Indiana GIS Response Corps Committee
Meeting Minutes
August 9, 201110:00am – 11:30am
DRAFT
Participants:
Jennifer Campbell- Allison
Judy DeLury
Christina McCullough
Becky McKinley
John Milburn
David Nail
Phil Worrall
Call to Order and Introductions:
The meeting was called to order by Christina McCullough.
Approval of Agenda:
The meeting agenda was approved with no modification.
Approval of Previous Meetings Minutes:
The meeting minutes were approved with no modifications.
News and Announcements:
v US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Apps for the Environment, http://www.epa.gov/appsfortheenvironment/index.html
v IGIC 2011 Indiana State Fair Volunteers – Phil Worrall
v Weekend afternoons – 1-5 mostly. Please stop by and visit.
v Everyone is invited to the IGIC Board of Directors meeting at the Indiana State Fair’s Normandy Barn. The meeting will highlight new projects and milestones
o Introduction to IGIC and GIS for Indiana:
§ What is IGIC, what we do, and how does GIS in Indiana work?
o Demonstrations of Indiana's NEW Statewide GIS Data Programs:
§ Orthophotography, LiDAR, County Government Data Sharing Initiative, Broadband Mapping, and Local-Resolution National Hydrography Data Development
o Preview of other NEW GIS initiatives across Indiana:
§ Preview of the NEW IndianaMap Viewer, the Hamilton County Height Modernization Pilot Program, and More!
v NationalMap Mashathon, http://ngp.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Indiana-GIS-Response-Corps-Flex-Viewer/132761-12334
v Essential Facilities layers project has been demonstrated to a plethora of agencies to include HIFLD, USGS, FEMA, NSGIC, DOD, etc. The four counties included in this project were Noble, Madison, Benton and Daviess. Future plans (in talks right now) for the project include a Next generation project to include all 92 Indiana counties.
Unfinished Business
Training
v Training Meeting Topics. Contact Diane Osborn with your favorite topics.
o These are tentative training seminars
v September 13, 2011,
v October 11, 2011,
v November 8, 2011,
v December 13, 2011,
o Mandatory Training
Members need to complete the recommended trainings. In order for EMA’s to be NIMS compliant, GIS Analysts must take ICS 100 and ICS 200. There may be issues when assisting our EMA’s. http://www.igic.org/committees/corps/IndianaGISResonseCorpsTraining.doc
v IGIC Training Seminars, http://igic.org/training/seminars.html
EOC Binders
The EOC Binders are available in the Drop Box folders. https://www.dropbox.com/home/13_Risk#:::41608287
Chapter 1, File and Data Storage and Management
Several edits will be completed in Chapter 1.
· Back Drive section - off-site backup, disk back up and external hard drive back up were added.
· CI/KR section - 'CI/KR Data Storage Folder' was changed to 'Critical Infrastructure Information (CII) Data Storage Folder'.
· CII Section - Definitions for additional Critical Infrastructure data sets will be added; ACAMS, HSIP Partnership Program, HSIP Freedom, HSIP GOLD, HAZUS Facilities Layers, EPA TRI, State Protected Data, Virtual USA
· Historical Shared File Storage; USGS, IHAPI, Imagery
· Text will include references to the IndianaMap.
· Data Connections in ArcGIS; Open Source data options
Appendix II, Web Data and Services of Interest
· County section added
· New data sources will be added as they are known
New Business
August 30, 2011, NAPSG Virtual Training - Discovering GIS Information that Supports Public
Safety.
The National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation and the National States Geographic
Information Council, with support from the US Department of Homeland Security, are co-hosting
a webcast training to provide public safety & emergency services personnel and GIS & IT
professionals with training on how to use the GIS Inventory to advance the use of geospatial
information in daily public safety operations.
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=nplxpbdab&oeidk=a07e4cgqq7s2b1c3372
Miscellaneous
v URISA Conference, Nov 1-4, 2011, JW Marriott, http://www.urisa.org/gispro2011
Upcoming Meeting Schedule:
Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 10:00am -11:30am EST/EDT
Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 10:00am -11:30am EST/EDT
Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 10:00am -11:30am EST/EDT
Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 10:00am -11:30am EST/EDT
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