Denver Regional Data Consortium

May 2012

Agenda Welcome and introductions

Results of Strategic Planning Survey

Updates from Subcommittees

Tips for Moving Forward

Guest Speaker: Greg Matthews (USGS)

Next Steps

Strategic Planning Survey

Survey Results 10 respondents

9 jurisdictions/business partners represented

Exercise your right to vote!

Survey ResultsTwo New Subcommittees!

BoundariesCensus

Two New Teams!Standards and Policy

Technical

2012 Subcommittees and Teams

Common Space Built Environment Planimetrics DRAPP Streets Boundaries Census Tech Team Policy Team

Teams vs Subcommittees Definition of Team:

Do not dissolve like subcommittees that spin up to produce specific datasets. Teams provide ongoing support for subcommittees.

Tech Team Technical aspects of sharing data Troubleshooting/Tech Support Data Model Advice

Standards and Policy Team Policy aspects of data sharing Standards for data and metadata Data governance

Survey Results Time allotment

Most popular is 1-3 hours per week

Subcommittee size Nothing conclusive

Subcommittee Reports

Common Spaces Subcommittee

Where we’ve beenConstituents…Jefferson & Arapahoe Counties; Cities of

Denver, Aurora & Commerce City, Denver Water

COMap…data update process idiosyncrasies, future base map

Surveyed…users perspective TPL…assisted in equity analysis of access to open space, trails and gap analysis of riparian

protection areas

Draft Data Schema developed

Common Spaces Subcommittee Where we are Today

Data Schema…to react to

Outdated dataset

Determine future objectives

Contact: Nick Meyers at

303.289.8121, or

Robin Reilley at

303.480.6739

Next Steps

Develop!… new Regional

Common Spaces data set

Research required

Determine new partners,

contact agencies

Assess resource availability

Trails…work for this

committee?

Next meeting

Built Environment Chair: Christine Connally – cconnally@drcog.org Co-Chair: Kirk Hayer

Objective: Shareable Data Model Ongoing Data Maintenance/Updates

Schedule Focusing on Land Use Model – Spring and Summer 2012 QAQC – Fall 2012

Next Meeting: June 20, 8:30-10am Independence Pass

Planimetrics Chair: Ashley Summers – asummers@drcog.org

Co-Chair:

Accomplishments Preliminary cost estimates Compiled prelim requirements from several partners

Challenges: Variables – existing data vs. new creation, compromising on features and attribution

Currently working on… Data Model Draft Gathering AOIs from participants

Timeline: Last Meeting: April 27 Next Meeting: June 27, 8:30-10am, DRCOG Monarch Pass

DRAPP Chair: Ashley Summers – asummers@drcog.org

Accomplishments 3 Project Areas Flown successfully Interim Data Available in WMS 38 Partners

Schedule: Flying Mountainous Region in June

Meetings: Last Meeting: April 27 Next Meeting: June 27, 10:30-Noon, DRCOG Independence Pass

Streets Subcommittee Greg Baca Adams CoDominick CissonArapahoe CoRyan Huffman Arapahoe CoSargent McDonald Arvada

Bill Keever Aurora Rick Rush Aurora Aaron Rhodes CDOT Derek Stertz Centennial Megan Bleess CentennialKirk Hayer Commerce CityCindy Murdock Commerce City Paul Tessar (Chair) Denver

Doug Genzer DenverBrenda Reum Denver Water

Dave Dixon DIA Joel R. Hanson Douglas CoMatt Krusemark DRCOG Josh Pendleton DRCOG Robin Reilley DRCOG Justin Lewis DRCOG John Voboril EnglewoodJack Cornelius Greenwood Village Calli Broome Jefferson Co Carlos Vulgamot Lakewood Jeremy Manning Metcom911 Dan Jackson RTDDave Murray Westminster Annabel Montoya Wheat Ridge

TopicsAgreement Points Project status report.

What’s next on Regional CL geometry integration?

What about attribute content and integration?

Agreement Points Project – Phase 1

Phase 1 Project is complete: N = 2351 points covering 750 County Border miles. 8/10 NCR Counties’ street layers will be snapped and

uploaded to NCR Repository by July. Adams and Gilpin Co. are lagging…

13 Counties collaborated: 10 NCR, Weld, Larimer & Park

11 Cities as well: Arvada, Aurora, Centennial, Commerce City Englewood, Greenwood Village, Lakewood Longmont, Thornton, Westminster, Wheat Ridge

Agreement Points Project – Phase 2

Phase 2 effort has started: 12 Groupings have been organized. Anticipating ~4500 points covering 900 Border miles Covers City/City and City/Unincorporated

boundaries. Expected to be complete by late Fall.

