WMS Map: Brownfields in Schenectady

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Data Sources

Road Trip to Coal Country by Nate Matthews - You can download the KMZ File used in creation of this map.

OpenStreetMap - Map data: © OpenStreetMap, SRTM | Map style: © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA). XYZ Tiles: https://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png

Brownfield Sites - Brownfields and environmental remediation sites in New York. NYS DOS. Download KMZ File / Download GeoJSON File
ArcMap FeatureService: https://opdgig.dos.ny.gov/arcgis/rest/services/NYOPDIG/PhysicalData/MapServer/41

3DEP Elevation Hillshade. LIDAR and legacy USGS DRG Topo Derived hillshades used as a background. DEM - WMS Service: https://elevation.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/3DEPElevation/ImageServer/WMSServer, Layer: 3DEPElevation:Hillshade Gray

Full List of WMS and ArcMap Services - CSV Spreadsheet with all web map services currently used on the blog.

More about Schenectady County...

Schenectady County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 154,727. It is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Schenectady. Schenectady County is located west of Albany on the Mohawk River, and contains both the river and uplands around it.

Maps and Interactives

The Hollowing Out of General Electric
Structurally Deficient Bridges in Schenectady
Stockade – Downtown Schenectady 1952
Schenectady/Stockade District – Age of Buildings
Schenectady – Scotia 100 Year Flood Plain
Schenectady – Rotterdam 1954
Schenectady Islands
Schenectady Interstate 890 Circle
Schenectady 1893
Rotterdam Junction – Year of Building Construction
Rotterdam Junction
Rotterdam Corporate Park
Rexford 1930
Princetown, NY
Princetown 1932
Plotter Kill Preserve
Plotter Kill
Pleasant Valley in Schenectady – April 1952
NY 890 Glenville Connector, before and after
Isle of the Onondagas
Great Flats Nature Preserve
General Electric 1952
Downtown Schenectady, NY 4-16-52
Downtown Schenectady 1995-2021
Downtown Schenectady 1952

... photos, maps and other content from from Schenectady County.