An Overview for the State of Connecticut Geospatial Information Systems Council January 23, 2008

1. An Overview for the State of Connecticut Geospatial Information Systems Council January 23, 2008

2. Today’s Agenda • Introduction to NSGIC • Key Initiatives • Strategic Partners • Value Provided to States

3. Introduction to NSGIC • Description • Membership • Conferences • Committees

4. What is NSGIC? • Small 501 (c) (6) nonprofit organization • “may engage in limited political activities that inform, educate, and promote their given interest.” • Formed by the State GIS Coordinators in 1991 at the Atlanta URISA meeting • Promote statewide GIS coordination councils • Serve as the voice of the States for geospatial issues • Actively engaged with many Federal organizations • Especially the FGDC on issues related to the NSDI • Promote effective and efficient government through the prudent adoption of geospatial technologies • Management Office in Bel Air, Maryland • King Stringfellow Group (KSG) • Washington Liaison in Annapolis, Maryland • Bill Burgess

5. Breakdown of Members in 2007 • State Government 62 • State Councils (6) 88 • Institutional 30 • Business/Corporate 66 • Federal Partners (4) 143 • Federal Member 58 • Total 452 • Currently 480 members with steady growth

6. NSGIC’s Mission • Be an effective advocate for states in national geospatial policy initiatives • Guide the states in fulfilling their role as builders of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) • Promote statewide geospatial coordination activities in all states

7. Officers and Board Members • President – Cy Smith, Oregon • Past President – Stu Davis, Ohio • President-Elect – Learon Dalby, Arkansas • Treasurer – Ivan Weichert, Kansas • Secretary – George White, California • Board Members • Dave Brotzman, Vermont • Jim Knudson, Pennsylvania • Mike Mahaffie, Delaware • Mike Ouimet, Texas • Jill Saligoe-Simmel, Indiana • Will Craig, Minnesota • Try to maintain a balanced geographic distribution

8. Mid-Year Meeting • Held in Annapolis, MD • 241 Attendees (2007) • Federal Programs and Congressional Focus • Capitol Hill Visits • Capitol Hill Event • Stakeholders Meeting • Social Event • Long Hours (6:00 am to 10:00 pm)

9. Annual Conference • ~350 Attendees • State Programs Emphasis • All Plenary Sessions • Committee and Special Meetings • Long Hours (8:30 am to 10:00 pm) • Lots of Food • Social Event • Arkansas in 2006 • Wisconsin in 2007 • Colorado in 2008 • Cleveland in 2009 • Rotate States, East v. West, Urban v. Rural

10. Committees Each committee is chartered and works according to Strategic Plan assignments • Board of Directors • Outreach • Conference • Communications • Technical Issues • Geospatial Preparedness • Elections • Sponsorship

11. Key Initiatives • Fifty States Initiative • NSDI Governance • Imagery for the Nation • Ramona

12. Fifty States Initiative

13. Fifty States Initiative • Make fundamental changes in the way we work together to build the NSDI • “Normalize” the way all states participate in building the NSDI • Involve statewide coordination councils in governance of the NSDI • Enable all stakeholder groups to work together to meet their own business needs

14. Fifty States Initiative • Solid foundation through Strategic and Business Plan development • Assemble in discrete & manageable units • Bottom-up approach that is all-inclusive • Statewide coordination (not just state agencies) Templates promote common Strategic & Business Plan development with baselines & Measured Results http://www.nsgic.org/hottopics/fifty_states.cfm

15. Coordination Criteria • Full-time Paid Coordinator • Defined Authority • Relationship with State CIO • Political Champion • Responsibilities for NSDI Assigned • Effective Coordination with Local Government • Sustainable Funding • Contractual Authority • Federal Government works through Council

16. Effective Statewide Councils • Provide mechanisms for broad representation by all stakeholder groups • Routinely engage in strategic planning • Develop business and marketing plans • Have formal authorization and bylaws • Follow the 9 coordination criteria • Have funding to enable their operation • Commit to implementing appropriate OGC, FGDC, ANSI, ISO & other standards

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21. NSDI Governance

22. NSDI Governance • NSGIC members invested significant time to develop a recommendation for a new governance model for the NSDI • Part of the FGDC Future Directions Strategic Planning • Outgrowth is the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) which is a Federal Advisory Committee that will advise the FGDC through the Secretary of Interior • Members should be announced next week • NSGIC worked with GITA, MAPPS, URISA and NACo to support nominees who could work effectively with each other and make a difference

23. Imagery for the Nation

24. Imagery for the Nation • Organized effort to acquire imagery over the entire US • Multi-Resolution (6”, 1’, 1-meter) • Repeat cycles of 1 to 5 years depending on location and resolution • Imagery stays in public domain • Consistent national standards (image type, quality, format & security concerns) • States can manage part of the program through development of business plans • Federal government funds basic program • Users fund buy-up options and cost-share on high-resolution products

25. Proposed Custodians • USGS for High Resolution Portion (6” & 1’) and for 1-meter program in Alaska • USDA for 1-meter program in all other areas

26. Imagery for the Nation Productsmeet the majority of local, state and Federal needs Six Inch GSD Every 3 Years Mandatory 50% cost share in Urbanized Areas with populations >50,000 and more than 1,000 people per square mile

27. Imagery for the Nation Productsmeet the majority of local, state and Federal needs One Foot GSD Every 3 Years CONUS 48 States – 50% Federal Funding and Optional 50% State Funding. Alaska and Insular Areas are on Population Model. Variations of coverage and how the 1’ program are funded represent the differences in the evaluated alternatives.

