GIS Inventory Workshop

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• GIS Inventory Workshop
• NSGIC Mid-Year Meeting
• March 8, 2008

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Todays Agenda

• Introductions
• Overview of the GIS Inventory
• Live Review of the User Interface
• Live Review of the Administrator Panel
• Management Uses in North Carolina
• Marketing Materials

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Purpose of the GIS Inventory

• Track the status of GIS in state and local
  government
• Aid the planning and building of Spatial Data
  Infrastructures
• Work in concert with Geospatial One-Stop and
  other Federal programs for broader data discovery
• Have a single inventory tool
• Unique state identity (promote buy-in)
• Reduce the need for the multiple ad-hoc
  inventories conducted by federal and state
  agencies

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Primary Components of the GIS Inventory

• Inventory of
• Users
• Organizations
• Systems
• Policies
• Geography
• 478 Data Layers
• Status Maps and Query Capability
• Directory of Users
• Reports
• User Support
• Newsletter Tool
• Administrative Tools
• Metadata Generation Tool
• Metadata Repositories (Web Folder and CSW)
• Supports the Annual NSGIC State Summaries

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Important Features

• Open source
• Simple and intuitive interface
• Inexpensive to modify and maintain
• 6,000 per year for hardware/software/ISP
• Original User Needs and System Build - 60k (NOAA
  funded through BAA)
• Total Investment is lt 150k to date from (NOAA,
  FEMA, FGDC, DHS)
• Do we need to say virtually no cost to you

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Underlying Architecture

• PHP - programming
• MapServer - mapping interface
• MySQL database
• Commercial Hardware (Liquid Web)
• Dedicated High Speed Server
• RAID Level 1 Storage
• On-Site and Off-Site Backup
• 2-hour repair/replacement guarantee

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Interoperability
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User Interface
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Status Maps

• Visualize status of particular data layers
• Map can be customized
• Information reports on all data layers

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User Profile

• User completes information
• Categories
• User
• Organization
• Systems
• Policies
• Geography
• 10 to 25 minutes for complete documentation

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Data Documentation

• 478 Layers Only document what you produce
• 6 standard questions
• 6 layers have additional questions
• 30 seconds to 2 minutes per layer
• Publish your information from this screen

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Directory

• Search tool to find any user registered in your
  state
• Listings are graphics to prevent data mining on
  the site
• Links to E-mail and Organization Web Address

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Getting Started Guide
and User Support Form
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Administrators Panel
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Administrator Tools User Tab

• List all users
• Various Search Functions
• Add Users
• Reassign Profile to a New User
• Modify User Accounts
• Set Administrative Privileges

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Metadata Tab

• Review any metadata record in the system to
  check out external error reports

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Reports

• Run reports based on your own search criteria

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Sample Report
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Detail on Orthoimagery
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Unique State Questions

• Ability to add questions that are important to
  the state.
• Formats
• Single answer multiple choice
• Multiple answer multiple choice
• Free text answer

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Newsletter Function

• Can create and send newsletters to all users in
  the state or to a select group (i.e. just the
  administrators)
• HTML or Plain Text options

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Support Forum (Super Users Only)

• Users request support on problems or report bugs
  in system
• Administrators get E-mail alerts from the Support
  Forum and respond to requests
• Maintains a complete record of the dialogue
• Can close and re-open tickets as needed

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Metadata Requirements

• GIS Inventory does not ingest metadata
• too many variables in free text fields
• GIS Inventory has a structured series of
  questions in several functional areas
• GIS Inventory creates starter metadata that is
  compliant with the FGDC CSDGM standard

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Customers

• State and local governments and their partners
  from many sectors, including private business
• Select Federal Agencies (FEMA, DHS, NDOP, NDEP)
• FGDC Cadastral Committee (new)
• GOS Portal
• General Public

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How or why are they using the system?

• Data Discovery
• Strategic and Business Plan Development
• Building Spatial Data Infrastructures
• Research on Status and Trends

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User Statistics
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North Carolina Geospatial Inventory
Management Information
DRAFT

• Total Number of Registered Contacts on NC OneMap
  Inventory 403
• Total Number of Organizations that Create GIS
  Data 211

Partial Report
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STATUS OF MAJOR DATA LAYERS ORTHOIMAGERY
Total number of responses 82 (6 responses
were blank)
Total number of responses 88
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AGENCIES REGISTERED ON NC ONEMAP INVENTORY
Total Number of Responses 206
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North Carolina Tabular Reports

• Organizations That Create GIS Data
• Organizations That Currently Create FGDC Metadata
• Organizations That Make Data Available For
  Download
• Organizations That Have a Written Data
  Distribution Policy
• County Parcel Attributes
• County Road Centerline Attributes
• County Road Centerline Types
• More More More.

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Marketing Materials
Customize for each state
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Testimonials

• Dont take our word look at what others are
  saying about the GIS Inventory

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State Summaries
Over 50 Questions About Statewide GIS
Coordination Activities
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Individual State and Aggregate Nationwide Reports
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Ability to Map Many Questions
States where Counties Parishes Participate on
Statewide GIS Council
States where Counties Parishes have an Official
Seat on the Statewide GIS Council
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Questions ?
This workshop was funded by the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security Contract Number ?????