State of Kansas GIS Initiative

1. State of Kansas GIS Initiative Kansas GIS Policy Board & Data Access & Support Center (DASC) Kansas Geological Survey University of Kansas http://www.kansasgis.org dasc@kansasgis.org 785-864-2000

2. Kansas GIS Policy Board • Established in 1989 by Governor Hayden • Executive Order – Objectives: • Coordinate the implementation and use of GIS technology by participating agencies. • Provide an opportunity for prompt access to GIS technology by all participating agencies and other potential users. • Promote compatibility and standards for geographic information. • Promote sharing of computerized, geographically referenced data. • Reduce the costs that would be involved if each agency developed its own GIS capabilities independently and networking did not take place. • Enhance the information analysis and decision making process of participating agencies through the use of GIS technology. • The Executive Order has been reestablished by each administration since Governor Hayden.

3. GIS Policy Board Activities • GIS Initiative Strategic Planning • Guidelines, Standards, and Policy Development • Coordinate GIS Database Development • Multi-Participant Coordination: • Municipal, County, and State Government • Federal Government • State and Regional Organizations • Private Sector

4. Data Access & Support Center (DASC) • Established by the GIS Policy Board in 1991 • Central repository of GIS databases of statewide/regional importance • Designated as an National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) clearinghouse node in 1997 • Located at the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas • Web site – http://www.kansasgis.org

5. DASC Services • Database archival and distribution • Database quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) • Technical assistance • Geospatial metadata development assistance • Web application development and hosting • Database development & integration • State & Local Government Coordination • Cartographic development • Promotion of the Kansas GIS Initiative • Development and maintenance of the DASC web site – www.kansasgis.org

6. Kansas Geodatabase Catalog Administrative/Political Boundaries – county boundaries, incorporate areas, agency district boundaries, Public Land Survey System (PLSS)… Applications – desktop and web-based applications… Elevation – Digital Elevation Models (DEM) and hypsography… Environmental Resources – endangered species, riparian area inventory, designated critical habitat, stream evaluation… Geodectic Control – GPS base station data… Imagery/Raster – Orthorectified aerial photography (various dates and resolutions), Landsat imagery, satellite derivative products… Land Surface/Geology/Soils - land cover, GAP land cover, detailed surface geology, soil surveys (SSURGO)… Transportation – roads, highways, railroads… Water Resources – steams, water bodies, aquifers, wetlands, rural water districts and distribution infrastructure, water well locations and water level data, watershedboundarires…

7. Planning Activities ….Strategic Plan ….Elevation Data Business Plan ….Height Modernization Proposal

8. Followed the NSGIC strategic planning process and templates – modified as necessary to meet our needs One Strategic Plan, potentially many Business Plans Strategic Plan: What and Why Vision & Goals The “big picture” and overall context Business Plan: How, When, and How Much Aimed at those that approve and fund Details of initiative(s) emerge Presented as a business case Strategic Planning Efforts:

9. The Kansas Geographic Information System Partnership initiative will be a collaborative effort among the statewide geospatial community that delivers robust, map-based, geospatial information and services to support policy and decision making at all levels of government, to provide access to public information and to enhance the safety, economy, environment and quality of life in Kansas. NSDI SSDI OK Finney County 50 States Initiative Kansas Statewide Spatial Data Infrastructure (KSSDI) Shawnee County SSDI CA Johnson County Topeka Strategic Plan – Vision Statement

10. Elevation Data Business Plan • Programmatic Goal for Business Plan: Develop improved statewide elevation data that supports high resolution contours and detailed topographic mapping necessary for a multitude of critical applications and risk determination • There is a big need for improved elevation data. The “best available” state and/or national data is mediocre and does not support many important applications. • The existing statewide elevation data is mostly derived from 20 year old USGS Topographic Maps with a 10-foot contours 7.5 Minute USGS Topographic Map with10” contours Raw LIDAR points capable of producing 2” contoursSource: Kansas State University, 2008

11. Flood Prediction and Mitigation Floodplain delineation Flood prone properties Risk determination & insurance assessment Flood flow characterization (i.e., direction, velocity, depth) Flood preparedness Evacuation planning Reverse E-911: proactive notification Transportation Precision Agriculture and Soil Mapping Habitat Characterization Urban Planning Watershed Analysis and Delineation Emergency Response Orthorectification of Aerial Imagery Applications & Benefits

12. North Carolina: ~48,000 sq. miles Need driven by hurricane planning Received FEMA Cooperative Technical Partner’s Program funding Divided state into three segments State and local governments have benefited Iowa: ~53,000 sq. miles Funding from DOT, DNR and NRCS Project planning identified potential cost savings: DNR: $390k/year from avoided planning level survey DOT: $10M+/year from cut-and-fill, preliminary planning, road grading, line-of-site NRCS: $3-5M/year from Water Quality Best Management Practices (BMPs) Divided state into three segments Kansas: ~82,000 sq. miles Representative State Programs

