Parcels for the Nation

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Parcels for the Nation

• Principles
• Decentralized
• Local/state governments who maintain parcels are
  the primary stewards of the data
• These data are fed into a centralized
  GOOGLE/MS-VE environment using a standardized
  specification
• Driven by individual interests
• Instant public access to data
• Incentives by Federal Private partnership
• New suite of applications available to government
  and public
• Standardization Uses GOOGLE-type model of
  transit feed specification or plug-in (to GE or
  VE) update and maintenance tools

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The Parcel Feed Spec

• Single specification for parcel data structure
• Open source conversion tools for specification
• Read
• Write
• Conversion from/to a range of GIS formats

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Why it makes sense

• The Federal Government doesnt want to get into
  the business of serving data, the private sector
  does it better
• Millions of change occur every year in the parcel
  map
• A GOOGLE/MS-VE environment to integrate parcels
  with images, road networks etc. is a multiplier
• Doesnt require centralized coordination
• Enables a whole host of independent applications
  to be built that enables multiuse of parcel
  information (see iPhone apps).

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How to do it

• Come up with a price per parcel that local/state
  governments find acceptable
• Write an RFI to GOOGLE, MS, etc. to provide the
  infrastructure (i.e. PFS) to create the National
  Parcel Map
• What part will they (private) pay
• What is the Fed contribution

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Dr. Sean AhearnNGAC MeetingOctober 16, 2008