NavigatOR and Oregon Explorer

Building a Distributed GIS Utility; a Digital Library; and a Portal for Oregon

Jimmy KaganInformation Program Manager and Natural

Heritage Information Center Director

What is a GIS Utility?Common Database

Geodetic Control

Aerial Imagery

Elevation

Admin Boundaries

Hydrography

Transportation

Land Ownership

Geoscience

Preparedness

Utilities

Climate

Bioscience

Landcover/Use

Hazards

Partner NetworkRobust Infrastructure

Local Governments

Regional Agencies

Utilities

Non-Profit Organizations

Universities

Companies

Federal Government

State Agencies

GIS UtilityGoverning Board

Decision and oversight authority.Wide representation fromstatewide GIS user community

GIS UtilityManagement Unit

User Group/TechnicalCommittees

Responsible for routineadministration and on-goingoperations and support

RegionalAgencies/Special

Districts

StateAgencies

PrivateCompanies

TribalGovernments

FederalAgencies

LocalGovernments

USER COMMUNITY

Not for ProfitOrganizations

GeneralPublic

UtilityOrganizations

Web Accessibility

Enterprise Approach

• Representative Governance

• Broad Participation• Distributed

Capabilities

• Seamless• Multi-purpose• Shared/Accessible• Accountable Stewards

StatewideStatewide Data Managed as Asset

Data Managed as Asset

State & Local Government Geospatial Investment

Annual Amounts for Data Use, Management, Collection, Maintenance

State Agencies ~ $950,507,000Counties ~ $872,094,000Cities ~ $1,220,643,000

TOTAL ~ $3,043,244,000

Data Data AccessAccess

viavia Oregon Oregon

ExplorerExplorer

What is the Oregon Explorer?What is the Oregon Explorer?

•• Natural Resources Natural Resources Digital LibraryDigital Library

•• PlacePlace--based resourcebased resource

•• Supports informed Supports informed natural resource natural resource decisiondecision--makingmaking

www.oregonexplorer.info

What we set out to doOregon Explorer Goals

– Develop a natural resources digital library and portal for the State of Oregon

– Create an accessible information system that enables:• Spatial and non-spatial information discovery; • Information integration and synthesis; • Evaluation of information quality; and • People networking.

– Highlight multi-format information, tools for integration and synthesis, people, resources and stories.

– Assure access to information at multiple spatial scales: watershed, county, state, region

Oregon Explorer Basin and Topic Portals

Learn about Places – regional portals

Develop portals or pages for each basin, ecoregion and county

Learn about Topics – topic portalsPortals or pages for each topics

Fire Risk,Wildlife,Land Use,and ImageryPortals done

Wetlands, Spatial Data, Rural Studies, being developed

New & Potential Natural Resource Issues or New & Potential Natural Resource Issues or Basins to be addressed by Oregon ExplorerBasins to be addressed by Oregon ExplorerFunded Funded –– In Development:In Development:•• Wetlands ConservationWetlands Conservation

Wetlands ExplorerWetlands Explorer•• Community VitalityCommunity Vitality

Rural Communities ExplorerRural Communities Explorer•• Hazard EvaluationHazard Evaluation

Spatial Data ExplorerSpatial Data Explorer•• Sustainable AgricultureSustainable Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture ExplorerSustainable Agriculture Explorer•• Deschutes BasinDeschutes Basin

Deschutes Basin ExplorerDeschutes Basin Explorer•• Oregon Closed Lake Oregon Closed Lake

Lakes Basin ExplorerLakes Basin Explorer

Proposed:Proposed:•• Water (Quality & Quantity)Water (Quality & Quantity)•• Invasive SpeciesInvasive Species•• Climate ChangeClimate Change•• Habitat ConservationHabitat Conservation•• Rural Economic DevelopmentRural Economic Development•• Integrated MonitoringIntegrated Monitoring•• Oregon Benchmarks and Oregon Benchmarks and

Key Performance MeasuresKey Performance Measures

Oregon Oregon ExplorerExplorer Imagery Imagery

PortalPortal

Different issues addressed at various scales

Transportation Specific Tools

• Pre-Screening & Permitting• Mitigation• Conservation and Planning

Pre-Screening & Permit Tool• Anyone can identify potential problems with a

project before funds are spent on planning, acquisition or development.

• Map tool shows potential impacts with:– Wetlands or SAC (special area of concern)– Threatened or Endangered Species

• May provide on-line permit applications• Provides guide to the myriad of state and

federal permits required for any project

Mitigation Tools• Assure mitigation occurs in the most important

places without the net loss of acres or values by linking projects with the nearest, significant wetland.

• Link groups identifying wetlands needing conservation with agencies or developers needing mitigation credits.

• Create simpler ways to mitigate with good effect– Decision support tools– Mitigation banks– Joint mitigation projects– Access to new mitigation methods

Conservation Tools • Develop, expand & integrate conservation tools

– Identify & integrate conservation priorities (Oregon Greatest Wetlands; Oregon Conservation Plan, Sub-basin plans, ecoregional plans…)

– Track ongoing conservation projects needing funds, expertise, or partnerships.

– Provide link to funding sources and opportunities.– Provide access to experts.– Provide access to conservation partners.– Develop online education and training opportunities

to promote conservation.

Project Leads

• Institute for Natural Resources (INR)– Jimmy Kagan, Oregon Explorer Program Co-Manager– Kuuipo Walsh, INR GIS Analyst/Web Developer

• OSU Libraries– Janine Salwasser, Oregon Explorer Program Co-Manager– Marc Rempel, OE Programmer– Ruth Vonderchek, Innovative Library Services

• Geospatial Enterprise Office (GEO)– Cy Smith, State GIS Coordinator– Milt Hill, Framework Coordinator– David Mather, GIS Data Administrator