Using the Interactive Stream Maps

Using the Interactive Stream Maps
Basic Features	Register Stream Site	Upload Data	Technical Details

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Interactive Stream Maps have several purposes: browse the maps of Washington and Oregon for registered sites to see what data and images others have submitted, register a stream site, and provide data and information about that site. We recommend for the best viewing of the maps that you maximize the size of your browser window (e.g., resize the window, reset the properties of you monitor to higher scale, hide unnecessary browser toolbars).

Basic Features

SalmonWeb uses the "Interactive Stream Maps" as a way to visualize biological and other data about the region. There are four levels of clickable maps of Washington and Oregon based on watersheds.

You can browse all four levels of maps. Registered sites show on map Levels 1-3 as colored dots and on Level 4 maps as a symbol (e.g., colored dot or push pin). Click on the Level 1 or 2 map to view the full size image.

Level 1 · Level 2 · Level 3 · Level 4

Level 1 - State: At the state level, the map includes both Washington and Oregon. The state level map includes major cities, populated areas, and watershed boundaries (black) based on EPA Accounting Unit.

Level 2 - Watershed: At the watershed level, the map includes the major streams (blue), major cities, populated areas, major roads (red), county boundaries (yellow) and sub-watershed boundaries (black) based on EPA Cataloging Unit.

Level 3 - Sub-watershed: At the sub-watershed level, the map includes lakes (solid blue areas) and more streams as well as major cities, populated areas, and major roads. This map includes the EPA Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC).

Level 4 - Local: The local level map is generated when a stream site is registered. This map is generated by the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER Map Server (tiger.census.gov/).

Register a New Stream Site

Interactive Stream Maps allows groups or individuals to register a stream site that they will monitor and about which they will provide information. There are two ways to identify the location of your stream site: using the clickable maps or providing the exact latitude/longitude. For both location options, start on the Interactive Stream Maps page.

Using the Clickable Maps: Click through the levels of the Interactive Stream Maps until you get to the sub-watershed map (Level 3) that includes the stream site you would like to register, and then click on the desired location of your stream site on the sub-watershed map.

Providing Latitude and Longitude Coordinates: Choose the option to provide latitude and longitude for your site from the Interactive Stream Maps page, and follow the directions on the page to enter your latitude and longitude coordinates in decimal degrees. There is a Decimal Degrees Calculator provided to convert your coordinates from Degrees/Minutes/Seconds to Decimal Degrees.

After your site has been identified by either option, the browser will load a new page with the sub-watershed map with a red dot marking your selected site location and the associated latitude and longitude of your site.
Review the latitude and longitude coordinates of the point you have selected.
If you accept the location of your site, follow the on-screen instructions to accept the location of your site and click "Next Page." If you want to adjust the location of your site, click on the map until you are satisfied by the location and click "Next Page."
Fill out the fields on the "SalmonWeb Registration" page.

Previous Registration
If you have previously registered and would like to use the same registration information for a new stream site, follow the directions on the page to click "here." You will be prompted to enter your logon and password.

New Registrations
You will be asked to provide Group name, Contact, E-mail, *Street Address (including Suite, City, State, Zip code), *Phone, Logon (this is the logon name you want to use for SalmonWeb), and Password. The * denotes an optional field. Click "Next Page."
Review the accuracy of the information you have submitted. Use the "Previous Page" button to return to the previous page to make changes, or click "Next Page."
Next, you will be prompted for information about your site. You will be asked to provide Site Name, Stream, *Watershed Name, *Site Elevation, *Closest intersection, and *Directions from intersection to exact location. The * denotes an optional field. Click "Next Page."
Review the accuracy of the information you have submitted. Use the "Previous Page" button to return to the previous page to make changes, or click the "Submit Registration" button.
The message "Registration Complete" will display in the browser along with the Level 4 local map generated with your stream site from the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER Map Server.
You can add or edit the information about your stream site at any time. If you have data or information you would like to add to your site, you can continue to your "Contributor Web Site" page with "Click here to go to your web site," or come back at another time (you will need your logon name and password).

Configure, Edit and Upload Data for Registered Stream Site

SalmonWeb uses the "Interactive Stream Maps" as a way to visualize biological and other data about the region. After you have registered your stream site and the associated Contributor Web Site has been created, you can start to upload data and add images, text, and hypertext links to your stream site.

