FW: [Mapserver-users] RE: Topozone in the news ..
Lowther, David W
dlowther at ou.edu
Tue Dec 9 12:13:22 EST 2003
-----Original Message-----
From: Raymond B Fox [mailto:rfox at usgs.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 10:45 AM
To: Lowther, David W
Cc: mapserver
Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] RE: Topozone in the news ..
That is correct. USGS has The National Map partnerships with all levels of
government; state, local and regional. The preference I have with
partnering at the state level is for two reasons. One are the shear numbers
of local governments I would have to deal with, and as you may know a
partnership doesn't come about from one meeting but takes time and personal
effort. The other reason is that I think it is in our (USGS) interest to
see the state GIS coordinating committee's strong and effective. These GIS
committee's include local as well as federal participation, and serve as the
focal point for GIS within the state. If I can help convince regional and
local governments to work more closely with the coordinating committee then
I have a better idea on what is needed. By having the state GIS
clearinghouse the node that local and regional agencies use to access The
National Map, the state clearinghouse does its job better, and we all
benefit.
That being said, I am more that willing to work with local and regional
agencies if they prefer to work directly with us. My job is to get the best
possible data available for The National Map and I am eager to make this
happen in a timely manner.
For those that don't know me, I am the USGS Geography liaison for Oklahoma,
Nebraska, and Missouri. I also represent USGS with MAGIC which is hosting
our state mapping workshop as part of the MAGIC Symposium April 18-22. Hope
you all make arrangements to make the workshop and symposium.
Ray Fox
USGS Mid-Continent Mapping Center
1400 Independence Rd
Rolla, MO 65401
573-308-3744
fax: 573-308-3652
rfox at usgs.gov
"Lowther, David
W" To: mapserver
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Subject: RE:
[Mapserver-users] RE: Topozone in the news ..
12/09/2003 09:22
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The way I understand it, the USGS is willing to partner with agencies
smaller than the state level, but would prefer if larger agencies (states,
regional associations) broker for the smaller agencies. The USGS wants the
best data and they know the source of the best data is usually small
organizations - whether they are municipalities, counties, etc...
Any USGS folks following the list that would care to comment?
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lowell Filak [mailto:lfilak at medinaco.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 9:23 AM
> To: Lowther, David W; mapserver
> Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] RE: Topozone in the news ..
>
>
> First, allow me to say thanks to the developers for making all this
> possible and Ed for the work in orchestrating the agreement with the
> USGS - nice Christmas present.
>
> As far as the National Map is concerned, how would one go about
> registering & does the USGS have any interest in partnering with
> agancies smaller than the state level?
>
> Lowell
>
> The following message was sent by "Lowther, David W" <dlowther at ou.edu>
> on Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:15:54 -0600.
>
> > Dave, Ed, and All,
> >
> > Definitely congrats Ed. I was forwarded this information from our
> > National Map contact at USGS as they knew we are also using
> Mapserver.
> > I was pleasantly surprised to find that the folks at USGS are very
> > aware of Mapserver and seem to keep up with it.
> >
> > The State of Oklahoma will also be represented on the National Map
> > from a Mapserver driven WMS. We signed a partnership agreement with
> > USGS last
> month
> > or so and are working out the technical details currently.
> I'll post a
> > message to the list when things are up and cooking.
> >
> > Anyone else participating in the National Map using Mapserver?
> >
> > David Lowther
> > Software Engineer
> > GEO Information Systems
> > University of Oklahoma
> > dlowther at ou.edu
> > (405) 325-3131
> > http://www.geo.ou.edu
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ed McNierney [mailto:ed at topozone.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 7:04 AM
> > > To: Dave McIlhagga; mapserver
> > > Subject: [Mapserver-users] RE: Topozone in the news ..
> > >
> > >
> > > Dave -
> > >
> > > Thanks! It's nice to know *someone* reads this stuff <g>. We're
> > > going to be using this opportunity to show the USGS and the rest
> > > of the US what the Canadian government seems to have figured out a
> > > while ago.....
> > >
> > > - Ed
> > >
> > > Ed McNierney
> > > President and Chief Mapmaker
> > > TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
> > > 73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
> > > North Chelmsford, MA 01863
> > > ed at topozone.com
> > > (978) 251-4242
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dave McIlhagga [mailto:mcilhagga at dmsolutions.ca]
> > > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 4:54 PM
> > > To: Ed McNierney; mapserver
> > > Subject: Topozone in the news ..
> > >
> > >
> > > I just saw this on Spatial News and wanted to pass this along to
> > > everyone in the MapServer community who might not have seen it.
> > >
> > http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2003/dec/08/news1.html
> >
> > Congratulations Ed - great to see such a high profile
> opportunity for
> > MapServer.
> >
> > Dave
> > --
> > Dave McIlhagga
> > http://www.dmsolutions.ca
> > EMail : mcilhagga at dmsolutions.ca
> >
> >
> >
> >
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