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Cy Smith
Statewide GIS Coordinator
Department of Administrative Services
1225 Ferry St. SE, 2nd Floor
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503-378-6066
Fax: 503-373-1424
Email: cy.smith@state.or.us

State GIS Clearinghouse URL: http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/IRMD/GEO/

  1. Describe your state's top 3 geospatial accomplishments during the past year:
    1. Business Case completed for 'navigatOR', Oregon's geospatial information utility. http://egov.oregon.gov/DAS/IRMD/GEO/docs/ ogic/GIS_UtilityBusinessCaseV4.pdf
    2. NAIP orthoimagery consortium formed and half-meter, color imagery under construction, to be delivered by end of 2005. www.oregon.gov/DAS/IRMD/GEO/coordination/ortho_2005.shtml
    3. GIS Community approved, and Council endorsed, four new data content standards for Geodetic Control, Cadastral, Addressing, and GeoScience; 11 endorsed, 7 more to go.
      www.oregon.gov/DAS/IRMD/GEO/standards/standards.shtml

  2. Describe your state's top 3 geospatial goals for the coming year:
    1. Convince all governments in Oregon to take the steps to implement navigatOR in five years.
    2. Implement the standard data license with all counties in Oregon.
    3. Develop/implement the navigatOR portal to provide discovery and access to all geodata.

  3. Describe the 3 most significant geospatial challenges for your state:
    1. Data access issues are significantly impeding our ability to share data.
    2. Convincing state agencies and the Governor to significantly increase investment in GIS.
    3. Coordinating the large volume of data development and web services activity.

  4. Describe any significant cooperative efforts with Federal, State, Tribal, or Local partners:
    • Developed, and implementing, standard data license with all local partners based on models developed by Open Data Consortium and Bay Area Regional Council.
    • Working with all federal, state, tribal, and local partners to implement components of navigatOR.
    • Worked with the Pacific Northwest Regional Geospatial Information Council (PNW-RGIC, formerly Interorganizational Resource Information Coordinating Council) to modify their charter to reflect a broader constituency and to become a federal/state regional coordinating body for all geospatial issues in the Pacific Northwest. PNW-RGIC has developed new strategy and beginning development of implementation plans for each strategic goal.

  5. Describe any innovative applications, cost benefit studies, best practices, major contracts, etc. (see Question H regarding data development activities):
    Business case for implementation of geospatial information utility completed in draft form. See link above.

  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: www.oregon.gov/DAS/IRMD/GEO/about_us.shtml
    2. GIS Statutory authority: www.oregon.gov/DAS/IRMD/GEO/ogic/docs/eo00_02.pdf
    3. GIS Coordinator: Cy Smith
    4. GIS Coordinating Body: www.oregon.gov/DAS/IRMD/GEO/ogic/OGIC.shtml
    5. GIS Personnel Classifications: N/A
    6. GIS Data Distribution Policy: www.oregon.gov/DAS/IRMD/GEO/ ogic/docs/Framework_Data_License_Final_Draft.doc
    7. GIS Data Standards: www.oregon.gov/DAS/IRMD/GEO/standards/standards.shtml
    8. GIS Budget (including grants, etc.): ~$1.6M/biennium
    9. Other GIS policies, publications, RFP's, etc.: www.oregon.gov/DAS/IRMD/GEO/

  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?
    Yes; orthoimagery, roads/addresses, cadastral, floodplains, geology, hydro, boundary

  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 Randy Sounhein State Lands Dept. 503-378-3805 x270 randy.sounhein@state.or.us
Elevation Emmor Nile Forestry Dept. 503-945-7418 emmor.h.nile@state.or.us
Geodetic Control Ken Bays Transportation Dept. 503-986-3543 kenneth.bays@state.or.us
Transportation Dennis Scofield Transportation Dept. 503-986-3156 dennis.j.scofield@state.or.us
Boundaries Diana Walker Agriculture Dept. 503-986-4788 diana.l.walker@state.or.us
Hydrology Bob Harmon Dept. Water Resources 503-986-0866 robert.c.harmon@state.or.us
Cadastral Brett Juul Revenue Dept. 503-945-8336 brett.a.juul@state.or.us


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