Geospatial capabilities for a BEST MANAGED Georgia 1 Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council (GGAC) Business Case for Accurate Digital Elevation Data Acquisition for Georgia Prepared by the Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council (GGAC) Danielle Ayan, GISP, Chair | [email protected]DRAFT 08.19.10
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Geospatial capabilities for a BEST MANAGED Georgia
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Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council (GGAC)
Business Case for Accurate Digital Elevation Data Acquisition for Georgia
Prepared by the Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council (GGAC)Danielle Ayan, GISP, Chair | [email protected] 08.19.10
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Business Needs for Elevation Data
90% of all U.S. natural disasters involve flooding*
Floodplain mapping, the basis for assessing risk and Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMS), is based on elevation data
~25% of annual flood insurance program claims are on properties outside the official flood zone
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Why Does Geospatial Matter ? U.S. Department of Labor has identified Geospatial
Technology as a High Growth Industry: http://www.doleta.gov/Brg/Indprof/geospatial_profile.cfm
Detailed data about government programs, and geospatial visualization of that data, can provide a clarifying vision for action where action is needed most.
According to the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), geospatial capabilities represent “a portfolio of capabilities that extends across the enterprise. The investment in this portfolio is growing … in every aspect of government decision making.”*
* National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), “Governance of Geospatial Resources: Where’s the Data? Show Me’ – Maximizing Investment in State Geospatial Resources.” July 2008:http://www.nascio.org/newsroom/pressReleases/080723.cfm
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Conundrum Federal government maps predict in parcel-by-parcel
detail where the water will travel when a megastorm hits
Not all Georgia counties have digital parcel data
Geospatial capabilities for a BEST MANAGED Georgia