Geographic Information Resources
GIS News
August 8, 2008. This week, the Board of Commissioners of Tippecanoe, LaPorte, Ripley, and Posey Counties voted to contribute key county-level geospatial data layers to the IndianaMap (http://www.indianamap.org/). This is a single statewide map for Indiana that includes information people need most in a format that is accessible to both expert GIS users and the general public. These counties join a growing list of Indiana counties whose commissioners have signed a data sharing agreement that offers about $15,000 to each participating county from an Indiana Department of Homeland Security grant to cover the cost of setting up a data transfer mechanism. The grant funds will facilitate the vision of over a dozen collaborating organizations to create a statewide, integrated electronic map of land parcels, which is unprecedented in Indiana and very rare around the country. The agreement also makes three other data layers available: point addresses, local roads, and local boundaries. Once integrated into statewide layers with a minimum number of basic attributes, these data layers will significantly leverage the benefit returned by each county’s investment by adding value to county, regional, and state initiatives and services. Jim Sparks, Indiana Geographic Information Officer, Indiana Office of Technology, said, “The value of the resulting statewide data layers will spotlight the importance of the contribution of our county government data stewards and should advance the efforts of the GIS community to identify funding for local and state government GIS activities.”
Learning Opportunities
- An Intro to GIS from USGS
- IndianaMap Seminar Series
- ESRI Training
- GIS at Indiana University
- GIS at Purdue
GIS in Indiana
GIS at the National Level
- Circular No. A-16, National Coordination of Geographic Information Activities
- National States Geographic Information Council
- The Fifty States Initiative
- Federal Geographic Data Committee
- The National Map
GIS Discussion Topics
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- How far back do the Limited Criminal History Check records go?
- Can I access Driver License, Vehicle Registration, and Vehicle Title Searches if...
- For State Employees Only: Can I terminate a temp employee?
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