The Maryland GIS Inventory Challenge

This is your state. This is your inventory.

What was the GIS Inventory Challenge?• Maryland’s three-week effort to list the state’s GIS

inventory in Ramona. (February 7 – February 28)

• Created by NSGIC to help both data producers and data consumers nationwide by providing a consolidated search for GIS data created by multiple jurisdictions and agencies.

• Ramona allows others to learn about the data your agency creates and maintains.

Benefits1. Listing your inventory in Ramona connects you, both

locally and nationally.

2. Listing your inventory in Ramona communicates our statewide progress and success.

3. Ramona offers an up-to-date inventory by data layer.

4. Ramona creates starter metadata.

5. Ramona offers the ability to generate reports.

Benefits6. The Maryland GIS Inventory Challenge promotes

statewide coordination.

7. Ramona offers convenient search capabilities for GIS data throughout Maryland, all in one place.

8. Ramona provides the big picture.

9. Ramona provides what one participating state calls an “online Rolodex of GIS data providers.”

GIS Inventory Month• Governor’s Proclamation declares February as GIS

Inventory Month!• http://www.msgic.state.md.us/events/gisinvmonth/GovProc2011.pdf

Who Completed the Inventory?• Data Producers

– Local government organizations

– Regional government organizations

– State government organizations

– Commercial providers

Expectations• Not a lot of effort was needed!

• The inventory can be completed in two steps.1. Create your profile.2. Inventory individual data layers.

• Approximately 20 minutes to create the profile.

• 30 seconds to 2 minutes per data layer.

Framework Layers

• Boundaries Cities/Towns/Municipalities;Counties; State

• ElevationContours; DEM

• Imagery/Base Maps/Earth CoverOrthoimagery/Digital Orthophotography; Land Cover

• Inland WatersHydrography; Watershed Boundaries

• LocationAddress Points; Geographic Place Names; Geodetic Control Points / Networks

• Planning/CadastralCentroids/Vector Parcels

• TransportationRoads/Street Centerlines; Mass Transit Bus/Rail; RailroadsAirports & Airfields

The goal was for agencies to list, at a minimum, the following framework layers in Ramona

GIS Inventory Challenge Results• 1,109 data layers registered to the State of Maryland

426 state agency data layers14 private entity data layers2 regional group data layers1 federal agency data layer666 county data layers

GIS Inventory Challenge ResultsState Agency Data

LayersMaryland Department of Natural Resources 130Maryland Transportation Authority 21Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development 5

Maryland Historical Trust 6Maryland Transit Authority 6MTA Police Force 1Maryland Ports Administration 3Maryland Department of Planning 19Department of Business and Economic Development 4Maryland Department of Mental Health and Hygiene 2Maryland Emergency Management Agency 25Maryland State Highway Administration 10Towson University Center for GIS 194

TOTAL 426

GIS Inventory Challenge ResultsCounties Data Layers

Allegany County Government 38Anne Arundel County, OIT GIS 72Baltimore County Government 56Caroline County 5Carroll County Government 11City of Baltimore 1Dorchester County 61Frederick County 8Garrett County Planning & Land Development 24Harford County 35Howard County Government 104Kent County 2Montgomery County 64Prince George's County 68Queen Anne's County 12Somerset County 6St. Mary's County 16Talbot County 7Washington County 43Wicomico County 30Worcester County 3

TOTAL 666

GIS Inventory Challenge ResultsISO Theme Data Layers

Biota 62Boundaries 201climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 10Economy 7Elevation 60Environment 67Geo-Scientific Information 11Health 36Imagery/Base Maps/Earth Cover 96Inland Waters 62Intelligence/Military 3Location 33Oceans and Estuaries 25Planning/Cadastre 39Society 36Structures 136Transportation 142Utilities and Communication 83

TOTAL 1109

• Verify contacts & information entered

• Education and outreach

• Continued push for more data

Next Steps

• Data consumers:– The place to go to search for Maryland data

– Search for the data you want, and the website will direct you to the download page if available

– Participation of data producers is important

What’s in it for you?

• Data producers:– Gets your data out there

– Brings traffic to your website

– Allows other organizations to see what you have and what you are working on, enabling easier collaboration

What’s in it for you?

• Private Industry: Chris Holub, Dewberry

– Ramona helps to optimize our data mining process in the proposal stage by allowing a one-stop portal for the data that we are looking for.

– It helps to avoid wasted phone calls and emails to the wrong people when looking for data, saving time, money, and frustration for both parties.

– We will know that we are getting the most up to date data directly from the proper source, the first time we look for it.

Early Adopters

• County Government: Rob Slivinsky, Howard County

– Easy to use and create records– A comprehensive data discovery tool for data seekers– A tool I can use and send to users asking about my

datasets– A great place to start documenting your data even if

you do not have metadata– NSGIC is government based organization

Early Adopters

Early Adopters • Federal Government: William Burgess, NSGIC

– FEMA’s Map Modernization Program –staff have administrative privileges in the system to aid them in locating base imagery and elevation models for map production.

– The National Digital Orthophoto Programs Committee has access to the orthoimagery information in Ramona.

– The National Digital Elevation Data Program Committee has access to the elevation information in Ramona.

– All Federal agencies use the Geospatial One Stop Portal to locate geospatial data.

– USGS staff have used Ramona to form orthoimagery production partnerships with end-of-year funds that they needed to quickly encumber.

Using the GIS Inventory

Using the GIS Inventory

Reports

• Data Producer Reports

• Administrator Reports

ContactAshley Buzzeo

Chair, MSGIC Data & Resources Subcommitteeabuzzeo@towson.edu

410-704-2081

Brad SpittelGIS Coordinator

bspittel@baltometro.org

Kierran SutherlandGIS Specialist

ksutherland@towson.edu