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Kentucky’s Geographic Information System

Presented to -

Council of Geographic Names Authorities

October 3, 2007

Kenny Ratliff, DirectorDivision of Geographic Information

GIS in Kentucky

• Commonwealth Office of Technology

• Office of Enterprise Policy and Project Management

• Division of Geographic Information

MissionFacilitate statewide electronic geographic data sharing and its

application for streamlined decision-making, greater efficiency, public protection, and economic vitality.

Cabinet for Health and Family Services

What GIS is not….

•….the “Great-All”

•….the “End-All”

•….the “Save-All”

But it is….• ….a powerful part of the tool set for solving

and addressing things related to location.

GIS – A collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data for capturing, storing, updating, manipulating, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.

• Points (antennas, hazmat events, hydrants, etc.)• Lines (roads, rivers, pipelines, etc.)• Polygons (parcels, lakes, buffers, etc.)

Data Without GIS – Kentucky Census Data

Overview of GIS

Data with GIS – Kentucky Census Data

Overview of GIS

Two ways to visualize Data

Raster •Satellite images•Aerial photos•Topo maps•Hillshade

Vector •Points, Lines & Polygons

Overview of GIS

Who uses GIS in Kentucky?

Local CommunitiesLocal Communities

TransportationTransportation workersworkers

Business PlanningBusiness Planning

Recreation SeekersRecreation Seekers

Entertainment SeekersEntertainment SeekersHealth Care ProvidersHealth Care Providers

Social Service ProvidersSocial Service Providers RealtorsRealtors

- Job seekers- Job seekers

- Service providers- Service providers

NavigationNavigation

Business RoutingBusiness RoutingResearchersResearchers

EducatorsEducators

HomelandHomeland SecuritySecurity

Utility ProvidersUtility Providers

Property Valuation AssessorsProperty Valuation Assessors

FarmersFarmers PolicePolice

Emergency Management ProvidersEmergency Management Providers

Local GovernmentLocal Government

Why is GIS important to KY?

• Police use it to protect us• PVA’s use it to determine our property taxes• Water, sewer, electric and gas companies use it to provide our utilities• Transportation uses it to build our highways• Health Industry uses it to protect us• Social Services use it to protect our children and senior citizens• Farmers use it to produce our food• FEMA uses it to protect us from floods• Post Office uses it to deliver our mail• Homeland Security & emergency managers use it to protect us• Fuel companies use it to drill wells to supply us with fuel• UPS & Fedex use it to deliver our packages• Realty companies use it to help buy/sell our property• Companies that want to establish businesses in Kentucky use it to make

location decisions• Papa Johns uses it to deliver pizzas• The list goes on and on…..

Dept. of Agriculture/Forest Service National Cartography & Geospatial Center

Natural Resources Conservation Service USDAA/Farm Service Agency

Dept. of Commerce/Census Bureau National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Dept. of Defense/National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Army Corp Of Engineers

U.S. Navy Dept. of Energy

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Dept. of Health & Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institutes of Health

Dept. of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Mgt Agency

Dept. of the Interior Fish & Wildlife Service

National Park Service U.S. Geological Survey

Dept. of Justice Dept. of Transportation

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Environmental Protection Agency

Dept. of Housing & Urban Development National Aeronautics & Space Administration

Tennessee Valley Authority

Federal Agencies using GIS

1980’s . . .GIS implementation began at NREPC (ESRI User Number: 31)

Ky GIS History

• In 1982, PRIME 750 elite machine in GIS • 12 megabytes of memory, yes MB not GB!• 600 megabytes of disk space• 4 mb upgrade to 16 mb cost $12,000• Technician soldered jumpers on the system

board

1980’s . . .Data Input ?

Ky GIS History

1980’s . . .Output ?

Ky GIS History

Information Technology Trends www.plangraphics.com

Line Printer Map (ca. 1977)Line Printer Map (ca. 1977)

Basically, everything was on the server . . .

1990’s . . .

Ky GIS History

• Many state agencies and the Area Development Districts begin to embrace GIS technology

• Northern Kentucky, LFUCG, & LOJIC create high-end

implementations (urban areas)

• NREPC puts a couple dozen datasets out for download on the

Internet / KGS does the same

• Kentucky creates a Geographic Information Advisory Council

(GIAC now KyGB) to provide input and oversight regarding GIS

implementation

2000 . . .

