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The Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative (ESRGC) will provide services and work products to the Critical Area Commission (CAC) as necessary to manage the Critical Area Mapping Update Project for the CAC. The Project Manager will oversee the Critical Area Mapping Update Project and will direct and supervise all tasks related to the project on behalf of the CAC.

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Critical Area Commission: Critical Area Mapping Manager

The Mid-Shore Regional Council and the Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, with support through the Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund (RMPIF), have partnered with the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative to develop tools and resources custom built for the residents, businesses, and community organizations on the Delmarva Peninsula. The Delmarva Index is an ongoing initiative and FY20 marks its third year of active development.The long-term vision for the Delmarva Index is to serve as an online data repository and visualization tool that will function as a comprehensive data source for demographic, economic, geographic, and social data, pertaining to the Delmarva Peninsula. It will provide users free and easy access to a curated list of relevant datasets and custom visualizations. Partners believe that better access to and visualization of data will facilitate data driven decision making and improve communication.

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Delmarva Index

LeadNursingForward.org aims to address the nurse and nursing faculty shortage by providing Maryland a “one-stop shop” where users can: learn about the nurse educator role and find inspiration in educators’ stories, find programs to pursue an advanced degree in nursing, search for open educator positions in academic institutions and healthcare organizations. Salisbury University School of Nursing (SUSON), in collaboration with University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON), is committed to developing this free web resource to help address the nursing shortage. A third partner, the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative (ESRGC), an SU outreach entity, has developed the design, code and programming for this site. This project is produced with the assistance of a Nurse Support Program II (NSPII) administered by the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) and funded through the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC).

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Lead Nursing Forward Website and Career Portal

The ESRGC, partnered with DoIT deliver expanded access to and knowledge of Maryland's LiDAR resources. Through this partnership, the ESRGC obtains newly collected LiDAR data from vendors across the State and processes seamless DEMs and derivative products including shaded relief, hillshade, aspect, and slope. These products are available as services on the <a href="https://lidar.geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services">REST page</a> and downloadable products on the <a href="https://imap.maryland.gov/pages/lidar-overview">MD iMAP portal</a>. Point cloud data is also managed by the ESRGC and offered for large areas using <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/zv3x0fk7e1n0wcf3x3bq8/h?dl=0&amp;rlkey=mr8sn7v1ubeguy9gfmoruydnr">MD iMAP dropbox</a> and for smaller areas through the <a href="https://lidar.geodata.md.gov:8443/ExpressZip">Maryland Statewide LiDAR Download Tool</a> The ESRGC also develops LiDAR related <a href="https://imap.maryland.gov/pages/training-documents">training videos and pdfs</a> for users of all skill levels and backgrounds.

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LiDAR Support for DoIT’s Geographic Info Office

The Mid-Atlantic region is predicted to have some of the worst impacts of Sea Level Change because of the combination of rise, subsidence, and relative position to the North Atlantic Gyre. With 3,190 miles of coast, Maryland SHA is prioritizing and mitigating the potential impact of baseline SLC on SHA assets, as well as the increased impact of coastal flooding that will result. Using USACE SLC projections, USGS studies, and NOAA tidal observations, the ESRGC provides SHA forecast intelligence on 2015, 2050, and 2100 scenarios, helping protect Maryland’s long-term investments.The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it likely contains inaccuracies. The User assumes the entire risk associated with its use of these data and bears all responsibility in determining whether these data are fit for the User's intended use. The information contained in these data is dynamic and will change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived, and both scale and accuracy may vary across the data set. These data may not have the accuracy, resolution, completeness, timeliness, or other characteristics appropriate for applications that potential users of the data may contemplate. The User is encouraged to carefully consider the content of the metadata file associated with these data. These data are neither legal documents nor land surveys, and must not be used as such. Maryland State Highway Administration and the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative should be cited as the data source in any products derived from these data. Any Users wishing to modify the data should describe the types of modifications they have performed. The User should not misrepresent the data, nor imply that changes made were approved or endorsed by Maryland State Highway Administration and/or the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative. Neither the Maryland State Highway Administration, Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative, nor the State of Maryland, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.

