WLIA 2013: Results of the Wisconsin Aerial Imagery Business Plan Project
1. Results of the 2012 Aerial
Imagery Business Plan Project
Image: aerometric.com
Jim Lacy
Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office
WLIA Annual Conference
February 14, 2013
2. The Project
• Research and
gather opinions on
past projects
• Survey, meetings,
Webinars,
interviews
• Develop program
“blueprint”
3. Status?
• First public draft in
mid-March
• Multiple ways to
provide feedback
orthoplan.sco.wisc.edu
4. Resolution and Repeat
Cycle
• One-foot is the most common need
• Accuracy matters!
• Three year repeat cycle preferred
• How critical are census years??
8. WROC
• Procurement process led by RPCs
• Bottom-up model
• Everybody negotiates their own contract,
bill paid direct to vendor
• Products vary between jurisdictions
9. WROC
• High-res products typically not in public
domain
• No statewide product unless significant
partner funding acquired
• All flying in one season
• Unknown number of participants at the
start
10. WROC 2.0
• Procurement process led by RPCs
• Bottom-up model
• Establish a formal governance structure
• Identify sustainable funding that is distributed
directly to counties for a base product (i.e., a
grant program)
• Statewide coverage presumed, since everybody
gets funding for a base product
11. WROC 2.0
• Everybody negotiates their own contract,
bill paid direct to vendor
• High-res data are public domain, distributed
via WisconsinView
• Three year repeat recommended... 1/3 state
flown each year
12. Service Bureau
• Develop a “Service Bureau”
within a single state agency,
presumably the GIO
• Top-down model
• Staff supported through overhead fees and
some in-kind
• Service Bureau handles all communication
with vendor
13. Service Bureau
• QA handled primarily by Service Bureau
• Single contract
• Buy-ups optional
• Bill is paid to the Service Bureau, they pay
vendor
14. Distributed
• Responsibility shared across
multiple organizations
• Blend of top-down, bottom-up
• Governance by committee
• Product specs by committee
• Day-to-day coordination handled by a
“Management Group”
15. Distributed
• Single contracting handled by a separate
“Contracting Group” to ensure best pricing
• Bill paid to Contracting Group if you do a
buy-up
• Compromise of cost savings, but retain local
control
• QA by counties and cities
16. Funding
• Needs to be cost-neutral
• WLIP? (commence tomato-throwing)
• Police and Fire Protection Fee?
• Ad-hoc partner funds
• State agencies?
17. Next Steps?
• Need to reach consensus on
program models
• Funding options needs more work, and
significant outreach
• Target implementation for 2018
18. Jim Lacy
State Cartographer’s Office
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lacy@wisc.edu
(608) 262-6850