The State of Kansas Data Access and Support Center (DASC)

The State of KansasData Access and Support Center

(DASC)

Data Access & Support CenterDASC

Established by the Kansas GIS Policy Board in 1991

Central repository of GIS databases of statewide/regional importance

Designated as an National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) clearinghouse node in 1997

Located at the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas

Web site – http://www.kansasgis.org

• Database archival and distribution

• Database quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC)

• Technical assistance

• Geospatial metadata development assistance

• Web application development and hosting

• Database development & integration

• State & Local Government Coordination

• Cartographic development

• Promotion of the Kansas GIS Initiative

• Development and maintenance of the DASC web site – www.kansasgis.org

DASC Services

Catalog – Resource for finding and downloadingGIS data

Community – GIS Resources, Online Docs,Site Members, etc

GIS Resources – Definitions, Map Projections,Special Projects information (LiDAR)

Web Services – DASC supportedWeb sites, Online Services

Initiatives – Information aboutvarious State GIS Projects

Kansas GIS Initiatives

6 HS regions in Kansas + MARC (KC metro area); Projects coordinated through Kansas Adjutant General’s Dept.

Project funding from Regional Homeland Security Councils

Part of larger strategy to coordinate GIS efforts across KS

Goal – create a critical information network that will aide in timely response to any emergency event

Identify local government data stewards

Encourage local-regional-state GIS collaboration

Regional HS GIS Projects

“get local data catalogued and archived”

Tool used to support Kansas Homeland Security Regional GIS projects

Web based tool created by NSGIC (National States Geographic Information Council)

Identifies critical and secondary data before emergency occurs

Answers question “Who has what?”

Inventory

http://gisinventory.net

Local Gov’t Off-Site GIS Data Backup Data backed up at DASC

Each county/city password protected data with secure FTP access

County/City responsible for data updates and maintenance

Data is regularly synched with the Adjutant General’s Dept

No charge for backup service – FREE

March 2011

DASC Local Data Integration Initiatives

• Kansas Road Centerline DatabaseKansas Road Centerline Database

Collaborative project with KDOT, FHSU, and DASC Use local road centerline data to update and enhance

the KDOT All-Roads Database – Non-State System Greatly increases location accuracy

• Statewide Tax Unit DatabaseStatewide Tax Unit Database

Created statewide GIS Tax Unit file by working with County Clerks during 2010

2011 Certification – data released & available for download from DASC website - March, 2011

Tax units form the building blocks of over 30 different type of local administrative boundaries

Contact Information

Eileen BattlesEileen BattlesData Access & Support Center (DASC)Data Access & Support Center (DASC)785-864-2289785-864-2289battles@kgs.ku.edubattles@kgs.ku.edu