Statewide Technology and Electronic Commerce Advisory Council Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

1. Statewide Technology and Electronic Commerce Advisory Council Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Initiative Todd S. Bacastow November 20, 2003

2. Charter • Address the basic issue of developing and maintaining geospatial information resources adequate to meet the needs of business, industry, government and academe

3. Approach • Relationships and opportunities • A snapshot of GIS in PA counties • A snapshot of PA GIS leadership and coordination

4. Education Government Business Relationships and Opportunities

5. Current and Emerging Opportunities Potential users: 200M+ Annual Growth:??? Penetration: ??? Potential users: 25M+ Annual Growth: 30% Penetration: <10% Personal Productivity Potential users: <1M Annual Growth: <4% Penetration: >90% Support Systems GIS e.g., 911 Dispatch e.g., Vehicle Navigation e.g., Mapping Time Source: Bruce Cahan

6. 72 US vehicle models offered navigation systems in 2002 -- up 360% from 2001 • 300,000 navigation-equipped new vehicles were sold in the United States in 2002 -- up 100% from 2001

7. “I want a pizza” GIS Pizza Place Database GIS Database “I want a pizza!” GPS System Response: “3 Blocks ahead on the left” Cliff Kottman (Open GIS Consortium)

8. Personal Safety and Wireless E-911 148+ million in 2003 140,000,000 120,000,000 100,000,000 80,000,000 60,000,000 40,000,000 20,000,000 0 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 The Yankee Group, 08/21/2003

9. “I need an ambulance” Public Service Answering Point GIS GIS Database “Help!” GPS Response: “The ambulance is on the way” Emergency Responder Modified from: Cliff Kottman (Open GIS Consortium)

10. “I want a pizza” “I need an ambulance” Private Call Center Private Call Center “I want pizza!” Private Wireless Link Wireless Link Private Call 40.774954 Degrees North -77.815779 Degrees West “3 blocks ahead on the left” Public EMS Public Safety Answering Point Fairfield Drive Dispatcher GIS Data

11. Academia Delivers New Ideas • For the PA Department of Health, Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory determined how low-cost technology can improve data collection and transfer for EMS. • Med-Media, a Pennsylvania Company, used this research to develop a commercial product.

12. Key points • GIS serves the public and private sectors • Commercial capabilities are essential to the delivery of government services • Academia delivers new ideas • Can be a win-win-win

13. Pennsylvania GIS Survey – A Snapshot of County GIS • Initiated by DCNR • Summarizes the status of GIS in Pennsylvania counties (i.e., no business, state, or NGOs, etc.) • Data collected • How data is used • Software • Data distribution policy

14. Environmental Public Works Planning Health Decision Support Police Fire Other Uses (e.g., Tax, Assessment, 911, Voting) GIS Applications

15. All Counties Have GIS

16. Important to Appraisal, Assessment, and Taxation

17. Lack of Common Data Standards

18. Lack of Software Interoperability

19. Lack a Common Policy Concerning Access and Use

20. Lessons from the GIS Survey • GIS is key to the county enterprise • Counties have invested in GIS because of the return on the investment • Various levels of completion • There are statewide interoperability and policy issues

21. A Snapshot of PA GIS Leadership and Coordination • Prepared and periodically updated between 1985 - 2003 • Dr. Lisa Warnecke • Areas • General assessment • Leadership • Legal Direction • Coordination Groups • Policy and Standards

22. General • “Several efforts were initiated by line and central agencies to coordinate these activities for about a decade, but each of these efforts languished for various reasons.” (1999 Report) • Significant activities (2003 Report) • DEP software grants • City of Philadelphia enterprise system/crime mapping • Neighborhood Information System/Services Utilization Monitoring System • Public interest groups environmental uses • DEP, PEMA, Health, and Agriculture uses

23. Leadership • Informal councils provide leadership (2003 Report) • PA Geospatial Information Council (PAGIC) • PA Mapping and Geographic Information Consortium (PaMAGIC) • Agencies share a leadership role (2003 Report) • DCNR • PennDOT • DEP • Note: A GIS Coordinator was appointed October 2003.

24. Legal Direction • Law defines State Plane Coordinate System (PL 1208, No 310) (2003 Report) • Topographic and Geologic Survey has statutory designation as the lead map agency (1995 Act 18 Sec 305) (2003 Report) • Governor Ridge Executive Order (January 7, 1999) (2003 Report) “The Department of Environmental Protection shall establish a statewide geospatial data clearinghouse .... to provide information to local governments on how land use decisions may impact air quality, water quality and quantity, soil erosion, and other natural resources."

25. Coordination • Coordination groups (2003 Report) • PA Geospatial Information Council (PAGIC) • Organized around an MOU • Focuses internal to the state • PA Mapping and Geographic Information Consortium (PaMAGIC) • Incorporated • Focuses local gov’t, business, and academia • Regional groups • PA GIS Consortium (PAGIS) • SEDA-COG

26. Policy and Standards • PaMAGIC is establishing “minimum interoperability standards” (2003 Report) • “Local Government Handbook for GIS implementation in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania” • Supported with a small Federal grant • Essential for the Pennsylvania Map (PAMAP)

27. Comparisons with Neighboring States

28. State Coordination Offices ** As of October 2003 • Note: • 46 states have some GIS coordination office • 6 have coordination offices; 4 are with a policy or technical organization

29. National Trend

30. Statewide Coordination Groups • Note: • Average is 1.7 groups • 3 states with formal groups, 4 with informal groups

31. Statewide Coordination and Leadership • Note: • 6 of 7 have clearinghouses • All have standards development organizations • 6 of 7 coordinate data development • 6 of 7 coordinate requirements • 4 of 7 provide quality assurance * Prior to October 2003 ** Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) *** PaMAGIC

32. Statewide Coordination and Leadership • Note: • All coordinate state agency GIS • 6 of 7 coordinate projects and plans with multiple organizations • 6 of 7 coordinate with the state CIO • 4 of 7 provide funding to local GIS * Prior to October 2003 ** PAGIC

33. Education Government Business Summary • GIS serves important government needs at all levels • Some private capabilities are essential to the delivery of critical government services • Various levels of completion within counties • There are interoperability and policy issues at all levels • PA is no better or worse that our neighboring states – we are just different • Visibility and leadership at a high level seems to be important