Infrastructure & Data

The tools behind the
insights.

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GEOSPATIAL ENGINE

ArcGIS Maps SDK

Used to render the interactive map, display wildfire perimeter layers, perform client-side proximity analysis, and power the real-time pan-to-update functionality.

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WILDFIRE PERIMETER DATA

CAL FIRE

Source of the wildfire perimeter dataset. Over 8,000 mapped fire boundaries across California from 2000–2025 were processed and published as hosted feature layers for this application.

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DEMOGRAPHIC SOURCE

U.S. Census Bureau

Provided the populated places dataset used to locate California cities and communities, enabling the search and proximity analysis features.

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CLOUD PLATFORM

Esri

The platform powering this application. ArcGIS Online hosts the spatial data layers, and the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript enables the mapping and geospatial analysis throughout the app.