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.
Bill--
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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----- Original Message -----
From: William
H. Hanson
To: [log in to unmask]
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 [log in to unmask].
Please title your email, “ME Strategic Plan 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: [log in to unmask].
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.
RUDMAN & WINCHELL
84 Harlow Street - P.O. Box 1401
Bangor, ME 04402-1401
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