Technical Advisory Committee Meeting

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Technical Advisory Committee Meeting February 21,
2001
Informal meeting notes recorded by Rob
Aanstoos Please report corrections or omissions
to rob.aanstoos_at_dir.state.tx.us
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Agenda

• Convene and Introductions
• Working Group Reports
• OTLS
• Addressing
• Other workgroups
• General TAC Goals for 2001
• Framework Layer Needs for Texas
• Addressing Data for Texas
• 2001 TAC Meeting Dates
• Announcements and Open Discussion

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Attendees

• Sterling Harris - GLO (vice-chair, presiding)
• Drew Decker - TNRIS (admin co-chair)
• Dan Julien - THC
• Larry Juergens - TRC
• Scott Horel, Margaret Henderson - TDH
• David Jacob - TEA
• Gordon Wells, Teresa Howard, Dawn Ortiz - UT-CSR
• Rob Aanstoos - DIR
• Sean Moran - TWDB
• Lorelei Weitzel, Robert Aleman - RRC
• Richard Egg - TSSWCB
• Jean Parcher - USGS
• Jeffrey Williams - PPWD
• David Pritchard - TDA
• Tom Wesp - ESRI (guest)

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Original Texas Land Survey

• Roundtable session report
• Lorelei RRC decision to distribute their otls
  free
• Sterling GLOs OTLS data
• Discussion compare/contrast RRC GLO datasets
• OTLS as a Framework layer enhancements needed...

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OTLS, cont...

• Who has the official OTLS dataset?
• Which dataset is better?
• Attributes needed
• Different agencies have different requirements
  for OTLS
• Sterling GLO is committed to maintaining this
  dataset it is a LIVE dataset they are looking
  for win/win strategies...

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OTLS, cont...

• Dawn collaborative updating can be supported via
  ArcIMS
• Rob we need to re-think the title of this layer
  -- OTLS overstates what it contains!

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Address Based Mapping

• Drew well cover this later in the agenda

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Standards Subcommittee

• Rule revision approved by DIR Board for public
  comment is available on TGICs website.
• Standards subcommittee should be re-established
  to (1) work up a streamlined procedure for
  proposing new and updated standards and to (2)
  consider some of the standards ideas that we
  parked while working on rule revision. Rob will
  solicit members.

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TAC 2001 Goals

• Drew we have been successful this past year
  what do we do next?
• Keep in mind TAC relationship to TGIC
• Data planning? Administrative stuff?
• Sterling Use the June, 2000 top 5 objectives
  as a starting point (handout)
• Go around the table (next 5 slides)

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Goal Brainstorming 1

• Document agency resources data (web forms)
  Online data catalog agency plans for map
  services
• Facilitate high speed networking between agencies
  (including field offices) regional office
  access, document needs, benchmark I2 access
  beyond universities
• More data online! Easy access
• Set up data maintenance mechanism
  regionalgtstate...

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Goal Brainstorming 2

• Cooperating with cogs
• Work on land cover/land use change layers
• Address staff turnover issues inform agency
  executives classification, compensation
• Efficient process for adding updating standards
  and guidelines

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Goal Brainstorming 3

• Organizational improvements web, email,
  meetings
• Outreach metadata, data sharing
• Promote use of standards, eg, TCMS
• Theme-related focus groups eg, watershed
  delineation
• Research develop a TEKS GIS curriculum

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Goal Brainstorming 4

• Addressing issues framework layer
• Investigate DVD distribution at TNRIS
• Regular reports on individual data layers or
  agency initiatives
• Identify additional framework layers
• Establish new working group oriented toward
  remote sensing applications

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Goal Brainstorming 5

• Explore/try technologies to support remote
  participation in TGIC/TAC/workgroup meetings -
  videoconferencing (universities), webcasting,
  audio conference bridge, good quality (DSP)
  conference phones...

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TAC 2001 Goals

• Drew due to lack of time, this list will be
  normalized after the meeting and member ranking
  will be done via email

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Framework Layer Needs

• StratMap, StratMap II,
• What belongs in Framework? What doesnt?
• OMB Data Initiative/I-Teams
• I-Team Initial Plan
• Layer vs Theme
• Utah example...

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Themes in Utahs I-Team Plan

• (Basic 7 NSDI layers)
• Geodetic Control
• Demographics
• Wetlands
• Geology
• Ground Cover
• Land Use

• Demographics
• Climate
• Wildlife Habitat
• Soils
• Telecommunications
• Critical Facilities
• Environmental Hazards

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Framework Layer Needs

• Brainstorming? -- no time today!!
• Send proposals to Drew by Feb 28 (handout
  framework planning form)
• Rob will also email this form to members
• This information will be used by the Steering
  Committee in drafting the initial I-team plan

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Addressing Data for Texas

• Rob - report of roundtable meeting
• Request formation of TAC workgroup on
  Address-Based Mapping approved by TAC
• Short term goal explore cooperative contract for
  address data/services
• Long term goal Add address range intelligence to
  the framework transportation layer, and keep it
  up to date

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2001 TAC Meeting Dates

• Frequency?
• Relationship to TGIC dates?
• More activity in workgroup meetings?
• Decision Bi-monthly, third Wednesday
• Next meeting March 21
• Time block 10am - 330pm
• 10 to Noon Any workgroup meeting
• 130 to 330 TAC
• Start posting meeting summaries on web!!

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Announcements Discussion

• Training ArcIMS Austin March 6 -8
• ArcSDE Oracle San Antonio March 19-23
• Interest in another Imagine class? Contact Teresa
• ArcGIS rollout seminar Austin March 22
  www.esri.com/arcgis (free lunch included)
• ESRI will start a quarterly technical session

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Announcements cont...

• GLO hired a new person to work with aerial
  photography
• Texas Aerial Photography Oversight Group (TAPOG)
  has been re-started contact Mike Ouimet
• Can gis-related bills be tracked on TGIC website?
  - Rob will check
• Adjourn 345pm