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Name of Atlas tool:OasisNYC.net
URL:http://www.oasisnyc.net/
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For general questions about the NYC OASIS Cooperative contact: Matthew H. Arnn, NE Area Regional Landscape Architect
USDA Forest Service
26 Federal Plaza, Room 3513
New York, New York 10278
212-542-7134
marnn@fs.fed.us
For specific questions about the OASIS interactive maps contact: OASIS, Center for Urban Research
The Graduate Center/CUNY
365 Fifth Ave., Room 6202
New York, NY 10016
212-817-2033
oasisnyc@gc.cuny.edu
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Geographic coverage:5 boroughs of NYC, plus Westchester, and Bergen, Hudson, Passaic, Essex, Union, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties in NJ.
Thematic coverage:
  • Aerial photos and imagery, including classified landcover
  • Boundaries and labels
    • Town/neighborhood, county/borough, community districts, city council districts
  • Transportation
    • Highways/Major roads
    • Subway stations and routes
    • Ferry stops and routes
  • Parks, Playgrounds & Open Space
    • NYC Parks, NJ State Parks, NY State Parks, open space, community gardens, playgrounds, green spaces along streets, golf courses, baseball/soccer fields, tennis/basketball courts and tracks, cemeteries, greenmarkets
  • Property and Land Use
    • Block/lot boundaries, building footprints, piers, NYCHA properties, schools, historic houses, zoning boundaries (1&2 family residential, commercial, etc.)
  • Trees
    • Greening for breathing trees, neighborhoods trees, NJ forested areas
  • Environmental characteristics
    • HEP Acquisition sites, HEP restoration sites, living memorials to 9/11, stewardship organization, stewardship spheres, natural areas, forever wild sites, wildlife refuges, federal land, superfund and other remedial sites
  • Water and Wetlands
    • Waterfront access points (boating, fishing, etc.), streams, lakes, waterbodies, beaches, aquifers, freshwater wetlands, national wetlands inventory (estuarine, lacustrine, etc.), tidal wetlands (formerly connected, fresh marsh, etc.), coastal storm impact zones
Detailed description:Open Accessible Space Information System Cooperative (OASIS NYC) is comprised of private and public sector representatives that seek to develop an accessible information system that helps enhance the stewardship of open space so these areas are linked, diverse and sustainable for the benefit of all people, organisms, and ecosystems in and around New York City.

The New York City Open Accessible Space Information System Cooperative (OASIS) is a partnership of more than 30 federal, state, and local agencies, private companies, academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations to create a one-stop, interactive mapping and data analysis application via the Internet to enhance the stewardship of open space for the benefit of New York City (NYC) residents.

How: A community-based undertaking, local organizations design and test the first city wide, web-based, open space mapping resource for NYC. OASIS facilitates and focuses the delivery of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) resources to provide timely and accurate information about the green infrastructure of NYC.

What OASIS Will Do:OASIS will enable NYC community residents, for the first time, to:
  • create maps of open space by zip code, borough, tax block and lot, and/or neighborhood;
  • identify key open space resources within or near a user- defined area;
  • locate these resources by name, type, and other attributes in addition to geographic-based searches;
  • identify other natural resources and landmarks near or adjacent to open spaces in the city;
  • calculate statistics based on open space patterns by zip code, borough, tax block and lot, and/or neighborhood;
  • undertake “what if” scenarios, such as, what would my neighborhood look like if these vacant lots remained community gardens, or how would new bike lanes or bus routes improve my access to a park in the Bronx?; and
  • use other mapping and data analysis tools.
Why:OASIS is based on the belief that a common, free, open space inventory – really a web-based GIS mapping resource – is invaluable to NYC’s greening and planning communities. In NYC and across the Nation, GIS and other GeoData Systems are critical planning tools for enhanced spatial visualization and data analysis. They integrate socioeconomic profiles and demographic analysis with data set creation, strategic mapping and comprehensive community and regional planning services. GIS is an invaluable resource for environmental, design, health, safety, economic and planning decision making.
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Name of Atlas tool:LandScope America
URL:http://www.landscope.org/preview/Home.html
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Geographic coverage:Nation-wide; currently more in-depth data available for Colorado, Florida, Maine, Virginia, and Washington
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Detailed description:Our Goal: To inspire and inform collaborative place-based conservation in the U.S. by increasing the pace and effectiveness of land-protection investments in every state.
LandScope America — a collaborative project of NatureServe and the National Geographic Society — is a new online resource for the land-protection community and the public. Planned for release in fall 2008, LandScope America will bring together maps, data, photography and information about our environment from a variety of sources and present them in dynamic and accessible formats. That NatureServe and the National Geographic Society have partnered to develop this resource is no coincidence. NatureServe fulfills its clear mission — to provide the scientific basis for effective conservation action — by sharing the information developed by a network of member programs that contains nearly 1,000 conservation experts and field scientists in every state. Since 1888, the National Geographic Society has traveled the Earth and shared amazing stories with each new generation, inspiring people to care about the planet. Together, the two organizations are leveraging their respective strengths to help others dramatically increase the pace and effectiveness of conservation in the United States.
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