1. ESRI International Users Conference The Delaware DataMIL The DataMIL Team

2. ESRI International Users Conference An Outline About Delaware Delaware’s GIS Community The Delaware Spatial Data Framework Delaware and The National Map “We Can Do That” We Did…. Now What?

3. ESRI International Users Conference We’re Small 2,000 Square Miles (Give or Take) 784,000 Folks 3 Counties 57 Municipalities

4. ESRI International Users Conference We like being “First”

5. ESRI International Users Conference We all know each other The Sec. of Agriculture and the State Planning Director Levy Court Commission Brooks Banta and Governor Ruth Ann Minner

6. ESRI International Users Conference We have a tradition of individualism A small, agrarian state… …that developed rapidly. Delaware attracts people tired of the big cities (and governments) around it. We have to respect that.

7. ESRI International Users Conference Our Challenge Create and maintain useful data Accurate, up-to-date, statewide Open to all In a completely distributed environment With no truly formal control

8. ESRI International Users Conference In Delaware… No central “GIS Authority” Data developed at, and shared among, all levels of government Based on a shared Framework standard: data sets “work together” All contribute data, all gain data

9. ESRI International Users Conference Coordination, Not Control Local expertise creates better data Two keys: –Communicate –Share Data

10. ESRI International Users Conference Delaware’s GIS Community Inter-related Committees –State Mapping Advisory Committee –Delaware Geographic Data Committee –Delaware Spatial Data I-Team Focused on Delaware’s Spatial Data Framework

11. ESRI International Users Conference The Spatial Data Framework Accepted in 2000 The “skeleton” that holds together a wide variety of spatial data sets Limited to core, skeletal data sets Part of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)

12. ESRI International Users Conference Geographic Names Land Use Cadastral Transportation Hydrography Governmental Units Geodetic Control Hypsography Orthoimagery

13. ESRI International Users Conference Geographic Names Land Use Cadastral Transportation Hydrography Governmental Units Geodetic Control Hypsography Orthoimagery

14. ESRI International Users Conference Geographic Names Land Use Cadastral Transportation Hydrography Governmental Units Geodetic Control Hypsography Orthoimagery

15. ESRI International Users Conference Geographic Names Land Use Cadastral Transportation Hydrography Governmental Units Geodetic Control Hypsography Orthoimagery

16. ESRI International Users Conference Geographic Names Land Use Cadastral Transportation Hydrography Governmental Units Geodetic Control Hypsography Orthoimagery

17. ESRI International Users Conference Geographic Names Land Use Cadastral Transportation Hydrography Governmental Units Geodetic Control Hypsography Orthoimagery

18. ESRI International Users Conference Geographic Names Land Use Cadastral Transportation Hydrography Governmental Units Geodetic Control Hypsography Orthoimagery

19. ESRI International Users Conference Geographic Names Land Use Cadastral Transportation Hydrography Governmental Units Geodetic Control Hypsography Orthoimagery

20. ESRI International Users Conference Geographic Names Land Use Cadastral Transportation Hydrography Governmental Units Geodetic Control Hypsography Orthoimagery

21. ESRI International Users Conference Why so Fast and Complete? Partnerships –DGS, USGS, DGDC, SMAC, DE-GIS Community Remember what we said about being small?

22. ESRI International Users Conference Why so Fast and Complete? Good Planning by DE Mapping Community –New Topos, 1992-93 –A Push for DLGs Great Team Synergy

23. ESRI International Users Conference Improving the Framework Find ways to combine Local, State and Federal data Explore combining information and data And share data and information with the public

24. ESRI International Users Conference NSGIC, Sept. 2000, Tahoe Discussion With USGS We have data… …you have data DLG updates?

25. ESRI International Users Conference DataMIL and The National Map Coincidence Tremendous Synergy and Focus Past, Present Partnerships Important Fate? Serendipity? Karma? Destiny?

26. ESRI International Users Conference Can We Have… Somewhere on-line to combine and compare data? A “co-laboratory” where we can host discussions? With mini Topo Maps? An easy-to-use interface?

27. ESRI International Users Conference “We Can Do That” University of Delaware RDMS USGS Mid-Continent Mapping Center The DataMIL Team

28. ESRI International Users Conference Resolution DataMIL Feedback User Delaware Geological Survey Delaware Geological Survey Mapping & Metadata Mapping & Metadata Database US Geological Survey US Geological Survey Delaware Data Providers Federal Agencies Discussion Forums Discussion Forums Errors Comments

29. ESRI International Users Conference April 18, 2002 “Delaware was the ‘First State’ at the start of the nation; now we're ready to be the first state in the new, 21 st century National Map.” -- Gov. Minner Gov. Minner at Delaware GIS 2002: Connecting Communities

30. ESRI International Users Conference Making It Known Governor’s Press Release Newspapers, TV, limited Radio Shameless web links Relentless e-mailing

31. ESRI International Users Conference Real World Uses It’s Shields, Not “Shilds” That’s not a stream, that’s a driveway. Selbyville Police Chief –Emergency planning –Knowing where the ditches are.

32. ESRI International Users Conference What Next? Mapping Partnership Office (MPO) Alignment of the Framework Layers Cadastral Layers Realignment of the Framework Layers Maintenance More Layers?

33. ESRI International Users Conference The Delaware DataMIL datamil.udel.edu