Kansas Geographic Names Project

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Kansas Geographic Names Project

• Ingrid Landgraf
• USGS Geospatial Liaison for Kansas
• Kansas GIS Policy Board Meeting, March 14, 2008

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Geographic Names Information System(GNIS)

• USGS developed the GNIS database for the U.S.
  Board on Geographic Names
• Official repository of domestic geographic names
  data
• Contains information about physical and cultural
  geographic features, current and historical
• Includes all names shown on a USGS Topographic
  Map
• GNIS for Kansas was populated in 1984
• http//gnis.usgs.gov

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http//gnis.usgs.gov/domestic/index.htm
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State Geographic Names Authority
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Kansas GNIS updating project for 7 counties (99
quads)

• Shawnee, Douglas, Jefferson, Johnson,
  Leavenworth, Wyandotte, and Sedgwick
• USGS has contracted the University of Alabama
  (UA) Department of Geographys Placenames
  Research Center, located in the Geography
  Departments Map Library to perform the work
• Will be completed in September 2008

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Features for Data Collection
Mine Oilfield Park Populated Place Post
Office Reserve Reservoir School Subdivision Tower
Observation Water Electric Transmission
Cell Radio Television Trail Tunnel Well
(water)

• Airports
• Bridge
• Building
• Library
• Museum
• Fire Station
• Police/Law Enforcement
• Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Stations
• Chambers of Commerce
• Jails and Prisons
• Municipal Buildings
• Courthouse
• City Hall
• Health Department
• Community Centers

• Named Office Complexes
• College Campus (named buildings)
• Canal
• Cemetery
• Church (Houses of Worship)
• Civil
• Crossing
• Dam
• Harbor
• Hospital
• Levee
• Locale
• Military (historical)

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Features for Data Collection
Mine Oilfield Park Populated Place Post Office
DASC Reserve Reservoir School TAG Subdivision
Counties Tower Observation Water KDHE
Electric Transmission Cell DISC Radio
DISC Television DISC Trail Tunnel Well
(water)

• Airports
• Bridge KDOT
• Building
• Library
• Museum
• Fire Station TAG
• Police/Law Enforcement
• Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Stations
  TAG
• Chambers of Commerce
• Jails and Prisons
• Municipal Buildings
• Courthouse
• City Hall
• Health Department KDHE
• Community Centers

• Named Office Complexes
• College Campus (named buildings)
• Canal
• Cemetery KDOT
• Church (Houses of Worship)
• Civil
• Crossing
• Dam KDA
• Harbor
• Hospital KDHE
• Levee KDA
• Locale
• Military (historical)

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Additional Critical Infrastructure data to be
collected

• Water Treatment Facility
• Waste Water Treatment Plant
• Substations
• Greenhouse / Nursery

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Wrap-Up

• Addresses will be collected in addition to name
  and coordinate location of features
• Structures features will be integrated into the
  USGS Structures Database
• 2008 project submitted to USGS for completing the
  rest of Kansas is pending approval for funding