how geospatial standards are created: a brief history of the mngeo standards committee
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Chris Cialek MnGeo December 3, 2010 DCDC Committee. How Geospatial Standards are Created: A brief history of the MnGeo Standards Committee. 1993 Standards Committee Strategic Plan. Mission - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chris CialekMnGeoDecember 3, 2010DCDC Committee
Mission
"In order to encourage the sharing of information among government agencies in Minnesota and to reduce costs and avoid duplication of effort, the Governor's Council will:
commission the development and implementation of STANDARDS;
monitor the use of CONVENTIONS; and encourage the use of GUIDELINES
to be used for the development, exchange, analysis and output of geographic information."
Categories of GIS standards Computing Database content and structure Data collection Spatial data processing Data presentation Data management Data exchange Personnel
Definitions Policy
▪ a high-level plan, defines a course of action Standard
▪ a definite rule, formally sanctioned, requiring adherence
Convention▪ a general agreement
Guideline ▪ a recommendation
Proposed Roles and Responsibilities GCGI
▪ Identify needs; vet solutions; recommend results to IPO
IPO▪ Evaluate and sanction standards brought to it by
GCGI▪ Determine level and method of enforcement▪ Monitor compliance
State Agencies▪ Be involved in process; agree to commit to
sanctioned standards Local Government, Private sector, etc
▪ Invited to get involved; encouraged to commit
1.0Propose Policy,
Standard or Guideline
2.0Develop Policy,
Standard or Guideline
3.0Adopt Policy, Standard or Guideline
4.0Implement Policy,
Standard or Guideline
Problem / Need
Proposed Policies, Standards and
Guidelines
Developed Policies, Standards and
Guidelines
Adopted Policies, Standards and
Guidelines
Identified need
Identified need
Stakeholder/partner input
Reviewer input
External reviewer input
Proposed policy, standard or guideline
Developed policy, standard or guideline
Approved Process for Developing Policies, Standards and Guidelines
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Sponsor
Agency
IPCGI Council
"Community of interest"
AdminOffice of Technology
LEGEND:
IPC formalrecommendations
= out of scope
= process
= data / information (store)
= organization / stakeholder
Responsible
authority input
OT/Admin adopted policy, standard or guideline
(comes from external sources)
Summary Applicability
Who cares about these standards? When do they apply; when do they not apply?
Purpose Requirements Compliance
What constitutes compliance? How will compliance be measured?
References and Sources of More Information
Year Standard
1994 Codes for the Identification of States
1997 Codes for MN Counties
1998 State Agency Coordinate Interchange
1998 Geographic Metadata
2000 Positional Accuracy
2002 Codes for Lake and Wetland Basins
2006 Codes for Watersheds
2008 River Reach/Water Course IDs
2009 City, Township and Unorganized Territory Identifiers
2009 U.S. National Grid
- Stormwater Conveyance
Metadata MN a principal contributor to 1997 NSGIC
national metadata videoconference (U Wisc)
$104,000 in 4 FGDC grants over 5 years for metadata development, outreach and education
Positional Accuracy 1999 instructional handbook; 1,500
printed copies distributed; 100+ downloads/month today
Enterprise Architecture 2005 State GIS Enterprise Conceptual
Design white paper; guide to broker architecture for data distribution and services
2005: IPC sunsets OET created and IPO incorporated into it Process to ratify standards interrupted
2007: Standards Committee formed Geospatial Standards
Authorization Workgroup to try and influence reinstatement of standards process (see 2008 work plan)
2008: Met with OET Dir of Strategic Planning
▪ offered to include GI standards on OET web site ▪ without ratification ▪ pending development of a new governance model that is
in progress
Subject Matter Experts Architecture Domain
Teams Architecture Review
Board All CIO Team State CIO
Chapter 13 – Standards for Transparency
Publicly available data is managed using an approved state metadata model
All geospatial data conform to an approved geocode model