FGC3/CMC2 Meeting Notes

September 5, 2008

 

Web site: http://fgc3.wr.usgs.gov/
Next Meeting: Dec 5th, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA - Room C1001-1002

Introductions
Dave Hansen, Scott McAffee, Ken Ogden, Robert Lugo, Tim Mc., Barb, Donna, Lorri, Ray McDowell, Carol O., Jamie S., Neil Nelson (FEMA 9), John Ellison, Materias Y, Brian R., Lee Nehr, Mike Byrne, Tom Lupo, Anne Millington, Paul V., Bob Milton

Next Meeting: December 5, 2008 – Mark your calendars!

Meeting Notes

Announcements -

• CALGIS – April 6-9, 2009, Sacramento, CA http://www.calgis.org/
• Volunteers for Focus Sessions needed
• Email – calgischair@surewest.net
• Habitat Monitoring Program – 2005 vegetation data set & change data set should be out by the end of the year. Contact Barbara Simpson (bsimpson@mp.usbr.gov) for more information.
• CVPIA B1Other Program – contact Dave Hansen or Barbara Simpson for more
• GIS Day – November NorCal URISA is coordinating – looking for agencies to participate. For more see: http://www.norcalurisa.org/
• Conference Headwaters to Ocean – October 28-30, 2008 in Long Beach, CA. See more at: http://www.websurfer.us/coastal/h20_2008/2008_h20_conference.php
• ESRI RUG – CA/HI/NV/Guam – Feb 3-5, 2009, Sacramento, CA http://www.esri.com/events/cahinvrug/index.html
• NHD Applications Workshop – first week of November – contact Carol Ostergren – would like to do one in Chico and in Redding looking for sites – contact Carol for more
• 2009 CAP Grant Categories – (on PPT presentation) – For more information contact: http://www.fgdc.gov/grants/2009NSDICAP/2009CAPschedule
• NISGIC – Mike
• BIA is back on internet!

ESRI – Round table – all that attended, please bring your insights.
        Thanks to everyone that brought bags!!!
Interesting focus on climate change, Java scripting interesting, DOI very active at the conference this year, Portal Toolkit demo’d PTK see more at: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/gisportal-toolkit/index.html, lots of repeat, but many went to new sessions to learn new things, keynote interesting, focus on web technology, attended server, .NET, Java, etc., good tools in 9.3, got to network with the DC folks, central testing with Citrix, Google Earth meeting, NGAC meeting – was interesting and doing numerous things, user presentations were great – many quality presentations. 

DOI Activities – Carol Ostergren & Lorri Peltz-Lewis – presentation on FGC3 web site.

• GeoLoB -  activities –
• Common Services – Geospatial Applications Registry (GEAR)
• Lifecycle – A-16 efforts
• Grants & Contracting – Guidance Document
• TNM – Tactical Plan – http://www.usgs.gov/ngpo/tnm_tacticalplan.html see more on the web site and factsheet 2008-3074 should be available soon.
• Imagery –
• DOI releasing all of the Landsat Imagery catalog for free!
• Other high resolution imagers - See imagery list provided in Carol’s PPT. This list provides information on what Carol has now in house and upcoming urban flight plans.
• IR imagery—delivery pending. Any streaming planned, possibly….? See more below.
• GeoEye-1 launch - http://www.geoeye.com/CorpSite/products/imagery-sources/Default.aspx#geoeye1 see also Science Friday podcast on this http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510221
• WBD/NHD – discussed stewardship concerns, DOI’s commitment to this effort and continued support for overseeing stewardship and providing guidelines,

USDA – Ken Ogden – no presentation

• NAIP Update – USDA imagery set to fly in 2010 new state-wide imagery for California. NRCS covers 1/3 of the costs and partners cover the rest. After 2010 this will be a regular schedule of every 3 years. Specs: 1 meter full color. Partnerships efforts – Carol will help with the state partners. See more at: http://165.221.201.14/NAIP.html
• Common Land Unit (CLU) layer – no longer available to the public. New language has locked this up. USDA will work with MOU’s for agencies that need access. For more see: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/apfoapp?area=home&subject=prod&topic=clu

FEMA – Scott McAfee – presentation on FGC3 web site.

