Sound IQ
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GOAL
The goal of SoundIQ is to make Northwest Straits Initiative data easily accessible and useful to a variety of users.
Overview
SoundIQ is the Northwest Straits Commission’s web-based application to share data collected by MRCs and the Commission in an easily-accessible map format. MRC data on SoundIQ can be viewed in combination with complementary data from other sources.
Click here for a SoundIQ printable handout.
How it works
SoundIQ incorporates data from all seven Northwest Straits counties on a software platform called Geocortex, which supports the system for use on mobile devices.
What can you do with SoundIQ?
- Access data from all over the Northwest Straits Initiative
- Learn about projects
- Find MRC data and reports
- View and change visible map data layers
- Print or share a map
- Search and download data
- Get inspired to fill additional data gaps
SoundIQ is a partnership between Northwest Straits Commission, the Marine Resources Committees, Washington State Department of Ecology and the City of Bellingham.
Additional Resources
- Marine Vegetation Atlas
- Washington Coastal Atlas
- Puget Sound Institute Encyclopedia of Puget Sound Maps & GIS
- Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA)
- NOAA Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Data Viewer
- NWIFC Nearshore Data
- King County Lidar Swipe Viewer
- Puget Sound Eelgrass Monitoring Data Viewer