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Arizona Geospatial Community May 29, 2008. Today’s Agenda. Overview of the GIS Inventory Review of the User Interface Review of the Administrator Panel Management Uses in North Carolina Marketing Materials Review Live System . Purpose of the GIS Inventory.
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Arizona Geospatial Community May 29, 2008
Today’s Agenda • Overview of the GIS Inventory • Review of the User Interface • Review of the Administrator Panel • Management Uses in North Carolina • Marketing Materials • Review Live System
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
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
Important Features • Open source • Simple and 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 < $200k to date from (NOAA, FEMA, FGDC, DHS) • Do we need to say – virtually no cost to you
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
Status Maps • Visualize status of particular data layers • Map can be customized • Information reports on all data layers
User completes information Categories User Organization Systems Policies Geography 10 to 25 minutes for complete documentation User Profile
478 Layers – Only document what you produce 6 standard questions 6 layers have additional questions 30 seconds to 2 minutes per layer Publish your information from this screen Data Documentation
Search tool to find any user registered in your state Listings are graphics to prevent data mining on the site Links to E-mail and Organization Web Address Directory
Getting Started Guide and User Support Form
List all users Various Search Functions Add Users Reassign Profile to a New User Modify User Accounts Set Administrative Privileges Administrator Tools User Tab
Review any metadata record in the system to check out external error reports Metadata Tab
Ability to add questions that are important to the state. Formats Single answer multiple choice Multiple answer multiple choice Free text answer Unique State Questions
Can create and send newsletters to all users in the state or to a select group (i.e. just the administrators) HTML or Plain Text options Newsletter Function
Users request support on problems or report bugs in system Administrators get E-mail alerts from the Support Forum and respond to requests Maintains a complete record of the dialogue Can close and re-open tickets as needed Support Forum (Super Users Only)
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
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
How or why are they using the system? • Data Discovery • Strategic and Business Plan Development • Building Spatial Data Infrastructures • Research on Status and Trends
North Carolina Geospatial Inventory Total Number of Registered Contacts on NC OneMap Inventory: 403 Total Number of Organizations that Create GIS Data: 211 Management Information PartialReport
STATUS OF MAJOR DATA LAYERS ORTHOIMAGERY Total number of responses: 82 (6 responses were blank) Total number of responses: 88
AGENCIES REGISTERED ON NC ONEMAP INVENTORY Total Number of Responses: 206
Organizations That Create GIS Data Organizations That Currently Create FGDC Metadata Organizations That Make Data Available For Download Organizations That Have a Written Data Distribution Policy County Parcel Attributes County Road Centerline Attributes County Road Centerline Types More More More…. North Carolina Tabular Reports
Marketing Materials Customize for each state
Testimonials • Don’t take our word – look at what others are saying about the GIS Inventory
State Summaries Over 50 Questions About Statewide GIS Coordination Activities
Ability to Map Many Questions States where Counties & Parishes Participate on Statewide GIS Council States where Counties & Parishes have an Official Seat on the Statewide GIS Council
Questions ? This presentation was funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security