Geospatial Initiatives: How They Fit Together

October 23, 2002

U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey

Base Geographic Information – the Common Goal

The National Map

Circular A-16

E-Government

GeoSpatial One Stop

N S D I

National Spatial Data Infrastructure

The vision of the NSDI:

To assure that spatial data from multiple sources (Federal, State, and local governments, academia, and the private sector) are widely available and easily integrated to enhance knowledge and understanding of our physical and cultural world.

NSDI Components

• Framework Data

• Standards– Metadata

• Clearinghouse

• Partnerships

Circular A-16

• Describes the effective and economical use and management of spatial data assets in the digital environment for the benefit of the government and the nation.

• Affirms and describes the NSDI as the technology, policies, standards, human resources, and related activities necessary to acquire, process, distribute, use, maintain, and preserve spatial data.

Circular A-16

• Describes the management and reporting and reporting requirements of Federal agencies in the acquisition, maintenance, distribution, use and preservation of spatial data by the Federal Government.

• Establishes the FGDC as the interagency coordinating body for NSDI-related activities.

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)

• A US Federal Interagency committee responsible for facilitating geospatial related activities and implementation of the NSDI across the Federal government– 18 Federal agencies are members

• Cooperate and coordinate with organizations from state, local and tribal governments, the academic community, and the private sector.

FGDC Responsibilities

• Plan for nationwide population of geospatial data themes

• Facilitate and coordinate standards, metadata, and data clearinghouse efforts

• Develop partnership programs with States, Tribes, academia, the private sector, other Federal agencies, and localities that meet the needs of users

• Address human and financial resource needs

Implementation-Teams

• Process (and the plan) gives geospatial entities within the state credibility within executive and legislatives branches

• Helps in the budget or legislative process – In Louisiana $472,000 from the state

Technology Innovation Fund for LouisianaMap and I-Team administration

• 35 States and DC have begun activities• Six I-Plans version 1.0 or better - MD, NJ, UT, IN,

MT and AR, and three - TX, ME, and DC comprehensive strategic plans submitted

Why I-Teams?

• Highlights the role of spatial data as strategic assets

• Holds the promise of financial benefits through resource alignment, coordination, and leveraging with Federal programs

• Mechanism to document planned data collection• Provides path to offer local and state input in the

development of intergovernmental mechanisms needed to implement The National Map, protect America's cities (HSIP-133 cities) and implement the NSDI

President’s Management AgendaE-Government

Expected Results: • Provide high quality customer service• Reduce the expense and difficulty of doing

business with the government• Cut government operating costs• Provide citizens with readier access to

government services• Increase access for persons with disabilities to

agency web sites, and• Make government more transparent and

accountable

What is Geospatial One Stop?

• E-Government (E-Gov) Initiative– Component of President Bush’s Management Agenda – One of 24 E-Government initiatives– Part of the Government to Government Portfolio– Department of Interior serves as the Managing Partner

• Vision: the geographic component for E-Gov• Accelerate implementation of the National

Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)

Geospatial One Stop Project Office

• Executive Director in place in November,2002– Acting Executive Director (Myra Bambacus, NASA)

• Outreach Coordinator • Contract Support

– Project Support– Facilitators– Data Modeling– Requirements Analysis

• FGDC Staff support

Geospatial One Stop Board of DirectorsAdvises Managing Partner

Non Federal• Nat’l Assoc of Counties• Nat’l Assoc of State CIO• Intertribal GIS Council• Nat’l League of Cities• Internat’l City Managers

Assoc• Nat’l States Geog Info

Council• Western Governors Assoc

Federal • Dept of Interior• Dept of Transportation• Dept of Commerce• Nat’l Aeronautics and

Space Administration

Strong State and Local Input

GeoSpatial One Stop Tasks

1. Establish integrated Framework Data Content Standards

2. Use metadata to inventory, document and publish Framework data holding in NSDI Clearinghouse

3. Publish metadata for planned data acquisition and update for Framework data

4. Prototype and deploy enhanced data access and web mapping services for Federal Framework data

5. Establish a Federal Portal as a logical extension to the NSDI Clearinghouse Network

Task 1 Framework Standards Development• Focus on Framework data themes

– Geodetic Control (National Geodetic Survey)– Elevation (US Geological Survey)– OrthoImagery (US Geological Survey)– Hydrography (US Geological Survey)– Government Units (Census)– Cadastral (Bureau of Land Management)– Transportation (Dept. of Transportation)

• Sub-themes: Roads, Rail, Transit, Air

• Draft standards by 12/31/02, final by 9/30/03

ANSI Standards Process

• ANSI INCITS L1 Subcommittee– Open participation for all sectors– National Standard, not Federal Standard – Benefit from INCITS standards expertise

• To participate sign up via www.fgdc.gov • Integrated Framework Data Content Standards

– UML – XML (GML) encoding

• OGC prototyping (CIPI)

• ANSI Standards become basis of Geospatial Web Services

GeoSpatial One Stop Tasks

Task 2: - Inventory

Use metadata to inventory, document and publish Framework data holding in NSDI Clearinghouse

Task 3: - Document Planned Data Acquistion

Publish metadata for planned data acquisition and update for Framework data

Task 4: - Web Mapping Services

Prototype and deploy enhanced data access and web mapping services for Federal Framework data