5 Counties Collaborating: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas and Weld

14 Cities as well: Arvada, Aurora, Boulder, Centennial, Commerce City, Englewood, Erie, Federal Heights Greenwood Village, Longmont, Northglenn, Thornton Westminster, Wheat Ridge

Phase 2 Agreement Points Project Groupings

Grouping 1 – Meeting Date TBD Adams County - Greg Baca Adams County - Fran Valenta Arvada - Sargent McDonald Westminster - Dave Murray Wheat Ridge - Annabel Montoya

Grouping 2 - Meeting Date TBD Adams County - Greg Baca Adams County - Fran Valenta Commerce City - Rose Clawson

Grouping 3 – May 8, 2012 Aurora - Bill Keever Arapahoe County - Ryan Huffman

Grouping 4 – May 30, 2012 Arapahoe County - Ryan Huffman Englewood - John Voboril

Grouping 5 – May 17, 2012 Arapahoe County - Ryan Huffman Centennial - Megan Bleess

Grouping 6 – May 22, 2012 Boulder County - Mark Mullane City of Boulder - Kip White

Grouping 7 – Meeting Date TBD Longmont - Lisa Schertz Boulder County - Mark Mullane Erie - Deb Jenkins

Grouping 8 – Meeting Date TBD Commerce City - Rose Clawson Thornton - Liz Kienle Westminster - Dave Murray Federal Heights - Robert Smith Northglenn - Amy Ward

Grouping 9 – Meeting Date TBD Weld County - Dan Huerter Longmont - Lisa Schertz Erie - Deb Jenkins Northglenn - Amy Ward

Grouping 10 – June 21, 2012 Adams County - Greg Baca Adams County - Fran Valenta Aurora - Bill Keever

Grouping 11 – June 21, 2012 Adams County - Greg Baca Adams County - Fran Valenta Thornton - Liz Kienle

Grouping 12 – Meeting Date TBD Aurora - Bill Keever Centennial - Megan Bleess Greenwood Village - Jack Cornelius Douglas County - Joel Hanson

What’s next on the geometry front?When Phase 2 is complete, we will have the geometric basis for a seamless, routable, regional centerline layer.

(Assuming all participants snap to agreement points.)

The integration infrastructure for County-wide data for the Metro area is in place @ gis.ncrcolorado.org – ETL

The next challenge is to develop process to incorporate City-maintained data:

City->County->NCR/DRDC? City->NCR/DRDC? Other?

Attribute Content And Integration

Attributes currently on the NCR Common data model: Left/Right & From/To Address, Zip FULL_NAME and Parts, CFCC, Class From/To Z_Elev, Speed_Lim, Left/Right Juris;

Attributes that will be added in 2013: Alias, HwyShieldNum; ProviderID & Turn Restrictions; Left/Right City & County will replace Left/Right Juris

Of course, adding an attribute column and getting it populated are two separate tasks…

Focus among NCR Counties will be getting current and new attributes populated and uploaded.

FinisQuestions?

Contact Information: Paul Tessar 720-913-4882 Paul.Tessar@denvergov.org Frank Orr 303-885-4781 Frank.Orr@critigen.com

Boundaries Chair: Josh Pendleton – jpendleton@drcog.org Co-Chair: Greg Baca, Adams County

Prelim Objective: A regional jurisdiction boundary dataset with agreed upon boundaries that we can

consider official This dataset would serve as a template for future datasets, and from that point on we

would only have to worry about changes when specific annexations or de-annexations occur.

Accomplishments:

DRCOG Produces an annual Municipal Boundary Dataset we can reference. The Streets Subcommittee/NCR came up with agreement points we can use to resolve

discrepancies

Challenges: Coming to agreement on boundary discrepancies, whether we use NCR agreement points or not.

