LiDAR has been collected in Maine in support of flood plain mapping and
coastal erosion studies. Most of the southern coastal zone has been
mapped with LiDAR and a handful of river corridors in Oxford and Franklin
Counties have also been mapped in this way. More recently LiDAR was
collected and 2 foot contours derived for the City of Augusta and Town of
Manchester as a result of a partnership between the towns, the Greater
Augusta Utility District, MEDOT, USGS and the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
The need for better elevation data was reported by many stakeholders
participating in forums/surveys sponsored by the Maine Geolibrary for the
state GIS strategic plan. As a result, MEGIS has formed a working group
to study the requirements and to develop a proposal for a statewide LiDAR
project.
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I was just shown a copy of some LiDAR aerial photography from
Pennsylvania. Are you aware of any this being done in Maine? It's quite
impressive.
Clif Buuck
CEO/LPI, Town of Readfield
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From: William H. Hanson
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Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 1:12 PM
Subject: Maine Library of Geographic Information Project Update
To: Maine All GIS Users:
In the past few months the GeoLibrary Board and its consultant, the James
W. Sewall Company has been busy working on both an updated strategic plan
and a conceptual design for an integrated land records information system.
We thought that this might be a good opportunity to bring all of you up
to date on what has been happening.
As we are moving through this project, we want to keep all of you informed
on its progress and we want to make as much of the material as possible
available on-line through our website at: http://maine.gov/geolib/ for
your review and comment. We recognize that this project can only be
ultimately successful if we meet the needs of the users in Maine and we
know that we can only achieve that through your involvement and
cooperation. We thank all of you who have invested time and effort in
this project.
For those who haven?t had that opportunity yet, we encourage you all to
take part and help us shape GIS in Maine on behalf of the entire state.
Please consider joining the GeoLibrary List Serve at:
http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?SUBED1=geolibrary-l&A=1 and joining our
stakeholder list at: http://megis.maine.gov/stakeholder/stakeholder.asp.
Also, please feel free to provide input through the project blog (
http://maineplan.blogspot.com/).
As you many of you know, a number of things have been completed on the
project. The first part of the project involved providing the geospatial
community with information on the purpose of the project and gathering
input on user needs from as many in that community as possible. The
project started out with Forums being held in Auburn, Bangor, Augusta and
South Portland. These Forums were attended by 130 individuals. Reports
on the Forums are available at:
http://maine.gov/geolib/projects/fiftystates/forums.htm. While the Forums
were underway, an on-line survey was conducted to provide broader base
input for the community. We were delighted that 245 individuals from
across the state responded the survey. A report on the survey can be
viewed at:
http://maine.gov/geolib/projects/fiftystates/GeoLibraryStratPlanSurveyReport062408.pdf
. In addition to the both of these a number of meetings were held with
key stakeholders.
A summary of gaps in statewide GIS coordination identified by stakeholders
is available at:
http://maine.gov/geolib/projects/fiftystates/Stakeholder%20Identified%20Gaps%208-18-08.pdf
.
Subsequent to the initial phase, a review of the status of initiatives
outlined in the Board?s 2002 Strategic Plan was undertaken. That is
summarized in a document entitled: ?Maine 2002 Strategic Plan Five Pillar
Update.? It is available on line at:
http://maine.gov/geolib/projects/fiftystates/Maine%202002%20Strategic%20Plan%20Five%20Pillar%20Update%208-18-08.pdf
. Also available on line is a summary of the GeoLibrary Board?s 2007
funding priorities:
http://maine.gov/geolib/projects/fiftystates/2007%20Annual%20Report%20Funding%20Priorities%208-18-08.pdf
.
In addition, to the above, the Sewall Team has provided us with a document
entitled, ?Overall Maine GeoSpatial Listing of Issues and Action Items.?
This summarizes issues and action items noted in all of the above
documents and provides recommended solutions, time frames and priorities.
That document is attached. Over the next few weeks, the Board will be
reviewing it and providing comments on it. We are also interested in
your thoughts and invite you to submit them by September 12 by e-mailing
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Input.?
On September 26, 2008 between 4 p.m. - 5 p.m., Rich Sutton of the Sewall
Team will be making a presentation on the project to the Maine GIS User
Group annual conference in Presque Isle providing a full update on the
work on project which will key in on the project?s progress in designing
an Integrated Land Records Information System. We invite you all to
attend by registering at: http://www.megug.org/. On September 27, 2008,
Rich will be making another presentation in Presque Isle to the 2008
Convention of Maine Counties. We encourage you to urge your county
representative to attend to learn how an Integrated Land Records
Information System could provide a positive impact for your County
Government. In the meantime, if you have any comments on the Integrated
Land Records Information System, please contact Richard Sutton at:
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In closing, we?d like to thank all of you for your comments and assistance
in helping us make this important project a success.
Bill Hanson, Chair ,
Maine Geo Library Board
William H. Hanson, Esq.
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