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Five-State Government Documents Conference Boulder, Colorado August 3, 2006
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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
