Hudson River Watershed Alliance (HRWA) GIS Mapping Project

37 Thematic Maps and a Structured Geodatabase for Two New York Watersheds

Overview

The Hudson River Watershed Alliance needed a comprehensive mapping resource for the Sparkill Creek and Roe Jan watersheds that could support technical planning, stakeholder conversations, grant writing, advocacy, and public education. Green Goat Maps combined GIS analysis, cartographic design, data organization, metadata development, and stakeholder engagement into one coordinated project.

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Scope of Work

Green Goat Maps created 19 thematic maps for the Roe Jan Watershed and 18 for the Sparkill Creek Watershed; integrated geographic, ecological, hydrologic, land-cover, and human-use datasets; developed an ESRI geodatabase with documented metadata; conducted data-quality review; and incorporated stakeholder feedback throughout the project.

Key Deliverables

The project produced 37 thematic maps, supported by a centralized ESRI geodatabase structured for continued use and future updates.

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Challenges & Solutions

The maps needed to retain enough scientific detail for watershed professionals while remaining legible to nontechnical audiences. Green Goat Maps developed consistent symbology, data hierarchy, and map layouts across dozens of themes so users could compare information without relearning the design on every page. Data organization posed a second challenge. Instead of delivering only finished PDFs, the team organized the underlying spatial information and metadata so the work could continue to support HRWA after the immediate mapping project ended.

Results & Client Value

HRWA received both communication products and durable GIS infrastructure. The maps can support planning, education, grant applications, and stakeholder discussions, while the geodatabase provides an organized foundation for future watershed work.

Looking for a Similar Solution?

Have complex environmental data that needs to serve both technical and public audiences? Green Goat Maps can build the underlying GIS and the communication products that make it useful.