1. National Geospatial Initiatives and
Summary of NSGIC Annual Meeting
Wisconsin Land Information Association
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Fall Regional Meeting, October 2010
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2. Panel Members
Howard Veregin, State Cartographer
Curt Pulford, GIO
Ron Wencl, US Geological Survey
Jerry Sullivan, Wisconsin DNR
AJ Wortley, State Cartographer’s Office
Jim Lacy, State Cartographer’s Office (virtual)
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3. Theme
What's happening in other
states and at the national level
that is important to Wisconsin?
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4. Goals
Idea for this session came out at the WLIA
Regional in June.
Recap the NSGIC (National States Geographic
Information Council) 2010 Annual Meeting held
September 12- 16 in Minneapolis.
Present some of the important themes, trends,
and initiatives discussed at the NSGIC meeting.
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5. NSGIC 2007 Held in Madison !
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7. Wisconsin @ NSGIC 2010
Chris Diller, GIS Manager, WI DMA
John Ellingson, WI Geodetic Advisor, NOAA, NGS
Travis Franz, Content Specialist, NAVTEQ
Ted Koch, NSGIC
James Lacy, Associate State Cartographer
Curtis Pulford, WI GIO
Jerry Sullivan, GIS Data Specialist, WI DNR
Dr. Howard Veregin, WI State Cartographer
Dick Vraga, USGS Geospatial Liaison for WI
AJ Wortley, Sr. Outreach Specialist, SCO
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8. Topics
Imagery initiatives
National and state data efforts
Emergency management
Transportation
US Topos, National Map, National Geospatial Program
Publishing and collaboration
Coordination councils and geospatial maturity
Protected lands, watersheds, coastal issues
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9. What is NSGIC?
NSGIC is a national organization committed to
efficient and effective government through the
prudent adoption of geospatial technology.
Membership: State GIS Coordinators, private
companies, federal sector reps, others.
State caucus restricted to state and local reps
(no private sector, no federal agencies).
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10. NSGIC’s Focus
NSGIC’s focus is the state -- within the context
of national initiatives.
Conference topics are relevant across multiple
states at once.
Many are relevant to Wisconsin.
Goal is to highlight some of these today.
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12. www.nsgic.org
NSGIC is a national organization committed to
efficient and effective government through the
prudent adoption of geospatial technology.
State GIS Coordinators, Private companies,
Federal sector reps, others.
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20. NSGIC Activities
Outreach to other state councils:
• Key factors in success and sustainability
• Success stories, failures, lessons learned
• No single recipe works in all states
WIGICC Report of Accomplishments and
Recommendations, August, 2010.
•Recommends permanency
•Does not define path to get there
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21. Main Questions
Working group vs. advocacy/policy group
Legitimacy: Legislation, Exec Order, Non-profit
Funding requirements
Budget requirements/sources
Council composition/size
Success factors
Sustaining member energy
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22. Timely and Important
Practical concerns related to coordination.
Also impacts for funding for statewide projects.
Almost every state has some kind of
coordination council in place.
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24. What Are We Talking About?
• Measures the maturity of the following 7
sections and related sub-items:
• People
• Data
• Processes
• Policy
• Strategy
• Technology
• Legal
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