WV GIS Conference Agency Report May 12, 2004

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WV GIS Conference Agency Report May 12, 2004
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Huntington Districts GIS mission statement

• To integrate people data and software into an
  efficient geospatial data system

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Watersheds
All or Part in WV Little Kanawha Kanawha Twelvepol
e Guyandotte Ohio Other States Scioto Hocking Mus
kingum Big Sandy Little Sandy
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Huntington Districts primary or supplementary
geospatial data stewardship

• The Huntington District is primarily an end user
  of other sources of Geo Spatial Data.
• We do collect geospatial data but for specific
  projects and/or sponsors.

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How can the statewide geospatial community
participate in or benefit from Huntington
Districts mapping efforts?

• Gimme, Gimme, Gimme!
• The better data we have the better we can serve
  the public
• The Huntington District recognizes the need to
  better coordinate and share what data we have
  with other agencies

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Huntington Districts Top 3 geospatial
accomplishments in the past year
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1. Completion of the count of known structures
in the known 100 year FEMA floodplain for the
state.
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• 2. All basins in the district are either
  completed or in production to use the new HEC
  hydrology packages. Weve begun completing the
  FIA portions so that as soon as the mapping from
  WV is on line, we can begin updating our flood
  inundation analysis figures.

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• 3. Began a reorganization of the entire GDS
  system in the district, bringing it in line with
  current USACE philosophies of business
  organization and best practices of other GDS
  organizations. This should be completed by the
  end of the year.

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Huntington Districts Top 3 geospatial goals for
the coming year
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• 1. To continue and complete the previously
  described missions  and create FIA packages in
  the Muskingum Basin of Ohio.

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2. To further integrate the GIS technology
throughout the organization.
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• 3. To gather and use geospatial data for the
  basins in our district, with emphasis on areas
  where we will initiate or complete recon or
  feasibility studies

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Summary