Statewide Technology and Electronic Commerce Advisory Council

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• Statewide Technology and Electronic Commerce
  Advisory Council
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Initiative
• Todd S. Bacastow
• November 20, 2003

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Charter

• Address the basic issue of developing and
  maintaining geospatial information resources
  adequate to meet the needs of business, industry,
  government and academe

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Approach

• Relationships and opportunities
• A snapshot of GIS in PA counties
• A snapshot of PA GIS leadership and coordination

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Relationships and Opportunities
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Current and Emerging Opportunities
Potential users 200M Annual Growth??? Penetrat
ion ???
Potential users 25M Annual Growth
30 Penetration lt10
Personal Productivity
Potential users lt1M Annual Growth
lt4 Penetration gt90
Support Systems
GIS
e.g., 911 Dispatch
e.g., Vehicle Navigation
e.g., Mapping
Time
Source Bruce Cahan
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• 72 US vehicle models offered navigation systems
  in 2002 -- up 360 from 2001
• 300,000 navigation-equipped new vehicles were
  sold in the United States in 2002 -- up 100 from
  2001

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I want a pizza
Pizza Place Database
GIS
GIS Database
I want a pizza!
GPS
System Response 3 Blocks ahead on the left
Cliff Kottman (Open GIS Consortium)
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Personal Safety and Wireless E-911
148 million in 2003
140,000,000
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The Yankee Group, 08/21/2003
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I need an ambulance
Public Service Answering Point
GIS
GIS Database
Help!
GPS
Response The ambulance is on the way
Emergency Responder
Modified from Cliff Kottman (Open GIS
Consortium)
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Academia Delivers New Ideas

• For the PA Department of Health, Penn States
  Applied Research Laboratory determined how
  low-cost technology can improve data collection
  and transfer for EMS.
• Med-Media, a Pennsylvania Company, used this
  research to develop a commercial product.

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• Key points
• GIS serves the public and private sectors
• Commercial capabilities are essential to the
  delivery of government services
• Academia delivers new ideas
• Can be a win-win-win

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Pennsylvania GIS Survey A Snapshot of County
GIS

• Initiated by DCNR
• Summarizes the status of GIS in Pennsylvania
  counties (i.e., no business, state, or NGOs,
  etc.)
• Data collected
• How data is used
• Software
• Data distribution policy

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GIS Applications
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All Counties Have GIS
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Important to Appraisal, Assessment, and Taxation
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Lack of Common Data Standards
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Lack of Software Interoperability
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Lack a Common Policy Concerning Access and Use
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Lessons from the GIS Survey

• GIS is key to the county enterprise
• Counties have invested in GIS because of the
  return on the investment
• Various levels of completion
• There are statewide interoperability and policy
  issues

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A Snapshot of PA GIS Leadership and Coordination

• Prepared and periodically updated between 1985 -
  2003
• Dr. Lisa Warnecke
• Areas
• General assessment
• Leadership
• Legal Direction
• Coordination Groups
• Policy and Standards

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General

• Several efforts were initiated by line and
  central agencies to coordinate these activities
  for about a decade, but each of these efforts
  languished for various reasons. (1999 Report)
• Significant activities (2003 Report)
• DEP software grants
• City of Philadelphia enterprise system/crime
  mapping
• Neighborhood Information System/Services
  Utilization Monitoring System
• Public interest groups environmental uses
• DEP, PEMA, Health, and Agriculture uses

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Leadership

• Informal councils provide leadership (2003
  Report)
• PA Geospatial Information Council (PAGIC)
• PA Mapping and Geographic Information Consortium
  (PaMAGIC)
• Agencies share a leadership role (2003 Report)
• DCNR
• PennDOT
• DEP
• Note A GIS Coordinator was appointed October
  2003.

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Legal Direction

• Law defines State Plane Coordinate System (PL
  1208, No 310) (2003 Report)
• Topographic and Geologic Survey has statutory
  designation as the lead map agency (1995 Act 18
  Sec 305) (2003 Report)
• Governor Ridge Executive Order (January 7, 1999)
  (2003 Report)
• The Department of Environmental Protection
  shall establish a statewide geospatial data
  clearinghouse .... to provide information to
  local governments on how land use decisions may
  impact air quality, water quality and quantity,
  soil erosion, and other natural resources."

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Coordination

• Coordination groups (2003 Report)
• PA Geospatial Information Council (PAGIC)
• Organized around an MOU
• Focuses internal to the state
• PA Mapping and Geographic Information Consortium
  (PaMAGIC)
• Incorporated
• Focuses local govt, business, and academia
• Regional groups
• PA GIS Consortium (PAGIS)
• SEDA-COG

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Policy and Standards

• PaMAGIC is establishing minimum interoperability
  standards (2003 Report)
• Local Government Handbook for GIS implementation
  in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Supported with a small Federal grant
• Essential for the Pennsylvania Map (PAMAP)

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Comparisons with Neighboring States
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State Coordination Offices
Coordination Office Location
Delaware Yes Planning, Policy, Budget, or Administrative Agency
Maryland No
New Jersey Yes Information Policy or Technical Agency
New York Yes Information Policy or Technical Agency
Ohio Yes Information Policy or Technical Agency
Pennsylvania Yes Information Policy or Technical Agency
West Virginia Yes Environmental or Natural Resources
As of October 2003

• Note
• 46 states have some GIS coordination office
• 6 have coordination offices 4 are with a
  policy or technical organization

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National Trend
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Statewide Coordination Groups
Number of Groups Authority
Delaware 2 Formal, Formal
Maryland 1 Informal
New Jersey 3 Formal, Formal, Informal
New York 1 Informal
Ohio 2 Formal
Pennsylvania 2 Informal, Incorporated
West Virginia 1 Formal

• Note
• Average is 1.7 groups
• 3 states with formal groups, 4 with informal
  groups

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Statewide Coordination and Leadership
Data Clearinghouse Standards Development Organization Coordinated Data Development Coordinated Requirements Quality Assurance
Delaware Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Maryland Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
New Jersey Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
New York No Yes Yes Yes No
Ohio Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pennsylvania Yes Yes No No No
West Virginia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

• Note
• 6 of 7 have clearinghouses
• All have standards development organizations
• 6 of 7 coordinate data development
• 6 of 7 coordinate requirements
• 4 of 7 provide quality assurance

Prior to October 2003 Pennsylvania Spatial
Data Access (PASDA) PaMAGIC
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Statewide Coordination and Leadership
State Agency Coordination of GIS Projects and Plans Multiple Organization Coordination of GIS Projects and Plans Coordination with State CIO Provide funding to Local Government
Delaware Yes Yes Yes No
Maryland Yes Yes Yes Yes
New Jersey Yes Yes Yes Yes
New York Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ohio Yes Yes Yes No
Pennsylvania Yes No No No
West Virginia Yes Yes Yes Yes

• Note
• All coordinate state agency GIS
• 6 of 7 coordinate projects and plans with
  multiple organizations
• 6 of 7 coordinate with the state CIO
• 4 of 7 provide funding to local GIS

Prior to October 2003 PAGIC
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Summary

• GIS serves important government needs at all
  levels
• Some private capabilities are essential to the
  delivery of critical government services
• Various levels of completion within counties
• There are interoperability and policy issues at
  all levels
• PA is no better or worse that our neighboring
  states we are just different
• Visibility and leadership at a high level seems
  to be important