{"id":1780,"date":"2019-12-31T08:13:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T16:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cgia.org\/cagiscouncil\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2021-01-24T18:18:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T02:18:28","slug":"notes-from-the-december-12-2019-gis-council-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cgia.org\/cagiscouncil\/2019\/12\/31\/notes-from-the-december-12-2019-gis-council-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from the December 12, 2019 GIS Council Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>California Emergency GIS ArcGIS Online Group <\/strong>(Isaac Cabrera)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>California Emergency GIS ArcGIS Online Group: <a href=\"https:\/\/arcg.is\/1fyaCv\">https:\/\/arcg.is\/1fyaCv<\/a> (Please feel free to join!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Enables State, Counties, Cities and private to work and share authoritative data.  <\/li><li>27 out of 58 Counties involved, we are looking for all 58.<\/li><li>Allows executives at all levels to make decision using the same data<\/li><li>Has Evolved into statewide effort<\/li><li>CalOES is involved and contributing<\/li><li>27 out of 58 counties are involved already and the list is growing<\/li><li>Has already proved successful and useful in the recent PSPS events<\/li><li>Has received a CCISDA large CA Counties Innovation Award<\/li><li>ESRI has pledged to help with this effort<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What we are working on in regards to the Emergency GIS Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We need more participation, please feel free to contact Isaac Cabrera isaac.cabrera@doit.cccounty.us.<\/li><li>Group Hierarchy is being established<\/li><li>Standards and rules about data contributed<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions from attendees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Is there a plan to restart past CalOES coordination efforts of this type?<br><strong>Answer:<\/strong> Yes, this group was created with the intend to create 58 (each County) GIS data ingestion points for CalOES to use.  We also plan to include other private entities.<br><\/li><li>Who makes the decision to say what is authoritative data?<br><strong>Answer: <\/strong>Data owners that actually create the data create and designate said data &#8220;authoritative.&#8221;  This means if we are sharing parcels from Contra Costa County, the parcel data is flowing from the Contra Costa County Assessor&#8217;s department.<br><\/li><li>Alex from Nevada County asked if we can share Parcels \/ Center line sharing during non-emergent times.<br><strong>Answer: <\/strong>Yes, we will allow all authoritative data to be shared at all times.  User will just need to metatag things correctly, so in this instance use the <strong>#parcels<\/strong> and <strong>#nevada county<\/strong>, so that members can easily find Nevada County Parcels.<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> State Plane Coordinate System 2022<\/strong> (Nathaniel Roth)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> NGS is preparing for update for both horizontal and vertical datum<ul><li> Will be full replacement for 1983 and 1988 standards <\/li><li> New state plane zone will be defined <\/li><li> We have opportunity to define how those zones will be developed <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What should the Council&#8217;s response be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> The work group had a meeting last Friday, there were 5 members <\/li><li> The work group had a meeting last Friday, there were 5 members <\/li><li> Patrick Tami will request to CA Land Survey Association for audit <\/li><li> Agreed that NGS in drafting zone 5 and statewide zone is desirable, might have minor edits <\/li><li> Will be less distortion in areas with higher population <\/li><li> Nate will get in contact with NGS to see distortion with CA Albers System <\/li><li>Theory primer and practical software training needed<\/li><li>We will need ESRI to help implement the new standard in its platforms<\/li><li>Scott from CalTrans will help but has chosen to be an observer to negate any bias.<\/li><li>CRCC is currently the go-to org for coordinate systems and we wil be working with them to ensure consistency.<\/li><li><\/li><li><\/li><li>NGS is preparing for update for both horizontal and vertical datum<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Charter Review and Strategic Plan <\/strong>(Jane Schafer-Kramer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Has a charter drafted for this new work group and want to present to the Council<\/li><li> Every 5 years the Council needs to be reviewed <\/li><li> Will also prepare a strategic plan <\/li><li> There are few ways the Council can go <\/li><li> The work group plans to meet quarterly&nbsp; <\/li><li> Success indicators: a draft plan will be developed and presented to the Council <\/li><li> Steven will be a member and Jeff Capalous want to be additional member <\/li><li> Shital suggested that the charter be presented before a day in the future to get constructive feedback <\/li><li>Work group motions passed unanimously (Nate, Steven S.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Public Safety Work group<\/strong> (Phil Beilan)<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The work group and public safety task is multidisciplinary&nbsp;<\/li><li>Having people from all backgrounds is a good idea<\/li><li>People need to be aware that the data already exist<\/li><li>Webex participation, a work group meeting will be a good idea<\/li><li>Early next year there will be a meeting, Phil will let us know<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elevation Work group <\/strong>(Nathaniel Roth)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Several Lidar datasets are going to be publicly available through the National map<\/li><li>Covers large swatch of Northern California level 2 data<\/li><li>South Fork River is completed with nice Lidar&nbsp;<\/li><li>Separate 47 acres sq miles area will be surveyed and processed, may be in the next 6 months<\/li><li>Yosemite lidar collection sponsored by National Parks and Yosemite foundation<\/li><li>Tuolumne and Stanislaus are also collecting Lidar<br>Survey conducted by Deberry is being reviewed&nbsp;<\/li><li>November 5th Kevin Gallagher hosted a gathering of departments using lidar data <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions from attendees <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Relationship with 3DEP<br><strong>Answer:<\/strong>  Will meet and exceed 3DEP specification<\/li><li>Phil asked if FEEMA is a part of the work group<br><strong>Answer:<\/strong> Nate replied they are contributing through multiple routes, They are a member of 3DEP NRCS is a contributor too <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hydrography Dataset Workgroup<\/strong> (Jane Schafer-Kramer) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Working with Golden Gate Parks Conservancy, County of Marin, Quantum Spatial etc. for making hydrography data making it NHD ready<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Next Gen 911 Task Force<\/strong> (Rachel Rodriguez)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>New slack channel added, contact Rachel to be added.