PresentationTuesday, November 17, 2009

Huntsville, AL

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This presentation was provided in 2009 and is certainly temporal, given the nature of the discussion.Presentation roughly 10 minutes as part of a panel.

Forget Everything what if we started over?

Learon DalbyGIS Program Manager

Arkansas Geographic Information Office (AGIO)

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Ed Parsons- http://bit.ly/zcpU6

Building an SDIBuilding an SDI

This is not a technology problem.

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Building an SDIBuilding an SDI

This is not a technology problem.

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PeoplePeople

PeoplePeople

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NSGICNSGIC

National States Geographic Information Council an organization committed to efficient and

effective government through the prudent adoption of geospatial information technologies (GIT).

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NSGIC –Model State CriteriaNSGIC –Model State Criteria

• Strategic and business plans• A full-time paid GIS coordinator and staff• Clearly defined authority and responsibility for coordination• A relationship with the chief information officer• A political or executive champion is involved in coordination• A tie into national programs• An inter-governmental working environment free of "turf wars"• Sustainable funding mechanisms• Contracting authority and cost sharing mechanisms• Statewide coordination efforts that can be a conduit for federal

initiatives

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NSGIC –Model State CriteriaNSGIC –Model State Criteria

• Strategic and business plans• A full-time paid GIS coordinator and staff• Clearly defined authority and responsibility for coordination• A relationship with the chief information officer• A political or executive champion is involved in coordination• A tie into national programs• An inter-governmental working environment free of "turf wars"• Sustainable funding mechanisms• Contracting authority and cost sharing mechanisms• Statewide coordination efforts that can be a conduit for federal

initiatives

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Bunch of words- what's that mean?

PeoplePeople

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Where have we been?Where have we been?

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Creating Data

Creating Data

Connecting to Data

Viewing Data

Viewing DataViewing Data

Where Are We Now?Where Are We Now?

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Creating Sharing Data

Creating Sharing Data

Passively Creating

Sharing DataPassively Creating

Sharing DataMillions of SensorsPassively Creating

Sharing Data

Are we asking the questions?Are we asking the questions?

• Building (MaintainingMaintaining) a SDI will require new ways of thinking• That’s ok• We should learn from those that are doing it right

now• We have the technology to not only gather data, but

share knowledge quickly

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Millions of SensorsPassively Creating

Sharing Data

Where Are We Now?Where Are We Now?

14How will government work with this?

Parting ThoughtParting Thought

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Government has a role to play but maybe…• We should be enablers• We should not stifle innovation• We should open the doors to the information

and get out of the way

Contact InformationContact Information

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Learon DalbyLearon.Dalby@arkansas.gov

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