National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference NPS Digital Photo Metadata Standard and Image Management

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Overview NPS Digital Photo Metadata Standard NPS Focus Image Management Features Buffalo River

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Caveats Ego sum etiam eruditio Nos es opus in is USS Arizona

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Caveats I am still learning We are working on it USS Arizona

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference NPS Digital Photo Metadata Standard NPS Digital Photo Metadata Standard: ents/NPS_DPMS.zip ents/NPS_DPMS.zip Contains: –The standard (PDF and XML) –User Guide (PDF) –Contact info and links to online user guide Vietnam Veterans

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference NPS Digital Photo Metadata Standard (DPMS) Guiding Principles 1. The standard applies to images either born digital or created by scanning 2. The standard identifies the full scope of metadata elements that a project in the NPS might use projects/programs select a subset of the elements that fulfill requirements Lincoln Memorial

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference NPS Digital Photo Metadata Standard (DPMS) Guiding Principles 3. Compliance is voluntary to comply with this standard one should include all “Mandatory” elements in every record 4. Metadata has been grouped into four sections Lincoln Memorial

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference NPS Digital Photo Metadata Standard (DPMS) Guiding Principles 5. Technology independent 6. The purpose of the metadata is to preserve America’s information heritage, i.e. the image, for generations to come Lincoln Memorial

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference 4 DPMS Sections 1.Administrative Metadata 2.Descriptive Metadata 3.Technical Metadata 4.Local Extension Metadata Jefferson National Expansion

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference 4 DPMS Sections Administrative Metadata –Elements used to manage the image or the record Record number Date Record security Copyright info etc. Dry Tortugas

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference 4 DPMS Sections Descriptive Metadata –Elements describing the creation of and content of the image Title Photographer Subject etc. Manassas

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference 4 DPMS Sections Technical Metadata –Elements describing technical properties of the digital image File size Format Resolution Pixel width and height etc. Dry Tortugas

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference 4 DPMS Sections Local Extension Metadata –Elements defined for a particular NPS local project or program –Not universally applicable across projects or programs Manassas

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference NPS DPMS Seven Mandatory Elements: 1.Title 2.Image Content Place 3.Image or Set Create Date 4.NPS Unit Alpha Code 5.Metadata Access Constraints 6.Constraints Information 7.Contact Information Appomattox Court House

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference NPS Focus

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference NPS Focus Service-wide system for managing images, documents and metadata NPS DPMS-compliant Z39.50-compliant Metadata for geospatial data –Predates NPS Data Store –Linked to NPS Clearinghouse at NC State Sequoia and Kings Canyon

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference NPS Focus Features Gettysburg Searching Downloading Uploading Encoding Archiving

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Searching Simple and advanced searching –Format (image, document, etc.) –Collection –Date Browse by subject and park –Drill down through subject hierarchies Booker T. Washington

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Searching Other systems (via Z39.50): –Other NPS image collections –Other federal image collections –State parks web sites –Miscellaneous cultural libraries –Library of Congress –University libraries (4) Manassas

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Downloading Options –File size –File type/extension –Image dimensions –Resolution Muir Woods

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Batch Upload Manassas Images & metadata –Metadata in a spreadsheet –NPS Focus staff performs bulk upload of images & metadata –Metadata and images linked internally

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Encoding/Compression Images (JPG, TIFF) –MrSID encoding –Originals archived as TIFF and/or JPEG Documents –DjVu and PDF encoding –Archived in original format Sequoia and Kings Canyon

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Archiving Original images, documents, & metadata archived Open/standard formats: –TIFF, JPG, XML Separate permanent archiving Extensive security and auditing –protects system and digital resources

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Why Use NPS Focus? Encoding/Compression Archiving Image Serving –Web services –Web page integration George Washington Carver

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Why Use NPS Focus? Web Services –Focus publishes a general web service –Can be used to deliver content to any web page or online application –Example: Civil War Sesquicentennial Project (Nate Irwin)Civil War Sesquicentennial Project Fire Management

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Image Creation and Management Guide maging/index.htmlhttp://focus.inside.nps.gov/docs/guide/i maging/index.html NPS Focus Policy on Image Publishing Determining size/dimensions/resolution Using/Selecting Digital Cameras Scanning Film, Prints, and Text Incorporating Images into a Web Page Linking to Images - options and code Casa Grande

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference NPS Focus Links NPS Focus Home: – searchtype=npshomehttp://npsfocus.nps.gov/npshome.do? searchtype=npshome NPS Focus User Guide: – dex.htmlhttp://npsfocus.nps.gov/docs/guide/in dex.html Yellowstone

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Frederick Douglass

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference National Register

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Stones River

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Manassas

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Wilson’s Creek

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference National Register

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Horace M. Albright

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference Catoctin Mountain