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Minnesota Governor’s Council on Geographic Information

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

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Minnesota Governor’s Council on Geographic Information

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  1. Minnesota Governor’s Council on Geographic Information

  2. Committee Reports • Data • Hydrography • LRM • Outreach • Standards

  3. 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 fred.logman@co.ramsey.mn.us

  4. Data Committee Workgroups Data 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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.

  8. Hydrography Committee Purpose: Develop methods to standardize state hydrography databases and streamline updating Co-Chair: Mark Olsen, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 651.296.3412 mark.olsen@pca.state.mn.us Co-Chair: Susanne Maeder, Land Management Information Center 651. 297.4986 susanne.maeder@mnplan.state.mn.us

  9. Minnesota: BWSR DNR DOT LMIC Metropolitan Council PCA SCSU Federal: COE NRCS USFS USGS USEPA 2002 Membership…

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Recommendations • Future Initiatives: • Implementation of the framework - what does this mean? • Roles and responsibilities • Enhancements and updates • Linear Referencing - implementation and exchange issues

  13. 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 Jay.Wittstock@co.wright.mn.us Co-Chair: Luci Botzek, Minnesota Association of County Officers 651-293-0953 lbotzek@aol.com

  14. 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

  15. 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.

  16. 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

  17. 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 larry@lawrencegroup.com Co-Chair: Banette Kritzky, GIS/LIS Consortium 651-296-0220 banette.kritzky@dot.state.mn.us

  18. 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.

  19. 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

  20. Standards Committee Purpose: Coordinate development of statewide geographic data standards and guidelines Co-Chair:Glenn Radde, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 651-297-4950 glenn.radde@dnr.state.mn.us Co-Chair: Joella Givens, Minnesota Department of Transportation 651-582-1730 joella.givens@dot.state.mn.us

  21. 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.

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