GIS Consortium

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GIS Consortium
Local Information Resources Through Local
Partnerships
Pam Kelrick GIS Coordinator gisc_at_cableone.net 660-
665-0408
Adair County, MO
City of Kirksville, MO
Adair PWSD 1
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GIS in Small Communities

• The Great Get-Together!

Northeast Regional GIS Workshop Department of
Conservation, NE Regional Office Kirksville,
Missouri
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Those who made this possible
Missouri Spatial Data Information Service
United States Geologic Service
Missouri GIS Advisory Committee
Federal Geographic Data Committee
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Small Communities, Geography, and People

• 74 of counties have fewer than 50,000
  inhabitants
• "Metro/urban areas can be defined using several
  criterianonmetro/rural is then defined by
  exclusion -- any area that is not metro/urban is
  nonmetro/ruralThe Census Bureau classifies 61.7
  million (25 percent) of the total population as
  rural, OMB classifies 55.9 million (23 percent)
  of the total population as nonmetro. According to
  the Census definition, 97.5 percent of the total
  U.S. land area is rural according to the OMB
  definition, 84 percent of the land area is
  nonmetropolitan. USDA/ERS estimates that, in
  1990, 43 percent of the rural population lived in
  metropolitan counties.
• (USDA Rural Information Center --
  http//www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ricpubs/what_is_rural
  .htm)

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Small communities and GIS?

• Communication tool among jurisdictions and
  agencies
• Research tool to convey information about rural
  and small communities
• Identify problems and opportunities
• Track resources primarily in rural areas natural
  resources, land use and agricultural use
• Learn things about communities even 30-year
  residents dont know!

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Challenges Small Communities and GIS

• Cost
• Local Knowledge and skill
• Keeping good GIS employees
• Reaping the rewards of GIS
• Long-term attention on data development
• Long-term attention on goals

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Why create a How to?

• Address a lack of consistent and basic
  information for small GIS shops, particularly
  those operating in geographically isolated areas.
• Encourage and support state-wide GIS development
  and maintenance
• Introduce or reinforce the existence of best
  practices and standards
• Provide strategies for funding and maintaining
  GIS
• Provide planning criteria and considerations
• Data sharing and management
• Identify key milestones for coordination and
  collaboration

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Who is the guide meant to serve?

• Decision-makers
• Managers
• Elected officials
• Administrators
• Technicians
• Of small communities

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Overview of the Guide

• Before you start
• Implementation
• Program management
• Program advancement

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Highlights of the guide

• Before you Start
• How do I know I need a GIS?
• When is the right time to develop a GIS?
• Planning considerations
• ID business needs
• ID expectations
• ID stakeholders
• What do I need (hardware, software)

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Highlights of the guide(continued)

• Implementation
• Basic data cadastre, roads, imagery, GPS
• Standards best practices
• Reasonable expectations
• Methods of data development comparisons
• Existing data for download purchase
• Value of metadata

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Highlights of the Guide(continued)

• Program Management
• Data Distribution and Use
• Equipment
• Users
• Getting data used
• Data stewardship keeping data current
• Sharing and disclaimer policies (examples)
• Backing up data

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Highlights of the Guide(continued)

• Program advancement
• Expanding database holdings
• Collaborations, cost-sharing, coordination
  consortia
• Training
• Cost recovery, selling licensing
• Extending distribution services

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Getting the Guide Resources

• Web published with links at
• www.mgisac.org
• www.msdis.missouri.edu
• MGISAC regional workshops
• Rural GIS Summit events

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Questions?

• Pam Kelrick
• GIS Coordinator
• gisc_at_cableone.net
• 660-665-0408