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Moving Toward Enterprise GIS in the USDA Forest Service
Susan J. DeLost
USDA Forest Service
Washington, D.C.Image Courtesy of NGA
USDA Forest ServiceHistory
• Established by Congress in 1905 as an agency in the Department of Agriculture• 60 Forest Reserves covering 56 million acres
“Caring for the Land and
Serving People”
“To provide the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people in the long run.”
http://www.fs.fed.us
Forest Service Organization• National Headquarters in Washington, DC
• National Forest System
• 9 Regional Offices, 155 National Forests (600 Ranger Districts) and 20 Grasslands in 41 states and Puerto Rico
• Manages 191 million acres of public land
• Research
• 7 stations, 50 field offices
• State and Private Forestry
• Fire & Aviation• Forest Health Protection
• International Programs
30,000 employees nationwideNo NF lands in MA, CT, RI, NJ, DE, MD, IA, HI or DC
• Forest planning• Forest heath protection• Watershed restoration• Fire• Disturbance processes• Habitat• Recreation• Transportation• Research
Geospatial information is used every day across the Forest Service…
History of Enterprise GIS in the Forest Service
• 1980’s, Pre-eGIS era: GIS on a project-by-project basis, studies and reports (e.g. National GIS Plan)
• 1990’s, eGIS First Steps: Project 615, 1999
Baltimore workshop
• 2000’s, eGIS Progress: Vision and Strategy, Implementation, Focus Areas
Geospatial Executive Board Established in 1999
Charter
“Ensure that Forest Service geospatial policies, programs, and related activities are coordinated, compatible, integrated, and responsive to FS business needs”
• HQ Staff Directors
• Oversight and Coordination
• Corporate vision for an enterprise-wide FS geospatial environment
• Geospatial Advisory Committee
Geospatial Executive Board
Charter
“Identify, monitor, and address issues regarding the state of FS geospatial
programs and activities”
Geospatial Advisory Committee
• 28 Members
- Chairperson
- Rotating Members, 3-year term
- Standing Members
- Secretary (non-voting member)
Geospatial Advisory Committee
Geospatial Advisory Committee Focus Areas
• Vision and Strategy
• Technology Architecture Coordination
• Training and Awareness
• Standardized Geospatial Data
• Coordinate and Share Standardized Data
• Coordination of National Applications
• Mapping Requirements, Generation and Delivery
http://www.fs.fed.us/gac
Goals/Accomplishments Vision and Strategy
• Updating the Vision and Strategy
• Goals through 2008
“Quality Forest Service geospatial information is routinely available to internal
and external customers for efficient use”
Goals/Accomplishments Technology Architecture
Coordination
• FS Enterprise Architecture
• Image Compression
• ArcSDE implementation plan
• Strategic ArcGIS Implementation Plan
Goals/Accomplishments Training and Awareness
• Bi-annual Geospatial Workshop
- FS/BLM, Phoenix, April 18-22, 2005
• Centralized approach to Training– New course development– On-line course catalogue and registration– ~1300 FS employees participate yearly– Centralized geospatial training website:
http://fsweb.geotraining.fs.fed.us
Goals/Accomplishments Standardized Geospatial Data
• FS GIS Data Dictionary
– Change management process
– Deputy Area GIS Data Administrators
– Pilot-test GIS Data Standards
• Resource Mapping Evaluation Toolset (RMET)
Goals/Accomplishments Standardized Geospatial Data
Resource Mapping Evaluation Toolset (RMET)
Inventory and Monitoring Program Plans (IMPP)
Budget Formulation and Execution System (BFES)
Performance Accountability System (PAS)
Department
OMB Budget Language
Standards & Guidelines
Goals/Accomplishments Coordinate and Share
Standardized Data
There is a need to coordinate and share standardized data internally and externally with
our partners
Goals/Accomplishments Coordinate and Share Standardized
Data
• Interagency Coordination
• FGDC-compliant Metadata • On-line Users Guide • Feature-level
• eFOIA Clarification
Goals/Accomplishments Coordinate and Share
Standardized Data
• “Serving Geospatial Data Over the Internet” (Draft Guidelines)
• FS Geodata Clearinghouse• http://fsgeodata.fs.fed.us
Goals/Accomplishments Coordinate and Share
Standardized Data
• The National Map– http://nationalmap.usgs.gov/
• Recreation.gov – http://recreation.gov
Goals/AccomplishmentsCoordination of Natural Resource
Applications
Goals/AccomplishmentsCoordination of
Natural Resource Applications
• FSNRA* Geospatial Strategy and Tactical Plan
• ArcGIS Implementation Plan
• Geospatial Interface – “getting data out”
• FSNRA Geodatabase Tactical Plan (draft)
* FSNRA = Forest Service Natural Resource Applications
Goals/Accomplishments Mapping requirements, generation
and delivery
• Develop cartographic tools to produce standard maps from geographic datasets
• Ensure GIS data and metadata will support cartographic requirements
- Standard Symbology Team- Mapping Migration Team
Tied to Ground
GeospatialInterface
Geospatial
‘05
ArcGISAwareness&
Training
MapProducts
Metadata
Geospatial
One-Stop
DataAcquisitio
n
Standardized
Data
Geospatial
Strategy
Geospatial
Vision
NationalApplicatio
ns
DataAccess
ServingData
RemoteSensing
‘04
Geospatial
‘03eGIS
LocationLocationLocation
RemoteSensing
‘06
RMET
Fitting all of the pieces together
As we move toward Enterprise GIS
-Serving Data
-Metadata
-Training & Awareness
-GI
Getting Our Job Done
Standard Map Products
Data Stewardship
Fire, Mortality, Insect/Disease
Invasive Species
Forest Planning
Geospatial
Vision & Strategy
Business Requirements
FS Business
-ArcGIS
-FGDC
Seamless National
Applications
Habitat Fragmentation
Data Access
Geospatia
l Acti
vities
Enterprise GIS To Meet FS
Business Needs
Unmanaged
Recreation
Urban Interface
Tied to Ground
-Carto Tools
-Data Dictionary
eGIS
Healthy Forests
Homeland Security
Questions?