[OKGIS] GIS Inventory/Ramona Workshop announced for MAGIC Symposium

[Shellie Willoughby]

GIS Inventory (Ramona) Workshop Announced for MAGIC Symposium.  

Funding Assistance for GIS Inventory Ramona Workshop at 2008 MidAmerica GIS Symposium

On Monday, April 21, 2008 we will be conducting a GIS Inventory (Ramona) Workshop (description below) at the 2008 MidAmerica GIS Symposium.  This workshop will be held from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, and the Nation States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) will host this workshop free of charge for anyone that would like to attend.  A NSGIC grant is also available to reimburse attendees up to $212.00 in travel assistance (lodging and meals) for anyone traveling a significant distance participating in this workshop.  

Pre-registration is required for the Ramona Workshop.  If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please complete the attached registration form, mark workshop 309. Ramona workshop, and please note on your form in the payment area "NSGIC Grant" and if you would like to be contacted regarding travel assistance.  Please fax your form to Jamie Schieber, Custom Meeting Planners, Inc. at (573) 445-1831.  Should you decide to attend other workshops or the symposium, you will be responsible for payment for these additional items.

Please note that these applications must be submitted by April 11, 2008.  If travel assistance is granted, you will receive a travel reimbursement form at the symposium to complete and return within 30 days of the symposium (or May 24, 2008).

For More information on the MAGIC Symposium, please visit:  http://www.magicgis.org/

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION 

This workshop is sponsored by the National States Geographic Information Council through a contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security which has a keen interest in maintaining an accurate and up-to-date inventory of the geospatial data produced by local, regional, state and tribal governments.  Geospatial data are critical for the planning, mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery operations associated with any natural or manmade disaster.  Today, only 25% of state and local governments inventory their geospatial data and policies in a systematic manner and many of these agencies do not effectively share this information or keep it up-to-date.

The GIS Inventory was developed by the National States Geographic Information Council to track the status of GIS in state and local government to aid the planning and building of Spatial Data Infrastructures. The GIS Inventory is designed to work in concert with Geospatial One Stop Portal (www.geodata.gov).  It also interfaces with FEMA's Mapping Information Platform (MIP) that manages the production of the digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs), and other federal programs where partnership opportunities exist for data production on imagery and elevation products.

Completing a profile in the GIS Inventory takes less than ½ hour and documenting each of your individual data layers takes less than 2 minutes.  By investing this time, you provide critical information on your data to emergency workers that serve you, your family and your community, as well as the rest of the geospatial community that depends on data access.  Please see the attached testimonial and state worksheet for more info.

During this workshop, you will learn about the user system interface, administrator panel and how the GIS Inventory is used to connect you to important government programs.

For more information, please contact:

Tony Spicci, MAGIC Symposium Chair                         Bill Burgess, Washington Liaison
Missouri Department of Conservation                             National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)
1110 South College Avenue                                          396 Stanford Court
Columbia, Missouri  65201                                           Arnold, Maryland  21012

573-882-9909 x3295 (voice)                                         410-544-2005 (voice)
573-882-4517 (fax)                                                     410-544-4064 (FAX)
Tony.Spicci at mdc.mo.gov                                            william.burgess at comcast.net  


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