USGS NSDI Partnership Activities in West Virginia West Virginia GIS Forum May 17, 2006 Bruce Bauch, USGS Geospatial Liaison KY, TN, WV NSDI Partnership Office

What we’ll cover in 15 minutes Quick look at “new” USGS structure Recent USGS Activities in West Virginia Pending initiatives to recognize

Question : Name something former President Bill Clinton is noted for … Signed Executive Order –April 1994 Established the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) and the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)

Question: What is the NSDI? NSDI = the technology, policies, standards, and human resources necessary to acquire, process, store, distribute, and improve the use of geospatial data for decision-making and solving problems

In August, 2004 the Director realigned USGS geospatial programs into the National Geospatial Program Office (NGPO) in the GIO NGPO enables the USGS role in managing the unified portfolio of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Brings The National Map, Geospatial One-Stop, and the Federal Geographic Data Committee (as a portfolio) into a single program office USGS National Geospatial Program Office

Providing leadership to place geographic knowledge at the fingertips of the Nation USGS National Geospatial Program Office

Primary Geospatial Liaison Functions Cultivate and maintain Long-term Relationships with partners and develop partnerships and supporting agreements to support the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Advise and Consult on Geospatial Data and Technology Foster and improve Communication about NSDI and the National Geospatial Program Office (NGPO)

NSDI, USGS, NGPO SO… How does all this “federal stuff” help West Virginia?????

Local State Federal Partnerships, Partnerships …

USGS/West Virginia NSDI Partnership Activities Examples Using the WVSAMB Elevation Data … - mass points and break lines converted to grids for National Elevation Dataset (NED) - First Statewide 1/9 th Arc Second data in the Nation!!

USGS/West Virginia NSDI Partnership Activities Examples Using the WVSAMB Ortho data … SAMB Orthos reprojected to UTM - All orthos available via WVU’s Web Mapping Service

USGS/West Virginia NSDI Partnership Activities Examples WVSAMB Hydro data - Supporting Pilot project to determine process for producing statewide “Local Resolution” (1:4,800) NHD using WVSAMB hydro data

USGS/West Virginia NSDI Partnership Activities (continued) 2006 FGDC Grant (more info later today) Development of a Statewide Geospatial Strategic and Business Plan Identify Statewide Geospatial Coordination mechanism Statewide Geospatial Coordination Sub-committee (more info later today)

USGS/West Virginia NSDI Partnership Activities (continued) Charleston is one of 133 Urban Areas For Homeland Security

USGS Partnership NSDI Activities for Charleston Urban Area WVSAMB 2003 orthos acquired and processed for NGA and DHS applications USGS acquiring Spring 2006 reflights of Charleston H/S footprint Possible USGS/City of Charleston partnership orthos (TBD)

Potential initiative that may impact West Virginia Imagery for the Nation – possibly in FY Collaboration of Federal, State, Local, and Private sectors Cyclical Ortho acquisition “Watch this space…”

Potential initiative that may impact West Virginia Presidential Initiative - Geospatial Line of Business (LOB) USGS/FGDC has the federal lead – Short time fuse OMB expects the LOB to optimize and consolidate federal geospatial-related investments  Production  Maintenance  Applications

Question : Have you hugged your liaison lately?

For More information Contact: Bruce Bauch, USGS Geospatial Liaison NSDI Partnership Office Phone: ANY QUESTIONS?