13. Aerial overflight Laser scans earth and records returns Raw returns are processed into a “point cloud” Point cloud processed into elevation products LiDAR Project Process & Products “Features & Objects”Includes feature extraction (e.g. buildings & breaklines) “Bare Earth” DEM Surface visualization Contours Shaded relief Steep Slopes

14. Height Modernization Planning Efforts • Height Modernization (HM) is the establishment of accurate, reliable heights using GPS technology in conjunction with traditional leveling, gravity, and modern remote sensing • Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) - A nationwide network providing GPS data for a variety of post-processing uses ICT1 and ICT4 Sedgwick County Kansas New stations added to CORS Network

15. Height Modernization Planning Efforts • Outcomes: • A denser, more accurate, 3-D (latitude, longitude, and height) geodetic control network • A statewide network of continuously operating and transmitting GPS reference stations • NOAA Grant Program to help states implement HM programs: • Announced in June, 2008 – search Grants.gov (CFDA 11.400) • Funding limits $100K - $1.2 Million ($400-$500K average) • Multi-year funding available – 1-5 years • States currently receiving HM funding include: Alabama, Arizona, California, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin

16. Height Modernization Benefits Planning Efforts • Primary project goal - “The development of the CORS network in Kansas will significantly increase the vertical accuracy of elevation measurements, while also densifying high accuracy horizontal positions to provide an improved foundation for positioning and mapping applications.” • Lower the costs of surveying, mapping, and aerial photography throughout the state • Improved elevation for: • Floodplain mapping & mapping high water marks • Subsidence monitoring • Precision agriculture • Transportation planning, construction, and maintenance • Reservoir and well monitoring • Arizona sites these cost savings: • Over $1 million annual savings on aerial mapping project contracts by local, regional and state governments • Over $600,000 annual savings on planning and construction costs to Phoenix District of the Arizona DOT • Over $4 million annual savings to Arizona citizens for reduced surveying costs

17. Kansas Geodetic Control Network Height Modernization

18. Wisconsin Geodetic Control Network Height Modernization

19. Nebraska Geodetic Control Network Height Modernization

20. Height Modernization Benefits Planning Efforts

21. Summary of Recent Planning Activities: • GIS Initiative Strategic Planning: • State of Kansas GIS Strategic Plan – May, 2008 • State of Kansas Elevation Data Business Plan – May, 2008 • Kansas Height Modernization Proposal – NOAA/NGS – August, 2008 – currently under review by NGS • Formation of a GIS Strategic Plan Implementation Committee in July, 2008 to act on the task items identified in the strategic plan. • Formation of an Elevation Data Committee in November, 2008, to refine the Elevation Data Business Plan and work towards implementation of the plan.

22. Project Highlights ….KGS Oil & Gas Mapper ….KBI Registered Offenders Application …..GIS & CAMA Integration

23. Application Development Future Direction • Implement Web 2.0 technologies to develop better, more efficient, and more user-friendly applications • Emulate web mapping applications like GoogleMaps, GoogleEarth, and Virtual Earth. Learn from the success and popularity of these applications. Respond to the “can’t you just make it work like GoogleMaps” question. • Implement new JavaScript-based map clients such as OpenLayers or the ArcGIS Server JavaScript client • Develop a common web map application framework around which all KGS/DASC applications will be built • Develop a series of SOAP & REST-based web services to enable application developers to easily integrate GIS data into their applications without being a GIS expert

24. Application Development Future Direction • Example applications that follow the Web 2.0 & Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) model of development: • KGS – Kansas Oil & Gas Mapper • KBI – Registered Offenders • KDOR/PVD – CAMA & GIS Integration

25. KGS Oil & Gas Mapper ArcGIS Server & Image Server • Application components: • ArcGIS Server 9.3 – JavaScript/REST API • Heavy implementation of the Dojo Toolkit – layer tabs, transparency sliders, callout boxes, dropdown menus, etc. • Combination of cached and dynamic layers • ArcGIS Image Server – for delivery of imagery layers

26. KBI Registered Offenders v1.0: The original web site, developed in 2002, was an ArcIMS application. All aspects of the site – layout, navigation, functionality – were coded in ColdFusion and resided on DASC’s servers. This “black box” design made changes difficult. Application developers at KBI or Kansas.Gov had no direct access to the mapping application. The existing web site data integration between the KBI and DASC also left much to be desired: On a more or less weekly basis, KBI emails a database to DASC containing offender id & and address data. Once received, the entire database is geocoded and converted to a new GIS data layer. Bad records are discarded with little feedback to KBI. The layer is then manually added to ArcSDE. The existing web site data integration between the KBI and DASC is limiting: KBI creates a new Shapefile by geocoding all of the records in the database rather than just new or modified records. KBI sends the new file (containing all of the attribute data) to DASC. The new layer is manually added to ArcSDE. The application configuration file is modified and the application is restarted. KBI Registered Offenders Registration