• National Flood Hazard Layer update– see more at: http://msc.fema.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/FemaWelcomeView?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1
• Handouts available on line:
• National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL) available at: http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=3286
• Increasing Options with Digital Flood Data available at: http://www.nfdaflood.com/PDFs/digital_official_policy_factsheet
• Additional information:
• Digital Flood Mapping Products – http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/dfm_dfhm.shtm
• Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) - http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/dfm_dfhm.shtm
• Map Service Center – http://msc.fema.gov/
• Letters of Map Change (LOMC) - http://www.fema.gov/hazard/map/lomc.shtm - amendments (LOMA) and revisions (LOMR-F) information available at: http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/ot_lmatxt.shtm
• NFHL Web Mapping Service (WMS) – add flood hazard map layers to your GIS applications - http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=3292
• WMS – Mapping Information Platform – for URLs and NFHL WMS Instructions see: https://hazards.fema.gov/femaportal/wps/portal/NFHLWMS
• See the MapViewer see: https://hazards.fema.gov/wps/portal/mapviewer
• Use of Digital Flood Hazard Data – FEMA Policy - http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=3235
• Maps available on line at: http://www.fema.gov/hazard/map/index.shtm
• Published in GOS, candidate for GEAR and other services delivery methods.
• Play videos – see the PPT for these.
• Streaming is just an image service, not vector data. No plans to stream the vector data now. Demand may change this in the future.

Census – Tim McMonagle – no presentation

• What is the Census - http://www.census.gov/2010census/
• Handout on 2010 Census: It’s in our hands – what you need to know about the 2010 Census -is on line at: http://www.census.gov/2010census/pdf/FactSheet_Gen.pdf
• Office space increasing for the 2010 Census – recruiting moving ahead,
• 2010 Census is Different – more on the questionnaire - http://www.census.gov/2010census/about_2010_census/007622.html - the long form will no longer be used.
• Handheld computers decision to continue with – issues still exist, see current update from GSA Reports at: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08936.pdf?source=ra
• Contract review by Mitre (http://www.mitre.org/) indicated that the total cost should be significantly less.
• TIGER Line – posted in March 2008 – for more see: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/
• 24 counties in California have issues with them – won’t affect any of the public released datasets, fixes will be done before the next release.
• Some out there that will have problems – those in redistricting data, statistical area files, - look carefully before using – see the web site at http://www.census.gov/geo/mod/maftiger.html
• American Community Survey (ACS) survey data is being released more available at: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/index.html

State Activities – John Ellison & Ray McDowell

• Updates – John Ellison –
• Web Services - data appliance donated by ESRI, services will be provided, deployment plan in place, OES & CalFire will be testing first, CMC2 second, then may be opened further. If you do take a look at it please provide feedback on data, performance, etc. Some CASIL data is being provided as services. Right now there is not the capacity for supporting extensive use.
• Terry Takai said that she will hire a California GIO this year. Task force has been pulled together – John, Robert Y., and Mike B. are some of the folks on this group. Met numerous times already, set scope out to write a policy paper supporting the GIO – this has been submitted – has not come back yet. Internal at this time. Paper supports existing policies in California.
• Establish a GIO under CIO
• Direct each agency to appoint a GIO lead
• Establish grants matching program
• Public/Private outreach including industry.
• NGAC & Task Force Update – Mike Byrne – see overview presentation on the NGAC site at: http://www.fgdc.gov/ngac
• Charter discussed, mission statement, committee members,
• Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) - http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/laws/fed-advisory-committee/
• Jim Cason guidelines for NGAC discussed and then actual accomplishments discussed.
• Short term & Long term goals discussed.
• Discussed how the meetings are going at this time and insight to the upcoming administration change.
• FEEDBACK Welcome – take a look at the agenda for the October 2009 meeting and send comments to Mike Byrne by October 7th – the agenda is below:
• Rough agenda items now:
• Transition Paper
• Changing Landscape white paper
• National Land Parcel study
• Imagery for the Nation – next steps
• Development of a National Geospatial Strategy

 

Next Meeting: December 5, 2008 - 9-Noon.