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Minnesota Governor’s Council on Geographic Information. Committee Reports. Data Hydrography LRM Outreach Standards. Data Committee. Purpose: Examine the state of GIS data and to review important current data issues. Co-Chair: Annette Theroux, Pro-West & Associates - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Minnesota Governor’s Council on Geographic
Information
Committee Reports
• Data
• Hydrography
• LRM
• Outreach
• Standards
Data Committee
Purpose: Examine the state of GIS data and to review important current data issues.
Co-Chair: Annette Theroux, Pro-West & Associates
218-547-3374 ext. 108 atheroux@prowestgis
Co-Chair: Fred Logman: Ramsey County
651-266-3843 [email protected]
Data Committee WorkgroupsData Sharing Agreements Workgroup
– Developing sample agreement language for sharing or exchange of geographic data
Political Subdivision Boundaries Workgroup
– Develop a recommendation about appropriate methods and procedures for mapping government unit boundaries
Digital Elevation Model Workgroup– Explore the possibility of developing a statewide
high-resolution elevation model (DEM) and floodplain mapping
Data Sharing Agreements Workgroup
Best Practices for Data Sharing
• Current projects
• Data Distribution Guide» Overview of the issues
» Process diagram
» Process narrative
» Associated examples and samples
• http://www.gis.state.mn.us
Political Subdivision Boundaries Workgroup
Clarify and document the methods used to record and map government unit boundaries within
Minnesota
• No organization currently maintains an accurate and current record of Minnesota’s political boundaries
– Workgroup formed in 1998
– Identify possible processes for maintaining and managing information and maps of Minnesota’s jurisdictional boundaries
– May be organized as an I team
DEM and Floodplain Mapping Workgroup
Focused on developing a statewide high-resolution elevation model (DEM) and floodplain mapping.
• Share information and discuss the need to develop high-resolution DEM data
– Workgroup began meeting 5 months ago
– Workshop May 2nd, 2002
» Science Museum of Minnesota
» Experts on high-resolution data acquisition and floodplain mapping
» local, state and federal agencies, quasi-governmental interest groups, legislators and legislative staff.
Hydrography Committee
Purpose: Develop methods to standardize state hydrography databases and
streamline updating
Co-Chair: Mark Olsen, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
651.296.3412 [email protected]
Co-Chair: Susanne Maeder, Land Management Information Center
651. 297.4986 [email protected]
2002 Membership…
Minnesota:• BWSR
• DNR
• DOT
• LMIC
• Metropolitan Council
• PCA
• SCSU
Federal:• COE
• NRCS
• USFS
• USGS
• USEPA
Proposed 2002 Initiatives...
• Define elements of MN hydrography framework
• Continue coordination of state and federal activities– Data development activities
– Identify and resolve Minnesota issues
• Coordinate on FGDC watershed boundary issues
2002 Accomplishments...
• Coordinated state hydrography data development efforts– 1:24,000 NHD created from DNR level 1 data for 17
watersheds
• Defined features of MN Hydrography Framework– Basin feature standard approved by Standards Committee
– Watercourse/reach feature defined
• Coordinated with Federal activities– Hosted technical seminars and training on NHD
• Training in use and production of data
• Created action list of issues and resolutions
Recommendations
Future Initiatives: Implementation of the framework - what does this mean?
Roles and responsibilities Enhancements and updates
Linear Referencing - implementation and exchange issues
Land Records Modernization Committee
Purpose: Research statewide issues surrounding the automation and mapping of
land record transactions
Co-Chair: Jay Wittstock, Wright County Surveyor
612-373-6817 [email protected]•
Co-Chair: Luci Botzek, Minnesota Association of County Officers
651-293-0953 [email protected]
Land Records Modernization Committee
• LRM activity has increased substantially in the last year– National Cadastre
– National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)
– State Agencies
– Local Government
Land Records Modernization Committee• Federal Agencies are looking for formal state plans
for GIS data development through an I-Team– Office of Management and Budget is to monitor cooperation
with states as part of agency performance evaluation. – National Cadastre
• Effort underway to get federal support for local parcel efforts
• Involves Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as lead federal agency, state organizations are state plan administrators, the FGDC Cadastre Committee, NSGIC, and local government.
Land Records Modernization Committee
• Membership of 38 and growing
• New membership representing new activity
• Next meeting:
March 30, 2002 from 10:00 – 12:00 at MCIT.– Working on creating a cadastre I-Plan
– Working on identifying needed members
Outreach Committee
Purpose: Works to connect the Governor's Council on Geographic Information with its various constituencies in state
government and across the state
Co-Chair: Larry Charboneau, The Lawrence Group 612-676-3950 [email protected]
Co-Chair: Banette Kritzky, GIS/LIS Consortium651-296-0220 [email protected]
Outreach Committee: Current Projects
• Power Point Presentation – A mobile presentation whose purpose is to focus on the
Council’s role in promoting and providing resources to the GIS community.
• Communication – create a tool to identify the appropriate media avenues
for distributing materials, advertising, articles, press release and other miscellaneous documents/messages.
Outreach Committee: Completed Tasks
• Guidelines to “hosting” Outstate meetings– Council Responsibilities
– Hosts Responsibilities
• Contact List– a statewide list of people/offices/organizations to
contact for Council information/updates
• Web Workgroup– update the Council’s website
Standards Committee
Purpose: Coordinate development of statewide geographic data standards and guidelines
Co-Chair: Glenn Radde, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources651-297-4950 [email protected]
Co-Chair: Joella Givens, Minnesota Department of Transportation651-582-1730 [email protected]
Standards Committee
• Our best work occurs during blizzards.– We’ve endorsed the Hydrography Committee’s Basin Identification
Standard.– We discussed recent metadata community activities and MN DNR’s
development of both a Systems Development Methodology (SDM) and Project Management Methodology (PMM) for IT projects.
– We’ve established a small workgroup to update and advance Robert Maki’s whitepaper on statewide enterprise architecture issues.