1. Indiana NHD - Geographic Names Information System Updates March 1, 2011 Lacey Duncan Environmental Manager - DNR Water

2. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Introduction History of Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) in the United States GNIS updates to the Indiana National Hydrography Dataset

3. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Need for the Standardization of Geographic Names Late 19 th Century  Surge in the demand of mapping and scientific reporting because of mining, exploration, and settlement of the West  Inconsistencies and contradiction among names and spellings  Became a serious detriment to mapmakers and scientists who required uniform and non-conflicting geographic nomenclature

4. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Standardization of Geographic Names Widely available nationally Strongly related to local usage Contributes to savings and efficiency in:  Government  Business & Industry  Communications  Education

5. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships US Board on Geographic Names 1890 - Harrison Recognition that conflicts in naming geographic feature were a serious detriment to the orderly process of exploring and settling the country 1906 - Roosevelt Extended the Boards responsibility to include the standardization of all geographic names for Federal use 1947- Truman Signed into Public Law 80-242

6. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships US Board on Geographic Name  Function under Department of Interior  National network of State and academic authorities  Conjointly establish and maintain uniform geographic names for Federal Government  Work to improve body of names by approving new names and changing existing in a responsible manner

7. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Proposing a Name for Unnamed Domestic Features US Board does not initiate naming of unnamed features Any person or organization, public or private may submit a proposal Board coordinates with local, State, and Federal agencies to determine  Appropriateness  Acceptability  Need (relative to feature, location, and community)

8. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Guidelines for Proposing New Names Recommended Kinds of Proposed Names Duplication of Names Recommended Name Form Qualifying Words in Names Generic Terms Personal Names Wilderness Areas Lands Administered by State and Local Jurisdictions Derogatory Names

9. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Submitting a Name Proposal  Propose or Change Name  Feature Information  Supporting Materials  States and Counties  Geographic Coordinates  Administrative Areas  Maps and Documents with name  Other Names and Their Source  Authorities  Submitters and/or Preparers

10. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Indiana GNIS Updates to NHD

11. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Indiana GNIS Updates GNIS Corrections for High-resolution NHD $25,000 Grant from US Geological Survey Critical step prior to upgrading NHD to local resolution Correct names in GNIS Match GNIS names to NHD Features Add missing names, fix bad names

12. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Obtaining the Data Check Out NHD database from USGS Complete review Submit to David Nail Submit to USGS Accepted by USGS Loaded into NHD Database

13. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Data Needed NHDFlowlines NHDWaterbody GNIS Data  Point  Polyline HUC 8 Basin USGS Quadrangle Maps Imagery

14. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Indiana GNIS Data 33,000 Point Features 355 Line Features To begin GNIS review: -Data should be clipped to Basin

15. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Prepping Data Create New Field “IGIC_Checked” Select All Features- “Not Checked” Join features with GNIS- matched features “Checked” Select all features outside State border- “Skipped – Outside State”

16. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Searching for Errors

17. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Error GNIS Exists in Database

18. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Changes to NHD Fixed- Incorrect GNIS Missing GNIS- No GNIS but exists on QUAD Skipped- Outside of State

19. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Status Table Updated Any changes are noted in the NHDStatus table The COMID is entered into the Status table Submitted to David Nail before final submission to USGS

20. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Status of Updates HUC NameHUC 8 Upper Wabash5120101 Little Calumet- Galien4040001Mississinewa5120103 St. Joseph (MI)4050001Eel (WR)5120104 St. Joseph (OH)4100003 Middle Wabash- Deer5120105 St. Marys4100004 Middle Wabash- Little Vermilion5120108 Upper Maumee4100005Vermilion5120109 Auglaize4100007 Middle Wabash- Busseron5120111 Upper Great Miami5080001Highland-Pigeon5140202 Lower Great Miami5080002Kankakee7120001 Whitewater5080003Iroquois7120002 Middle Ohio- Laughery5090203Chicago7120003

21. Coordination of Indiana GIS through dissemination of data and data products, education and outreach, adoption of standards, and building partnerships Sources Orth, Donald J. and Roger L. Payne. Domestic Names - Principles, Policies, and Procedures. Online Edition (revised) 2003. 23 June 2010. Web. Monmonier, Mark. Drawing the Line: Tales of Maps and Cartocontroversy. New York: 1995. Print. US Department of the Interior. Geographic Names Information System – GNIS. USGS. 03 January 2011. Web.