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Geospatial Platform Update

This update provides information on the Geospatial Platform, a managed portfolio of geospatial data, services, and applications for government agencies and partners. It includes the vision, touch-points with OMB implementation plan, modernization roadmap, and next steps to implementation.

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Geospatial Platform Update

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  1. Geospatial Platform Update FGDC Steering Committee 7 June 2011

  2. The Geospatial Platform • Definition The Geospatial Platform will be a managed portfolio of common geospatial data, services, and applications contributed and administered by authoritative sources and hosted on a shared infrastructure, for use by government agencies and partners to meet their mission needs and the broader needs of the Nation • Vision All government agencies and their partners have access to geospatial capabilities to meet mission needs, ensure transparency and accountability, and geo-enable the business of government

  3. Touch-Points for the GeoPlatform with the OMB Implementation Plan • #1 – Complete detailed implementation plans to consolidate 800 data centers by 2015 • #3 – Shift to a "Cloud First" policy • #6 – Develop a strategy for shared services • #9 – Require integrated Program Team • #10 – Launch a best practices collaboration platform • #17 – Work with Congress to create IT budget models that align with modular development • #20 – Work with Congress to consolidate Commodity IT spending under Agency CIO • #21 – Reform and strengthen Investment Review Boards • #22 – Redefine role of Agency CIOs and Federal CIO Council

  4. Modernization Roadmap • Respond to FY2011 President’s Budget Direction to develop a Modernization Roadmap to implement the Geospatial Platform • Roadmap Purpose: • Define geospatial platform and establish vision and purpose • Describe future state technology architecture • Identify processes and organization elements to ensure success • Describe strategic path forward to implement vision • Identify actionable projects and activities for short- and mid-term implementation; including operations

  5. Notional Technical Architecture Data.gov Catalog Dublin Core Metadata View GeoPlatform Web Presence Phase I Phase II sends links Geospatial DSS Workbench Geospatial Query UI Geospatial Viewer Synchronized queries extends results with links Geospatial Catalog uses Web Metadata Editor FGDC/ISO Metadata View metadata as XML Geoprocessing Services asset display and query links to assets Geocoder Service Distributed search accesses metadata as XML harvest metadata FGDC/ISO metadata as XML plus data dictionary RDF Geo-Enabler Tool Agency Geospatial Assets metadata Data, Services, and Apps Agency Geospatial Investment Information Federal (blue) and non-federal (green) geospatial metadata catalogs Planned Geospatial Data Activities

  6. Making it Real – Business Cases • Strong need for high priority business cases to show benefits of approach • Candidate ideas discussed have included • Smart Growth • Emergency Response • Sustainability • Coastal Planning • Energy Development • Food Safety • Wildland Fire Response • … and more • Need Steering Committee ideas and support for building use cases

  7. Next Steps to Implementation • Building on work of Technical Deployment Task Team, define and finalize Platform high level architecture • Develop guidance document to describe architecture and how to leverage • GSA Team (Data.gov) poised to issue tasking to build “Version 1” of the Geospatial Platform • Need FGDC technical advisory / oversight team • FY13: PMO Support, V2 Implementation

  8. Questions? For additional questions please contact: • Jerry Johnston, GIO, EPA • Johnston.Jerry@epamail.epa.gov

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