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New Hampshire

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Ken Gallager
Principal Planner
NH Office of Energy and Planning
57 Regional Dr.
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-1773
Fax: (603) 271-2615
Email: ken.gallager@nh.gov

State GIS Clearinghouse URL: http://www.granit.sr.unh.edu

  1. Describe your state's top 3 geospatial accomplishments during the past year:
    1. Development of new IMS services with municipal master planning orientation.
    2. Completion of high-resolution National Hydrography Dataset (pending one bi-state watershed) to support advanced hydrologic analysis.
    3. Creation of standards for high-resolution orthoimagery acquisition and initiation of first phase in three-year acquisition project.

  2. Describe your state's top 3 geospatial goals for the coming year:
    1. Release update to state's strategic GIS plan.
    2. Increase state agency participation in GRANIT data development, documentation and new types of analysis.
    3. Improve/consolidate state agency software licensing.

  3. Describe the 3 most significant geospatial challenges for your state:
    1. Lack of stable funding source for GRANIT.
    2. Maintaining technical expertise as technology continues to change.
    3. Need to complete crucial base data layers, especially statewide, accurate street addresses.

  4. Describe any significant cooperative efforts with Federal, State, Tribal, or Local partners:
    • The GRANIT project is a cooperating technical partner with FEMA and is well on the way to statewide DFIRM coverage.
    • Development of high-resolution NHD with USGS and the state of Maine. The NH Department of Environmental Services is the official data steward for NHD in New Hampshire.

  5. Describe any innovative applications, cost benefit studies, best practices, major contracts, etc. (see Question H regarding data development activities):
    CommunityViz National Demonstration Project to predict growth patterns in southern NH due to expansion of Interstate 93 corridor — application is customized to aid in analyzing co-occurrence of natural resources.

  6. Please provide the following information; (enter a URL if a link is available on the Internet; use N/A if not applicable or unknown):
    1. GIS mission statement: "The mission of New Hampshire GIS is to promote the efficient use of New Hampshire's diverse resources by utilizing geographically related information in an effective way and by providing geographic information and corresponding tools to citizens and organizations." www.nh.gov/oep/resourcelibrary/reference library/g/geographicinformationcenter/documents/gisplan.doc.
    2. GIS Statutory authority: NH RSA 4-C:3
    3. GIS Coordinator: No official coordinator. Ken Gallager hosts GIS Advisory Committee; Fay Rubin (NH GRANIT) coordinates data activities.
    4. GIS Coordinating Body: NH GIS Advisory Committee
    5. GIS Personnel Classifications: N/A
    6. GIS Data Distribution Policy: www.granit.sr.unh.edu/cgi-bin/ load_file?PATH=/data/userguide.html — Section III
    7. GIS Data Standards: www.granit.sr.unh.edu/cgi-bin/ load_file?PATH=/data/userguide.html — Section II
    8. GIS Budget (including grants, etc.): GRANIT = $70,000 core funding, plus $410,000 grant funding.
    9. Other GIS policies, publications, RFP's, etc.: N/A

  7. Does your state regularly publish a newsletter about its GIS activities (printed, email, web, etc.)? If yes, please provide a URL if available.
    No.

  8. Is your state planning any major data development or data acquisition projects in the next two years (e.g., orthoimagery, elevation, satellite, street centerline/addresses, parcel mapping, etc.)? If yes, briefly describe each project and provide a link to further information in Question I below, if applicable.
    • Three year statewide high-resolution orthoimagery acquisition, begun spring 2005.
    • Creation of event data for hi-res NHD, through New England Environmental Information Network.
    • Phase 1, statewide parcel layer: catalog/inventory existing parcel data.
    • Statewide critical wildlife habitat (multi-agency cooperative project).

  9. Please list the name, affiliation, and contact information for the custodians of each FGDC "framework" layer in your state.

Framework Layer Contact Name Agency / Org Phone Email / URL
Orthoimagery Dennis Fowler NHDOT 603-271-8457 dfowler@dot.state.nh.us
Elevation N/A      
Geodetic Control Curt Crow NGS 603-271-1600 curt.crow@noaa.gov
Transportation Dennis Fowler NHDOT 603-271-8457 dfowler@dot.state.nh.us
Boundaries Robert Moynihan Univ. NH 603-862-1025 rgm1@christa.unh.edu
Hydrology Rick Chormann NHDES 603-271-1975 rchormann@des.state.nh.us
Cadastral Fay Rubin GRANIT 603-862-1792 fay.rubin@unh.edu


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