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MDSHA Climate Change Adaptation Planning

With funding provided by the Mid-Shore Regional Council, through the Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund (RMPIF), the ESGRC provided GIS support to the local jurisdictions, towns and municipalities of the Mid-Shore of Maryland.Responding to the need for on-site assistance with GIS-related tasks, our supporting staff provided specialized solutions to a range of GIS needs for the region, from assisting with comprehensive plan nuisance flood mapping, historic preservation commission database design and implementation planning, data manipulation and recovery assistance, and GIS workflow consultation.

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MSRC RMPIF - GIS Circuit Rider

With funding provided by the Tri-County Council of the Lower Eastern Shore, through the Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund (RMPIF), the ESGRC provided GIS support to the local jurisdictions, towns and municipalities of the Lower Shore of Maryland.Responding to the need for on-site assistance with GIS-related tasks, our supporting staff provided specialized solutions to a range of GIS needs for the region, from developing custom online mapping applications, to curating GIS data products and assisting with comprehensive plan mapping and database updates.

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TCC RMPIF - GIS Circuit Rider

With funding provided by the Upper-Shore Regional Council, through the Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund (RMPIF), the ESGRC provided GIS support to the local jurisdictions, towns and municipalities of the Upper Shore of Maryland.Responding to the need for on-site assistance with GIS-related tasks, our supporting staff provided specialized solutions to a range of GIS needs for the region, from assisting with comprehensive plan nuisance flood mapping, historic preservation commission database design and implementation planning, data manipulation and recovery assistance, and GIS workflow consultation.

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USRC RMPIF - GIS Circuit Rider

The Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, with support through the Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund (RMPIF), has partnered with the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative to collect field data measuring property degradation risk variables in the City of Salisbury. These risk variables include structural observations such as roof, window and siding damage; accessibility to property and 911 address visibility; site attributes such as overgrown vegetation, lot vacancy and deteriorated sidewalks. In addition to property degradation variables, each survey contains an estimated foundation height for primary structures.Address points were configured in ArcGIS Field Maps with a link custom developed survey form using Survey123. One survey per structure was collected, along with a photo to use for QA/QC purposes, using the Survey123 mobile application on 8" Android tablets.Resulting surveys were compiled into a file geodatabase and given a weighted score to quantify the level of observed degradation across the City.

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Housing Quality Study - City of Salisbury

The Maryland Forestry and Wood Product Resources website has been developed to communicate information and resources about the forestry industry and wood products. These resources have been designed for the economic development community and the public to learn about strategies and recommendations for the forestry industry, acknowledge the forestry industry's status as an economic driver, and provide information about potential forest available for harvest in Maryland.

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Maryland Forestry and Wood Product Resources

Forest land is the second largest land-use in Maryland, with 2.5 million acres (nearly 40 percent of all state land), supporting a major industry and underpinning the environmental well-being of our state. If our forests lose their economic value to the people who own them, we will likely lose the forests.Explore this StoryMap to learn more about Maryland's forestry industry and where it's going!

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Maryland's Forestry Industry StoryMap

With funding provided by the Mid Shore Regional Council, through the Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund, the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative (ESRGC) employed eight Salisbury University interns to collect foundation height estimates in Talbot County for properties that fall within a predictive flood scenario.Our estimated sea level rise model output for year 2100, with a 0.2% annual exceedance probability flood, was used as the intersecting geometry for selecting properties in this study.Foundation heights were estimated at six inch intervals to help in determining First-Floor Flooding* (FFF), a measure of structure vulnerability. These data will be useful in modeling future flood and vulnerability studies.* FFF equation [Observed Flooding or BFE – Foundation Height = FFF].Survey forms were developed and populated using ArcGIS Survey123. One survey per structure within the study area was collected, using the Survey123 mobile application on 8" Android tablets.

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MSRC RMPIF - 500 year building heights

Developed to support identification of suitable and available forest for harvesting in Maryland. Data development included LiDAR, SSURGO soil, parcel, roadway, Land Use Land Cover, and USDA forest data. The tool offers a view of economic viability and potential markets in the Maryland Forestry industry. Area suitable for harvesting includes soil likely to support wet-weather logging, a canopy height of 40 to 120 feet, a total forested area of at least 5 acres, and within a parcel 0.25 miles of a road.

