Virginia Geographic Information Network (VGIN) Division Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) 411 East Franklin Street, Suite 500 Richmond, Virginia 23219

VGIN in the VITA ( the Virginia Information Technologies Agency)

National Local Regional Statewide

18 state agencies (with over 30 district offices) 140 local governments (106 or 86% active ) 100 private utilities ( plus 400 municipal utilities ) 11 federal agencies (give or take) 268 primary data producers and users 12 universities and colleges 16 junior colleges 21 regional planning district commissions 307 data producers and users

Status of Digital Geospatial Data Development

² ² ² ² ² Addresses – E 911 Planimetrics & Cadastre Stakeholder Driven Guidelines, Standards, and Leadership guide local government data development Street Centerline Digital Orthophotography Base Imagery Hydrography R-2 R-1 R-15 Digital Orthophoto Base Critical E-911 Data

Virginia Base Mapping Program (VBMP) Digital Orthophotography Road Centerlines / Addresses Hydrography Digital Terrain Model Rail Airports Public Safety Data Critical Multi-use Data

Northampton

² ² ² ² ² Addresses – E 911 Planimetrics & Cadastre Stakeholder Driven Guidelines, Standards, and Leadership guide local government data development Street Centerline Digital Orthophotography Base Imagery Hydrography R-2 R-1 R-15 Digital Orthophoto Base Critical E-911 Data

Digitize12 3 Conflate Local RCL to VBMP Conflate VDOT RCL to VBMP VBMP + Local VBMP + Local + VDOT 4Conflate Census to VBMP

Local Jurisdiction (donut hole) Surrounding/Adjacent Jurisdictions (donut) Local / In-house attribution - including addresses Standard attribution fields – duplicated addresses (from above) Standard attribution fields – with addresses Local Geography enhanced by VBMP Regional Geography enhanced by VBMP

Geospatial Support Services – One-Stop Geospatial Information Portal Metadata Clearinghouse Geospatial Data Library Internet Map Services

CURRENT - Information Portal

The Virginia Metadata Clearinghouse An interactive directory of the Commonwealth’s spatial data assets (101 entries through 1/05/02) Metadata Clearinghouse

Goal: To provide one-stop portal for geospatial data access in Virginia Primary Functions: –Download capabilities –Extract Services –Transformation Services –Metadata Links Geospatial Data Library

Web / Map Services Goal: To provide cost-effective access to data and spatial functionality Primary Functions: –Image Services –Feature Services –Geospatial Decision-support Functions

Geospatial Support Services – One-Stop Geospatial Information Portal Metadata Clearinghouse Geospatial Data Library / Exchange Service Internet Map Services Virginia Base Mapping Program (VBMP) Digital orthophotography Road Centerlines Hydrology / DTM / Rail Public Safety Data

Virginia Readiness, Response, and Recovery GIS (VR3)

Develop a seamless framework for cataloguing public and private Critical Infrastructures in the state using a standard GIS. [Secure Virginia Panel Recommendations, September 2002] Build an Internet accessible GIS, with seamless, statewide, high resolution aerial photography, critical geocoded databases, and user-friendly access and analysis capabilities that will serve as a visual, and virtual “single tactical landscape”. [Commonwealth Preparedness Homeland Security Grant] VGIN Homeland Security Responsibilities

1.Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) 2.State Police 3.Department of Health (VDH) 4.Department of Fire Programs (DFP) 5.National Guard 6.Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) 7.Department of Transportation 8.Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) 9.Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) 10.Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs 11.Department of Forestry (DOF) 12.Marine Resources Commission (MRC) 13.Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) 14.Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) 15.Virginia Port Authority

Virginia Readiness, Response, and Recovery GIS (VR3) State Agencies Governor’s Office, Budget and Policy Staff Emergency Operations UtilitiesRegional Planning Staff FEMA, Coast Guard, etc. Red Cross - Non-profits Local Government Agencies

Architecture - Business Continuity Scaling out promotes “fail-over” Coupled with a highly available storage infrastructure Fault-tolerance and “load- balancing” is built into critical architecture components

Virginia Geographic Information Network (VGIN) Division Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) 110 S. Seventh Street, Suite 135 Richmond, Virginia 23219