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VGIN Coordinator’s Report – April 3, 2007

Welcome!

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Agenda for Today• Call to Order, Review and approval of previous

meeting minutes• VGIN Activities Summary / Coordinator Report –

Dan Widner• Ongoing Project Status Updates

– Orthophotography Update – Stuart Blankenship– Emergency Management Mapping Application (EMMA) –

Sam Hall– Road Centerline (RCL) – Lyle Hornbaker

• New Business / Open Discussion / Conclusion

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• GIS Day Summary: Tuesday, February 6, 2007– Participants:

• Virginia DCR, Natural Heritage Program• Virginia Department of Transportation• Virginia Economic Development Partnership• Virginia DEQ, Coastal Zone Management Program• Virginia Department of Emergency Management• Rockingham County • City of Martinsville/Henry County

VGIN Coordinator’s Report – April 3, 2007

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GIS Day• Remarks from:

– Secretary of Technology – CIO of the Commonwealth

• GIS Day Proclamation from the Governor

• Suggestions from the Board:– Continue with GIS Day at General Assembly?– Seek other venues?

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2002 VBMP Ortho Pricing Sheet• Refer to handout

• Standardized product available for sale– Includes DVD and USB Drives– Pricing for web services coming soon

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FEMA Partnership• Sharing 2002 VBMP Orthos with FEMA

– Through elimination of license restrictions

• FEMA to use product with remaining localities in current cycle of Flood Plain Map Modernization

• Dialog has opened the door to FEMA funding for contour development– Alleghany (including Covington), – Dinwiddie– Pittsylvania (including Danville)

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NSDI Cooperative Agreement Program• Federal Geographic Data Committee

– CAP Grants to assist in geospatial development

• VGIN, Virginia Tech and ODU partners– $25,000 to support Virginia’s geospatial

metadata implementation– http://www.fgdc.gov/grants/2007CAP/

Category1/07HQAG-VA

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• “…oversee the development of a catalog of GIS data available in the Commonwealth.” – § 2.2-2026 Code of Virginia

• Solution: Implement ESRI’s GIS Portal Toolkit package as Virginia’s metadata tool– 10 week consulting engagement with ESRI

Professional Services– Available Summer 2007!– Training via CAP Grant proposal– “GISData.Virginia.Gov”

Metadata Portal Implementation

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Customization and Deployment Work for GISData.Virginia.Gov• Meets VITA and Virginia Web Site Standards,

Federal Accessibility Standards

• VGIN and VITA/NG have deployed 4 servers to provide the platform for the service

• ESRI will complete Portal customizations and come to VITA to install software end of April

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Next Steps• Complete installation with ESRI• Training for VGIN staff and select others from

ESRI as part of installation visit• VGIN will schedule and offer Portal workshops to

state and local government representatives to teach how to input data and use the system (Summer-Fall 2007)

• VGIN will make a big push for data providers to register their datasets in the system

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VGIN Support Positions

• Currently advertising for three positions:

– GIS Data Analysts (2 positions)– GIS Specialist (1 position)

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Project Updates

• 2007 Orthophotography• EMMA• Road Centerline