1. 1 www.vita.virginia.gov VGIN Advisory Board Meeting Dan Widner VGIN Coordinator VGIN Advisory Board October 6, 2010 www.vita.virginia.gov 1

2. 2 VGIN Advisory Board Call to Order Review and approval of previous meeting minutes –April 2010 minutes –July 2010 minutes www.vita.virginia.gov

3. 3 Guest Speaker Introduction by Board member Page Cockrell Curtis Sumner, Executive Director for the American Congress on Survey and Mapping (ACSM) www.vita.virginia.gov

4. 4 2011 VBMP Orthophotography Planning for 2011 flight of western area Possible upgrades NGA purchase of off-year flights for eastern urban areas www.vita.virginia.gov

5. 5 Planning for 2011 Flight Information Sessions – Abingdon, Roanoke, Staunton, Richmond July 27-29, August 4

6. 6 GIS Strategic Planning Update GIS Education Workgroup –Stan Hovey www.vita.virginia.gov

7. 7 GIS Strategic Planning Update Elevation Framework Initiative Action Team –John Scrivani www.vita.virginia.gov

8. 8 Elevation FIAT QA/QC of Eastern Shore and ARRA Projects Elevation Data Inventory Working Groups to convene –Data inventory –Education/Communication –Standards –Best practices www.vita.virginia.gov

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10. 10 www.vita.virginia.gov YearDTM100DTM200DTM400LiDARContours 20010.1% 20020.8%26.3%73.0%0.9% 20031.6% 20044.3% 20051.4% 20065.2%7.5% 1.4%6.6% 20076.3%80.3% 0.7%22.5% 200810.2% 20092.6%49.9% 0.2%2.9% 20109.4% 14.8%163.9%73.0%30.1%32.0% Summary of 126 elevation datasets * All areas are covered by two or more datasets

11. 11 GIS Strategic Planning Update GIS Clearinghouse –Dan Widner www.vita.virginia.gov

12. 12 GIS Clearinghouse Kick off meeting held in August 2010 –Presented and discussed Charter –Highlighted existing regional collaborative efforts –Highlighted other states and federal initiatives www.vita.virginia.gov

13. 13 GIS Clearinghouse Implementation Priorities (from Strategic Plan) –Coordinate Regional Cooperative Efforts –Provide statewide coordination and interstate/federal collaboration to eliminate duplication of efforts –Provide web services of framework data and functions where appropriate www.vita.virginia.gov

14. 14 GIS Clearinghouse Initiative Tasks (from Strategic Plan) Establish a stakeholder driven Initiative Action Team for this initiative Identify the specific datasets in the Commonwealth that should be accessed through the clearinghouse Establish standards for the format in which datasets will be stored, exchanged, and updated through the geospatial clearinghouse Conduct outreach to state and local government GIS departments to explain the existence and benefit of the geospatial clearinghouse Provide training to state and local government GIS departments on how to use the clearinghouse and how to make data available Establish security requirements for access to the geospatial clearinghouse www.vita.virginia.gov

15. 15 GIS Clearinghouse Initiative Tasks (from Strategic Plan) Establish a stakeholder driven Initiative Action Team for this initiative Identify the specific datasets in the Commonwealth that should be accessed through the clearinghouse Establish standards for the format in which datasets will be stored, exchanged, and updated through the geospatial clearinghouse Conduct outreach to state and local government GIS departments to explain the existence and benefit of the geospatial clearinghouse Provide training to state and local government GIS departments on how to use the clearinghouse and how to make data available Establish security requirements for access to the geospatial clearinghouse www.vita.virginia.gov

16. 16 GIS Clearinghouse Initiative Tasks (from Strategic Plan) Establish a stakeholder driven Initiative Action Team for this initiative Identify the specific datasets in the Commonwealth that should be accessed through the clearinghouse Establish standards for the format in which datasets will be stored, exchanged, and updated through the geospatial clearinghouse Conduct outreach to state and local government GIS departments to explain the existence and benefit of the geospatial clearinghouse Provide training to state and local government GIS departments on how to use the clearinghouse and how to make data available Establish security requirements for access to the geospatial clearinghouse www.vita.virginia.gov

17. 17 GIS Clearinghouse “Conduct outreach … to explain the … benefit of the geospatial clearinghouse” –Developing Scenarios of how a Clearinghouse would be of benefit to: Local, state, private sector, academia Building the business case of why this is needed Business case will drive how we go about this www.vita.virginia.gov

18. 18 Coordinator’s Report Summary –Dan Widner Questions or comments on July Coordinator’s Report –VGIN Advisory Board www.vita.virginia.gov

19. 19 VGIN Advisory Board New Business –VGIN Advisory Board Open Discussion –Audience Conclusion www.vita.virginia.gov