Business Planning Project: Parcel Geospatial Datasets, and High Resolution Elevation Data

Presentation to theAssessors’ Association of Nevada

Rich Grady, President AppGeoApril 2013

Nevada Geographic Information Society

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Agenda

• Who are we?

• Why are we here?

• Questions and/or comments?

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Who are we?

• Nevada Geographic Information Society

• Applied Geographics, Inc. (AppGeo)

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Nevada Geographic Information Society

• NGIS is 23 years old, with members from many parts of the state, and both public and private sector representation

• http://www.ngis.org/ • Non-Profit organization with Officers:

– President: Moni Fox, GISP (Washoe County)– Vice President: Lisa Desautels (Graphic Imaging Services, Inc.)– Treasurer: Gary Johnson, GISP (University of Nevada, Reno)– Secretary: Karin Hagan (Kleinfelder)– Past President: Matt Krok, GISP (City of Henderson)– Board Officers:

• Steve Mesa (National Geospatial Intelligence Agency)• Karla Chavez (City of North Las Vegas)• Mark O'Brien (Bureau of Land Management)• Adam Johnson (Gnomon, Inc.)• Eric Schmidt, GISP (Douglas Co., NV)• Don Harper (US Fish & Wildlife)

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AppGeo background…

• Focus on State & Local Government customers

• Over 600 GIS/Spatial-IT projects since 1991, in 35 states plus DC and USVI

• GIS professionals focused on delivering results Project Managers & Consultants

Application Developers (.NET, C#, VB.NET, Web Services, HTML)

GIS Application Developers (ESRI, Open Source, Google)

Database Specialists (Oracle, SQL Server, MS-Access, PostgreSQL)

GIS Analysts (Data development, Map production, Geoanalytics)

Systems Support (Windows, Cloud-based System Integration)

Strategic Planning

Data Services

System Inte-

gration

App Develop-

ment

Support Services

Under Contract to NGIS on the Business Planning Project

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Why are we here?

• To provide an overview of the NGIS Business Planning project for Geospatial Parcels Data and Enhanced Elevation data

• To glimpse at preliminary findings (e.g. Survey Results)

• To gather input from Assessors• To pay proper respect to this key stakeholder

communityThank you for having us here!

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What is the NGIS Business Planning Project?

• Two parallel tracks:– Geospatial Parcels Data Business Plan – Enhanced Elevation Data Business Plan

• Funding courtesy of a Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP) grant from the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) obtained by NGIS

• Part of a national Fifty States Initiative catalyzed by the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)

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What is the NGIS Business Planning Project?

• Oversight and project assistance provided by the Nevada Geographic Information Society (NGIS)

• Contractor support from AppGeo• Timeline (Autumn 2012-2013)– Data Gathering– Plan Development– Presentation of Findings and Recommendations

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Preliminary Findings: Parcels

• NGIS conducted an on-line survey in Oct. 2012• 67 responses– 56 in-state– 11 out-of-state

• Only 5 Assessors

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Respondent Breakdown

36%

12%

19%

27%

6%

State Governemnt Federal GovernmentLocal Government Private IndustryOther

• 24 - State Government• 8 - Federal Government• 13 - Local Government• 18 - Private Business• 4 - Other

67 Total Respondents

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Respondent Professions

• Top five (out of 16) reported professions (67%) from the survey:

– Information Technology (GIS)– Water Resource Planning– Natural Resource Mngt– Engineering and

Construction– Planning / Zoning

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Information Technology Water ResourcesNatural Resources Engineering and ConstructionPlanning/Zoning Mining IndustryUtilities AssessorAdministration AgricultureRegulatory/Taxation Public WorksRecording/Auditing /Assessing EducationHealth Law Enforcement

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Dissemination of Parcel Data

• 57% of respondents get parcel data for free• 27% have paid between 1k and 10k for parcel data • 15% of respondents are unsure about parcel dataset

costs• Bill SB400

Effective July 1st 2011, county parcel data requests by the State Demographer must be fulfilled free of charge. State agencies may request parcel data free of charge from State Demographer, if state agency is engaged in activities related to economic development or population estimate research .

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Local Government Input

• Washoe County (3)• Eureka County(1)• Churchill County (1)• City of Henderson (2)• Clark County + Las Vegas (4)• Carson City and 3 Neighboring Counties (1)

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Local Gov’t Parcel Sources and Cost

• 77% generate or share data parcel data locally, and are happy with the sharing situation locally

• Data sharing is common locally, but not always free– Interlocal Agreements Common – Membership fees, sometimes – Most counties still charge consultants by section or county– Some localities make data freely available to government or non-

profits• Maintenance costs are high for local agencies

– ($10,000 – 1 million) – Full-time employee/staff responsibility

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Future Parcel Impressions

• A standardized parcel product is desired by 61.5% of respondents

• More than 50% are unsure or do not desire online parcel services over getting parcel data directly

• Future Parcel Data Acquisition Planning Unclear – But respondents are interested or need more

information about cost-sharing programs

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State Respondents Feedback

• Locating good parcel data can be a challenge

• Parcel data is free for certain state projects (SB400)

• State respondents are not maintaining parcel datasets

• A standardized parcel data product is highly desired by state respondents

• State experiences sharing data with local agencies vary greatly pre and post SB400

• State respondents are undecided on how a cost-sharing arrangement would benefit state organizations

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Private Sector Feedback

• Varied spatial focus: neighborhood to multi-state projects

• Barriers to Data Use– 53.8% cannot afford the data– 38.5% complain the data doesn’t exist or is to

inaccurate or outdated• 40% pay between $1k and $10k for data • 89% will continue to need data in the future

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Private Sector Feedback (cont’d)

• Large concerns about data accuracy and how current the data is

• Free access to data while under city of county contract is the desire of private companies

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The Need for Parcel Data

• You already know why local government needs it• Why do State Agencies need it?

– Statewide economic development– Agricultural land management– Natural resource management– State property management– Emergency management

• Why does the Private Sector need it?– Development projects (land, energy, infrastructure)– Real Estate

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Big Issues (e.g. Revaluation) May Need Big Parcel Maps!

• Study the assessment neighborhoods

• Find assessed value outliers• Visualize the impacts of

revaluation values on residents• Provide visual aids to the

public

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Business Planning Considerations• Multiple levels of government are involved:

– Local • Tax parcel mapping managers• Official land record repositories

– State • State Demographer• Other State Agencies

– Federal • Bureau of Land Management• Other Federal Agencies

• There is distinction between:– Legal property boundaries (based on deeds and surveys)– Assessor’s tax parcel mapping (approximate representations of property boundaries)

• Different interests in managing, distributing, and using parcel data– How to support local needs?– How to make data available to all levels of government ?– How to address concerns about cost, integration, distribution, web access,

currentness ?

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Quick Summary

• Business Planning is happening for:– Geospatial Parcel Data– High Resolution Elevation Data

• The NGIS on-line surveys captured preliminary input on current practices and impressions

• Interviews and outreach underway to learn what can work in Nevada for statewide data sets

• Business Plans will be written this summer• Your input is invaluable

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Questions and/or Comments?

Thank You!Rich Grady

rgrady@appgeo.com