Minnesota Governor’s Council on Geographic

Information

Committee Reports

• Data

• Hydrography

• LRM

• Outreach

• Standards

Data Committee

Purpose: Examine the state of GIS data and to review important current data issues.

Co-Chair: Annette Theroux, Pro-West & Associates

218-547-3374 ext. 108 atheroux@prowestgis

Co-Chair: Fred Logman: Ramsey County

651-266-3843 fred.logman@co.ramsey.mn.us

Data Committee WorkgroupsData Sharing Agreements Workgroup

– Developing sample agreement language for sharing or exchange of geographic data

Political Subdivision Boundaries Workgroup

– Develop a recommendation about appropriate methods and procedures for mapping government unit boundaries

Digital Elevation Model Workgroup– Explore the possibility of developing a statewide

high-resolution elevation model (DEM) and floodplain mapping

Data Sharing Agreements Workgroup

Best Practices for Data Sharing

• Current projects

• Data Distribution Guide» Overview of the issues

» Process diagram

» Process narrative

» Associated examples and samples

• http://www.gis.state.mn.us

Political Subdivision Boundaries Workgroup

Clarify and document the methods used to record and map government unit boundaries within

Minnesota

• No organization currently maintains an accurate and current record of Minnesota’s political boundaries

– Workgroup formed in 1998

– Identify possible processes for maintaining and managing information and maps of Minnesota’s jurisdictional boundaries

– May be organized as an I team

DEM and Floodplain Mapping Workgroup

Focused on developing a statewide high-resolution elevation model (DEM) and floodplain mapping.

• Share information and discuss the need to develop high-resolution DEM data

– Workgroup began meeting 5 months ago

– Workshop May 2nd, 2002

» Science Museum of Minnesota

» Experts on high-resolution data acquisition and floodplain mapping

» local, state and federal agencies, quasi-governmental interest groups, legislators and legislative staff.

Hydrography Committee

Purpose: Develop methods to standardize state hydrography databases and

streamline updating

Co-Chair: Mark Olsen, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

651.296.3412 mark.olsen@pca.state.mn.us

Co-Chair: Susanne Maeder, Land Management Information Center

651. 297.4986 susanne.maeder@mnplan.state.mn.us

2002 Membership…

Minnesota:• BWSR

• DNR

• DOT

• LMIC

• Metropolitan Council

• PCA

• SCSU

Federal:• COE

• NRCS

• USFS

• USGS

• USEPA

Proposed 2002 Initiatives...

• Define elements of MN hydrography framework

• Continue coordination of state and federal activities– Data development activities

– Identify and resolve Minnesota issues

• Coordinate on FGDC watershed boundary issues

2002 Accomplishments...

• Coordinated state hydrography data development efforts– 1:24,000 NHD created from DNR level 1 data for 17

watersheds

• Defined features of MN Hydrography Framework– Basin feature standard approved by Standards Committee

– Watercourse/reach feature defined

• Coordinated with Federal activities– Hosted technical seminars and training on NHD

• Training in use and production of data

• Created action list of issues and resolutions

Recommendations

Future Initiatives: Implementation of the framework - what does this mean?

Roles and responsibilities Enhancements and updates

Linear Referencing - implementation and exchange issues

Land Records Modernization Committee

Purpose: Research statewide issues surrounding the automation and mapping of

land record transactions

Co-Chair: Jay Wittstock, Wright County Surveyor

612-373-6817 Jay.Wittstock@co.wright.mn.us•

Co-Chair: Luci Botzek, Minnesota Association of County Officers

651-293-0953 lbotzek@aol.com

Land Records Modernization Committee

• LRM activity has increased substantially in the last year– National Cadastre

– National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)

– State Agencies

– Local Government

Land Records Modernization Committee• Federal Agencies are looking for formal state plans

for GIS data development through an I-Team– Office of Management and Budget is to monitor cooperation

with states as part of agency performance evaluation. – National Cadastre

• Effort underway to get federal support for local parcel efforts

• Involves Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as lead federal agency, state organizations are state plan administrators, the FGDC Cadastre Committee, NSGIC, and local government.

Land Records Modernization Committee

• Membership of 38 and growing

• New membership representing new activity

• Next meeting:

March 30, 2002 from 10:00 – 12:00 at MCIT.– Working on creating a cadastre I-Plan

– Working on identifying needed members

Outreach Committee

Purpose: Works to connect the Governor's Council on Geographic Information with its various constituencies in state

government and across the state

Co-Chair: Larry Charboneau, The Lawrence Group 612-676-3950 larry@lawrencegroup.com

Co-Chair: Banette Kritzky, GIS/LIS Consortium651-296-0220 banette.kritzky@dot.state.mn.us

Outreach Committee: Current Projects

• Power Point Presentation – A mobile presentation whose purpose is to focus on the

Council’s role in promoting and providing resources to the GIS community.

• Communication – create a tool to identify the appropriate media avenues

for distributing materials, advertising, articles, press release and other miscellaneous documents/messages.

Outreach Committee: Completed Tasks

• Guidelines to “hosting” Outstate meetings– Council Responsibilities

– Hosts Responsibilities

• Contact List– a statewide list of people/offices/organizations to

contact for Council information/updates

• Web Workgroup– update the Council’s website

Standards Committee

Purpose: Coordinate development of statewide geographic data standards and guidelines

Co-Chair: Glenn Radde, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources651-297-4950 glenn.radde@dnr.state.mn.us

Co-Chair: Joella Givens, Minnesota Department of Transportation651-582-1730 joella.givens@dot.state.mn.us

Standards Committee

• Our best work occurs during blizzards.– We’ve endorsed the Hydrography Committee’s Basin Identification

Standard.– We discussed recent metadata community activities and MN DNR’s

development of both a Systems Development Methodology (SDM) and Project Management Methodology (PMM) for IT projects.

– We’ve established a small workgroup to update and advance Robert Maki’s whitepaper on statewide enterprise architecture issues.