<\/li><li>Counties funding guideline is released<\/li><li>No criteria for acceptance<\/li><li>Council can recommend the criteria<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special Guests: <\/strong> <strong>Governor&#8217;s Special Advisor for Innovation and the<\/strong> <strong>CIO of the California Department of Technology  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Wilkening &#8211; Governor\u2019s Special advisor for innovation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amy Tong &#8211; CIO California Department of Technology (CDT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <em>Michael (Mike) Wilkening  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Involved with Open data portal while in health and human services<\/li><li>Setting up innovation office for health and human services<\/li><li>Nov 1st meeting with Jack Dangermond was quite productive<\/li><li>Stated that ESRI\u2019s Story Map can be used to tell a complicated story like Housing issues in California, to explain the problem and what they are doing to address it<\/li><li>GIS tools have been improved so that most department can use them now<\/li><li>GIS has elegant way to explain what is that we are doing<\/li><li>When releasing data not looking for perfection because you never move forward when you look for perfection. <em> This was meant to mean that we need functioning products first.<\/em><ul><li>We don\u2019t need to be reckless but be more risk tolerant but this also means that we are going to fail once in a while.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Chief Data Officer will be announced shortly<\/li><li>This administration wants to interact with users using modern technology to get support, increase the interaction between Californians and the State and re-imagine how state department operates<\/li><li>Wants to reengage GIS Community (State, Local, private)<\/li><li>Doesn\u2019t like silo approach<\/li><li> Doesn\u2019t want duplicate effort and collect data that\u2019s already there <\/li><li>Wants to create one stop search for everyone to access data<\/li><li>Portals of Portal, a federated approach to leverage good work that has already been done.<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Amy Tong  says<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Her focus is on how data can be shared better<\/li><li>Story telling using data, analytics and GIS is exciting <\/li><li>Were looking for tools that are already available<\/li><li>Recent State GIS listening session was very productive<\/li><li>An attendee mentioned to Amy that one of the things that hold us back and kept us struggling is the lack of a State Geographic Information Officer (GIO).<\/li><li>Speaking in regards to the GIO position, Amy wants to separate, analyze and re-define the current GIO roles, but this requires the right thinking<\/li><li>Wants to create strong GIS governance feedback loop<\/li><li> Amy plans is to integrate GIS not only horizontally but vertically as well.  Amy noted that the GIS integration approach would be the same as the State&#8217;s approach to Cyber Security integration. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mike and Amy will join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urisa.org\/calgis\">CalGIS 2020<\/a>, Long Beach and will be available for fireside chat.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Open Floor discussion<\/strong> <strong>with Michael and Amy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>State Geographic Information Officer<\/em> (GIO) discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> Nate asked if there be GIO for State only or for everyone <\/li><li>Steve Steinberg noted that local government are clamoring to work with State with technology like  NG911<\/li><li> Isaac added that the GIO position can help negotiate the cooperation  between State and Local Goverments<\/li><li>Other GIO Comments included:<ul><li> It was stated that some believe the GIO will need a team for outreach and other stuff <\/li><li> Having GIO also as a chair of GIS council might not be a good idea.  <ul><li>This will be discussed further and is not something set in stone (Isaac Cabrera)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li> Nate mentioned that there is a sunset clause for GIO in Hoover\u2019s Commission <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Other comments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> CA GIS Council should be formalized by lawmakers <ul><li>Michael Wilkening noted that the Little Hoover report along will generate some legislative interest and that there will be discussion around the Council.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li> May be look into CA Spatial Data Infrastructure plan that\u2019s already available? <\/li><li> As pointed out by Jane from Merced County, the CA GIS Council would benefit by growing its membership in academic, private and tribal (Isaac added this one). <\/li><li> Phil called for a need to clean the membership list,  Phil noted certain people in today\u2019s membership list have worked  for 20-30 years&nbsp; <\/li><li> Christiana said there are core people online that cannot come to  meetings, there were only <strong>20 <\/strong>people in the last meeting, but today there  are almost <strong>100!!! <\/strong>people.  <\/li><li> There is an \u2018Accessibility for Map\u2019 training by URISA next year <\/li><li>Isaac wants to promote the Co-Chair and have them more involved ongoing.  Jane is doing a phenomenal job and helping to grow the Council each month!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Emergency GIS ArcGIS Online Group (Isaac Cabrera) California Emergency GIS ArcGIS Online Group: https:\/\/arcg.is\/1fyaCv (Please feel free to join!) 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