Geographic Information Systems at the Texas General Land Office

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GEOGRAPHICINFORMATIONSYSTEMS
Texas General Land OfficeJerry Patterson,
Commissioner
www.glo.texas.gov
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Geographic Information SystemsTexas General Land
Office 2013
History of Geographic Information Systems at the
General Land Office

• In 1991 the Oil Spill Prevention Act, OSPRA, was
  passed by the Texas Legislature to protect
  coastal waters and natural resources. The
  funding from this legislation enabled the agency
  to begin purchasing GIS Software to be used
  develop data for oil spill contingency planning
  and response.
• With the continual evolution of GIS software
  technology GIS applications have expanded to
  other business areas within the GLO.
• Currently the GLO provides GIS data and
  applications to users throughout the agency via
  the Intranet.
• Along with the internal GIS applications the
  agency also has GIS applications running on the
  Internet that provide customers access to GLO
  leases, permits and other records.

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Geographic Information SystemsTexas General Land
Office
Enterprise GIS System
Oil Spill Response
Surveying
Energy Resources
Professional Services
GIS
Coastal Resource Management
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Geographic Information SystemsTexas General Land
Office
PROFESSIONALSERVICES GIS Customers
Coastal Leasing
Uplands Leasing
ASSET INSPECTION GIS
Field Office Operations
Appraisal
Public Inquiries
Legal
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Geographic Information SystemsTexas General Land
Office
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES GIS Data Development

• Coastal Cabin Project GIS mapping of permitted
  Coastal Cabins on Texas barrier Islands.
• Lease Monitoring and Enforcement - Locate all
  unauthorized structures and activities on state
  land. Monitor authorized structures and
  activities to ensure compliance with lease
  agreements.
• Coastal Permitting - GIS mapping of all
  coastal piers, pipeline and oil and gas platforms
  in Texas Coastal waters.
• High Resolution Photography Acquisition Project
  Acquiring and managing high resolution
  photography of state lands to support lease
  management and to incorporate into ArcGIS Server
  Applications.

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Geographic Information SystemsTexas General Land
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Internet Application GISWEB
Electricity Marketing
ENERGY RESOURCES GIS Customers
Mineral Evaluations and LeaseSales
Public Inquiries
MINERAL MAPS GIS
Royalty Audit Collections
Lease Well Tracking Program
Field Inspections
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Geographic Information SystemsTexas General Land
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ENERGY RESOURCES GISData Develop Applications

• Units Layer - Data set for the cataloging of all
  Oil and Gas units.
• Nominations Layer - Data set to track all
  nominations received for the current leasing
  cycle.
• Uplands Lease Layer - Data set for the
  cataloging of all the upland Oil and Gas leases.
• GISWEB Viewer - An ArcGIS Server Flex
  application that is a GIS viewer that allows you
  to view State submerged lands grid, oil and gas
  leases, oil and gas units, and nominations layer.
  

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Geographic Information SystemsTexas General Land
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Spill Response Planning Teams
Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA)
Spill Response Inspection Officers
OIL SPILL COASTAL RESOURCES GIS Support
Texas Sediment Project
COASTAL GIS
GIS Software Training Support
GIS Data Distributionto Public
Beach and Dune Protection
Mgmt. of CorporateGIS Spatial Database
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Geographic Information SystemsTexas General Land
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OIL SPILL COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT GIS Data
Development Applications

• ESI Project Environmental Sensitivity Index
  (ESI) layer for the entire Texas Coast.
• Habitat Priority Protection (HPP) Project
  Coordinated a joint effort with TPWD to develop a
  spatial data set containing locations of critical
  biological habitat and other priority areas to be
  used in oil spill/emergency response and
  contingency planning in coastal bayous and
  estuaries.
• Oil Spill Planning and Response Atlas -
  Developed an upper and a lower Texas Gulf coast
  atlas. Created to aid spill responders in
  planning and response judgments and will be made
  available in hardcopy and CD-ROM versions.
• ArcGIS Server Application- Currently in a
  development stage building a viewer to access all
  of the Coastal Oil Spill Response layers.
  Application will assist response team in planning
  and clean-up of Oil Spills within Texas Coastal
  Waters.
• Texas Coastal Sediment Viewer - The Texas Coastal
  Sediments Geodatabase (TxSed) is sediment related
  geospatial and geotechnical data.  TxSed can be
  used to assist in identifying compatible sediment
  resources for proposed beach nourishment or
  habitat restoration projects, and can be used as
  an aid in the permitting/regulatory processes for
  such projects.

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Geographic Information Systems Texas General
Land Office
Asset Management
Energy
SURVEYING GIS
Asset Inspection
SURVEYING GIS
Surveyors
Customers
Executive
Appraisal
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Geographic Information SystemsTexas General Land
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SURVEYING GIS Data Development

• Submerged OTLS - Maintain the accuracy of the
  Submerged OTLS Edit, update, verify, digitize
  and calculate tract boundaries and attributes as
  requested. State-owned submerged tracts currently
  are being updated based on hardcopy
  topographical maps that have been compiled and
  edited by GLO Surveying staff.
• Pipeline Data Layers - Five pipeline data
  layers, one for each zone, are being edited for
  accuracy. Miscellaneous easement numbers are
  being added to the pipeline layers.
• Prepare Survey Plats - Prepare Survey Plats from
  field notes. The completed Survey plats are filed
  with the GLO and/or appropriate governing
  entities. Lastly, the survey plats are converted
  from AutoCad to Arc/Info and put into the GIS
  spatial database.
• Custom Maps - Prepare custom maps for the public
  and other GLO program areas.

