State of Connecticut Developing Geospatial Strategic and Business Plans for the State of Connecticut

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State of ConnecticutDeveloping Geospatial
Strategic and Business Plans for the State of
Connecticut
Project Kick-off Meeting
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Agenda

• Project Approach
• Strategic Planning
• Business Planning
• Info Gathering Session Details
• In-depth Interview Candidates
• Nine Criteria for a Successful Statewide GIS
  Program
• Establishing the Vision and Goals for this
  Project

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Project Approach and OverviewStrategic Planning

• Kickoff Meeting
• Refine approach to Connecticut specifics
• Five In-depth Interviews
• Could be with key stakeholders not included in
  HLSGIS
• Could be with stakeholders that were involved,
  drill into further details
• Three Information Gathering Sessions
• Three Group Visioning sessions
• Goal identification or clarification
• Define needs at all levels of government
• Geospatial Council Mtgs
• Report and Track progress
• Gauge degree of consensus
• Make final decisions and adopt
• Authoring Plan
• Use NSGICs prescribed format
• Answer sub-set of questions raised in the
  templates
• Accurately articulate the vision for expanded
  statewide GIS in CT

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Project ApproachBusiness Planning

• Steering Committee
• Identify the single initiative that will be
  detailed in the first Business Plan
• CT may ultimately have several Business Plans,
  one for each key initiative
• Identify Program Goals
• And congruence with overall Strategic Plan
• Identify Program Benefits
• Structure like a business case
• Economic benefits?
• Value-added benefits?
• Avoided costs/problems?
• Why should a political leader, Commissioner, or
  Executive champion this effort?
• Detail Program Requirements and Budget
• Deliverables
• Technologies/Methodologies employed
• Document oversight and organizational approach
• Develop Implementation Plan
• Steps and phasing necessary to achieve goals

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Project Timeline
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Federal Initiatives

• National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
• Compilation and integration of data for 7
  framework layers
• Geodetic Control
• Cadastral (parcels)
• Political Boundaries
• Hydrography
• Imagery (orthos)
• Elevation (orthos)
• Transportation (Air, Roads, Inland Waterways,
  Rail, Transit)
• Critical Infrastructure is not on FGDC list
  why?
• Geospatial One-Stop / National Map
• Portals for access to nationwide data
• Really just a pointer to the best source (local)
• Homeland Security Infrastructure Program (HSIP)
• Effort to collect a core set of data for use in
  time of an emergency

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NSDI and Statewide Spatial Data Infrastructures

NSDI
50 States Initiative

SSDI Connecticut


SSDI CA
SSDI MA

• Data sharing between levels of government
• The best data are local
• Local rolls up to regional/state
• States roll up to National

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The process matters!

• Plans are nothing planning is everything
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Plans are of little importance, but planning is
  essential
• Winston Churchill

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50 States Initiative9 criteria of a successful
statewide GIS program

• A full-time, paid coordinator position is
  designated and has the authority to implement the
  states business and strategic plans
• A clearly defined authority exists for statewide
  coordination of geospatial information
  technologies and data production
• The statewide coordination office has a formal
  relationship with the states Chief Information
  Officer (CIO)
• A champion (politician, or executive
  decision-maker) is aware and involved in the
  process of geospatial coordination
• Responsibilities for developing the National
  Spatial Data Infrastructure and a State
  Clearinghouse are assigned
• The ability exists to work and coordinate with
  local governments, academia, and the private
  sector
• Sustainable funding sources exist to meet project
  needs
• GIS Coordinators have the authority to enter into
  contracts and become capable of receiving and
  expending funds.
• The Federal government works through the
  statewide coordinating authority

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How do we rate?
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How do we rate?
How do we rate?
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How do we rate?
How do we rate?

• Final Tally
• Meets criterion 5
• Partially meets criterion 1
• Does NOT meet criterion 3

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What are some things other states have tried to
achieve?That is, their programmatic goals under
the overarching Vision

• Development of statewide data layers
• Structured program for regularly updated orthos
• Completion of USGS framework layers
• GIS Governance Evolution
• Creation of a Geographic Information Officer
  (GIO) title (and office) within the State
• Development of Geospatial Data/Metadata Portals
• E.g., Geospatial One Stop (and state level
  GOSs)
• Development of web services infrastructure
• To facilitate data distribution and sharing
• Do any of these things resonate with CT?
• What else?

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What is the Primary Goal of the Strategic Plan
for Connecticut?

• To become/remain eligible for Federal funding?
• Having the plan allows CT to check that box
• To create a Statewide Spatial Data Infrastructure
  (SSDI)?
• Good municipal data will help drive smarter state
  level planning and decision making
• This is a NSGIC/FGDC priority, and behind the CAP
  grant
• To participate in NSDI?
• Providing good state level data to the federal
  government should help Connecticut
• In times of crisis do federal planners/responders
  have access to the best data? Is this already
  being done as part of HLSGIS?
• Are resources being equitably distributed/deployed
  to CT?
• To generally advance GIS in the state?
• Raise general awareness?
• Enlist a high-level Champion?

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Questions Discussion
In 2005 the CT Geospatial Information Systems
(GIS) Council was created to coordinate, a GIS
capacity for the state, regional planning
agencies, municipalities, and others as needed.
The system must guide and assist state and local
officials involved in transportation economic
development land use planning environmental,
cultural, and natural resource management public
service delivery and other areas as necessary
Who are we? Who else should we consider as being
a stakeholder?
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Questions Discussion
What does statewide mean to us? (e.g., what is
our user base, and what are their needs?) What
are our strengths? (e.g., experienced staff,
funding, authority, political support,
communications infrastructure for
collaboration, technical skills, marketing
skills, etc.) What are our weaknesses? (e.g.,
lack of staff, lack of funding, lack of
expertise, and lack of any of the other things
listed under strengths also, wildly divergent
needs, disagreement on goals and priorities,
etc.)
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Questions Discussion
What are the roadblocks and political barriers?
(e.g., election year, political party in
control, support or lack of support for political
issues such as economic development, open space
preservation, and system of taxation.) What are
the key success factors for us? (e.g.,
coordination of efforts, improvement of base
mapping, meeting mandates, improved efficiency,
return on investment) What are the predominant
pitfalls for us? (e.g., lack of funding, limited
resources, lack of available time)
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Questions Further Discussion

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