1. COSTEP GIS & Planning Subcommittee Sept. 19, 2008

2. COSTEP GIS & Planning Subcommittee2 Members Michael Steinitz (MHC) Michael Philbin (MEMA) Mel Klayman (DCAM) Ben Hiltunen (MEMA)

3. COSTEP GIS & Planning Subcommittee3 Initial Charge Work to make cultural resources information available along with overlay maps of hazards and links to information sources on mitigating these hazards Interface with statewide emergency management GIS structure and data collection

4. COSTEP GIS & Planning Subcommittee4 Subcommittee Goals Coordinate with other GIS data collection efforts Capitalize on existing processes & initiatives MEMA MBLC SEC DCAM Others

5. COSTEP GIS & Planning Subcommittee5 Subcommittee Goals Define scope of data to collect Define “cultural resource” Determine users’ needs for data Facility Local State Others Method to QA/QC data

6. COSTEP GIS & Planning Subcommittee6 Subcommittee Goals Make data available to end-users Format of data – –single comprehensive layer vs. separate layers for each facility type –File format(s) – Excel, GIS shapefile, Google Earth KML Security of data – what data can be made public and what needs to be kept secure Access to data –MEMA Comprehensive Emergency Management database (in development) –Interim solution until CEM database comes online –MassGIS

7. COSTEP GIS & Planning Subcommittee7 Next Steps

8. COSTEP GIS & Planning Subcommittee8 Questions?