28. Imagery for the Nation Productsmeet the majority of local, state and Federal needs One Meter GSD Every Year Alaska and the insular areas are on a different cycle and Alaska is acquired by USGS.

29. Buy-Up Options • Vary according to product type • Color Infrared • Increased Frequency • Increased Footprint • Increased Horizontal Accuracy • Sampling to Lower Resolutions • Increased Resolution (6” to 3” and 1’ to 6”) • Improved Elevation Data Products • Remove Building Lean (“True Ortho”)

30. Evolution of Program • First proposed by NSGIC in 2004 • Committee developed proposal • Suggested to Federal Geographic Data Committee in September 2005 • Remanded to the National Digital Orthophoto Programs Committee (NDOP) in November 2005 • Proposal slightly modified through committee and supported by NDOP in April 2006 • USGS and USDA funded Cost Benefit Analysis November 2006 through July 2007 • NDOP Committee unanimously approved Alternative #4 • NSGIC attempted to authorize and appropriate the 1-meter program through the 2007 Farm Bill reauthorization and failed • Already started to pull the geospatial community together for Hill activities in 2008

31. Current Problems • Incomplete coverage of the Nation • Inconsistent data formats • Data access restrictions • Poor archival practices • Varying quality of products • Duplication of effort due to limited coordination • Inefficient contracting • Poor documentation

32. Future Improvements • Solves all the above problems…and more • Creates a national aerial imagery program to collect and disseminate standardized multi-resolution products on “set” schedules • Federal, state, and local partners can exercise cost sharing options for any required orthoimagery enhancements • Provides a reliable business model for orthoimagery production • IFTN imagery will be placed in the public domain and archived for historical purposes

33. Economy of Scale $100 per square mile $150 per square mile

34. Other Direct Benefits of IFTN • Eliminates Need at State and Local Level for: • Procurement and Contract Management • Quality Assurance & Quality Control • Archive and Distribution Systems • Results in an additional 17.5% savings when applied to the Contracting Costs • Frees up staff to do other work

35. Ramona

36. Purpose of the GIS Inventory • Track the status of GIS in state and local government • Aid the planning and building of Spatial Data Infrastructures • Work in concert with Geospatial One-Stop and other Federal programs for broader data discovery • Have a single inventory tool • Unique state identity (promote buy-in) • Reduce the need for the multiple ad-hoc inventories conducted by federal and state agencies

37. Primary Components of the GIS Inventory • Inventory of • Users • Organizations • Systems • Policies • Geography • 478 Data Layers • Status Maps and Query Capability • Directory of Users • Reports • User Support • Newsletter Tool • Administrative Tools • Metadata Generation Tool • Metadata Repositories (Web Folder and CSW) • Supports the Annual NSGIC State Summaries

38. Important Features • Open source • Simple & intuitive interface • Inexpensive to modify and maintain • $6,000 per year for hardware/software/ISP • Original User Needs and System Build - $60k (NOAA funded through BAA) • Total Investment is < $150k to date from (NOAA, FEMA, FGDC, DHS)

39. Underlying Architecture • PHP - programming • MapServer - mapping interface • MySQL – database • Commercial Hardware (Liquid Web) • Dedicated High Speed Server • RAID Level 1 Storage • On-Site and Off-Site Backup • 2-hour repair/replacement guarantee

40. Interoperability NDEP – National Digital Elevation Program Committee NDOP – National Digital Orthophoto Programs Committee MIP – FEMA’s Mapping Information Platform GOS – Geospatial One Stop Portal CSW – Catalog Services - OGC Catalog Service 2.0.1 GIS Inventory is not dependent on any other system.

41. Status Maps • Visualize status of particular data layers • Map can be customized • Information reports on all data layers

42. Run reports based on your own search criteria Reports

43. Sample Report

44. COUNTY AGENCIES THAT CREATE NC ONEMAP FRAMEWORK LAYERS Number of Layers

45. STATUS OF MAJOR DATA LAYERS - ORTHOIMAGERY Total number of responses: 82 (6 responses were blank) Total number of responses: 88

46. Tabular Reports

47. Metadata Requirements • GIS Inventory does not ingest metadata • too many variables in free text fields • GIS Inventory has a structured series of questions in several functional areas • GIS Inventory creates “starter” metadata that is compliant with the FGDC CSDGM standard

48. Customers • State and local governments and their partners from many sectors, including private business • Select Federal Agencies (FEMA, DHS, NDOP, NDEP) • FGDC Cadastral Committee (new) • GOS Portal • General Public

49. How or why are they using the system? • Data Discovery • Strategic and Business Plan Development • Building Spatial Data Infrastructures • Research on Status and Trends

50. StatisticsSeptember 2007 (Updates for December 2007) • 1,824 Registered Users (2,993) • 572 have documented data layers (648) • 5,861 metadata records (avg. 10 each) • 3,237 Framework (3,512) • 2,624 Other layers (2,874) • 1,335 harvested by GOS ? • 1,154 validated by GOS ?