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California Department of Parks & Recreation

Environmental and Cultural Review Application (ECRA) Project

VESTRA recently completed two web-based applications that will help facilitate the incorporation of GIS technology into the day-to-day workflow for development and review of capital outlay projects at the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR). 
 
The first is the Environmental and Cultural Review Application (ECRA), a web application developed using Java that supports DPR’s CEQA-related compliance work. The ECRA facilitates the internal Parks CEQA process, allowing users to track project status, review documents, create and edit project boundaries, and export CEQA-related documents. 
 
The second web application functions as a metadata catalog for digital and non-digital information housed at each individual park unit. There are two main tools:
 
  • A park unit has the ability to upload metadata about files held at that specific unit and can even upload the file if it exists in digital form.
  • It will allow people to access the metadata catalog for related documents from the CEQA/ECRA application. 
VESTRA designed a geodatabase that houses the GIS information, as well as raster images, for various facilities through the park system. The design also provides a basic link to DPR’s existing facilities management application, MAXIMO by MRO Software.