Denver Regional Data Consortium
September 2012
Agenda Welcome and introductions
10:15 – 10:20 Tips and Guidance on the other steps in the
subcommittee lifecycle
10:20- 10:25 – Data Dash Idea
10:25 – 11:10 - Updates from active subcommittees
Updates on outside initiatives: Dianna Anderson– 11:10-11:40
Colorado Information Marketplace: https://data.colorado.gov/
Greg Matthews (USGS) – 11:40 to noon
Revisiting the Subcommittee Lifecycle
Project Lifecycle1. Set an Objective
2. Develop of Schedule
3. Develop a Data Model
4. Develop a Data Merge Plan
5. Build the Data
6. QAQC
7. Develop Metadata
8. Develop a Data Sharing Plan
9. Develop an Update Plan
10. Publish to Regional Data Catalog
11. Celebrate Success!!!
12. Dissolve Subcommittee
13. Focus on Next Dataset/ Subcommittee Priority
Project LifecycleStep 4 Developing a Data Merge Plan
Who does this apply to: Subcommittees that are compiling information from local jurisdictions
Tip: Consult Tech Team
Project LifecycleStep 5 & 6 Building and QAQCing
the Data Tip: Consider interactive,
collaborative work sessions. Online collaboration – Google Docs Work Webinars Co-locate …anything to get together and
actually work through a problem/create data
Data Dash Initiative What: A collaborative work session
When: Nov. 2, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Metro State College - Geography Computer Lab
Topic: Common Spaces
Who should attend: Local experts and anyone who has knowledge or interest in Open Spaces in our region
Why: To fill in gaps, fix geometries, and complete attribution for a regional Open Spaces dataset Keep in mind:
The goal is to end the day with a regional dataset. If you can’t be there to contribute data, we’ll have to fill it in somehow.
This dataset informs our land use model and is used for many of the forecasts that DRCOG provides to our member governments. Help us help you by attending and helping us make more accurate data!
Subcommittee Updates
Common Spaces DRCOG Chair:
Robin Reilley
Co-Chair: ???
Accomplishments: ready to create data!
Challenges: Produce a regional Open Space Layer at the Data Dash
Schedule: Data Upload for Dash
Next Meeting: TBD
Common Spaces Accomplishments:
1. Met with Tech Team on needs assessment. Came up with Data Dash idea.
2. Finalized data schema
3. Sent out Data Dash instructions
4. Received data from Colorado State Parks.
Common Spaces Schedule:
October 1 Upload your open space data
October 1-31 DRCOG will do an assessment of uploaded data to determine high priorities areas to work on in the Data Dash
November 2 Data Dash!
Common Spaces If you're interested in attending, please RSVP by Oct. 19 to
Robin Reilley at [email protected].
Send us your Open Spaces data by Oct. 1 . We'll analyze it to find the high-priority areas to fix so that we can hit the ground running during the Data Dash. You can load data here: ftp://ftp.drcog.org/1_CommonSpaces_Data/ Contact Robin Reilley for upload information If you think it might be helpful upload your Open Space Plan to reference
during the Data Dash Check out the regional Open Space Plan.
Tell your friends! All who are interested are welcome to participate.
Built EnvironmentDRCOG Chair: Christine ConnallyCo-Chair: Kirk Hayer
In the process of improving Building Types for the Buildings table
Preliminary Model Run and Prioritizing the data Purchasing data Please submit your building types and definitions of
buildings If anyone is interested in joining the subcommittee, please
let me know
Planimetrics Chair: Ashley Summers News:
Dissolved this group due to inability to coordinate a purchase on a regional scale.
Successes: Created a regional data model for future use. Opened lines of communication with the vendor and started cost
negotiations so jurisdictions can continue to pursue a purchase on their own.
Lessons Learned: The cost of planimetric features is high -> need to budget a year or two
in advance. Planimetric needs are complicated and varied across the region so a
regional data purchase will be challenging.
DRAPP Chair: Ashley Summers
Accomplishments All areas have been flown. All Interim Data Available in WMS 48 Partners to Date
Schedule: Final Imagery is being processed according to schedule and should
be delivered in December. Custom orders are being compiled.
Meetings: Last Meeting: June 27th (Aug. meeting cancelled and status report
emailed instead). Next Meeting: October 24th @ DRCOG
Streets Chair: Paul Tessar Co-Chair: Ashley Summers
Status: Phase 3A: Snapping to Agreement Points at County Boundaries
6 counties have already snapped; remaining 4 expected by end of ’12
Phase 3B: Agreement point creation @ City Boundaries % of Agreement Points Created – 34% % of Agreement Points in Progress – 63% % Not Started -3%
Meetings: Last Meeting: August 8, 2012 Next Meeting: TBD
Boundaries DRCOG Chair: Josh Pendleton Co-Chair: Greg Baca
Pilot Project Involving Adams, Broomfield, Denver Counties; and Commerce City
144 Boundary Discrepancies – 100 were fixed using NCR agreement points. (69.4%)
Next Meeting: Late October (Tentative)
Census DRCOG Chair: Josh Pendleton Co-Chair: Dave Murray
Met in September Identified 20 SF1 Census Tables and 78 ACS tables to download, format, and load into DRCOG’s
Regional Data Catalog. Data tables will be linkable to Census Geographies already available
DRCOG already offers Basic Census Attributes at 6 different levels of geography on the Regional Data Catalog CBSA, Tracts, Counties, Places, Block Groups, Blocks (Centroid & Polygons)
DRCOG will also make available GIS data the Census has released which includes 186 SF1 Attributes (coming soon) 4 of the geographies already available will also include the 186 attributes (CBSA, Tracts,
Counties, Places) 5 new geographies will be available (State, Zip Codes, County Subdivisions, School Districts, CSA)
Next meeting: Mid November
Tech Team DRCOG Chair: Justin Lewis Co-Chair: Allan Glen
Tech Team Mission: Support the technical needs of each subcommittee along the
subcommittee life-cycle.
Status: Planning for future needs assessments of each subcommittee. Assessing possible technology solutions to support subcommittee needs. Exploring / developing tools to automate data synchronization through
platforms like Open Colorado Excited to support the upcoming Common Spaces Data Dash!
Next Meeting: October 17, 2012
Policy Team DRCOG Chair: Ashley Summers Co-Chair: Allan Glen
Discussion Summary: Data Sharing Policy Map/Data/Metadata Standards Strategic Planning for next 5 years
Status: Working on Data Sharing Policy informational to the DRCOG
board
Meetings: Last Meeting: July 11th
Next Meeting: TBD
GIS DayNovember 14th
Dianna AndersonColorado Information Marketplace
Greg MatthewsUSGS Crowdsourcing
Next DRDC Meeting:November 28