As a part of a larger project being carried out by TylerTech to rework NJSPF&HS’s existing camping reservation system as well as new retail and point of sale functionality, accurate campsite GIS locations were requested by TyleTech for use in this system. Campsite locations will be presented to the public in the reservation system on an ESRI based map.

Using the current New Jersey Outdoors camping webpage as a reference, a feature class composed of every campsite offered by the New Jersey State Parks was created. The sites were digitized using point data and were subsequently given site names based off the NJ Outdoors database. The geodatabase will be migrated to AGO with editing permissions granted to each park’s data collectors, whether that is the Superintendent or other park staff familiar with the campgrounds.

Data collection will involve park staff accessing digitized campsite data on Field Maps to verify or correct locations. Once all campsites are verified, the feature class will be exported back to the V: drive and attribute information provided by TylerTech will be joined to the geolocated points, giving each campsite details information about use, accessibility, size, etc. During this process, NJ State Parks will also develop a final schema.

Once data schema and contents are complete, NJ State Parks will request the data to be published internally and externally for TylerTech to use in their new campground reservation system. This will allow us to maintain campsite data.