Report on the 8th GIS Standards Forum

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Report on the8th GIS Standards Forum

• Oregon Geographic Information Council
• December 20, 2006
• Salem, Oregon

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Forum Content

• Stewardship Workshop
• Framework Developments
• Four Standards Presentations
• At the charming Hotel Oregon in McMinnville

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StewardshipOverview

• Stewardship and the navigatOR Vision
• Data Life Cycle
• Stewardship Principles
• Formalizing Accountability

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Framework StewardshipThree Aspects

• Data creation maintenance at origin
• Integrating geographic chunks into statewide
  datasets by horizontal stewards
• Assuring spatial registration and harmonious
  databases among datasets by vertical stewards

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Horizontal Integration
Lincoln County Tax lots
Benton County Tax lots
Marion County Tax Lots
Deschutes County Tax Lots
Malheur County Tax Lots
Jackson County Tax Lots
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Vertical Integration
Assures successful use of elements together

• Siting new facilities
• Forecasting
• Long-range demographic planning
• Redistricting

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Stewardship Formalizing Accountability

• Within Framework
• Establish a Steward Group
• Adopt a Charter
• Within participating organizations
• Align PDs and reward via evaluation
• Budget for stewardship activities

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Framework StewardshipThree Approaches

• Panelists
• Dan Wickwire, BLM, Hydrography
• Dan Linscheid, Yamhill County, PLSS
• Dennis Scofield, ODOT, for Road Centerlines
• With significant contributions by Rod Therriault,
  DOR, for Tax Lots

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Framework StewardshipSome Discussion Results

• Resolve data sharing issues
• Tailor approach as appropriate
• Make stewardship part of the job
• Make metadata mandatory
• Effective communication required
• Respect for all points of view
• Agree on process with partners

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Framework Organization
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Framework Future

• Framework Plan that
• -incorporates stewardship at every stage
• -reflects the priorities based on agreed criteria
• -standardizes terminology and conventions
• -estimates required resources
• -is synchronized with navigatOR.

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Standards Presented

• Floodplain by DLCD
• Road Centerlines by ODOT
• Land Cover Standard by INR
• Wetlands Standard by INR for ORNHIC

All four standards have been advanced for
endorsement.