The Geographic Support System Initiative (GSS-I) Partnership Program

1. The Geographic Support System Initiative (GSS-I) Partnership Program Donna Bullock U.S. Census Bureau donna.bullock@census.gov 404-331-1339 November 2, 2012

2. For the 2020 Census – The GSS Initiative • For the 2010 Census – conducted the MAF/TIGER Enhancement Program • For the 2000 Census – Introduced the Master Address File • For the 1990 Census – Introduced TIGER Census Geographic Support – Major Initiatives Over Time

3. What is the GSS Initiative? Address Updates 123 Testdata Road Anytown, CA 94939 Quality Measurement Lat 37 degrees, 9.6 minutes N Lon 119 degrees, 45.1 minutes W Street/Feature Updates • An integrated program consisting of: • Improved address coverage • Ongoing address and spatial database updates • Enhanced quality assessment and measurement

4. Major Components of 2010 Census Address List Development Master Address File

5. 2010 Address Canvassing Facts • Number of housing unit addresses that needed verification: 145 million • Number of census workers hired for Address Canvassing: 140,000 • Number of hand-held computers used: 151,000 • Number of local census offices that managed operations: 151 • Dates of operation: March 30 - Mid-July 2009

6. Goal: A Shift in Focus for the 2020 Census • From a completeAddress Canvassing to a targeted Address Canvassing • Hinges on establishing an acceptable address list for each level of government

7. Why a “Targeted” Address Canvassing? • $$$! It is VERY expensive • Field an ARMY of address canvassers • “Walk” EVERY street in the nation… • Goal: developing regular update and change detection processes • Result: “Target” only areas with uncertainty • Quality of Addresses • Currency of Addresses

8. Quality Assurance Goals • Existing MAF/TIGER Data 1: Establish quantitative measures of address and spatial data quality • 3: Monitor and Improve the quality of the: 2: Assign Quality Indicators to MAF/TIGER data • Geographic products output from the MTDB • IT processes for updating the MTDB

9. Partnerships are Key! • Local governments are the authoritative sources for address and spatial data! • Expanding our Partnerships is Critical • Key step towards establishing an accurate and up-to-date address list • The GSS-I Partnership Program seeks government, organizational, and commercial partners willing to share high-quality data on: • Addresses • Housing Unit Structures • Street Centerlines and Attributes

10. What Kind of Address Data? • City-style addresses and/or • Non city-style addresses (i.e., Rural Route #) that “ideally” meet: USPS minimum delivery requirements, and The FGDC Address Standard (U.S. Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard) See the Draft Census Bureau Address Data Content Guidelines: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gss/gdlns/addgdln.html

11. What Kind of Housing Unit Structure Data? • Latitude/Longitude Coordinates for a Housing Unit structure or access point (i.e., from E-911 or Next-Gen E-911 database) • Structure centroids • Latitude/Longitude Coordinates for a real property parcel or parcel centroid • Other points used by partner? See the Draft Census Bureau Address Data Content Guidelines: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gss/gdlns/addgdln.html

12. What Kind of Street Feature Data? • Street centerline geometry • Street attributes – names, address ranges, etc. Why? • Expand Census centerline and attribute coverage • Spatially-correct misaligned streets in conjunction with high-quality imagery See also the Draft Census Bureau Feature Data and Metadata Content Guidelines: hhttp://www.census.gov/geo/www/gss/gdlns/addgdln.html

13. GSS-I Progress in last year • Pilot projects from Address Summit (Sept. 2011) • Address Authority Outreach and Data Sharing • FGDC Address Standards and Implementation • Federal/State/Tribal/Local Address Coordination • Data Sharing Model– Local/State/USPS/Census • Hidden/Hard to Capture Addresses • Researched/acquired “test” county data for development of GSS-I processing systems. In AL: Bullock and Shelby.

14. Community TIGER • New tool being developed in partnership with ESRI. • Web-based data sharing/upload system. • Open for all to use; no software license requirements. • Input of state/local/tribal data produces standardized output format used to update MAF/TIGER. • Beta version due in Feb 2013.

15. Planned Schedule • Fiscal Year 2012 (Oct 2011 – Sept 2012) • Process Development, pilot work, research, system development, initiated Community TIGER • October 2012 • Kickoff GSS Partnership Program (~51 partners, TBD) • February 2013 • Start Providing Feedback to Partners • March 2013 • Identify 300-400 supplemental FY13 partners based on quality audit of MAF/TIGER data • Community TIGER beta testing • October 2013 • Planning for open participation!

17. New Geographic Products • TIGERweb v2.0: WMS and viewer app with 2010, 2011, and more geographic area vintages <WFS coming soon…?> http://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/tigerweb_main.html • 2012 TIGER/Line Shapefiles: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/index.html • 2010 Geodatabases and shapefiles pre-joined with 2010 SF1 Demographics: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2010/2010DP1.html • KMLs for 2010 Counties and Census Tracts: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/kml/kml.html • 2010 Urbanized Areas, Urban Clusters, and “rural” areas: ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2010/UA/2010/ • 2010 Block shapefiles pre-joined with population and HU numbers: ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2010BLKPOPHU/ • **America’s Economy App (for Android or Apple phones or tablets): http://www.census.gov/mobile/

18. Questions? Donna Bullock U.S. Census Bureau Atlanta Regional Office donna.bullock@census.gov 404-331-1339 November 2, 2012