The National Map A Briefing the NSGIC Midyear Meeting

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The National Map A Briefing the NSGIC Mid-year
Meeting

• Mark L. DeMulder
• February 24, 2009

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Powell on National Mapping

• Testimony to Congress on December 5, 1884
• A Government cannot do any scientific work of
  more value to the people at large, than by
  causing the construction of proper topographic
  maps of the country

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The National Map Vision

• A seamless, continuously maintained, nationally
  consistent set of base geographic data
• Developed and maintained through partnerships
• A national foundation for science, land and
  resource management, recreation, policy making,
  and homeland security
• Available over the Internet
• The source for revised topographic maps

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More Blanket, Less Quilt
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Organizational Re-Engineering

• Establish an efficient, cost-effective, and high
  quality NGTOC organization utilizing
  two-locations
• Define what work will be performed by NGTOC
• Determine who will do that work
• Describe how NGTOC workload, and subsequently
  staffing, will change in the future
• Provide blueprint for the future
• Organization structure
• Staffing (Federal and on-site and off-site
  contractors)
• Facility modifications (if necessary)
• Technology
• Estimated annual expenses

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National Geospatial Technical Operations Center

• Develop maintain standards
• Develop new products and services
• Perform applied geospatial research and
• systems development
• Support emergency preparedness and
• response

• Acquire data
• Perform quality assurance
• Perform data integration
• Perform data management/modeling
• Provide technical support and training
• Provide stewardship services

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Electronic Topo Maps - Overall Strategy

• Create next-generation USGS topographic maps
• 3 year revision cycle following NAIP
• Source data from The National Map databases
• National Transportation Dataset (from Census
  initially)
• Names (GNIS, NHD)
• Cartographic features (Grids, quad level
  metadata)
• Initial product will be basic e-Topo Image Map
  content
• Image background
• Roads
• Names
• 124,000-scale layout
• Map Product evolution
• Data layers will be added as they become
  available and technical processes are in place
• Elevation data (contours) and Hydrography highest
  priority

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Product Characteristics (Its not your
grandfathers topographic map)

• The product is a plottable digital image. It is
  neither a GIS dataset nor a traditional paper
  map, but a new kind of hybrid.
• The physical format is GeoPDF, an unpublished and
  proprietary format that can only be read by
  specific proprietary software.
• The PDF is layered and georeferenced, giving the
  dataset some limited GIS characteristics.

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FY09 Goals and Preparation

• Produce 15,250 e-Topo Image Maps and make them
  available through the USGS Map Store
• Initial product will be basic e-Topo Image Map
  content
• Image background
• Roads
• Names
• 24K layout
• Processes will be managed with Job Tracking
  Extension (JTX)
• Multiple parent and child jobs
• Can be extended to future product(s)
• Begin production of AOI phase 1 cartographic data
• Grids (UTM, state plane, geographic)

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FY09 High-level Workflow
Image Data Staging
Production Data Pre-processes
MOD GeoPDFExport
GeoPDF Review
Carto Data (Grids Metadata)
Trans Review
Name Conflict
Distribution
Data Quality Review
Job Tracking Extension (JTX) Job Management
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Near-Term Issues

• Short-term ramp-up to get to 15,250 maps/year
• Standard is still in review/approval process
• E-Topo and Image map standard becoming one
  standard
• Data availability to NGTOC locations
• 1-meter NAIP imagery, leaf on
• FY2008 NAIP is not available yet so use FY2007
• DOI USGS now a funding partner to NAIP
• NAIP is in quarter-quad format
• Updated Census Transportation Data
• Need 3 mo. lead time from receipt of data from
  Census to when data is in Best Practices db.
• Workflow development
• NGTOC common tool application

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National Hydrography Dataset

• Seamless National Coverage
• Managed by Hydrologic Units
• National Consistency
• Uniform Characteristics
• Advanced Geospatial Model
• Relational/Feature Based
• Living Database
• Designed for Updates Through Data Stewardship
• Analytical Capabilities
• Flow Network/Linear Referencing

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Stewards at work
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USGS Geospatial Liaisons

• Cultivate and maintain long-term relationships
  with partners and develop partnerships and
  supporting agreements for NGPO programs
• Foster and improve communication about NGP and
  the National Map
• Advise and Consult on Geospatial Data and
  Technology
• Your local face of the National Map

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Liaisons Support their Communities

• USGS Geospatial liaisons serve as Federal
  representatives on over 200 Councils and
  Committees, mostly GIS related
• Liaisons serve as members of 39 state GIS
  steering committees or GIS councils, and numerous
  local and regional bodies
• Liaisons also serve as members or chairs of
  multiple thematic sub-committees under the state
  councils, especially for elevation and imagery
  where USGS has A-16 responsibility
• Many liaisons lead or support Federal GIS
  coordination groups in states and regions
• Councils serve as a forum for GIS partnerships
  and framework data coordination

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TNM FY08 Data Partnerships
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Feature Based
User-Centered Design
OntologyDriven
Generalization
E-Topo Maps
Multiscale
Nationwide Coverage 8 Data Layers Seamless
Elevation, Images, Land Cover
Authoritative Data Source
Quality Aware
Integrated Data
Spatio-Temporal
Intelligent Knowledge Base
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Thank You for Your Time Today!