NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL 2105 Laurel Bush Rd. Suite 200 Bel Air, MD GIS Inventory powered by Ramona An Overview for the State of Connecticut January 23, 2008

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Today’s Agenda Limited Introductions Overview of the GIS Inventory Live Review of the User Interface Live Review of the Administrator Panel Management Uses in North Carolina Limited Introductions Overview of the GIS Inventory Live Review of the User Interface Live Review of the Administrator Panel Management Uses in North Carolina

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL 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

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL 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

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Important Features Open source Simple & 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 < $150k to date from (NOAA, FEMA, FGDC, DHS)

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL 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

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL NDEP – National Digital Elevation Program Committee NDOP – National Digital Orthophoto Programs Committee MIP – FEMA’s Mapping Information Platform GOS – Geospatial One Stop Portal CSW – Catalog Services - OGC Catalog Service Interoperability GIS Inventory is not dependent on any other system.

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL User Interface

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Status Maps Visualize status of particular data layers Map can be customized Information reports on all data layers

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL User Profile User completes information Categories –User –Organization –Systems –Policies –Geography 10 to 25 minutes for complete documentation

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Data Documentation 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

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Directory Search tool to find any user registered in your state Listings are graphics to prevent data mining on the site Links to and Organization Web Address

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Getting Started Guide and User Support Tool

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Administrator Panel

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Administrator Tools User Tab List all users Various Search Functions Add Users Reassign Profile to a New User Modify User Accounts Set Administrative Privileges

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Metadata Tab Review any metadata record in the system to check out external error reports

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Reports Run reports based on your own search criteria

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Sample Report

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Detail on Orthoimagery

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Unique State Questions Ability to add questions that are important to the state. Formats –Single answer multiple choice –Multiple answer multiple choice –Free text answer

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Newsletter Function 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

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Support Forum (Super Users Only) 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

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL 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

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL 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

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL How or why are they using the system? Data Discovery Strategic and Business Plan Development Building Spatial Data Infrastructures Research on Status and Trends

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Statistics September 2007(Updates for December 2007) 1,824 Registered Users (2,993) 572 have documented data layers (648) 5,861 metadata records (avg. 10 each) –3,237 Framework (3,512) –2,624 Other layers (2,874) 1,335 harvested by GOS ? 1,154 validated by GOS ?

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL 2105 Laurel Bush Rd. Suite 200 Bel Air, MD North Carolina Geospatial Inventory Total Number of Registered Contacts on NC OneMap Inventory: 403 Total Number of Organizations that Create GIS Data: 211 DRAFT Partial Report

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL AGENCIES REGISTERED ON NC ONEMAP INVENTORY Total Number of Responses: 206

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL AGENCIES THAT CREATE GIS DATA Total Number of Responses: 164

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL AGENCIES WITH ON-LINE INTERNET MAPPING SYSTEMS Total Number of Responses: 98

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL AGENCIES THAT CURRENTLY CREATE FGDC METADATA Total Number of Responses: 65

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL AGENCIES THAT DISTRIBUTE GEOSPATIAL DATA Total Number of Responses: 80

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Total Number of Responses: 56 AGENCIES THAT MAKE DATA AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Total Number of Responses: 35 AGENCIES THAT MAKE DATA AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AND CURRENTLY CREATE FGDC METADATA

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Total Number of Responses: 49 AGENCIES WITH A WRITTEN DATA DISTRIBUTION POLICY

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Total Number of Responses: 64 AGENCIES THAT CHARGE FOR THEIR DATA

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Total Number of Responses: 175 AGENCIES THAT USE ESRI SOFTWARE

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Total Number of Responses: 4 AGENCIES THAT NORMALLY LICENSE THEIR DATA

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Total number of responses: 88 Total number of responses: 82 (6 responses were blank) STATUS OF MAJOR DATA LAYERS ORTHOIMAGERY NOTE: Some counties entered multiple responses for differing types of imagery.

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL STATUS OF MAJOR DATA LAYERS MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES Total number of responses: 78 Total number of responses: 69 (9 responses were blank)

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL STATUS OF MAJOR DATA LAYERS COUNTY BOUNDARIES Total number of responses: 50 Total number of responses: 44 (6 responses were blank)

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL STATUS OF MAJOR DATA LAYERS DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS Total number of responses: 16 Total number of responses: 13 (3 responses were blank)

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL STATUS OF MAJOR DATA LAYERS PARCELS/CADASTRAL Total number of responses: 63 Total number of responses: 59 (4 responses were blank)

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL STATUS OF MAJOR DATA LAYERS HYDROGRAPHY Total number of responses: 45 Total number of responses: 41 (4 responses were blank)

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL STATUS OF MAJOR DATA LAYERS LAND COVER Total number of responses: 15 Total number of responses: 13 (2 responses were blank) NOTE: Some counties entered multiple responses for differing types of land cover.

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL STATUS OF MAJOR DATA LAYERS STREET CENTERLINES Total number of responses: 69 Total number of responses: 68 (1 response was blank)

NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL Tabular Reports 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….