27. 2. URL request received by the web server (Apache). 3. Server-side code (ColdFusion) interprets the request, sending it to an ArcIMS service to create the map image on the fly. The Internet 1. The user requests GIS map data from the browser. 4. The server sends the custom web page and map image back to the requestor. 5. The web browser receives the content and interprets the content for display. Every change to the map (pan, zoom, change layers) requires all 5 steps to be repeated. User interface is not intuitive. KBI Registered Offenders Registration • The original web site used a “Web 1.0” model for application development: • Each request by the user (page navigation, data search, map request or change or update) required the server to build and send a new web page. • This development model perpetuates the “black box” development of a complete solution, rather than a modular set of tools that can be independently developed and changed.

28. KBI Registered Offenders Registration ArcWeb Services (SOAP)/ArcGIS Server/OpenLayers/REST • Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) provides a new model for delivering GIS data over the web: • Serve GIS layers in a stateless, platform-independent interface • Leverage the service-oriented model as a means to collect statewide data: • Expose services for mix-and-match development • Provide display and digitizing tools using a standard web-interface (e.g., REST) • And use SOAP-based batch processing to collect data • Core Technologies: • Map caches – pre-rendered images at set zoom levels: • The new application will display not just sexual offenders, but also drug and violent offenders. Each gets its own cache. • Ajax, JavaScript and DHTML – Web 2.0 technologies: • These tools give the “Google Maps” navigation effects. • “Asynchronous” calls requesting ArcSDE data that send trivial amounts of data back and forth to the server and show the results without redrawing the entire page. • OpenLayers map client: • Open-source software • JavaScript client • Allows for integration of multiple basemaps

29. KBI Registered Offenders Registration ArcWeb Services (SOAP)/ArcGIS Server/OpenLayers/REST Open Layers Client: Delivery of map cache into OpenLayers client:

30. The new KBI offender web site displays not just the additional offender types (sexual, drug and violent), but also the address type (residence, employer, school) To improve the quality of the data, we exposed our ESRI geocoding service subscription so that KBI could manage the point data values directly: By having KBI geocode each record directly, they can handle data errors or ambiguous addresses internally. DASC no longer needs to store anything but an offender id, an offender type and the address type. KBI Registered Offenders - Geocoding ArcWeb Services (SOAP)/ArcGIS Server/OpenLayers/REST Sample geocode response: • Like the web mapping interface, the geocoding interface uses a REST request format: • It calls the ESRI ArcWeb Services interface to test the validity of an address against both NavTeq and TeleAtlas • It sends the resulting score and corrected addresses for both services back as raw XML • The KBI stores the score and the resulting latitude-longitude pair in their database

31. Once the KBI has evaluated the quality of the address data, they send us the data to update the map caches The database update function is provided as a SOAP service that utilizes the ST_GEOMETRY datatype for building point features using an X-Y coordinate pair and a spatial reference. The SOAP service can also be called via a REST interface. KBI Registered Offenders – Integrating Database Update ArcWeb Services (SOAP)/ArcGIS Server/OpenLayers/REST KBI database update WSDL response:

32. The interactive mapping component for the KBI Registered Offenders site is delivered via a REST-based web service This type of architecture allows developers at Kansas.gov to easily integrate the interactive map into any part of the web site without any direct involvement from DASC The REST interface is very simple, yet provides all of the required functionality KBI Registered Offenders – Mapping Component ArcWeb Services (SOAP)/ArcGIS Server/OpenLayers/REST KBI Mapping Component: KBI Mapping Component integrated into Kansas.gov web site:

33. GIS & CAMA Integration • What is the relationship between CAMA & GIS? • All property records in CAMA have a unique geographic location • Many counties maintain a parcel (property ownership) data layer in their GIS system • Geographic visualization and analysis compliments and enhances the CAMA system

34. GIS & CAMA Integration • KDOR provides centralized hosting of CAMA systems for many counties across the state • The new statewide CAMA software provides a basic map interface that provides a way to link geographic parcel data to property appraisal information • KDOR is planning to provide web map services for counties that are centrally-hosted • DASC hopes to support this effort by: • Storing & serving county parcel GIS databases • Regularly acquiring parcel updates from counties through data replication services or other web-based technologies • Storing & serving high-resolution local aerial imagery • Publish data via web map services for integration into centrally-hosted CAMA systems

35. Potential GIS/CAMA System Architecture Map CAMA Attributes DASC KDOR/PVD ArcGIS Server Publishes GIS data as map services that are displayed within the CAMA map viewer Web Application Server Provides access to the web-based CAMA application Parcel Maps Orion Application Server Serves the Orion CAMA application Aerial Imagery ArcSDE/Oracle Stores GIS data – Parcels, roads, boundaries, etc. Orion Database/SQL Server Stores CAMA database ArcGIS Image Server Provides access to aerial Imagery – local and statewide sources

