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2012

January 25 - Added FEMA DFIRM metadata for individual counties.

2011

December 30 - WRIA layer updated (WRIAs 8 & 9, Rock Creek, King County).
December 19 - Updated DAMS layer.
October 12 - Added 3 new GIS layers: Major NHD Areas, Streams, & Waterbodies. They replace the Lakes and the Rivers layers.
October 10 - Puget Sound (wide) Water Quality Map added to Puget Sound Watershed Characterization Project webpage.
October 3 - Water Quality PDF maps for WRIAs 1-7 added to Puget Sound Watershed Characterization Project webpage.
September 29 - Water Quality PDF maps for WRIAs 8-19 added to Puget Sound Watershed Characterization Project webpage.
September 20 - New webpage for Puget Sound Watershed Characterization Project.
September 15 - Updated City UGA layer.
June 30 - New layer: Washington Public Beach Access Points
June 8 - Updated USGS River Miles metadata to include links to related PDF documents produced by the Pacific Northwest River Basins Commission, Hydrology and Hydraulics Committee.
June 1 - Updated Lake Bathymetry metadata to include links to source documents, Reconnaissance Data on Lakes in Washington, Water Supply Bulletin 43, Volumes 1 - 7.
May 24 - Added ecology.kmz file for showing Ecology's location on Google and Bing Maps.
April 28 - Added download instructions and watershed basin map (PDF) to help users of the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD).
April 19 - Western and Eastern Washington 24k Hydrography Framework Integration Project folders/pages moved to Past GIS Projects.
April 18 - Washington Hydrography Framework Project - 100k pages moved to Past GIS Projects.
April 14 - Washington Shared Hydrography Project webpage updated.
April 13 - City/UGA layer updated
April 8 - New Layer: Landuse - 2010 Statewide
January 6 - Adopted SMA Arcs and Polygon layers updated.
January 5 - New layer: City and Urban Growth Areas

2010

November 2 - New layer: Areas of Extreme Concern (Invasive Species, 3 layers).
October 26 - Water Well Logs shapefile updated.
October 13 - New Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM) now available for downloading (for the counties that have been released by FEMA).
September 30 - Updated SMA layers for adopted arcs & polygons and for suggested points, arcs & polygons.
September 29 - USGS Quadrangle boundary layers available for download.
July 29 - New layer: Automobile Emission Check Areas of Washington.
May 11 - Tribal shapefile updated: new Chehalis Reservation boundary.
April 14 - Updated layer: Shoreline Public Access.
April 6 - 1991 shapefile for Impervious Basins (landcover) replaced by 1986 version.
March 22 - Water Well Logs layer updated.
March 16 - 2006 Canopy & Impervious images added.
March 12 - Adopted SMA Polygons error fixed (too many polygons; should only be 876).
March 8 - 1986 Impervious Landcover image added.
March 3 - New Land Use maps (PDF format) by county.
January 29 - Link for 100k Hydrography Framework changed to point to Horizon Systems Corporation. Ecology no longer maintains the dataset.

2009

December 22 - Updated GNIS
November 16 - Updated Adopted Shoreline Arcs and Adopted Shoreline Polygons
November 4 - Updated Adopted Shoreline Arcs
November 3 - Updated Adopted Shoreline Polygons
October 29 - Updated (3) layers for Geographic Response Plans for Marine Oil Spills
October 20 - Updated all SMA Shoreline layers: SMA, Adopted SMA, & Suggested SMA
October 13 - Updated layer: Shoreline Public Access
October 6 - Western Washington Land Cover Change Analysis Project: updated land cover images.
October 5 - Vertical Datum NAVD-88 adopted
September 1 - Updated layer: Shoreline Public Access
June 24 - New layer: Water Well Logs
May 5 - New layers: Shoreline Management Act - Adopted Streams and Rivers and Adopted Waterbodies
April 22 - New layer: Shoreline Management Act - Lakes & Wetlands - Polygons
April 14 - New layer: Washington Master Sample
April 10 - New layer: Suggested Shoreline Polygons
April 1 - Tribal shapefile updated
March 25 - New shoreline layers: Suggested Shoreline Points and Suggested Shoreline Arcs. Replaces the SMA & SSS layers.
March 24 - Tribal shapefile updated
March 23 - Hydrography Framework 24k data link changed to the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) 24k.
March 2 - 2008 303(b) Report & 303(d) List of Impaired and Threatened Water Bodies updated.
February 23 - New datasets: 2008 303(b) Report & 303(d) List of Impaired and Threatened Water Bodies

2008

December 15 - Updated Washington Marine Shorelines Public Access shapefile.
December 10 - Shapefiles SMA-PNTS and SMA-STRM returned to Data page.
December 8 - Added new shapefile: Washington Marine Shorelines Public Access.
October 14 - Updated Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) layer.
October 10 - Shapefiles SMA-PNTS and SMA-STRM deleted due to new rule change: WAC 173-18-044. Please contact Don Bales, Shoreline Management Specialist, SEA Program, voice: 360-407-6528, fax: 360-407-6902, if you need further information.
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 (supersedes 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

Page last revised: January 25, 2012 16:39 by Rich Kim

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