Documents

IGI Final Report

The goal of this project was to develop a business plan for the creation of the Iowa Geospatial Infrastructure (IGI), Iowa’s contribution to the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). The strategic plan to be used by the Iowa Geographic Information Council (IGIC) to guide this effort will be completed in-house. However, IGIC received outside assistance from the Geospatial Information Technology Association (GITA) to provide expertise and education for completing the business plan, business case, and financial analysis to support the strategic plan. This combined effort will facilitate the implementation of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure by assessing the needs of local entities that are not currently using geospatial technology, as well as those trying to maintain existing investments, and further support and promote the creation of high quality local datasets compatible with the IGI.

IGI Final Report - Appendix A

Complete text of interviews for the project.

RFP for Iowa SDI Business Plan Development

The Iowa Geographic Information Council (IGIC) is seeking proposals from qualified firms, organizations or individuals to provide services relating to the development of a business plan to build a statewide spatial data infrastructure, or SSDI.

IGI Presentation ICIT June 12, 2008 - Sioux City

This is an IGI presentation that Jim G gave at the ICIT yearly meeting in Sioux City on June 12, 2008. It does not contain the final report conclusions, but some of the major findings on ROI for counties without GIS, counties with GIS participating in IGI and the overall statewide project.

Final Report to FGDC on 2007 CAP Grant - IGI Business Plan

This is the final report sent to FGDC on IGIC's 2007 Cap Grant. It follows the basic FGDC 50 States report template and answers specific questions about the project and the CAP grant process. Written by CAP grant coordinator Jim Giglierano.

Counties with NO GIS - Southern Report

IGIC hired Pete Buckingham Consulting, Inc. to interview county officials in a number of counties in southern Iowa to ascertain the status of GIS in their counties. Here is Pete's report on this phase of interviews.

Counties with NO GIS - Northern Report

IGIC hired Pete Buckingham Consulting, Inc. to interview county officials in the northern half of the state as well. Here is Pete's report.

Status of Framework Data Layers in Iowa, August 2008

This file is a short summary of framework data activities and status in Iowa, from around August 2008. It is part of the IGIC IGI Business Plan.

IGI Business Plan 5-year implementation spreadsheet

This document spreadsheet shows a best case plan for the next 5 years of IGI development should state base funding and other project specific funding becomes available.

ROI Study Spreadsheets

This folder contains 4 zip files. PrimaryBusinessCase.zip contains the main spreadsheets for the multi-agency financial analysis performed by GITA for this ROI study. NoIFTN.zip contains the sensitivity analysis for what would happen if Imagery for the Nation did not happen and the state and counties had to come up with the same funding. DelayedBenefits.zip contains the sensitivity analysis for what would happen if it took longer to get all 99 counties into the IGI program. CountieswithandwithoutGIS.zip is an analysis of just one county with and without the assistance of IGI.

State Agencies

This folder contains documents related to GIS and state agencies.

GIS and the Flood of 2008 - Iowa ROI Project 2

This is the folder containing documents related to the ROI study done by GITA after the Iowa Flood of 2008, funded by the USGS State Geospatial Liaison Office in Rolla, MO.

Data Stewardship and Standards

Documents related to geospatial data stewardship and standards within the State of Iowa.