ITEM:            INFORMATIONAL ITEMS/STAFF REPORTS

 

10.       GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROGRAM PROGRESS REPORT

 

Meeting Date:     November 17, 2003                      Budgeted: N/A

Program/Line Item No.: N/A

Staff Contact:       Eric Sandoval                               Cost Estimate: N/A

 

General Counsel Approval: N/A

Committee Recommendation: N/A

CEQA Compliance: N/A


This is an update on the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Program for the period September 15 through November 3, 2003.  Staff is in the process of creating a Geographic Information Systems Implementation Plan. Listed below are some of the on-going components of that plan.

1.         File Management and Organization

·                  Reviewing existing projects and preparing a Functional Requirement Study

·                  Reviewing all available electronic and hard-copy data

·                  Creating metadata for all existing GIS / database files to provide compliant documentation

·                  Developing data models and new database schema for district wide data collection

·                  Developing data sharing policy and procedures with other agencies

·                  Establishing relationships with local government and agencies to facilitate collaboration for GIS

·                  Establishing common data repository, version control system and data / document management system for easy data access

2.          Data Collection and Conversion

·                  Verification of municipal and service boundaries

·                  Collate internal / external electronic and hard-copy data formats

·                  Ensure all spatial data is in the recommended projection and coordinate system (State Plane NAD 83, California zone IV, feet)

·                  Review and record Federal Geographic Data Committee compliant metadata in a document and GIS management system

·                  Develop data conversion tools and procedures

·                  Develop data validation tools

·                  Validate and correct spatial and tabular data errors

 

Staff plans to have the File Management and Organization completed by April 2004.  Staff is continually in the process of Data Collection and Conversion.  The Geographic Information Systems Implementation Plan for MPWMD, will allow staff to coordinate and utilize available geospatial databases for project analysis, spatial modeling, and graphical presentation.  Integration of spatial datasets (parcels, well locations, etc) and existing databases (water usage, water quality, etc), followed with a rigorous quality assessment procedure will facilitate the use of the geospatial data. Digital map products will be placed on the MPWMD website at http://www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/maps/maps.htm for public viewing and distribution.

Some of the data applications the GIS program will help facilitate and control are:

 

v      District Wide

Ø       Support staff and the Board with community outreach and education projects

Ø       Deploy viewing tools on web based platforms

Ø       Develop tools/procedures to facilitate visual outputs

Ø       Map production

 

v      Water Demand

Ø       Water Demand data management for permitting and conservation efforts

Ø       Property / real estate data management

 

v          Water Resources

Ø       Hydro infrastructure data management for wells

Ø       Vegetation/wildlife habitat data management for riparian efforts being conducted by the District

Ø       Hydro-geologic data management

Ø       Water quality data management

 

v      Engineering and Planning

Ø       Survey data management

Ø       Planning procedures and analysis

 

 

 

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