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MemphisinMayNCRSTSEPPWorkshop May7th,2009
DATADICTIONARY
UNDERSTANDING&STRUCTURINGAVAILABLEGEODATA
StatementofProblem?
Duplicationofdatacollection Lackofeffectivedatasharing Incoherentterminologyacrossdatacollections Incoherentinformationmanagementpractices Poorandincoherentutilizationofdatacollected
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DataDictionary:
The data dictionary provides geographic information system (GIS) data file descriptions and metadata, and resource information for each environmental assessment area in a user-friendly format. Data dictionary (or system catalog) is a database about the data. A tool for recording, coordinating and processing information about the data that an organization uses. A central catalog for metadata.
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IncreasethebestuseofAvailableData
Goals:
DataCompetencies
DataInformation
PROJECTPERSONNEL
Modifiedfrom:http://www.citymatch.org/data_index.php
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DataDictionary:
Gathering and understanding available geodata is not simple. The process is lengthy, requires communication, early data exchanges, and people skilled at sorting out complex data. With the SEPP, the geodata useful for transportation corridor planning is being catalogued and organized according source, category, and applicability. As result, the Data Dictionary contains not only a metadata, but all necessary information to rapidly familiarize the users with the data available (date, format, storage, software required, contact person, projects associate with, etc)
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DataDictionary:Cycle
Itsacontinuousprocess
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DataDictionary:
Hypothesis: Earlier integration of local data is ideal. Local plans and issues may be reflected in results and possible opposition may be avoided. Challenge: Integrating best available data from Federal, State and local spheres is the biggest challenge. Organizing the data and developing a multiscale data dictionary is a must! Federal data Moderate to low detail data. Very well documented, distriduted nationally, widely used.
LocalData
State Data
Federal Data
State data Moderate to highly detailed. Widely used with decent metadata. Reuse of valueadded versions of federal data is common. Local data Highly detailed data. Produced for internal use as needed. Not typically distributed so normally does not incorporate proper metadata documentation.
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Applications:
Oneimportantapplicationofthedatadictionaryistoprovide accesstoaglossaryofthescientifictermsthatexistinadata collection Itallowsdatamanagerstoidentifyandaddressdataproblems priortoaddingtheupdatetothearchive
Aggregation& Consolidation Process
DataAccess
ProjectNeeds
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DataFlow:
DataSourceEaseofAvailability
RasterData RasterData
VectorData
VectorData
TabularData
TabularData
Documents
Documents
Adaptedfrom:http://www.premierinternational.com/Solutions_Data_Migration_Solutions.aspx
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DataQuality:
Unfortunately, most organizations don't know much about the data pool and its reuse until much effort has been wasted, and the application implementation timeline is in jeopardy Leverage Work from Prior Projects
Managing huge data sometimes could cause unanticipated data cleansing, causing cost and time overruns and risking
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DataHierarchylevels:
U.S. RegionsandDivisions State County CountySubdivision Place(orplacepart) Censustract Blockgroup Block
Difficultyinavailability
Unfortunately, getting data of interest in detail is a great pain. Generally the larger the geographic area, the more topics and time periods of data you can find for ex. Data from National Wetlands Inventory in the following slide.
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DataAvailability:
Missingdata
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DataAvailability:
Hydric data coverage from SSURGO is not very satisfactory in Desoto County as evident from the picture.
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ManagementAdvantages:
1 improvecontrolandknowledgeaboutthedataresource andprovideaholdonthedata. 3 aidtherecording,processing, storageanddestructionofdata andassociateddocuments. 2 reducestheclericalloadof databaseadministration,and givesmorecontrol 5 allowsaccurateassessment ofcostandtimescaletoeffectanychanges. 4 reduceddataredundancy
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Deliverables:
Organized Data Data dictionary has served as referencing document for the data processing Journal Publication The MSU team is currently working on paper entitled Structuring and integrating bestavailable geodata to add efficiency in multi scale EIA in transportation planning
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NeedforandImportanceofIntegrating LocalFutureDevelopmentPlanning
ProposedAlignmentB3ofI269 Aerialimage:1999 AlternativeB3 Whywasitrejected intheEIS? MediumScale:Federal,StateandMPOdata Identifyingfeasiblealignments
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NeedforandImportanceofIntegrating LocalFutureDevelopmentPlanning
ProposedAlignmentB3ofI269 OverlayofFuturePlannedDevelopments Aerialimage:2004 MediumScale:Federal,StateandMPOdata Identifyingfeasiblealignments
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NeedforandImportanceofIntegrating LocalFutureDevelopmentPlanning
MediumScale:Federal,StateandMPOdata Identifyingfeasiblealignments
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Conclusion:
Data Dictionary is a building block with which effective, sustainable digital preservation strategies can be implemented Data Dictionary is implementation independent and is useful to any organization committed to the longterm preservation of digital materials Datacontentstandardsimproveuseandaccessibility Dataandmetadataareeasiertounderstand Dataandproductsmaybemorereadilyusedbymanyend users
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Acknowledgements
NCRST-SEPP research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration (USDOT RITA) under Cooperative Agreement DTOS59-07-H-0004, Streamlining Transportation Corridor Planning Processes and Validating the Application of Commercial Remote Sensing and Spatial Information (CRS&SI) Technologies for Environmental Impact Assessments
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