Solar Parking Lots NC Website Preview

The Solar Parking Lots NC website is being developed!  I hope to finish the initial setup by the end of this week and then begin massaging all those excel lists into csv files in the proper format to import into Google Maps.  And ArcGIS Online.  I plan to do both.  The Google Maps will be shown on the website and the Online Community of ESRI will have my group with the same data shown in maps there.  (Plus there's that nice Storytelling app that just might come in handy for something or another down the line!)

So, hopefully, those csv files will start showing up in the maps on the website by the middle of March.  Keep in mind that the website is divided into the five main regions of North Carolina:  Western, Piedmont, Central, South Central and Eastern.  These are the regions that most of the state government entities use.  Within each region are listed the counties:  30 in the Western region, 24 in the Piedmont region, 12 in the Central region, 11 in the South Central region and 23 in the Eastern region.  Each csv file represents one particular store.  So you won't see how many large chain store parking lots there are per county until all csv lists are imported.

Stay tuned and I'll provide updates.

Here's the link to what is done thus far on the website.  I'm using the school's server right now, so it may disappear.  Keep checking here as I plan to get in up on some commercial setup soon.  (Ah, is it improper to ask for donations here?)

I am loving doing this and I know deep down it will make a difference.  I plan to keep going with the other southeastern states.  I just hope and pray that monetary details will be taken care of in order for me to keep on providing input into this viable and feasible alternative to fossil fuels.

Solar Parking Lots NC
(Oh, there's no back link right now and I'm changing the logo (far left box on header) this week.)

Sea level rise is starting to show up all over.......

By the time current children have children, there will be AT LEAST a 4-6 foot rise in sea level. 150 million people will be displaced at a 3 ft rise. Electricity supplies are affected at a 4 ft rise. Help me promote Solar Parking Lots. It'll keep us moving (electric vehicles if you please) while we accept and adjust.

I've checked my large chain store parking lot figures for North Carolina against the Dun & Bradstreet database that ESRI's ArcGIS Business Analyst Online uses and the total has grown... to 2326.

I'm working up a website (have to enter one in the NC State Fair for an assignment due Feb 23rd) so I'll be busy with that these next two weeks.  Then it's mapping them all out by county.  Then on to doing the actual calculations for the solar arrays (yes, per parking lot!).  

Hang with me this year, ya'll....  this is going to be a game changer!

Climate Change Science That Has Me Passionate About Solar Parking Lots

Here are the references and video links:

References	Links
Why I Must Speak Out About Climate Change with Dr. James Hansen	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWInyaMWBY8
James Hansen Explains Climate Change and the Solution	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM5-recP7-E
James Hansen:  We Are Only Beginning To Feel Climate Change's Impact	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh2Ih712fbk
James Hansen:  To Save Our Planet	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ15zfEUULU
Climate Change:  James Hansen on Tipping Points, Carbon Tax and Organized Denial	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCxDOs5Taew
James Hansen:  Humanity Cannot "Adapt"	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6KhGoPlahA
This is not Cool with Peter Sinclair	http://youtu.be/u7EHvfaY8Zs
Understanding the Jet Stream with Dr. Jennifer Francis	http://youtu.be/_nzwJg4Ebzo
Climate 101 with Bill Nye	http://youtu.be/3v-w8Cyfoq8
Rutger's Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rapid Arctic Warming & Wacky Weather: Are They Related?  by Dr. Jennifer Francis	http://marine.rutgers.edu/main/Exciting-Science/
James Balog	http://extremeicesurvey.org/
James Balog	www.chasingice.com
Polar Ice Loss:  Picking Up the Pace by John D. Cox	http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/polar-ice-loss-picking-up-the-pace-110309.htm
South Florida's Rising Seas	http://video.wpbt2.org/video/2365148517/
Sea Level Rise Panel Discussion	http://video.wpbt2.org/video/2365156580/
	http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112724709/sea-level-rising-bill-hay-110212/
	http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/featured/chasing-ice-pursues-chilling-evidence-of-climate-change-5j7v692-184339691.html#ixzz2rZWLhRsf
Global change: The ocean is warming, isn't it?   doi:10.1038/465304a     Kevin E. Trenberth	http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=h0ugg5a8XCvsXM&tbnid=QC6u8mXQWK_SoM:&ved=0CAMQjhw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Fnature%2Fjournal%2Fv465%2Fn7296%2Ffull%2F465304a.html&ei=9B3pUry2H8bLsQSLsIGYCQ&bvm=bv.60157871,d.eW0&psig=AFQjCNH841F7lWfjEAqKFDTPrTDPJIVkvw&ust=1391095220114851

I've totaled up most of the chain stores in NC (wish I was using ESRI's Business Analyst to be sure this is all!)  and I'll post a chart with the totals.  Without including drug stores I've got 2089.  That's a lot of parking lots to cover!  (I'll get busy analyzing soon.)  The heavy pavers are Food Lion with 853 stores (just NC!) Walmart with 168 stores in NC, Harris Teeter with 144 stores in NC and Lowes Home Improvement with 114 stores in NC.   

donations accepted:  http://www.solarparkinglot.blogspot.com

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Hello All!

Just a quick note letting you know that I'm working on a HUGE project...

Stay tuned!

(Learning loads of Adobe software & programming code right now,
in order to better present, my dears!)

*grin*