1. Presentation Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Huntsville, AL
This presentation was provided in 2009 and is certainly temporal, given the nature of the discussion.
Presentation roughly 10 minutes as part of a panel.

2. Forget Everything what if we started over?
Ed Parsons-
Learon Dalby
GIS Program Manager
Arkansas Geographic Information Office (AGIO)

3. Building an SDI
This is not a technology problem.

4. Building an SDI
This is not a technology problem.

5. People

6. People
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7. NSGIC
National States Geographic Information Council an organization committed to efficient and effective government through the prudent adoption of geospatial information technologies (GIT).

8. NSGIC –Model State Criteria
Strategic and business plans
A full-time paid GIS coordinator and staff
Clearly defined authority and responsibility for coordination
A relationship with the chief information officer
A political or executive champion is involved in coordination
A tie into national programs
An inter-governmental working environment free of "turf wars"
Sustainable funding mechanisms
Contracting authority and cost sharing mechanisms
Statewide coordination efforts that can be a conduit for federal initiatives

9. NSGIC –Model State Criteria
Strategic and business plans
A full-time paid GIS coordinator and staff
Clearly defined authority and responsibility for coordination
A relationship with the chief information officer
A political or executive champion is involved in coordination
A tie into national programs
An inter-governmental working environment free of "turf wars"
Sustainable funding mechanisms
Contracting authority and cost sharing mechanisms
Statewide coordination efforts that can be a conduit for federal initiatives
Bunch of words- what's that mean?

10. People
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11. Where have we been? Creating Data Creating Data Connecting to Data
Viewing Data
Viewing Data
Viewing Data

12. Where Are We Now? Creating Sharing Data Creating Sharing Data
Passively
Creating
Sharing Data
Passively
Creating
Sharing Data
Millions of Sensors
Passively Creating
Sharing Data

13. Are we asking the questions?
Millions of Sensors
Passively Creating
Sharing Data
Building (Maintaining) a SDI will require new ways of thinking
That’s ok
We should learn from those that are doing it right now
We have the technology to not only gather data, but share knowledge quickly

14. Where Are We Now?
How will government work with this?

15. Parting Thought Government has a role to play but maybe…
We should be enablers
We should not stifle innovation
We should open the doors to the information and get out of the way

16. Twitter: @learondalby
Contact Information
Learon Dalby