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“Infrastructure of GIS Infrastructure of GIS Coordination Coordination” The New York State Experience The New York State Experience Bill Johnson Bill Johnson NYS Office of Cyber Security & NYS Office of Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure Coordination Critical Infrastructure Coordination June 22, 2006 June 22, 2006 Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 2 What I What I’ll cover ll cover • Overview of the New York State GIS Overview of the New York State GIS Coordination Program Coordination Program • Projects & Initiatives of the program Projects & Initiatives of the program • NSGIC Model States criteria NSGIC Model States criteria • Some recommendations Some recommendations Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 3 COORDINATING BODY Data Coordination, Standards and Clearinghouse Education Land Use / Land Cover Advisory Groups Work Groups Office of Cyber Office of Cyber Security & Critical Security & Critical Infrastructure Infrastructure Coordination Coordination Remote Sensing Emergency Response Cadastral NYS GIS Data Cooperative NYS GIS Clearinghouse Local State Private NYS GIS Coordination Program NYS GIS Coordination Program Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 4 NYS GIS Coordinating Body NYS GIS Coordinating Body NYS GIS Coordinating Body State Agency - 4 • John Barge, NYS APA • Tom Hart, NYS DOH • Bill Johnson, NYS CSCIC • vacant Private Sector - 2 • Bob Schultz, KeySpan • Eric Stewart, Con Edison Federal Agency - 1 • Steve McDevitt, USACE Local Government - 7 • Joe Jones, Nassau County • Marsha Kaunitz, New York City • Christine Kinn, Chautauqua County • Jason Kemper, Saratoga County • Sam Wear, Westchester County • Mark Storti, Schenectady County • Todd Fabozzi, Capital District Regional Planning Commission Academia - 2 • Art Lembo, Cornell Univ • Eileen Allen, SUNY Plattsburgh Not-for-Profit - 2 • Bob Breglio, Neighborhood Preservation Coalition • Graham Cox, Audubon Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 5 NYS GIS Clearinghouse NYS GIS Clearinghouse Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 6 On On-Line GIS Support Line GIS Support • FREE On FREE On-Line Help Line Help Desk Desk • Knowledge Base Knowledge Base containing over 2300 containing over 2300 questions & answers questions & answers • Questions answered Questions answered within (1) business within (1) business day day Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 7 NYS GIS Data Sharing Cooperative NYS GIS Data Sharing Cooperative A group of government agencies A group of government agencies and non and non-profit organizations who profit organizations who have executed the Data Sharing have executed the Data Sharing Agreement for the purpose of Agreement for the purpose of improving access to GIS data for improving access to GIS data for members. members. Growth in GIS Cooperative Membership Since Inception 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 Oc t-97 Oc t-98 Oc t-99 Oc t-00 Oct-01 Oct-02 Oct-03 Oct-04 Oct-05 Oc t-06 Number of Members Data Sharing Cooperative By Sector (572 Total) Academia 19% County Government 10% Non Profit 19% State Government 14% Other States 1% Sovereign Nations 0.2 % Local Government 34% Federal Government 3% Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 8 Data Available to Data Available to the Cooperative the Cooperative • 600+ members 600+ members • 4,500+ Datasets in 4,500+ Datasets in Cooperative Cooperative • 4,200+ NYS 4,200+ NYS Datasets available Datasets available on on-line line • Staff at the Staff at the Clearinghouses will Clearinghouses will put datasets on line put datasets on line for free for free Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 9 • NYS GIS Day NYS GIS Day – Nov. 16 Nov. 16th th 2005 2005 • Free GIS Workshops Free GIS Workshops – ½-day format day format – Coffee/donuts Coffee/donuts – Professional trainer Professional trainer – 8-10 locations 10 locations Outreach & Education Outreach & Education Outreach & Education Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 10 2000 2000 - Metadata Creation Metadata Creation 2001 2001 - Introduction to Digital Orthoimagery Introduction to Digital Orthoimagery 2002 2002 - GIS for the Decision Maker GIS for the Decision Maker 2004 2004 - Geocoding and Data Improvement Geocoding and Data Improvement ** ** 2005 2005 - Integration of GIS and GPS Integration of GIS and GPS Technologies Technologies ** ** 2006 2006 - Remote Sensing applications Remote Sensing applications ** DVDs available ** DVDs available Free ½-day Workshops Free Free ½-day Workshops day Workshops Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 11 Outreach & Workshop Coordinator Outreach & Workshop Coordinator Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 12 Streets & Addresses Streets & Addresses • Full data release Full data release – July 2005 July 2005 • First data First data maintenance release maintenance release – October 2005 October 2005 • Data maintenance Data maintenance underway with underway with quarterly and monthly quarterly and monthly releases releases Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 13 Street Names Primary and Alternate Names from State & Local Sources Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 14 Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 15 Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 16 Guilderland – 2001 - 2004 Digital Ortho Program Digital Ortho Program Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 17 Program Overview Program Overview • Continuous program Continuous program – fly portion of state fly portion of state every year every year • Mix of image types and resolutions Mix of image types and resolutions • Data released in Public Domain Data released in Public Domain • State State “base funding base funding” with menu of with menu of “buy buy-up up” options options Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 18 First Cycle, 2000 First Cycle, 2000-2001 2001 (53 Counties) (53 Counties) 2001 2002 2003 Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 19 2004 2004 (20 Counties) (20 Counties) Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 20 2005 2005 (12 Counties) (12 Counties) Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 21 Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 22 DOQQ: 1 meter CIR, 1994 DOQQ: 1 meter CIR, 1994 Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 23 1 ft Natural Color, 2001 1 ft Natural Color, 2001 Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 24 .5 ft CIR, 2004 .5 ft CIR, 2004 Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 25 Local Gov Local Gov – Tax parcels Tax parcels Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 26 Shoreline change 1880 Shoreline change 1880-1994 1994 Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 27 Orthos Orthos – THE THE framework layer framework layer • Forget about other Forget about other “standards standards”: the best way to : the best way to get interoperable data is for it to be tied to a get interoperable data is for it to be tied to a high high-quality* quality* ortho ortho base. base. • Done right, nothing, repeat, Done right, nothing, repeat, nothing nothing gets more gets more “bang for the buck bang for the buck”. • Users will tie their vectors to it: extract, fix, align, Users will tie their vectors to it: extract, fix, align, update, improve update, improve…. • HUGELY HUGELY popular with everyone. popular with everyone. * timely, hi * timely, hi-res, high spatial accuracy res, high spatial accuracy Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 28 Speed is Very, Very Important! Speed is Very, Very Important! • Image value Image value decays rapidly with decays rapidly with age age • Image age is Image age is especially especially important to locals! important to locals! • Use incentives Use incentives (contract bonuses) (contract bonuses) to ensure speedy to ensure speedy delivery delivery Age Value Value of Imagery Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 29 Distribution Distribution • Keep Keep orthos orthos in the Public Domain in the Public Domain – HUGE benefits for all HUGE benefits for all • Channels Channels – State GIS Clearinghouse for downloads (more than State GIS Clearinghouse for downloads (more than 7,000,000 image downloads in 2004) 7,000,000 image downloads in 2004) – Web Viewer application Web Viewer application – Image archive at EROS Data Center Image archive at EROS Data Center – USB hard drives for bulk distribution (to each County, USB hard drives for bulk distribution (to each County, 12 State Agencies, 6 Federal agencies) 12 State Agencies, 6 Federal agencies) – Current effort: Current effort: Image Web Service (OGC compliant) Image Web Service (OGC compliant) for serious GIS users (thick client) for serious GIS users (thick client) Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 30 Digital Ortho Program Team Digital Ortho Program Team Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 31 Cadastral Data Workgroup Cadastral Data Workgroup Cadastral Data Workgroup Chairperson: John Trimber Began: November 2004 Purpose: Develop recommended standards for digital tax parcel mapping for use of the data for local, regional, and statewide GIS applications. Status: Draft standard has been developed and is under review. 