36. Local Government Collaboration ….Local Data Backup Initiative …..GIS Inventory (Ramona) ….Kansas Road Centerline Database ….Kansas Tax Units/Administrative Boundaries Database

37. Local Data Backup Initiative Local Government Collaboration • Disasters rarely concentrated on single jurisdictions • After a disaster, immediate access to GIS data from all affected areas critical for rescue and recovery • DASC - State of Kansas GIS clearinghouse – ability to house large volume of data for public or restricted access • Regular synchronization with the Kansas Adjutant General’s Department – saves time during an emergency • Off-site backup for local government GIS related data • Off-site backup offers extra cushion of protection (think Greensburg!)

38. Local Data Backup Initiative Local Government Collaboration • Data housed at DASC and backed up 3 ways: • 1 – Internal Storage Area Network (SAN) – RAID-5 • 2 – On-site Network Attached Storage (NAS) – RAID-5 • 3 – DASC backup system hosted at the Arkansas Geographic Information Office (AGIO) • Password protected data with secure FTP access for each county/city • Data is regularly shared with the Adjutant General’s Department for use in emergency management and homeland security activities • Local government GIS data will NOT be publicly distributed unless requested by data originator! • No charge for backup service • No metadata required for data backup (although it is encouraged!)

39. Local Data Backup Initiative Local Government Collaboration • How do I get my data to DASC? • Storage Media: • CDs • DVDs • External Hard Drive (we can loan you one!) • File Transfer Protocol (FTP) • Secure FTP - ftp://backup.kansasgis.org • Filezilla – recommended FTP client • SDE: • Unique user log in and data loading capabilities • Database replication services (future activity – looking for test counties) • For more information regarding this initiative, please visit our local data backup web site at http://www.kansasgis.org/local_data

40. Local Data Backup Local Government Collaboration Data stored at DASC Data to be delivered to DASC

41. GIS Inventory Local Government Collaboration

42. GIS Inventory Local Government Collaboration Full or Partial Inventory

43. Kansas Road Centerline Database Local Government Collaboration • Project goals: • Develop a comprehensive statewide road centerline database • Incorporate local data where possible • Develop conflation methodologies to migrate attribute data from state and local sources to the statewide network • Develop procedures to perform regular updates • Develop and maintain long-term partnerships with local government to support the maintenance of the database

44. Status of roads data in Kansas Local Government Collaboration • KDOT All-Roads Database – state & non-state systems • State System – statewide, road centerline representation of the state highway system, rich in attribution, does not contain on/off ramps, interchanges, etc. • Non-State System – statewide, road centerline representation of local roads, limited attribution (no addressing information), based off of 2002 imagery • US Census Bureau’s TIGER files: • Currently being updated nationwide, greatly improved from previous versions of TIGER data, incorporates local data, contains address range information, good source of data where local data doesn’t exist • Local Data: • Commonly the source of the most accurate, current, and robust roads data, contains address ranges, rich in attribution

45. Kansas Road Centerline Database Local Government Collaboration Example of area with new development in Lawrence, KS that is not included in the KDOT All-Roads database Aerial photo showing new local roads not contained in the statewide road database (red lines on image) Aerial photo showing road data available from local govt. (green lines on image)

46. Kansas Road Centerline Database Local Government Collaboration Data shared with DASC Data to be delivered to DASC

47. Tax Units/Administrative Boundaries Local Government Collaboration • Administrative Boundaries - Collaborative effort between DASC and County Clerks and their GIS departments; • Many different boundary files can be derived from tax unit boundaries – Incorporated Areas, Fire Districts, School Districts, Townships, etc; • Each county’s tax unit development at various stages – hand drawn or GIS; • Needed by KDEM for obtaining multiple contacts at time of emergency. Current version of statewide tax unit map (8,000+ tax units across the state) Edited & verified tax units for Washington County

48. Tax Units Local Government Collaboration Data shared with DASC

49. Voting Districts Update Local Government Collaboration • Collaborative project with the Kansas Legislative Research Department and the US Census Bureau • DASC is working directly with the county clerks to acquire and validate voting district boundaries • Counties can participate by annotating edits on a paper map, providing a GIS data file of current voting districts, or by using specialized software provided by the US Census Bureau • DASC performs database editing as necessary and integrates the data into the updates the US Census database.

50. Situs Address Local Government Collaboration Situs address– can be used to support a variety of initiatives such as precise geocoding/address matching, Streamlined Sales Tax Project (SSTP), and the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). The map below represents situs address (address point) data that is built and maintained at the local level across the state. Please not that this data is not available for public distribution.