Click through the levels of the maps until you get to the sub-watershed map (Level 3) that includes the your registered stream site, indicated by a colored dot on the map.
Click on the colored dot on the sub-watershed map that designates your stream site to open your "Contributor Web Site" page.
Click on the Edit mode "on" under your contributor information at the top of the page.

When you enter this mode, you will be prompted for your logon name and password. After user authorization, the side panel of the web page will change to allow you different controls for configuring your stream site web page.
- Add Text - allows you to add descriptive text about your stream site to the web page. Please keep the descriptive text short.
- Add Data - allows you to upload data collected for your stream site to the SalmonWeb database. See the Add Data section for more details.
- Add Link - allows you to add hypertext links to other web sites to your page.
- Add Image - allows you to browse your local system to upload images to your web page at SalmonWeb.
- Make New Map - allows you to customize your local map to change the location of your stream site, change the size of the map, and add other features to the map. See the Customize Mapping section for more details.
- Reload Map Page - reloads the your map page with the information you have submitted. In addition, as long as you are in "Edit mode" this button will always return you to your map page.
- Edit Map Page - allows you to remove images or links that have been added to your map page.
- Map Page Help - opens this document.

Add Data

Raw Data - allows you to submit a file (we recommend a text file in *.csv, comma separated variables, format) of the raw data you collected.
- You must provide the date on which the data was collected in order to submit the raw data file.
- You can browse your local system to upload the file to SalmonWeb.
B-IBI Data - data submission forms for B-IBI Metrics. This option is discussed in full detail below.
Meta Data - allows you to submit your Metadata file as described in the Metadata Outline.
- You must provide the date on which the data was collected in order to submit the meta data file.
- You can browse your local system to upload the file to SalmonWeb.

Adding B-IBI Metric Data

Data submission forms for B-IBI Summary Metrics. Before choosing this data submission option, you should complete all the steps in processing your sample including sorting, identification, calculating B-IBI metrics for your site (see B-IBI section for further details). Currently, the SalmonWeb only supports the Puget Sound Lowland (B-IBI) Protocol. The B-IBI score of your stream is computed for you based on this protocol.

1. Sample Collection and Identification

The first Adding B-IBI Metric Data page will prompt you to fill out the following fields before continuing:

Sample Date: mm/dd/yyyy
B-IBI Protocol: Puget Sound Lowland (B-IBI) only option
Taxonomic Id Level:

Species/Family chironomids identified to family
Species chironomids identified to genus
Genus
Genus (pre 1999)
Family not yet implemented

Sample Method: Surber only option
Sort/Identification Method:
Lab Sort/Lab Identification
Group Sort/Lab Identification
Group Sort/Group Identification

Click Next Page button to continue.

2. Replicates

This page is the second Adding B-IBI Metric Data page. It provides a form for entering the results from your three sample replicates. These are the results of each replicate before averaging. There are three entry boxes for each metric:

Total Taxa Richness
Mayfly (Ephemeroptera) Taxa Richness
Stonefly (Plecoptera) Taxa Richness
Caddisfly (Trichoptera) Taxa Richness
Number of Long-Lived Taxa
Number of Intolerant Taxa
Percent Tolerant Individuals
Number of Clinger Taxa
Percent Predator Individuals
Percent Dominance
The Taxonomic ID Level of your data sample determines which Replicates fields are filled out. Follow the links below for identification level specific definitions of each metric.
Species: fill out all fields
Species/Family: fill out all fields
Genus: fill out all fields except Number of Long-Lived Taxa and Number of Intolerant Taxa
Genus (pre 1999): fill out all fields except Number of Long-Lived Taxa and Number of Intolerant Taxa
Family: fill out Total Taxa Richness, Mayfly (Ephemeroptera) Taxa Richness, Stonefly (Plecoptera) Taxa Richness, Caddisfly (Trichoptera) Taxa Richness, and Percent Dominance not yet implemented
Entering Replicate data is optional, but should be filled out completely if you choose to enter it. Click Next Page button to continue.

3. Summary Metrics and B-IBI Ranking

This page is the third Adding B-IBI Metric Data page. It provides a form for entering the final calculations from your sample. Enter the B-IBI Summary Metric value and the corresponding B-IBI Metric Score. See the Taxonomic ID Level specific Scoring Criteria for: Species/Family, Species, Genus, Genus (pre 1999), and Family.

For Species/Family and Species Taxonomic ID Level: all metrics are the average of the replicate values for each metric.

