National Geospatial Advisory Committee

Changing Landscape-Outline of Session

Overview of the Initiative - A. Miglarese (5 min) Themes and Process - D. Cowen (10 min)

Overview of the Process Review Themes Primary Audiences Output: Publishable PDF

Discussion & Feedback - NGAC Committee (40 min) Focus on themes

Next Steps (5 min)

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Next Steps - Changing LandscapeAction Who By WhenReview & suggest changes to MS Word document

NGAC members to D Cowen

Friday, 10/24/08

Submit graphics to complement themes of the document

NGAC members to D Cowen

Friday, 10/31/08

Revise draft - Version 3 D Cowen, S Ahern & M Byrne

10/27/08 - 11/3/08

Edit documentSend to editor

Editor? 11/3/08 - 11/17/08

NGAC Member ReviewComments to D Cowen & team to resolve

NGAC members 11/17/08 - 12/1/08

Layout & graphics TBD 12/1/08 - 12/15/08

Publishable PDF posted & distributed 12/31/08

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Themes - 1 Computing Environment

Mainframe > workstation > personal computer > GPS embedded PDA/ cell phone

Software Full function Toolbox > on demand services - Click Charges (pennies per

transaction) Technical manuals > intuitive

Data Sources Vector maps > precise high resolution imagery GeoEye-1 - 41 cm from space Aircraft 4 inch vertical and oblique

Data Capture Conversion of existing maps > on screen digitizing > field collection >

automated feature extraction   In-situ > remotely sensed Public > Commercial > Volunteered Static > Real Time

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Themes - 2 Data Models

Layers  > Objects 2D > 3D > 4D

Data Storage Local hard drives > “Clouds” Free Google Mailbox 6,970 MB

User Interfaces and Access Text (command line) >GUI (Dashboards) Specialized graphic terminals > broad band connected personal computers Web > Web 2.0 (lots of user provided content - collaboration)

Maps > Decision support systems GI Data Collection and Distribution

Federal (top down) > local (bottom up) Proprietary > Data Exchange Standards > Open >  De Facto ( Shape , KML)

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Themes - 3 Users         

Technician driven (chauffeurs) > Public ( High expectations) Application specialists to managers / decision makers

Institutional Setting        Third Generation SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure) Product-based > Process-based development > Virtual       

Products Paper maps > location based services

Relationship to IT Stand alone department > integrated part of enterprise

Development languages and environment Procedural (Fortran/ANSI C) > object oriented (C++) > scripting (Visual

Basic/JavaScript) > managed code (Java/C#)

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Target Audiences

New Federal Leadership (political appointees) Federal Career Senior Leaders Geospatial Community of Practice -

government, academia, private sector Higher Education Other: