Columbia, Missouri March 16, 2004

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Columbia, MissouriMarch 16, 2004

• James H. Ware
• Soil Survey Division

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Directors Goals

• Support MLRA Project Office Structure
• Support MLRA Office Structure
• Support States Technical Soil Services
• Support NSSC and National Leaders
• Support NCGC - Soil Support Branch
• Support SSURGO Initiative
• 1727 Certified (3/1/04)

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Directors Goals

• Support NITC
• Populate Geospatial Data Warehouse
• Needs to be Populated by December 30, 2004
• House for ALL Official Soil Data
• One House for all Soil Applications
• Spatial (SSURGO) and Tabular (NASIS)
• Eliminate Publication Backlog (QIT Report)

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Directors Goals

• Publication Web Soil Survey Data Mart
• Utilize West Texas Project as prototype
• Include Web SDV (GIS and Reports capable)
• Include tabular and map unit information
• Customized Soil Survey by user
• Options for output
• Examples Print, write to CD, download, or
  re-access online
• http//hydric.itc.nrcs.usda.gov/websoilsurvey/

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Directors Goals

• Publication Web Soil Survey Data Mart (cont.)
• Prototype by Dec 19, 2004
• Phase I June 2004
• Phase II November 2004
• Phase III November 2005
• NASIS Next Generation
• Soil Data Viewer/Web Data Viewer/Resource Data
  Viewer

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Directors Goals

• Raise the Bar in How we do Soil Survey using New
  Technology
• Provide More and Better Technical Soil Services
  (Internal External Customers)
• Examine Ways to Provide a Better Statistical
  Based Soil Survey

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Directors Goals

• Implement New Technology in Soil Survey
• Tool Box for Soils
• On-Screen editing using ARCGIS
• Utilize 3D Mapper software
• Test and Implement SoLIM (Soil Landscape
  Inference Model)
• Support Dynamic Soil Properties
• Reaffirm Strengthen NCSS Partnership

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Directors Goals

• Reaffirm Strengthen NCSS Partnership
• Establish NCSS Cooperator Award
• Re-Vitalize NCSS Advisory Group

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National Geospatial and Development Center

• Establish National Geospatial Development Center
  (NGDC)
• Finalizing MOU and Cooperative Ecosystems Study
  Unit (CESU-Agreement) with West Virginia Univ.
• Primary Function is Research Test Concepts with
  Business Analysis
• Look into Future Develop New GIS/Geospatial
  Tools for Soil Scientists Others

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National Geospatial and Development Center

• Establish NRCS Director (Christine Clarke-Acting)
  Three Branch Leaders
• Spatial Applications
• Application Integration (databases programs)
• Technology Integration Delivery (Soils, NRI,
  Tool Kit, etc.)
• Marketing Soils Information
• Web Based
• Utilize University, Private Contractors NRCS
  personnel

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Closing

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