the oregon spatial data library a public resource andrea wirth marc rempel ku’uipo walsh bonnie...
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The Oregon Spatial Data LibraryA public resource
Andrea WirthMarc Rempel
Ku’uipo WalshBonnie Avery
Oregon State University LibrariesCorvallis, Oregon (U.S.)
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Deschutes
Lakes
North Coast
Umpqua
Willamette
Land Use
Hazards
Rural
Communities
Wetlands
Wildfire Risk
Wildlife
Imagery
Spatial Data
Library
Place based portals
Data Portals
Topic Portals
Information to help local citizens and policymakers make better decisions about Oregon’s natural resources.
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Oregon Spatial Data Library (OSDL): Bridging the gap & managing the data deluge in Oregon
Oregon Spatial Data Library (OSDL)
• Provides access to GIS data created and managed by State of Oregon agencies– Launched on GIS Day (November 18, 2009)• For: State of Oregon agency staff; public• Framework data focus• Multi-phase project, based on continued funding• Collaborative effort addressing data deluge on a state-
wide level • Improves access to data• http://spatialdata.oregonexplorer.info
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Partners• University (Libraries and INR)
– Technical expertise– Interest in:
• Natural resources digital library expansion• Communicating natural resource information to
Oregonians
– Libraries’ role in campus spatial data management is developing
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Partners
• State Agencies (GEO and navigatOR)– Technical expertise– Data developers and authority– Develop, maintain, and communicate standards of
GIS data management– Interest in serving geospatial data in a cost
effective and user-friendly manner
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Enhanced access to data
• Limit redundancy – everyone has access to the most recent version of framework data
• Central portal accessible by staff and the public
• Improved search capability• Increased visibility of data• Clip, zip, ship• Personalization
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Searching by keywords and filtering
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Feedback and Use
Top Content Views (percent of total)
Homepage 20,189 (65%)
Search page 9,841 (31%)
Download page 1,170 (4%)
Login page 31 (<1%)
User Registration page 8 (<1%)
• February 24th – July 31st 2010– 31,249 page views total from 4252 “unique”
visitors (Google Analytics)
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Feedback and Use
Top Traffic Sources Visits (percent of total)
Direct 6,380 (94%)
State of Oregon domain (Oregon.gov)
85 (1%)
Oregonexplorer.info 70 (1%)
Google 61 (1%)
Geo.oregonstate.edu 58 (1%)
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Feedback and Use
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Issues
• Limited by portal tool kit 9.3• Process for vetting data and hesitation
surrounding non “official” data– Slow growth of outside contributor pool– How vetting happens – defining a good dataset
• Marketing is needed to expand audience
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Oregon Spatial Data Library
State & Local Data
University Research
Data
Federal Research
Data
The Future of OSDL
• Upgrading to 9.3.1 or 10– Improve harvesting through federated searching
and dynamic data management• Improving user interface, better instructions
for download of data • Make use of these datasets in other OE portals
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OSDL Data• Place based portals
• Topic portals
Mapping , reporting, and
visualization tools
The Future of OSDL
• Expand– ODOT for
transportation– Use the institutional
repository as an alternative access site for OSU data
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• Oregon Spatial Data Libraryhttp://spatialdata.oregonexplorer.info
• Oregon Explorerhttp://oregonexplorer.info/
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