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Maryland Forest Inventory Resource Viewer

The building footprints were created using the address points from the County and the 2019 imagery. Each address point outside a municipality has a building footprint, however, we also identified many buildings that did not have an address point. There are also a number of locations that have an address point but do not have a building.Some parcels have more than one addressed building. To address this, the building footprints include a TYPE field which is calculated to PRIMARY or SECONDARY. PRIMARY indicates the building is the main building or residence in the parcel. SECONDARY indicated the building in not the main building or residence but there is an address point for the location.

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MSRC RMPIF - Caroline County Building Footprints

The notion of nuisance tidal flooding, also known as sunny-day flooding, as a current threat to transportation infrastructure has become better understood. In most coastal locations, these abnormally high tides have traditionally occurred a few times per year, degrading road support facilities and causing traffic congestion. However, NOAA has documented that nuisance flooding has become significantly more common in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. In time, nuisance flooding is expected to become even more frequent and more hazardous as the area experiences sea-level change. Currently, there is no known map of areas prone to nuisance flooding.The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it likely contains inaccuracies. The User assumes the entire risk associated with its use of these data and bears all responsibility in determining whether these data are fit for the User's intended use. The information contained in these data is dynamic and will change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived, and both scale and accuracy may vary across the data set. These data may not have the accuracy, resolution, completeness, timeliness, or other characteristics appropriate for applications that potential users of the data may contemplate. The User is encouraged to carefully consider the content of the metadata file associated with these data. These data are neither legal documents nor land surveys, and must not be used as such. Maryland State Highway Administration and the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative should be cited as the data source in any products derived from these data. Any Users wishing to modify the data should describe the types of modifications they have performed. The User should not misrepresent the data, nor imply that changes made were approved or endorsed by Maryland State Highway Administration and/or the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative. Neither the Maryland State Highway Administration, Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative, nor the State of Maryland, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.

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Mapping Current and Future Nuisance Flooding Inundation

Rural Maryland Outlook is an interactive dashboard designed to showcase key demographics and indicators for each of the state’s 18 designated rural communities as well as the six rural regions for the purpose of communicating to law makers and policy makers how rural regions of Maryland are doing individually and collectively both currently and overtime.The ESRGC utilized data from Census, MDP, BRFSS, CDC, MHCC, MD Board of Physicians, FCC, and MSDE to populate 17 topics including demographics, income, health and well-being, education, and broadband access. The dashboard was built with Microsoft Power Bi with data stored as excel files. A link to the dashboard is on the RMC homepage.

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Rural Maryland Outlook

An update of the City of Salisbury's impervious surface layer using latest 2019 imagery available. Impervious surface digitization includes attribution of features and calculation of total impervious surface per parcel. Stormwater fees were calculated based on the zoning and total amount of impervious surface per parcel. Analysis for condominium parcels includes the application of shared impervious surface areas equally to individual condominium parcels.

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City of Salisbury Impervious Surface

Provided mapping and cartography assistance to the WCBOE for ELL students, student enrollment, and indicator information for elementary and secondary school scorecard maps.

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Wicomico County Board of Education Mapping Assistance

The ESRGC will provided assistance to the Wicomico County Department of Public Works in updating a spatial database of the stormwater infrastructure in Wicomico County in an effort to assist with their NPDES Phase II MS4 permitting requirements and infrastructure management.

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Wicomico County PW MS4 Maintenance

The ESRGC provided assistance to the City of Bowie in their effort to develop a spatial database of the storm water infrastructure for a pilot of 25 projects. Storm water utility data development includes digitizing data from as-builts. A comprehensive spatial database will support the management, maintenance, and planning of utility infrastructure resources.

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MS4 Stormwater Pilot for Bowie, Maryland

The ESRGC provided assistance to the City of Salisbury in their effort to identify differences between the City of Salisbury’s existing GIS stormwater asbuilt based features and field collected data in a pilot area. Existing stormwater features were created by digitizing engineering asbuilts and are used to maintain and manage the stormwater utilities in Salisbury. Field testing included to use of a GPS for geographic accuracy, measurements of inverts and diameters, rim elevation, and material. A City of Salisbury employee capable of opening stormwater features will accompanied the ESRGC in the field to provide access to features, confirm material types, and verify elevations.GPS, field tablet, and collection tool (ArcCollector) were provided by the City of Salisbury.

