National Hydrography Dataset Stewardship ConferenceApril 24, 25, and 26, 2007

Denver, Colorado

Objective:Objective:

To improve the National Hydrography

Dataset by putting it in the hands of those

who know the hydrography the best.

Premise:Premise:

• It makes sense to have one universal hydrography coverage of the U.S. – NHD

• For this to work it must fully meet the needs of the user community.

• The current baseline of the NHD generally meets this need.

• The NHD must now evolve to a new level of user expectations.

Premise:Premise:

• The USGS will not have the resources to bring the NHD to a new level of capability.

• The users are best suited to do this.

• But they need the USGS to provide, leadership, guidance, continuity, and assistance.

• The business needs of the user will drive improvement of the NHD.

8:30 AM - Welcome, Agenda, and Introductions – Jeff Simley9:00 - Overview and future direction of the NHD – Jeff Simley9:30 – Overview of stewardship concept and structure – Jeff Simley/Keven Roth10:00 - Break10:20 - USGS stewardship team – Carl Nelson/Paul Kimsey10:50 - USGS Geospatial Liaisons – Tracy Fuller11:10 – Overview of the NHD change management system – Keven Roth11:30 - Lunch

Agenda – Tuesday - AM

Agenda – Tuesday - PM

12:35 PM –Common problems found in the NHD – Carl Nelson1:00 – Overview of the editing and transactional update architecture – Paul Kimsey1:25 - NHD Stewardship in Minnesota – Susanne Maeder1:55 – NHD Stewardship at the U.S. EPA – Tommy Dewald2:05 – Break2:25 – NHD Stewardship at the U.S. Forest Service – Brian Sanborn2:45 – NHD Stewardship at the Bureau of Land Management – Dan Wickwire2:55 – Local-Resolution Photo-Based Revision in West Virginia – Kurt Donaldson, 3:10 – Local-Resolution Photo-Based Revision in New Jersey – Seth Hackman3:25 – Activities in the States – Short presentations by states represented4:30 – Informal discussions between states5:00 - Adjourn

Agenda – Wednesday - AM

8:30 AM – Editing the NHD Status of NHD Geo Edit Tool – 15 min. - Paul Kimsey Setting up the Tool – 15 min. - Tim Hines Metadata and details of change management – 30 min. – Keven Roth Topology – 15 min. – Carl Nelson Flow in the NHD - 15 min. – Bill Smith10:00 – Break10:15 – Editing the NHD Measures in the NHD – 15 min. – Paul Kimsey Overview of various editing functions – 60 min. – Carl Nelson11:30 – Lunch

Agenda – Wednesday - PM

12:30 PM – Editing the NHD Post Processing Steps – 15 min. - Paul Kimsey Data Load Problems – 15 min. - Hank Nelson1:00 – Local-Resolution Lidar-Based Revision in North Carolina –

Joe Sewash/Scott Edelman1:50 – Break2:10 – The role of the Geographic Names Information System – Lou Yost3:00 - Editing names – Paul Kimsey3:15 – Densification at the Pacific Northwest Hydrography Framework –

Rick Jordan/Jay Stevens3:35 – Break3:45 - Watershed Boundary Dataset Status and Planning – Karen Hanson4:35 - National Wetlands Inventory – Mitch Bergeson5:05 - Adjourn

Agenda – Thursday - AM

8:30 AM –National Elevation Dataset/Lidar – Kristine Verdin9:00 – NHD at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Tommy Dewald9:10 - NHDPlus – Cindy McKay9:55 – StreamStats – Al Rea/Pete Steeves10:25 – Break10:40 – High Resolution NHDPlus Plans and Possibilities – Al Rea, Cindy McKay11:00 – Event Migration – Cindy McKay11:30 – Lunch

Agenda – Thursday - PM

12:30 PM – Event Management Tool – Jay Stevens1:00 – NHD Geo Edit Tool Development – Paul Kimsey/Carl Nelson1:30 – Future Geospatial Database Technologies and the NHD –

Paul Wiese/Jerry Ornelas2:00 – Break2:20 – Documentation – Keven Roth2:45 – NHD Web Site3:00 – Reporting Problems3:15 - Needed Development3:45 – Feedback from Stewards4:45 - Adjourn

AttendanceAttendance

• Alaska

• Alabama

• Arkansas

• California

• Colorado

• Connecticut

• Delaware

• Florida

• Georgia

• Hawaii

• Idaho

• Iowa

• Illinois

• Indiana

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• Kansas

• Kentucky

• Louisiana

• Massachusetts

• Maryland

• Maine

• Michigan

• Minnesota

• Missouri

• Montana

• North Carolina

• Nebraska

• New Hampshire

• New Jersey

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• New Mexico• New York• Ohio• Oklahoma• Oregon• Rhode Island• South Dakota• Texas

• Utah

• Virginia

• Vermont

• Washington

• Wisconsin

• West Virginia

• Wyoming

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• Bureau of Land Management

• National Park Service

• Natural Resource Conservation Service

• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• U.S. Forest Service

• U.S. Geological Survey

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• Destiny Resources

• ESRI

• Data Enhancement Services

• L3-Titan

• Riverside Technology

• Watershed Concepts