Ky GIS History

• Image data available for free downloadTopos and orthos on Kymartian

• Dozens of vector layers and raster data made available for

download

• NREPC begins implementation of Kentucky’s first internet

mapping site (Custom Map Objects IMS Application)

Ky GIS History

• KYGEONET comes to life (ESRI’s ArcIMS Metadata Service)

• Several publishers load nearly 100 datasets within just a few

months

• Kentucky’s Geospatial Data Clearinghouse becomes a reality

• Metadata is included that increased data value

• Nearly 20 IMS exist

2002 . . .

Ky GIS History

DGI developed a strategic plan and got buy-in from the leadership of COT

Moved the KYGEONET to DGI’s office

2004 …

• KYGEONET has over 400 published items

• The resource is maintained by over a dozen “responsible”

publishers

• Published 23 layers to The National Map (USGS)

• Full integration with federal Geospatial One Stop (GOS II) and

the federal Geography Network

• 40+ IMS in use daily

Ky GIS History2005 thru today -

The CommonwealthMap

• Contains 28 layers of information• Is tapped for Kentucky layers to The National Map

Kentucky Event Mapping Analysis Portal

(KEMAP)

• Contains 148 layers of information• Password protected site• Most layers not available to the general public• Has several tools available on the dash

The Kentucky Geography Network

(KYGEONET)

KyRaster

Kentucky’s Geospatial Database for Raster data

• Was collectively built by GIS Staff from several state agencies

• Resides in mirrored instances at Cold Harbor Computing Center

• Contains all the aerial images, topographic maps, digital elevation models, hillshade, SPOT satellite imagery, trucolor imagery, land cover imagery, slope, and other critical raster GIS base layers

• Is leveraged by nearly every state agency (that does GIS)• Drives all of the IMS applications served by state

government• Is leveraged on the GIS Desktop by users in state agencies

Components of KyRasterRange from satellite imagery to DEMs to topographic maps

to aerial photography

KyVector

Kentucky’s Geospatial Database for vector data

• Is the master repository of vector-based (lines, polygons, and points)

• Is based on all vector data that is available on the Kentucky Geography Network

• Mirrors the categories on the “browse” tab of the KYGEONET• Contains full metadata records for each vector dataset • Leveraged by ArcGIS Users on the WAN• Leveraged by many IMS• Resides in mirrored instances at Cold Harbor Computing

Center

Information from KyVector


Metadata

What do people do with the data?


Communications


Health


Agriculture

Flooding


Law Enforcement


Fire Response


Chemical Response

The future…..

Kentucky Watershed Modeling Information Portal

Improve efficiency and quality for 2-5 selected watershed

models. Leverage existing data and current projects Interface with USEPA’s Environmental Information

Exchange Network (EIEN) Allow for future inclusion/expansion to KY node of EIEN

(TEMPO/COMPASS). Train KY water resource managers and modelers. Architecture consistent with KYGEONET; links to GIS

and databases

Kentucky Landscape Census– NASA funded project– Goal: to develop high resolution land cover/land use maps for

selected counties and toolsets to make the data and products available and easy to use to the user community that includes public users and local government officials. The project also aims to institutionalize remote sensing and change detection analysis in Kentucky, leveraging on existing resources (KYGEONET)• Bring improved information to local government

decision/policy makers• Bring this information to decision makers faster and easier

than is currently possible• Bring this information to community decision makers

– Delivered via a web-based Geographic Information System (KLC Portal) supporting a distributed network of data sources on a variety of hardware and software platforms

Importance of Land Cover Change Detection

•Statewide strategic planning•Regional planning•Environmental protection•Policy development•Predicting future needs

– Infrastructure– Water quality protection– Transportation– Agricultural production– Forest production– Recreation


Statewide Land Cover (KLCD 2001)

Others….

• Create a better flow of information– City, county, state, federal

• Enterprise GIS for state agencies

• Develop a sustainable, coordinated imagery program

• Statewide geo-coding street centerline layer

Metrics

Success achieved when -

• Day-to-day use of GIS, without the user realizing.

• Delivery of near real-time GIS tools to the field. To include some ability for dynamic updates and sharing.

Closing thoughts…

Welcome to Kentucky

• Christian County – wet county

• Rooster Run – Nelson County

• Hell For Certain – Leslie County

• Kingdom Come – Letcher County

Thank you.

Questions?

Contact InformationKenny Ratliff, Director

Division of Geographic Information501 Main St. 9th Floor

Frankfort, Kentucky 40601502-564-1450 (main)502-564-9849 (direct)[email protected]

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