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Wind News in the Region
Scientists: Tangier ripe for wind-energy project, The Virginian-Pilot (Oct.10th, 2008)
Caroline man generating his own electrical power, The Free Lance-Star (Sept 15th, 2008)
Wind is Given 2nd Look As Energy Needs Grow, Washington Post (Aug. 3rd, 2008)
Community Wind Energy 2008, Windustry (Feb. 28th, 2008)
USDA Outreach Conference at Virginia State University, USDA (Feb. 28th, 2008)
2008 Renewable Energy Workshops, North Carolina Wind Energy (Feb. 25th 2008)
Wind farm proposed near Elkins, Charleston Gazette (Feb. 13th, 2008)
An Island Of Energy, Daily News Record (Feb. 6th, 2008)
GIS Viewer and Project Files
The MXD, APR and AEP project files were created in ArcMap 8.3, ArcView 3.3 and ArcExplorer 2.0 respectively on April 28, 2005. These project files contain the arrangement and layer display properties for all of the data for your appropriate GIS editor/viewer.
Download the Metadata.zip and VA Wind Enviro Project Files (aep apr mxd formats).zip on this page and all of the zip files on the data download page. If you do not have ArcGIS 8.x or 9 or ArcView 3.x, you will also need to download the ArcExplorer Viewer.zip on this page and run the executable to install ArcExplorer 2.0 to view the data. Extract all data from the zip files directly into the following directory path on your computer: C:\Wind
All shapefiles are in the same projection and datum: UTM17 NAD27 The bitmap is in the same projection, but a different datum: UTM17 WGS84 (Thus the bitmap does not line up precisely with the shapefiles, but it is useful as an approximate backdrop.)
The data dictionary within the Metadata.zip file was provided as an abbreviated guide to acknowledge the original source of the data (federal agency, state agency, non-profit organization, private company). The data dictionary should also be used to cross reference the metadata.
