UASI 2008 Concept Paper Establishing a Coordinated Regional Geospatial Infrastructure for the National Capital Region Tom Conry Fairfax County, VA Virginia Barney Krucoff Washington, DC Matt Felton Center for GIS at TU Maryland May 15, 2008

The Vision: A Robust Geospatial Framework for the Region Coordinated, interoperable, standards-based data sharing Leveraging existing assets Improve readiness by facilitating data discovery and access Provide relevant and accessible capabilities to end users across the region

Our Plan Work in partnership to meet the needs of multiple communities AND Leverage existing assets to: 1. Deploy MEGDS via NCR Map over the iNet by August Publish MEGDS to the web by December Enhance access to resources by iteratively extending current capabilities - June 2009 and beyond ITGIS Public Safety

What resources are needed? Access to NCRnet for rapid deployment of existing assets UASI proposal will provide resources to build out the regional framework Facilitate planning/strategy to ensure alignment with Public Safety stakeholder’s objectives

Many Stakeholders – Shared Need States and counties WMATA US DHS Pilot with DC & Virginia & Alexandria All Hazards Consortium DHS NCR Region National Geospatial Advisory Committee MSGIC/VGIN/MW-COG National Alliance for Public Safety GIS MW-COG Committees (Emergency Managers, Fire Chiefs, Police Chiefs) International Association of Fire Chiefs Who else is asking you about GIS?

ArcMap GeoData (Jurisdiction X View & Query Data Extraction Addressing Routing Advanced Analysis GIS Community (Advanced Users) “Savvy” Casual User (Mid-level Users) Public / Executive (Novice Users) Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Regional Geospatial Framework Users Tools Capabilities Whatever Tool Suits You Best Search for GeoData (Jurisdiction X GeoData (Jurisdiction X ArcGIS Explorer Google Earth Virtual Earth EMMA ArcGIS Server Google Maps

History (What’s been accomplished so far) UASI Proposal (2006) –Brought GIS community together to identify key issues Regional HIRA (completed in 2007) –EMMA deployment –Established an online “Basic” regional base map –Provided capabilities to bring in local data Development of Minimum Essential Geospatial Data Set (MEGDS) USGS CAP 2008 – Landmark structures –Will establish the framework for a consistent regional “Points of Interest” layer Additional coordination with ongoing projects in the region

Leveraging Existing Assets Current investments Infrastructure –NCRnet / iNets –Data Exchange Hub Cad-to-cad –Others… Applications –EMMA MW-COG / HIRA Maryland Virginia –Temperature boards (MPD) –RITIS –CapWin –Many others… COTS software & services Microsoft, Google, ESRI Standards based Large existing user communities Data –Minimum Essential Geospatial Data Set (MEGDS) –State GIS (MD iMap, VGIN) –County data –Existing web sources / services HIRA Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun, DC VGIN / MD iMap Federal –Many others…

DEMO of Existing Capabilities via MW-COG Servers

Summary of UASI Concept Paper Balances long-term strategy with defined, tangible milestones along the way. 3 Parallel Activities –Strategic Planning Ensure alignment with activities already underway Leverage current and emerging GIS technology –Implementation of Regional GIS Catalog Improves ability to discover and access existing assets Widens the “available” universe of data –Prepositioned Collections of Geospatial Data & Capabilities Grouping and filtering of data for specific user communities Combining data with capabilities to improve knowledge Roads data Geocoding & RoutingAnalysisKnowledge Example: Understanding regional (multi-jurisdictional) response times

Some Specific Outcomes / Benefits A shared plan for geospatial technology in the region –A mechanism to share the GIS outputs from projects in the region (e.g. other “HIRA’s”) –A regional geospatial standard that helps define GIS outputs for new projects Access to additional data and capabilities –Precise addressing (right house vs. right block) –Accurate routing –Integrating disparate data through “place” Multiple disciplines (police, fire, etc), jurisdictions, and levels of government A geospatial framework that supports many other multi-jurisdictional operations –Crime –Transportation –Environment –Stormwater –Real Estate –Planning / Economic Development –Others…

Key Principles Authoritative data Federated architecture / SOA Interoperability Standards-based (vendor agnostic)

Questions? Barney Krucoff GIS Manager District of Columbia Office of the Chief Technology Officer Thomas Conry GIS Manager Fairfax County, VA Geographic Information Services Branch Matt Felton Director, Center for GIS Towson University, Maryland