Advisory Committee on Water Information

Status report:

Subcommittee on Spatial Water Data

Herndon, VA September 10, 2003

Integration of key Spatial Water Datasets

National Elevation Dataset National Hydrography Dataset

Watershed Boundary DatasetNED-Hydrology

COMPLETE30meter

COMPLETE1:100K

IN PROGRESS1:24K

IN PROGRESS1:24K

IN PROGRESS1:24K

COMPLETE30meter

“surface water geospatial

framework”

Subcommittee’s role

encourage facilitate review

1/3 arc second NED

Interagency Development of a Reference Set of Watersheds for the

United StatesWBD

Hydrologic Units2-digit= 1st level = 22 regions

4-digit= 2nd level = 222 subregions

6-digit= 3rd level = 789 accounting

8-digit= 4th level = 2223 cataloging

10-digit= 5th level = ~22,000 watersheds

12-digit= 6th level = ~160,000 subwatersheds

new! WBD

Where are we?

Submittal ProjectionsWBD VERIFICATION PROCESS

Funded Working Groups

Salt Lake City USGSFt. Worth NRCSSacramento BORPhiladelphia EPAAtlanta USGSEROS Data Center USGS

Problematic States

Arizona: NRCS,USFS and BLM do not recognize need for 6th Level

Delineations.

Idaho: Lack of in-kind funding.

North Dakota: Inefficient process, minimal funding.

Minnesota: Too much detail is being added well beyond the needs of the WBD. Estimated completion date at the current rate is 15 years. Plenty of funding, but have not been amenable to changing process.

Louisiana: No local support.

New York: Inefficient process, lack of coordination.

New Jersey: Reluctant to modify existing dataset

Austin

WBD MEETINGS

FY04 Meetings

Portland, OR : Evaluation of NV, OR, ID, WA

Syracuse, NY : Evaluation of NY, VT, NJ, PA

Charleston, WV : Evaluation of WV, OH, VA

Planned

Needed

Minneapolis, MN

Madison, WI New Orleans, LA

Columbia, SC : Wrap up of SC dataset

Phoenix, AZ

MeetingDetail

Subcommitteeon Spatial

Water Data

GuidelinesGuidelines

Work GroupWork Group Coastal Coastal

WatershedsWatershedsWork GroupWork Group

FGDCHUC unified

Guideline

National Hydrography Framework Standard

Hydro Standard Work Group

National Hydrography Framework Standard

• Develop formal Content Standard for Hydrography. – describe a general model (a data dictionary,

definitions, relationships) • application-independent,

• supports international standards

• facilitates the exchange of data.

Geospatial One-Stop

• Key points– Develop and implement Framework Data

content standards • Elevation• Orthoimagery• Hydrography• Administrative Boundaries• Transportation Networks• Cadastral• Geodetic Control

– Establish comprehensive Federal Portal – Director Hank Garie, USGS

Co-chairman, Scott Cameron, DOI

EGOV Initiative

NHD

NHD Partnerships

“high-res”NHD COMPLETE FY06

Density differences

Paper map

NHD Problem: Drainage Density Artifacts

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reference paper map

FY04 THEME:

“interoperable”

Subcommittee on Spatial Water Data

Tying points to streams

• Making it:

–Easier

–Faster

–Less expensive

Geospatial One StopGeospatial One Stop

Purpose of the project:

For all levels of government and the public to access geospatial information.

FederalFederal

CitiesCities

CountiesCounties

TribesTribes

• User Community• Data Searches• Map Services• Visualization

GOS PortalGOS Portal

DisasterDisasterManagementManagement

HomelandHomelandSecuritySecurity

RecreationRecreationOne StopOne Stop

Smart Smart GrowthGrowth

Citizen Citizen ServicesServices

Watershed Watershed ManagementManagement

Other E-gov Other E-gov Initiatives Initiatives

Integration ServicesIntegration ServicesSupport Government BusinessSupport Government Business

Support Decision MakingSupport Decision Making

AcademiaAcademia

StatesStates

PrivatePrivate

Request for “Data Category Managers”