Interactive Mapping
The three web-based mapping sites available via RRIIS were built using ESRI's ArcIMS software and currently work best with Internet Explorer 5.5 or later on Windows 98SE or later. The first two RRIIS web mapping sites also work with Netscape 7.0 / Firefox 1.0 or latter on Windows 2000 or later.
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Site number 1: General Russian River site
This site provides a large number of spatial or Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data layers, most of which cover the entire Russian River basin. It uses the standard RRIIS ArcIMS interface with a full suite of tools and data layers. Users can zoom in on their particular areas of interest and identify features, print maps, and load and unload multiple data layers.
The data layers include standard base layers in the "Geography"folder, field data, locations of restoration projects, imagery (such as digital orthophotos and USGS topographic maps), and spatial data from local watershed groups.
Site number 2: Dutch Bill Creek watershed site
This site is an example of how spatial data can be displayed for a single watershed, the Dutch Bill Creek watershed. It highlights some data layers from the Dutch Bill Creek watershed group, and uses the standard RRIIS ArcIMS interface.
Due to the time involved in creating and maintaining web-based mapping sites for invididual watersheds, the RRIIS development team is now focusing on improving the general Russian River site and the easy-to-use four-button site. The goal is that users will visit one of these basin-wide sites and then zoom in to their watershed. The development team is also planning on adding tools that will make it easier for users to zoom in on their watershed.
Site number 3: Easy-to-use four button site
This site has four buttons that provide easy access to different views of data relating to restoration, salmonid distribution, salmonid habitat, and background watershed information. It is intended to provide the non-expert or beginning user a simple way to investigate spatial data related to their watersheds and the whole basin. This site users a simplied version of the RRIIS ArcIMS interface.
