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2/17/09 1ESRI Federal User’s Conference

Bureau of Indian Affairs Development of a Geospatial Portal Program

Diane Lockwood, FAC MemberNatural Resource Specialist

Southern Plains Region

Martin Fetridge, Division Chief, IT Special Services, OIOGeospatial Field Advisory Committee (FAC)National Geospatial Resource Center (NGRC)

Bow River BlackfootCirca 1907

Photo: Edward Sheriff Curtis


1. BIA Regional Field Advisory Committee (FAC)

2. DOI Geospatial Program and BIA Geospatial Portal

3. FAC Charter

4. FAC Communication

5. Geospatial Portal - Defined

6. Reasons for Geospatial Portal

7. Geospatial Portal Architecture

8. Other BIA Portals

9. Example of Geospatial Portal ‘Mock Up’

10. NGA and Acquisition of Satellite Imagery

11. Summary

Development of a Geospatial Portal


Bureau of Indian AffairsRegional Map Jurisdictional Boundaries

Each Region has FAC Representation

Southern Plains Regional OfficeBranch of Natural Resources

Anadarko, OK


DOI Enterprise Geospatial Information Management (EGIM)

Initiative to standardize and coordinate GIS activities acrossthe department’s bureaus, sharing data and data analysis tools.

BIA Enterprise Geospatial Program (EGP)Provide Bureau-wide standardization for GIS staffing, planning, procedures and core data sets (Field Advisory Committee (FAC), Enterprise GIS Users).

BIA Geospatial Portal Program (GPP)Provide Bureau-wide standardization for access to the right information for authorized users anytime –easier, faster, and less expensively.


Field Advisory CommitteeCharter

Determines Decision Authority, Rules and Sunset

• Authority – Reason for existence and legitimacy

• Rules – Understanding of how the Committee is to operate* Members – how many, who, leadership* Meetings – When, frequency, quorum, records* Discussion of Issues – Agendas, meeting format, rules of order* Decisions – voting, development and implementation

• Decision Authority – Process through which decisions are implemented

• Sunset – When/ How committee will end its life


FAC CommunicationBi-Weekly Teleconference MeetingsSharePoint - Indian Affairs Collaboration Tool that stores and shares documents as they relate to Geospatial Business


Geospatial Portal DefinedA Geospatial Portal offers a Single point of entry to the geospatial information, data services and computing processes that provide management and administration of the portal. It enables authorized users to access geospatial information instantly and securely - increasing communication, and productivity.


Increased Data Processing Efficiency


Portal Storage

InternetInternet

Resident on Portal Platform

Portal Services, Required Infrastructure

Distributed Geospatial DataCatalog, Data, Portrayal Services


Five Different Classes of Services Support the requirements of a

Geospatial Portal

Open Geospatial Consortium Inc.Date: 2004-07-02Reference number: OGC 04-039Editor: Louis C. Rose


Geospatial Portalw/ Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

• Easier extension of legacy logic to work with new business functionality.

• Greater flexibility to change without the need to constantly re-architect for growth.

• Cost savings by providing straight-forward integration.


Office of Special Trust (OST) (Intranet Portal & Extranet Portal)


Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED)(Intranet Portal)


Geospatial Portal “FACE”Interactive Website

• Start w/ a Website Link that displays information about: Regions, Tribes, Agencies, Projects.

• Each Region would be responsible for the data content w/in their region.

• All Data and Content would be sent to ONE content manager that would be responsible for updating the data and maps.

• Representative Maps and Data of Regions, Agencies, Reservations and Tribes would be readily available for Tribes and authorized users.


Geospatial Portal “Face”Interactive Website

(Intranet initially)

Map of United States w/ American Indians by State

http://www.native-languages.org/states.htm


“Click On…”

Native American Tribes of Texas

Example of Geospatial Portal


(Map Displays…)

The Original Inhabitants of the Area that is now Texas:

http://www.native-languages.org/states.htm


There are three federally recognized Indian tribes in Texas today.

1 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas:Rt 3 Box 640Livingston, TX 77351

(click on…)2 Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas:HC1 Box 9700Eagle Pass, TX 78852

3 Ysleta del Sur Pueblo:PO Box 17579, Ysleta StnEl Paso, TX 79917

From - http://www.native-languages.org/states.htm


Fiercely resistant to assimilation, they kept

relocating further south from their original Michigan-

Wisconsin-Illinois homeland.

Kickapoo Tribes currently of:

OklahomaKansasTexasMexico

Mexican Kickapoo Tribe is the most traditional w/ the

language and culture being kept the most alive.

Kickapoo – “Wanderers”

(Map w/ historic and cultural content displayed)


Geospatial Portal - Project InformationHurricane IKE, September 12, 2008

Alabama Coushatta Indian Reservation


Hurricane IKE, September 20083rd Most Destructive Hurricane to Ever Make Landfall in US

A horse grazes beside a house, surrounded by floodwater, near Winnie, Texas after Hurricane Ike, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Pool, Smiley N. Pool)

First major storm to directly hit a major metro area since Katrina devastated New

Orleans in 2005.

A woman walks through a flooded neighborhood street, Sunday, Sept 14, 2008 in Orange, Texas. (AP Photo Tony Gutierrez)

Storm surge overcame levees and caused widespread

flooding in the cities.


Geospatial Portal - Project InformationAlabama Coushatta Indian Reservation,

Southern Plains Regional Office(95 mi N. of Houston, 17 Mi. E. of Livingston, 16 Mi. W. of Woodville)


[email protected]

National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)

• NGA’s Commercial Imagery Program - assists all Federal branches, departments, agencies, and offices acquire and use high-resolution imagery from U.S. data providers (Digital Globe, GeoEye), often at no cost to the supported organization.

• Licensing - US Government (USG) may provide the imagery to Non-Government Organizations (NGO) when the NGO is working with the USG in an official capacity.


Canyon de Chelly – Navaho - 1904

Edward Sheriff Curtis

Special Thanks:Bruce Maytubby, DRD, SPROMark Sahmaunt, FMO, SPRORod Robertson, FCO, SPROSteve Smith, Fuels, NIFCAnn Meloy, NavahoTheresa Nallick, NavahoJeff Seehase, NGAGlenn Bethel, USDACarl Hardzinski, Midwest RegionChris English, Western RegionLinda Rines, BIA Central OfficeBrian Lockwood, USFWSCraig Martin, SPROSusan Ramon, SPROSanjeev Bhagowalia, OCIO

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