2105 Laurel Bush Road, Suite 200 Bel Air, Maryland 21015 (443) 640-1075 http://www.nsgic.org State GI Model Coordination Survey Summary of Results NSGIC MidYear Conf 3-26-04 NSGIC MidYear Conference 3-27- 04 33 Model State Criteria: Model State Criteria: • 2003 2003 MidYear MidYear • 2003 Annual 2003 Annual – approved approved • First survey conducted First survey conducted Fall Fall ’04 to measure the 04 to measure the states states • Need to measure Need to measure annually annually – track progress track progress and changes and changes NSGIC MidYear Conference 3-27- 04 34 Key Findings on Key Findings on “The Infrastructure of The Infrastructure of Coordination Coordination” • 49 states responded; self 49 states responded; self-assessment assessment • Overall it Overall it’s better than we thought s better than we thought • No regional patterns No regional patterns • 8 states meet all 9 criteria 8 states meet all 9 criteria • 19 states meet 8 or more criteria 19 states meet 8 or more criteria • 31 states meet 6 or more of the 9 criteria 31 states meet 6 or more of the 9 criteria • Only 18 meet less than 6 criteria Only 18 meet less than 6 criteria • Sustainable funding is the most Sustainable funding is the most consistently lacking criteria consistently lacking criteria NSGIC MidYear Conference 3-27- 04 35 NSGIC MidYear Conference 3-27- 04 37 8 Results Results 5 11 11 Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 38 What are the keys to success? What are the keys to success? Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 39 Technology is the easy part Technology is the easy part • ItIt’s too easy to focus on the latest version s too easy to focus on the latest version of software, or web app, or wireless of software, or web app, or wireless handheld, or handheld, or… • Technology changes very rapidly; techie Technology changes very rapidly; techie solutions tend to be disappointingly solutions tend to be disappointingly ephemeral ephemeral • Organizational issues are the hard part: Organizational issues are the hard part: – How do you get people working together? How do you get people working together? – How do you change the culture? How do you change the culture? • Focus on Focus on people people! Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 40 Strive for supported self Strive for supported self-sufficiency sufficiency • A centralized GIS A centralized GIS “service shop service shop” is a trap is a trap • Coordination Council should seek to Coordination Council should seek to provide (enable) base resources needed provide (enable) base resources needed by all by all • Goal should be to embed GIS in routine Goal should be to embed GIS in routine business processes; incremental progress business processes; incremental progress • Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 41 Build once Build once – use many use many • Some elements are so fundamentally Some elements are so fundamentally necessary for everyone, that they should necessary for everyone, that they should be created centrally and distributed widely: be created centrally and distributed widely: – Digital Digital orthoimagery orthoimagery – Street centerlines w/addresses Street centerlines w/addresses – Tax parcel mapping Tax parcel mapping • Distribution mechanism (clearinghouse) Distribution mechanism (clearinghouse) • Policies Policies Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 42 Work in a Consensus Work in a Consensus-building building process process • Partnerships build buy Partnerships build buy-in and therefore in and therefore commitments moving forward commitments moving forward • Seek answers to: Seek answers to: “What What’s in it for me? s in it for me?” • Provide copious opportunities to be involved Provide copious opportunities to be involved • Communicate widely Communicate widely – Local & regional meetings Local & regional meetings – Newsletters, web forums, etc. Newsletters, web forums, etc. Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 43 Think of it as an Ecosystem Think of it as an Ecosystem • The whole is greater than the sum of its parts The whole is greater than the sum of its parts • Everything is interconnected Everything is interconnected • ItIt’s alive, and therefore changing constantly s alive, and therefore changing constantly • The bottom of the food chain supports The bottom of the food chain supports everything above it everything above it – Local, day Local, day-to to-day uses of GIS are what enable day uses of GIS are what enable the the “Big Apps Big Apps” like emergency response like emergency response Virgin Islands GIS Conference – June 22, 2006 44 Final thoughts Final thoughts • There is great power in volunteers who There is great power in volunteers who believe in the cause and want to get believe in the cause and want to get involved involved • Focus on helping people, not on Focus on helping people, not on implementing technology, and good things implementing technology, and good things will happen will happen • Trumpet every success, no matter how Trumpet every success, no matter how small small • Just do it Just do it Thank You Thank You Any Questions? Any Questions?