DGDC Executive Council to Meet

October 18th, 2011 by admin

Date: October 20, 2011, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

The Executive Council of the Delaware Geographic Data Committee (DGDC) will meet on Thursday, October 20, 2011, in Dover. The draft agenda (PDF) includes and update on the orthophotography project, an update on the work being done by DelDOT to create a statewide routable centerline.

The meeting will start at 10:00 a.m., in room 133 of the Haslet Armory, at 122 William Penn Street, in Dover. The Executive Council is charged with oversight of GIS Coordination in Delaware and works closely with the full membership of the DGDC.

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DGDC Executive Council to Meet

July 14th, 2011 by admin

July 21, 2010
10:00 am to 12:00 pm

The Executive Council of the Delaware Geographic Data Committee (DGDC) will meet on Thursday, July 21, 2011, in Dover. The draft agenda (PDF) discussion of a possible 2011 orthophotography project, and discussion regarding a presentation to the Cabinet Committee on State Planning Issues.

The meeting will start at 10:00 a.m., in room 133 of the Haslet Armory, at 122 William Penn Street, in Dover. The Executive Council is charged with oversight of GIS Coordination in Delaware and works closely with the full membership of the DGDC.

 

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Agenda Posted for June 9 DGDC Meeting

May 25th, 2011 by mike.mahaffie
June 9, 2011
9:00 amto12:00 pm

A draft agenda (PDF) is now posted for the June 9 meeting of the Delaware Geographic Data Committee (DGDC). The agenda includes subcommittee reports, discussion of a 2011 orthophotography project, and discussion on the RAMONA GIS Inventory. The meeting will start at 9:00 a.m. in Room 220 of the Kent County Administration Building, at 555 Bay Road (Route 113), in Dover. All are welcome.

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Data Update: Delaware Municipal Boundaries

March 25th, 2011 by mike.mahaffie

The statewide municipal boundaries dataset has been updated by the Office of State Planning Coordination. This update is not to the geometry of the various boundaries, though those updates do occur on a regular basis. This update is to the layout of the file and the attributes that are included.

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It’s Official, We Have a 911 GIS Coordinator!

March 18th, 2011 by mike.mahaffie

matt with camera

Matt Laick has moved from DelDOT over to the Department of Safety and Homeland Security (DSHS) to serve as GIS Coordinator for Delaware’s E911 division. DSHS Secretary Lewis Schiliro made the announcement yesterday at the E911 Emergency Services Board Meeting.

Matt, who has served as GIS and addressing administrator in Sussex County and more recently helped guide GIS use in DelDOT’s IT section, will now work with the state’s nine PSAPs (Public Safety Answering Points, the 911 centers) to make sure that they have access to the best GIS data we can provide as they handle our emergencies and send police, fire fighters and emergency medical folks to help us when we need them.

The idea for a 911 GIS Coordinator grew out of work that Matt and others, particularly the County GIS teams, have done to help the 911 centers in the past. The PSAPs are one of the places where all of our data sets meet and must work well together for the sake of people’s health and safety; from the addressing and road information maintained by the counties to the statewide aerials and other data sets.

That’s Matt’s new job and we wish him great success.

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Announcing: A Delaware Enterprise GIS Strategy Workshop

March 16th, 2011 by mike.mahaffie
March 24, 2011
1:00 pmto4:00 pm

Please join the DGDC on Thursday, March 24, for an Enterprise GIS Strategy Workshop.

What do you need to help you do your job more efficiently? How can a state-level “Enterprise GIS” help you? This workshop is intended to find out from GIS users what tools and support they need. This information will help the DGDC Executive Council plan for the future.

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Draft Minutes Posted for the March 10 DGDC Meeting

March 11th, 2011 by mike.mahaffie

A set of draft meeting minutes is now posted (in PDF format) from the March 10 gathering of the Delaware Geographic Data Committee.  A large “thank you” is due to Sandy Schenck for his help in taking notes, but any errors in these minutes are mine alone. I trust you’ll let me know (gently) if you find any.

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Building a Library of 2010 Census Data

March 4th, 2011 by mike.mahaffie

A small library of 2010 Census data products is starting to grow in Delaware. The Census Bureau released Delaware’s redistricting data earlier this week. Those data sets are available from the Census Bureau’s FTP site and on the new American FactFinder. We have started to explore that data and create Delaware-specific data products.

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Agenda Posted for March 10 DGDC Meeting

February 24th, 2011 by mike.mahaffie
March 10, 2011
9:00 amto12:00 pm

A draft agenda (PDF) is now posted for the March 10 meeting of the Delaware Geographic Data Committee (DGDC). The agenda includes subcommittee reports, a report from the 2011 NSGIC Mid-Year Meeting, discussion of a 2011 orthophotography project, and presentation on the RAMONA GIS Inventory as well as the new 21st Century Quad from the USGS. There will also be discussion of a new approach to developing data standards and a call for nominations for representatives to the DGDC Executive Council.

The meeting will start at 9:00 a.m. in Room 220 of the Kent County Administration Building, at 555 Bay Road (Route 113), in Dover. All are welcome.

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Delaware’s Response to the NSGIC State Summaries Survey

February 23rd, 2011 by mike.mahaffie

We made a formal response this morning to a survey put out by the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) as part of that group’s annual State Summaries project. The annual NSGIC survey asks a small set of standard questions to try to develop a picture of the status of GIS Coordination across the nation.

This year, we asked pretty much the same questions of DGDC members to gain their insight before responding for the state to NSGIC.

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