Wisconsin and National Framework Surveys - Comparison, Validation, and Recommendations

Principal Investigator:
Steve Ventura
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility
550 Babcock Drive, Room B102
Madison, WI 53706
voice: (608) 262-6416
fax: (608) 262-2500
email: sventura@facstaff.wisc.edu

Project Staff:
Lea Shanley
David Hart

Project Summary

The National Framework Survey (NFS) conducted in 1997-98 by the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) in cooperation with the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) provides a snapshot of selected geospatial data produced and used in over 5000 state, regional, and local governments. Since the NFS, states have undertaken their own efforts to inventory GIS activities at the state, regional, and local levels. In 1999, the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), again with the support of the FGDC, solicited proposals from member institutions to conduct exploratory studies of the NFS. A project titled "Wisconsin and National Framework Surveys - Comparison, Validation, and Recommendations" was funded to, among other tasks, recommend methods to coordinate state-level inventories with national surveys to eliminate duplication and enhance interpretability, including evaluation of methods from Wisconsin's Internet-based inventory that may be applicable to national efforts.

Project Report

The project report describes two initiatives that contribute to discussions of a follow up to the NFS. The first component is the results of a fifty state inventory of state- level surveys of geographic information system (GIS) conducted since the NFS. We were interested in learning what states have done, particularly if and how they are obtaining information about local-level activity. The second component is a summary of the Wisconsin experience with a web-based statewide inventory of county land information system status. The Wisconsin Land Information Program asked the University of Wisconsin-Madison Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility (LICGF) to design, develop, and implement a system for annual updates on county efforts in GIS data automation and system development. From these experiences, we include a “lessons learned” section oriented to thoughts on how a national process might be created that could track the status of local and state GIS data development.

Main Report (framesur.pdf - 92KB)

Appendix A. Comparison of GIS Surveys (fs_appen1.pdf - 472KB)

Table of Contents for Appendix A. (fs_appen.pdf - 9KB)

Appendix B. State and Local GIS Survey Contact List (fs_appen2.pdf - 21KB)

Appendix C. Draft Manuscript for Geospatial Solutions on the Wisconsin Land Information Program Automated Survey (wlipsurv.pdf - 22KB)

Cover Page for Appendix C. (fs_appen3.pdf - 6KB)
Figure 1 for Appendix C. (wlipsurv-fig1.gif - 21KB)
Figure 2 for Appendix C. (wlipsurv-fig2.gif - 108KB)
Figure 3 for Appendix C. (wlipsurv-fig3.gif - 35KB)
Figure 4 for Appendix C. (wlipsurv-fig4.gif - 45KB)

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Last modified: July 5, 2001
URL: http://www.lic.wisc.edu/framework/framework.htm