iSchool Capstone

Total Resource Observation Utility Team (TROUT)

Project tags:

data science & visualization

information literacy

ux & interaction design

Project poster

The Total Resource Observation Utility Team (TROUT), created a data visualization using Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife’s (WDFW) high-resolution land change data. The interactive visualization makes this important data understandable to the public, policymakers, and environmental scientists. TROUT has unlocked this public data and improved access by disseminating in a clear, concise, user-centered dashboard presenting actionable information. This visualization allows the user to see actual changes in the Puget Sound over time with data-rich GIS information describing the changes. TROUT’s use of open-source technologies and code documentation mean the dashboard can be replicated for displaying future public spatial datasets.

Project participants:

Amanda Cummings

MSIM

Edmund Deng

MSIM

Jeffrey Seward

MSIM

Vichit Sitthideth

Informatics