Announcing the
Fifty States Initiative – Updating
and
Designing a Statewide Integrated Land
Records System
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Now!
The
GeoLibrary Board recently received a matching grant from the US Geological
Survey in support of the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)
Fifty States Initiative. The work to be completed includes 2 tasks. Task 1
will update and enhance the GeoLibrary Strategic Plan, our blueprint for GIS
priorities in
The
focus of the
Strategic Plan update is;
a) coordination of
government, academia and the private sector
b) developing
sustainable funding sources for GIS data and activities; and
c) community outreach -
cultivating political champions to grow support for future geospatial
initiatives.
Help us set the
course for
Integrated Land
Records
Research is being done to produce
a conceptual framework
and a functional specification for an
For nearly two decades
This initiative will seek to
codify standards and procedures in such a way that
integrates;
·
Deed and plan records at the
county level,
·
Municipal tax assessor parcel
geometry at the municipal level, and
·
Attribute input from a variety of
additional stakeholders
On
January 16, 2008 the Geolibrary Board voted to accept a proposal from the James W. Sewall Company to provide services in
fulfillment of this grant. The Sewall Team includes: Reference Standard, Somers-St. Claire, GIS Management
Consultants and Fairview
Industries.
The
GeoLibrary Board has also hired
Schedule
The
majority of the work on the project will be research and input gathering and
will occur between March and June of 2008. Data gathering will be followed
by analysis and proposed solutions. Presentations will be made throughout
the process.
Input
Needed
The
GeoLibrary Board is anxious to solicit input from the Maine GIS community,
municipal, county, state and the federal government, county registries, the bar
association, the real estate sector, the surveying community, and other impacted
and interested stakeholders across the state of Maine. The project will
include meetings, presentations, regional forums, surveys and interviews
designed to capture each of these perspectives.
Please
register at: http://megis.maine.gov/stakeholder/stakeholder.asp to receive
information on upcoming events. Feel free to comment on the project blog
at any time during the project. Your input is
vital!
Survey
Coming Soon!
In early April,
2008, you will be receiving an invitation to an online survey. We’d ask
that you take just a few minutes to fill it out as we will use the information
gathered to help frame the direction of our project. In addition, we will
provide each participant with the overall results from the
survey.
Regional
Information Gathering Forums to be Held April 29th & May
6th-7th
As part
of this project, Regional Forums will be held to gather information from those
wishing to provide input. We ask that all interested parties attend them
to insure that their perspectives are heard. The first Forum will be held
on April 29th in
Please
Remember
Remember that
“your
participation” is vital to the success of this project,
but, more importantly, to the growth of GIS and the development of a framework
that will improve the lands records system in our
State!
Find your GeoLibrary
Board representative here: http://www.maine.gov/geolib/members.htm
Let us know your
thoughts and help us represent your interests!
Sincerely,
The
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