Environmental and Cultural Data Products Environmental Data Work Group October 9, 2015 Nathan Wagoner, ICF W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

Presentation Overview Cultural Resource Data Update Data Viewer Upgrade Update 2 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

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 3 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

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 4 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

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 5 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

Data Viewer: Current Platform 6 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL Great for data display! Not so good for developing unique analytics or functions Proprietary Software Difficult/expensive to program solutions

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 7 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

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 8 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

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) 9 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

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 10 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

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 Q W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

Data Viewer: Results Examples 12 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

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 13 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

Data Viewer: Analysis Upgrades Carto DB Map Examples : angeles-2015/ angeles-2015/ W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL

Questions? 15 W ESTERN E LECTRICITY C OORDINATING C OUNCIL