Five-State GovernmentDocuments Conference

Boulder, ColoradoAugust 3, 2006

Technical Information

Center

Preserve and Provide Access to NPS Drawings and

Reports

“by some great protecting policy of government…in a

magnificent park…a nation’s park, containing man and

beast, in all the wild[ness] and freshness of their nature’s

beauty!”

George Catlin 1832

1832 Congress created Hot

Springs Reservation

Arkansas Territory

“for the future disposal of the United States.”

1880 Hot Springs Park 1921 Hot Springs National Park

1864 Congress granted California the Yosemite Valley to

“be held for public use, resort, and recreation…inalienable for all time.”

1890 Yosemite National Park

“dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.”

1872 Yellowstone National Park

Grand Canyon Forest Reserve 1893

Grand Canyon Game Preserve 1906

Grand Canyon National Monument

1908

Grand Canyon National Park 1919

1916

“to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in

such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of

future generations.”

• Design Services– 1917 – George Goodwin, Engineer,

Glacier NP

– 1918 – Charles Punchard, Landscape Architect, Yosemite NP

– 1922 – Dan Hull, Chief, Landscape Architect Office, Los Angeles

– 1927 – Thomas C.Vint, Chief, Landscape Architecture Division Engineering Office, Los Angeles

– 1933 Branch of Plans & Designs, Washington, D.C.

– 1942 – Los Angeles Office Moves to Chicago

Thomas C. Vint

• Design Services - continued– 1955-1966 – $900 Million Mission 66 Project

– 1961 – Thomas C. Vint Retires

– 1963 – Western Office of Design• Microfilming of Large Format Drawings

– 1971 – George Hartzog• Centralize Design Offices

– Western Office of Design

– Eastern Office of Design

– National Capital Design Office

– Washington Office of Design and Construction

– 1972 – Denver Service Center• Technical Information Center

George Hartzog

• Central Repository– Planning Documents– Design and Construction Documents– Technical Reports

Technical Information Center (TIC)

• 1,000,000 Drawings and Maps• 61,000 Technical Reports• 300,000 Photographs and Slides• 2,000 Aerial Flight Photos• Electronic Files – CAD, GIS, PDF• Videos and Film• 2,000,000 Digital Images

Land Status Map 2004

Mesa Verde NP

Fishing Bridge Cabins 1955

Yellowstone NP

Transportation Study2005

Mesa Verde NP

Bear Lake Parking Area Rocky Mountain NP 2002

Project Specifications

Big Bend NP 2003

Final Construction Report Rainbow Point Rim Road

Bryce Canyon NP 2004

1866

1976

Advanced RedoubtFt. Barrancas

Gulf Islands NS

Rocky Mountain NP Tourist Maps 1928

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Colorado River Management Plan

Grand Canyon National Park

2004

2005

1989

Stabilization Drawings and Reports

“Boss” Frank Pinkley

• Supports Park Infrastructure– Rehabilitation– Maintenance– Replacement

• Provides Information– Manage Park Resources

• Maintains Archival Record– Preservation– Disaster Recovery

• Allows Easy Access– Database Index Record – Digital Image

Value Added by TIC

Disaster Recovery

• Boeing Main Frame Computer

• Informix on Unix Platform

• Lotus Notes Database & Domino

TIC Platform / Database History

• High View Document Management System

– Add Images and Files

– Easy Match with Indexing Records

– Windows Network Support

– Multiple Security Levels

– Internet and Intranet Access

Current TIC Environment

Technical Information Center Workflows

Paper Drawings or Reports

Electronic Files

eTIC

Electronic Technical

Information Center

User Interface

• eTIC System Security– Accessible Only to NPS Employees

– Usage Log for Registered Users

– Redundant Servers

– Off-Site Storage of Backup Tapes

• ‘Google’ like search process

• Log-in for access to additional records

• Intranet access for all NPS

• Future – advance search

Search Results

• Delivery Options

– Intranet Download

– FTP Electronic File

– DVD

– CD-ROM

– Paper Copy

Technical Information

Center

Preserve and Provide Access to NPS Drawings and

Reports

TIC-Requests@nps.gov

Carol_Simpson@nps.gov