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IndianaMap Data Sharing Initiative February 14, 2010 85 85 Counties have committed to participate 69 Counties have provided a WFS URL for testing 62 counties have been harvested 2,161 Jurisdictional Boundaries 298,241 Street Centerlines Segments 1,229,788 Address Points 1,980,072 Land Parcels

Mapping Indiana’s Broadband By census blocks, show: Service provider Technology used Advertised speed Create GIS files to depict availability of wireless broadband Awardees will collect and verify the availability, speed, and location of broadband across the state. This activity is to be conducted on a semi-annual basis between 2009 and 2011, with the data to be presented in a clear and accessible format to the public, government, and the research community.

Indiana’s Approach Use “in-hand” data to quickly create “1st draft” maps Improve the map using Service Provider data By census block By address Wire Center boundaries Cable service areas Identification of broadband provider by zipcode MSA Wireless broadband County point address and address range data Land parcel data, including use class to determine residential, commercial, government owned Locations and basic information about emergency medical service (EMS) stations, fire stations, and hospitals as “anchor organizations” (The IndianaMap and Indiana Department of Homeland Security)

by Census Block and ZCTA Cable Modem Providers by Census Block and ZCTA Exciting to look at maps that never existed before now.

How Is the IndianaMap Helping Hoosiers? You might wonder how GIS and the IndianaMap are helping Hoosiers. Officials in Santa Claus, Indiana, are using the IndianaMap to help develop a regional water source. The Perry County Port Authority used the IndianaMap to secure grant funding for a $7 million dollar railroad improvement project, which will encourage $81 million in private investment. Huntingburg used the IndianaMap to seek a $1.3 million dollar grant for improvements to their wastewater treatment plant. Indiana 15 Regional Planning Commission used the IndianaMap to secure $400,000 in grant funds to identify and assess Brownfield sites for re-use. Spencer County used the IndianaMap to secure $2.5 million in grant funds to construct a Public Safety Building. As you know, state agencies are also using GIS and we will look at three examples in just a second.

Google & The IndianaMap But first I want to point out where Google got the excellent imagery that you have been looking it and why Indiana’s imagery looks so much better than most of the rest of the country. It came from a 2005 statewide project funded largely with Indiana Department of Homeland Security dollars and was provided to Google via the IndianaMap.

GIS at DNR You are looking at DNR’s Well Location App - This is a web map application that was created to help DNR Water Rights staff to identify well locations in a variety of ways.  Well data come in to DNR as one of many location types, so getting the exact geographical location of the well can be a challenge. This application provides GIS tools to more efficiently find well locations and to organize and manage the information collected about those wells.

GIS at IDEM Volunteer mitigation site We try very hard to mitigate the loss of lakes, wetlands, and other water features in Indiana. In fact Multiple State Agencies are involved in permitting and the mitigation process, including IDEM, DNR, and INDOT. A lot of the work of mitigation involves locating replacement areas on which to construct new water features. The mitigation process can be challenging – Until recently there was no central repository for information, it was difficult to coordinate across agencies, database records do not provide a “visual” of the area. And citizens had no good way to offer potential mitigation sites. With this GIS web application: Coordinating agencies are connected and are better able to find information they were looking for from each other In addition… Sites and potential sites can be located easily using Multiple search criteria using Hydrologic unit code, designation number, county, etc. based on the permit requirements All the this base data comes from multiple agencies, most available through the GIO Library Applicability to State employees and public users And by using one basic design, with slight modifications, this application meets the needs for State Agencies as well as those outside the state system – federal, local organizations, non-profits and public users.

GIS at INDOT Image all of the variables that must be considered when INDOT prepares for a snow storm. What is the current weather and what is the forecast? How much snow is expected? Where will it be heaviest? What is the air temperature? How about the surface temperatures? What is the wind speed and direction? Where are the stock piles of salt relative to the weather event? Where are the trucks at any given moment? And what is the operational status of each truck? These questions are all connected by geography and can, therefore, be answered using GIS. INDOT recently invested in a Maintenance Decision Support System that answers all of these questions and many more, and helps provide up to date information to those who are making decisions about how to respond to the situation. As you can imagine, this system is getting well exercised due our current weather. These are just a few of the examples of how GIS helps us do our jobs in state government and how it brings value across the state.

GIS at the Secretary of State

GIS At IEDC State Launches GIS Site Search Tool INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 23, 2010) - The Indiana Economic Development Corporation today announced that it has launched a new site and building database, powered by a geographic information system (GIS), to provide companies, site selection consultants and economic development professionals access to real estate and demographic information needed to make expansion or relocation decisions.  The site provides tools that allow visitors to view available properties and search by square footage, use, cost and available infrastructure. In addition, corresponding demographic reports such as labor force, wages and consumer spending can be created directly from the site. "From our smallest towns to our largest cities, there is a location for every type of business in Indiana and now companies looking to expand or relocate will be able to easily access all of the data they need to make informed decisions," said Mitch Roob, Secretary of Commerce and chief executive officer of the IEDC. According to research from the University of California, 98 percent of corporate real estate professionals and business site selection consultants use economic development organizations' Web sites to evaluate the quality of a location for business investment.  "By developing an online, easy to navigate portal for property information, Indiana is affirming its responsiveness to corporate site seeker needs," said economic development adviser Adam Prager, president of Prager Company.  "The Indiana Economic Development Corporation's new site and building database provides economic development organizations with a state-of-the-art resource to effectively compete for new jobs and investment," said Bob Grewe, president of the Dubois County Area Development Corporation.

2011 to 2013 Ortho Program??? $4.5 million ($1.5 million per year on a 3-year rotation cycle through 2012) Program Description: This program is designed to acquire, process, and deliver new “leaf-off” 2-foot pixel resolution 4-band orthophotography covering the whole state. Individual counties have the option to “buy-up” to get higher resolution. The program will optimally start in late winter/early spring 2011. The state will be divided into three one-year vertical sections, so that orthophotography for about 31 counties will be delivered each year.

Local Resolution NHD – Phase I Purpose: develop a functional Local-Resolution hydrographic data model for the State of Indiana. This project shall meet federal National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) standards for High-Resolution and Local-Resolution watershed data set forth by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). RFPs have been submitted and evaluated and an announcement is eminent.