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Perceptions and Reality. From GAO “GAO concluded that unless the key entities determined that coordinating geospatial investments was a priority, the federal government would continue to acquire duplicative geospatial information and waste taxpayer dollars .”
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Perceptions and Reality • From GAO “GAO concluded that unless the key entities determined that coordinating geospatial investments was a priority, the federal government would continue to acquire duplicative geospatial information and waste taxpayer dollars.” Statement of David A. Powner, Director Information Technology Management Issues, December 5, 2013 • From the Inventory • 1516 lidar and ifsar projects • 1,442,627 square miles of data • 19% of overlap/repeat coverage – all but a tiny fraction was intentional and based on needs (flooding, pre-post storm, replacement of old/lower quality data)
Why Does This Matter? • Despite being the largest economy on Earth, we compare poorly to other developed nations in terms of investment in our geospatial infrastructure • The UK Ordnance Survey last year had an operating budget of $180m to map 94k sq miles ($1,915 per sq mile) • The NGP budget was $60m to map 3.8m sq miles ($15 per sq mile) • Whose citizen’s are better served?
Missed Opportunities • The real story in the geospatial community is lack of investment • For lack of $146m per year over 8 years we will lose $1.2 -13 billion in benefits every year while we chase down the last 1 or 2 percent of duplicative investment • Google Oxera study – global geo-services up to $270 billion annually in revenue • Is the US leading that market?
