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Data Stewardship and Maintenance for the National Hydrography Dataset. Gladys Conaway USGS National Geospatial Technical Operations Center III. National Hydrography Dataset. Nationally integrated, seamless, dataset of surface water features. Network Classification Names
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Data Stewardship and Maintenance for the National Hydrography Dataset Gladys Conaway USGS National Geospatial Technical Operations Center III
National Hydrography Dataset • Nationally integrated, seamless, dataset of surface water features. • Network • Classification • Names • Inventory (National Identifier) REACH Code • Lineage • The NHD is the hydrography layer of the National Map
Current NHD Status • Medium Res. available Nationwide (1:100K-Scale) • High Res. available for 80% of Nation (1:24K-Scale + 1:63K-Scale AK ) • Partners: EPA, USFS, NPS, and States. • National coverage to be completed in 2006 • Local Res. available for Vermont (>1:24K-Scale) • North Carolina – local res. from LIDAR • West Virginia – 1:4800 hydro source
Phases of the NHD • Initial Collection • Based on available sources • Refinement • Based on completing the Network • Maintaining Currency • Updating - Based on local knowledge • Revision
NHD Maintenance • Goal – keep NHD data synchronized with national holdings • Managed as National Repository in GeoDatabase • Feature based transactional updates • Looking for partners, data stewards • Examples: Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New York • Develop and use common tools • Training kits and user documentation
NHD Updates • Geometry • Content • Revision • Flow • Flow Direction • Adding Connectors • Attributes • GNIS Name
Maintenance Documentation available Maintenance Tools available Maintenance USGS Support Stewardship Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Proposed Stewardship models USGS Leadership Maintenance and Stewardship
NHD Maintenance Tools • NHDnGEO Table Edit • Editing Tool in ArcGIS editing environment • NHDnGeo Edit Tools • Tool limited to updates only • Available for release in mid 2006
NHD Maintenance Support • Training • Tools and procedures • Partnership Development • Workshops / Seminars • User applications • Technology Transfer • Software and Design
Stewardship • Distributed Maintenance • Typically on a State-by-State basis • Suited to regional needs • Roles defined in Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
NHD Stewardship Models • Model 1 – Administrative Steward • Model 2 – Data Steward • Model 3 – Data Steward Serving Data • Model 4 – Multiple Stewards
Data Exchange Administrative Exchange Tech. Steward A NHD Update Tech. Steward B NHD Update Administrative Steward National Map NHD GeoDataBase 1+2 1+2 Approved list of Maintainers NHD Data Users Coordination of Data Maintainers Administrative Steward (Adjudicator) Ex:State Agency
Forest A NHD Update Forest B NHD Update NHD Steward Ex:Forest Service Data Exchange National Map Data Steward NHD GeoDatabase 1 USGS Data Distribution Updates to USGS NHD Data Users 4 2+3 2+3 2+3 2+3 5 Validated Updates with National Identifiers FS NHD GeoDatabase
Tech. Steward A NHD Update Tech. Steward B NHD Update State NHD GeoDatabase NHD Steward Ex:State Data Exchange National Map Data Steward – Serving NHD data NHD GeoDatabase 1 USGS Data Distribution Updates to USGS NHD Data Users 4 2+3 2+3 2+3 2+3 5 Validated Updates with National Identifiers
Tech. Steward Forest A NHD Update Tech. Steward A NHD Update Tech. Steward Forest B NHD Update Tech. Steward B NHD Update 2+3 2+3 2+3 2+3 FS NHD GeoDatabase State NHD GeoDatabase NHD Steward Ex:State NHD Steward Ex:Forest Service Data Exchange National Map Multiple Stewards NHD GeoDatabase Updates to USGS Updates to USGS 1 1 4a 4 USGS Data Distribution Validated Updates with National Identifiers Validated Updates with National Identifiers 5 5 4b NHD Data Users
Stewardship and Maintenance USGS NGTOC • Stewardship And Maintenance (SAM) • User Support • GeoDatabase Support • NHD Technical Support (nhd@usgs.gov) • Stewardship Promotion and Development • Maintenance Tool Training / Support