1. Building and Disseminating Geospatial Information Portals Presented By: Building and Disseminating Geospatial Information Portals Presented By: Rod Erickson, GISP In the Cloud

2. Agenda Use Case: National Interagency Fire Center Choosing Cloud Over a Traditional Data Center Fire EGP Cloud Architecture Lessons Learned and Still Learning Demonstration What’s Next for NIFC and Fire EGP?

3. Use Case: National Interagency Fire Center NIFC is the nation’s logistical and support center for wild land fire and, sometimes, national emergencies. NIFC is the place where state, federal and tribal agencies work together to get fire personnel, aircraft, supplies, and equipment from anywhere in the country to where they are needed the most. Three tier support system: Local, Geographic Regions, and National.

4. Use Case: National Interagency Fire Center Wild land fires ignore all boundaries and jurisdictions. NIFC required an Enterprise Geospatial Portal (EGP) to share and disseminate data and services. Goal: Not another Common Operational Picture. Offer a ‘Hybrid” platform for 2D and 3D geospatial viewers from two popular, common platforms (Google & Esri).

5. Choosing Cloud Vs. Traditional Data Center Requires flexibility/scalability – Ability to accommodate peak fire season demand – Access to geospatial data across multiple domains (Federal, State, Local, and DoD) – Flexibility to add remove data services as needed Data Center = Resource Intensive – A traditional data center requires servers and staff to administer them – Data storage requirements grow exponentially during events Requires Rapid Response – Cannot wait for paperwork, logistics and security – Cannot wait for a new server, new VM, or more storage to come on-line Geographically Dispersed – Analysts, data managers, and coordinators are not in the same place but all require access – Must be able to support both wide dissemination and specific, privileged access

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7. Lessons Learned & Still Learning Technology does not solve data management challenges. Cloud or not, you still need a process and a strategy. Documentation is critical when managing two platforms (Google and Esri). The cloud only makes it easier to disseminate mistakes. The fundamentals still apply.

8. Demonstration Demonstration

9. What’s Next for NIFC & Fire EGP? Official Program of Record in 2013 Enterprise Geospatial Repository Continued migration to Cloud Mobile technology/platforms (Google Earth Portable)

10. Comments or Questions? Rod Erickson, GISP Next Tier Concepts www.ntconcepts.com rod.erickson@ntconcepts.com (office) 703-752-8970 (mobile) 571-340-6830 ROLL TIDE!