Kentucky Landscape Census KLC NASA Funded RD to

Kentucky Landscape Census (KLC) NASA Funded R&D to Remove Barriers of Participation by Local Govt in the Spatial Data Infrastructure

What we will cover Intro to KLC Project Making Federal Data Useful to Local Govt & visa versa Providing incentives for data sharing Open Data Standards (FEA) Open Protocols (OGC) Decentralized architecture Open Source Data Servers for Local Government © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

KLC Partners Commonwealth Office for Technology, Principal Investigator Open GIS Consortium (OGC) Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) Ionic Compusult Sanborn Mapping U. S. Geological Survey © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

Project Components (a phased approach) Project components n Project Management – n n One task only and will be ongoing throughout the life of the project Needs Assessment and Software Design – Achieve a detailed understanding of user needs (current tasks) – Develop Use Case format system specifications – Design marketing, outreach, and education efforts to assist user constituencies in understanding tools and data from KLC, KLS, and National Map System development, implementation, and maintenance – Build pilot system based upon specifications from Phase II (in work) – Training and educational programming for users – Build and implement maintenance and finance plans for long term operation of system © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

KLC User Groups and Counties User groups n Public users n County and local planning authorities n County Emergency Management Departments n Property Valuation Administrators 4 Kentucky Counties © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

General System Vision Data Access, Query, Mapping, and Reporting n n n n Platform/vendor independent web portal at the state Open-source web mapping portal at the County Providing access to critical data within and across organizations and jurisdictions – inadvertent WAN Providing urban land cover change products and functionality to user groups Providing critical query, mapping, and reporting functionalities for user groups Utilize open standards for data exchange Link through State to National Map Program (USGS) Provide for expansion to other nodes in the future © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

General System Capabilities n Data will not reside on central server but will be distributed and shared amongst the nodes that comprise the portal n Have developed and signed model data sharing agreement with 1 county –others to follow n Have provided counties capability of controlling data access and functionality n Counties participate because it benefits them…. E-Gov and ECommerce n COT looking to offer this as a service to other KY counties – business model in development © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

The OGC Connection… OGC = The Open GIS Consortium n Core Mission: To deliver spatial interface specifications that are openly available for global use – n Instead of selecting a single GIS software and data warehousing vendor, why not develop a network of system “nodes” that share data and geoprocessing capabilities utilizing common, open interfaces? KLC serves as a pilot project to apply and test OGC specifications in a real world scenario. © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

The OGC Data Sharing Model Open Source Local Servers © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

Technical RM (Geospatial Components) Web Browser (Thin Client) Applications (Thick Client) Internet KLC - Portal GNIS WFS WMS WCS @portal Kentucky COT Cat Clients (gazetteer) Internet Services Data Kentucky Counties © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary. KLC Servers Existing KY

Data RM (Geospatial Data) Web Browser (Thin Client) Applications (Thick Client) Internet KLC - Portal WFS WMS WCS @portal Kentucky COT Cat Clients Internet Services Counties Roads Cadastral © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary. KLC Servers Landsat Imagery Land Use Classification Change Detection Existing KY Data Commonwealth Map Kentucky Geonet

Importance of KLC as Test Bed There are 84, 955 Government organizations in the United States. Of these, it appears less than 1% currently participate in the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

What Does this Mean? Example: If each government organization has 100 MB of data… 8. 4 Terabytes is missing from NSDI (84, 955 X 100 = 8. 4 Terabytes) © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

Local Data Quantity Technologies such as GPS, high resolution imaging, and held devices have reduced the cost of data gathering. Local governments are now gathering immense quantities of accurate local data with no means to share it. © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

Importance for Decision Making Improved Decision Making Requires High and Low Res Data Used Together Government activity in which integrating specific and general datasets is critical: Homeland Defense Disease Outbreaks Air and Water Pollution Monitoring Land Planning Transportation Planning © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

Why are local data missing? Because it is not being inserted to the NSDI Why is not being inserted? Because insertion is expensive Viewing is easy but inserting is hard © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

Why is inserting difficult? Cost is one large area: n Cost of server hardware n Cost of server software n Cost of skilled personnel to configure and maintain n Maintenance fees These cost can total more than $50, 000 in the first year. © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

The Spatial Web is the WWW of 10 Years Ago There was little content because it was hard to set up a server. Open Source components such as the Apache web server reduced the cost of inserting content to the web. The number of participants expanded and increasing content drew more viewers. Approaches were developed for people to publish without even setting up servers: n Community sites n Discussion forums n Web bulletin boards n Blogging tools The number of participants exploded And the value of the web has grown © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

How do we create such success for Geospatial data? n Look to successful web publishing approaches for ideas n Use existing components to build a “push-button” publishing system for spatial data services n Leverage existing spatial data standards, protocols, and implementations of the NSDI n Leverage the infrastructure of personal computers, dialup/broadband connections, and the World Wide Web © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

KLC Local Servers Turnkey servers for 4 counties Preloaded with Open Source GIS Stack: n Post. GIS n Map. Server n Geo. Server © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

Relevance of Open Source Components n Open Source implementations are as stable and fast as any non-open component. n Open Source components are free of licensing restriction and can be redistributed freely and have no licence fees © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

KLC Local Servers n Each server will be loaded with county data n Servers will be installed on county networks n Data will be served using OGC Web Feature Services and Web Map Services n Data format will conform to FGDC’s reference schemas © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

Future Directions We can envision a downloadable tool that allows local government to set up a NSDI server on their own. Such and app should be: n Easily installed and maintained by a nontechnical person n Support implementation web mapping services by a non-technical person. n Should support metadata development and publishing © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.

Project Team Contact Information COT n Susan Carson Lambert: susan. lambert@ky. gov n Demetrio P. Zourarakis demetrio. zourarakis@ky. gov Project Manager and Technical Lead (SM) n Andrew Brenner abrenner@sanborn. com Technical Lead(s) (OGC) n Sam Bacharach: sbacharach@opengis. org n ATS, Compusult, Ionic - partners © 2003 Space Imaging, LLC. Confidential and proprietary.