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Geographic Information Systems Texas General
Land Office
INFORMATION SYSTEMS B.A.S/GIS
Information Systems GIS
Customers
Energy Resources
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Geographic Information Systems Texas General
Land Office
INFORMATION SYSTEMS/B.A.S/GIS GIS APPICATIONS

• GISWEB Application
• Purpose - Provide GLO staff with easy access to
  spatial information to assist GLO Land Management
  Teams in decisions concerning revenue-generating
  opportunities from School Land Fee and
  mineral-classified lands. Disseminate
  information housed at the GLO to the public.
• New ArcGIS Server Intranet Application-
  Recently deployed ArcGIS Server Flex application
  to view Permanent School Fund Trust Lands (PSF)
  Oil and Gas and Surface Lease information. Other
  applications include Oil Spill Response, Coastal
  Sediments, Beachwatch and the Community
  Development Block Grant Viewer.
• Training Help Support - The IS/B.A.S/GIS group
  provides GISWeb application training support to
  both internal and external users.
• Benefits -
• Provide agency-wide access to GIS data through
  internet browser giving access to valuable data
  to assist users on daily bases with their
  decision making.
• Facilitates collaboration between Austin home
  office and GLO field offices that would not
  otherwise be possible.
• Disseminate information to the public that
  otherwise would have to provided directly by GLO
  staff.

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• What I really like todo is!

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• We have come a long way from this!

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• To what we have now to access and utilize GIS
  technology to assist us with our work!

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• Why do we need a GIS system to assist in managing
  the Permanent School Fund Lands?

Permanent School Fund Lands Submerged and Upland
Total Acreage Submerged PSF acreage by land
type 01 31,528 acres 02 1,457,862
acres 03 2,442,415 acres 05 58,940
acres 06 3,039 acres 13
27,796 acres 15 40,000 acres Total
4,021,620 acres or 6,284 sq. mi. Uplands PSF
acreage Total 8,391,489 acres or 13,112 sq.
mi. Total PSF Inventory 12,413,109 acres. Total
Permanent University Fund Lands 2,104,772 acres
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TEXAS SCHOOL TRUST LANDSFY 2013 Ending August
31, 2013

• TEXAS SCHOOL TRUST LANDS
• FY 2013 Ending August 31, 2013
•  When Texas entered the Union as a state in 1845,
  Texas retained all of its public lands. In 1873,
  the Texas Legislature set aside one-half of the
  remaining public domain to benefit public
  schools. The Texas Permanent School Fund was
  created with a 2 million appropriation by the
  Texas Legislature in 1854, expressly to benefit
  public schools in Texas. The Permanent School
  Fund consists of all land and all revenues
  derived from the land or other properties
  appropriated for the support of public schools.
  Today, the Texas General Land Office (GLO)
  manages over 12 million acres of school mineral
  rights and almost 1 million school surface acres.
  Most of the lands are scattered in the western
  part of Texas near El Paso. Here is what was
  earned for schools last year
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• Oil and gas generated 379,096,853 in FY 2013,
  surface uses added 10 million, minerals another
  1 million and 74 million from other revenue
  sources. Texas has 10.35 miles out from shore as
  their seaward boundary. All revenue from these
  shoreline submerged lands also goes to schools.
• How does this revenue get to schools and benefit
  students? The portion of the Permanent School
  Fund comprised of revenue prior to 2007 and
  transfers from the GLO after 2007 is invested by
  the Texas Education Agency. The investments
  generated 1 billion in FY 2013 that was
  distributed to local school districts on a
  per-pupil basis. Beginning 2007 under the
  direction of the Land Commissioner, the General
  Land Office invests the revenue from minerals,
  farming, grazing, and various other endeavors
  that are deposited into the Real Estate

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TEXAS SCHOOL TRUST LANDSFY 2013 Ending August
31, 2013

• Special Fund Account (RESFA). This invested
  revenue is also part of the Permanent School Fund
  and in FY2013 returned 250 million to the Texas
  Education Agency portion of the PSF and 300
  million to schools.
• So for every dollar made in FY2013 from the lands
  by the GLO, here is where the dollar went  
• Management Expenses 3
• RESFA 97
•  States like Texas that invest all of their
  revenue in their school fund have more money to
  support schools, just as people who save have
  more money than those who spend. Prudent
  investments, compounded over time, generate
  greater returns for schools. The Texas Permanent
  School Fund is the largest school trust fund in
  the nation, and the second largest educational
  endowment. The portion of the fund invested by
  the Texas Education Agency has grown to 27.3
  billion. The portion of the Real Estate Special
  Fund Account (RESFA) invested by the General Land
  Office has grown to 3.3 billion. The TEA
  returned 10.16 total return from their
  investments and GLO returned 4.96. Because of
  the careful management and investment of the
  funds within both parts of the Permanent School
  Fund, 1.3 billion was distributed directly to
  schools with 1 billion from the TEA and 300
  million from the GLO.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Various states use trust funding differently.
  Wisconsin funds school libraries, Washington and
  Colorado build schools in rural parts of the
  state, Arizona funds classroom needs, Minnesota
  and South Dakota send much needed additional
  funding directly to each local school district,
  and Utah allows parents, teachers, and the
  principal elected in every school to develop
  programs to improve academic performance. All
  other states put the investment distribution to
  schools into the overall education funding pot,
  usually supplanting other revenue with that from
  the childrens trust.
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• FOR A MAP INFO ON TEXAS, PLEASE VISIT
  CHILDRENSLANDALLIANCE.ORG
• GO TO STATES AND CLICK ON TEXAS

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• GISWEB page and demo of GIS desktop
• applications!
• http//www.glo.texas.gov/GLO/agency-administration
  /gis/index.html