While the dashboard continues to be the most publically visible aspect of pandemic response, there has been no shortage of critical work happening behind the scenes on COVID-19 projects like:

While COVID-19 dominated a lot of our health related work - we did still manage to work on tackling a number of other important issues:

Mapping Municipal Wastewater Systems. ADS ANR GIS working with Clean Water Investment Program staff created a  web app (map)  showing the mapping status of municipal wastewater systems in Vermont. The status map is intended to inform State Agencies needing it for their business and show the wastewater data where its available. For the last decade ANR GIS has supported the developed of stormwater infrastructure, which included some wastewater system infrastructure, by Department of Environmental Conservation. Now the two systems (stormwater and wastewater) are available on the  Vermont Open Geodata Portal  so its explicit to interested groups and it encourages the continued GIS data development.

This tool can help local government, local nonprofits and community members improve their local food systems in ways that intersect with indigenous sovereignty, land stewardship, rural planning and more. Tangible resources for assessment and planning help readers translate information into action. Issues around food access and production are inherently place-based, making GIS an effective tool for gaining a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the local food systems.

Vermont’s Transportation data layers consist of road centerlines, railroads, bridges and culverts, airports, and other transportation assets, as well as transportation related metrics including traffic volumes, crash locations, pavement condition, and others. GIS data layers are integral to the internal workflows of the Agency and are continuing to expand in mapping, right of way, asset management, project development and the visualization of the overall assessment of the transportation infrastructure. Many of the data layers created and maintained by VTrans are accessible through the  Vermont Open Geodata Portal  or through  VTransparency  and the  VTrans Open Data Portal  

VTrans UAS Imagery Goes Public 

Village Center Wastewater and Drinking Water Mapping. Finding reliable Wastewater and Drinking water information is common hurdle in planning and development, so Vermont ACCD GIS worked to provide better public infrastructure information about Vermont's Village Centers. To provide improved data ACCD GIS worked with partners at the town-level, regional planning commissions and the Agency of Natural Resources to connect wastewater facilities with the Village Centers they serve. This provides planners with the ability to identify the wastewater facilities that serve village centers as well as tap into information about the facilities such as capacity and permitting information. In addition, ACCD GIS also leveraged detailed wastewater and drinking water system mapping from the Department of Environmental Conservation to show detailed mapping of wastewater lines, manholes, and other features in 80 of 98 towns with municipal systems. These datasets appear on the  Planning Atlas  and the Vermont Geodata Portal. 

The  Food Retailers Access Map  was created in partnership with the Hunger Council of Washington County and the Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission, with appreciation for the efforts of the Vermont Department of Health, Vermont 2-1-1, Downstreet Housing and Community Development, Green Mountain United Way, and Hunger Free Vermont.