Next Meeting: Wed. Jun. 20th, 10am-12pm (Independence Pass, DRCOG)

Census Chair: Josh Pendleton – jpendleton@drcog.org Co-Chair: Dave Murray, City of Westminster

Prelim Objective: Producing a list of standardized, user friendly, Demographic Census products at all geographic levels

Accomplishments: DRCOG has some basic Census Demographic data up on the Regional Data Catalog, at 6 different levels of Geography: CBSA (Core Based Statistical Areas) Counties Census Designated Places Tracts Block Groups Blocks (Centroids)

Challenges: Dealing with the large amount of Census Data Census Data Formats vary Census Data accessibility/user friendliness varies by Census data types

Next Meeting: Wed. Jul. 11th, 10am-12pm (Independence Pass, DRCOG)

Tech Team Chair: Justin Lewis – jlewis@drcog.org Co-Chair: Allan Glen – City and County of Denver

Prelim Objective: Support each sub-committee with technical solutions for sharing data

throughout the sub-committee life cycle.

Possible Areas of Support along the Sub-Committee Life Cycle: Initial Data Collection

Merge & format data into a common data model Re-distribute data back to the sub-committee members

Data Processing Collect and merge regular updates from sub-committee members

Data Sharing Make interim data products available to sub-committee members Make data available through the DRCOG Regional Data Catalog

Tech Team Challenges:

Every sub-committee has different needs and different technical limitations. We strive to create solutions that work for each sub-committee.

Next Steps: Work with each sub-committee to determine technical needs. Develop the strategy for supporting those needs.

Next Meeting: 3:30 – 4:30 pm June 13th @ DRCOG Red Mountain Pass

Policy Team Chair: Ashley Summers – asummers@drcog.org Co-Chair:

Prelim Objective: address topics like data sharing, governance, and quality standards for our data and metadata.

Next Meeting:

June 26 from 3pm to 4:30pm @ DRCOG

Tips for Moving Forward

Project Lifecycle1. Set an Objective2. Develop of Schedule3. Develop a Data Model4. Develop a Data Merge Plan5. Build the Data6. QAQC7. Develop Metadata8. Develop a Data Sharing Plan9. Develop an Update Plan10. Publish to Regional Data Catalog11. Celebrate Success!!!12. Dissolve Subcommittee13. Focus on Next Dataset/

Subcommittee Priority

Project LifecycleStep 1: Set an Objective Guiding Questions:

Who are our customers? What gaps exist in our data that we need to fill? What problems exist that we need to solve?

Tip: Look for low-hanging-fruit, instead of pie-in-the-sky

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Project LifecycleStep 2: Develop a Schedule Break your objective down into pieces

and make those into milestones.

Work backwards from the next meeting.

Divide and Conquer!

Project LifecycleStep 3: Develop a Data Model Start with a definition discussion.

Make sure everyone agrees on what Data Model means.

Don’t reinvent the wheel! Get some examples (past local projects, ESRI)

DRDC TabWhat can your Subcommittee contribute?

•Agendas and Meeting Minutes•Schedule•Upcoming Meetings•Data Products•Other?

Rollout = June/July

Guest Speaker

Guest Speaker

Greg Matthews (USGS)

National Map Corps Structures VGI Project

Next Steps

Next Meeting No meeting in July. Meet again in September (9/26/2012) Gives the subcommittee 4 months to

make progress! Meet with your subcommittees! Check in with DRCOG! Get advice from the teams! Check the website for information! Review the Project Lifecycle

Project Lifecycle1. Set an Objective2. Develop of Schedule3. Develop a Data Model4. Develop a Data Merge Plan5. Build the Data6. QAQC7. Develop Metadata8. Develop a Data Sharing Plan9. Develop an Update Plan10. Publish to Regional Data Catalog11. Celebrate Success!!!12. Dissolve Subcommittee13. Focus on Next Dataset/

Subcommittee Priority

Upcoming Meetings Open Space - Built Environment - June 20, 8:30-10am DRCOG Independence Pass

Planimetrics – June 27, 8:30-10am, DRCOG Monarch Pass

DRAPP – June 27, 10:30-Noon, DRCOG Independence Pass

Streets – August TBD

Boundaries – June 20, 10am-12pm, Independence Pass

Census –July 11, 10am-12pm, Independence Pass

Tech Team – June 13th, 3:30 – 4:30pm, DRCOG Red Mountain Pass

Policy Team – June 26, 3-4:30pm, DRCOG Wolf Creek Pass

Volunteers are needed! Contact a Co-Chair today!