For Genus and Genus (pre 1999) Taxonomic ID Level: all metrics are the average of the replicate values for each metric except Number of Long-Lived Taxa and Number of Intolerant Taxa. Number of Long-Lived Taxa and Number of Intolerant Taxa are cumulative number of unique taxa in all three replicates in your sample.

Click Next Page after you have finished filling out all the fields and have made all the selections for ranking.

4. Review Data

You now have the opportunity to review all the information you have entered for B-IBI Data. Review the accuracy of the information you have entered. Use the Previous Page buttons to return to the previous pages to make changes, or click Submit Data button. After clicking Submit Data, you will not be able to edit your data.

Your B-IBI score will be computed for you as well as the condition of biological integrity based on the following table.

10 Metric B-IBI Score 5 Metric B-IBI Score Stream Condition

Species Species/Family Genus Genus
(pre 1999) Family

46-50 23-25 Excellent

38-44 19-22 Good

28-36 14-18 Fair

18-26 9-13 Poor

10-16 5-8 Very Poor

See Interpreting B-IBI Scores for more information about B-IBI scores as a measure of biological condition.

10 Metric B-IBI Score	5 Metric B-IBI Score	Stream Condition
Species	Species/Family	Genus	Genus (pre 1999)	Family
46-50	23-25	Excellent
38-44	19-22	Good
28-36	14-18	Fair
18-26	9-13	Poor
10-16	5-8	Very Poor

Customize Mapping

This page allows you to customize your local map. After you have made your desired edits, click the Get Map button at the bottom of the page. The Customize Mapping page will reload with the newly generated map. Once you have made all your edits, click on the Reload Map Page button in the navigation sidebar to return to your stream site page.

Place map center at: allows you to change where the map is centered.
Place a marker on this map at: allows you to move the location of your stream site as it appears on the map.
Symbol: allows you to change the marker from the default red stickpin to another symbol.
Label: allows you to change the label on the map.
Enter the geographic extent: allows you to change the resolution of the map. This acts as a zoom function. For example:
- changing the width and height values from .1 to .05, zooms in
- changing the width and height values from .1 to .15, zooms out
Enter the image size: allows you to change the size and shape of the map. This allows you to include more of the stream where you sampled.
Map layer options: allows to add more details to your map (see image below for all the options).

Technical Details about Map Generation and Data Sources

All maps are created from publicly accessible digital data. Attribute values were altered for line, polygon and point features for compatibility across different locations, but none of the geographic information has been altered. Stream and watershed boundary data is from the StreamNet database, a 1:100,000 scale database for the Pacific Northwest. For more infomation, see Pacific Northwest River Reach Files. County lines, Roads and Highway information is pre-processed Washington Gap project roads coverages and/or Census Bureau TIGER-line files. All other data are based on USGS databases. For more information, see Oregon Spatial Data Library and/or USGS GeoData.

Watersheds are drawn at different scales depending on the "level".

1 : 4,000,000 for the 1st level;
1 : 2,000,000 for the 2nd level;
1 : 700,000 for the 3rd level.

Due to the resolution of different computer screens, this scale may vary, so actual viewing scale will be device dependent.

Watersheds at levels 1, 2, and 3 are drawn using a Lambert projection system for the Northwest. This was chosen for several reasons: the east-west orientation of the mid-latitude region; end-use is presentation; and compatibility with other layers.

                          COORDINATE SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

Projection              LAMBERT
Datum                     NAD27
Units                    METERS            Spheroid 	CLARKE1866
Parameters:
1st standard parallel                       44 45  	0.000
2nd standard parallel                       47 15  	0.000
central meridian                          -119  0  	0.00
latitude of projection's origin             42  0  	0.000
false easting (meters)                                 	0.00000
false northing (meters)                              	0.00000

29-Jun-2001

Level 1 - State: At the state level, the map includes both Washington and Oregon. The state level map includes major cities, populated areas, and watershed boundaries (black) based on EPA Accounting Unit.

Level 2 - Watershed: At the watershed level, the map includes the major streams (blue), major cities, populated areas, major roads (red), county boundaries (yellow) and sub-watershed boundaries (black) based on EPA Cataloging Unit.

Level 3 - Sub-watershed: At the sub-watershed level, the map includes lakes (solid blue areas) and more streams as well as major cities, populated areas, and major roads. This map includes the EPA Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC).

Level 4 - Local: The local level map is generated when a stream site is registered. This map is generated by the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER Map Server (tiger.census.gov/).