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Rank: The order in which work on any particular priority information need
is initiated is dependent upon when an organization(s) with adequate resources and expertise accepts responsibility to
lead the initiative(s).
Priority Information Need: "Information need" is a higher order
concept than "data". There is often a many-to-one relationship between datasets and a corresponding information need.
The MetroGIS community identified these information needs as priorities for development of regional data solutions.
Corresponding Datasets: For each priority information one or more
datasets are required to fully address the information need. The datasets and their specifications are defined by the
MetroGIS community.
Initial Version Complete: "Completed" means the initial release of a
regional dataset addresses the characteristics of the associated information needs as defined by the MetroGIS
community. Enhancements and increased functionality are anticipated in subsequent versions.
Data: A core function of MetroGIS's is to oversee development,
documentation, maintenance, and distribution of regional solutions to geospatial data needs common to the MetroGIS
community. The first 13 information needs in this list were endorsed as priorities for MetroGIS in 1997. There is often
a many-to-one relationship between data and information needs.
Launch and Development Schedule: Once a lead organization is
identified, which has adequate resources and a business need, work on a particular information need is launched,
generally via a Peer Review Forum. Development may take a few weeks as in the case of MCD/County Jurisdictional
Boundaries or a few years as in Parcels. Development is complete when a dataset is produced that meets the
characteristics defined by the MetroGIS community for a first release.
Policy Board Actions: For each regional dataset required to address a
priority information need, MetroGIS policy calls for Policy Board approval of desired data specifications, roles and
responsibilities of the custodian organizations (primary producer and regional custodian), and appointment of
organizations to serve in the roles of primary producer and regional custodian.
Monitor User Satisfaction: Once a regional dataset has been
operational for a year or more, MetroGIS and the regional custodian co-host a Data Users Forum to solicit comments
about how the dataset could be improved and how it is meeting the community's needs. Following the Forum, MetroGIS
evaluates what if any modifications/enhancements should be pursued.
NDSI Framework Themes: The National Spatial Data
Infrastructure (NSDI) is a vision that involves among other things, seven themes of data that are available for the
extent of the entire United States that form the framework upon which to relate all other data. The seven themes are:
administrative units, cadastral, elevation, geodetic, hydrologic, orthoimagery, and transportation.
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