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Coordinator’s Report VGIN Advisory Board

Dan WidnerCoordinator, Virginia Geographic Information Network

January 7, 2009

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2009-2012 VBMP Orthophotography Contract

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2009-2012 Orthophotography Contract

• Contract Awarded to Sanborn on December 23rd

• Planned Maximum Budget: $6.0 Million (2006/07 Budget)• Statewide 1 Foot Resolution Orthophotography

– Eastern Half of State Will Be Captured during 2009 and Western Half Will Be Captured during 2011

• Digital Capture • Faster Delivery

– Intermediate County Mosaics within 60 days– Final Ortho Delivery within 6 Months of Acquisition

• Delivery Will Include Color Infrared Band (4 band color)• Educational Seminars Being Held Next Week

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2009/2011 Flight Areas

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2009-2012 Upgrade Options• Online ordering system • Resolution Upgrades from 1 Foot (200 Scale)

– 6 Inch (100 Scale)– 3 Inch (100 Scale)

• Contours– 4 Foot from 200 Scale– 2 Foot from 100 Scale

• Structure Planimetrics• Other Planimetrics (paved surfaces, utilities, etc)• True Orthophotography• Priority Processing

– Final imagery delivered 1 month earlier

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2009-2012 Upgrade Options• Off Year Flights• Rapid Response

– Raw imagery within 72 hours

• LiDAR– Standard – 1.4 Meter Spacing– FEMA – 1.0 or 1.4 Meter Spacing– High Density – .7 Meter Spacing– Ground Based

• Oblique Imagery (Pictometry)

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2009-2012 Upgrade Options• Land Cover Mapping

– “Standard” Land Cover Datasets– Enhanced Impervious and Vegetation

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Commonwealth of Virginia Five Year GIS Strategic Plan

Development

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5 Year Strategic Planning• 2009 NSDI Cooperative Agreement

Program (CAP) Grant Application– “Category 3: 50 States Initiative – Strategic

and Business Plan Development”– Closing Date: January 6, 2009– Award announcements in February 2009– $50,000 with 50% matching funds ($25,000)

• Strategic Plan completion included as a draft 2009 CIO Objective

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5 Year Strategic Planning

Planned Schedule:

• February 2009: Mandatory 50 States Initiative meeting at NSGIC Mid-year (assuming grant award)

• March 2009: Project Kick-off. Open town hall style meeting in Richmond (with audio and Webex capabilities) announced through VGIN listservs and website

• April 2009: Status Report to VGIN Advisory Board at the April 2009 quarterly meeting

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5 Year Strategic Planning

Planned Schedule Continued:

• April – May 2009: Stakeholder Interviews. Series of interviews with key geospatial stakeholders representing the spectrum of geospatial practitioners and users in Virginia. Includes local, state and federal government, planning district commissions, non-profit, academia and private sector.

• April – May 2009: Concurrently, the online survey will be created and released

• May – June 2009: Results compilation and synthesis DELIVERABLE: Draft Strategic Plan

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5 Year Strategic PlanningPlanned Schedule Continued:

• July 2009: Status Report to VGIN Advisory Board at the July 2009 quarterly meeting

• July – September 2009: Series of seven town hall style meetings, targeted towards the seven regions, to present the results of the interviews and survey in the form of a draft strategic plan

• October 2009: Status Report to VGIN Advisory Board at the October 2009 quarterly meeting.

• November – December 2009: Finalization of Strategic Plan DELIVERABLE: Final Strategic Plan

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Conclusion of Coordinator’s Report