Data services: Past Future

•analog request handling •automated ad-hoc requests

•ftp data access •data and mapping via web services

•web discovery and order •web discovery, portrayal, and order or access

•documentation of local content models

•support of common content models and extended models

•use of proprietary formats •support of neutral encoding methods

•little adherence to enforceable standards

•data packages can be validated against a common reference

•data translation largely the responsibility of the customer

•data translation shared between provider and customer

GeoSpatial One Stop Tasks

Task 5: - Portal

Establish a Federal Portal as a logical extension to the NSDI Clearinghouse Network

GazetteerGNIS

Web Browser (Thin Client)

@ users

GIS Software, DSS (Thick Client)

@ portalhost site

Geospatial One-Stop Portal

WMS WCSWFS

Geospatial Web Services

CatalogMetadata

Clearinghouse

Clients

Maps Features CoveragesLegend:

@ providerorganizations

Data

Geospatial One-Stop Portal

Geospatial One Stop Goal

• Content and encoding requirements are simple yet useful enough that many providers adopt and serve compliant Framework data

• Users are able to discover and use maps or data served and maintained by a reliable custodian

• The format and structure of the information for a given theme from all providers can appear the same to all customers

• Geospatial One Stop Web portal provides access to standardized distributed data services

• A seamless, continually maintained, nationally consistent set of basic geographic data

• Partnerships for data stewardship

• Re-link topographic maps with base geographic data

• Underpin Federal activities, and those of other public and private organizations

• Support integrating, sharing, and using spatial data easily and consistently

The National Map Vision

The National Map: Characteristics

• Current – continuous revision

• Seamless – no arbitrary edges

• Complete and consistently classified – built on the best available data

• Variable resolution – accommodate local conditions

• Integrated within and between themes of data – positional and logical consistency

• Geographic – no cartographic generalizations

• Temporal record – versioning and transactional updates

• Metadata – data set and feature level

The National Map: Data Content

• Orthorectified imagery

• Land cover

• Elevation

• Vector layers: Transportation Hydrography Structures Boundaries

• Geographic names

Geospatial OneStop and The National Map

GeoSpatial One Stop

The National Map

Land coverGeog. names

Geodetic controlCadastral

OrthoimageryElevation & bathymetryHydrographyTransportationGovernment units

The National Map: Operations and Access

• Build initial version from best available data

• Work with State and local governments, as well as Federal agencies, to keep data current

• Based on networked, distributed collection of databases

• Around-the-clock Internet access

• Available in the public domain

• Respond to requests for paper topographic maps and digital data

The National Map: User Options

ElevationElevation

TransportationTransportationHydrographyHydrography

StructuresStructuresBoundariesBoundaries

GeographicGeographicnamesnames

OrthorectifiedOrthorectifiedimageryimagery

Land coverLand cover

• Federal: identify needs and collaborate on data (NIMA, NOAA, Census, FEMA, …)

• State, Regional, and Local: coordinate consortia, identify changes and provide updates, and collaborate on data

• Private Industry: provide tools, open standards, and data; conduct research

• Academia: provide training and conduct research

• USGS: catalyst, collaborator, integrator, producer when needed, archive, guarantor

The National Map: Partners’ Roles

Fiscal Year 2002 Pilot Projects

DelawareUtah

Pennsylvania

Washington-Idaho

Missouri

Texas

Lake TahoeArea

US Landsat

Texas Pilot Project

www.tnris.state.tx.us/digitalquad/index.htm

• Integration of local datasets

• Maintenance partnerships

• USGS Mapping Partnership Office

Delaware Pilot Project

• On-line at http://www.datamil.udel.edu/nationalmappilot

USGS

Delaware State GIS Committee

Delaware Geological Survey

University of Delaware

• Interactive

• A partnership between:

• Orthorectified Orthorectified imageryimagery

• Land coverLand cover

• ElevationElevation

• Vector layers:Vector layers: TransportationTransportation HydrographyHydrography StructuresStructures BoundariesBoundaries

• Geographic namesGeographic names

The National Map

Current, complete, consistent base geographic data on the Web to meet national needs

Initiatives at a GlanceAuthority What is it? Goal

NSDI EO 12906 A Visionary concept to build an infrastructure

Current, accurate and readily available & usable geospatial data

Circular A-16 OMB Directive to Federal Agencies

Effective mgmt and coordination of Federal agencies

I-Teams OMB (not formalized)

A Process I-Plans

Geospatial One-Stop

President’s Mgmt Agenda

E-Government

Initiative, Implementation of NSDI

Standards & Web portal for Federal data

The National Map

Organic Act A National Program

Seamless digital topographic data and maps

How it all Fits Together

Producers - stewards of America’s data assets NSDI - the infrastructure Geospatial One-Stop - a Presidential initiative to

accelerate completion of the infrastructure I-Teams - a process to produce and steward data The National Map, Census Modernization, FEMA

NFIP, 133 Cities - Federal programs using I-Teams & other partnerships to produce products to fulfill essential national missions

The products are available through and become part of the infrastructure.

Questions??

• Contact:– Hedy Rossmeissl, Senior Advisor

Geographic Information Office– E-mail: hjrossmeissl@usgs.gov– Phone: 703-648-5577