Thursday, February 19. 2009

BayStat - A Model for Chesapeake Bay Sustainability

Martin O'Malley, Maryland's governor, delivered the keynote address
at the ESRI FedUC yesterday and added to his unique portfolio of GIS
accomplishments. O'Malley discussed BayStat, a performance measurement model for the Chesapeake Bay that supports the conservation of this estuarine environment. By determining the causes of pollution in the Bay, the model hopes to preserve this sensitive environment by increasing the planting of cover crops, reducing pollution from urban areas and implementing best farming practices.

O'Malley has already been instrumental in implementing CITYSTAT (see my interview with O'Malley from last year) while he was mayor of Baltimore and now STATESTAT as governor as well as supporting the mapping of ecologically sensitive areas in the state with his "greenprint" mapping initiative.

Posted by Joe Francica in ESRI Fed UC 09 at 06:07 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

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