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City of Salisbury Stormwater Field Review

Exploring Chicken Farming on Delmarva is an effort not only for public education but to create common ground and a starting point for diverse audiences to discuss the chicken industry on Delmarva. The online tool utilizes dashboards, web mapping applications, and a detailed narrative to describes the changing landscape of agriculture and chicken production on Delmarva, comparing and contrasting local trends to those occurring at a national scale within the chicken industry. The StoryMap explores related topics, including population, environmental management, and the production, efficiency and economics of chicken farming.“Our goal is for people to see the data all in one place so they can gain a better understanding of the changes in population, development and the chicken industry on Delmarva over the past 30 years,” said Bill Massey, DLLC member and VP of Live Operations, Mountaire Farms.Chris Bason, Executive Director for Delaware Center for the Inland Bays and DLLC member, stated: “Anyone living on Delmarva has wondered about the growing poultry industry and its effects on our lives. This fascinating display of data paints a picture of an expanding industry that has undergone an efficiency revolution on the fields and in the houses. The most visible indicator to the general public confirms that the number of poultry houses has indeed dropped over the past few decades while the capacity of the houses overall has increased - a sign of consolidation reflected throughout the industry.

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Exploring Chicken Farming on Delmarva

The ESRGC provided assistance to the Wicomico Department of Public Works (WCDPW) by identifying potential sites suitable for the location of dredge material from the Wicomico River. Site selection is based on the criteria as defined by the WCDPW. The ESRGC used the latest parcel data available from Wicomico and Somerset Counties for analysis.

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Wicomico County Site Selection for Dredge Materials

The ESRGC will assisted the Wicomico County Department of Public Works by continuing to support MS4 permitting mapping needs. This includes providing drainage areas for BMPs from 2002 - 2006, drainage areas for BMPs from 2006 – present, and information for Appendix D in the MS4 permit.

Wicomico County MS4 BMP drainage areas

The Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, with support through the Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund (RMPIF), has partnered with the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative to collect field data measuring property degradation risk variables in the City of Crisfield and Town of Princess Anne. These risk variables include structural observations such as roof, window and siding damage; accessibility to property and 911 address visibility; site attributes such as overgrown vegetation, lot vacancy and deteriorated sidewalks. In addition to property degradation variables, each survey contains an estimated foundation height for primary structures.Survey forms were developed and populated using ArcGIS Survey123. One survey per structure was collected, along with a photo to use for QA/QC purposes, using the Survey123 mobile application on 8" Android tablets.Resulting surveys were compiled into file geodatabases for their respective municipality and given a weighted score to quantify the level of observed degradation across the region.

Somerset County Housing Study

In light of the significant damage in the state of North Carolina caused by the storm surge from Hurricane Florence on September 14, 2018, concerns about the vulnerability of coastal communities on the Atlantic coast of Maryland and in Maryland’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay have come into focus. This project seeks to replicate the storm surge heights seen with Hurricane Florence, to determine a what-if scenario in coastal Maryland.The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it likely contains inaccuracies. The User assumes the entire risk associated with its use of these data and bears all responsibility in determining whether these data are fit for the User's intended use. The information contained in these data is dynamic and will change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived, and both scale and accuracy may vary across the data set. These data may not have the accuracy, resolution, completeness, timeliness, or other characteristics appropriate for applications that potential users of the data may contemplate. The User is encouraged to carefully consider the content of the metadata file associated with these data. These data are neither legal documents nor land surveys, and must not be used as such. Maryland State Highway Administration and the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative should be cited as the data source in any products derived from these data. Any Users wishing to modify the data should describe the types of modifications they have performed. The User should not misrepresent the data, nor imply that changes made were approved or endorsed by Maryland State Highway Administration and/or the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative. Neither the Maryland State Highway Administration, Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative, nor the State of Maryland, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.

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Hurricane Florence Storm Surge Heights in the Chesapeake Bay

The AgGIS: Grow Your Potential with GIS web map provides one location for Maryland farmers in the Mid and Lower Eastern Shore Maryland Counties to view data layers related to agriculture. Previously, farmers visited several different websites to access and view the data available on this web map. The web map supports zoning, soils, elevation, slope, and imagery data to assist farmers with spatially related decision-making and agriculture operations and planning. The application also allows farmers to print maps for meetings or record keeping.

Examples of Our Work