June 2010 Joint AR IT Committee

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ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

June 9, 2010Shelby Johnson

Arkansas Geographic Information Officer

Putting Arkansas on the Map

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Established in 2003 Coordinate with all levels of government, non-

profit and the private sector Support GIS data development and distribution

via GeoStor in an effort to reduce duplication

Create Once, Share it a Bunch

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Its tough to make decisions with information like this.

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Connecting data to GIS allows us to answer questions.

Where are properties with assessed value greater than

$100,000?

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You Can Answer Complex Questions This analysis required parcels, roads, and boundary information

Where are Properties with assessed value greater than

$100,000and within ½ mile of Hwy 8 south

out of Norman?

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Could you answer that last question with this?

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How do you reallocate a school district?

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How do you reallocate a school district?

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How is our economy doing?

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How many people mightplay another state’s

lottery?

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How many people mightplay another state’s

lottery?

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www.geostor.arkansas.gov

Over 200 Datasets

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StateConsumes

Shares

Data is open to everyone. This promotes better data,

business decisions and economic development.

CountiesCreate Share

“Current GIS information provides Arkansas with a strategic advantage in economic

development.“ - Senator Shane Broadway

Legend

Address Point

Arkansas Road Centerline File

Parcel Polygon

16 counties

74 counties

28 counties

geostor.arkansas.gov

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Arkansas GIS Data “Accessed Globally”

We are globally searched and good at what we do.

Unique Visitors to GeoStor by Country

Legend

Visitors by Country1 - 18

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Ortho-photography (aerial imagery) is the base that everything else is built on

Conway, Arkansas 1994 - 2009

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Clinton Presidential Library before, during and after construction

Just an example

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242010 Google- Imagery 2010 DigitalGlobe, Pulaski Area GIS, State of Arkansas, GeoEye, US Geological Survey

Why Publish? A picture is worth a 1,000 words

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Arkansas GIS Data “Accessed Globally”

We are globally searched and good at what we do.

Unique Visitors to GeoStor by Country

Legend

Visitors by Country1 - 18

19 - 47

48 - 82

83 - 200

201 - 858

859 - 246613

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• $15M investment for the entire state of Arkansas.– Maintenance (recurring cost) is crucial to success

ARKANSASGeospatial Strategic

Business Plan

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

June 2010

Michael TernerExecutive Vice President

Strategic Goals is: “To provide recurring funding for continual investment in, and improvement of the Arkansas

Spatial Data Infrastructure.”

• Recognize and empower AGIO as the authoritative geospatial data/mapping resource for Arkansas– Core mission set out in enabling legislation

• Act 244 of 2009 (HB 1356 of 87th General Assembly)

– “The board shall coordinate completion and maintenance of shareable statewide framework data…” AR Code 15-21-503

– Provide funding that matches responsibility• Currently, zero funding for data

What are Framework Data?The Things everybody needs…

What is proposed?ORTHOIMAGERY

• Why invest?– The base on which all other layers are compiled– Provides users familiar, visual depiction of the land

• Benefits:– Economic development and business recruitment– Real property discovery by Assessors

• Sharp County Assessor estimated they have increased valuation by 10%

What needs to be done?ORTHOIMAGERY

Estimated cost: $1,167,000 /year

• Develop and fund a recurring orthoimagery program to ensure state’s imagery is current

– Most recent statewide imagery dates from 2006

– 3 year cycle – i.e., ~33% of the state is flown each year

– Improve image resolution from 1 meter to 1 foot• Counties and timber industry articulated a strong need for improved

resolution

What needs to be done?ORTHOIMAGERY

Estimated cost: $1,167,000 /year

• Develop and fund a recurring orthoimagery program to ensure state’s imagery is current

– Most recent statewide imagery dates from 2006

– 3 year cycle – i.e., ~33% of the state is flown each year

– Improve image resolution from 1 meter to 1 foot• Counties and timber industry articulated a strong need for improved

resolution

What is proposed?PARCELS

• Why invest?– Baseline for property ownership and addresses– Current rate of progress is inadequate

• “Have” and “have not” counties• Benefits:

– Economic development and business recruitment– Real property discovery for Assessors– Automation of agricultural assessment based on soils– State owned property management

• “Who owns land adjacent to a Wildlife Management Area?”

What needs to be done?PARCELS

• Finish the state– Approximately 50% of parcels have been automated

• 14 of 75 (19%) counties are complete • 16 of 75 (21%) counties have not started

• Recommended approach– Provide funding support to counties

• To start work• To complete work that has started• To standardize existing parcels

– Work closely with ACD• ACD mandate for mapping to facilitate “fair and efficient” revaluation?• Provide funding through revaluation process?

• Estimated cost:– Conservative estimate: one-time cost of $10.7M to complete automation

– Proposal for state providing 70% funding for counties, spread over a 5 year period

– Would lead to an annual cost of $1,503,000 for 5 years

What is proposed?POLITICAL/ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES

• Why invest?– Current boundaries are not always accurate– Annexation is occurring regularly

• Benefits:– Accuracy required to determine tax

jurisdiction– Removal of duplicated effort to map annexations

• Cities, counties and utilities all map an annexations

What needs to be done?POLITICAL/ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES

• Need for a definitive data source for municipal boundaries– Legislative clarifications of workflows for

annexations

• Current boundaries are not always accurate– Boundaries should be built from parcel

data, whenever possible

• Formalize AGIO responsibility/partnerships for other boundaries– Legislative & JP districts, School districts,

Levee districts, etc.

• Full-time political and administrative boundary data custodian within the AGIO– Annual funding of $50,000 - $75,000

School District Example from Craighead County

What is proposed? STREET CENTERLINE & ADDRESSES

• Why invest?– Accurate roads data required for many purposes– Road additions/changes occur regularly

–Commercial mapping companies are not focused on rural areas

• Benefits:– Improved public safety and emergency response (E911)

– Improved GPS navigation and commercial web routing for the general public and state employees

– Improved flow of goods and services (e.g. parcel delivery)

What needs to be done?STREET CENTERLINE & ADDRESSES

• Build on the Arkansas Centerline File: ACF– Statewide map is now 100% complete

– Emphasis needs to shift to keeping it current

• Some parts are now 3 years old

– Initiate action on improvements in both:• Content: improved address information• Accuracy: quality of overlay with the orthoimagery

• Proposed approach:– Incentives and funding to counties– Active involvement from partners (e.g. Utilities, AR One Call)– Involving “the crowd” and the ability to receive comments from the public

• Costs:– Full-time street centerline data custodian within the AGIO

• Annual funding of $50,000 - $75,000

– Provide $75,000 - $125,000 of annual grant funding to counties

Financial Summary

Recommended Activity Additional Funding Need

One-Time Funding Total for 5 years

Annual Ortho Imagery Program $1,166,667 $5,833,333

Completion of Statewide Parcels $1,503,000 $7,515,000

Political /Administrative Boundary Management $75,000 $375,00

Road and Address Data Maintenance $200,000 $1,000,000

Organizational Maturity $50,000 $250,000

Total $1,491,667 $1,503,000 $14,973,333

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Mitsubishi doesn’t make a $100M investment without looking at a bunch of maps

Sustainable funding for statewide data is the missing element

What community could be next?

You need to put all of Arkansas on the Map

Technology

June 2010 Joint AR IT Committee