Final Project Poster

I have finally finished my poster. I developed four maps to go with it. One shows the pipelines, ecosystems/protected areas, and the accidents along those pipelines. Another displays everything previously stated except for the accidents. I also added a map of just the pipelines and accidents along those pipelines within the past decade in New York State without showing the ecosystems; and my final map was a close up of the pipelines and accidents within the NYC/Long Island area where a majority of the accidents occurred. My final maps showed that the most affected natural habitats in New York are those along the lower Hudson Valley due to the amount of significant ecosystems, pipelines and incidents that have occurred within the past ten years.

My project is just about done. I just need to make the final edits to my map and make a few other maps showing less of the features that are condensed into the one map I have now such as pipelines and ecosystems and one showing just pipelines and incidents. I have to edit my original map to make it more aesthetically pleasing. 

Map

Blog Post 4

I was able to fix my map and get ever layer to appear on the map. I also added another layer featuring protected lands. These lands include federal land, Native American land, state land, regional/local land, private conservation land, joint ownership, and private land. 

My map is almost complete. I may search for more layers about sensitive areas or pipeline incident locations but other than that it is just about done. 

Blog Post 3

I have added a few more layers showing wetlands and significant coastal fish and aquatic habitat  in New York. However, there are a lot of layers and my map is glitching. Some of the layers won't appear and ArcMap with not respond and need to be closed. I will have to find a solution to this problem so I can continue working and finalizing my map. 

Blog Post 2

October 15

I have downloaded data for the major pipelines in New York and some data regarding sensitive habitat in the Hudson Valley. I used a New York shape file and added lakes and rivers layers to the map. I clipped the layers to make them appear in only New York. However, the data files containing gas and petroleum pipelines in New York City gave me trouble and would not work when clipped.

The orange lines represent gas lines, the green lines represent oil lines, and the purple areas represent HREP significant biodiversity, the dark red areas are Natural Heritage communities, and the dark green are NYNHP Important Areas for animals.

Andrew Perillo

Project Proposal

Introduction:

Gas and oil pipelines are a major source of energy transportation throughout the United States. In New York State, there is an increasing demand for pipelines due to development, the shale boom in Pennsylvania, and demand for improved gas line infrastructure along the New England States. To this day, New York hosts many existing pipelines throughout the state and has been subject to pipeline development proposals. As a result, sensitive habitat has been subject to risk of development or potential contamination if a pipeline were to fail.

Objectives:

-Develop a map of New York State displaying the various pipelines and proposed pipelines

-Display the counties the pipelines run through

-Display watersheds and ecosystems the pipelines run through

-Develop a map showing the pipelines and ecosystems in which they run through

Methodology:

The first step for this project will be to search ArcGIS data online for pipeline and habitat data in New York State. I will add the data to my geodatabase and convert the coordinate systems so that they all align on the map. The data will be added as layers to the map. The data will display the major gas and oil lines in New York and the sensitive ecosystems they run through.

Data:

Most of the data will be derived from ArcGIS databases and some will have to be found online

Deliverables:

-          A map displaying major pipelines in New York State and the ecosystems which they run through

-          A poster displaying the map as well as an assessment on pipeline safety in New York State and potential threats to sensitive ecosystems.

Work Plan

10/2	Draft project proposal, determine layers and data for project
10/9	Finalize project proposal, download data
10/16	Add data for NYS
10/23	Add data for pipelines in NYS
10/30	Add data for habitat and ecosystems affected by the pipelines
11/6	Continue working and editing ArcMap, begin writing introduction for poster
11/13	Continue working and editing ArcMap, write methods and objectives sections for poster
11/20	Complete ArcMap, write assessment of pipeline threats to ecosystems in NYS
11/27	Finalize Poster
12/4	Present Poster in class