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VGIN Advisory Board Meeting

VGIN Advisory Board Meeting. January 8, 2007. expect the best. www.vita.virginia.gov. 1. Organizational Changes. VGIN Coordinator New Staff Sam Hall, Geospatial Projects Manager Stu Blankenship, Geospatial Projects Manager (starting January 10)

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VGIN Advisory Board Meeting

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  1. VGIN Advisory Board Meeting January 8, 2007 expect the best www.vita.virginia.gov expect the best 1

  2. Organizational Changes • VGIN Coordinator • New Staff • Sam Hall, Geospatial Projects Manager • Stu Blankenship, Geospatial Projects Manager (starting January 10) • Two GIS Data Analysts (soon to be advertised) expect the best

  3. 2002 VBMP Product Licensing • VGIN is removing licensing restrictions • User input heavily in favor • Experience has shown it to be restrictive • Product is almost 5 years old • Rand Corp. study: “Mapping The Risks” expect the best

  4. 2002 VBMP Product Licensing • What does this mean? • “Release from License Agreement” • Local Jurisdictions can distribute as they see fit • State Agencies can distribute to their business partners as needed • VGIN will distribute regional and statewide datasets by request as resources allow expect the best

  5. 2002 VBMP Products • One meter statewide product • Boxed set of six DVDs • High Resolution Imagery • Statewide: three external hard drives • 750 gigabytes each • Custom requests filled as resources allow • Available through web services expect the best

  6. Orthophotography for Schools • GIS Software and Secondary Schools • ESRI & Dept. of Education license agreement • “Geospatial Instructional Applications Initiative” • Currently 495 schools have been given software (ArcView) • VGIN wants to provide a One Meter VBMP DVD set to each school receiving ArcView expect the best

  7. FEMA Update • Dialog with FEMA contacts • Flood Plain Map Modernization Program • Utilization of 2002 VBMP Orthos as a Base Map for FEMA Updates • FEMA interest contributing to Contour data development for 2007 VBMP • Currently comparing planned VBMP data development with FEMA needs expect the best

  8. Metadata Portal Toolkit • “…oversee the development of a catalog of GIS data available in the Commonwealth.” • § 2.2-2026 Code of Virginia • Metadata Portal Toolkit will fulfill this mandate • Will allow check in, check out, and browsing of geospatial metadata • Will provide training to state and local government • Timeframe for completion: April 2007 expect the best

  9. Metadata Portal expect the best

  10. Current Project Status • Road Centerlines - RCL • Emergency Management Mapping Application – EMMA • 2006 / 2007 VBMP Orthophotography expect the best

  11. Road Centerline Project • Local Updates: 42 % of Localities received and processed • Providing VDOT with updates • Working with VDOT on data exchange & updates • Project on schedule and under budget • January-February: visit localities to obtain feedback and share regional datasets expect the best

  12. Current Project Status • Road Centerlines - RCL • Emergency Management Mapping Application – EMMA • 2006 / 2007 VBMP Orthophotography expect the best

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