The West Virginia Trail Inventory Application

http://mapwv.gov/trails/

Ryan Stanley, rjstanley@mix.wvu.eduGraduate Research Assistant

West Virginia GIS Technical Center

About

• WV GIS Technical Center was funded by WV Division of Highways to inventory, collect, attribute, and integrate all publicly accessible recreational trails in West Virginia

• Coordinatorso Bill Robinson – State Trails Coordinatoro Hussein Elkhansa – GIS Section Heado Theresa Litteral – Trails Manager, Rahall Transportation

Institute

Trail Database Metrics

• ~ 1,127 trails• ~ 4,161 total miles• 18 managing organizations• 126 management areas• 218 trail contacts

West Virginia Trail Inventory

Technology• HTML/CSS

– website layout• JavaScript

– ArcGIS JavaScript API– jQuery JavaScript framework

• ArcGIS Server– trail service published via ArcMap– print to PDF (ArcGIS Server 10.1 print service)

• PHP– trail information submission form

• Python– automated static trail maps and reports– label expressions for formatting names of public lands

Features

• Trail information window• Search by trail name• Filter by trail use (e.g. biking, horses)• Submit trail information• Print map to PDF• Static maps and trail reports

Trail Information Window

Click trails to display information in window

Search by Trail Name

Search results return trail names with counties

Hover cursor over trail names to highlight trail on map

Filter by Trail Use

Select ‘Trail Use’ icon to highlight trails on map

Submit Trail Info

Fill out submission form to report trail information

A link to the map view is embedded with email to admin

Print Map to PDF

Click icon to start generating map

Uses ArcGIS 10.1 print service and custom map template

Static Maps and Trail Reports

3 trail reports and 55 static maps automated with Python

Acknowledgments

• WV Division of Highways• Kurt Donaldson – WV GIS Technical Center• Evan Fedorko – WV GIS Technical Center• All who have contributed to the trail inventory

Demo