data for Western Washington Land Cover Change Analysis Project available
March 31 - Eliminated on-line data agreement for data downloads
March 22 - Updated GRP layer: Booms
March 1 - Removed old 1998 303(d) data (2004 data available)
February 23 - Included ArcGIS layer files (in zip file) for use with Marine Oil Spill Planning shapefiles
January 18 - Washington Location Finder Project Plan for the GeoJarpa
January 12 - Three new datasets for Marine Oil Spill Planning
January 5 - 303(d) maps updated with the final 2004 data

2005

December 22 - Updated dataset: 2004 303(d) Final List of Impaired and Threatened Water Bodies
November 2 - Updated CO, Ozone, & PM 10 shapefiles. As of September 26, 2005 there are no longer any areas of Washington designated as "NONATTAINMENT."
October 24 - GIS data file format changed from coverages to shapefiles
October 24 - Updates to Major Public Lands maps: WRIA & COUNTY
October 19 - GIS Training page eliminated, classes now sponsered by DOP
October 12 - Updates to Major Public Lands maps: WRIA & COUNTY
October 3 - New webpage for the Eastern Washington Hydrology Framework Integration Project
August 5 - New item added to SHORELINES to code shoreline type
June 16 - Updates made to GNIS layer (see process_step in metadata)
June 15 - Added campgrounds and boat launches to Major Public Lands maps: WRIA & County versions
June 7 - Coding error fixed in SMA_PNTS & SMA_STRM for Nisqually and Toutle Rivers
June 6 - New dataset: 2004 03(d) Candidate List of Impaired and Threatened Water Bodies
May 23 - New datasets: Proposed Shoreline Management Act (SMA & SSS) layers
May 11 - Earthquake Liquefaction and National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) maps removed from site
April 5 - Attributes updated for Air Quality Particulates (PM10) layer
April 1 - New county map series: Earthquake Liquefaction and National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)
March 22 - New GIS class: Working with ArcGIS 9.0 for Natural Resources

2004

October 27 - Western Washington Hydrology Framework 24k webpage added
October 26 - New January Arcview 9 class added
June 9 - Added driftcell descriptive text files to Driftcells (zip file)
May 18 - New September Arcview 9 class added
May 12 - New maps: Washington Zip Codes by county and a statewide topography map
April 15 - FEMA movie about Digital Flood Maps
April 7 - New coverage: Shoreline Slope Stability (slopestab)
March 24 - Updated WRIA Population Density maps
March 8 - Changed datum standard to NAD 83 HARN (feet)
February 9 - DAMS coverage updated
January 22 - Updated Major Public Lands County maps
January 21 - Updated Major Public Lands WRIA maps
January 15 - New coverage: Net-Shore Drift (driftcells)

2003

November 14 - Changed icons in the GIS Data page for dataset that have their own separate webpage: Flood, 303(d), and Hydro
November 4 - Put a link to Environmental Information Management (EIM) viewer on the GIS Applications page
October 6 - Added Basics of ArcView 8 class (January 13, please note price increase)
September 24 - GIS Application, Section 303(d) unavailable, to be replaced soon
August 20 - New statewide Averaged Temperatures Maps by month
August 6 - Added link for the Hydrography Framework Project - Hydro Clearinghouse
July 31 - Update to carbon monoxide nonattainment area for Spokane (CO coverage)
July 23 - New Dairy 2003 Coverage
July 3 - New page for statewide maps, new precipitation maps
June 11 - New ArcView 8 classes added; ArcView 3 x class eliminated
June 2 - Added new Major Public Lands Maps for counties
May 30 - Added new ArcView 8 classes and new Population Density Maps for counties
May 22 - Added acreage figures table for Major Public Lands and Land Cover
May 14 - Added Population Density WRIA maps
May 12 - Washington Well Log Viewer link added
April 15 - Update to Major Public Lands WRIA maps (added airports)
April 8 - Added new ArcGIS class (July 8)
April 4 - New FEMA Q3 Flood WRIA Maps added
March 26 - Added Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database
March 25 - FEMA Q3 Flood Data added
March 20 - Minor update to TRIBAL coverage
March 3 - Added new ArcGIS class (May 20)
February 19 - Updated WRIA Major Public Lands (MPL) maps

2002

December 30 - Added new ArcGIS class (April 22)
November 19 - Updated 1998 303(d) coverage, WC_LIST, and maps (WRIAs 15 and 34)
October 9 - New ArcView 8 class added in January 2003
September 30 - Updated SMA-STRM coverage (added missing Cedar River to Lake Washington link)
September 9 - Updated Ambient coverage
August 20 - Minor update to Tribal coverage (added parcels to Squaxin Tribe)
August 16 - Made structural change to website, data links to all data on data htm. Eliminated GIS Project page, moved contents to GIS Services page
August 6 - Interactive GIS page eliminated, contents moved to the GIS Applications page
August 1 - Added a cross reference index to find WRIA theme maps by WRIA number
July 24 - Added topographic WRIA maps
July 1 - Online digital data license agreement initiated
June 24 - Added PDF maps for Salmonid Stocking Inventory (SaSI)
June 20 - New ArcGIS training classes
June 5 - Added a web browser viewer for Section 303(d) Listed Water Bodies
May 13 - Enabled weekly updates for FACILITY and STATIONS coverages
April 15 - Added a viewer for Facility Site Atlas
April 16 - Straightened out the Canada, Idaho, and Oregon boundaries in WRIA and COUNTY
February 27 - Added WRIA maps with latitude and longitude
February 19 - Added Land Cover Type WRIA maps
February 11 - WRIA Maps page reorganized
February 8 - 303(d) Maps added
February 5 - Township/Range/Section Maps added
January 2 - Added GIS Standards webpage

2001

November 9 - New ArcView 8 classes added
November 5 - Updated FACILITY and STATIONS coverage
October 17 - Added to WRIA maps section, statewide black and white WRIA maps in PDF, JPG, EPS, and TIFF formats
October 10 - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section added
October 8 - New GIS layer Shore
September 24 - Removed GIS datasets DAMS and DOHWELLS
August 13 - Added GIS layer Dairy Farms 2001

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