Accessing GIS Data: Orthophotography and the New York State Interactive Mapping Gateway

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New York StateGIS Data Sharing Cooperative
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Why The Cooperative?

• Temporary GIS Council recommended that data
  sharing be improved
• Technology Policy 96-18 charged Coordinating Body
  with developing policy to allow transfer of
  digital data at minimum or no cost
• Assigned to Data Coordination Work Group

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Issues

• Virtually no sharing of GIS data in NYS
• Fiefdoms (DOT, ORPS)
• Fear of job loss (knowledge is power)
• Little trust between state agencies
• Virtually no trust between state agencies and
  county/municipal governments
• Fear of data being stolen by private sector

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Issues (cont.)

• No consistent mechanism to all data sharing -
  various licensing agreements required to acquire
  data
• Huge conflict over the issue of data being free
  or for fee
• major data producers at DOT and ORPS charge
  significant amounts for data
• Little knowledge of who had what data
• Little knowledge of who to contact to get data or
  ask questions about it

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Typical GIS Licensing
DEC
DOH
OGS
ORPS
DOS
Other Agencies
DOT
Local Government
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Cooperative Model
Not-for-Profits
DOH
DEC
Municipal Govts.
CountyGovts.
OGS
ORPS
New Members
Academia
DOS
DOT
Other Agencies
Cooperative
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NYS GIS Data Sharing Cooperative

• A group of governmental agencies and
  not-for-profit corporations which have executed
  Data Sharing Agreements for the purpose of
  improving access to GIS data for members.

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Rules of the Cooperative

• There are no fees to join the Cooperative
• You do not need GIS data to belong
• You can borrow GIS data from any member
• Owner of the data is free to distribute its data
  outside the Cooperative
• You sign only one standard data sharing agreement
  (lt 7 days to process)

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Rules of the Cooperative

• Members forward improvements to data owners
• Unless required by law, you cannot redistribute
  another members data without permission
• Not satisfied? Members can return data and
  terminate agreement

Closing the Loop!
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Advantages of the Cooperative

• Avoids duplication of data development
• Improves existing datasets
• Saves money, reduces project time, and save
  limited staff resources

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Growth in Membership
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Cooperative Breakdown
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Membership

• Currently More Than 507 Members
• 184 Local Governments
• 98 Not-For-Profits
• 79 State Agencies
• 74 Academia
• 52 County Governments
• 16 Federal Agencies (USGS, FEMA, FHA, EPA, Army
  Corps, National Parks Service, Appalachian
  National Scenic Trail, US Fish and Wildlife
  Service, National Cancer Institute)
• 3 Other States (Vermont, New Jersey
  Pennsylvania)
• 1 Sovereign Nation

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Increases In Data Sharing
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Members Providing Data Inventories
Sector of Members Members w/Data
Local 184 24
NFP 98 11
State 79 21
Academia 74 1
County 52 24
Federal 16 7
Other States 3 3
Sovereigns 1 0
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Where Should We Go From Here?