1.State Broadband Mapping grant application – John Harvey, Utah Public Service Commission
a.Utah Public Service Commission
i.Submitting the Broadband Mapping, Analysis and Planning Project Grant Application on Aug. 13, 2009
ii.Exerts from the Grant
iii.Full copy of the Grant
b.Result of the ARRA Bill, passed by Congress several months ago
i.A directive to develop a nationwide dataset that will show where Broadband connectivity is available throughout the US
ii.Delivered through National Telecommunications and Information Administration, each state would submit a Statement of Work describing how it would gather, consolidate and improve on the broadband coverage found in its state.
iii.Public Service Commission was determined to be the eligible entity, or the project management agency.
iv.AGRC will be the agency to collect and analyze data about the broadband service throughout the state and incorporate it into a dataset showing where there are adequate broadband services and where the service is lacking or underserved.
v.DTS will then look at areas that underserved or where full service broadband compatibility is not available and determine how to increase the service through this grant.
vi.After it is determined an entity has underserved or no broadband service, the entity can apply for grants from PSC that will sublimate from the moneys of the overall grant.
vii.The grant looks at not only residential areas but also public safety organizations, schools, libraries, community colleges, universities, etc.
viii.A contractor or contractors will be hired to go out and work with providers of broadband throughout the state and report back to the AGRC with the information about the service
ix.Much of the data will be of a sensitive manner. The AGRC will be the only department to see any of the raw data. The confidentiality will be kept by striping of any sensitive information from the data before it is made public
x.There shouldn’t be a problem with getting contact information for AGRC
- DHL and Cable providers have been contacted and have already established a contact person to work with the AGRC
xi.There is ~$3 million in the grant and $739,000 in kind, bringing the total to ~$3,739,000.
xii.Approximately $1 million will be coming to the AGRC for the work done to consolidate and integrate the data into a statewide dataset.
c.Project is to last 5 years.
d.Once the initial dataset is complete, data will be updated every 6 months
e.Development of a dataset of address point specific information is included under this effort.
2.DEQ ArcGIS Server application – Harold Sandbeck, DEQ
a.Harold Sandbeck – show a DEQ/DERR interactive map service
b.History
i.Started around 1998-1999 with ArcIMS
ii.Not User Friendly
c.Current map service developed by AGRC in ArcServe, as a MapService
i.User Friendly
d.Developed a complete department look, works within DEQ internally
e.Within 2 weeks, the application will be open to the public
3.Update on Imagery Acquisition – Rick Kelson
a.Update on the current imagery acquisition
b.NAIP- 1 meter – Surdex is the vendor
i.Statewide acquisition is almost complete
ii.Final delivery, in 32-band, (RGB), Quarter Quads and Compressed county mosaics: delivery to start in Sept.
iii.The new statewide imagery be available on the image server hopefully by the end of the year, can get copies if a hard drive is sent to Rick Kelson of the AGRC
c.High resolution – should still be completed by September 30
i.Graphic shows where the 1 ft. for the Wasatch Front,
ii.Collected with Ultracamx and DMC cameras,
- Frame based
- Creates a better auto-correlated DEM for controls
- Large scale work
- Higher resolution potential
iii.Cache will be collected in the fall, in middle of Sept.
iv.Moab collected at 12.5 cm
v.Canyonlands National park. 25 cm. product (~1 ft. see graphic)
- QC/QA has been done on the Moab imagery and sent to USGS
- Very good imagery
- Accuracy will be tested against our survey grade control points.
- Flown by MJ Harden
- Flown in the spring, April 13 – May 13, with the leave mostly
- Will not be available in the image server until the end of the year.
4. Postponed: National Inventory for Cadastral Data – Sean Fernandez
5. New West Jordan Map Services -- Clint Hutchings, West Jordan GIS Department
a.Specific to different types of map service – Flex View
b.Comes with a background, but allows the use of the AGRC imagery
c.Uses Microsoft Silverlight within the application
d.Check out West Jordan Map Service site.
e.Very fast to draw
6. Proposed Geospatial Governance Structure
a.Revisit to the Proposed geospatial Governance for geospatial environment
b.Has not received comments on the proposed geospatial governance for our geospatial environment
c.This fall we, as GIS professionals will start implementing the change
d.Get the support of the CIO’s office
e.Suggesting that the State Geospatial Advisory Committee (SGAC)
i.Those people who are “champions” of GIS
- Adopt and implement GIS standards
f.GPIC Geospatial Policy Implementation Committee
i.14 members of all UGIC members (
ii. Associate Members (Representatives from)
- Federal Agencies
- Legislative Research
- GOPO
- Private sector
iii.Coordination
iv.Setting privities
v.Implementations of UGI strategic plan
g.UGIC
vii.Would establish working groups for initiatives like developing data standards
h.Please send comments by the October 1, 2009
i. Will be formulating new rules
j.Authorization would be through revising the Administrive Rule for GISAC
k. Restructuring and replacing GISAC
i.Establish more strength in the organization
ii.Establish a different prospective to our activities
l.What to accomplish with this reorganization
i.Getting the work groups going
ii.Develop planning strategies
iii.Recommendations on how and who the memberships will be determined from the organization they will represent them in
iv.Validate the results of work groups set up by UGIC
v.Authoritative source to establish the use of standards across the state.
7. Other
a.Looking to start on address standards for the complete state
Next Meeting: Oct. 8, 2009
